Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
FREEPORTS are rightly in the public eye but what about port ownership? That has had much less publicity but is often equally insidious.
Freeports are of course a shameful tax dodge, undermining workers’ rights and distorting our economy. They’re also a licence for organised crime.
As a former justice secretary, I previously chaired the Scottish Anti-illicit Trade Group, an amalgam of public and private organisations to address illicit and counterfeit trade.
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Is the Scottish government in favour of drilling or not? Evasiveness and incoherence are the order of the day, argues KENNY MacASKILL



