PSC analyses BBC Radio 4 ‘Live from Gaza: Business behind the blockade’ BBC News reaches 81% of the UK every week via tv, radio and online articles. That is a huge number of people to be misinforming about the nature of Israel’s occupation. PSC’s ‘Deconstructing the BBC’ series analyses BBC online articles and broadcasts to …
Thank you to all our members and supporters who supported our fantastic lobby day in Parliament for Palestine. Over two thousand of you asked your MP to support the Lobby. Many other MPs met with representatives from Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Pax Christi, Palestinian Mission and other organisations. MPs we met …
This year’s UNISON National Delegates Conference, which took place in Glasgow, has again seen a great number of Palestine related activities. Earlier in the week Ala Khatib, Director of Kav LaOved (Workers Hotline) and official guest of UNISON, addressed the official UNISON International rally and explained how Palestinian workers …
Actors, authors, academics and architects have today called on the government to push for immediate sanctions on Israel until it abides by international law and ends its occupation of Palestinian land. They join other big names from the world of film and rock music, as well as 20,000 members of the public, who have signed …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called for urgent action to ensure that alleged Israeli war criminal, Shaul Mofaz, who is in London today, does not leave the country without facing the charges laid against him. Mofaz, who was Israel’s military chief of staff during the Second Intifada, is in London on a private visit. He stands …
MONDAY 15 JUNE 2015 David Amess presents a petition on behalf of residents in the Southend West constituency on the FCO’s Stance on Hamas, followed by observations from the Foreign Secretary. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150615/petntext/150615p0001.htm#15061517000002 Commons Petitions Laurence Robertson: What recent discussions has Foreign Secretary had with the government of Israel about the displacement of …
The first lobby for Palestine in this new parliament will take place in under a week. Hundreds of people like you who are passionate about Palestinian human rights will arrive at Westminster on Tuesday ready to inform their MPs about the terrible situation in Palestine, and pressure them to take political action. By taking our …
TUESDAY 9 JUNE 2015 Questions to Foreign Secretary: – Andrew Gwynne: What assessment has FCO made of the likely success of the French initiative for a UN resolution for new peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians? – Philip Hammond: We do see merit in a balanced UNSC resolution at the right moment, …
Contact your MP now and take your concerns about Palestine directly to Parliament. In under two weeks we will be knocking at Westminster’s door to inform, educate and pressure our representatives to take action. This is the first lobby for Palestine that has taken place in this new parliament, so its very important that we …
The global security firm, G4S, has been found to be in violation of its human rights obligations under guidelines issued by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).The finding comes less than a week after a chaotic G4S annual general meeting was taken over by campaigners for Palestinian human rights demanding an end to …