When the Israel boycott goes mainstreamBy Jonathan Freedland, in Jewish Chronicle 7 June 7 2013 “Rather than slamming him, those who wish the best for Israel should contemplate what Hawking’s move means – that unless the country changes course, ending an occupation 46 years old this week, then Hawking’s action will become the norm. The…
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Tuesday 4th June 2013 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release CONTROVERSIAL ISRAEL CHARITY FACES FUNDRAISER PROTEST Campaigners are set to protest a “charity shoot” fundraiser for the UK arm of a controversial Israeli organisation today. The Jewish National Fund (JNF) has faced increasing criticism over its ownership or control of almost all of the land…
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NO EMBARGO: Saturday 1st June 2013 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release PALESTINIAN FOOTBALLER PRESENTS HEARTS/HIBS RIVALS4CHARITY TROPHY AT TYNECASTLE AS CALLS INCREASE TO PREVENT ISRAEL HOSTING THE UEFA U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS A Palestinian national footballer who had last year been on the verge of death after a three-month hunger strike was back to fitness on…
The Almond Tree Michelle Cohen Corasanti Garnet Publishing, 2012 £7.99 I would like to be generous in my review of this book, but that’s no easy matter. Sure enough, the author gives a graphic description of the horrors visited upon a Palestinian family from 1955 onwards and culminating in a searing account of…
MEDIA RELEASEThursday 23 May 2013 Delegates to the Church of Scotland General Assembly have today voted to adopt a report by its Church and Society Council which challenged “claims that scripture offers any peoples a privileged claim for possession of a particular territory”. The Church report argues that it is “doubly wrong to seek biblical…
Videla reserved special treatment for Jews, and among those kidnapped there were approximately 1300 Jews, significantly higher than their share of the population. They also received special treatment in terms of torture. There is a slight irony that this antisemitic ruler secured the fervent cooperation of the Israeli government. In late 1977 the Ambassador to…
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