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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. 

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.

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.

SACC welcomes the vote in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 3 September calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctionsagainst Israel.

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,

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.

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.

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.

SACC is appalled at the UK Government's announcement on Monday that it intends to add Palestine Action to its list of terrorist organisations banned under the Terrorism Act 2000. Palestine Action is a widely respected part of the UK's multi-faceted and organisationally diverse Palestine solidarity movement.

Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee and Edinburgh Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee deplore the UK Government’s imminent plan to proscribe Palestine Action as a ‘terrorist’ grouping. 

SACC condemns the war of aggression initiated by Israel against Iran on 13 June, calls for the international isolation of Israel and particularly calls for an immediate and complete halt to all direct and indirect UK military  cooperation with or support for Israel, and a halt to any UK action against or interference in Iran. 

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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")

The Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee (GGEC) is asking for other organisations to boycott the annual "anti-racism" march organised in Glasgow by Stand Up to Racism (SUTR)