Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls on UK Government to take action to prevent Israeli Government’s imminent, wholesale destruction of Palestinian homes and villages, and the eviction of over 1000 residents in Masafer Yatta In what threatens to be its largest act of ethnic cleansing for many years, Israeli authorities are beginning the mass expulsion of …
PSC Trade Union Conference 2022 Report On Saturday 12 November 2022, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign held its conference for trade unionists entitled Trade Union Solidarity with Palestinian Workers. The one-day event was designed for trade unionists who are active or want to be become more engaged in solidarity with Palestine, at all levels of …
PSC Statement on the Israeli election results and Palestinian resistance to Israel’s continuing oppression The Israeli election has brought into government a far-right racist and homophobic bloc. Many media reports in Britain and some pro-Israel groups have presented this outcome as a wholesale departure from the norm of a functioning liberal democracy. The reality is that …
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has issued the following statement alongside British Palestinian Committee, Diaspora Alliance, European Legal Support Centre, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain We are dismayed to see that the NUS’ investigation into their elected president, Shaima Dallali, has been allowed to reach this conclusion. The disciplinary investigation into Ms. Dallali …
The Trade Union Congress 2022 is the latest body to oppose Liz Truss’ plans to relocate the UK Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It has passed a motion in “full opposition” to the proposal, adding that such a move would “have disastrous implications for the rights of Palestinians.” This follows on from widespread condemnation …
PSC condemns Liz Truss’s confirmation that she is formally considering moving the UK Embassy to Jerusalem. Such a move shows contempt for the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people and a flagrant disregard for international law. Moving the embassy would contravene UN Resolution 478, which calls upon all nations not to establish diplomatic missions and …
A post made on the Facebook page of a local PSC branch on July 22nd has been brought to our attention. The post comments on a debate in parliament regarding the location of the planned UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. This post does not reflect the position of PSC, nor of the local branch …
The UK government announcement that it is beginning formal negotiations on a new trade deal with Israel is not surprising news, but it is nevertheless of deep concern. This deal reinforces the Government’s longstanding failure to place respect for international law and human rights at the forefront of international relations, including those conducted through trade. …
PSC welcomes the report submitted today by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, Michael Lynk, to the Human Rights Council. His conclusions are stark. “With the eyes of the international community wide open”, the report declares, “Israel has imposed upon Palestine an apartheid reality in a post-apartheid world.” This landmark …
February 1 2022 PSC welcomes Amnesty International’s landmark report asserting Israeli apartheid is a “system of domination and a crime against humanity” practiced in the OPT, Israel and against Palestinian refugees. Report calls for arms embargo, targeted sanctions, ICC investigation among a series of concrete recommendations for the international community. Provides specific recommendations for how …