On 14th February PSC held its Annual General Meeting in London. Last year we had our largest ever turnout at an AGM and this year we surpassed that once again, with activists travelling from as far afield as the Orkney Islands to take part. PSC members, affiliates, and observers joined together to reflect on the past 12 months of our campaigns and to collectively decide on our …
Israel and the US are wreaking havoc across Iran with their indiscriminate bombing, including the destruction of schools and medical facilities. Palestinians know all too well the horror of being targeted in this way and the twisted hypocrisy of Western governments who speak about international law and human rights whilst trampling all over them. The British government’s claims to be supporting ‘defensive’ …
Today was due to see the start of the trial of PSC Director Ben Jamal and Stop The War Coalition Vice-Chair Chris Nineham. We thank everyone who joined us in solidarity outside Westminster Magistrates Court this morning. Instead, the trial has been adjourned today because of the volume of material disclosed to the defence at …
The PSC condemns the killings and attacks on all Palestinians in historic Palestine including the genocide in Gaza, the racist attacks against Palestinians inside Israel and the unrestrained attacks taking place in the West Bank. We note that the Knesset is in the process of adopting a West Bank law which further threatens settler expansion …
More than 1,000 councillors from across Britain and from a wide range of political parties have made our Pledge for Palestine. The pledge commits council representatives to take all appropriate steps to (1) uphold the rights of the Palestinian people, (2) stand up to Israel for its crimes of genocide and apartheid, and (3) ensure their councils are not complicit, including through divestment of pension funds from complicit companies. This matters, …
The Palestine coalition welcomes news of the High Court’s historic ruling which declared the British government’s ban on Palestine Action unlawful. The judgement is a decisive rebuff to the state’s attempts to criminalise political dissent and activism aimed at stopping material support for genocide. Over the past two years of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian …
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 …