in 'Anti-Semitism'
Latuff is a cartoonist who calls out the crimes of the State of Israel and its apologists everywhere. His cartoons are sharp and clear and make perfect sense. Sadly, Jeremy…
in Free Speech on Palestine
The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is the keynote speaker at an event in Glasgow on Saturday; "Question Time - Challenging Racism & Islamophobia With The First…
in Free Speech on Palestine
Regardless of who endorses the IHRA definition of antisemitism, Israel is a racist state. Massacre and ethnic cleansing of the native Palestinian people birthed the State of…
in 'Anti-Semitism'
UPDATE as of Friday morning 16 March We need a victory of courage over fear - as Palestinians show every day The depraved racist views of COFIS (Confederation of Friends of Israel…
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Update 29 January 2018 Lord Bracadale is expected to publish his report and recommendations in Spring 2018. The Hate Crime Legislation Review group has not yet published the…
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On Monday, 11th Sept, at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Sheriff Charlotte Coutts found SPSC member Ally Coutts (no relation) guilty of ‘acting in a racially aggravated manner with intent…
in Legal attacks
After four days of evidence and cross-examinations earlier this month, a trial enters its final moments tomorrow of two members of SPSC on charges of 'racism'. The two stand…
in Free Speech on Palestine
Last month’s Al Jazeera exposé The Lobby revealed the length supporters of Israel are going to in their attempts to suppress free speech on Palestine and BDS (the Palestinian-led…
in Free Speech on Palestine
Media Release: Public enquiry needed into Israeli embassy black-opsSunday 8th January 2017 [Image left: Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev meeting with SNP MPs at Westminster, October…
in Free Speech on Palestine
BBC Radio 4's weekly statistics programme took 10 minutes in January 2015 to examine and demolish absurd Zionist claims that massively exaggerated popular antisemitism in the UK…
in Right to BDS
In a victory for free speech and democracy, December 14th saw a significant defeat for forces attempting to silence criticism of Israel , as a motion raised by Councillors Greig…
in Free Speech on Palestine
A report published today by the all-party Home Affairs Select Committee unanimously recommends limits on political free speech. The six Tory MPs, three New Labour and one SNP are…
in Right to BDS
"Ten years earlier most of the main SNP leaders signed a motion in the Scottish Parliament to send “an important message to the Palestinian people expressing Scotland’s disgust at…
in 'Anti-Semitism'
"...in May 2010 then-First Minister Alex Salmond rightly attacked the idea that Scottish Jews "should be judged or affected by the policies of Israel. The Jewish community is not…
in Right to BDS
Defamation, harassment and threats - the risk in "special operations" against BDSYossi Melman, Maariv(Key points translated by Ofer Neiman) The ministry is divided into three…
in Free Speech on Palestine
The pro-Israel gang are working across the UK to support their one-day effort during the Edinburgh Fringe to openly promote the apartheid State of Israel as a beacon of tolerance.…
in Free Speech on Palestine
"...nowadays legislatures in Europe and North America condemn and occasionally outlaw peaceful boycott of Israel (BDS) as anti-Semitic. In doing so they explicitly link Jews of…
in Free Speech on Palestine
Recent weeks have seen a corrdinated series ofattacks on supporters of Palestinian freedom as supposedly 'anti-semitic'. Political positions both serious and whimsical, but not…
in Free Speech on Palestine
Asa Winstanley The Electronic Intifada 28 April 2016 Last year, socialist stalwart Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership of the UK’s Labour Party by a landslide. Since then, there has…
in Legal attacks
Support two SPSC members - Jim Watson and - I, on trial for 'racism' on Wednesday April 27th and Friday April 29th in Court 10 of Glasgow Sheriff Court. The effort by Zionists and…
in Free Speech on Palestine
The College of Policing, a body which sets standards for police in England and Wales, is being urged to revise its guidance on hate crime, which equates anti-Zionism with “a new…
in Right to BDS
Massacre and ethnic cleansing are popular with Jewish Israelis Pew Research Centre reports today (8 March 2016) that "nearly half of Israeli Jews say Arabs should be expelled or…
in Right to BDS
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign16 February 2016 The UK Government plans to criminalise the adoption of BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) policies by local…
in Free Speech on Palestine
In the June 2001 issue of the Edinburgh Star, ‘Journal of the Edinburgh Jewish Community’, available in Edinburgh Central Library, Esti Sheinberg wrote that, ’The Jewish passion…
in Legal attacks
3 February 2016, Kilmarnock Sheriff Court Sheriff Watson dismissed a charge of assault against Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Scottish PSC) member Mick Napier today…
in Free Speech on Palestine
In a carefully chosen legal ruling that supporters of Israeli ethnic cleansing and massacre need to reflect on before bleating about the anger they arouse for their political…
in Right to BDS
Scottish PSC Statement, 17 November 2015 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) has been committed to campaigning for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel…
in Free Speech on Palestine
"Our struggle against the massacres of Palestinians is conducted by exclusively peaceful means but it must be a struggle, a determined struggle, against a well-resourced and…
in Right to BDS
Israel launches a culture warYvonne RidleyFriday, 28 August 2015 While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to scupper the historic nuclear deal with Iran, his…
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Israelis are but a Walking Shadow at This Year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Yair AshkeenaziHaaretz 27 August 2015 "...all the artists who spoke to Haaretz said the BDS protests…
in Smears
It was inevitable, shocking but not surprising. A determined opponent of all racism, Jeremy Corbyn is smeared by pro-Israel Blairites and the same pro-Israel media that helped…
in Right to BDS
The template was the settlement of Ulster centuries earlier in Britain’s oldest colony. The colonial power granted privileges to colonists who naturally incurred the hatred of the…
in Right to BDS
Investments "include the world’s largest military contractor, Lockheed Martin, which makes Trident nuclear missiles, cluster bombs and F-16 fighter jets. The fund also has…
in Free Speech on Palestine
As the mass murder in Palestine continues, pro-Israel campaigners are reluctant to discuss what's going on in Israel/Palestine. They much prefer to change the subject, away from…
in Smears
"One constant of political Zionism is the smearing of their victims, the mantra that Palestinian resistance to Israeli ethnic cleansing means wanting to "drive the Jews into the…
in Criminalisation
A Celtic fan was ejected and threatened with arrest at Tynecastle after Celtic officials raised an objection to the tee-shirt he was wearing, which said 'Free Palestine' on the…
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UPDATE Mick Napier was arrested on Saturday (20th) night at this home for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. Following his arrest on 13 September, Mick along with another…
in 'Anti-Semitism'
It is an axiom of political Zionism that Jews cannot live safely anywhere outside Israel and those who do so are inferior to those who emigrate to Israel (olim) to take part in…
in Legal attacks
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…
in Criminalisation
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.…
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Scottish PSC endorses statement of solidarity with French campaigners facing trial for BDS actions, members and branches send photo messages of solidarity. More than 150…
in Smears
"It is another matter altogether, a matter of very poor journalism, to ignore the views of the St Andrews police, the Hotel which cancelled the fundraiser, and the clear statement…
in Legal attacks
Ten complaints of "antisemitic" harassment were brought by a UCU member, Ronnie Fraser, who is Director of Academic Friends of Israel and fights the union's policy of support for…
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Does Scotland manage to be anti-Israel without being anti-Semitic?Anshel Pfeffer in Glasgow Haaretz 2 November 2012 No one I spoke to there seems to have ever personally…
in Smears
Having publicly alleged an ‘attack on Jewish people’ and feigning ‘outrage’, you subsequently lost interest in defending your allegation, claiming, “I cannot find the original…
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Ephraim Borowski and SCoJeC's dishonesty "It is indicative of the dishonesty of SCoJeC officers involved in this affair, the lengths they will travel to smear opponents, that the…
in Legal attacks
Today's Scotsman editorial slams inadequate police response by Lothian & Borders Police to the Police Complaints Commission Scotland (PCCS) ruling that they apologise to Scottish…
in Smears
"During the Israeli mass killings of Operation Cast Lead, West Dunbartonshire Council passed a motion to support the appeal from Palestinian civil society for a campaign of…
in Legal attacks
Embargo: Tuesday May 10th 2011. Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release ISRAEL CRITICS FACE “RACISM” CHARGE Two St Andrews University students facing racially…
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Friday 15th October 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release FRENCH CONSULATE PROTESTED OVER PERSECUTION OF “BOYCOTT ISRAEL” ACTIVISTS. The French Consulate in…
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Call for re-trial after 'shocking' summing-up Marcus Dysch, 15 July 15 The full transcript has been revealed for the first time of a judge's summing-up in the trial of seven…
in 'Anti-Semitism'
Article in the Guardian, Scottish antisemitism row is divisive The row reported in the Guardian is highly significant. The row it refers to is linked to the long-term campaigning…
in Smears
Desperate Scottish Zionist leaders accused SPSC of running anti-Semitic cartoonMick Napier May 30, 2010 It is an axiom of Zionism, predating even the focus on dispossessing…
in Legal attacks
Criminalising solidarity; 'racism' case thrown out1st May 2010 A legal attempt to stifle solidarity action with Palestine through boycott fails in Edinburgh Sheriff Court.5…
in Smears
According to the Jewish Telegraph and Ezra Golombok of the Israel Information Office in Scotland: THERE has been a steady increase in support for the Palestinians in Scotland in…
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The background Five SPSC members interrupted a concert by the Israeli musicians and sponsored cultural ambassadors of the State of Israel, the Jerusalem Quartet, during their Aug…
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Tom Hickey is a Principle Lecturer in Aesthetics and Political Economy at the University of Brighton and member of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP)…
in Legal attacks
Far from being driven by malice towards Jews or Israelis, the rising world-wide campaign of BDS is driven by anger at the crimes of the Israeli State and its supporting Zionist…
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"Our only defence against such wealthy and powerful opponents is that we are telling the truth: Anthony Julius is a racist because he suppports the racist Jewish State of Israel…
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Why the Campaign of solidarity with Palestinians must never admit the extreme right Mick Napier 02 March 2007 "Palestinians need mass support – it won’t come by associating…
