The situation in Palestine remains grim. However, world opinion is moving on from impotent outrage at Israel and international support for the Palestinian call for BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) is growing. The goal is to end Israeli crimes and to achieve justice and freedom for the Palestinian people. SPSC has been uncompromising in its…
Support the Early Day Motion 1677 Gerald Kaufman supported the JNF in his youth but now acknowledges that the JNF, a UK-registered charity which has Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Honorary Patrons, is actively involved in the violent dispossession of the Palestinian people. David Cameron has withdrawn his patronage, and Nick Clegg and Ed…
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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”…