An event to be held at a St Andrews hotel, aimed at raising funds for the Friends of the IDF and the JNF, has been cancelled on police advice in the face of serious mobilisations for planned protests. Palestine activists, human rights campaigners and students joined forces to speak out against the inclusion of Friends of…
The names Jewish National Fund and Israeli Defence Force are both deceitful. The former is a so called “private” organisation which however had the exclusive right to acquire private land which was abandoned by its owners who fled from the atrocities by the IDF in 1948. Another aspect of this exclusive right of a private…
Mahmoud Sarsak Scottish tour: 1-16 JuneMahmoud Sarsak was a member of the Palestinian national football team who was seized by Israeli troops and held without charge in Israel’s notorious prison system. After three years, Sarsak went on hunger strike to demand that he be given prisoner-of-war status, on account of his having been detained under…
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“G4S, the world’s biggest security company by revenues, has confirmed it is planning to quit key contracts in Israel amid protests against its involvement in settlements within Occupied Palestinian territories.” Gill Plimmer, Financial Times 21 April 2013The company employs 6,000 people in Israel, where it provides and maintains screening equipment for several West Bank military…
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On Friday April 26th, 2013 the St Andrews University Jewish Society and the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity of the university will be hosting a Matzah Ball, fundraising for amongst others the Friends of the IDF and The JNF. The IDF, the official name of the Israeli army, is the policing and military body that is…
At its 2013 Annual Congress in Perth, the Scottish Trades Union Council (STUC) re-affirmed its support for the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and extended the scope of its campaign to include G4S. A series of delegates queued to speak in support of the motion which was carried nem con, with…