Palestine

Campaigners take part in a Stop Rosebank emergency protest outside the UK Government building in Edinburgh. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Exclusive Rosebank partnership probed by regulator over Palestine human rights

Pro-Palestine protesters hold demo outside Scottish Labour conference

US President Donald Trump has been accused of calling for ethnic cleansing

'Dangerous': Swinney leads scathing response to Trump’s Gaza claim

Destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on January 13, 2025

Gaza ceasefire deal does not stop us being a long way from justice Alexander Brown

People take part in a national march for Palestine on Whitehall in central London.

Masked man in Celtic tracksuit led away by police at Palestine protest

An injured child receives medical attention at the al Aqsa Martyrs hospital after an Israeli missile strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, earlier this month (Picture: Eyad Baba)

Hospital patients burned alive in Israeli strike should shame Labour Talat Yaqoob

Children under leaders on both sides of the Middle East conflict are suffering in troubles that are certainly Britain's business, says reader (Picture: Getty Images)

'Like losing my soul': Family of those killed in Gaza speak of justice

Linda Madaci and Leila Hamami protesting outside SNP conference. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

Palestinian Scots 'will never vote SNP again' after 'insulting' meet

Israeli deputy ambassador Daniela Grudsky met with External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson in Edinburgh.

Angus Robertson makes new admission over Israeli ambassador meeting

John Mason MSP. Image: Press Association.

John Mason refuses to apologise for 'deeply offensive' Gaza comments

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis following an evacuation order by the Israeli army (Picture: AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Remember Gaza when you cast your vote today - Readers' Letters:

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Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah earlier this week (Picture: Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Why boycotting book festival over Israel's appalling war on Gaza is wrong

The picture has been appearing on millions of social media feeds in recent days.

All Eyes On Rafah: Viral picture explained and source of phrase

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah. Picture: Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images

John Swinney in Palestine state letter plea as Israel Rafah strikes condemned

An elderly Palestinian woman lifts a national flag during a rally marking Nakba day in the Ramallah city centre in the occupied West Bank last year.

How this year's Nakba Day will inevitably be more emotive than ever before

Edinburgh University's Old College building. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Edinburgh University students stage hunger strike in call for Gaza ceasefire

Olly Alexander not boycotting Eurovision doesn't make him the enemy Alexander Brown

A man walks with a bicycle loaded with blankets and cushions past destroyed buildings along a street in Gaza City (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Nothing could prepare me’ for seeing impact of conflict in Gaza, SNP MP says

First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks at the SNP Campaign Counci in Perth, Scotland.

Readers' letters: Drive for a Tory free Scotland may be a hate crime

The backdrop from the viral Willy Wonka event in Glasgow, which has raised more than £2,000 at auction for a Palestinian aid charity. Picture: Monorail/PA Wire

Props from Willy Wonka experience raise over £2k at auction

George Galloway speaks to TV after his win at the Rochdale by-election, pictured at Rochdale Leisure Centre, March 1 2024.

George Galloway: The firebrand Scottish politician and unlikely reality TV star

Celtic fans hold up a banner in support of Palestine ahead of the recent home match against Kilmarnock. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group)

Celtic issue fresh banner warning to Green Brigade over 'End Zionism' display

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is protecting Liel Abada during a difficult time for the forward.

Rodgers grapples with Abada Celtic dilemma: 'they won't have a clue'

Liel Abada is in full Celtic training but will not be involved against Kilmarnock on Saturday.

Abada may leave Celtic as boss Rodgers reveals empathy for player

Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the UK could recognise the state of Palestine in future.

David Cameron: UK to consider recognition of Palestine as state

Councillor Nadia El-Nakla, wife of First Minister Humza Yousaf. Image: Jane Barlow/Press Association.

Scottish Government warned first minister's wife on Turkish event

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, pictured outside Glasgow Cathedral. Image: John Devlin/National World.

Sarwar calls for Israel and Palestine leadership change amid protests

Celtic fan group, The Green Brigade, will return to Saturday's match against Livingston following their ban. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)

Rodgers reacts to Green Brigade return as Celtic reveal why ban was lifted

Palestinians, including many displaced from other areas in the Gaza Strip, walk through a main square in Rafah near the border with Egypt.

Israel-Gaza: 'There is no safe place in Gaza'

First Minister Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf calls on UK to officially recognise the state of Palestine

Arthur Balfour returned to government in 1916 to serve as Lloyd George's Foreign Secretary.

Who was Arthur Balfour, the Scot who was instrumental in the creation of Israel?

The section which usually holds the Green Brigade during a cinch Premiership match between Celtic and St Mirren on November 1.

Celtic v Green Brigade update with email as members distance themselves

The goals from James Forrest and Luis Palma in Celtic 3-0 win away to Ross County on Saturday - the pair seen here celebrating the Scot's headed counter his team-mate set up - had special significance. (Photo by Paul Devlin / SNS Group)

Celtic reaction: Far from outliers over Palestine; better strike rate than Kyogo

Celtic fan group The Green Brigade have been banned from home and away matches. (Photo by Rob Casey / SNS Group)

Green Brigade say Celtic board have 'shamed' club over ticket ban

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, has been suspended by the Labour Party after he used the phrase “between the river and the sea” during a speech at a pro-Palestine rally at the weekend.

Labour MP suspended over speech at pro-Palestine rally

Celtic fan group, the Green Brigade, hold up Palestine flags during the UEFA Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. (Photo by Rob Casey / SNS Group)

Celtic fans defy club stance with Palestine flag display against Atletico Madrid

Celtic fans hold up Palestine flags during the weekend win over Hearts at Tynecastle. (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)

Celtic fans told not to display flags relating to Israel-Palestine conflict

Analysis Rishi Sunak calls for 'specific pauses' rather than ceasefire in Gaza

The complex relationship between Israel and Palestine dates back to the late 19th century.

How Israel came into being and its conflict with Palestine

Israel must triumph for people of Palestine to have any hope of peace
It is not always obvious what the safest path to peace is, but if Palestinians are to have peace and prosperity then Israel must remove Hamas as a force able to...
Brian Monteith

A lasting peace plan between Israel and Hamas representatives could end the ongoing deaths and violence

Scotsman Letters: Israel and Hamas must stop the killing and start talking

March For Palestine protesters outside All Souls Langham Place, near the BBC's Portland Place headquarters. (Photo by André Langlois)

Thousands gather in central London for March For Palestine protest

Green MSP Maggie Chapman. Picture: John Devlin

Green MSP defends ‘shameful’ social media post following Hamas attack

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly's approach to this week's tragic events in Israel and Palestine is wrong, says reader (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK should be brokering peace between Israel and Palestine

The Green Brigade hold up a banner for Palestine during the match between Celtic and Kilmarnock last weekend.

Green Brigade hit back at Celtic 'hypocrisy' and urge pro-Palestine stance

Celtic fan group The Green Brigade hold up a banner for Palestine before the cinch Premiership match against Kilmarnock at Celtic Park on Saturday. (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)

Celtic break silence on Palestine banner display with strongly-worded statement

Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)

Live Israel in ‘state of war’ after attack from Palestinian militant group

Ryanair has apologised after a crew member announced it was landing in Palestine instead of Tel Aviv. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Ryanair says sorry after crew member says Tel Aviv is in Palestine

Wee Souk founder Kimberley Davidson with some of the homewares she sells

Women aren’t a charity, they’re a smart investment - Kimberley Davidson

Palestine Action Scotland has targeted Edinburgh Leonardo factory.

3 arrested after Palestine Action Scotland target Leonardo factory in Edinburgh

Marc Lassouaoui, of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), visited Scotland for the first time.

UN Palestine agency meets Scottish Government in hope of plugging UK funding gap

Thales UK in Glasgow. Image: Google Maps

Pro-Palestine activists storm arms factory forcing staff to evacuate

Mariem Omari on a humanitarian mission with Médecins Sans Frontières

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A Palestinian boy sits near buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, (Picture: Khalil Hamra/AP)

Why Israel's shelling of Gaza cannot be ignored by the West – Tommy Shepppard MP

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