Ken Macintosh MSP, co-organiser with Scottish Friends of Israel of an exhibition on ‘Israel’s contribution to technology, science and medicine’, has confirmed in press reports the purpose of the exhibition: to whitewash the crimes of a state. While Palestinians continue to face house demolitions, land confiscations, killings and more, and while Gaza continues to live…
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Robert Brown Send us a copy of your MSPs responses or if you receive no response: angus@scottishpsc.org.uk Have your MSPs signed the Scottish Parliament motion calling for cancellation of exhibition? Contact your MSPs to sign the motion! Write to Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister Take part in the protest outside the Scottish Parliament MSPs refusing…
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by Ori Lewis and Ivan Karakashian, Reuters, 23 April 2009 “It doesn’t matter how many times we convince ourselves and our staunch allies that we are not war criminals, and that those who try to portray us as such are incorrigible Jew-haters,” wrote Anshel Pfeffer in the liberal daily Haaretz, Israel’s public relations machine is…
by Larry Defner, published in Nation Branding AS FOR “rebranding” – which means changing the subject from “the conflict” to all the cool and groovy things about Israel – this is insipid. This is an insult to people’s intelligence. It’s an attempt to airbrush certain little details – specifically, endless war and hatred – out…
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Support the Scottish PSC Exhibition on ‘Israeli Medicine, Science & Technology in the service of Ethnic Cleansing’ from 9am-5pm, 27-29 April 2010, at Scottish Parliament main entrance. Please RSVP times you can take part: angus@scottishpsc.org.uk
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by Ben White, The Electronic Intifada, 23 February 2010 A 21 January 2005 article in The Jewish Week explained that the “Brand Israel” campaign then is all about “fewer stories explaining the rationale for the security fence” and “more attention to scientists doing stem-cell research on the cutting edge or the young computer experts who…
Continue Reading Behind Brand Israel: Israel’s recent propaganda efforts