Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign statement19 August 2024 SPSC welcomes the decision by the Scottish Government to suspend all meetings with Israeli ambassadors until “real progress has been made towards peace, unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance is provided and Israel cooperates fully with its international obligations on the investigation of genocide and war crimes”. The Scottish…
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SPSC statement, 12 August 2024 The fascist thugs fire-bombing refugees, threatening communities and murder of asylum seekers and ‘foreigners’ are inspired by Israeli genocide and the ethno-supremacist state model it embodies. They are a threat to all of us who stand for freedom, equality and justice for Palestinians and against Israeli settler colonialism, apartheid and…
SPSC condemns the escalation in police aggression and abuse of power in Scotland and will continue to challenge attempts to erode our rights to assemble, to protest and act against Israel’s ongoing genocide. Protestors have been charged with ‘threatening and abusive behaviour’ inside a Lidl supermarket in Dundee, and Aberdeen demonstrators stand accused of ‘failing…
SPSC Statement, 9 July 2024 In a general election, there will always be many issues and concerns that determine how millions cast their vote. For a large proportion of these voters, disgusted at the unstinting support that Israel enjoys from the mainstream political parties, complicity in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people has been…
SPSC Statement, 26 June 2024 A motion calling for the recognition of the State of Palestine will be introduced by former First Minister Humza Yousaf in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 26th June. This follows similar moves by other European countries, such as Ireland, Norway and Spain. On the face of it, this appears to…
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SPSC Statement, 25 June 2024 SPSC is concerned but not surprised that the CEO of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Melanie Ward, has been parachuted in from London to run as a Labour Party candidate in Fife. We have received queries from angry and confused supporters of Palestinian rights, just a few of those who…
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