Britain’s largest union, Unite, votes to support Palestinian rights and strengthen BDS campaigning On 1 July, Unite the Union passed policy noting that ‘the Israeli government continues to govern as an apartheid state and is guilty of the crime of apartheid. The oppression faced by ordinary Palestinians at the hands of their colonial oppressors and …
Join the protest against Israel’s hatred and violence Protest: Saturday 5th July, 2-4pmoutside the Israeli Embassy, High St Kensington Nearest tube: High St Kensington For transport information visit TfL> Join event on facebook> Mohammed’s funeral being tear-gassed Palestinians living under Israeli occupation are currently facing a horrific escalation of racism and violence as …
Campaigners for Palestinian human rights have welcomed the closure of SodaStream’s flagship UK store in Brighton and the news that major retailer, John Lewis, will no longer be stocking SodaStream products. The double blow to SodaStream, which has been trying to establish a foothold in the UK, came this week. EcoStream, as the Brighton store …
Join our protest on Saturday 5th July, 2-4pmopposite the Israeli Embassy, High St Kensington Palestinians are currently facing a horrific escalation of racism and violence as the Israeli State pursues a strategy of collective punishment following the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers (read PSC’s statement>). Today we learnt of the abduction and brutal …
Kamel Hawwash, Vice-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: ‘I am saddened to hear of the death of the three missing Israelis whose bodies were found near Hebron. It is time violence ended and a genuine drive for a just peace started. Over 1500 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces since 2000. Israel …
Campaigners are taking the BBC to a tribunal in a bid to find out why the corporation insists on promoting Jerusalem as an ‘Israeli city’. An appeal was lodged in the UK last week with the First-Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Friends of Al Aqsa (FOA). The two organisations are …
Palestinians under siege Following the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers at the end of last week, Israeli soldiers have rounded up and arrested hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank, shot dead a 20-year-old man, and injured bystanders, including children, and protesters. 300,000 Palestinians are being held under siege or closure. Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, …
On the evening of Tuesday 24 June Arab Organisation for Human Rights (UK) and Palestine Solidarity Campaign are holding a joint meeting in central London: Israel’s “administrative detention” policy and the Plight of Palestinians on Hunger Strike Addressing the dire plight of nearly 200 Palestinians in Israeli jails on hunger strike (for over 50 days), protesting …
Today, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sarah Colborne, called on the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, to make urgent representations to the Israeli Government to ‘end their collective punishment against Palestinians.’ Read the text of the letter below: “I am writing to ask you to make urgent representations to the Israeli Government to end their collective …
The issue of Israeli disruption of Palestinian football was once again discussed by FIFA at its 11th June Congress in Sao Paolo. Prior to the Congress FIFA President Sepp Blatter had indicated that he would not support sanctions against the Israel Football Association, despite severe ongoing Israeli violations. In his report to Congress, however, Blatter …