AboutAbout Palestine Solidarity Campaign
National PSC
About Palestine Solidarity Campaign
What national PSC believes, its aims, independence, democracy, and how supporters have made a difference.
West Kent is one branch of the UK’s biggest organisation dedicated to Palestinian human rights. National PSC campaigns against corporations that profit from occupation, a government that still refuses to hold Israel to account, and media that does not report the truth, while building people power across Britain.
What does PSC believe?
- Palestinians should have the same rights and freedoms as anyone else, but right now they don’t.
- No one should have their rights denied or be treated differently because of their ethnicity or religion.
- There can be a peaceful and just end to decades of occupation and oppression that respects the rights and dignity of Palestinians and Israelis.
- Change in the UK can affect change in Palestine. As a key ally of Israel, the UK is well placed to have a significant impact.
- When people stand together, they have the power to change the course of history.
What are PSC's aims?
PSC campaigns for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and for peace and justice for everyone living in the region. It supports the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality, including:
- the right of self determination for the Palestinian people;
- the right of return of the Palestinian people;
- the struggle to end settler colonialism, apartheid, and military occupations, motivated by Zionism, which deny the realisation of those rights.
Independence & funding
PSC is powered by donations from members and supporters. It does not accept money from governments, political parties, or big businesses, so campaigning stays independent. PSC is not a charity; political campaigning is vital so Palestinians can determine their own future.
Politics, priorities & democracy
PSC is not aligned to any political party in the UK or in Palestine. Campaign priorities are set each year at the Annual General Meeting. An elected Executive Committee oversees work between AGMs.
How have supporters made a difference?
For over 30 years, PSC supporters have been at the forefront of the UK movement for Palestinian rights, including the 2014 parliamentary vote to recognise Palestine, forcing John Lewis to stop selling settlement made SodaStream, pressure that helped push Veolia and G4S out of key projects, BBC corrections after volunteer complaints, and HSBC’s 2018 full divestment from Elbit Systems. West Kent helps amplify that work locally.
