Sunday 17th June 2012: NO EMBARGO Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release ISRAEL “RUBBISH WITHOUT GUNS”, SAY PROTESTORS Israel’s national football team had to endure a barrage of pro-Palestinian chanting throughout their 8-0 defeat by Scotland in the Women’s Euro qualifier at Tynecastle on Saturday, in a protest aimed at highlighting the plight of what…
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Embargo: Friday 15th June 2012 Scottish PalestineSolidarity Campaign: Media Release PROTESTS SET FOR TOMORROW’S SCOTLAND v ISRAEL EURO QUALIFIER Campaigners are set to protest the Scotland v Israel Women’s Euros Qualifier at Edinburgh’s Tynecastle Stadium tomorrow (Sat16th June) after “urgent” calls from FIFA president, Sepp Blatter,that Israeli authorities end their “alleged illegal detention of Palestine football…
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Wed 13th June 2012 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release CANTONA & FIFA CONDEMN ISRAEL OVER “ALLEGED ILLEGAL DETENTION” OF PALESTINIAN FOOTBALLERS The president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, has called on Israel to end its apparent human rights violations in relation to the detention without charge or trial of a number of Palestinian national football…
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Jewish Chronicle: Scottish Church votes to ignore Israel in campaignsJonathan Kalmus 31 May 2012 The Scottish Church will no longer consider the Israeli perspective when campaigning on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its General Assembly has voted. Delegates in Edinburgh at the annual conference of Scotland’s largest church, which has over 450,000 members, overwhelmingly voted against a…
Some of the world’s biggest stars – from Madonna to the Red Hot Chili Peppers – are being accused of putting profit before principle in a growing backlash against artists performing in Israel. Campaigners angry at human rights abuses against the Palestinian people – symbolised by Israel’s policy of demolishing the homes…
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