20 months into its genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched new major strikes on sites across Iran, which have killed and wounded civilians. Emboldened by the total impunity afforded to it by western governments, Israel has, once again, brought the entire region to the brink of war. Such a war would …
Press comment: PSC says sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers are long-overdue but remain inadequate Responding to the news that Britain will impose sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli security minister, and Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, Palestine Solidarity Campaign Director Ben Jamal said: “These sanctions against two far-right Israeli ministers are a long-overdue acceptance by …
The Palestine Coalition condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s unlawful hijacking of the Madleen, a ‘Freedom Flotilla’ boat flying under a British flag, and its detention of the 12 civilians on board. The civilians on board the Madleen were attempting to deliver aid to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, to symbolically break Israel’s …
New polling reveals huge British public support for arms embargo on Israel by the UK government alongside other sanctions. The British public support a full arms embargo on Israel by more than 4 to 1, including 72% of those who voted Labour in 2024. 54% of the British public support Israel being expelled from the …
Members of one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains votes to “cease all trading with Israel” at AGM Motion submitted by members of the Co-Op urges the board to “show moral courage and leadership” by taking “all Israeli products off the shelves” The vote is a major victory in the current PSC “Don’t Buy Apartheid” …
For 20 months Israel has devastated Gaza – killing over 54,000 Palestinians including more than 15,000 children, destroying over 90% of housing, and damaging or destroying over 90% of hospitals. None of this was enough to make you act to impose meaningful sanctions and a full arms embargo. None of this was a red line …
The steps taken today by the government are grotesquely inadequate and will serve to maintain Britain’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It must introduce a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel now. Lammy described Israel’s blockade as “intolerable”, saying it is “morally wrong, unjustifiable” and “needs to stop.” He described Israel’s plans to ethnically cleanse …
The Palestine coalition welcomes the ruling of the Court of Appeal that legislation granting the police enhanced powers to restrict protests was introduced unlawfully by the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman. This decision, in a case brought by human rights organisation Liberty, confirms the judgement of the High Court from May 2024 that Braverman acted outside …
The six organisations coordinating the national Palestine demonstrations are concerned that despite numerous requests we have been refused a meeting with Sir Mark Rowley the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. This is despite the fact that Rowley regularly meets with lobby groups who support Israel’s pro-genocide policies and are deeply hostile to our protests and …
The government has indicated its intention to introduce an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill to further restrict the right to protest. Numerous reports suggest that the national demonstrations for Palestine are the principal target of these proposals. Given the repressive manner in which existing police powers have already been used to curtail these …