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were suspended for describing attack by Hamas gunmen as a "heroic move" in which "Palestinian freedom fighters from besieged Gaza broke Zionist colonial barriers and entered settlements built on stolen Palestinian land". The 11 November London demonstration was controversial as it coincided with
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reported that Habima was "being criticised for performing to Jewish audiences in the Occupied Territories." A PSC press release corrected the report, saying that it was criticising Habima "for performing in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank." After six months of pressure by PSC, the
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in 2019, the PSC announced that universities in the UK were investing almost ÂŁ450 million in companies which were aiding in Israeli breaches of international law. It produced a database of these investments. Also in 2019 the PSC signed a letter alongside over 200 other groups calling on the
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In 2021, the PSC organised a march in support of Palestine in London which was attended by over 180,000 people. Other events took place in Bristol, Nottingham and Peterborough. The group was protesting against an Israeli bombing offensive which had killed over 230 people in eleven days.
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upheld the PSC's complaint. The Trust report stated "the complaint was upheld with regard to Accuracy, not upheld with regard to Impartiality and Fairness." The PSC waged a two-year campaign to block an EU trade agreement, the
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from marchers, although the march was not planned to go near it. At the 25 November demonstration, one protester was arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred, for carrying a placard with Nazi symbols on it. The chant
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reported that Lanning (then chair of PSC) was barred from entering Israel; the Israeli embassy in the UK said this was in part due to his connections with
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statement that Israel had the right to cut off water and electricity to Gaza was "grotesque". Also in October, four members in
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Editorial Standards Findings Appeals to the Trust and other editorial issues considered by the Editorial Standards Committee
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Non-governmental organizations involved in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) is an activist organisation in
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described it as "Europe’s largest Palestinian rights organisation".
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groups organised a protest outside the building. On 29 May 2012,
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Mitib, Ali; Ledwith, Mario; Parker, Charlie (10 November 2023).
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to begin investigating war crimes committed by Israeli in the
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Sarah Colborne (then director of the PSC) was on board the
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Its director from 2016 has been former social worker
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Nakba Day
Bristol
Castle Park
England and Wales
The Guardian
England and Wales
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Jeremy Corbyn
Hugh Lanning
Tony Greenstein
Jewish News
Hamas
Ben Jamal
Anglican
Trade Union Congress
Israeli settlements
Israel Philharmonic
Royal Albert Hall
BBC Radio 3
Habima Theatre
Shakespeare's Globe
BDS
BBC Radio 4
BBC Trust
ACAA
2010 flotilla raid
Land Day
Israeli apartheid

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