Just one day before the Israeli General Election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood in an East Jerusalem settlement and pledged in a televised interview that he would never agree to a Palestinian state. He also made an election commitment not to halt settlement construction. The next day, he and his Likud party were re-elected to …
The actors Maxine Peake and Miriam Margolyes, rock musician Brian Eno, and film director Ken Loach, are among those who have joined Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s call for immediate sanctions to be imposed on Israel. The call follows Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments, made one day before Israel’s elections, that there would be no Palestinian state on his …
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PSC analyses BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme interview with the Israeli Defence Minister 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 …
Parliament has now dissolved and won’t return until 11th May 2015 at the earliest. THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2015 1. Dame Joan Ruddock: [extract from her valedictory speech] Another great regret is to see the plight of yet another generation of Palestinians. I cannot believe that the international community has tolerated such oppression for so long. …
THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2015 Jim Fitzpatrick [in Business Questions]: “I do not expect the Government to comment on the outcome of elections in other countries, but will there be a statement on Premier Netanyahu’s announcement that he will not support a two-state solution? Might the Prime Minister refer to it at the European Council and then comment …
Israel says no Palestine Sign the petition: sanctions on Israel NOW! Israel’s General Election has been won by Benjamin Netanyahu’s extreme right-wing Likud party, sending a clear message to the world that the Israeli people are happy with the status quo of keeping the Palestinians under continuous occupation and siege. Just one day before …
Thank you very much for signing PSC’s petition calling for the UK government to push the EU to impose immediate sanctions on Israel. Now can you take a minute to use our easy e-tool and send an email to your Parliamentary candidates asking them for their views on justice for Palestine?
Thank you so much to all of you who’ve sent your replies from candidates to our 7 questions. If you have a reply you haven’t yet sent us, please send it to info@palestinecampaign.org If your candidate/s told you they support sanctions against Israel please send them a letter based on the below. If your candidate/s …