Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran is a brutal onslaught which has killed over 2000 people, overwhelmingly civilians, bombing schools and hospitals. It has tried to effect illegal regime change, has brought death and destruction across the Middle East, and is in danger of widening into further conflict. Israel’s invasion and bombing of Lebanon which …
Today was due to see the start of the trial of PSC Director Ben Jamal and Stop The War Coalition Vice-Chair Chris Nineham. We thank everyone who joined us in solidarity outside Westminster Magistrates Court this morning. Instead, the trial has been adjourned today because of the volume of material disclosed to the defence at …
The Palestine coalition welcomes news of the High Court’s historic ruling which declared the British government’s ban on Palestine Action unlawful. The judgement is a decisive rebuff to the state’s attempts to criminalise political dissent and activism aimed at stopping material support for genocide. Over the past two years of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian …
The Palestine coalition welcomes the news that a jury has acquitted or failed to reach verdicts on charges faced by campaigners who took action against Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. This is a significant defeat for the government which had used this case to try to justify its disgraceful decision to proscribe non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as terrorists and the subsequent arrest …
The Palestine coalition is deeply concerned by the decision by the Met police to permit a UKIP march to end in Trafalgar Square tomorrow (31 Jan), not far from where our national march for Palestine will be passing. The UKIP march, though expected to be small, should not be allowed anywhere near our Palestine march. …
This weekend Donald Trump unveiled details of his so-called “Board of Peace”, a disgraceful plan to entrench colonial rule over Gaza. The “Executive Council” will be stacked with Trump’s allies and cronies, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and former Prime Minister Tony Blair, a man whose hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. Neither Blair, Trump, nor any of these figures should be anywhere near …
PSC expresses its immense relief that that imprisoned activists Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello have ended their hunger strikes. This announcement follows the disclosure that Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems has been denied a £2billion army training contract by the Ministry of Defence. We remain concerned for the safety of Umer Khalid, who …
PSC utterly condemns yesterday’s attack on Birzeit University in the illegally occupied West Bank. The Israeli military invaded in the middle of the day, destroying the university’s main gate, and firing live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades at students and staff. At least forty students and academics have been injured, including five who have …
Palestine Coalition condemns the recent escalation of attempts to suppress solidarity with Palestine
Recent days have seen a significant escalation of attempts to suppress the movement in solidarity with Palestine, with politicians and police dangerously conflating protest with terrorism in the wake of the horrific Bondi Beach attack and falsely portraying support for Palestinian rights as a threat to Jewish people. This includes the use of police powers …
Last night the Metropolitan Police contacted the Palestine Coalition threatening to effectively ban our planned protest today. They indicated their intention to ban the protest from virtually the whole of central London including Whitehall and the entire area around Parliament and that anyone protesting for Palestine within these areas would be at risk of arrest. The reason given by …