Others will have different short lists of ‘best’ books, films, and videos on Israel/Palestine but, for what it’s worth (and I think they are all platinum) here goes with Five key books Five key books available online Five great films Five YouTubes Five key books1. Ramzi Baroud, My Father was a Freedom Fighter…
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The demand that the Palestinians recognize a Jewish state is no coincidence; it’s not to be taken lightly. It’s the way to demand that the Palestinians admit their historic defeat and recognize the Jews’ exclusive ownership of the country. In the eyes of the ruling majority there is no difference between Arabs who are Israeli…
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Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes today’s decision by the prestigious Stills Gallery to terminate the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of their forthcomng photography exhibition, A Thousand of Him, Scattered: Relative Newcomers in Diaspora. The Gallery has returned the Israeli Embassy’s £1,300 sponsorship money and removed the Embassy’s logo and name from the list of sponsors. The…
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Six members of Dumfries & Galloway SPSC Branch went to “Sainsbury’s Superstore” at Newton Stewart to join in the UK effort to pressurise Sainsbury’s UK management to follow the Coop and stop trading with companies involved in Israel’s illegal settlements in the West Bank. We built on the precedent established at Kelso “Sainsbury’s Superstore” in…
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With so many ethnic cleansing successes, why are Zionists so worried?Mick Napier4th April 2014 As Israel accelerates its current wave of ethnic cleansing – driving Palestinians from their homes to make way for Jewish-only settlements across the whole of Historic Palestine – some may succumb to despair. Israel should have a bulldozer on its flag…
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183 minors in Israeli prisons amongst almost 5,000 Palestinians incarcerated. These are the most recent figures released by Israeli human rights groupB’TselemEdinburgh SPSC Branch Newsletter : April 2014Welcome to the April e-newsletter of the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity CampaignThis month marks the annual ‘Palestinian Prisoners Day’ to show solidarity with the prisoners…