Board condemns unions-backed pro-Palestinian march on Balfour anniversary

Responding to the union movement’s decision to back the PSC march, Board president Jonathan Arkush said: "If these groups had spent the last 100 years making the positive case for Palestine that we make for Israel, there might now be two states living side by side and in peace.

“While they mope out in the cold, we'll be celebrating the Balfour Centenary in upbeat events right across the country. They should reflect on this as they continue their doomed campaign of rejectionism and negativity."

Advance literature from the march, which uses official logos from all trade unions, states: “For the past 100 years Palestinian rights have been disregarded. As we approach the centenary of the Balfour Declaration – on the 2nd November – which built the path for their dispossession, we are demanding justice and equal rights for Palestinians now.”

Speakers at the event include anti-Zionists John Pilger, Tariq Ali and Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union.