"Show Israel the Red Card" Campaign

That the Parliament welcomes the "Show Israel the Red Card" campaign, which has the aim of drawing attention to what it considers to be the injustice of allowing Israeli athletes to participate in international sporting events, while Palestinians are often unable to participate, it understands, due to the Israeli occupation and what groups such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have referred to as the system of apartheid enforced on Palestinians by the state of Israel; congratulates protesters who gathered outside Hampden Park on 31 May 2024 to object to Israel's continued participation in international football events, despite what it believes is an ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza; notes that the efforts of campaigners resulted in the match between Israel and Scotland being played behind closed doors and a 45-minute delay to kick-off; further notes with concern reports that, since 7 October 2023, at least 265 Palestinian sportspeople have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, with dozens more still missing; believes that Israel is in violation of the Olympic Charter, which states that "every individual must have access to the practice of sport, without discrimination of any kind in respect of internationally recognised human rights", and calls, therefore, on the relevant international bodies to immediately suspend Israel from all major sporting events.