April 2023 For the first time, the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has recognised Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people as apartheid. Over 350 delegates voted to pass the ‘Solidarity with Palestine’ motion, denouncing Israel’s continuing occupation of Palestine, reaffirming their support for the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice and calling on practical forms of…
Demonstration Stop Israel’s crimes! Freedom For Palestine! End the Siege of Gaza! Assemble Saturday 13 May 1pmGlasgow at Deir Yasin Memorial, Kelvingrove Park G3 8AG for march to City CentreEdinburgh at Al Dawayma Memorial, Regent Rd Park EH8 8EJ for march to First Minister’s residenceDundee City Square DD1 9SL for rallyCalled by Scotland Supports Palestine
Continue Reading Demonstration: Stop Israel’s crimes! Freedom For Palestine! End the Siege of Gaza!
In the early hours of 2 May, 2023, Khader Adnan, after 86 days on hunger strike, finally succumbed to the terrible torture on his body, and passed away, kept from his family and any humanitarian care or assistance, in isolation in an Israeli jail. Although 237 Palestinian prisoners have died In Israeli custody since 1967,…
Glasgow Friends of Israel who are part of Confederation of Friends of Israel Scotland are a Zionist group and not a Jewish group. Over the last three years or so GFI have been embroiled in an attempt to frame SPSC as antisemitic. There have been numerous articles about this in the main stream press (Shock…
Scottish PSC sent the following letter to Stand Up to Racism (Scotland) on 8 March 2023. Dear SUTR Scotland Committee Members I would be grateful if you would confirm that the position of Stand Up to Racism is that the Confederation of Friends of Israel (COFIS) is not welcome at the upcoming SUTR demonstration in…
PhotosAlasdair BlackChristian Zionists at an international rally in Israel “Christian Zionism or Restorationism — the belief that the Jewish people were destined by God to have a homeland in Palestine and Christians were obliged to use means to enable this to take place — existed as a well thought…