Auschwitz survivor slams Scottish prosecutors for “taking sides with Israel”
NOVANEWS
By the SCOTTISH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
One of the few remaining survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp has criticised Scottish prosecutors for what he refers to as "taking sides with Israel".
Hayo Meyer, an outspoken critic of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, made his comments in support of 5 pro-Palestine campaigners charged with "racially aggravated conduct" after a boycott protest of a concert by an Israeli group.
The campaigners, all members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), interrupted the Aug 2008 Edinburgh Festival performance of the Jerusalem Quartet. They were originally charged with Breach of the Peace, but weeks after last year's violence in Gaza which took the lives of 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, the Procurator Fisc...