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Sainsbury’s reply to our campaign

Sainsbury’s have replied to our campaign calling for them to stop using suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements. Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international law. Almost 2,000 of you have sent letters to Sainsbury’s asking them to stop buying from companies that are profiting from Israel’s …

MEP candidate hustings questions

Help make Palestine an issue at the upcoming Euro-Elections. Those candidates close to, or at the top of their Party’s list are the most likely to be elected. We want to find out what support they and their colleagues would give to Palestinian human rights if elected.  Please write to your MEP candidates. Please ask …

What a difference your support makes!

What a difference your support makes! Thank you so much. Without the help of thousands of members and supporters, we would not have managed to organise such an effective campaign against SodaStream. Your pressure made a real difference. Within days, actor Scarlett Johansson was forced to break her links with Oxfam and end the pretence …

PSC update: Sainsbury’s -stop supporting settlements

Sainsbury’s: stop supporting settlement trade Be a part of the campaign – join Palestine Solidarity Campaign today! Sainsbury’s uses suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements. Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international law. In April 2013, the Co-operative stated that in line with its ethical policy …

My visit to Gaza – Ayman Abuawwad

Last month I went to visit Gaza where my family lives. I landed in Cairo airport on 17th Dec. 2013. I had to wait in Cairo for a full week before Rafah crossing was opened by Egyptian authorities. My older brother joined me in Cairo coming from another part of the world just one night …

G4S tweets

Press Release: BBC bombarded over #G4S Over 2000 BBC viewers & listeners contact the BBC http://t.co/ub1TPEvFJZ pic.twitter.com/1p9ZMAzog1 — PSC (@PSCupdates) January 27, 2014 Viewers and listeners bombard BBC Director General over broadcasters links to #G4S http://t.co/9BHjMFaIbo via @middleeastmnt — PSC (@PSCupdates) January 27, 2014

Johansson steps down as Oxfam Ambassador

press release Date of issue: 30/01/2014 For immediate release Scarlett Johansson has stepped down as an Ambassador for Oxfam because of her relationship with SodaStream, a company which operates in the illegal settlement Ma’ale Adumim, in the Occupied West Bank. Scarlett Johansson and Oxfam faced immense pressure from the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign …

letter to Oxfam from a long-standing supporter

This is a message that was sent to us by a long-standing supporter of Oxfam, now nearly 80 years old: ‘Last night I spent a bit of time on the phone to Oxfam detailing the chronology of Scarlett’s several contracts (SodaStream, L’Oreal, Dolce Gabbana, et al), all of which followed her 2003 appointment as a …

Oxfam: end ties with Scarlett Johansson

Actor, Scarlett Johansson, is currently an Ambassador for Oxfam but has just signed up to promote Sodastream. Sodastream’s main factory is in a settlement – Ma’ale Adumim  – in the Occupied West Bank. These settlements are illegal under international law, and an obstacle to peace – therefore settlement production relies on, and supports, an activity that …

PSC's Secretary, Ben Soffa

Annual Report from Ben Soffa, Secretary PSC

Everything in PSC’s annual review wouldn’t have been possible without all our PSC members: as activists engaging people in our local communities, unions, political parties and faith groups  as leaders shaping our priorities here, through our branch forums and in decision-making locally as educators, explaining to people just what life is like in Palestine and as funders, …