Candidates standing for election to Parliament in May have shown their support for an immediate lifting of Israel’s blockade of Gaza in an email survey co-ordinated by Palestine Solidarity Campaign. More than 670 declared candidates from all major parties in England, Scotland and Wales responded to emails sent to them by constituents, asking for …
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. …
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 – …
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 …
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 …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has written to the Managing Director of Waitrose, Mark Price, asking for a meeting to discuss the supermarket chain’s promotion of Israel. In February, Waitrose distributed an Israeli Government Tourist Office brochure entitled ‘Taste of Israel’. The brochure was included as a supplement in the Waitrose in-house magazine, ‘My Kitchen’. PSC sent …
As Israel prepares to go to the polls tomorrow, UK voters are being urged to think about the millions of Palestinians who cannot vote for the new government but whose lives will be dictated by its policies. In the West Bank, more than four million Palestinians live under Israel’s military occupation. In Gaza, 1.8 million …
Tens of thousands of emails have been sent to Parliamentary candidates to find out where they stand on the issue of Palestine. As May’s General Election approaches, nearly half of all declared candidates from the major parties have received emails asking for their views on issues ranging from Israeli settlements to ending the UK’s arms …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has welcomed a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban an Israeli advert which implies that the Old City of Jerusalem is part of Israel. The advert was produced by the Israel Government Tourist Office (IGTO) and appeared in a travel brochure for Israel. The brochure was included as a …