Experts and Activists Gather in London to Condemn Israeli Apartheid, Commit to Fight for Freedom, Justice and Equality Expert speakers joined hundreds of activists in London to condemn Israel’s apartheid regime at the PSC’s ‘Justice in Palestine: Ending Apartheid, Achieving Freedom and Equality’ conference, on Saturday 3rd November. Attendees began the day by hearing from …
Today marks 101 years since the Balfour Declaration, which paved the way for the creation of Israel and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians that went with it. The anniversary underlines the extent of British responsibility for Palestinian dispossession and how important it therefore is that we in the UK work to undo the unjust situation …
Baroness Tonge has offered to stand down as a patron of PSC. In agreeing with this course of action, PSC wishes to acknowledge the enormous work Baroness Tonge has done over many years to bring attention to the injustices suffered by the Palestinian people and to campaign for them to be brought to an end. …
New graphics showing parallels between Israel and apartheid era South Africa co-released with Visualizing Palestine Palestine Solidarity Campaign today published new graphics showing the parallels between state policies in apartheid-era South Africa and those of contemporary Israel towards Palestinians. The visuals, produced by Visualizing Palestine, were co-released in the run up to our conference “Justice in …
Nkosi Zwelivelile, an African National Congress MP and grandson of Nelson Mandela, spoke out against Israeli apartheid during a visit to the UK this week. On Tuesday 11 October 2018, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign organised a briefing with union officials and NGO leaders to build international links and discuss the parallels between Israel’s treatment of …
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 September 2018 Labour conference votes for freeze of arms sales to Israel Delegates at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today voted to support a freeze on arms sales to Israel after debating a motion on Palestine for the first time in living memory. During the moving of the motion in the …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign sends its deepest condolences and solidarity to Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, whose mother Wafieh passed away on Friday. In a moving tribute, to his mother (posted in full below), Barghouti described her as having “lived a life of ‘loyalty’ and ‘faith’ to your principles, to …
Over 35 protests hit branches of HSBC on Saturday as the national day of action sent a clear message to the bank to divest its shares in Elbit Systems and other companies arming Israel. Press coverage: ‘Protests in over 30 HSBC branches over its links with companies arming Israel‘, Morning Star, 16 Sept 2018. ‘Protests target HSBC …
PSC says it is time to talk about Palestine PSC regrets the Labour Party National Executive Committee’s (NEC) decision to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism despite many calls to reject it, most importantly from a coalition of Palestinian civil society organisations, the Joint List of Palestinian members of the Knesset and representatives of the …
UK student conference: driving forward campus BDS Students from over 35 different UK universities converged in Manchester at the weekend for a national conference on campus Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigning. The two day gathering included workshops on researching universities’ complicity with Israeli apartheid, effective divestment campaigning, building coalitions on campus, winning the case …