The Palestine coalition welcomes the news that a jury has acquitted or failed to reach verdicts on charges faced by campaigners who took action against Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. This is a significant defeat for the government which had used this case to try to justify its disgraceful decision to proscribe non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as terrorists and the subsequent arrest …
The Palestine coalition is deeply concerned by the decision by the Met police to permit a UKIP march to end in Trafalgar Square tomorrow (31 Jan), not far from where our national march for Palestine will be passing. The UKIP march, though expected to be small, should not be allowed anywhere near our Palestine march. …
This weekend Donald Trump unveiled details of his so-called “Board of Peace”, a disgraceful plan to entrench colonial rule over Gaza. The “Executive Council” will be stacked with Trump’s allies and cronies, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and former Prime Minister Tony Blair, a man whose hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. Neither Blair, Trump, nor any of these figures should be anywhere near …
PSC expresses its immense relief that that imprisoned activists Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello have ended their hunger strikes. This announcement follows the disclosure that Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems has been denied a £2billion army training contract by the Ministry of Defence. We remain concerned for the safety of Umer Khalid, who …
PSC utterly condemns yesterday’s attack on Birzeit University in the illegally occupied West Bank. The Israeli military invaded in the middle of the day, destroying the university’s main gate, and firing live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades at students and staff. At least forty students and academics have been injured, including five who have …
Palestine Coalition condemns the recent escalation of attempts to suppress solidarity with Palestine
Recent days have seen a significant escalation of attempts to suppress the movement in solidarity with Palestine, with politicians and police dangerously conflating protest with terrorism in the wake of the horrific Bondi Beach attack and falsely portraying support for Palestinian rights as a threat to Jewish people. This includes the use of police powers …
Last night the Metropolitan Police contacted the Palestine Coalition threatening to effectively ban our planned protest today. They indicated their intention to ban the protest from virtually the whole of central London including Whitehall and the entire area around Parliament and that anyone protesting for Palestine within these areas would be at risk of arrest. The reason given by …
We stand in solidarity with the eight imprisoned activists associated with Palestine Action, several of whom have now reached over 40 days of their hunger strike. Their condition is critical. Five have already been hospitalised, and each passing day brings the risk of irreversible harm. These young people – none of whom have been convicted …
We are delighted that Natalie Strecker has today been found not guilty of inviting support for proscribed organisations by Jersey’s Royal Court. However, this case should never have gone ahead in the first place. Natalie is a lifelong passionate campaigner for peace and human rights. She was put on trial for upholding the right of the …
Given the escalating assault on the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Saturday’s national demo is absolutely crucial. Having agreed the assembly point and route of the march on November 10th, now at less than 3 days notice, the police have insisted that we change the form up from Park Lane which they had …