Upholding the Gleneagles Agreement

That the Parliament recognises what it sees as the important work of campaigners in Glasgow and across Scotland highlighting the campaign, Show Israel the Red Card; understands that the campaign aims to highlight what it considers to be the bias of allowing the ongoing participation of athletes representing Israel, such as Boaz Markus, in sporting events while, it believes, Israel is breaching sporting statutes and international law, as well as reportedly killing athletes and destroying their sports infrastructure due to what it sees as the ongoing occupation and genocide in Palestine; notes the recent call of the Celtic FC supporters’ group, the Green Brigade, to extend this campaign to football fans from around the world; further notes the view that, now that members of the International Court of Justice have reportedly considered Israel to be an apartheid state, and that governments must take steps to end it, the Gleneagles Agreement now applies; highlights what it sees as the powerful role that sport has in promoting freedom of movement and expression of culture, which, it believes, is currently denied to Palestinian people; acknowledges what it regards as Scotland’s role, as part of the UK, in the creation of the Israeli state through the Balfour Declaration; notes the view that Scotland, therefore, has a duty of redress to the Palestinian people, and further notes the view that the Scottish Government must lead the way in calling for sporting boycotts as an effective way to isolate Israel internationally and to help end what is considered as the apartheid regime in Palestine pursuant to the freedom of Palestinian people.