Scottish people adhere to many religions, including Golf. Devotees of Golf notoriously practice their rituals outdoors in all weathers, since they don’t have much choice given Scotland’s year-round rain. Anger at Israeli crimes against the people of Palestine is rising, in particular at the role played by the JNF in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.…
Continue Reading Large protests at JNF fundraiser in Scotland – event called off ‘due to rain’
Appeal to British (and other) citizens to join us “The Secretary of State…requests and requires all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.”(Wording in British, Canadian and other passports) We declare openly that…
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Declaring an Independent Bantustan Al-Shabaka Commentary 25 April 2011 Haidar Eid The “induced euphoria” that characterizes discussions within the mainstream media around the upcoming declaration of an independent Palestinian state in September, ignores the stark realities on the ground and the warnings of critical commentators. Depicting such a declaration as a “breakthrough,” and a “challenge”…
Declaring an Independent Bantustan Al-Shabaka Commentary 25 April 2011 Haidar Eid The “induced euphoria” that characterizes discussions within the mainstream media around the upcoming declaration of an independent Palestinian state in September, ignores the stark realities on the ground and the warnings of critical commentators. Depicting such a declaration as a “breakthrough,” and a “challenge”…
Sofiah MacLeod, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ayr (Scotland) April 20th, 2011) There were blistering attacks on the Israeli Histadrut from the floor of the STUC annual conference. The FBU Scotland has been a consistent supporter of Palestinian calls for boycott. FBU Scotland Organiser, Jim Malone, expressed delegates’ disgust of Histadrut’s complicity with Israel’s crimes. “The…
In the last few years, Palestinians and the solidarity movements in support of Palestinian rights have been successful in drawing attention to Israel as an apartheid state deserving of the same treatment as apartheid South Africa. Prominent individuals such as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, UN Special Rapporteur on Human…
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