General Election candidates who responded to an email survey co-ordinated by Palestine Solidarity Campaign have overwhelmingly condemned Israeli settlements as illegal under international law. The vast majority also said they agreed that the next UK government should uphold the principles of equality, human rights and international law in all its relations and dealings with Israel. …
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign works for peace & justice for Palestinians, in support of human rights & against all racism ***************************************************************** The results are out! Find out what your candidates think about Palestine We are so excited to launch the first results of our General Election Campaign #VotePalestine! With your help, Palestine Solidarity Campaign surveyed candidates has …
Today we learned that the University of Southampton is considering cancelling a three-day conference which is due to take place in April to debate international law and Israel. Since the conference was announced, the university has come under intense pressure from the Zionist Federation UK, MPs and even a government minister – Eric Pickles – …
Just one day before the Israeli General Election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood in an East Jerusalem settlement and pledged in a televised interview that he would never agree to a Palestinian state. He also made an election commitment not to halt settlement construction. The next day, he and his Likud party were re-elected to …
The actors Maxine Peake and Miriam Margolyes, rock musician Brian Eno, and film director Ken Loach, are among those who have joined Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s call for immediate sanctions to be imposed on Israel. The call follows Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments, made one day before Israel’s elections, that there would be no Palestinian state on his …
The General Election campaign is now underway. This is our opportunity to choose from a range of candidates from different political parties who will represent us in Parliament as our MP.
PSC analyses BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme interview with the Israeli Defence Minister BBC News reaches 81% of the UK every week via tv, radio and online articles. That is a huge number of people to be misinforming about the nature of Israel’s occupation. PSC’s ‘Deconstructing the BBC’ series analyses BBC online articles and broadcasts …
Parliament has now dissolved and won’t return until 11th May 2015 at the earliest. THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2015 1. Dame Joan Ruddock: [extract from her valedictory speech] Another great regret is to see the plight of yet another generation of Palestinians. I cannot believe that the international community has tolerated such oppression for so long. …
THURSDAY 19 MARCH 2015 Jim Fitzpatrick [in Business Questions]: “I do not expect the Government to comment on the outcome of elections in other countries, but will there be a statement on Premier Netanyahu’s announcement that he will not support a two-state solution? Might the Prime Minister refer to it at the European Council and then comment …