Statements

SPSC Statement Tzipi Hotovely events cancelled!3 June 2024 Two Scottish synagogues have cancelled meetings arranged on their premises for Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely. The events were scheduled to take place at Garnethill Synagogue (Glasgow) and Salisbury Road Synagogue (Edinburgh).  As outlined in our communication to the synagogues, Hotovely is a right-wing extremist who represents the…

11 March 2024 – SPSC response to SUTR Scotland and STUC joint statement  On 16 March 2024, Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) will hold its annual demonstration to mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.  SPSC has not attended the demonstration for several years due to the unchallenged presence of the…

SPSC statement, 26 January 2024 Today in Glasgow, in the busiest court in Europe, the presiding Sheriff Alan McKay received confirmation from the Procurator Fiscal that the terrorism charge against SPSC founder Mick Napier has been dropped.  The Sheriff however appeared taken aback at the prosecution’s request for repressive bail conditions to be continued which…

Exterminationist Israeli minister Ben-Gvir has pounced on the Scottish Government call for a resettlement scheme for Palestinian refugees to support his army’s genocidal violence aiming to ethnically cleanse Palestine of all Palestinians.  Here, a humanitarian impulse is being utilised by the Zionist project. The burning question for every political body and each politician is whether…

Demonstrate for a free Palestine and an end to Zionist colonisation and apartheid! Sat 14 Oct @ 2pm SPSC welcomes the remarkable gains made by the Palestinian resistance in re-taking land occupied since 1948. Following decades of colonisation and months of escalating violent repression against the Palestinian people, the resistance has temporarily broken the Gaza…

SPSC Statement, 1 August 2023 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) welcomes the decision of the Scottish Government to recommend to the Scottish Parliament to refuse to give consent to the UK’s Anti-Boycott (Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters)) Bill following an SPSC campaign that included letters to the First Minister by constituents. When the Bill…