The issue of justice for Palestine will not be far from the minds of many voters going to the polls today. Before they head to the ballot box, they will have been able to check their candidates’ views on Palestine thanks to an extensive survey carried out over the last three months by Palestine Solidarity …
With just a week to go before the UK General Election, voters have shown that the issue of justice in Palestine is high on their list of concerns and they’ve been making sure that Parliamentary candidates are aware of this. More than 900 Parliamentary candidates have responded to emails from constituents in an email poll …
Palestine could be a key issue in deciding battleground seats in next month’s General Election. And many candidates in those seats have been quick to respond to voters’ concerns on the issue. In an email poll co-ordinated by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in which constituents asked their candidates for their views on justice for Palestinians, the …
Candidates standing for election to Parliament in May have shown their support for an immediate lifting of Israel’s blockade of Gaza in an email survey co-ordinated by Palestine Solidarity Campaign. More than 670 declared candidates from all major parties in England, Scotland and Wales responded to emails sent to them by constituents, asking for …
General Election candidates who responded to an email survey co-ordinated by Palestine Solidarity Campaign have overwhelmingly condemned Israeli settlements as illegal under international law. The vast majority also said they agreed that the next UK government should uphold the principles of equality, human rights and international law in all its relations and dealings with Israel. …
Today we learned that the University of Southampton is considering cancelling a three-day conference which is due to take place in April to debate international law and Israel. Since the conference was announced, the university has come under intense pressure from the Zionist Federation UK, MPs and even a government minister – Eric Pickles – …
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 …
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 …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has written to the Managing Director of Waitrose, Mark Price, asking for a meeting to discuss the supermarket chain’s promotion of Israel. In February, Waitrose distributed an Israeli Government Tourist Office brochure entitled ‘Taste of Israel’. The brochure was included as a supplement in the Waitrose in-house magazine, ‘My Kitchen’. PSC sent …
