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 »
On 19 October 2021 the Israeli Defence Minister announced that six Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations would be designated as ‘terrorist’. This designation applied only to Israeli territory but a subsequent military order extended this designation to cover the West Bank area. The six organisations are Addameer, Defence for Children International Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Workers… Read More: Stand with the Six »
“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 »
Students at Liverpool University in a March 2024 referendum resolved to ask the University to boycott five companies in support of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). The five companies are Amazon (Project Nimbus), Hewlett Packard, Jaguar Land Rover, BAE Systems and Agusta Westland. The vote in the referendum was 1243 to 174.
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 »
The aim of the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions is to take money away from the agents, supporters and those who profit from Israeli apartheid. The campaign stems from a call from Palestinian civil society organisations in 2005. See the separate ‘BDS’ page on this site. We ask you to boycott Coca-Cola Through its fully owned subsidiary… Read More: Boycott Target: Coca-Cola #NOT IN MY FRIDGE »
On 21 November 2024 judges at the International Criminal Court finally issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli politicians Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. The ICC’s detailed press release is HERE. Countries who are signed up to the court are obliged henceforth to arrest those individuals if they can and take them to the ICC at… Read More: Criminal Arrest Warrants Issued Against Israeli Leaders »