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War of building permits and eviction orders By Tobias Buck in Jerusalem Financial Times Published: March 19 2010 18:52 | Last updated: March 19 2010 18:52 Three Palestinian women sit on rickety plastic chairs on a pavement in Arab East Jerusalem, their eyes fixed on the house across the road. Decked out in Israeli flags…

Global anger at Israeli settlement policy By Tobias Buck in Jerusalem and Isabel Gorst in Moscow Financial Times Published: March 19 2010 01:51 | Last updated: March 19 2010 18:42 Israel yesterday came under renewed fire from the international community for its settlement policy in occupied East Jerusalem, in the latest sign of tensions between…

Monday 15th March 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release   ISRAELI ACADEMIC SAYS “BOYCOTT ISRAEL”   An Israeli academic starts a UK speaking tour today that aims to encourage people to boycott Israel to fight “Israeli Apartheid”.   Professor Jeff Halper, who is the Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), will…

European Parliament Press Release Gaza conflict: implementing the Goldstone recommendations External relations – 10-03-2010 – 13:20   Respect for human rights by all parties to the Gaza conflict, independent investigations of alleged violations of human rights, a strong EU common position on the follow-up of the Goldstone report and close monitoring of its implementing measures…

SPSC chair, Mick Napier was refused Legal Aid to fight the nonsensical racism charges, and faces a legal bill of over £4,000; MPs fighting their expenses abuse charges have been granted Legal Aid to do so, in the “interests of justice”. Dear Friends Five members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign face charges of ‘racially…

Sign the letter; See all signatories March 2010 We, the undersigned, condemn the attempt by Scottish prosecutors to criminalise the growing international campaign to boycott Israel until Israel comes into line with international law. In July 2005, working in close co-operation with partners in South Africa, hundreds of civil society organisations across Palestine produced a…