De-CRIMINALISING SOLIDARITY: “RACISM” CASE THROWN OUT
Legal attempt to stifle solidarity through boycott has failed 5 spsc activists were accused of "racism" after disrupting a concert by Israel's cultural ambassadors, the Jerusalem Quartet Sheriff James Scott ruled the protest was “clearly directed at the State of Israel, the Israeli Army, and Israeli Army musicians”, and not targeted at “citizens of Israel” per se. “The procurator fiscal’s attempts to squeeze malice and ill will out of the agreed facts were rather strained”, he said. “And if persons on a public march designed to protest against and publicise alleged crimes committed by a state and its army are afraid to ...
Stop the Jewish National Fund
Leeds PSC is working on "Stop the Jewish National Fund" campaign. Essential Reading on Jewish National Fund Scottish PSC: Electronic Book (e-book): "JNF: Colonizing Palestine Since 1901," Edited by Mortaza Sahibzada (With contributions from Ilan Pappe, Abe Hayeem, Ghada Karmi, Uri Davis, Susannah Tarbush, Sonja Karkar, Ben White, Rahela Mizrahi, Rob Williamson and John Gross) Call for an international campaign to Stop the Jewish National Fund http://stopthejnf.bdsmovement.net The Jewish National Fund (JNF)[1] was instrumental in the ethnic cleansing[2] of Palestine in the 1948 Nakba, and continues to play a central role in maintaining Israel's regime of apartheid.[3] The JNF provided political, financial and intelligence[4] support ...
Support
Gaza Demonstrators Support Campaign http://gazademosupport.org.uk Hundreds of thousands of people across the world demonstrated against Israel’s war crimes. Motivated by images of violent death and destruction, and a desire to express solidarity with the people of Gaza, British adults and children spontaneously gathered at the Israeli Embassy in London on December 2008 and January 2009 to demand justice and protest their own complicity in the massacre. The police did not facilitate justice. Instead, they took names, addresses and photographs of as many demonstrators as possible, including children. Forward Intelligence Teams (FIT) were deployed on these demonstrations, and people were physically blocked in ...
Break the siege – Register for Viva Palestina 5: Convoy to Gaza
Since the beginning of Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza, individuals across the world have come together — participating in journeys to Gaza themselves, donating and raising awareness at home, and working to persuade the government to end the siege — as an act of solidarity with the besieged Palestinians in Gaza. With our government’s failure to end the blockade, people have been inspired to take action themselves to end the crisis, seen by the Gaza flotilla and previous land convoys. The overwhelming response to Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla has forced governments to highlight this issue and call for an ...
Bradford Zionist looking for a job
After an excellent campaign by the Bradford group United 4 Palestine, with some help of members from the PSCNorth group of branches, Terry Rooney, MP for Bradford East has been unseated. Rooney, a Bradford MP for 19 years, was a member of Labour Friends of Israel despite the fact that his electorate is largely Muslim. When he realised that we were campaigning against him he started signing pro-Palestinian EDMs in a desperate attempt to save his skin. He initially agreed to attend the United 4 Palestine hustings, but in the end he sent an acolite to check the meeting (there ...
Lobby your MP to sign EDM 108 re Universal Jurisdiction.
From [BIN] digest - Urgent action needed. --- An early day motion is being undertaken with respect to changes to the application of Universal Jurisdiction. From an internal source at the Ministry of Justice, The Bill is currently in session and the amendments are likely to introduced before the House rises on 29 July. It's really important we seek as many of our MPs to sign the proposed Early Day Motion as set out below as soon as possible and oppose the proposed ammendments to the current application of UJ. --- Actual EDM is here; http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=41023&SESSION=905 Please check if your MP has or has not signed it already ... If they have not, then ...
Yorkshire Evening Post
You can counter the Zionist Propaganda in Yorkshire Evening Post. [caption id="attachment_4392" align="alignright" width="274" caption="Zionist Letter to YEP"][/caption] Write, email or ring the YEP. E-mail: eped@ypn.co.uk Tel: 0113 2388536 Write to: The Editor, Readers Letters, Yorkshire Evening Post, Wellington Street, Leeds. LS1 1RF. REMEMBER: You must put your name address and phone number. It will not be published but the YEP needs to confirm you are not a Spoof. Letter writing tips here... # # # # # Previous articles and debates in Yorkshire Evening Post (most recent first): Israel: Democracy or apartheid state – Yorkshire Evening Post Debate Yorkshire Evening Post: PiL: Protest planned before Leeds show Yorkshire Evening Post: Zionist Letter “Israel’s Struggle” Pro-Palestinian ...
Boycott Israeli Dates
Below information thanks to Friends of Al-Aqsa. Leeds PSC will actively promote the boycott of Israeli dates this year. This Ramadhan, DON'T break your fast with Israeli Dates. Ramadan is a time of year when we remember those who are less fortunate than ourselves. When we break our fasts with dates, it would be an affront to us all if these dates were the produce of Illegal Israeli settlements built on land stolen from Palestinians. Israeli produced Medjoul dates are grown in the Jordan Valley within Illegal Israeli settlements. They form a large part of the agriculture from these settlements and they are ...
Israel’s Intimidation Tactics Won’t Stop Us: First Ship Sets Sail for Gaza!
http://www.freegaza.org/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London – 14 May 2010 – At 22:45 local time tonight, the MV Rachel Corrie, a 1200-ton cargo ship, part of the eight-vessel Freedom Flotilla, set sail from Ireland on its way to the Mediterranean Sea. There, ships from Turkey and Greece will join her, then sail to Gaza. This past week reports from Israel have indicated that the Israeli authorities will not allow the Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza with its cargo of much-needed reconstruction material, medical equipment, and school supplies. According to Israeli news sources, clear orders have been issued to prevent the ships from reaching Gaza, even if ...
Supermarket Boycott
Morrisons Tesco Marks & Spencer ASDA Co-op Waitrose Sainsbury's Somerfield All major UK retailers sell Israeli goods, and most of them sell produce from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Some have made statements in support of Zionism and some have contracts with Israeli companies. There is a growing movement to boycott Israeli goods in solidarity with the people of Palestine and in line with an international call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. There have been reports in the press that Israeli producers are experiencing a decline in demand for Israeli produce since the bombardment of Gaza in January 2009. This could be the beginning of a snowball ...
