Ken Loach has talked exclusively to PSC about why he supports Palestinian human rights and the boycott campaign. Take up Ken’s call and support PSC today!
Thank you to all members and supporters who have emailed the Foreign Office in response to our ‘action not words’ appeal. We have made further representations to the FCO based on your views. Thanks to everyone who responded. Read Alistair Burt’s response below: The UK Government’s position on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories …
Since Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in 1967, an estimated 10,000 Palestinian women have been arrested or detained under Israeli military orders. The majority of Palestinian women prisoners are subjected to mental pressure and torture through the process of their arrest. Beatings, insults, threats, sexual harassment and humiliation are all …
PSC coordinated a letter from John Austin, Geoffrey Bindman, Sarah Colborne, Director, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Bob Crow – General Secretary, RMT, Jill Evans MEP, Pat Gaffney, General Secretary, Pax Christi, Rev Canon Garth Hewitt, Bruce Kent, Jean Lambert MEP, Ken Loach, Miriam Margolyes, Kika Markham, Karma Nabulsi, Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, Salman …
Samer Issawi is on hunger strike in detention in Israel, in protest at the threat to imprison him for a further 20 years on trivial and secret charges. Join us in challenging this injustice. Samer served ten years before his release as part of the historic prisoners exchange deal on 18 October 2011. But following …
by Fiona Bowden, PSC Executive During the last few weeks PSC have regularly taken part in the twitter campaign for Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi via our @PSCupdates account. The main focus of the campaign was to get the notice of mainstream media, who had ignored the issue completely, despite the fact that Samer has …
Israeli and Palestinian organisations warn of consequences of Israel’s obstruction of UN mechanisms. Palestine Solidarity Campaign today (30 January 2013) supported the warning issued by 14 Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations of the deep implications if Israel continues to refuse to cooperate with the United Nations (UN). “For decades, the international community has allowed …
Watch the video- with a special introduction by Ken Loach – of an event PSC held in 2012 to explain the reasons why there is a cultural and academic boycott of Israel, how it works and how to get involved. The speakers were: Ben White, author Mike Cushman of BRICUP Ronnie Barkan of Boycott from Within Rafeef …
On a cold London evening on 15 January, a packed meeting in Parliament, hosted by Jeremy Corbyn MP, commemorated four years since the ending of Operation Cast Lead. In a passionate speech, Andy Slaughter MP talked about his visit to Gaza 3 weeks after Operation Cast Lead, which he described as an atrocious act of …
Alistair Burt has replied to the PSC petition handed into no10 Downing Street by Sir Geoffrey Bindman, Haya Al Farra from the Palestinian Mission and PSC Honorary President Betty Hunter. The Minister confirms that the Government recognises Israel’s ‘legal obligations as an Occupying Power’ including the ‘Fourth Geneva Convention’. Mr Burt confirms the Government is pressing for a …