(a personal view from Pete Gregson, chairperson of One Democratic Palestine) Seeing protestors flock to the streets in opposition to Israel’s reforms of the judiciary and hearing their cries that “Israel will cease to be the democratic Jewish state” serves to remind me just how deluded most Israelis are. They… Continue reading
On the 6th January Tony Greenstein published a massive attack on Pete Gregson, the Chair of One Democratic Palestine, on both his blogs: https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2023/01/whilst-there-are-very-few-anti.html and https://tonygreenstein.com/2023/01/a-political-health-warning-why-palestine-solidarity-activists-should-have-nothing-to-do-with-peter-gregson/ He refused to publish most of Gregson’s rebuttals on his blogpost, telling Gregson that he must find his own way to put his defence…. Continue reading
The Campaign Against Bogus Antisemitism has changed its name to One Democratic Palestine. The change springs from a desire to do more for the Palestinian people than campaign purely against the misinformation and slander at which the Zionists excel. We want to focus on supporting a single-state solution for Palestine… Continue reading
I just watched David Baddiel’s Channel 4 TV programme “Jews don’t count”. I have news for him… They do, they do. They demanded the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism- and they got it. As a result, thousands have been punished as antisemites for criticising Israel. He ignores this very powerful mechanism… Continue reading
The success of Zionists in muzzling the left over the past few years, combined with Israeli progress in ‘normalising’ its ties with Arab neighbours, shows we are losing the battle for Palestine. We need a new tack. This is not to be defeatist: it is to adopt a new strategy… Continue reading
Republished- in Redress – why we need the Tourwww.redressonline.com/2022/10/open-letter-to-gideon-levy-of-israels-haaretz-newspaper-on-the-muslim-jew-tour-beyond-israel/ Dear Mr Levy, If you could, would you come to hear what the speakers on our Muslin & Jew Tour have to say? We believe that Israel has no right to exist; that Palestine must prevail; that all Israelis must learn… Continue reading
The post below has been published on 13 Sept 2022 by Redress at Do Jews in the UK have significant leverage on Israel? – Redress Information & Analysis (redressonline.com) The only reason this question matters is in relation to Israel. Are we in the UK able to comment on Israel… Continue reading
With the advent of the Edinburgh Council Gaza Twinning discussion, Pete Gregson has been attacked in inaccurate and malicious articles – even from those, such as the Edinburgh Reporter, who should know better. Phyllis Stephen The Edinburgh Reporter has refused to correct the inaccurate report Pete Gregson ejected from council… Continue reading
Bear Grylls (Chief Scout) and the Scouting Movement appear to have abandoned the principles of free speech, following the decision to suspend a local parent volunteer for criticising Israel. Pete Gregson, who has been Treasurer at the 150th Craigalmond Scout Group in Edinburgh for 9 years, and who holds the… Continue reading
The discussion paper at https://bogusantisemitism.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Not_a_Jew-2.pd centres around Gregson’s campaign to get Edinburgh twinned with Gaza City, and the Israeli/ Tory plans to prevent this- and an email exchange with David Collier, a rabid Zionist. (Had the City of Edinburgh Council Policy Committee meeting ignored the Israeli authorities and decided that… Continue reading