PSC released a statement after Palestinian prisoners suspended the hunger strike after Israeli authorities yielded to the demand to enter negotiations with the prisoners’ chosen leaders: https://palestinecampaign.org/psc-statement-dignity-won-struggle-continues/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On Monday 17 April, over 1,100 Palestinian prisoners held across jails in Israel began a historic hunger strike under the leadership of Marwan Barghouti. Now, their numbers have …
Alistair Burt, Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Middle East, has responded to Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC, Lisa Nandy MP and Action 4 Palestinian Children’s letter raising concerns about the lack of progress for Palestinian children imprisoned by Israel. Alistair Burt says “I share your concerns about the treatment of Palestinian children detained in Israeli …
Mahmoud Sarsak was arrested on 22nd July 2009 by the Israeli Forces as he was travelling from Gaza to play football for his new professional club, Markaz Balata. Mahmoud, who was 22 years old at the time, was a member of the Palestinian national football team and had obtained permission to travel through Erez checkpoint …
Scottish Trades Union Congress voted on Tuesday 15th April to heed the Palestinian call to join the boycott, disinvestment and sanctions campaign against G4S, the British-Danish ‘secure outsourcing group’. They called specifically for the Scottish Government to cancel G4S’s new contract for tagging of offenders and endorsed the UK StopG4S Campaign. The motion passed at STUC reads: …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign has received a reply from Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Although he says he ‘shares concerns about the treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention’ he does not commit the Government to any action other than raising the issues with the Israeli Government. He also …