Edinburgh Gaza Emergency Committee (EGGEC) issued a statement on 10 October welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza while condemning Trump's so-called “peace plan”. As an organisation affilaited to EGGEC, SACC fully endorses this statement.
News
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29 October 2025
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06 October 2025
SACC condemns the horrific attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur. As an attack on a place of worship on a holy day it was an act of anti-semitism.
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01 October 2025
SACC deplores Keir Starmer’s endorsement of Trump’s disgraceful plan for Gaza. The plan offers a pathway for the physical survival of the people of Gaza in exchange for the abandonment of Palestinian rights.
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08 September 2025
SACC welcomes the vote in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 3 September calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctionsagainst Israel.
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31 July 2025
Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee condemns and views with deep concern the UK Government’s draconian deployment of terrorism legislation against people using non-violent means to stop the horror genocide in Gaza,
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21 July 2025
SACC welcomes the statement issued by the Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) Scotland Steering Committee on 17 July that Glasgow Friends of Israel (GFI) and the Confederation of Friends of Israel Scotland (COFIS) are not welcome at SUTR Scotland events.
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21 July 2025
On 17 July 2025 Stand Up To Racism Scotland issued a statement saying that GFI and COFIS are not welcome at SUTR events. SACC has been pressing for this position since 2018.
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01 July 2025
GGEC, to which SACC is affiliated, has issued a further statement on the UK Government's proposed ban on Palestine Action. SACC dissents from this statement.
Islamophobia Scottish Conference 2025
Sunday 14 December, The Ark, Glasgow G42 7JG
This year's SACC/IHRC Scottish Islamophobia Conference asks how we can resist racism and colonialism while threatened in much of the "western" world by increasingly authoritarian governments and by the growing influence of far-right forces outside government.
Background & Comment
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A briefing to help people potentially affected by the ban on Palestine Action to make informed choices and to help them to safeguard their rights if arrested for alleged support for Palestine Action.
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by Richard Haley
The Palestine solidarity movement in the UK is are witnessing an escalating, politically-driven state campaign against it.
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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.
