STIRLING PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN Next Stirling PSC meeting
The next meeting is Tuesday 21st February,7.00pm in Venue TBC
Architects threaten to boycott Israel over 'apartheid' barrier
The Independent
A group including some of Britain's most prominent architects is considering calling for an economic boycott of Israel's construction industry in protest at the building of Israeli settlements and the separation barrier in the Occupied Territories.
Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine, whose members include Richard Rogers and the architectural critic Charles Jenckes, met for the first time last week in secret at the London headquarters of Lord Rogers' practice. He introduced the meeting, and the 60 attendees went on to condemn the illegal annexation of Palestinian land and the construction of the vast fence and concrete separation barrier running through the West Bank and Jerusalem........
Entire Region of Norway to boycott Apartheid Israel!
The regional council of the Sør-Trøndelag in Norway has passed a motion calling for a comprehensive boycott on Israeli goods to be followed up with an awareness raising campaign across the region. Sør-Trøndelag has a population of 270,000 out of Norway’s 4.6 million. Trondheim, Norway`s third largest city, forms part of the region and will participate in the boycott initiative. The council committed itself to this motion as a result of intensive work by Norwegian activists that had launched a national Boycott Israel campaign this June. The success of this motion has marked a massive move forwards for boycotts of Apartheid Israel.
Building from the region`s experience of support for the South African Anti-Apartheid struggle, the people and their representatives in Sør-Trøndelag have once again sided with the calls for justice and liberation.
The decision comes just weeks after a city in the Basque country, Arbizu, passed a similar motion in their solidarity with the Palestinian people. The news will give further boost to the campaigning efforts of other cities and campaigners across the globe and will help stimulate more initiatives to follow the Palestinian call for comprehensive boycott, sanctions and divestment campaign against Israel.
Full text of the motion (translation by the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign):
Boycott Israeli goods
An international boycott campaign against Israel is now being launched. Apartheid in South Africa was condemned by the entire world and this contributed to the fall of the regime. Israel`s occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights has been condemned by the UN. The Israeli settlements violate International Law. The construction of the Wall has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the refugees still wait to return to their homes.
Sør-Trøndelag was the first [Norwegian] county to boycott South Africa. Upholding this good tradition, the County council, as the first in the country, has decided to boycott Israeli goods, by not buying Israeli goods and through awareness raising efforts. We call on the population to do the same.
University condemns Israel Occupation/Scots Parliament Supports..
The regional council of the Sør-Trøndelag in Norway has passed a motion calling for a comprehensive boycott on Israeli goods to be followed up with an awareness raising campaign across the region. Sør-Trøndelag has a population of 270,000 out of Norway’s 4.6 million. Trondheim, Norway`s third largest city, forms part of the region and will participate in the boycott initiative. The council committed itself to this motion as a result of intensive work by Norwegian activists that had launched a national Boycott Israel campaign this June. The success of this motion has marked a massive move forwards for boycotts of Apartheid Israel.
Building from the region`s experience of support for the South African Anti-Apartheid struggle, the people and their representatives in Sør-Trøndelag have once again sided with the calls for justice and liberation.
The decision comes just weeks after a city in the Basque country, Arbizu, passed a similar motion in their solidarity with the Palestinian people. The news will give further boost to the campaigning efforts of other cities and campaigners across the globe and will help stimulate more initiatives to follow the Palestinian call for comprehensive boycott, sanctions and divestment campaign against Israel.
Full text of the motion (translation by the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign):
Boycott Israeli goods
An international boycott campaign against Israel is now being launched. Apartheid in South Africa was condemned by the entire world and this contributed to the fall of the regime. Israel`s occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights has been condemned by the UN. The Israeli settlements violate International Law. The construction of the Wall has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the refugees still wait to return to their homes.
Sør-Trøndelag was the first [Norwegian] county to boycott South Africa. Upholding this good tradition, the County council, as the first in the country, has decided to boycott Israeli goods, by not buying Israeli goods and through awareness raising efforts. We call on the population to do the same.
Stirling University students have voted in a referendum to support the Palestinians' struggle for their right to education. It also publicly condemns the occupation, wall and settlers. The votes were 347 FOR, and 88 AGAINST, a margin of almost 4:1. Stirling University Students Association (SUSA) will now twin with the Birzeit University students council and pressure the university to also twin.
The referendum was spearheaded by Stirling PSC members and has attracted attention worldwide . The Motion has even been supported by 22 MSP's from the Scottish Parliament who put the motion below to the Parliament.
S2M-3560 Mr Mark Ruskell: Stirling Students’ Support for Palestinian Right to Education Campaign—That the Parliament notes the continued occupation of Palestine by Israel and the constraints imposed by Israel upon the right to education for Palestinians; congratulates the University of Stirling Students’ Association on its recent decision to support the Palestinian Birzeit University students’ right to education campaign; further believes that there will only be peace in Palestine when there is justice for Palestinians; applauds the action of the Stirling student body in publicly expressing links of solidarity with Palestinian students in their time of need, through building a bridge of friendship between the students of Stirling and Birzeit universities, and calls on the University of Stirling to follow the students’ lead by exploring the opportunity for establishing a formal twinning relationship with Birzeit University Supported by MSP's: Frances Curran, Carolyn Leckie, Eleanor Scott, Fiona Hyslop, Mark Ballard, Christine Grahame, Bill Butler, Cathy Peattie, Chris Ballance, Rob Gibson, Colin Fox, Robin Harper, Patrick Harvie, Ms Sandra White, Shiona Baird, Ms Rosemary Byrne, Campbell Martin, Tommy Sheridan, Dr Sylvia Jackson, Marlyn Glen, Trish Godman,PaulineMcNeill - Parliament Motions
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