Welcome to the website of Liverpool Friends of Palestine. On other pages you will find out more about the issues. You’ll also find some recommendations of books, films and so on and some links to other organisations. There’s a ‘basic history’ in the ‘Palestine’ section and there’s even a quiz to test your knowledge! Elsewhere… Read More: WELCOME TO THE LIVERPOOL FRIENDS OF PALESTINE WEBSITE »
OCTOBER Daily until Thursday 29th – the new film Naza is screening at FACT on Wood Street, details of timings are HERE. Tuesday 27th, 6.30pm – Welfare not Warfare, Wages not Weapons, a public meeting held by Stop the War at FACT Cinema, Wood Street L1 4 DQ. Speakers include Andrew Feinstein, Micaela Tracey-Ramos and… Read More: UPCOMING DATES »
President Trump’s plans for Gaza so far have matched Israel’s desire to expel all Palestinians from the territory. Will they continue to do so? On 4 February 2025 Trump floated a proposal out of nowhere that the USA would like to take over and ‘own’ the Gaza territory and turn it into ‘the Riviera of… Read More: TRUMP’S PLANS AND A CEASEFIRE THAT ISN’T A CEASEFIRE »
In aJuly 2025 the British Home Secretary made an order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000. This made it an offence under that Act to belong to the organisation, to invite support for the organisation and even to express an opinion that is supportive of the organisation. Only a very few British MP’s… Read More: PROSCRIPTION OF PALESTINE ACTION »
The Merseyside Local Government Pension Fund has big investments in the arms industry and in firms that prop up Israeli apartheid. Possibly Merseyside’s biggest single contribution to the campaign for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions would be for the Fund to get rid of those investments. We are regularly demonstrating outside the Pension Committee meetings (which… Read More: Campaign to Divest Pension Funds »
Greet the new Prime Minister with a call for sanctions – Will Andy Burnham be as committed to Israeli apartheid as Keir Starmer was? THIS ARTICLE in Middle East Eye suggests not, but you never know. Our voices might make a difference. A pro forma email prepared by Palestine Solidarity campaign can be signed from HERE. You could add… Read More: Petitions you can sign… »
Labour apologists for Israeli apartheid still have to live with the findings of THIS DOCUMENTARY made by Al-Jazeera. A six-month investigation in 2016 by an undercover reporter produced compelling footage of an Israeli embassy official openly discussing with Labour figures the setting-up of pro-Israel groups and ‘taking down’ politicians up to and including a Government minister. Needless… Read More: The Israel Lobby »
Over 500 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons without charge under what is called ‘administrative detention’. The procedure derives from British regulations from the days when Britain held Palestine under a League of Nations mandate: no formal charge or trial is involved and the detention can be extended indefinitely. A factsheet about the process is HERE.… Read More: Challenges to Administrative Detention »
The Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot by an Israeli soldier on 11 May 2022. She was covering the Israeli forces’ latest raid on the refugee camp in Jenin (on the West Bank) and was wearing a helmet and a flak jacket (as seen here) clearly identifying her as a press reporter. She was… Read More: To Kill a Journalist »
“Every humanitarian will be appalled and horrified at the scenes we are witnessing after the severe escalation of violence since October 7th. International law must be the framework within which we judge acts of violence and their legitimacy. International law makes it clear that the deliberate killing of civilians, hostage-taking and collective punishment are war crimes.… Read More: Statement from Palestine Solidarity Campaign, 9th October 2023 »