ETHICAL BANKING The Co-operative Bank has closed the bank accounts of more than 25 community groups campaigning for human rights. Yes, the so-called ‘ethical’ Co-op Bank has closed the accounts of more than 25 Palestine-related groups, including national PSC, the Boycott Israel Network, Friends of Al Aqsa, and a number of local PSC branches.… [Read More]
SIGN THE PETITION: Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes when he arrives in the UK in September
The number of signatures has now exceeded the target of 100,000!But please sign the petition if you haven’t signed already.The UK parliament is now ‘obliged’ to debate the issue, so we need to apply even more pressure. ALSO: You can read the government’s ‘response’ to the petition by clicking through to the petition website using… [Read More]
Second UK-based Israeli drone factory shut down by occupation
17 February 2015 Instro Precision, an arms company near Broadstairs (Kent), was occupied at 5am this morning to protest its sales to both Israel and Afghanistan. Four people are on the roof with banners to shut the factory down, with ten more on the ground, one of whom is locked to the fence. A wide… [Read More]
Ecostream closure announced around the world
A selection of sites reporting the closure of Sodastream’s ‘Ecostream’ store in Brighton: Brighton & Hove Independent Brighton Argus Palestine Solidarity Campaign (UK) The Electronic Intifada Ha’aretz Jewish Chronicle RT (Russia Today) Middle East Monitor International Middle East Media Centre Oumma.com (NB “Les Militants de Brighton”)
Palestine Solidarity Campaign issues statement about deaths of three Israelis
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign issued the following statement from its UK headquarters in London: July 1, 2014 Kamel Hawwash, Vice-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said: ‘I am saddened to hear of the death of the three missing Israelis whose bodies were found near Hebron. It is time violence ended and a genuine drive for… [Read More]
EcoStream store closes following two years of street protests
See also: Ecostream closure announced around the world BHPSC thanks Brighton & Hove for supporting the Ecostream campaign Following two years of regular street protests by pro-Palestine campaigners outside the EcoStream store in central Brighton, the shop has announced that it has ceased trading. Campaigners have held regular demonstrations outside the store since it opened… [Read More]
Oxfam ‘in dialogue’ with Scarlett Johansson over SodaStream endorsement
The international development organisation Oxfam is currently facing a dilemma. Since 2005, the actor Scarlett Johansson has worked with them as a ‘global ambassador’, and has reportedly helped the organisation considerably with their work. It has emerged that Johansson has recently signed up to do a similar job for SodaStream – the deeply unethical Israeli… [Read More]
Globe Theatre: Strong pro-Palestinian protest inside and out
The managers of the Globe Theatre in London, along with hundreds of passers-by on London’s south bank, will have been left in no doubt about the strength of opposition to the Globe’s invitation to the Israeli National Theatre Company, Habima, to perform as part of the ‘Cultural Olympiad’. In the hours before the performance on… [Read More]
Write to the Co-op to support their stance on Palestinian human rights!
On April the 27th the Cooperative Group board made a historic and welcome decision to extend their Human Rights & Trade Policy to include all companies who trade in the illegal settlements. While the Co-op’s policy shift isn’t a complete boycott of all Israeli companies, we do recognise what an important advance this is for… [Read More]
Campaigners welcome Co-operative Group move to end trade links with companies that source goods from illegal settlements
Boycott Israel Network (BIN) media release Saturday 28 April 2012 Palestine human rights campaigners today welcomed news that the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, The Co-operative Group, will “no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements”. The Co-op’s decision, notified to campaigners in a statement, will immediately… [Read More]