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Small stores boycott of Israel takes root in Fife The Fife SPSC poster going up in shops across Fife reads: Don’t spoil your fast with Israeli dates, Support Palestine – Boycott Israel”  

Edinburgh SPSC Activists and local Muslims Unite to Enforce Israeli Date Boycott SPSC Edinburgh Branch rallied local Muslims and non-Muslims before and after Friday prayers today (3rd September 2010) at the central Mosque in Edinburgh to lobby local grocers’ shops to ensure they did not stock Israeli goods generally, and Israeli dates specifically. Dates are…

Sat 4th September 2010; NO EMBARGO Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release   EDINBURGH SHOPS SUPPORT ISRAEL BOYCOTT – “Dodgy dates” removed from shelves   A number of small shops in Edinburgh have offered their support to a boycott of Israeli produce. Storeowners near Edinburgh’s Central Mosque told campaigners yesterday that they either didn’t stock Israeli…

Friday 3rd September 2010; NO EMBARGO Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release   NOTICE OF SCOTTISH PROTESTS AGAINST THE SALE OF ISRAELI DATES DURING RAMADAN   The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is joining with Muslim groups to protest against the sale of Israeli dates in small shops around Scotland.   The Edinburgh branch will…

We hold regular street stalls, often in conjunction with Tayside for Justice in Palestine, normally outside the Overgate Centre on Saturdays, in order to protest the sale by a stall inside of illegal DEAD SEA PRODUCTS (These come from Occupied Palestine but are labelled as Israeli). Contact Neil: dundee@scottishpsc.org.uk

We’re trying to build links between Aberdeen and Palestine, and one way we are hoping to do this is through involvement with PalestineConnect. This charity started in 1999, and funds the founding and running of community-aided learning centres. It currently runs three centres based in refugee camps in Gaza. In the last year alone, over 3000 children have completed free IT-related…