Highland Regional Councillors voted today in full Council to condemn “the Government of Israel for its continuing illegal occupation of Palestine’s East Jerusalem and the West Bank and for its continuing illegal blockade of Gaza”. The Councillors, departing from UK Government policy, also welcomed “the decision of the United Nations on 29 November 2012…
Time to divest Conference, 19-20 October, Edinburgh Saturday 19 October Welcome and Introduction Maggie Chapman, Scottish Green Party Maggie told us that Denis Goldberg, South African anti-apartheid campaigner, had said apartheid still exists – In Israel. The Scottish Green Party had endorsed the conference and was the only one of the 5 parties represented at…
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Charity Commission is protecting sham charities – not only tax scams for the wealthy but also ethnic cleansers of Palestine “William Shawcross, resigned as director of The Henry Jackson Society, a right wing ‘think-tank’ which advocates war with Iran, to take up his current position as Chair of the Charity Commission. Shawcross is a…
Professor Jake Lynch of Sydney University is the subject of legal proceedings initiated by an Israel-based organisation using allegations of racism in an attempt to criminalise support for BDS. Professor Lynch’s refusal to sponsor an Israeli academic’s application for a fellowship in Sydney University was based on the Israeli academic’s link to the Hebrew University…
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How the left supported ethnic cleansingby Mike Marqusee30 November 2013″The Arab Revolt of 1936-39 coincided with the Spanish Civil War. But whereas all sections of the British left rallied to the Spanish Republican cause, the Palestinians were disregarded or condemned. Labour, virulently opposed to the Revolt, fully supported the government’s brutal counter-insurgency. Harold Laski dismissed…
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Palestinians condemn prison sentencesAl Jazeera 29 November 2013 Jamal Zahalka, a Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, called the sentences “an aggressive message to the Arab citizens of Israel. It is a message that says that the Arabs can’t defend themselves, that Arab blood is worthless. We don’t accept that and will…