Category Archives: Occupation

Scottish Parliament Motion on Gaza

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Nick

Please ask your MSP to sign Scottish Parliament Motion on Gaza: S4M-04871 Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 16/11/2012 That the Parliament condemns the missile attacks on Gaza by Israel, which have resulted in many deaths, including children; … Continue reading →

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Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association Events – 27th Nov to 1st Dec

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Nick

Exhibition – The Art of Occupation – Scottish Artists, Palestinian Visions Tue 27th Nov – Sat 1st Dec Central Library, Wellgate, Dundee Open during Library opening hours (usually 9am – 6pm) Everyone welcome, free entry. Scottish artists present work on … Continue reading →

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Student Voices: Education Under Occupation

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Nick

Student Voices: Education Under Occupation  As part of Right to Education week, Dundee University Action Palestine is hosting two speakers from Birzeit University in the West Bank. They will be speaking about education in Palestine under the Israeli occupation. The … Continue reading →

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Nablus – It’s the Occupation, the Occupation, the Occupation

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Nick

Following his recent trip to Nablus, as part of a delegation from the Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association, Alister Rutherford has written a report for his blog, which we have reproduced below. I am not long back from a visit to Nablus … Continue reading →

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Palestine Solidarity Project – Newsletter (September 2012)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Nick

The Palestine Solidarity Project’s September Newsletter is now available. Articles include a report on the successful demonstration close to the illegal settlement of Gush Eztion; further child arrests in the village of Beit Ommar; families who have received house demolition orders … Continue reading →

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Olive trees destroyed in Al Khader, near Bethlehem

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Nick

Report from the Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI) website On Saturday October 6th 2012, Salah family from Al Khader found out that more than 100 newly planted olive saplings in addition to 60 vine trees in an adjacent vineyard were cut … Continue reading →

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Israeli policies of dispossession reminiscent of South African apartheid

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Nick

Heidi-Jane Esakov is a researcher at the Afro-Middle East Centre, a Johannesburg-based think-tank. In the following article published on the Al Jazeera website, she describes how plans to displace bedouins in Israel are reminiscent of the forced removals of blacks … Continue reading →

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World Social Forum: Free Palestine – 28 Nov to 1 Dec 2012, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Nick

The World Social Forum: Free Palestine is taking place in Porto Alegre, 28 November to 1 December, an event that has the potential to raise the level and depth of the international Palestine solidarity movement. The World Social Forum: Free … Continue reading →

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Children in Chains – Israel’s Twilight Zone

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Nick

On Saturday 10th November a seminar has been organised by the Scottish Friends of Palestine and the EIS to explore the reality for Palestinian children under occupation. It will also discuss the obligations on the state of Israel, as an … Continue reading →

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When Settlers Attack

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Nick

Some attacks on Palestinians by fundamentalist Israeli settlers have made news even in Britain.  But the extent and viciousness of these attacks is often underplayed.  A recent report “When Settlers Attack” gives a disturbing picture and debunks some myths.  Given … Continue reading →

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