On Tuesday 9th September 2014, Dr Mustafa Barghouti shared with hundreds of Palestinian human rights supporters – gathered to lobby their MPs – his eye-witness account about the situation in Gaza. Please be aware the contents of his speech and presentation are extremely disturbing and upsetting. Thank you to @GillSwain1 for videoing this for PSC.
Tuesday 9 September Foreign Affairs Committee questions the Foreign Secretary on developments in UK foreign policy: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=15977 @ 1:37:45 Transcript of section concerning Palestine-Israel: Richard Ottaway: Can I move the subject on to Gaza and to Israel-Palestine, Foreign Secretary? How would you characterise the UK’s role in introducing the ceasefire? What steps did we take to …
FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2014 1. Second reading of Private Members’ bill: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill: – Michael Moore: “Day in, day out, we see the important work that is done by NGOs, the Department for International Development and others in humanitarian crises around the world, whether in Syria, Gaza, the Philippines following last …
Hundreds of supporters for Palestine met with MPs from all political parties at the Emergency Mass Lobby for Gaza on Tuesday 9 September. MPs from all sides of the House supported the Lobby for Gaza. In total, well over 100 MPs came to support the Lobby and met with constituents. Over 350 constituents were addressed …
The TUC’s commitment to ‘step up the campaign for a free Palestine’, endorsed today at TUC conference, has been welcome by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). In a statement from its General Council, the TUC condemns the ‘collective punishment of the people of Gaza’, and describes Israel’s latest land grab in the West Bank as ‘a …
On Wednesday 10th September the TUC overwhelmingly endorsed a statement from its General Council supporting Gaza and justice and freedom for Palestine. The statement calls on the UK government and the EU to immediately end the arms trade with Israel, and calls for the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement until the rights of the …
On Tuesday 9th September, Dr Mustafa Barghouti, the Palestinian MP, member of the PLO’s Central Council, and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, addressed Palestine Solidarity Campaign activists in London. Dr Barghouti, a medical doctor, was in Gaza during Israel’s latest massacre. He spoke to a packed hall of 400 people on the day …