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Hundreds protest at Barclays links to Israeli arms companies

  On Saturday 23rd September 2023 hundreds of protesters descended on more than 25 Barclays branches across Britain to demand the bank divests from arms companies supplying Israel with weapons used in its attacks on Palestinians The campaigners were taking part in a National Day of Action organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, War on Want …

Press Release: Welsh Government opposes UK government’s anti-boycott bill

Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) welcomes the announcement by the Welsh Government that it is formally opposing the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, better known as the ‘anti-boycott bill’ and recommending that the Senedd withhold its consent This decision by the Welsh Labour Government is the latest blow to Michael Gove’s toxic anti-boycott …

PRESS RELEASE – ANTI-BOYCOTT BILL COMMITTEE FAILS TO CALL SINGLE PALESTINIAN WITNESS 

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 14 September 2023  Contact: media@palestinecampaign.org | Bhavesh Hindocha – Media Officer 07590 862268    ANTI-BOYCOTT BILL COMMITTEE FAILS TO CALL SINGLE PALESTINIAN WITNESS  Palestine Solidarity Campaign is joined by more than 20 civil society organisations including British Palestinians to raise concern at the exclusion of Palestinian and PSC  from …

Public Bill Committee urged to reverse its exclusion of Palestinian voices and BDS groups

A Public Bill Committee, made up of MPs from across parties, has been convened to hear and consider evidence about the pernicious anti-boycott bill. While Conservative Friends of Israel, UK Lawyers for Israel, and right-wing columnist Melanie Phillips were all given ample time to have their say, the committee did not invite any Palestinian organisations …

PSC Response to BRISMES ELSC Report

PSC welcomes the crucial report released today by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) and European Legal Support Center (ELSC). The report provides overwhelming evidence to substantiate the concerns PSC – amongst many others – has been raising for years as to how the IHRA working definition of antisemitism (IHRA WDA) has been …

Press Release: TUC condemns anti-boycott bill

PSC welcomes the re-affirmation of support by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement, in a motion passed with a unanimous vote at its Annual Conference today (12/9/23) The motion confirms the full opposition of TUC to the Government’s anti-boycott bill and support for the coalition of more than …

Press Release: Stop the DSEI Arms Fair Vigil

  People from across London gathered at vigil organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to oppose the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London The vigil highlighted DSEI’s role in arming Israeli apartheid, and other repressive states around the world This event begins two weeks of protests against DSEI under the banner …

Press Release: Right to Boycott petition delivered to Downing St

  Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and a delegation of civil society groups have today (31/8/23) handed in a petition at 10 Downing Street calling on Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to scrap the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) bill, or anti-boycott bill. The anti-boycott bill aims to prevent public bodies – including local councils, …

Press Release: Grassroots campaigners call on Senedd to oppose anti-boycott bill, 3 August 2023

Grassroots campaigners in Wales are urging Senedd members to oppose a UK government bill which would take away the right of local authorities, public sector/local government pension funds, universities and the Welsh Government to make ethical choices about spending and investments. Members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in Wales are writing to their Senedd …

PSC condemns Israel’s endorsement of Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara

Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Western Sahara Campaign and War on Want condemn recent moves by the Israeli government to officially endorse Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara.  Both the Palestinian and Saharawi people have endured decades of illegal occupation, forced exile and brutal violence by regimes attempting to repress their just struggles for freedom and self-determination.    …