Tuesday 12th October 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release FORMER TALIBAN PRISONER HITS OUT AGAINST US MILITARY OVER NORGROVE KILLING. A former prisoner of the Taliban has hit out against the failed rescue attempt of aid-worker, Linda Norgrove, after news emerged that earlier accounts of her death were inaccurate. Speaking at…
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Show SOLIDARITY with French BDS activists Thursday 14 October – 12 noon to 1pm French Consulate in Edinburgh – 11 Randolph Crescent (map here) Palestine solidarity activists in France are being prosecuted for boycotting Israel. The French government has asked all French judges to condemn boycott actions against Israel and, encouraged by this,…
Thursday 7th Oct 2010 Edinburgh University Students For Justice In Palestine: Media Release STUDENTS SHUT DOWN CAREERS FAIR IN PROTEST AT PRESENCE OF ARMS MANUFACTURER BAE SYSTEMS Edinburgh University Students for Justice in Palestine shut down the University’s career fair yesterday (Wednesday 6th October) to protest the presence of BAE systems who are…
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Korans burnt in West Bank mosque attack by Douglas Hamilton : Rueters 4th October 2010 8.38pm A Star of David symbol and the words “Price Tag” were found scrawled over the mosque’s doorway. Militant settlers coined the slogan to warn of the cost of any threat to their presence. Jewish settlers opposed to a peace…
The British Government bans discussion of Palestine during Holocaust Memorial Day by Mick Napier A letter from Andrew Stunnell MP, writing on behalf of the Minister for Communities in the UK coalition government, attempts to justify the decision earlier this year of the UK Government’s Holocaust Memorial Day Trust to censor all mention of a speaking tour by…
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Scottish PSC fundraising dinner with Yvonne Ridley (journalist & co-founder of Viva Palestina), Ali Al Awasi (survivor of Mavi Marmara), Mick Napier (Scottish PSC Chair). GLASGOW Sunday 10th October, 7-10pm STUC Building, 333 Woodlands Road, G3 6NJ Chaired by Ahmed Asif EDINBURGH Tuesday 12th October, 7-10pm Organised with Radio Ramadan Edinburgh and Muslim Women’s Association of Edinburgh Bongo Club,…