Tuesday 27th April 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: media release Holyrood faces protests over Israeli exhibition The Scottish Parliament is braced for three days of protest this week over Holyrood’s hosting of a controversial exhibition on “Israel’s Contribution to Medicine, Science and Technology”. The showcase by the Scottish Friends of Israel was condemned last…
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The following is a list of some of the media reports on the sheriff’s decision: An SPSC media release on the ruling can be found here: http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/index.php/campaigning/press-releases/618-2010-april-8th-racism-charge-dropped-against-israel-protestors See also: BBC News, 8th April 2010: Israel protest at concert ‘was not racist’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8609737.stm Scottish Television, April 8th 2010: Racism charges dropped against protestors http://news.stv.tv/scotland/east-central/168692-racism-charges-dropped-against-protestors…
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Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond, speaking on the BBC’s Question Time in Glasgow, 25th March 2010, has called for a review of trading relationships with Israel: “you can’t have normal relationships if you believe another country has been involved in what Israel has been involved in”. A transcript of the relevant section is below: Questioner:…
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Thursday 22 April 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Media Release STUC REAFFIRMS ISRAEL BOYCOTT The Scottish Trades Union Congress reiterated its commitment to a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel at its annual meeting in Dundee yesterday, just days after a BBC poll described international attitudes to the country as “widely negative”.…
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The Scottish Parliament’s Public Petition Committee met on 20th April to consider the SPSC petition to cancel the propaganda exercise by the Scottish Friends of Israel: The exhibition of “Israel’s Contribution to Medicine, Science and Technology” Watch the committee’s blistering attack on Israel and this propaganda exercise The relevant section starts at 02:01:06 watch…
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WCC protests over new Israeli army order Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010pm; Original article Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has expressed dismay at a new Israeli military order that will categorize tens of thousands of Palestinians living in the West…
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