2013 has been a year when, yet again, the Israeli state has continued its remorseless settlement-building, increased its ethnic cleansing policies and home demolitions. Yet more Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army, attacked by settlers, and imprisoned without charge or trial. As awareness continues to grow of Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians, there …
The PSC Annual General Meeting is a vital event, discussing our work over the last year, and planning the future of our campaign – including motions and elections to the Executive Committee. Please join us there! All members of national PSC are strongly encouraged to attend the AGM. If you are not sure whether your membership is up …
THURSDAY 9 JANUARY 2014 Foreign Secretary William Hague was questioned by members of the Committees on Arms Export Controls – 8 January 2014 Subject: Scrutiny of Arms Export (2014) (video) Transcribe: @ 15:30:10 Sir John Stanley: It has just been reported, as you are well aware, that the OECD has just launched a major investigation …
letter to the Guardian on Gaza On the 27th and 28th December the Guardian published a letter from leading MPs, Peers and the Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, calling for the blockade on Gaza to be lifted. Today, five years on from when Israel’s War on Gaza began, and more than six years on from Israel’s …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes the joint statement from the Embassy of the state of Palestine to the Republic of South Africa and BDS South Africa. The statement is published in full below: Clarification regarding comments made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas whilst in South Africa on boycott of Israeli settlements and products Recent comments made …
Help PSC campaign for an end of the siege on Gaza Floods in Gaza – image from Globovision (cropped) – creative comms licence. Please help us get one of the longest blockade’s in human history lifted. Following floods and freezing temperatures, the situation in Gaza is now catastrophic. UNWRA have called for the immediate lifting …
THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER 2013 1. Andrew Selous: Calls for urgent debate on West Bank, with “olive groves being cut down and very badly polluted by sewage and industrial waste”. 2. Cathy Jamieson: What recent assessment has DfID Secretary made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza and will she make a statement? 3. Cathy Jamieson: Will DfID Secretary take steps to …
Guidelines on Israeli settlements published Government guidelines on business involvement with Israeli settlements are a step forward, but much more needs to be done New advisory business risk guidance warns of the “clear risks related to economic and financial activities in the settlements, and we do not encourage or offer support to such activity”. The …
THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER 2013 1. Caroline Lucas: Pursuant to the answer of 3 December, how many times have Foreign Secretary and his officials called on Israel to open up legal trade for Gaza in each of the last three years; will he make an assessment of whether the Israeli restrictions are compliant with the human rights conditions in Article 2 of …
We asked all European candidates for their views on 4 key issues: Do they oppose Israel’s violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, and do they support Palestinians’ right to self-determination? Will they oppose any upgrade of European agreements with Israel until Israel abides by the human rights clause in the EU Israel Association …