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PSC update: MPs call for Government to ban settlement goods

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Ban settlement goods – MPs join the call
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This week at Foreign Office Questions, MPs pressed the Government to take action to exclude settlement goods from UK shelves. MP Grahame Morris asked Foreign Secretary, William Hague, to consider introducing a ban on importing products from illegal Israeli settlements. The Foreign Secretary dodged Richard Burden MP’s request to confirm that such a ban would be legal.
PSC have been calling for a ban on settlement goods – help us press the Government to introduce a ban.
Dates
UN Day for the Refugee
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Today, Thursday 20th June, is World Refugee Day– a day Ban Ki-moon has used to “call on the international community to intensify efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts, and to help achieve peace and security so that families can be reunited and refugees can return home.”
When we think about Palestinian refugees we often picture families driven from their homes in 1948. But Palestinians have been displaced ever since. Al Shabaka have published an article which summarises the 6 ways Israel forcibly displaces Palestinians>
Palestinian prisoners demand their rights
13 Palestinians are currently on hunger-strike at protest at their treatment by Israeli authorities – the highest number since last year. Israel continues to hold many prisoners without charge or trial, despite international protest.
Israel’s treatment of Palestinian child detainees continues to shock international observers. This week Israel’s authorities closed a complaint of severe torture of a child three years after the complaint was made, and without investigation. Another teen faces 25 counts of attempted murder for stone-throwing, despite lack of evidence>
Prisoners
Israel routinely violates the Geneva Convention and other international law by mistreating prisoners
News and events
Hawking decision praised | New Scientist
Jonathan Rosenhead sets out why Professor Hawking should be applauded for his decision to boycott Israel.
Israeli Cabinet member dismisses Palestinian state| The Guardian

UN Committee accuses Israel of torturing children | Reuters
The UN Committee of the Child has accused Israel of using Palestinian children as human shields and torturing them.

New Palestinian Authority PM resigns | Ma’an
16 June Lajee’s Arts & Cultural Advocacy Tour from Palestine Glasgow + tour Read More
21 June – 23 June Palestinian Days Festival Copthorne Tara Hotel, Scarsdale Place, London Read More
21 June Falafel and quiz benefit Sheffield Read More
22 June Protest Against Sodastream
Brighton Read More
22 June Film: 5 Broken Cameras Cambridge Read More
25 June ‘Unfree in Palestine’ with anthropologist and author Adah Kay
London Read More
28 June
Film Screening: The People and The Olive Inverness Read More
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