On Thursday 1 May elections will be held for 23 councils and 6 mayors across England. There will be a parliamentary by-election for Runcorn and Helsby on the same day. Voters need to say loud and clear that they won't vote Labour unless Keir Starmer announces an arms embargo on Israel.
News
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05 April 2025
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31 March 2025
SACC urges the UK Government to remove Hamas and Hezbollah from the list of organisations proscribed under the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000. We call on organisations that support justice in Palestine to adopt a similar position.
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30 March 2025
Tracy Gilbert MP (Labour) is urging Keir Starmer to "put in place sanctions and suspend all arms trade" with Israel following Israel's resumption of military action in Gaza.
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25 February 2025
The Scottish Labour Party Conference held in Glasgow on 21-23 February 2025 overwhelmingly passed a resolution that calls for a ban on arms sales to Israel
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24 February 2025
SACC has joined with the Campaign Against the Arms Trade and other global organisations in a worldwide call on governments producing F-35 fighter jets to immediately halt all arms transfers to Israel, including the F-35 jets.
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31 October 2024
SACC renews its call for governments around the world to demand an end to the genocide and to cease all actions that have the effect of supporting or enabling the genocide or protecting Israel and Israeli leaders from the consequences of their actions.
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29 February 2024
Response to a joint statement by Stand Up To Racism Scotland and the STUC about their planned anti-racism march in Glasgow on 16 February 2024.
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14 February 2024
SACC regrets that it is unable to support or participate in the march organised in Glasgow by Stand Up to Racism to mark the UN's International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ("Anti-Racism Day")
Scottish National Demo for Palestine - Glasgow
Saturday 19 April 2025
March into City Centre (1pm)
Background & Comment
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by Dr Issam Hijjawi
Speech by Dr Issam Hijjawi, intended to be read on his behalf at a protest organised by Edinburgh Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee (EGGEC) outside the German Consulate, Edinburgh on Sunday 14 April 2024
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by Richard Haley
SACC briefing on the new definition of extremism announced by Michael Gove on 14 March 2024
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Richard Haley looks at the ways support has been constructed in the west for Israel's genocidal project in Gaza. He contends that three issues have been key to opening the door for this next stage of annihilation being unleashed since October 2023 on the Palestinians.
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Message from Dr. Issam Bassalat’s wife, thanking everyone who has helped her husband
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SACC is proud to announce that it has joined 46 partner organisations around the world to support the International Witness Campaign.
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Today marks the first anniversary of the launch of "Operation Arbacia", which resulted in the arrest of our friend the Scottish Palestinian activist Issam Hijjawi Bassalat.
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by David Hildebrand
Migrants and refugees are faced with an array of challenges upon arrival in the UK, including legal barriers that prevent access to employment, housing and healthcare, and more generally, a lack of opportunities to interact with others.
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Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Naomi Long, responds to concerns over the treatment of Dr Issam Hijjawi Basalat in Maghaberry Prison.
