* At last night’s City Council meetings, despite the support of petitions signatures from hundreds of Dundonians and the powerful and compelling case made by delegations in support of my motion on the plight of the Palestinian people in the Gaza strip, I was heavily outvoted by a cobbled-together Labour/Nationalist amendment that represented the lowest common denominator [...]
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Earlier this week, I mentioned some of the criticism by certain propagandists of the motion I have placed on the City Council’s Policy and Resources Committee next Monday, expressing concern about the plight of the people of Gaza. There’s been something of a predictable campaign by these people, who have a few things in common – few (if any) live [...]
Today’s “Courier” covered the criticism by “Scottish Friends of Israel” of the motion I have placed on the City Council’s Policy & Resources Committee next Monday. As I said to the Courier: “I have raised this issue in light of my concerns over the continuing plight of the Palestinian people and of the humanitarian situation caused by Israel’s [...]
In addition to the launch of Barney’s Fund that I mentioned last night, yesterday : * The Courier covered the background to the motion I intend to bring to the City Council’s Policy and Resources Committee on 13th June. This surrounds the plight of the people of Palestine, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the issue of the [...]
Earlier today, I spoke in the City Square at the Commemoration Event of the dreadul events in Gaza in 2008/9 in which, during Israeli bombing, many innocent Palestinean civilians were murdered, including 357 children. The event was organised by Tayside for Justice in Palestine and included an art installation by Dundee artist Pat Donachie that [...]
I will have the pleasure of speaking at the above event this Saturday (22nd January) at 1pm – full details are given in the poster below and at dundee@scottishpsc.org.uk.
In July, I updated residents on my actions in trying to move forward the City Council’s support for the people of Gaza – see http://tinyurl.com/dundee-gaza. As reported in yesterday’s Courier, there has been some progress and I paste below the content of a letter to the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Dundee from the Lord Provost. Having [...]
As reported in today’s “Courier”, yesterday, along with two of my West End constituents who had contacted me about how the City Council can further support the people of Gaza, and Ali El-Awaisi, who was on board the Mavi Marmara when it was illegally stormed by Israeli commandos, I met with the Lord Provost, the [...]
My thoughts tonight are with the family of Ali El-Awaisi, the 21 year old from Dundee, caught up in the massacre of the flotilla taking much-needed aid to the people of Gaza. Ali’s family have been, as yet, unable to make contact with him following the disgraceful and unlawful actions of Israeli commandos. I know [...]
