The organisers of a march planned in Fife this weekend will stand against “weapons of mass destruction” being manufactured in Fife.
Glenrothes is to host a national demonstration for Gaza on Saturday, with people from across Scotland assembling outside Fife House before marching on the Raytheon plant in the town.
Called by the national executive of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), the event comes after recent reports the electronics factory produces components for the weapons that are contributing to the killing of thousands of people in Gaza.
Bill Mair, of the SPSC, said: “As Fifers and Scots, we stand foursquare against these grotesque weapons of mass destruction being manufactured in Fife, or anywhere in our country.”
The demonstration will assemble on the pedestrianised area outside Fife House at 3pm on Saturday before marching to the Raytheon plant.
It follows the continuation of a row surrounding Fife Council’s decision to fly the Palestinian flag over its headquarters at Fife House this week to raise awareness of and protest against the suffering and death of the people of Gaza.
But the chairman of the Tayside and Fife Jewish community said it was concerned the council’s decision could “ferment” anti-Jewish sentiment in Scotland.
The St Andrews Jewish Society has also questioned why the local authority had taken sides by deciding to fly only the Palestinian flag and not the Israeli flag as well.
Fife Council leader David Ross has said there is a general consensus within the council that the flag should be flown as part of world-wide condemnation of the events in Gaza.
Despite only one flag being flown, Mr Ross has reiterated the view of the council that the flying of the Palestine flag is “not in support of any specific organisation”.
ARaytheon spokesman said: “Our Glenrothes facility does component work for a wide range of our government and commercial solutions.
“We are not going to comment on geopolitical situations.”