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“The committee does not often reach a unanimous decision on a petition; however, when it does, it clearly states its support for it. It might well be no more than a symbolic pronouncement, but we as a committee of the Parliament can say that we support the basis of the petition and agree that the…

An inclusive round table on the Nazi Holocaust A Scottish tour by historian Lenni Brenner Performances of Jim Allen’s play Perdition “When I was teaching at Boston University, I was asked by a Jewish group to give a talk on the Holocaust. I spoke that evening, but not about the Holocaust of World War II,…

6 September 2004 On Friday at 10.45am UK time, Abu Jihad, spokesman for Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, spoke on a smuggled mobile phone with a group of members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 48-hour solidarity hunger strikers and their supporters at the Peace & Justice Centre on Princes Street in the centre of…

July 07, 2005 The terrorist attacks in London have shattered the lives of wholly innocent Londoners who never hurt a Palestinian, an Arab or a Muslim. The Scottish PSC received the email below from Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus, Palestine. Walid was one of the hundreds of victims of Israeli state terrorism we met during the last…

There is simply no comparable way to experience Israel”” From The Scotsman, Oct 12, 2006 ” ‘James Bond’ Tourists are offered a chance to visit the Israeli war zone”   (more…)

Submission on Draft Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Bill – 24th August 2004 The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) started over three years ago in Edinburgh, Scotland in response to the second Palestinian Intifada (or struggle). Our main emphasis has been to educate the Scottish Parliament and the wider public…