North Lanarkshire Council was forced to apologise in March 2015 following complaints about primary school materials that contained a flawed reading of the history and geography of Israel/Palestine and that labelled Palestinians as terrorists. APCS Press Release North Lanarkshire Council…
Statement by Alyn Smith MEP, 5 March 2015 SNP Alyn Smith, Scottish member of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has fiercely criticised North Lanarkshire Council following reports that P7 pupils at New Stevenson Primary School were given worksheets which…
Netanyahu’s False Narrative of Self-Defense By Marjorie Cohn, Counterpunch March 04, 2015 On March 3rd, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an impassioned plea to Congress to protect Israel by opposing diplomacy with Iran. Referring to “the remarkable alliance between…
FOR IMMEDIATE USE Wednesday 4 March 2014 The Association of Palestinian Communities in Scotland today condemned inflammatory teaching materials given to young children in a North Lanarkshire school which seeks to demonise Palestinians. Children as young as 11 at New…
Sunday 1 March 2015 The Palestine Alliance, formed by the Association of Palestinian Communities in Scotland and a number of Palestine solidarity groups, has called on Glasgow University to halt plans to develop links with an Israeli University. Collaboration between…
