Jewish Chronicle By Jessica Elgot, October 27, 2009: Israel is denying Palestinians their fair share of water by blocking projects to improve water supplies, Amnesty International has alleged. In a new report, the human rights organisation claimed that Israel is using over 80 per cent of the water from the mountain aquifer in the West…
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Lawyers representing five Palestine supporters arrested last year for disrupting a concert by an Israeli group will argue at Edinburgh Sheriff Court tomorrow and Friday this week that to boycott Israel is not racist. The campaigners, all members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), stood up during the Aug 29th 2008 Edinburgh Festival performance…
Haaretz 06 Nov 2009: http://www.haaretz.c om/hasen/spages/1126213.html Israel on Friday rejected a United Nations General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as “completely detached from realities”. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said in response to Thursday’s vote that Israel “maintains…
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Demonstrate for Palestine at the Hapoel Tel Aviv game on Dec 2 Download Leaflet Israel attacks Palestinian sports facilities, bombed Gaza stadium Israel usually prevents the Palestinian team from competing: Before the last World Cup, Israel forced Gaza players to wait weeks at the Israeli-controlled Rafah border to join their West Bank team-mates for training…
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At their board meeting in October 2009 Leith Festival organisers decided to refuse any future sponsorship from Veolia. Their decision followed a presentation by Scottish PSC on Veolia’s complicity in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land.
Media Release; Saturday October 17th 2009: Israel could face prosecution for “war crimes” The United Nations Human Rights Council voted to approve the Goldstone report yesterday in a move that could see Israeli officials facing prosecution for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” over their role in Israel’s three-week war in Gaza earlier…
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