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Scottish Government helped Israeli company deal with boycott “threatening future of Eden Springs UK”

Documents obtained by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign show how a subsidiary of an Israeli company operating in Britain turned successfully for help from the Scottish Government to deal with what the Israeli company called “a wave of protests…that is threatening the future of Eden Springs UK”. The contract cancellations had created a “pressing situation”…

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2012 April 3rd: APPEAL AGAINST ISRAEL FLAG “RACISM” CONVICTION

Embargo: Tuesday 3rd April 2012 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release APPEAL AGAINST ISRAEL FLAG “RACISM” CONVICTION   A former St Andrews University student who defaced an Israeli flag and referred to Israel as a terrorist state is set to appeal his conviction for racism tomorrow [Wed 4th April 2010]. Paul Donnachie was sentenced to…

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Top British actors call for cancellation of invitation to Israeli theatre group to perform at London

Globe Olympic Shakespeare Festival challenged for inviting Israeli National Theatre         David Calder, Trevor Griffiths, Jonathan Miller, Mark Rylance, Emma Thompson, Harriet Walter call on Globe to withdraw invitation to Israeli theatre, Habima         Rylance – “support Israeli artists resisting illegal settlements”         Calder – Habima “a cultural fig-leaf” for Israeli brutality  Leading British actors, directors…

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Jewish settlers escalate attacks on unarmed Palestinians

EU report notes huge increase in Jewish settler attacksBy Andrew Rettman BRUSSELS – EU countries’ ambassadors in Ramallah have said Israeli authorities are not doing enough to stop a massive increase in attacks by Jewish extremists against Palestinians. The attacks varied from gunfire to throwing stones and garbage, including at Palestinian schoolchildren, as well as…

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