Scottish Friends of Palestine Events
The West Bank Today: Facing the Abyss
Speaker Tour | 4–13 September 2026 | Venues across Scotland
An opportunity to hear directly from the Hebron International Resource Network (HIRN) about the current emergency in the occupied West Bank and the grassroots work supporting Palestinian communities.
Occupation policies in the West Bank are placing Palestinian resilience under extreme stress. Grassroots organisations like HIRN have become even more vital in supporting communities – their work done is done without fanfare. But it depends on maximising direct contributions from a worldwide network of individuals and organisations like PalCafe.
Zaid Hilal Glasgow UK Tour
Blythswood Hall Renfield Centre Bath Street Glasgow, Scotland, G2 4JP
Tuesday 23rd June 2026 8:00PM
Presented by Scottish Friends Of Palestine, Scottish Palestinian Society, Bethlehem Twinning Association and Bigbromo Promotions.
Spellbinding Palestinian folk-pop
Zaid Hilal is a Palestinian singer and composer from Bethlehem, carrying forward a living musical heritage shaped by memory, resistance, and everyday life.
“As Palestinian artists, we don’t only preserve heritage, we build on it. We create new music that grows from it, music that reflects our present reality and the struggles we continue to live through.” Zaid Hilal
This will be a solo act with backing tapes including Zaid's field recordings of Elders' remembered songs of resistance.
IT DIDN’T BEGIN ON OCTOBER 7
Scottish Friends of Palestine hosted nine online illustrated talks tracing the impact of Zionism in Palestine.
Below you will find a link to all the talks in the series.
It is a non-academic series of talks suitable for anyone.
No prior knowledge required.
Zionism and its Victims
Part 3: Partition and The Nakba
Part 4: The Aftermath, Exile, Identity, Resistance and The Six Day War
Part 5: Naksa, Occupation, Resistance
Part 6: Camp David, Accords, Lebanon, Exile.
