5 August 2014 Campaigners have responded positively to the Scottish Government call for an immediate arms embargo against Israel and a UN led investigation into Israel’s war crimes. These moves were described by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) as a significant stance to take against Israel after more than 1,800 Palestinian women, men and…
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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 get older and see things from a different perspective. “I can give you the Scottish government’s vow that it is…
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It is 2014 and Zionism continues to labour under the delusion that it will achieve its settler-colonial aims of 1897. Starting in 1947, the ongoing Nakba has now reached an agonising climax, with the Israeli state moving from apartheid policies to carrying out genocidal acts – the extermination of Palestinians in Gaza. As the…
MEDIA RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE USEMonday 4th August Israeli press reports have confirmed that the planned production at the Edinburgh Fringe by Ben-Gurion University dance group Pola has been cancelled. The Jerusalem Post reports that “Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on Sunday canceled the planned performances of its student dance company at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next…
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“Today’s news from Israel reports (YNet in Hebrew – translated into English by a friend there) that the Scottish Government is actively working with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to defeat the Palestinian call to boycott two Israeli State-funded theatre groups at the Festival Fringe. (See SPSC press release of today). It just won’t…
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SUNDAY 3rd AUGUST Edinburgh 2.30pm, Assemble Top of Mound at the Wash 3-4pm, Line Princes St with placards, flags & names of dead 5pm, SPSC Emergency organising session, all welcome (venue TBC – email campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk or TXT 07931200361) Glasgow 11am-4pm, Freedom for Palestine! Flags for freedom at the cycle road race Glasgow City Centre from…
Continue Reading Israeli massacres escalate – maintain our solidarity