83 people registered over the weekend of October 19th and 20th in Edinburgh for the Divest from Israeli Apartheid conference. Photos and full report to follow. Scottish Friends of Israel (“your local supporters of illegal occupation, colonialism and apartheid”) had lobbied the venue to have the event cancelled but, as usual, they were rebuffed. Speakers…
Continue Reading Divest From Israeli Apartheid conference: a great start
So why pick on Israel for a divestment campaign instead of other brutal regimes? Well, because Israel ticks all the boxes. The table below lists only some of the reasons why you should come to the Divest from Israeli Apartheid conference in Edinburgh on 19th & 20th October http://divest.scottishpsc.org.uk/programme/.
There is no doubt that Lt. Col. Cristal sees himself in the front line of an attack on the political positions of all UK trade unions and even solidarity with Palestine generally. On August 18 he tweeted, “I’m going into the legal battle. Those who choose to boycot will pay the price”. Mick NapierEdinburgh 23…
Continue Reading Israeli Embassy involved in legal attack on UNISON for its support for Palestine
Israel has stepped up its construction of illegal settlement building. Defence for Children international reports that Israel continues to kill Palestinians, including many hundreds of children, using drones and other means of delivering high explosives to defenceless Palestinians. The ethnic cleansing of Palestinian citizens of Israel is ongoing; the Palestinian village of Umm el-Hieran is…
Continue Reading Sainsbury’s STOP! (Stop Trading with Occupation Profiteers)
‘Aharon Barak developed a “legal” framework for Israel’s illegal occupation that justified massive human rights abuses, including the firing of live rounds at unarmed demonstrators as a “legitimate response to security threats”, even though this behaviour would be criminal under the Scottish, British and European legal codes. Barak also handed down judgements that allowed torture…
Continue Reading A Scottish University’s contribution to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine
The ‘Prawer Plan’ The ‘Prawer Plan’ is the innocuous sounding name for the biggest project of ethnic cleansing carried out by Israel since 1967 and so far, it is receiving scant attention by the international community or global mainstream media. The plan, detailed and condemned here by Adalah seeks to forcefully expel (i.e. ethnically cleanse)…
Continue Reading Ethnic Cleansing of the Naqab in 2013: Is the Wood Group powering the ‘Prawer Plan?