{"id":5541,"date":"2026-09-01T04:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5541"},"modified":"2026-09-01T04:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:23:23","slug":"scottish-government-urged-to-fully-implement-sanctions-against-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5541","title":{"rendered":"Scottish government urged to fully implement sanctions against Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scottish Greens have called on Scotland\u2019s first minister to fully implement boycott and sanctions measures against Israel in his upcoming Programme for Government, according to media reports on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Programme for Government must be the moment that changes. We need clear commitments and a plan to end Scotland\u2019s complicity in the systemic abuse of Palestinians,\u201d Scottish Greens MSP Patrick Harvie was quoted by Scottish daily\u00a0The National\u00a0<\/em>as saying.<\/p>\n

The call comes after the Scottish Greens repeatedly urged First Minister John Swinney to end contracts with companies identified by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk as being involved in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n

The Greens are also calling for local authorities to be given greater powers to support the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement by repealing a Margaret Thatcher-era UK law that prevents procurement decisions from being based on geographical origin.<\/p>\n

Harvie said the Scottish government had failed to turn its words into action, arguing that in most respects it had done the bare minimum and provided \u201clittle evidence of meaningful change\u201d on the issue.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf a company is profiting from apartheid and genocide, the Scottish Government must use every power it has to ensure it is not also profiting from public money here in Scotland,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Recalling that ministers issued guidance to Scottish businesses following the start of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, Harvie said the government had made clear that the private sector had a responsibility to respond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Scottish Government has already shown that it can act when it chooses to … Palestinians deserve no less,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot have a boycott in name only. Parliament did not vote for empty gestures. One year on, the Scottish Government needs to deliver,\u201d Harvie added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Scottish government spokesperson said: \u201cAs one of the first governments to call for a ceasefire, the Scottish Government has been a clear and consistent advocate for peace, justice and human rights in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that the government had taken the \u201cmost direct and effective action\u201d available within its powers to press for an immediate and lasting resolution and an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Scottish Greens have called on Scotland\u2019s first minister to fully implement boycott and sanctions measures against Israel in his upcoming Programme for Government, according to media reports on Monday. \u201cThe Programme for Government must be the moment that changes. We need clear commitments and a plan to end Scotland\u2019s complicity in the systemic abuse …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5543,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions\/5543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}