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Ascottish parliament building (Credit: Creative Commons/Jorge Franganillo)
March 18, 2026, 12:42 pm
Jewish Council of Scotland announces government backed antisemitism initiative
The First Minister praised the announcement, with chair of JCoS and a Scottish government official to co-chair the new working group
By JN Reporter
The Palestinian Flag is raised outside the Scottish Government Headquarters on Thursday 4th September 2025
September 8, 2025, 12:12 pm
Thousands sign letter warning Scottish government of fanning flames of antisemitism
Jewish community of just 5,000 people were victims of 17% of all religiously motivated hate crimes in Scotland last year
By Michelle Rosenberg
Palestine flags raised in front of Scottish Government buildings at the same time as the First Minister's statement on Gaza in the Scottish Parliament
September 5, 2025, 10:23 am
Gaza stance could endanger Scottish Jews, Swinney warned
First Minister has urged the UK Government to recognise the state of Palestine and pull out of its free trade deal with Israel
By Jewish News Reporter
First Minister John Swinney whilst pro-Palestine protesters interrupted the Edinburgh Fringe event (Photo Credit: X)
August 5, 2025, 3:28 pm
Police intervene as pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt John Swinney at Edinburgh Fringe
First Minister brands Gaza crisis ‘genocide’ following repeated heckling and demands to end arms funding
By Annabel Sinclair
Children on their way to fetch water in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah
July 20, 2025, 11:04 am
Starmer urged to engage with Scotland over Gaza evacuations to UK
First Minister John Swinney says Scotland “stands ready” to receive some of the 2,000 children from Gaza to be treated in the NHS
By Jewish News Reporter
SNP MSP John Mason
August 17, 2024, 8:11 pm
SNP removes whip from MSP for insisting there is no genocide in Gaza
The party confirmed it has taken action following social media comments from Glasgow Shettleston MSP John Mason.
By Jewish News Reporter
John Swinney visited the death camp with 200 Scottish students
November 12, 2017, 10:55 am
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister joins 200 students in Auschwitz visit
John Swinney visited the Nazi death camp as part of a project set up by the Holocaust Educational Trust
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