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 …
We stand in solidarity with the eight imprisoned activists associated with Palestine Action, several of whom have now reached over 40 days of their hunger strike. Their condition is critical. Five have already been hospitalised, and each passing day brings the risk of irreversible harm. These young people – none of whom have been convicted …
We are delighted that Natalie Strecker has today been found not guilty of inviting support for proscribed organisations by Jersey’s Royal Court. However, this case should never have gone ahead in the first place. Natalie is a lifelong passionate campaigner for peace and human rights. She was put on trial for upholding the right of the …
Given the escalating assault on the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Saturday’s national demo is absolutely crucial. Having agreed the assembly point and route of the march on November 10th, now at less than 3 days notice, the police have insisted that we change the form up from Park Lane which they had …
This evening, the UN Security Council will meet to vote on a US resolution on Gaza. It is expected to contain a formal endorsement of President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘Peace Plan.’ The British government should vote against this proposal, which aims to entrench the colonisation, fragmentation and occupation of Palestinian land by Israel. It should …
The Palestine Coalition shares the relief of the Palestinian people that a ceasefire has now taken effect which could bring an end to the mass slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and allow aid to be brought in to prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths from starvation. The fact that this agreement has come at last …
The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has announced her intention to introduce major new restrictions on the right to protest – in particular, to give the police new powers to limit repeated protests on the basis of their supposed ‘cumulative impact.’ This cynical attempt by the government to exploit the horrific attack on a synagogue in …
PSC condemns US President Donald Trump’s ‘20 point plan’ for Gaza, which should be understood as a continuation of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people rather than a plan to end it. Israel’s genocide has been armed and supported by the US and other Western powers, including Britain, following decades of complicity in Israel’s system …
Keir Starmer’s announcement this week that the British government has recognised the State of Palestine has been loudly condemned by the most vociferous apologists for Israel’s genocide and apartheid and welcomed by many who hope that it will be a first step towards realising the rights of the Palestinian people including their inalienable right to …
PSC welcomes the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry concluding that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Whilst this had already been asserted by a vast array of legal experts, human rights groups and scholars, this report confirms this conclusion with additional evidence and the authority of an independent investigation …