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Murphy with fellow members of Labour Friends of Israel

Jim Murphy: Champion of Apartheid

1 November 2014

The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign strongly condemns the candidacy of Jim Murphy MP, former Chair and continuing member of Labour Friends of Israel, for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party. Throughout his political career, […]

Scottish Government & Israel/Palestine – an updated chronology

12 August 2014

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable”. George Orwell The Scottish Government’s positions on Israel/Palestine are in flux, responding to pressures from a furious public opinion as well as the […]

‘Scottish government will never join Israel boycott’

4 August 2014

A Scottish Government minister has pledged not to join the boycotts, divestments and sanctions campaign against Israel. Humza Yousaf told a Glasgow Jewish Representative Council centenary event on Tuesday night: “You get wiser as you […]

UK jihadis serve in Middle East military involved in war crimes

23 July 2014

“If European leaders are serious about preventing international fighters crossing their borders, or returning home with weapons training and a grudge to bear, they should pay equal attention to all European fighters taking part in […]

Mass murder is sometimes "controversial"

Tony Blair joins in praise of Ariel Sharon

13 January 2014

Tony Blair, the official representative of the Quartet (US, EU, Russia & UN) was among those heading the list of visitors who gathered outside Israel’s parliament building for a ceremony to commemorate and praise Ariel […]

1936: British soldiers on armoured train with two Palestinian human shields

The shocking history of racism in most of the British Left on Zionism and Palestine

1 December 2013

How the left supported ethnic cleansingby Mike Marqusee30 November 2013 “The Arab Revolt of 1936-39 coincided with the Spanish Civil War. But whereas all sections of the British left rallied to the Spanish Republican cause, […]

Scottish Government complicity in Israeli crimes

9 January 2013

We did not write concerning some ‘escalation of violence in Gaza’ – what weasel words to describe Israel’s crimes against humanity, Palestinian humanity…You have pointedly ignored our reference to Alex Salmond’s 2010 statement that “you […]

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and Taub October 2012

Salmond’s new U-turn on Israel

2 November 2012

Mick Napier2 November 2012 Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond met with Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub in Edinburgh shortly before Taub faced protests from students angry at his visit to Edinburgh University. Expressing his concerns about […]

Regev was never challenged on his claims

The BBC told an outright lie about Rachel Corrie’s death

29 August 2012

BBC Radio 4’s World at One yesterday, Tuesday 28th August, can be heard here for a week after transmission. The programme covered the verdict which exonerated the Israeli military of any blame for the death […]

The Dalai Lama and Zionism – Tibet and Palestine

21 June 2012

When Zionist youth leaders “travelled to India to help run a residential summer camp, they were invited to meet with the Dalai Lama, where they received his blessing for the project,” reported Haaretz.One Zionist youith […]