The steps taken today by the government are grotesquely inadequate and will serve to maintain Britain’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It must introduce a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel now. Lammy described Israel’s blockade as “intolerable”, saying it is “morally wrong, unjustifiable” and “needs to stop.” He described Israel’s plans to ethnically cleanse …
The Palestine coalition welcomes the ruling of the Court of Appeal that legislation granting the police enhanced powers to restrict protests was introduced unlawfully by the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman. This decision, in a case brought by human rights organisation Liberty, confirms the judgement of the High Court from May 2024 that Braverman acted outside …
The six organisations coordinating the national Palestine demonstrations are concerned that despite numerous requests we have been refused a meeting with Sir Mark Rowley the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. This is despite the fact that Rowley regularly meets with lobby groups who support Israel’s pro-genocide policies and are deeply hostile to our protests and …
The government has indicated its intention to introduce an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to further restrict the right to protest. Numerous reports suggest that the national demonstrations for Palestine are the principal target of these proposals. Given the repressive manner in which existing police powers have already been used to curtail these …
Israel has unleashed a major assault across the Gaza Strip, killing over 400 Palestinians, including entire families. Israel has this morning issued forced evacuation orders for multiple neighbourhoods across Gaza, once again displacing many thousands, suggesting it plans to continue its bombardment. This follows 16 days of a complete blockade on the entry of all …
Israel has repeatedly violated the Gaza ceasefire, killing at least 150 Palestinians since January 2025 Israel has blocked all aid in what the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has described as a campaign of starvation In the West Bank Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians and displaced 40 000 from their …
The Palestine coalition is pleased that we are finally in a position to announce the route of our demonstration this coming Saturday 15 March. We will be assembling at 12 noon on Piccadilly (Green Park) to march to Whitehall. As we stated last week, we first contacted the police three weeks ago to inform them …
We are experiencing further disruption from the Met Police in our planning of the next National demonstration on March 15th. We informed the Police in writing of our proposed route on Feb 18th and indicated we wished to announce by Feb 25th. We were informed by the Gold Commander that he would expect to complete all …
The Palestine Coalition condemns the decision of the Metropolitan Police to issue letters ordering a range of activists, including Stephen Kapos, an 87-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor, to attend formal interviews over their alleged roles in the Palestine solidarity protest on January 18th, 2025. Letters have also been issued to prominent actor Khalid Abdalla, Stop the …
New research reveals Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds invest over £12billion in companies enabling Israel’s crimes Freedom of information requests have resulted in the most complete picture yet of the investments of 81 out the total of 86 LGPS funds Hundreds of millions invested in arms companies supplying Israel with weapons including BAE Systems, …