FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti granted visa after unexplained delay Omar Barghouti, Palestinian co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, has been granted a visa to travel to the UK only after the end of the Labour Party conference and its fringe meetings. By granting the visa, the UK Government recognised …
Charity Commission Ask PSC to Submit Evidence on Issues Relating to JNF UK Over 4000 of you wrote to the Charity Commission and Attorney General, asking them to investigate the charitable status of JNF UK, due to their support for the Israeli military and complicity in the ongoing dispossession of the Palestinian people. While the …
BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti not granted visa to speak at Labour Conference fringe events Palestinian voices, including Mr. Barghouti, will still be heard at Conference Omar Barghouti is unable to travel to the UK because his visa was abnormally delayed by the British Government without explanation. He was due to speak at a Labour Party …
On Saturday 14th September, hundreds of PSC activists took action to call on banking giant HSBC to end its complicity with Israeli apartheid. Actions took place outside HSBC branches at over 30 locations across the UK. The day saw a wide range of creative protests – from banner displays and die-ins to pickets and street …
Palestine Solidarity Report from TUC Congress 2019 This year Palestine took centre stage amid the international discussions at TUC Congress in Brighton. This came at a crucial time with Israel’s Prime Minister announcing – during TUC Congress – that if elected he will annex huge swathes of the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. This announcement came …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign responds to Netanyahu’s pledge to annex occupied West Bank Campaigning group Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank, and has called on the UK Government to hold Israel to account for its ongoing violations of international law. The …
On Saturday 3rd August, it was revealed (following an FOI request submitted by PSC) that Tower Hamlets Council refused an event application from The Big Ride for Palestine because of secret concerns around the IHRA definition of antisemitism. We have written to Mayor Biggs, the elected leader of Tower Hamlet Council, outlining our serious concerns …
We, Palestinian cyclists, take pride when we see committed solidarity across the globe. On numerous occasions, cyclists and activists around the world have cycled to raise awareness of our struggle and to highlight Palestinian oppression under the Israeli regime. Due to racist Israeli policies we haven’t been allowed to return to our homes for the …
Write to your MP to ban trade with illegal settlements Write to HSBC to divest from Caterpillar In the early hours of Monday morning, hundreds of Israeli soldiers stormed the Palestinian area Wadi Hummus, in the Sur Baher neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, and began bulldozing residential homes. As scores of families woke up to find …
Conference notes: 2019 commemorates the 52nd anniversary of the occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza 2011 Trades Union Congress called for divestment from companies profiting from the occupation In 2017 research by War on Want showed that HSBC had invested over £800 million in, and provided syndicated loans worth up to £19 …