We, and not you, are the children of Mala Zimetbaum and Marek Edelman, of Mordechai Anilevicz and Stephane Hessel, and we are conveying their message to humankind for custody in the hands of the Gaza resistance fighters: “We are fighting for our freedom and yours, for our pride and yours, for our human, social and…
The Scotsman, 23 May 2009 by Shan Ross ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh film festival apologised last night for the “distress” caused after it accepted cash from the Israeli embassy, sparking a major funding row. The controversy began after the £300 donation was earmarked to pay travel costs to the capital for Tali Shalom Ezer, the…
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Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Statement Thursday 21 May, 2009 Ken Loach and the Edinburgh International Film Festival are to be congratulated for distancing the EIFF publicly from the unwelcome embrace of the State of Israel, a state now widely understood to be committing grave crimes against the Palestinian people. Many who would have stayed away…
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The Scotsman, published Date: 19 May 2009 By EMILY PYKETT ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh International Film Festival have been forced to return a donation from the Israeli embassy after director Ken Loach waded into the funding row and called for people to boycott the event on political grounds. The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) threatened…
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Boycott movement can oppose Israeli violence The 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival organisers announced on Friday they were returning money donated by the Israeli Embassy. The return of the money was accompanied by an admission that it had been “a mistake to accept the £300 from the Israeli Embassy” and followed a torrent of angry letters expressing…
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—–Original Message—– From: Ginnie Atkinson Sent: 15 May 2009 16:11 To: Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Subject: RE: Your call I’m sorry I thought that conclusion was implicit. We will not be taking the funding. I have to say that the response from your membership has been at times extraordinarily aggressive, misguidedly presumptive and provocative. Our…