PSC along with 20 local groups working for Palestine (including 10 PSC branches) have had their bank accounts unilaterally closed by the Co-operative bank. The reason? The Co-op bank say they’ve changed their “risk appetite”. Apparently Palestinian human rights are too “risky” for the Co-operative bank. Well we’re not having it. Today we’ve launched a legal case against the …
The UK Government is facing fierce condemnation from campaigners for refusing permission for Palestinian medical experts to attend an academic conference. Five Palestinian medical experts had their visas refused by the British Authorities. Anecdotally it appears that an increasing number of Palestinians are having their visas to the UK refused by the British Government. Write to your …
The BBC’s Director of Television, Danny Cohen, has called for Israel to be protected from cultural boycotts. Cohen joined senior figures from the Parliamentary lobby groups, Conservative Friends of Israel and Labour Friends of Israel, in signing a letter published in the Guardian in October which claims that Israel is being singled out as a …
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be in London to meet David Cameron on Wednesday 9 September, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising a protest outside Downing Street on that day to oppose the visit. GATHER FROM 11am TO 1pm OPPOSITE DOWNING STREET ON WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER, 2015 We …
Vigil for Gaza: One year on Friday 10th July, 5.30-7.30pm, Richmond Terrace, opposite Downing Street, London We invite you to join in a vigil to remember the Palestinians killed in Israel’s massacre last summer. We will be reading out the names of the children killed last year, and inviting you to lay your …
Friday 15th May marks the 67th year since the Nakba. That’s 67 years since whole Palestinian villages were razed to the ground, their residents massacred and hundreds of thousands more Palestinians were forced to flee. The Nakba (catastrophe) created 750,000 Palestinian refugees in just a matter of weeks. Today that figure is over 5 million. …