Palestinian Political Child Prisoners with Victoria Brittain
2013-01-17 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign present:
Discussion meeting: Friends Meeting House Mount Street Manchester
On: Palestinian Political Child Prisoners

Speaker: Victoria Brittain

Former Associate Foreign Editor of the Guardian and Research Associate for the LSE’s ‘Crisis States Program’, she is a tireless campaigner for human rights throughout the developing world. She has written that ‘there is no excuse for not knowing the truth about what is happening to the Palestinians’, and herself speaks and writes regularly to publicise the true situation in Palestine and press for academic, cultural and trade boycotts of Israel. She was a founder member in 2008 of the Palestine Festival of Literature, and she appears frequently at other cultural events in aid of Palestine. She was co-author with Moazzam Begg of Enemy Combatant, One Man’s Journey to Guantánamo and Back, and compiled the play Guantánamo with Gillian Slovo.

Palestinian child political prisoners are arrested and detained illegally by Israel. These children face: the use of torture during interrogation; denial of the right to education while in prison; denial of family and lawyer visits; and the incarceration of Palestinian child political prisoners alongside Israeli juvenile criminal prisoners.

Israel is in violation of International Law which states:
WHEREAS the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to which Israel is a State Party, outlines in Article 37 that detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.;
WHEREAS Article 37 of the CRC states that, Every child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and a respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age.;
WHEREAS the CRC, the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and other international treaties explicitly forbid the use of torture during interrogation and incarceration;
Come and discuss with Victoria Brittain the horrific treatment of Palestinian Children by Israel and what we can do to stop this continuing abuse of children

I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid to Tell You
2013-01-17 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Richmix , 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, London , United Kingdom
A Tragicomic Solo Show
Written and Performed by Jennifer Jajeh
Directed by W. Kamau Bell
Book tickets>>

With the current ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the threat of global terrorism, and the never-ending negotiations and hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by all of the bad international news.

That’s exactly how Jennifer feels. And to make matters worse, Jennifer is Palestinian. Well, Palestinian American. Or more precisely: a single, Christian, first generation, Palestinian American woman who chooses to return to her parents’ hometown of Ramallah at the start of the Second Intifada.

Join her on American and Palestinian soil on auditions, bad dates, and across military checkpoints as she navigates the thorny terrain around Palestinian identity. Weaving together humour, storytelling, multimedia, live theatre and pop culture references, Jajeh explores how she becomes Palestinian-ised, then politicised and eventually radicalised in this critically acclaimed, fresh, often funny, searingly honest solo show.

"Beneath the apparent guilelessness of this show sizzles an urgent, burning political piece of new writing."- Broadway Baby

"Jajeh's writing and performance do succeed admirably in giving a human face to the issue." -The Stage

" I Heart Hamas is a fantastic and important piece of theatre." -Fringe Guru

Website: www.ihearthamas.com, www.jenniferjajeh.com
Video: www.ihearthamas.com/video
Twitter: @ihearthamas
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/ihhtour/

Film Screening: Little Town of Bethlehem
2013-01-18 19:15 - 22:15 UTC | Friends' Meeting House, 8b Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton , WV1 4PR, West Midlands , United Kingdom
Wolverhampton PSC is proud to present: 'Little Town of Bethlehem', a film promoting the non-violent struggle for peace with justice for the Palestinian people.

International Conference: Britain’s Legacy in Palestine
2013-01-19 09:30 - 17:00 UTC | Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ, London , United Kingdom
An international conference looking at Britain’s legacy in Palestine is being organized by The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC)

Refractions | Moving images on Palestine - Until 16 March
2013-01-21 12:00 - 2013-03-16 18:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
Curator: Shaheen Merali
Artists: Mohammad Al-Hawajri, Kamal Aljafari, Tayseer Barakat, Mike Hoolboom, Khaled Hourani, Khaled Jarrar, Josh Jones, Kennard Phillips, Inzajeano Latif, Manal Mahamid, Laila Shawa, Nasser Soumi, Tarzan and Arab

Exhibition dates: 19th December 2012 - 16th March 2013

Open Wednesday-Sunday 12:00-18:00
Closed from 24th Dec 2012 - 1st Jan 2013 inclusive

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Unfree book launch
2013-01-22 17:45 - 19:00 UTC | Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS , Thornhaugh St, London, WC1H 0XG, London , United Kingdom
Unfree in Palestine is a meticulous and detailed expose of the web of bureaucracy, discrimination, blacklisting and induced transfer that Israeli authorities have employed to control the Palestinian population and restrict Palestinian movement over the years.

Faversham and Whitstable PSC Film Screening
2013-01-22 19:30 UTC | Fleur de lis hall, Preston street, Faversham, kent, ME13 8NS, South East, United Kingdom
This film traces the history of the marketing of the Jaffa fruit and the city from the early 20th century until now.

‘Unholyland’ with Aidan Andrew Dun
2013-01-23 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, London , N1 9DX, London , United Kingdom
Aidan Dun introduces his ground-breaking and insightful new long poem, in which an Israeli DJ meets and falls in love with a Palestinian rapper. The event will also consider the latest poltical developments in the area, and also the role music is playing in the unfolding political situation.

Writers from Palestine in London
2013-01-24 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
In association with Banipal, join us for an evening of poetry and discussion with Palestinian poets Asma’a Azaizeh and Marwan Makhoul.

GAZA, When the sky rained white fire
2013-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Brunei Gallery, SOAS , Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
SOAS Palestine Society is delighted to host the book launch of Musheir El Farra’s “Gaza, When the Sky rained white fire”, chaired by Baroness Tonge. El Farra’s book details the horrific stories of 17 Palestinian families who have lost their loved ones during Operation Cast Lead and with that loss their memories, hopes, and dreams were shattered.

Displaced in Diaspora
2013-01-25 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Hend House, 233 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8EH, United Kingdom
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is preparing to launch the fourth Palestine Memorial Week which will start from 19th-25th Jan 2013. A film screening will take place at the end of the week concerning Palestinian refugees in Iraq.

Cardiff PSC - with Jill Evans MEP
2013-01-25 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | UNISON House, Custom House Street, Cardiff, CF10 1AP, Wales , United Kingdom
Jill Evans MEP and Musheir El Farra will be speaking about the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian products on sale. Come and be inspired afresh in your support for freedom and justice for Palestine

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Palestine Solidarity Campaign AGM
2013-01-26 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | The London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, London, NW1 9XB, London, United Kingdom
Please note the Northern Line is closed on Saturday. Please plan your journey using TfL journey planner>> (make sure that you set the date for Saturday 26th January, so it adjusts for any closures) or you can read our general travel advice here>>

PSC’s Annual General Meeting is your opportunity to discuss our campaigning work and priorities for 2013 and shape the future of our campaign. Please join us.

Those elected to lead PSC over the past year will be reporting back on the state of the campaign and as well as motions, there will be a panel discussion chaired by Jeremy Corbyn MP, featuring Oxford academic and former PLO representative Karma Nabulsi, writer and activist Ben White and PSC’s Chair Hugh Lanning on the opportunities and challenges in building a 21st century mass solidarity movement.

The AGM is also a great opportunity to meet and share experiences with fellow campaigners or to find out about how you can get more involved in PSC.

Together, our campaigning work is changing the face of solidarity in Britain. Join us at the AGM to discuss plans for taking that work forward!

Cost: £8 waged, £6 unwaged (to cover cost of lunch).

Voting eligibility

At the AGM, everyone who has been a member for at least three months and is in good standing has one vote, ie all those in membership by 26 October 2012. More recent members may register and attend without voting rights. If you are not sure whether your membership is up to date, please contact
psc.admin@palestinecampaign.org or 020 7700 6192

PSC branches can send one delegate each, provided the branch affiliation fee (£25 in January) has been paid.
Delegates from affiliated national organisations with over 100,000 members are entitled to 3 votes. Delegates from all other affiliated organisations will have one vote.

Delegates from PSC branches and affiliates must be properly nominated by their organisation and registered with the PSC office by 11 January 2013.

In order to facilitate the smooth running of the AGM, to try to avoid lengthy registration queues and to guarantee your lunch, all individual delegates are asked to pre-register for the AGM by 18 January 2013.

Motions and amendments

A motions document has been snet to all members of PSC. If you wish to submit an amendment to any motions they must be received by the PSC office by 18 January 2012. Please keep any amendments to no more than 100 words.

Deadlines

26 October 2012 -To vote at AGM, your membership must be in good standing from this date.
30 November 2012 -Deadline for motions and nominations
11 January 2013 -Registration from delegates of affiliated national organisations & PSC branches
18 January 2013 -Deadline for amendments
18 January 2013 – Pre-registration date for individuals

The London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, London,NW1 9XB.
The venue is 10 minutes walk from Camden Town tube (Northern Line) or 5 minutes from Camden Road (Overground).

The venue is fully wheelchair accessible.

Registration will open at 9:30am.

Can’t attend?
If you can’t attend but would like to help us cover the costs of the AGM, please donate at
www.palestinecampaign.org/donate or by calling 020 7700 6192.

Annual General Meeting 2013 – PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE

PSC members who wish to attend the 2013 AGM should register in advance by 18th January 2013. This will help staff to plan for the day to work effectively.

If you have any questions about registration for the AGM please contact the PSC Office:

psc.admin@palestinecampaign.org or 020 7700 6192

Please note: registration in advance is no longer possible but you can still register on the day.

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We are a democratic organisation where members take decisions on campaign priorities

Palestinian Life stories, Poetry and Cultural Resistance
2013-01-29 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
This special event includes readings and a conversation between Dina Matar and Atef Alshaer on different ways of narrating Palestine, and why telling, witnessing and archiving memories and personal narratives are politically and existentially significant for Palestinians.

Palestinians under occupation - an eyewitness account
2013-01-29 19:45 - 22:00 UTC | South London Irish Centre, 140-142 Hartfield Rd , London , SW19 3TG, London , United Kingdom
Organised by Merton PSC
Tuesday 29thJanuary 7.45 for 8pm

Speaker: Ben Jamal is of Palestinian heritage. He has chaired the Richmond and Kingston Branch of PSC since 2003 and been a member of PSC EC since 2010. He will be talking about his recent visit to the West Bank, the Palestinian families he met, and their stories of resistance.

Zaytoun Products on sale

Merton PSC

Gaza: When the sky rained white fire
2013-01-30 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
“This is a moving and careful account of the effects of the Israeli treatment of the people of Gaza. The stories are of families, in their own words, who have lost children, relatives, land and property, by deliberate Israeli attacks on civilians. It is a human story, told with deep integrity by a son of Gaza. It is a story that cries out for justice. All who think there is a case to defend Israeli actions should read it.” Clare Short (Former Secretary of State for International Development in the Blair Government who resigned over Iraq)

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Gaza book launch: eye witness in Gaza
2013-01-31 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | Al-Ghazali Centre, 35 Earle Road, Liverpool, L7 6HD, North West, United Kingdom
Musheir El-Farra's new book Gaza: when the sky rained white fire, is based on interviews with survivors of the murderous Israeli invasion 4 years ago. Musheir returned to Gaza this winter after Israel attacked in November, and will report on current events as well.

Palestinian Prisoners Day in Bristol
2013-02-01 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Palestinian Prisoners Day in Bristol

Friday 1st February
10.00 – 4.00pm Street stall & Vigil outside Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY
At least four Palestinian Prisoners being held under “Administrative Detention” are continuing their hunger strike. One prisoner, SAMER ISSAWI, has been refusing food for over 6 months now and is close to death. This event is part of a global action in solidarity with all Palestinian prisoners, in protest against the BBC news black-out, and against G4S security who provide support & technology to the Israeli prison system.

www.facebook.com/events/150002811821269/

Please come for part or all of this event. Organised by Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC - BDS Street Stall
2013-02-01 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Brixton, Brixton, London, London, United Kingdom
Lambeth & Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign

BDS Street Stalls

Next stall this Friday 1st February in Brixton. 12.30 – 1.30pm

Look for us by the tube station. Please support. It’s worth coming to help even if you can only spare a short time. We will be giving out flyers and information about the boycott campaign, among other things.

http://lwpsc.org.uk/about/

Future stalls:

Saturday February 9th. Details to follow. This is an international day of action targeting Israeli agricultural exports. In particular a focus on illegal settlement goods.

Samer al-Issawi Solidarity Demonstration
2013-02-01 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield, North, United Kingdom
Samer al-Issawi Solidarity Demonstration

Palestine Society - University of Sheffield ·

https://www.facebook.com/events/579787775383995/

Friday

3:00pm until 4:00pm

*FRIDAY 1st FEB: 3:00PM SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL*

Samer al-Issawi, like hundreds of other Palestinian political prisoners, is a victim of Israel's policy of Administrative Detention. This is a procedure that allows prisoners to be kept without charge, indefinitely and on secret evidence. In protest against the use of this policy, last year Samer went on hunger strike. On Friday, this strike will enter its 191st day. Not only is he going through unimaginable suffering, the Israeli authorities have also targeted his family as punishment for his defiance. His sister has been arrested, and his brother's home demolished.

Nonetheless, Samer remains steadfast in asserting the most simple of demands: Charge me, or let me go. This Friday, people of conscience all over the world are taking to the streets and standing with Samer, demanding that he and other political prisoners are treated with the basic respect due to any human being.

In Sheffield we will be doing the same. On Thursday we are meeting at 5:00 in the Zone to paint banners and make t-shirts - any one who wishes to can also begin a 24 hour solidarity hunger strike. Then on Friday we're gathering at 3:00 at the Town Hall and staging a small demonstration, joining with people all over the world in letting Samer know that he is not going through this alone. As a simple solidarity display this won't take long, and it would be brilliant to have as many people there as possible. If you can only come on Friday that's absolutely fine, if you can come along the evening before too then even better!

"Your solidarity gives me the power to continue my hunger strike until i achieve my demand of freedom. It strengthens my steadfastness because it makes me realise that I'm not alone in my battle for freedom and dignity". Samer al-Issawi

http://freesamerissawi.org/index.html

My Name is Rachel Corrie - Scotland Theater Tour - Until 9 March
2013-02-02 - 2013-03-09
On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the worlds conflicts.

Palestine Cultural Evening
2013-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Exeter University, Stocker Road, Exeter, Exeter University, Stocker Road, Exeter, Exeter, South West, United Kingdom
PALESTINE CULTURAL EVENING

Saturday 2nd February 6-8pm

Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies,

Exeter University, Stocker Road, Exeter

Join the Friends of Palestine for an evening
of Palestinian poetry, music and food.

Tickets £2

Exeter PSC

http://www.exeterpsc.org.uk/

Opening Night - My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-02 20:00 - 22:30 UTC | Mull Theatre, Druimfin, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, PA75 6QB , Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.
Reviews
“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

FEBRUARY
Sat 2 (opening night) Mull Theatre, Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £9/£6

Tue 12 Ardfern, Craignish Village Hall 01852 500746 7.30pm £9/£7
Thu 14 Invergarry, Glengarry Community Hall 01688 302828 7.30pm £9/£6
Fri 15 Resolis Memorial Hall 01381 610204 tbc pm £10/£8
Sat 16 Ullapool, Macphail Centre 01854 613336 7.30pm £8/£6/£3
Tue 19 Gairloch Community Hall 01445 781783 7.30pm £8/£6/£3
Wed 20 Isle of Skye, Sabhal mòr Ostaig 01471 844207 7.30pm £9/£4
Fri 22 Innellan Village Hall 01688 302828 7.30pm £9/£6
Sat 23 Eastgate Theatre, Peebles 01721 725 777 7.30pm £14/£12/£5
Tue 26 Greenock, Beacon 01475 723723 7.30pm £12/£10
Wed 27 Garelochhead, Gibson Hall 01688 302828 8pm £9/£7
Thu 28 Arrochar, Three Villages Hall 01301 702669 7.30pm £9/£7
MARCH
Fri 1 Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £11.50/£9.50/£6.50
Sat 2 Edinburgh, Traverse Theatre 0131 228 1404 7.30pm £tbc
Tue 5 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Wed 6 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Thu 7 Inverness, Eden Court 01463 234 234 8pm £12/£10(Friends Discount applies)
Fri 8 Crathes Hall, nr Banchory 01330 844523 7.30pm £9/£7 (£10/£8 on door)
Sat 9 Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50

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Harlow PSC Film Screening: The Zionist story
2013-02-03 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Harlow PSC Film Screening: The Zionist story

Sunday 3 January 2013 at 7pm at Harlow garden centre.

Film screening "The Zionist story" and discussion

https://www.facebook.com/groups/472703156080787/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-05 00:00 - 2013-02-09 00:00 UTC | Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow , G1 5HB, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre
Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel's own journals, letters and emails - creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.
Reviews
“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

FEBRUARY
Sat 2 (opening night) Mull Theatre, Druimfin, Tobermory 01688 302828 8pm £9/£6
Tue 5 Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 8pm £10/£7
Wed 6 Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 8pm £10/£7
Thu 7 Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 8pm £10/£7
Fri 8 Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 8pm £10/£7
Sat 9 Tron Theatre 0141 552 4267 8pm £10/£7

To book>>

Screening of the Oscar nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras
2013-02-05 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | Room ER 201, Elvet Riverside, Durham University, Room ER 201, Elvet Riverside, Durham University, Durham, North East, United Kingdom
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

7:00pm until 9:45pm

Room ER 201, Elvet Riverside, Durham University

5 Broken Cameras is a 2011 documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi. 5 Broken Cameras is a first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. The documentary was shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son. In 2009 Israeli co-director Guy Davidi joined on to create the film. Structured around the destruction of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of turmoil. We welcome you all to enjoy this Oscar nominated documentary and hopefully have a discussion after the film.

https://www.facebook.com/events/489958951055700/

Farming Injustice Saturday 9 February - International Day of Action Against Israeli Agricultural Export Companies
2013-02-09
Palestinian agricultural organisations and the Palestinian BDS National Committee call for the launching of worldwide campaigns on February 9 against Israeli agricultural export corporations in light of their deep complicity in Israel’s ongoing violations of international law and Palestinian human rights.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign is supporting the day of action and PSC Branches will be organising in their local areas. Join them on the day – see the list below.

PSC has also set up and online action tool so everybody can take part and target major UK supermarkets between the 4 and 9 February – take action here – it will take 2 minutes: http://psc.iparl.com/lobby/94

More information here: https://palestinecampaign.org/campaigns/agricultural-produce/

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/138764672954794/?context=create

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Actions on Saturday 9 February 2013

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Birmingham 3pm

Action at Sainsbury’s - Martineau Place. UNION St Birmingham City Centre

West Midlands PSC

https://www.facebook.com/events/139417982888975/

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Bradford

Friday 8th - 12-1, and 2-3pm, outside Sainsburys on Great Horton Rd

Saturday 9th - 12-2pm, outside Sainsburys off Cavendish St, Keighley (opp train station)

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Brighton

Actions at 5 of the Sainsburys in Brighton 11am - 1pm

Lewes Road, Western Road, North Sreet, New England Quarter (off London Road)and St James Street.

Brighton PSC

http://www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org/about-bhpsc/contact-us

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Bristol 12noon to 3pm

Street stall and Boycott action outside Sainsbury (junction with Zetland Road), 2-4 Gloucester Rd, Bristol BS7 8AE.

Bristol PSC

Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk

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Brixton /London

11.30am to 1pm

Outside Brixton Tube/near Sainsbury’s

Lambeth and Wandsworth PSC

http://lwpsc.org.uk/

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Cambridge

From 11.45am

Outside the Sainsbury's in the town centre. Please come along to the stall ouside the Guildhhall at around 11.45am

Cambridge PSC

pscinfo@campalsoc.org

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Cardiff

10.45am

Action at Sainsbury's in Colchester Avenue.

Cardiff PSC

cardiffpsc.weebly.com

facebook.com/cardiffpsc

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East London

11am to 1pm

Join East London PSC outside Sainsbury’s Whitechapel 1 Cambridge Heath Rd, London E1 5SD

https://www.facebook.com/events/401122873313805/

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Halifax

11am to 1pm

Outside the main Sainsburys

Halifax Friends of Palestine

www.halifaxfriendsofpalestine.org.uk

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Hull

Sainsbury's Superstore (Hessle)

11am

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Kingston/Richmond

11am to 1pm

Outside Sainsbury's superstore, Kingston, 1 Sury Basin( at junction with Richmond Road)

Kingston and Richmond PSC

http://richkingpsc.org.uk

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Manchester

BDS Stall outside local Sainsbury’s

Manchester PSC

http://www.psc-manchester.org.uk/

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Newcastle Upon Tyne

12noon to 2pm

A North East coalition including Newcastle PSC will be targeting Sainsbury's, Falconar Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. The store is adjacent to Northumbria University's campus and student halls.
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/storelocator/storelocator_detail_view.jsp?storeId=4430&bmForm=store_details

We'll be gathering at 11.40 prompt at the Monument or meet us there.

https://www.facebook.com/events/116269328552489/

j.k.snowdon@gmail.com

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North Devon 11am - 1.00pm
North Devon PSC and BDS Stall
Guildhall, (Pannier Market)
High Street, (Corner of Butcher's Row)
Barnstaple EX 31 1BW

dpclinch@gmail.com // 07887 650671

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Portsmouth

10.30am to 12noon

Outside Waitrose, Marmion Road, Southsea

Portsmouth and South Downs PSC
https://www.facebook.com/events/126892304150793/

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Sheffield

11am – Meet outside Sainsburys on the Moor

Sheffield PSC

http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/content/events/sheffield-psc-event/details/349

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South East London

From 10am - Sainsbury's car park, 80, Dog Kennel Hill, London SE22 8BB ( Herne Hill / East Dulwich)

South East London PSC

https://www.facebook.com/groups/51128128971/members/

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Southampton

11am to 1pm

Southampton PSC

Outside the Sainsbury's on Portwood Road, Southampton

pscsoton@gmail.com

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Walthamstow

From 11am

Outside the Sainsbury's store on the High Street, at Selbourne Walk, about half way between Walthamstow Central and St James Street.

Waltham Forest PSC

wfpsc@yahoo.com

www.facebook.com/walthamforestpsc

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West Ealing/London

11am to 1pm

Street supermarket action

West London PSC

https://www.facebook.com/events/483235868378526/

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West Surrey

Local supermarket actions

West Surrey PSC

http://www.westsurreypsc.org.uk/contact-us

Contact westsurrey@gmail.com for more information.

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Wolverhampton

10am to 12noon

Outside Sainsbury's St Georges

Wolverhampton PSC

wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk

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On Friday 8 February

Abergavenny

Abergavenny & District PSC will be leafletting Abergavenny Tesco on Friday morning 8th February 2013 from 10.00 - 12.00.

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On Sunday 10 February:

Brent / London

12noon to 2pm

Sainsburys, High Rd Willesden Green between

Brent PSC brentpsc@hotmail.com

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The launch of Sumud Palestine
2013-02-09 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | The Mitchell Arts Centre. Broad Street, Hanely Stoke on Trent ST1 4HG United Kingdom, Broad Street, Stoke on Trent, North West , United Kingdom
SumudPalestine offers you a not to be missed opportunity to meet:

Saeed Amireh all the way from Palestine to share his experience of organising weekly demonstrations and other non-violent actions against the apartheid wall which is depriving the West Bank villages of Nil’in and Bil’in of their land and farmers of their livelihood. Saeed is the creator of a dynamic website: http://www.nilin-village.org.

And

David Raines Sumud Palestine’s first sponsored psychotherapistto conduct atraining workshop at the Palestinian Counselling Centre in the West Bank.

Please visit our website www.sumudpalestine.org.uk

More info: angela.glendenning@googlemail.com

Sahar Francis, General Director of Addameer - UK Speaking Tour
2013-02-12 00:00 - 2013-02-22 00:00 UTC
"Palestinian Political Prisoners: The Intersection of International Law and the Palestinian Struggle"
UK Speaking Tour featuring Addameer’s General Director Sahar Francis
12-21 February 2013

12 February 2013 – OXFORD
7:30 PM
Oxford Town Hall, St. Aldate’s Room
St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX
Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

13 February 2013 – DURHAM
7:00 PM
North Road Methodist Church
7 Sidegate, Durham DH1 5SY
Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

14 February 2013 – GLASGOW
7:30 PM
St. Aloysius Church, Rose St.
Hosted by the Scottish Palestinian Forum

15 February 2013 – EDINBURGH
7:00 PM
Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace
Hosted by the Scottish Palestinian Forum

16 February 2013 – DUNDEE
1:00 PM
Dundee University
Hosted by Amnesty International

18 February 2013– LIVERPOOL
Date: Monday 18th Feb.
Time: 7pm
Place: University of Liverpool, 3-5, Abercromby Square, Liverpool L7

19 February 2013 – PORTSMOUTH
7:30 PM
St. Mary’s Community Center
St. Mary’s Road, Milton, Portsmouth P03 6AB
Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

20 February 2013 – LONDON
6:30 PM
Garden Court Chambers 57-60
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London, WC2A 3LJ
Hosted by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights and Jews for Justice for Palestinians

21 February 2013 – RICHMOND
7:30 PM
Richmond Unitarian Church
Ormond Road TW10 6TH
Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

22 February 2013 – LONDON
6:00 PM
Kings College
S-1.27, Strand Campus
Hosted by KCL Action Palestine, UEL Friends of Palestine, UCL Friends of Palestine, LSE Palestine Society and SOAS Palestine Society

23 February 2013 – LONDON
Fundraising Dinner in honor of Sahar Francis
Hargrave Hall
Hargrave Road
London N19 5SP

Hosted by Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association
Please email contact@camdenabudis.net to reserve a seat

24 February 2013 – LONDON
Time TBA
University of Cambridge

*** All Events Open To The Public + Free Admission ***
About Sahar: Since 2006, Sahar Francis has been the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a Palestinian NGO providing legal and advocacy support to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. An attorney by training, she joined the association in 1998, first as a human rights lawyer, then as head of the Legal Unit. With over sixteen years of human rights experience, including human rights counseling and representation, Ms. Francis also sits on the Board of Defence for Children International – Palestine Section.

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-12 07:30 - 10:30 UTC | Craignish Village Hall, Ardfern, Loch Gilphead, PA31 8QN, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

01852 500746

Tue 12 Ardfern, Craignish Village Hall 01852 500746 7.30pm £9/£7

Sahar Francis, Addameer: human rights for Palestinian prisoners
2013-02-12 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Aldates Room, Oxford Town Hall , St Aldates, Oxford , South East, United Kingdom
Oxford PSC Public Meeting with Sahar Francis director of Addameer

(http://www.addameer.org/index.php ) will speak to us about human rights for Palestinian prisoners. This is the first event of her U.K. tour.

We shall also have a very short film on child prisoners and begin doing and planning practical work on the issue – beginning with letter writing.

http://oxfordpsc.blogspot.co.uk/

My name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-13 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | Oban Theatre, Argyllshire Gathering Halls, Oban , Scotland , PA34, Scotland , United Kingdom
This is an additional date for the play My Name is Rachel Corrie

For more info email hydrotask@sky.com or phone 077 33 007 342

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-14 19:30 - 22:45 UTC | Glengarry Community Hall, Invergarry, Argyll, PH35 4HS, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre
Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

If you would like PSC to advertise your event please fill in this form

FEBRUARY
Thu 14 Invergarry, Glengarry Community Hall 01688 302828 7.30pm £9/£6

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Film screening of 5 Broken Cameras
2013-02-15 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | University of Birmingham, Arts Building Lecture room 2, University of Birmingham, Arts Building Lecture room 2, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Film screening of 5 BROKEN CAMERAS

https://www.facebook.com/events/441669755901096/

Friday 15 Feb

6:00pm until 8:30pm

University of Birmingham, Arts Building Lecture room 2

A story that is Palestinian at heart, the Oscar® nominated 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a deeply personal, first-hand account of life and non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village surrounded by Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, Gibreel, the film was made by Burnat and Israeli co-director Guy Davidi, a peace activist and filmmaker.Structured in chapters around the destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, the filmmakers’ collaboration follows one family’s evolution over five years of village upheaval. As the years pass in front of the camera, we witness Gibreel grow from a newborn baby into a young boy who observes the world unfolding around him with the astute powers of perception that only children possess. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. “I feel like the camera protects me,” he says, “but it’s an illusion.”

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XID_UuxiGxM

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-15 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | Resolis Memorial Hall , Balblair, Dingwall, IV7 8LJ, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre
Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

If you would like PSC to advertise your event please fill in this form

Urgent Protests for Palestinian political prisoner Samer Issawi - dying after 205 days on hunger strike
2013-02-16 - 2013-02-18
Urgent Protests for Palestinian political prisoner Samer Issawi - dying after 205 days on hunger strike

- Cardiff this Saturday 16 February at 3pm at the Nye Bevan statue opposite Cardiff Castle

- Portsmouth 2pm Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Saturday 16 February

- London Monday 18 Feb outside BBC, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA at 2pm to 4pm to protest BBC reporting blackout of Palestinian hunger strikers

Justice for Palestine - Bin Veolia Workshop
2013-02-16 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Transport House 211 Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1AY, 211 Broad Street,, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Saturday 16th Feb 2012 12-4 pm
Transport House 211 Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1AY
Organised by West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign
https://www.facebook.com/events/114705178706148/
Birmingham City Council's largest single contract is with Veolia and is due to expire in 2019. Birmingham tax payers contribute to the revenues of the company that a recent UN report identifies out as a major violator of international law in its engagements in various projects on behalf of the Israeli occupation. The workshop will be an opportunity for you to take part in working out an action plan to challenge the City Council's position ofcontinuing with the contract. We will discuss various tactics, strategies and actions we need to take to ensure Veolia is no longer in receipt of our monies and continue to operate in Palestine to help Israel maintain its illegal occupation. For a detailed programme of the day visit our website.
Palestine Solidarity Movement Successes against Veolia in UK
In West Midlands, Sandwell Veolia failed to reach the shortlist for the Sandwell contract for waste management.
The cities of Edinburgh, Richmond, Portsmouth, Winchester, East Hants, South London Waste Management Partnership and the London Borough of Ealing have all ended contracts with Veolia after vigorous local campaigns by various chapters of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. In December 2012 Veolia dropped its bid for the North London Waste Authority Management contract after protests about its activities in Palestine.
Palestine Solidarity Movement international successes against Veolia.

Stockholm (worth billions of Euros) Metro Sweden, Melbourne Metro Australia and Bordeaux. (worth 750 Million Euros).
Please come and join us in the workshop to discuss how we can add Birmingham to the list of successes.For further info text 07721427690 with message [notov] followed by your email and name and we will email you the details of the workshop

Veolia's activities in occupied Palestine

§ Operate Tramway linking illegal settlements in East Jersualem
§ Operate Ayalon Sewage Treatment Plant treating Sewage from illegal settlements.
§ Refuse collection from settlements for the Tovlan Land fill site

In solidarity

WEST MIDLANDS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

E-mail address: pscwm@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone : 07596994846
Website: http://www.westmidspsc.org
Facebook page : West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-16 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Macphail Centre , 5 Mill Street, Ullapool,, IV26 2UN, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre
Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

If you would like PSC to advertise your event please fill in this form

Contact: 01854 613336

Shlomo Sand: Invention of the Land of Israel
2013-02-18 19:45 - 20:45 UTC | Watershed, Bristol, Watershed, Bristo, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Monday 18 February 2013
Shlomo Sand: Invention of the Land of Israel

Following his acclaimed book The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand’s latest book The Invention of the Land of Israel deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the Holy Land, dissects the concept of ‘historical right’, and tracks the creation of the modern geopolitical concept of the ‘Land of Israel’ by nineteenth-century Evangelical Protestants and Jewish Zionists.
19.45-20.45, Watershed, Bristol. Price: £7.00 / £6.00.

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-19 07:30 - 22:30 UTC | Gairloch Community Hall, Achtercaim, Gairloch , Highlands, IV21 2BP, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

If you would like PSC to advertise your event please fill in this form

Tue 19 Gairloch Community Hall 01445 781783 7.30pm £8/£6/£3

FEBRUARY

Tue 19 Gairloch Community Hall 01445 781783 7.30pm £8/£6/£3

Dr. Mads Gilbert: Eyes in Gaza
2013-02-19 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | ULU Malet Street London, ULU Malet Street London, London, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Mads Gilbert: Eyes in Gaza

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

https://www.facebook.com/events/332595526841378/

6:30pm in UTC+02

ULU Malet Suite

UCL Friends of Palestine together with KCL Action Palestine, LSE Palestine Society, SOAS Palestine Society and UEL Friends of Palestine are extremely pleased to announce one of the biggest speaker events for the year and are honoured to welcome Dr Mads Gilbert.

Dr Mads Gilbert is a Norwegian doctor who was working as a surgeon in Gaza Shifa Hospital during the 2008-09 and November 2012 massacres where he witnessed the atrocities against Gaza's civilians. He has published a book about his experience there, "Eyes on Gaza". He will be speaking to us on the use and misuse of medicine and health in Palestine, as a solidarity tool and as an oppressive tool, and about the systematic brutality during Operation Cast Lead which he witnessed first-hand.

No doubt it will be an insightful evening and you will hear first-hand accounts of the very real and dire situation that the Palestinians face together with the ethical and medical dilemmas that the health care professionals face, in war ravaged areas of the world.

There will also be a stall, which will be selling the revised and updated edition of ‘Eyes in Gaza’ book by Mads Gilbert, which he will be happy to sign.

Sahar Francis of Addameer - public meeting
2013-02-19 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | St. Mary's Community Centre, St Mary’s Estate, St Mary’s Road, Portsmouth, PO3 6AB, South East, United Kingdom
A Portsmouth/ S Downs Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting with Sahar Francis of Addameer (Palestinian Prisoners Organisation).

Her talk will be on Palestinian Political Prisoners: The Intersection of International Law and the Palestinian Struggle.

My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-20 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | Sabhal mòr Ostaig , Sleat , Isle of Skye , IV44 8RQ, United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

If you would like PSC to advertise your event please fill in this form

FEBRUARY

Wed 20 Isle of Skye, Sabhal mòr Ostaig 01471 844207 7.30pm £9/£4

Political Prisoners in Palestine with Sahar Francis. the director of Palestinian NGO Addameer
2013-02-21 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Richmond Unitarian Church, Ormond Rd, TW10 6TH, Richmond, London, United Kingdom
Public meeting in Richmond - Admission free

'Political Prisoners in Palestine'

Sahar Francis. the director of Palestinian NGO Addameer that works to support and campaign for the rights of Palestinian political prisoners will talk about the work of the organization and the plight of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons and detention centres.

· More than 4500 prisoners are currently in prison
· Hundreds of Palestinians are held in administrative detention without trial
· Palestinian children are held in detention and treated in contravention of UN Convention on Rights of the Child, tortured and transferred illegally to jails within Israel.

Meeting details:

Thursday 21st February at 7.30pm

Richmond Unitarian Church

Ormond Rd, TW10 6TH

(nearest tube Richmond District and mainline - 10' walk from station)

see also attached flyer

Notes for editors:

The Palestinian nongovernmental organization Addameer was founded in 1992 to promote and protect the rights of political prisoners.

Sahar Francis says " “Addameer” is Arabic for “conscience.” We offer legal services to Palestinian political prisoners under Israeli occupation. Our organization represents political prisoners in Israel’s military and civil courts. We document and research violations of rights of prisoners, for example, torture, administrative detention and ill-treatment of prisoners in their daily life in prison. Addameer is engaged in campaigns and advocacy work. We publish public statements and urgent appeals on behalf detainees, and we submit reports on the situation of the political prisoners to the UN Human Rights Committee and UN Special Rapporteurs. We participate in national and international NGO [nongovernmental organization] networks. In 1994, I started to practice as a human rights lawyer at the Society of Saint Yves, a Catholic human rights center. I referred cases to Addameer and visited political prisoners as a volunteer for Addameer.

About Sahar: Since 2006, Sahar Francis has been the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a Palestinian NGO providing legal and advocacy support to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. An attorney by training, she joined the association in 1998, first as a human rights lawyer, then as head of the Legal Unit. With over sixteen years of human rights experience, including human rights counseling and representation, Ms. Francis also sits on the Board of Defence for Children International – Palestine Section.

The meeting is presented by Richmond & Kingston and West London branches of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)

www.richkingpsc.org.uk www.palestinecampaign.org

Palestinian political prisoners:The intersection of human rights law and Palestinian resistance
2013-02-22 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Room S-1.27, Strand Campus, King's College, WC2R 2LS London, United Kingdom, Room S-1. 27, Strand Campus, King's College, London, WC2R 2LS , London, United Kingdom
Meeting with Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer

Palestinian political prisoners:The intersection of human rights law and Palestinian resistance

Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/events/128189194020874/

Since 2006, Sahar Francis has been the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a Palestinian NGO providing legal and advocacy support to Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. An attorney by training, she joined the association in 1998, first as a human rights lawyer, then as head of the Legal Unit. With over sixteen years of human rights experience, including human rights counseling and representation, Ms. Francis also sits on the Board of Defence for Children International – Palestine Section.

An event hosted by KCL Action Palestine and held in conjunction with UEL Friends of Palestine, UCL Friends of Palestine, LSE Palestine Society and SOAS Palestine Society.

Liverpool Friends of Palestine Quiz Nite
2013-02-22 19:30 - 22:15 UTC | St Anthony of Padua Church Hall, Queens Drive, L18, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Come and support our solidarity link with Bil'in,
a Palestinian town on the West Bank. Bring your friends along as well!

"Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And East
is East and West is West and if you take cranberries and stew them like
applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.
Now you tell me what you know."
Groucho Marx

Friday 22 February
7:30pm

St Anthony of Padua Church Hall
Queens Drive, L18 (near jct North Mossley Hill road)
(bus 68 or 168 - parking available)

Entrance £7 / £4
Palestinian crafts for sale

Bar available Food provided

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-22 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Innellan Village Hall , Innellan , Dunoon, PA23 7SG, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

If you would like PSC to advertise your event please fill in this form

FEBRUARY

Fri 22 Innellan Village Hall 01688 302828 7.30pm £9/£6
Sat 23 Eastgate Theatre, Peebles 01721 725 777 7.30pm £14/£12/£5
Tue 26 Greenock, Beacon 01475 723723 7.30pm £12/£10
Wed 27 Garelochhead, Gibson Hall 01688 302828 8pm £9/£7
Thu 28 Arrochar, Three Villages Hall 01301 702669 7.30pm £9/£7
MARCH
Fri 1 Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £11.50/£9.50/£6.50
Sat 2 Edinburgh, Traverse Theatre 0131 228 1404 7.30pm £tbc
Tue 5 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Wed 6 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Thu 7 Inverness, Eden Court 01463 234 234 8pm £12/£10(Friends Discount applies)
Fri 8 Crathes Hall, nr Banchory 01330 844523 7.30pm £9/£7 (£10/£8 on door)
Sat 9 Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50

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Film and Benefit Dinner - And Still They Dan
2013-02-23 17:00 - 20:45 UTC | Yemeni Community Centre , - 43 Attercliffe Common, S9 2 AE, Sheffield , United Kingdom
Directions:

Directions and map

This film is the culmination of 7 years work. In 2005 a group of Palestinian children and young dancers visited Sheffield. They are from Al Aseria Children's centre, Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza. This is a film of their visit, their current dreams, and the impact on their lives of the Israeli attack in Operation Cast Lead in 2008.

It is a moving and powerful film.

The food will be fantastic as usual.

Money raised will go to the Children's centres in Gaza.

Tickets are £10 waged and £7.00 concessionPublic Meeting The Palestine Trauma Centre

http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/content/events/sheffield-psc-event/details/344

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-23 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Eastgate , Peebles, EH45 8AD, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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Sat 23 Eastgate Theatre, Peebles 01721 725 777 7.30pm £14/£12/£5

Palestinian Zaytoun Farmers - Fairtrade Fortnight Tour - Until 8 March
2013-02-25 - 2013-03-08
Palestinian Zaytoun Farmers - Fairtrade Fortnight Tour 2013

Full details and updates here: http://www.zaytoun.org/get-involved/events/

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25 February Watford Borough Council Chamber 6.30-8pm. Fairtrade and the Financial Crisis. Come and hear speakers from TWIN Trading and Zaytoun. (TWIN started up Cafedirect, the Divine Chocolate Company, Oke Smoothies and other Fairtrade companies) Fairtrade refreshments available to sample! More details from Brian Mee 01923 234033

26 February Leeds - Fairtrade Fair at the University of Leeds in the Parkinson Building. There will be a Zaytoun stall between 1-3pm for students in school and university organised by Fairtrade Leeds

26 February Evening event in York tbc

26 February Guildford talk 7.30pm at St Nicolas Church Hall, Bury Street, Guildford. Organised by Zaytoun Surrey Olive Oil Network and West Surrey Palestine Solidarity Campaign

27 February Reading - “Meet Taysir Arbasi, Zaytoun’s Palestinian director” Reading International Solidarity Centre 35-39 London St. Reading RG1 4PS, 7.30pm Free but donations welcome. Bente Madeira 0118 958 6692 orbente@risc.org.uk www.risc.org.uk

27 February Keighley Fairtrade Breakfast meeting between 8:00am – 9:00am at the Central Hall in Keighley. Meet Fairtrade visitors from Palestine – Manal Abdallah from Canaan Fair Trade and Odeh Qadi from Palestine Fair Trade Association. Book your place by contacting Ash Alom ash@kivca.org.uk 01535 612512 http://www.central-hall.org.uk/ Zaytoun stall will be available

27 February Bradford – early evening – come and meet the Farmers over coffee at the Olive Branch – event organised by Fairtrade Bradford

28 February St Albans 7:30 pm ”Fairtrade from Palestine” talk and a range of Fairtrade tastings. Trinity United Reform Church, 1 Beaconsfield Rd, St Albans, AL1 3RD. For more information, email fairtradestalbans@gmail.com

28 February London Zaytoun and SOAS Palestine Society are screening: The People and The Olive, 7pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS Followed by Q & A with Manal Abdallah from Canaan Fair Trade and Odeh Qadi from The Palestinian Fair Trade Association. Entry: Free (but donations encouraged. For every £4 donated the Palestine Fair Trade Association will plant 1 olive tree sapling in Palestine)

1 March Chichester from 7.30pm “Taste & Hear about Palestine” Boxgrove Village Hall, The Street, Boxgrove, Chichester, West Sussex , PO18 OEE ( just off the A27) An opportunity to hear Abu Rafat and Manal Abdallah speak about their work in Palestine. But don’t just listen, taste as well! Rosemary Moon (www.moonbites.info), well known West Sussex food writer and who loves preparing and using good food will use Palestinian products for you to sample. Supplies will be on hand for you to purchase too!

Free event. More details from helppalestinecommunitycoopltd@gmail.com or 02392571805

1-3 March Events in Scotland organised by Scottish Fair Trade Forum

Contact helen.rothwell@sftf.org.uk

1st March afternoon talk at No 140 Fair Trade shop, Alva. Evening, FT Ready Steady Cook in Stirling, with prize for dish that uses the most Palestinian ingredients

2nd March coffee morning at Balfron and/or Dunblane. Afternoon – opening of Bridge of Allan Fairtrade football tournament. Evening – ceilidh at Stirling University

2-5 March Fairtrade Wales events

Contact tristan@fairtradewales.org.uk and elen@fairtradewales.com

2 March Bradford on Avon - contact 07505 260666 orjudithhammond@live.co.uk

3 March Tatsfield Fairtrade Village Group talk

5 March Cardiff 6-8pm informal tastings at Chapter Art Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE organised by Fair Trade Cardiff, and the contact is jtucker@fairdos.com or phone 029 2022 2066.

5 March Milton Keynes - CentreCom, North Row, Central Milton Keynes. MK9 3BJ. 7.30pm Contact details: miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

7 March Worcester 7 for 7.30pm start, at St. George’s Catholic Church Parish Hall, Sansome Walk, Worcester, WR1 1UG. ‘Going Further for Fairtrade in Palestine’ with guest speakers Manal Abdallah and Odeh Qadi. University talk in the afternoon

8 March Stroud Open House, 8a Gloucester St, Stroud GL5 1QG

8 March Cheltenham - Footsteps cafe, 16 Portland St GL52 2PB. Lunches for sale from 12 noon. Talk at 1.30pm. contact cafe 01242 577893 email info@global-footsteps.orgm web www.global-footsteps.org

Israel Apartheid Week in Birmingham
2013-02-25 - 2013-03-02
Birmingham

https://www.facebook.com/events/337794959659618/

Students for Justice in Palestine, West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Birmingham City University Palestine society present....

Monday 25/02

Voices from Palestine

Ahmed Saeed and Zarah Sultana speak of their journey through the West Bank and Gaza

Time: 5-7pm
Venue: Birmingham City University Palestine society, City North Campus (Perry Barr)The student union building, Lounge North

Tuesday 26/02

Palestine and Resistance today

A panel discussion followed by Q+A with Yafa Jarrar (BDS activist) and Arzu Merali (Islamic Human Rights Commission co-founder) and (tbc)
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: Learning Lectre LG14

Wednesday 27/02

Skype conversation with students from Gaza

Time: 4-5pm
Venue: Guild Council chambers

Friday 01/03

Dinner at Bader Restaurant (with a 25%!)

Time: 7pm
Venue: 396 Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0UF. (Tel 0121 766 5799)(meet outside the Guild's main entrance at 6pm to make our way to the restaurant together. Travel by bus.)

Saturday 02/03

West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign stall
Time: 2.30pm-4pm
Venue: Outside Marks &Spencer, High Street, Birmingham city centre

Israeli Apartheid Week 2013 - Events Around the UK
2013-02-25 - 2013-03-02
Around the UK from 25 February to 2 March

http://apartheidweek.org/

We are excited to announce the upcoming 9th annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) starting late February in Europe and moving to various countries through the month of March.

Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events (including rallies, lectures, cultural performances, film screenings, multimedia displays and boycott of Israel actions) held in cities and campuses across the globe. Last year’s IAW was incredibly successful with over 215 cities participating worldwide.

IAW seeks to raise awareness about Israel's apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign.

Events:

Leeds https://www.facebook.com/events/421986107883014/

Durham https://www.facebook.com/events/435967089814405/

SOAS Uni, London https://www.facebook.com/events/424815944263385/

Birmingham https://www.facebook.com/events/337794959659618/

University of Kent https://www.facebook.com/events/613531238674084/?ref=3

Main London event – at ULU Malet St: https://www.facebook.com/events/352771681502605/?ref=3

More to follow..

Israeli Apartheid Week at Sussex University
2013-02-25 - 2013-03-01
Israeli Apartheid Week at Sussex University
http://www.facebook.com/events/154991207989771/?ref=notif¬if_t=plan_user_joined
Timetable:

Monday 25th:

11am - 2pm @Library Sq
Info Stall/Tent and Mock Checkpoint

3pm - 5pm @Arts A2
In Solidarity with LGBTQ History Month
"No to Pinkwashing: There is no Pride in Israeli apartheid"
with Colin Wilson (LGBTQ and Palestine Activist)
http://www.facebook.com/events/486080488121397/

Tuesday 26th:

11am - 2pm @Library Sq
Info Stall/Tent and Mock Checkpoint

6pm - 8pm
"The Arabs and the Holocaust" @Fulton 104
with Gilbert Achcar (Author and Professor at SOAS)

Wednesday 27th:

11am - 2pm @Library Sq
Info Stall/Tent

6pm - 9pm @Fulton B
"Five Broken Cameras"
Film Screening with Palestinian Food for Donations
http://www.facebook.com/events/131845846991882/?context=create#

Thursday 28th:

11am - 2pm @Library Sq
Info Stall/Tent

6pm - 8pm @Fulton 104
"Boycott, Divest, Sanctions: The non-violent answer against Israeli
apartheid"
with:
Jafa Yarrar (Canadian-Palestinian activist and co-founder of IAW);
Asa Winstanley (Freelance Journalist for Electronic Intifada)
Therezia Cooper (Researcher from Corporate Watch)

Friday 1st:

11am - 2pm @Library Sq
Info Stall/Tent

8pm - Open End @East Slope Bar
"Don't Play Israel"
Fundraiser for Palestine
with Carnival Collective and Backbeat Collective plus Open Mic

Israeli Apartheid Week at University of Kent
2013-02-25 - 2013-03-01 | University of Kent, CT2 7UG, Canterbury, South East , United Kingdom
Israeli Apartheid Week at University of Kent

25th February - 1 March

University of Kent, CT2 7UG Canterbury, Kent

https://www.facebook.com/events/613531238674084/?ref=3

Monday

A Brief History of Palestine, the Apartheid Wall and the Logic of Encystation GLENN BOWMAN KLT 1 6 pm

Tuesday International Complicity with Israeli Apartheid

Panel: Diane Langford and Michael Deas

KLT3 6 pm

Wednesday

Five Broken Cameras

Screening

KLT 4pm

Right of Return for Palestinian Refugees ABE HAYEEM KLT 6 pm

Thursday Israeli Activism and Boycott from Within INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER RONNIE BARKAN KLT 6pm

Friday Destroying Peace TERRY MEADE

Israeli Apartheid Week in Leeds - Speaker Event: Resisting Racism with Yafa Jarrar
2013-02-25 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
https://www.facebook.com/events/421986107883014/

Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement. Our first event of the week will be a talk by Yafa, a Palestinian youth activist and co-founder of Students Against Israeli Apartheid.

For more information, check out:
http://apartheidweek.org/en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOQQKB67qeY

University of Leeds Baines Wing SR 2.34

Israeli Apartheid Week: Boycott from within. With Israeli activist Ronnie Barkan.
2013-02-25 19:00 - 21:30 UTC
Israeli Apartheid Week: "Boycott from within. Israeli activist, Ronnie Barkan, speaks of his experience in supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice."

Hosted by the Durham University Friends of Palestine Society

Durham, Durham University, Chemistry Department (Room CG 85)

https://www.facebook.com/events/435967089814405/

On Israeli Apartheid Week, when university campuses around the world will be highlighting the human rights injustices conducted by the Israeli goverment Durham are delighted to be hosting Ronnie Barkan. Ronnie is an Israeli human rights activist, conscientious objector and co-founder of Boycott from Within, a group of Israeli citizens and residents which supports the Palestinian call for BDS. He has kindly agreed to come to Durham to talk to us about his first hand experiences. This should be a great experience to learn about activism from within Israel. Please come along to what will undoubtedly be a very interesting talk!

Here is the link to the Israeli Apartheid Week website
http://apartheidweek.org/en
And our facebook group! http://www.facebook.com/groups/168542983467/

Lessons of apartheid and the Palestinian popular struggle
2013-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BJ, United Kingdom
Challenging Israeli discrimination, racism and oppression

Rags, Tommy-Guns, and the King: Palestinians and the Pedagogical Regime, c. 1956.
2013-02-26 17:45 - 19:30 UTC
LONDON MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE
SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

TUESDAY EVENING LECTURE PROGRAMME ON
THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST SPRING 2013:

The Middle East - Changing Economic and Political Landscapes

Organised in conjunction with the
Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)

Rags, Tommy-Guns, and the King:
Palestinians and the Pedagogical Regime, c. 1956.

Mezna Qato, St Antony's College, Oxford

Chair: Adam Hanieh, SOAS

Tuesday 26 February – 5.45pm
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS

All Welcome

This event is free and there is no need to book

Tea and biscuits are available from 5.15pm

For further information contact:
The London Middle East Institute at SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street,
Russell Square, London, WC1H OXG, T: 020 7898 4330; F: 020 7898 4329,
E: lmei@soas.ac.uk W: www.soas.ac.uk/lmei/

Film Screening and discussion: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-02-26 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, London, United Kingdom
Catastrophe Club presents: "5 Broken Cameras"
The Oscar-nominated film about the Palestinian struggle
Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Filmed from the perspective of a Palestinian farm laborer (Emad Burnat), ’5 Broken Cameras’ was shot using six different video cameras – five of which were destroyed in the process of documenting Emad’s family’s life as well as Palestinian and international resistance to Israeli appropriation of land and occupation. This is a film about a family life set against 6 years of the collective struggle of the villagers of Bil’in against the erection of a wall on their land to separate them from the ever growing settlements. An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, ‘5 Broken Cameras’ meshes personal essay with political cinema, showing how cameras and protests change lives. A moving testament to collective resistance.

Followed by a discussion with filmmaker Jenny Morgan on film, protest and democracy in Israel-Palestine.

Doors open 7pm for 7.30 start. Free entry.

*Delicious Middle Eastern food available from the bar!*

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

Junction with Kingsland Road, behind The Haggerston Pub.

Train: Dalston Junction or Haggerston

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

Organised by Hackney PSC

http://hackneypsc.wordpress.com

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-26 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The Beacon, Custom House Quay, Greenock, PA15 1HJ, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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FEBRUARY

Tue 26 Greenock, Beacon 01475 723723 7.30pm £12/£10

The Beacon
Custom House Quay
Greenock
PA15 1HJ

Voices from Palestine; Resisting Racism and Apartheid
2013-02-27 18:30 - 22:00 UTC | University of London Union - ULU, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY London, United Kingdom, London, London, United Kingdom
Voices from Palestine; Resisting Racism and Apartheid

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

6:30pm

University of London Union - ULU

Malet Street, WC1E 7HY London, United Kingdom

https://www.facebook.com/events/352771681502605/?ref=3

As the main London event for the 9th Israeli Apartheid Week, Palestine societies from across London are proud to present: “Voices from Palestine; Resisting racism and Apartheid”

A unique panel event with leading Palestinian activists speaking about resistance to Israeli apartheid.

Featuring:

- Haidar Eid, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Al-Aqsa University and steering member with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

- Yafa Jarrar, Palestinian youth activist and co-founder of Students Against Israeli Apartheid (Canada).

- Abir Kopty, Media Coordinator with the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee.

- Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian spoken word artist, activist, senior Campaigns Officer at War on Want and secretariat of Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee.

Co-organised by: UCL Palestine Society, SOAS Palestine Society, KCL Action Palestine, Goldsmith’s Palestine Society, UEL Palestine Liberation Society, LSE Palestine Society, City University Palestine Society, Kingston University Palestine Society and QMUL Palestine Society.

Film: To Shoot an Elephant
2013-02-27 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street, Bristol, BS5, Kilburn Street, Bristol, BS5, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Wednesday 27th February
Film: To Shoot an Elephant

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street, Bristol, BS5
Eye-witness film of the atrocities inflicted on Gaza by the Israelis during Operation Cast Lead.
Part of the 2013 Bristol Radical Film Festival http://bristolradicalfilm.org.uk/

Challenging the Gaza Blockade from Inside and Out: Human Rights, Justice, Gas and Water
2013-02-27 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | The Whitechapel Idea Store, 321, Whitechapel Road, E1 1BU, London, London, United Kingdom
When: Wednesday February 27th, 2013, 7pm - 8.30pm

Where: The Whitechapel Idea Store, 321, Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BU

http://jfjfp.com/?page_id=19

Organised by Jews for Justice for Palestinians (JfJfP)

Speakers: David Heap and Glyn Secker.

Glyn Secker was the Captain of the Jewish Boat to Gaza, the Irene, in 2010. He and the other crew of the Irene were in international waters, approaching Gaza, when they were captured by the Israeli Navy. Assassination attempts were made on two members of the crew, all were arrested and, after being held in an Israeli prison, Glyn was deported back to Britain. Glyn is a member of the JfJfP Executive.David Heap: Father of two and associate professor (French and Linguistics) at the University of Western Ontario, Canada,

David Heap participated in the 2009-2010 Gaza Freedom March. A Steering Committee member with the Canadian Boat to Gaza since the campaign began in 2010, he was on board the Tahrir when it was stopped by Greek authorities in July 2011, and again in November 2011 when captured by the Israeli navy. Deported to Canada after six days in Israeli prison, he also joined the Estelle for part of its voyage in September 2012, representing the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, and he visited Gaza in October 2012 with a group of linguist colleagues (including Chomsky). He has been speaking about both previous Freedom Flotilla voyages, and the current Gaza Ark campaign to challenge the blockade from the inside out.

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-27 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | Gibson Community Centre, Garelochhead, Garelochhead, G84 0AT, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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FEBRUARY

Wed 27 Garelochhead, Gibson Hall 01688 302828 8pm £9/£7

Protest Against the Deputy Ambassador to Israel's Visit to University of York
2013-02-28 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | University of York, Ron Cooke Hub, Heslington East, York, North East, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/334336746685938/

The University of York Palestinian Solidarity opposes the decision to invite Deputy Ambassador of the Ministry of Israel, Mr Alon Roth-Snir, to speak at the University on Thursday the 28th of February 2013 on “Israel and the Middle East”. Israel actively violates human rights against Palestinians on a massive scale, and its representatives are complicit in this. Join us this Thursday to protest against the decision to invite one of the most senior representatives of Israel to campus.

Sign and share the petition against the visit here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/against-israeli-deputy-ambassador-visit-to-york/

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The international community has recognised that Israel has completely disregarded human rights concerns and has violated over 30 UN resolutions in its treatment and dispossession of the Palestinian peoples and lands. Israel is involved in some of the most serious violations of international law including forced displacement, settlement in occupied territories, annexations of land by force along with wilful killing, torture, and collective punishment of civilians. Israel’s violations of the rights of, and discrimination against, its own citizens are also of much concern for us and cannot be tolerated by democratic states.

We recognise the importance of freedom of expression and we believe that an open debate about controversial issues is essential to the academic environment at the university. However, Mr Roth-Snir is the official representative of a country that continues to oppress Palestinians both inside Israel, and in the Occupied Territories through committing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law against the Palestinian people on a daily basis.

We are against the university allowing such a platform to an individual who is complicit in the illegal and unjustifiable breaches of international laws and human rights. Therefore, we strongly urge the University to reconsider their invitation in light of these considerations.

Book Launch - The British Left and Zionism. History of a Divorce - In Sheffield
2013-02-28 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
Organiser:

The Modern History Group

Event times:

Thu, 28/02/2013 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Location:

Tapestry Room, Firth Court, University of Sheffield

Directions:

Directions and map

The Modern History Group is pleased to announce the forthcoming talk byPaul Kelemen (University of Manchester) on 28 February at 6 pm at the Tapestry Room, Firth Court, University of Sheffield. He will be speaking about his recent book,The British Left and Zionism. History of a Divorce (Manchester University Press) The event will also feature reflections on this study by Dr Adrian Bingham, Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Sheffield.

"The changes and divisions on the left over the Israel-Palestine conflict forms the central theme of this archive based study. While the Labour Party supported establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, as a modernising force, the communist movement opposed it, on the grounds that it facilitated imperial influence in the Middle East. In 1947, however, the British Communist Party rallied to the Zionist cause, leaving the Palestinian cause with no effective protagonists in Britain. The left’s sympathy, at the time, was overwhelmingly with the Israeli state, considering its establishment a recompense to the Jewish people for the Holocaust. It was only after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, that the new left in Britain began to articulate a critical attitude to Israel and support for Palestinian nationalism. It is a perspective which has gradually gained ground in the political mainstream."

All are welcome; we hope you can join us.

http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/content/events/book-launch-british-left-and-zionism-history-divorce

Boycott Disvestment Sanctions, public meeting
2013-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Ymca International Community Centre, 61B Mansfield Road, NG1 3FN , Nottingham, Midlands, United Kingdom
- Speaker Salim Alam, member of the National Executive Committee PSC

https://www.facebook.com/events/492777484093796/

7:00pm

Zionist Israel is stealing Palestinian land, blockading Gaza, murdering Palestinians because they can.
All this is done with the support of companies that invest in the crimes that Israel commits, BDS was formed to highlight what these companies are doing and in order to stop their support of this Zionist apartheid, highlight their support and put pressure on them to stop.

Organised by Nottingham PSC

Film Screening: The People and The Olive
2013-02-28 19:00 - 22:30 UTC
Film Screening: The People and The Olive

https://www.facebook.com/events/251752054960053/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

Thursday, February 28, 2013

7:00pm

Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University, London

Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Zaytoun CIC and SOAS Palestine Society invite you to:

The People and The Olive

Followed by Q & A with Manal Abdallah from Canaan Fair Trade and Odeh Qadi from The Palestinian Fair Trade Association

‘An inspiring documentary about the daily joys and struggles of Palestinian fair trade farmers and the American ultra-marathoners who ran across the West Bank planting olive trees and bridging cultures along the way’http://thepeopleandtheolive.com/

Entry: Free (but donations encouraged. For every £4 donated the Palestine Fair Trade Association will plant 1 olive tree sapling in Palestine)

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-02-28 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | Three Villages Community Hall, Arrochar, Argyll & Bute, G83 7AD, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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FEBRUARY
Thu 28 Arrochar, Three Villages Hall 01301 702669 7.30pm £9/£7

Shame on G4S - Picket
2013-03-01 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Bristol, 165-175 South Liberty Lane, BRISTOL BS3 2TW , Bristol, South East , United Kingdom
Friday 1st March
Shame on G4S - Picket

Picket the G4S “Cash Solutions” depot, 165-175 South Liberty Lane, BRISTOL BS3 2TW Time 1-3pm
Bring banners, placards, drums, whistles, megaphones, and voices.
In memory of Arafat Jaradat,
in protest at the child prisoners,
and in solidarity with the hunger-strikers

Organised by Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-03-01 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | Brunton Theatre , Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, Midlothian, EH21 6AA, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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MARCH
Fri 1 Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £11.50/£9.50/£6.50
Sat 2 Edinburgh, Traverse Theatre 0131 228 1404 7.30pm £tbc
Tue 5 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Wed 6 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Thu 7 Inverness, Eden Court 01463 234 234 8pm £12/£10(Friends Discount applies)
Fri 8 Crathes Hall, nr Banchory 01330 844523 7.30pm £9/£7 (£10/£8 on door)
Sat 9 Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50

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Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-03-02 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Traverse Theatre , 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED, Scotland , United Kingdom
Sat 2 Edinburgh, Traverse Theatre 0131 228 1404 7.30pm £tbc

Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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MARCH
Sat 2 Edinburgh, Traverse Theatre 0131 228 1404 7.30pm £tbc
Tue 5 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Wed 6 Dundee Rep Theatre 01382 223530 7.30pm £15/£12/£11/£5
Thu 7 Inverness, Eden Court 01463 234 234 8pm £12/£10(Friends Discount applies)
Fri 8 Crathes Hall, nr Banchory 01330 844523 7.30pm £9/£7 (£10/£8 on door)
Sat 9 Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50

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Conference: An Alternative Jewish Culture & Identity
2013-03-03 10:00 - 18:30 UTC | Greencoat Place Conference Centre , 24 Greencoat Place, London , SW1P 1BE, United Kingdom
Ilan Pappe: Jewish Culture In A Non-Zionist OneState In Palestine.
Moshe Machover: Hebrew v. Jewish Identity
Prof. Helen Beer: Jewish Identity Without Yiddish?
Yuval Evri: 19C.Palestinian Arab Judaism
Murray Glickman: BCE Judaism
Cloe Skinner: Gender & Zionism
Sai Englert: The Bund & The 1917 Russian Revolution
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Ivor Dembina
Leon Rosselson

£20/concessions £15. Lunch & refreshments included.
To book email: J.Reclaimed@gmail.com
For organizational reasons (due to a clash of dates and venues) booking arrangements for this conference and the Saturday conference have been coordinated. You can book to attend just one day at the prices indicated, or for both days combined for £25/concessions £20 via either email address.

[The organizers reserve the right to refuse entry in the interest of the functioning of the conference]

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Film Screening: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-03-03 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Courtyard, Edgar St Herefordshire HR4 9JR, Hereford, United Kingdom
5 Broken Cameras
Sunday 3rd March @ 2 pm & Tuesday 5th @ 8.45 pm
Box office 01432 340555

This is a must-see for anyone interested in Palestine. documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi.
here are five cameras – each with a story of their own. When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born in 2005, self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. At the same time in his village of Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers begin to resist this decision

this is a first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.

In 2009 Israeli co-director Guy Davidi - an Israeli filmmaker joined and together from these five broken cameras and the stories that they represent, these two filmmakers create the film. Structured around the destruction of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of turmoil

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5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later given to Israeli co-director Guy Davidi to edit. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of village turmoil. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. "I feel like the camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion."

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5 Broken Cameras won the World Cinema Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature in the 2013 Academy Awards

'5 Broken Cameras' Film Screening
2013-03-03 20:00 - 22:30 UTC | Waldham College, Parks Road, OX1 3PN, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/217489038394670/

Come join in the Moser Theatre to watch this documentary story of Bil'in, a West Bank Palestinian village. The collective struggles are told with the footage of the local inhabitant Emad Burnat, shaped together with Israeli film-maker Guy Davidi.

Wadham College

Parks Road, OX1 3PN Oxford, Oxfordshire

Israeli Apartheid Week - "Is Israel An Apartheid State?" Panel Discussion
2013-03-05 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | University of Leicester, University Road, Attenborough Building, ATT 002, Leicester, Midlands, United Kingdom
UOL Palestinian Solidarity Campaign

https://www.facebook.com/events/270964096369920/

For this years national Israeli Apartheid Week, Leicester University PSC would like to invite you to this weeks Panel Discussion, speakers include; - Dr. Claudia Prestel; A University of Leicester Lecturer, Reader in Modern European and Jewish History

- Kerrigan Ruddon; Present Chair of the Local PSC Branch, Activist and Speaker

- Alan Johnson; Editor of Fathom, a magazine that aims to promote a deeper understanding of Israel and the region and a professor of democratic theory and practice, he is an editorial board member of Dissent magazine, and a Senior Research Associate at The Foreign Policy Centre.

The topic of the Panel Discussion will revolve around the debate that Israel is an 'Apartheid State'.

Film Screening: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-03-05 20:45 - 22:30 UTC | Courtyard, Edgar St Herefordshire HR4 9JR, Hereford, United Kingdom
5 Broken Cameras
Tuesday 5th @ 8.45 pm
Box office 01432 340555

This is a must-see for anyone interested in Palestine. documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi.

here are five cameras – each with a story of their own. When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born in 2005, self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. At the same time in his village of Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers begin to resist this decision

this is a first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements.

In 2009 Israeli co-director Guy Davidi - an Israeli filmmaker joined and together from these five broken cameras and the stories that they represent, these two filmmakers create the film. Structured around the destruction of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of turmoil

+++++++++++++++++++++

5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later given to Israeli co-director Guy Davidi to edit. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of village turmoil. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. "I feel like the camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion."

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5 Broken Cameras won the World Cinema Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature in the 2013 Academy Awards

Going Further for Fairtrade in Palestine
2013-03-07 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | St. George's Church Parish Hall , Sansome Walk WR2 1UG, Worcester, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Two speakers from Zaytoun, the Community Interest Company founded in 2004 to create and develop a UK market for artisan Palestinian produce - Abu Rafat an olive farmer in the Palestinian village of Mazara al Noubani and Manal Abdallah, a documentary film maker and Communication Manager for Canaan Fair Trade.

Worcester Palestine Friendship

lorna@arch139.plus.com

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-03-07 20:00 - 22:30 UTC | Eden Court Theatre , Bishop's Rd, Inverness , IV3 5SA , Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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MARCH
Thu 7 Inverness, Eden Court 01463 234 234 8pm £12/£10(Friends Discount applies)
Fri 8 Crathes Hall, nr Banchory 01330 844523 7.30pm £9/£7 (£10/£8 on door)
Sat 9 Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50

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Film Screening: “Five Broken Cameras”
2013-03-08 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Melville Theatre, Pen-y-Pound,NP7 5UD, Abergavenny, Wales, United Kingdom
Abergavenny & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Will be showing the Academy Award nominated film
“Five Broken Cameras”
At
The Melville Theatre,
Pen-y-Pound,Abergavenny,NP7 5UD
on
Friday, 8th March 2013
At
7.00pm
Entrance Free (Donations welcome)
abergavenny.psc@gmail.com

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Crathes Village Hall , junction of the A93 North Deeside Road and A957 Stonehaven Road, nr Banchory, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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MARCH
Fri 8 Crathes Hall, nr Banchory 01330 844523 7.30pm £9/£7 (£10/£8 on door)

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A Day for Palestine
2013-03-09 10:30 - 16:30 UTC | SOUTHSEA COMMUNITY CENTRE, ST PAUL’S SQUARE,KING St,PO5 4EE, Portsmouth, South East , United Kingdom
PORTSMOUTH & SOUTH DOWNS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
presents
A DAY FORPALESTINE
SPEAKERS:
KEITH TAYLOR, Green Party MEP:
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, A FORCE FOR CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

LEAH LEVANE, Ecumenical accompanier inPalestine:
DEMOLITIONS AND DESTRUCTION IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK

AMENA SALEEM, PSC National Office media worker:
BIAS IN THE MEDIA

JACKIE ALSAID,Middle Eastlaw expert:
PALESTINIAN RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

ANGUS GEDDES, Co-ordinator of Dump Veolia:
A SUCCESS STORY

ZUBER HATIA,GazaConvoy Driver:
ONE STATE OR TWO?

FREE PALESTINIAN FOOD
For more info: flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Sainsbury's Boycott Action
2013-03-09 12:00 - 14:30 UTC | Barkers Pool, Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sainsbury's prides itself on being the leading Fair Trade supermarket. To mark the end of Fair Trade Fortnight and pursue our campaign to pressure Sainsbury's not to deal with companies like Mehadrin active in Israeli settlements
JOIN US FOR THE BOYCOTT
On Saturday 9th March
Meet in Barkers Pool at 12 noon
Visit Sainsbury's stores with our placards and banners.
We are saying to Sainsbury's – take fair trade a step further to ensure trade justice for Palestine. We need to keep up the pressure on Sainsbury's so they can feel our determination in this campaign.
http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/

Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie
2013-03-09 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Carnegie Hall , , E Port, Dunfermline , Fife , KY12 7JA, Scotland , United Kingdom
Mull Theatre, RT Productions & Sphinx Theatre

Edited by Alan Rickman & Katharine Viner
Opens Sat 2nd Feb, 8pm, at Druimfin, Tobermory

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a one-woman play composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters and emails – creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dali-loving chain smoker, who left her home in Olympia, Washington, “to support non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.”
Rachel’s writings were edited by British actor Alan Rickman and Guardian editor Katharine Viner. This multi-award winning show is a powerfully honest insight into one of the most complicated international political conflicts that continues to resonate across the world.

Reviews

“Vivid” Guardian****

“Illuminating” Scotsman****

“Tremendous” The Herald****

“Poignant” The List***

“A theatrical tour de force based on reality, resulting in a production that feels far more truthful than any of the news broadcasts covering the events around the story” Onstage Scotland

(Suitable for age 14+)

Touring throughout Scotland Feb-March (more dates to come).

Full details: http://www.mulltheatre.com/shows_rachel.html

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MARCH
Sat 9 Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall 0131 665 2240 7.30pm £10.50/£8.50

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Repeat screening and discussion: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-03-12 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, London, United Kingdom
Due to popular demand HackneyPSC have arranged a repeat screening of:
'5 Broken Cameras', the Oscar-nominated film about the Palestinian struggle, directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
Filmed from the perspective of a Palestinian farm laborer (Emad Burnat), ’5 Broken Cameras’ was shot using six different video cameras – five of which were destroyed in the process of documenting Emad’s family’s life as well as Palestinian and international resistance to Israeli appropriation of land and occupation. This is a film about a family life set against 6 years of the collective struggle of the villagers of Bil’in against the erection of a wall on their land to separate them from the ever growing settlements. An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, ‘5 Broken Cameras’ meshes personal essay with political cinema, showing how cameras and protests change lives. A moving testament to collective resistance.

Followed by a discussion with filmmaker Jenny Morgan on film, protest and democracy in Israel-Palestine.

Delicious Middle-Eastern food available !

Doors open 7pm for 7.30 start. Free entry.

Reservations: make a reservation by sending an email to alia@passingclouds.com

Please arrive by 7.20 with reservation, after which places allocated on a first come first served basis.

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

Junction with Kingsland Road, behind The Haggerston Pub.

Train: Dalston Junction or Haggerston

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

How should we boycott Israel?
2013-03-12 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, OX1 1BX, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Public meeting organised by Oxford PSC

How should we boycott Israel?

Panel members: Ben White and Phyllis Starkey

Ben White, freelance journalist, activist, and author of 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide' (2009, Pluto Press), and 'Palestinians in Israel: segregation, Discrimination and Democracy' (Pluto Press, 2012)

Phyllis Starkey, Labour MP 1997-2010, Chair of All-Party Palestine Group, now Trustee of Medical Aid for Palestinians, Senior Associate at St Antony's College Oxford University

Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates. 7: 30-9:30

Question and answer session: submit your own questions too.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/414194768669204/

Hadeel Re-Opening Party
2013-03-13 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | Hadeel, 123 George Street, EH2 4JN , Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Council and Members of Palcrafts and Hadeel
have pleasure in inviting you to the:
Re-Opening Party of the Palestinian Fair Trade Shop

hadeel
Wednesday, 13th March 2013 - 5.30 - 8.00 p.m.
with Humza Yousaf, MSP
Minister for External Affairs and International Development
After ten years of successful trading at58 Shandwick Place, we have relocated to
123 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JN
0131 225 1922; www.hadeel.org
Hadeel – where every stitch tells a story

Independent Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Tonge talks Palestine
2013-03-14 18:00 - 20:15 UTC | The University of Kent, The Registry, Kent, CT2 7NZ, Canterbury, South East , United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/124015941110856/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Room:
DLT2

The University of Kent,
The Registry,
Canterbury,
Kent, CT2 7NZ

http://www.kent.ac.uk/timetabling/rooms/room.html?room=DLT2

The University of Kent Liberal Democrats and Kent Palestinian Society are pleased to jointly welcome and host Baroness Tonge, of Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. She was MP for Richmond Park from 1997 until she stood down in 2005. She has held many Frontbench posts for the party in both the Commons and the Lords. Most controversially, she resigned from the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Party in 2010 after refusing to apologise to Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, for the following comment:

"Beware Israel. Israel is not going to be there forever in its present form. One day, the United States of America will get sick of giving £70bn a year to Israel to support what I call America's aircraft carrier in the Middle East – that is Israel. One day, the American people are going to say to the Israel lobby in the USA: enough is enough. Israel will lose support and then they will reap what they have sown."

She now sits in the House of Lords as an Independent Liberal Democrat.

Trading away peace? How Europe helps sustain illegal Israeli settlements, and what we can do about it
2013-03-14 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW, Norwich, South East , United Kingdom
Leah Levane of Jews for Justice for Palestinians
and
Marigold Bentley of Quaker Peace & Social Witness

on

Thursday 14th March

7 – 9 pm at

Quaker Meeting House
Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW
(off St Giles Street near the City Hall Clock Tower)

Organised by Norfolk Jewish Peace Group and Norwich Quakers

Free admission - All welcome
For further information contact: Jean Davis - 01603 453530

Jerusalem - The capital of Palestine
2013-03-15 17:30 UTC | LSE Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House 99 Aldwych WC2B 4JF, London, London, United Kingdom
LSE Hong Kong Theatre

Organised by GUPS UK

Supported by LSESU Pal Soc.

17:30 - 17:35

GUPS Welcoming

17:35 - 18:00

Prof. Manuel Hassassian speech

Palestinian Ambassador

18:00 - 18:30

Film Screening

18:30 - 19:00

Break/Exhibition

19:00 - 19:30

Alzaytouna Dance Group

The event will include an Art exhibition created by university students in Gaza and the West bank, short documentaries, Guest speakers highlighting the current situation affecting the future of Jerusalem, Palestinian traditional folk sketches and spoken word.

As many of you may already know, many Palestinian families in Jerusalem now live in fear of imminent eviction by the Israeli authorities in order to make way for new tourist attractions and other planned ventures. These escalations have seen hundreds of houses being issued demolition orders, and many families receiving orders to flee. GUPS UK has launched a campaign to raise awareness of these recent demolitions and increase in inhuman attacks, intimidation and violence against the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem with night raids, army checkpoints and violent harassment becoming a norm.

Facebook event:: https://www.facebook.com/events/484329808293635/

Event open to all - Please circulate

________________________________________________________________

Regards

The General Union of Palestinian Students - United Kingdom www.gupsuk.co.uk Info@gupsuk.co.uk

Tel:07519620944/07984986003

Skype:gups.uk

Facebook.com/GUPSUK

FQMS Al-Quds Foundation for Medical Schools in Palestine
2013-03-15 19:00 - 23:30 UTC | The Ballroom, Jumeirah Carlton Tower, , Cadogan Place, London SW1X 9PY, London, London, United Kingdom
FQMS Al-Quds Foundation for Medical Schools in Palestine

Friday, March 15, 2013

7:00pm until 11:30pm

The Ballroom, Jumeirah Carlton Tower, Cadogan Place, London SW1X 9PY

https://www.facebook.com/events/278734458920890/

Join us at the FQMS Annual Dinner
In Aid of Medical Education for Palestine

Friday 15th March 2013

Reception starting 7pm
The Ballroom, Jumeirah Carlton Tower, Cadogan Place,
London SW1X 9PY

Your participation helps fund our urgently needed programmes including:
* faculty development
* post-graduate clinical training in shortage specialties and primary
* care student electives
* external examiners and lecturers
* accommodation for students to overcome travel restrictions
* student community projects
* graduate debt

Ibrahim Nasrallah
authors of ‘The Time of White Horses’

&

Selma Dabbagh author of ‘Out of It’
read from their work

The Khoury Trio
bring their unique fusion of the best Arab classical and contemporary music

Dr Mamdouh Al Aker
gives the keynote speech.

Dr Swee Chai Ang
Chair Palestinian Health Policy Forum
conducts the auction

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Tickets are £100 or £120.

To reserve your tickets please email adam@fqms.org or use the order form below.

Payment online to: FQMS, Europe Arab Bank, Sort Code 40-50-44, a/c 00009850 and notify payment to adam@fqms.org.

Alternatively, please send your cheque with the following information to: FQMS, 20 Goodge Place, London W1T 4SH.

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Name
Address
elephone No
Email Address

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If you are unable to attend please consider a donation.

Uprizing for Palestine! - Fundraising Gig
2013-03-15 19:00 - 23:30 UTC | THE CORNERHOUSE, 231 NEWMARKET ROAD, CB5 8JE, Cambridge, South East , United Kingdom
UPRIZING FOR PALESTINE! With ED COX,JIMMY DANGER,CYNFETIC and more, Friday 15th March

Friday, March 15, 2013

7:00pm until 12:00am

THE CORNERHOUSE, 231 NEWMARKET ROAD, CB5 8JE, CAMBRIDGE

https://www.facebook.com/events/466724880057599/

THE UPRIZING FAMILY ARE BACK AT THE CORNERHOUSE TO BRING YOU MORE HIGHER VIBRATIONAL MUSICAL MEDITATIONS FROM: ED COX
JIMMY DANGER
CYNFETIC
JOHNNY KASH
JIMMY STEPPA
SPIV
TRISHNA IWe are extremely pleased to be supporting The Amos Trust (www.amostrust.org) for this session, with a night of raising funds and awareness for the people of Palestine. All the cash from the door will go towards rebuilding a demolished house near Bethlehem at the beginning of April.To explain further (in the words of Janet - Jimmy's amazing Mum- who'll be on the stall on the night);

"Basically, what happens is that if Israeli Military want PALESTINIAN LAND (to build the Wall/settlements/roads etc) in the West Bank, they use the excuse that Palestinians do not have permits to build, and therefore the houses or extensions they build are illegal, even if it's the Palestinian's own land. And of course the building permits are always denied to the Palestinians, and people are tied up in bureaucratic nightmares for ages. They may not have the deeds to the property, but everybody knows who owns what anyway. So the bulldozers move in, and families and properties are destroyed. Of course, when the houses are rebuilt, they will still be subject to demolition orders, but the point is SOLIDARITY with the family and PROFILE RAISING. And the Israeli authorities know that the INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY knows what they are doing."

There'll be a stall on the night with Palestinian goodies for sale (handmade soap, gorgeously embroidered purses, scarves) so bring along some extra pennies to buy some ethical and fairly traded Palestinian goods. There will also be information available about current and ongoing projects in Palestine.

So without further ado, here's the line up, bringing you ROOTS REGGAE, DRUM & BASS AND CLOWNCORE :)

ED COX (LIFE4LAND)
https://soundcloud.com/ed-cox-life4land
This man needs no introduction...but here we go anyway! One of the original members of the Life4Land fam from Cam, Ed Cox has single-handedly and whole-heartedly created his own genre of music - Clowncore - and is known internationally, due to his unique, entertaining and musically meandering live performances. Fusing his livel accordian gypsy flavours with ska, jungle and breakcore, Ed Cox wraps the lot in his live performances to create a musical frenzy. Ed remains driven to perform and you may find him busking on a street corner with accordion in hand over his backing tracks, maybe even in Cambridge if we're lucky! Expect lively, higher-vibrational dance music that has you bouncing around and feeling like a happy, smiley kid again!

JIMMY DANGER (AUDIO DANGER RECORDS)
https://soundcloud.com/jimmy-danger-1
Co founder of audio danger records, and resident WARNING (not to mention MC-ing at raves up and down the country for years when we were likkle!). His style is unique, with a complex rhyme structure and thought provoking, insightful lyrics. Having MC'd for the likes of Andy C, Taxman, Utah Jazz, Black Sun Empire, to name a few, this christmas eve, Jimmy Danger, Cynfetic and Johnny Kash will be fully taking over the Cornerhouse in all ways imaginable!

CYNFETIC
https://soundcloud.com/cynfetic
Cynfetic repping for the first time at Uprizing! He has been busy all season, with festies and club bookings, and now brings his own unique brand of uplifting yet darkside drum & bass to the Cornerhouse, supported by MC's Jimmy Danger and Johnny Cash - they are renowned for making crowds go mental - so prepare yourself for some serious bass abuse!

JOHNNY KASH
Boom MC, playing alongside Cynfetic and Jimmy D to vibe up the cornerhouse inna true D&B stylee! With fast and hard-hitting lyrical prowess, Johnny Kash will be bringing new flavours and good vibes to the dance!

TRISHNA-I (UPRIZING)
Bringing a ruff and tuff, yet dubby and melodic roots reggae vinyl selection, playing from old to new and from UK to JA. Militant, conscious and heavy roots tings from Mumma Uprizing, blessing up the mic on the dubs with political and heartical lyrics.

JIMMY STEPPA (UPRIZING)
http://www.talawa.fr/jimisteppa
Uprizing's own Daddy Steppa, the originator of the Uprizing movement, bringing melodic 70's roots reggae, militant 80's riddims, and nuff fresh dubplates, with humanity-consciousness vibes.Dubbing up the earth with wholehearted peace and love vibrations, this serious collector of deep roots vinyl plays music for a purpose - to uplift and to edify!

SPIV (UPRIZING/JAMBANDCARAVAN)
Spiv plays his sax all over our dubs with his whole heart and soul, bringing the dubs to life with his own unique style of sax-dubbing - no session feels complete without him! Close your eyes, move your body, listen to the melodies and be spiritualised by the mystical vibes of our very own sax maestro!

Dress Code: AS COLOURFUL AND LOUD AS POSSIBLE! Lets make this a party to remember, and we can send some photos over to Palestine withj the housebuilders, so they can feel the love and the unity :)

Door tax: £6, or to get on the £5 guestlist, add your name to the event wall. Please write "(Your name) is Uprizing for Palestine!" and we'll add you onto the list. Lets raise a grand! Please feel free to donate more on the door if you want to cos every penny is going to support the cause.

As usual, come early for the Roots. Big love, and here's some teachings from Mahatma Gandhi Ji-

“Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.”

Film Screening: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-03-15 19:15 - 22:00 UTC | Friends House, 8b Summerfield Road, Wolverhamton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Wolverhampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Refreshments from 7.15pm

FILM: 7:45-9.15

FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE

Award winnning, Oscar nominated documentary

"An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later given to Israeli co-director Guy Davidi to edit. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of village turmoil. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. "I feel like the camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion." -- (C) Kino Lorber

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by Emad Burnat , Guy Davidi

Kino Lorber Films - Official Site

Emad Burnat, Palestinian director of Oscar nominated "5 Broken Cameras" was held by immigration at LAX as he landed to attend Oscars as they could not believe a Palestinian film maker had been nominated.

wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk
https://palestinecampaign.org/

Screening of: Budrus
2013-03-15 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | PRESTEIGNE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LD8 2AD, Knighton, Wales, United Kingdom
Knighton-Palestine Links with the support of Presteigne Film Society

Presents:

BUDRUS

An award-winning documentary about a Palestinian father and daughter who, unleash an inspiring, non violent campaign that unites the most divided people on earth to save their village from destruction from Israel's Separation Barrier.

FRIDAY 15TH MARCH

PRESTEIGNE ASSEMBLY ROOMS 7.30pm

Tickets £5 & £3

Available from the Rowan Tree, Hight St, Presteigne, Tom Clough's Upholstery Shop, Broad St, Knighton or by contacting Bev Lloyd on 01547 529301.

Ticket price includes light refreshments and discussion

St Mellitus parish supports the Comboni Sisters’ work in Palestine
2013-03-16 15:30 - 17:30 UTC | St Mellitus Sacristy, Tollington Park, N4, London, London, United Kingdom
nursery schools, health workers and mobile clinics, advice and help for Bedouin communities and refugees

Come and hear Ann Farr (who has visited these projects) and see her photographs.

Saturday 16 March 2013 at 3.30pm
Tea provided

All welcome

St Mellitus Sacristy, Tollington Park, N4
(7 minute walk from Finsbury Park station)

Organised by St Mellitus Justice and Peace group

The Youth of Palestine: How the occupation is blighting their future
2013-03-18 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Oldham Unitarian Chapel, Connaught Street, OL8 1E, OLDHAM, North West , United Kingdom
OldhamTrades Union Council

PUBLIC MEETING

“THE YOUTH OF PALESTINE:
HOW THE OCCUPATION IS BLIGHTING THEIR FUTURE”

Speakers to include:
BERNARD REGAN,

(TRADE UNION OFFICER, PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN)

MONDAY 18th MARCH 7pm
(Doors Open 6.30 for tea / coffee)

Oldham Unitarian Chapel,
Connaught Street,
OLDHAM
OL8 1E

Directions to Venue:
Oldham Unitarian Chapel & One World Centre is situated just off the King Street Roundabout in Oldham(Between Halfords and the Sixth Form College)
Take the North Exit off the King Street Roundabout onto King Street A627 then immediately left into Connaught Street.

Limited Free Car Parking

Published byOldhamNUT,80 Medtia Place,Union Street,Oldham,OL1 1DJ

Arabic Music Jam Evening
2013-03-21 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Albert No1, 1 Albert Road, NW6 5DT, London, London, United Kingdom
Featuring The Raast Collective
We are delighted that The Raast Collective will be headlining the evening. Raast are a multi cultural music collective based in London performing songs of love and resistance, blending different sounds of the world using their unique combination of traditional and contemporary instrumentation. Raast collaborate with artists from all over the world and perform songs in Arabic, English, Spanish and Portuguese.https://www.facebook.com/Raastlondon?fref=ts

A Palestinian and other Arabic folk music sing-along evening where you can just come along, clap or dance or both or simply enjoy the vibe and soak in the atmosphere!

Entry fee £5 with all proceeds to CADFA.

Food at the event will be available to purchase from the super tastyhttps://www.facebook.com/Zatarsesameandthyme?fref=ts!
You'll be licking your fingers! All proceeds will be donated to CADFA.

Part of the CADFA Palestinian Women Group's visit in London 2013 -https://www.facebook.com/groups/163328073778997/?notif_t=group_added_to_group.

pwv2013.blogspot.co.uk

Stalls
Zaytoun CIC https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zaytoun-CIC/170054474041?fref=ts
Hands of Palestine https://www.facebook.com/Hands.of.Palestine/info

The Albert no.1
Art, Performance and Music
Albert Road, NW6 5DT

THE ALBERT is located opposite Queens Park Tube Station, to find us follow the timber fence along Salusbury Road and turn left into Albert Road and it's through the gate then we'll be in Function room 1.

http://www.thealbert.org.uk/Visit-us.html

East Finchley International Women's Day Event
2013-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | East Finchley Library, 226 High Road, Finchley, N2 9BB, London, United Kingdom
Melissa Melodee, Somaye performing plus local dance group and Dabkeh (traditional Palestinian dance) led by our guests – not be missed!!!

£6 entry fee (£5 for CADFA members).

Tasty Food can be bought on the night.

Book early to be sure of a place.

Part of the CADFA Palestinian Women Group’s visit in London 2013 -https://www.facebook.com/groups/163328073778997/?notif_t=group_added_to_grouppwv2013.blogspot.co.uk

EAST FINCHLEY LIBRARY located opposite ‘Seasons Pizza’.

To find us take the main entrance from East Finchley Tube Station, opposite you will see a Minicabs sign, cross the road towards that sign. Walk past the Minicabs sign to the left and continue walking straight for about 10 minutes. You will pass shops and businesses including Genzo Greek Restaurant and Skin Clinic. Cross Creighton Road and the Library building will be opposite Season’s Pizza.

Once at the Library there should be someone there to let you in or you walk straight ahead and take the stairs to your left. Walk up the stairs and the main hall opposite is where we should be.

Launch of the Abu Bakr Rauf Memorial Scholarship Fund
2013-03-23 18:30 - 22:00 UTC | Anam’s Restaurant, Great Horton Road BD7 1RP, Bradford , United Kingdom
Abu Bakr Rauf was a tireless campaigner for justice

- especially for the Palestinian people

Join us for an evening of music and food, with special guests Reem Kelani,
Al Macsween, Musheir El-Farra, Dilly and Bilal - to mark
the launch of the Abu Bakr Memorial Scholarship Fund (Gaza)

Anam’s Restaurant, Great Horton Road, Bradford BD7 1RP

Stalls by Bradford PSC and Arabian Fashion House

Saturday March 23rd 2013 from 6.30pm

Cost: £20 per head. All profits will go to the
Abu Bakr Memorial Scholarship Fund

Dress code: Smart

For Tickets
text: 07883 564921
Ring Kauser on: 07920 729734
email: secretary@bradfordpsc.org.uk
Ask at: Arabian Fashion House, Unit 1, 117 Beckside Road, BD7 2JS
Or: Miss Pennys, 38-44 Duckworth Lane, BD9 5EP (01274 498145)

Bradford Palestine Solidarity Campaign

secretary@bradfordpsc.org.uk

Palestinian Culture & Christianity Event
2013-03-24 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow, St Barnabas Rd, E17 8JZ, London, London, United Kingdom
Our special cultural event at St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow. Taking place on Palm Sunday, it's the day Catholic Palestinian christians celebrate the start of Holy Week (Orthodox christians follow on two weeks later) marking when Jesus returned to Jerusalem, riding into the city on a donkey symbolising peace and humility, passing over palm leaves symbolising victory, peace and immortality.

https://www.facebook.com/events/349477815163452/

Some view Jesus' dramatic gesture as an act of resistance to encourage the local population to overcome of the oppressive colonial occupation of that time by peaceful means. This has some resonance for Palestinians in contemporary times. For believers, Jesus was dead and immortalised by the end of that week, and nowadays that sacrifice is eerily evoked in microcosm every Friday by the largely muslim Palestinian population, in the same occupied East Jerusalem streets and surrounding occupied villages and fields all over the West Bank, by Palestinian non-violent resisters trying to overcome another colonial occupation, suffering their own imprisonment and murder this time at the hands of Israeli occupation forces, at Bil'in, Ni'lin, Nabi Saleh, Jayyous, Salfit, Al-Khader, Hebron, Qalandia, Anata, Abu Dis, Nablus... For some you can stretch the resonance as far as the Palestinian hunger strikers, like Samer Issawi, barely clinging on to life after over 200 days without food, as gentle and steadfast as ever.

This Palm Sunday we will be exploring the reality of Palestinian diversity: approximately 20% of the diaspora/shatat worldwide is Christian but fewer than 2% are left in Palestine today.

+ Despite Israeli propaganda to the contrary, Palestinian Christians are treated exactly the same as all Palestinians of any faith or none - with implacable discrimination by Israeli authorities. Particularly with their Muslim brothers and sisters, Christian Palestinians are subjected to a vicious game of destruction and humiliation by Israeli Authorities, with monasteries and churches being partitioned off, graffitied and arson-attacked, families harassed, farms destroyed, livelihoods ended.

+ In the face of unusually outspoken UK Government intervention, currently near Bethlehem the famous Palestinian Cremisan vineyards and monastery are gradually being torn apart and the Christian community there decimated by Israeli civilian and military forces building an extension to the illegal Apartheid separation Wall - http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/12/265931.html - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/04/william-hague-vincent-nichols-west-bank-barrier

+ Again, in the face of international aprobrium, Recently in Gaza, Israeli authorities made no difference whom they 'carefully' bombed - Muslims and Christians alike were slaughtered - http://ocl.org/the-funeral-of-salem-paul-sweliem-in-gaza-city/ - http://www.euronews.com/2012/11/20/death-then-funerals-in-gaza/

Come along to discover what it means to be Palestinian - that Palestinians are one distinct and yet amazingly diverse people, standing together as Muslims, Christians and many other religions and none. Learn from fascinating speakers, visual displays and literature; sample some delicious Palestinian food, music and dance; and celebrate Palestinian fortitude and humanity.

Do join us for a wonderful and fascinating afternoon! All welcome!

Waltham Forest Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Patrons: Neil Gerrard, Jean Lambert MEP, Prof Nur Masalha

Facebook: www.facebook.com/walthamforestpsc

Twitter: @wfpsclondon
Web: http://wfpsc.blogspot.com

Post: WFPSC c/o Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe St, Walthamstow, E17 9AH

Email: wfpsc@yahoo.com

A Day in the Life in Occupied Palestine
2013-03-24 15:30 - 17:30 UTC
http://www.telegraphhillfestival.org.uk/welcome.htm#sthash.2qJpGlP0.dpbs

Where

Telegraph Hill Centre Lounge

map

Calendar

Telegraph Hill Festival 2013

Created by

stephencarrickdavies@gmail.com

Description

Leah Levane spent three months as a Human Rights Worker in the South Hebron Hills in occupied Palestine. As part of an international programme, she worked and lived alongside Palestinians and worked with them and with Israeli peace international activists to oppose the occupation and to monitor abuses of human rights. Witnessing demolitions, doing (very) early morning checkpoint monitoring, sharing in the life and learning of the experiences of Palestinians living under occupation. She also shared in celebrations such as weddings and a wonderful Eid spent among the olive groves, where joy was abundant, despite the fact that the village is threatened with demolition. This presentation will give a snapshot of these experiences and provide time for questions, contributions and time to think about what we can do to help. Tea and cake will be available.

Film Screening: Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
2013-03-26 19:00 - 22:30 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, London, United Kingdom
Film and discussion:

'Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975' is a compilation film featuring extraordinary footage of the black power movement's struggle against US racism, injustice and the colonial wars of the late 1960's while building alternative forms of social solidarity and education. Rare, intimate interviews feature alongside rousing speeches from figures including Stokely Carmichael and Angela Davis - this film shines a light on one of the most important political movements of the last century.

Following the screening, guest speaker Margaret Henry will join us to reflect on the legacies of these movements (some of which she became involved in as a student in the US), as well as on their cross-cultural, cross-historical dimensions.

Margaret Henry is a documentary film producer, and director of Postcolonial Films

***Delicious Middle-Eastern food by Alia***

Doors open 7pm, film starts: 7.30pm. Free entry.

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

Junction with Kingsland Road, behind The Haggerston Pub.

Buses 67, 149, 242, 243 / Dalston Junction or Haggerston train

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

Organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign
http://hackneypsc.wordpress.com/

Film: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-03-26 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Castle Centre, 25 Castle Street, Barnstaple , UK , EX31 1DR, Eastern , United Kingdom
North Devon Palestine Solidarity Campaign is showing this Oscar nominated film at the Castle Centre in Barnstaple.
It is a beautiful, harrowing and shocking portrayal of life in the village of Bi'lin near Ramallah through the eyes and cameras of Emad Burnat. His idea was to watch the growth of his newborn child Gibreel via his camera. In doing so Emad chronicles the enormous difficulties of the villagers lives =under occupation and the constant threat of the expanding settlement.

A must see film.

For more info: email dpclinch@gmail.com

Phone 07887 650671

Changing the Mind of the Football Establishment
2013-04-02 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row,, Milton Keynes , MK9 3BJ, South East , United Kingdom
Organised by Milton Keynes PSC

Presentation by Geoff Lee

Geoff is from the campaign Red Card Israeli Racism

“The Red Card campaign has an immediate objective of getting the 2013 UEFA U21 finals tournament moved from Israel and a longer term objective of getting the Israeli Football Association suspended from UEFA until Israel respects international law and the human rights of all its citizens. Geoff will talk about the campaign activities and future plans with respect to the UEFA Annual Congress in London in particular.”

PSC supporters and friends and family of MKPSC members and supporters all welcome

Free Refreshments

Stalls selling Palestinian crafts and foodstuffs

For more information please contact miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Opening Night Gala: When I Saw You + director Q&A
2013-04-03 18:15 - 20:45 UTC | BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1 8XT, London, London, United Kingdom
UK PREMIERE
Filmmaker: Annemarie Jacir

http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/4968/features/opening-night-gala-brwhen-i-saw-you.html

A masterful, moving new work by Palestine's first female feature director, following a free-spirited young boy escaping from a refugee camp in Jordan in 1967.

Palestine/Jordan/Greece/UAE, 2012, 93 min

Winner: NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film, Berlinale 2013
Winner: Best Arab Film, Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, 2012
Official Palestinian Oscar Entry: Best Foreign Language Film, 2013

Jordan, 1967: free-spirited 11 year-old Tarek escapes a Palestinian refugee camp determined to return home, and is taken in by a band of freedom fighters. When his mother comes after him, they begin a journey from helpless victimhood to the defiant possibility of hope.

Making its UK premiere direct from acclaim at the Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals, this is a masterful new work by Palestine's first female feature director.

Book now: tickets on sale at bfi.org.uk

The General’s Son : Journey of an Israeli in Palestine
2013-04-08 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Manvers St. Baptist Church , BA1 1JW, Bath , South West, United Kingdom
Bath Friends of Palestine are hosting a ….

Talk by … MIKO PELED

Miko Peled is an Israeli, living in the USA, who has written an autobiographical book called “The General’s Son : Journey of an Israeli in Palestine”. His father was an Officer in 1948 and a leading general in the 1967 war.

Since his niece died in a Palestine suicide bomb attack in Jerusalem in 1997, Miko has worked to build bridges between Israelis and Palestinians. He is well known as an Israeli dissident and is a prominent peace activist. His alternative ideas for the future of Israel and Palestine constitute a provocative, but profoundly positive and optimistic vision.

Tickets £5 (or £8 on the door) from either …..

Bath Box Office Ticket Agency Service 01225 465892 www.bathboxoffice.org.uk

or direct from raymondpackham@yahoo.co.uk

Film screening: Gaza Calling + director Q&A
2013-04-08 20:30 - 22:30 UTC | BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1 8XT, London, London, United Kingdom
UK PREMIERE

Filmmaker: Nahed Awwad

Mon 8 Apr, 8.30pm, BFI Southbank

http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/5050/docs/gaza-calling.html

An extraordinary personal insight into the families cut off between Gaza and the West Bank.

Palestine/Switzerland/UAE, 2012, 64 min. Courtesy of Sina Films.

Samer lives in the West Bank, one hour from his family in Gaza: they haven't seen each other for six years. Mustafa visited Gaza seven years ago, aged 18: his mother has been fighting to see him ever since. Considered 'infiltrators' in their own country, parents can only talk to their sons over the phone; sisters only see their brothers on the internet...

An extraordinary glimpse of the daily reality for families torn apart and the struggles to stay connected.

Book now: tickets on sale at bfi.org.uk

Journey of an Israeli in Palestine
2013-04-09 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Cardiff University , Shandon lecture theatre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Cardiff PSC are hosting Israeli american author and peace activist Miko Peled in Cardiff on Tuesday 9 April at Cardiff University Shandon lecture theatre in the main building at 6.30pm. Miko will be delivering a public lecture followed by a book signing. The talk is called Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. As you may remember, Miko is the author of The General's Son.

We've had to make this a ticketed event as Miko expects an honorarium.

Bookings and more information from cardiffpsc.weebly.com or 0771 878 6057 or from TicketLine www.ticketline.co.uk.

Tickets will cost £5/£2 in advance; £7/£3 on the door; waged/unwaged.

Miko Peled: The General’s Son
2013-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Shandon lecture theatre, Cardiff University , Park Place, Cardiff , Wales , United Kingdom
Israeli-American Peace activist Miko Peled is coming to Cardiff. Come and hear him speak
on the current situation in Israel/Palestine Journey of an Israeli in Palestine A public talk, Q&A and book signing
Doors open 6.30pm
Cost: £5 in advance, £7 on the door
Bookings and information: cardiffpsc.weebly.com
or 0771 8786057 or from www.ticketlineuk.com

A peace message

Writer and peace activist Miko Peled offers an Israeli's perspective on how to achieve peace in the Middle East. Miko says in public what others still deny or won't speak about openly.
“For the good of both peoples, the Separation Wall must come down; the Israeli control over the lives of Palestinians must be defied so that a secular democracy where all Israelis and Palestinians live as equals can be established in our shared homeland”

Miko Peled
Mab y Cadfridog
Y mae Miko Peled - Americanwr ac Israeliad
sydd yn gweithredu dros heddwch - yn dod i
Gaerdydd. Dewch i’w glywed yn siarad am y
sefyllfa sydd ohoni yn Israel a Phalesteina
Taith Israeliad ym Mhalesteina:
darlith gyhoeddus ac arwyddo llyfr
Ymhle:: Darlithfa Shandon, prif adeilad Prifysgol
Caerdydd, Park Place, Caerdydd CF10 3AT
Pryd: Nos Fawrth, 9 Ebrill 2013, 6.30y.h.
Cost: £5 O flaen llaw, £7 Wrth y drwys
I neilltuo tocyn neu am wybodaeth bellach
- cardiffpsc.weebly.com neu 0771 8786057 neu oddi
wrth TicketLine www.ticketlineuk.com
Neges heddwch
Y mae Miko Peled, awdur Mab y
Cadfridog yn cynnig persbectif
Israelaidd ar sut i gyrraedd heddwch yn
y Dwyrain Canol. Dywed Miko yn
gyhoeddus yr hyn y mae eraill yn dal i
wadu.
“Er lles y ddwy genedl, rhaid i’r Gwahanfur ddod i
lawr; rhaid herio rheolaeth yr Israeliaid dros fywydau’r
Palesteiniaid fel y gellid sefydlu democratiaeth seciwlar lle
gallai pawb - Israeliaid a Phalesteiniaid fel ei

Resilience and Light - Contemporary Palestinian Art Exhibition
2013-04-11 - 2013-05-18 | Studio 3 Gallery, Jarman Building on the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus, CT2 7UG, Canterbury, South East , United Kingdom
http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/studio3gallery/2013/03/13/coming-soon-resilience-light/

At a time of great change and uncertainty for the Arab world, Studio 3 Gallery presents the exhibition Resilience and Light: Contemporary Palestinian Artwhich opens on Thursday 11 April 2013.

The exhibition has been organised in partnership with Arts Canteen whose director, Aser El Saqqa, has curated a distinguished group of Palestinian artists for this exhibition including such leading figures in contemporary Arab art as: Laila Shawa, who exhibited at ICA’s AKA Peace exhibition; Abraaj Capital Art Prize winner Taysir Batniji; Hani Zurob, who was tipped by The Huffington Post as one of ten ‘international artists to watch in 2013’;

Hazem Harb who recently participated at the inaugural ART13 in London with his solo exhibition, Impossible Travel, Me and the Other Half & Inside-Outside; and Mohammed Joha who launched his ambitious project The Jasmine and Bread Revolution in 2012 at The Courtyard Gallery, Dubai.

While diverse in approach and style, the artists included in this exhibition are working within a shared set of circumstances that define the reception of contemporary Palestinian art within and beyond the Arab world. Resilience and Light will explore a number of themes arising from their specific situations, including how art is interpreted within and out of its historical, social and political context.

The artists exhibiting include: Taysir Batniji, Hazem Harb, Mohammed Joha, Laila Shawa and Hani Zurob.

Ben Thomas, Curator of Studio 3 Gallery, said: ‘it is very exciting to be able to bring to Canterbury such compelling work by Palestinian artists.’ Aser El Saqqa added that ‘curating this exhibition has been an enormous challenge. This collection has come to Canterbury from Gaza, London, Venice, Paris, Zurich and Dubai. Our aim is to show work of outstanding creativity, innovation and inspiration to new audiences’.

Laila Shawa, one of the artists who will be present at the private view said ‘my work proffers a synthesis of past and present ideas, formal, personal and political, into a powerful contemporary vision of Islamic popular culture.’

Resilience and Light will be on view from 11 April – 18 May.

http://www.artscanteen.com

http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/studio3gallery/visiting/

The 2013 London Palestine Film Festival - Pre-Festival Season
2013-04-11 - 2013-04-26
LPFF13 Pre-Festival Season now on sale!

The 2013 Pre Festival Season takes place from April 11th through to April 26th, with exclusive screenings and talks ocurring each week at three great London venues.
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Thursday 11 April, 20:30, Hackney Picturehouse
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
Christian Ghazi
1971
69min, Fiction

Tickets

(Hundred Faces for a Single Day, Christian Ghazi, 1971)

Never before screened in the UK, Hundred Faces for a Single Day is the avant garde masterwork that challenged the limits of militant filmmaking during the Palestinian revolutionary era. Multiple plotlines merge and dissolve as Ghazi collides documentary and abstract approaches to mount a blistering critique of the revolution’s decadent political elites.

With a stunning experimental soundtrack and a daring lead turn from Madonna Ghazi, this is militant filmmaking at its most exhilarating and incendiary.

Tickets
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Thursday 18 April, 18:30, Amnesty International UK,
Human Rights Action Centre, Shoreditch
Child Prisoners: Screen Talk

When the Boys Return
Tone Andersen
2012
58min, Doc.
+
Panel Discussion

(When the Boys Return, Tone Andersen, 2012)

Presented in association with Amnesty International UK, the second event of the 2013 Pre-Festival Season is dedicated to the subject of Palestinian youth in military custody. After a screening of Tone Andersen's When The Boys Return, a compassionate account of one cohort of teenagers undergoing challenging processes of adjustment following release from detention, a panel will discuss the legal, social, and health issues raised by Israel's detention of minors.

Participants include Adah Kay, coauthor of Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel's Detention of Palestinian Children, Greg Davies, coauthor of a 2012 report by a British legal delegation to Palestine Children in Military Custody, and Chris Doyle, director of CAABU, The Centre for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding.

This event is free and unticketed. However, space is limited, so please arrive in good time to be sure of a seat.

VENUE INFORMATION
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Friday April 26th, 20:30, RItzy Cinema, Brixton
Massaker
Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim, & Hermann Theissen
2005
98min, Doc.

Tickets

(Massaker, Monika Borgmann, Lokman Slim, & Hermann Theissen, 2005)

The third and final event of this year's Pre-Festival Season is this viscerally powerful portrait of six perpetrators of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre.

Between September 16 and 18, 1982, for two nights and three days, the killers of Sabra and Shatila went about their crimes. Massaker is an unflinching portrait of six perpetrators of this most notorious episode of mass murder. Intense, claustrophobic, and often unsettling, the film explores the content of collective violence, exposing the mental dispositions of the killers, and asking how a political environment has continued to shield them from justice, and even remorse.

“A rare insight into the banality of murder” The Guardian

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The 2013 London Palestine Film Festival opens at the Barbican Cinema on Friday May 3rd.

The festival programme will be announced at the end of March.... stay tuned for details and ticketing...
palestinefilm.org

Is international law relevant to Palestine?
2013-04-11 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign Public Meeting & Discussion
Michael Kearney

Lecturer in International Law

University of Sussex

What is the role the UN, the International Criminal Court,the International Court of Justice, the PLO, the EU and Civil society?

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For info about Palestine and solidarity activities see

www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org
Please join us

Dor Guez - 40 Days - Exhibition
2013-04-12 00:00 - 2013-05-28 00:00 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
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http://www.mosaicrooms.org/dor-guez/

DOR GUEZ
The Mosaic Rooms hosts the first UK solo show by artist Dor Guez. Guez’s family heritage is both Christian Palestinian and Jewish Tunisian. His work focuses on depicting the history and experiences of the Christian Palestinian minorities who have remained in Israel, a dispersed community whose voices and experiences have been marginalized by the prevailing narratives of the region. Guez’s work addresses these disparities whilst exploring contemporary art’s role in provoking questions about history, nationality, ethnicity, and personal identity.

The exhibition will include new and recent work, including the European premiere of 40 DAYS, a multi-channel video piece and photographic series about the destroyed gravesites in the Christian Palestinian cemetery in the city of Lod (previously known by its Arabic name of Al-Lydd).

The images originate from Guez’s ongoing work, begun in 2009, to build the first Christian-Palestinian Archive, the CPA, a growing collection of archival documents about the Palestinian Christians who were expelled from, and those who remained in, the State of Israel after the 1948 war. The archive’s starting point was Guez’s own family’s albums, three generations of the Monayer family living as a “minority within a minority” but today it includes thousands of other images. Guez conveys these experiences using different photographic and video techniques, from scanned archival images, to what he calls “scanograms”, and video installations, which are at once documentary, testimonial and experimental films.

Guez’s practise explores how these archival and documentary media can be used to record and validate as well as reframe and influence ideas of history, culture, and collective identity. Combining the often intimate nature of his material sources, from photographs taken by his grandfather to family testimonies, Guez’s work offers audiences a uniquely poignant insight into the complexities of the Middle East today, and wider discourses on the politics of place.

This exhibition launches Disappearing Cities, the Mosaic Rooms’ ambitious cultural programme of exhibitions, talks and screenings focused on the destruction of Arab urban life in the post-colonial age.

View the Dor Guez: 40 DAYS press release.

Artist Talk, Saturday 20th April 2013, 12pm

Dor Guez will discuss his work with Achim Borchardt-Hume, Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern, and former chief curator at the Whitechapel Gallery.

(Re)telling history: exploring the documenting and (re)telling of history through the archive 6-20 April 2013 – We are inviting participants to take part in a project with Guez to explore their own personal and family history through archival materials and photography.

Book Fair for Palestinians
2013-04-12 10:00 - 2013-04-13 16:00 UTC | Pemberton Rooms, Palace Green, Durham, United Kingdom
Raising money for its Palestinian scholarships, the Durham Palestine Educational Trust is holding massive book fairs on
Friday 12 April
Saturday 13 April
10am to 4pm each day

in Pemberton Rooms, Palace Green, Durham (just yards from the Cathedral)

Good quality used books on vast range of subjects, the great majority priced at just 50p.

Please come and see us and bring your friends.

PSC Conference - Lessons from Gaza: transforming public support into political action on Palestine
2013-04-13 10:30 - 16:30 UTC
Join us at this critical conference, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to discuss how to increase political pressure to break the isolation and siege on Gaza, and lessons for the solidarity movement on developing campaigning for Palestinian rights.

Screening of: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-04-14 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
The staff of the P21 Gallery and Camden PSC invite you to:

Film screening followed by discussion with Jenny Morgan and Abbas Shiblak moderated by Antoine Raffoul

£3 entry fee at the door

RSVP: info@p21.org.uk

We very much look forward to seeing you there.

Is there any future for a 2 State solution?
2013-04-16 19:45 - 22:00 UTC | South London Irish Centre, 140-142 Hartfield Rd, Wimbledon, SW19 3TG, London , United Kingdom
Merton PSC Meeting

Baroness Jenny Tonge independent Liberal Democrat

Her support for the Palestinian people and criticism of Israel has led to some controversy within the party.

mertonpsc@mail.com

Action for Palestinian Prisoners in Oxford
2013-04-17 11:30 - 14:30 UTC | Bonn Square, Queen Street OX1, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
OXFORD PSC

Please join us to raise awareness about Palestinian political prisoners in military custody in Israeli jails, There has been a call for all prisoners to be on hunger strike on April 17th, Palestinian Political Prisoners Day. They will join fellow prisoners already on hunger strike such as Samer Issawi (now approaching 250 days on hunger strike)

Several of us will be fasting for 24 hours in solidarity with the prisoners, and collecting sponsorship for Medical Aid for Palestinians. We will be at Bonn Square from 11.30-2.30pm, and hope that enough supporters will join us so that leaflets can be given out and information shared with the public for the whole of the time.

We will also be supported for an hour by Oxford Women in Black (time to be confirmed)

We welcome any support you can give - from joining us in the fast (either at Bonn Square or privately), supporting us by handing out leaflets, joining the Women in Black vigil, or donating to edical Aid for Palestinians in support of our fast.

More information to follow. In the meantime do contact us to let us know how you can help. Pam Parsons pamela.parsons@ntlworld.com

Action in Wales on Palestinian Prisoners Day
2013-04-17 13:00 - 13:30 UTC | Senedd, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1NA, Wales, United Kingdom
ACTION IN WALES:

Join the handing-in of a letter and info packs to the First Minister of Wales calling for the Welsh assembly to protest Palestinian prisoners held in G4S run Israeli prisons and an end to Administrative Detention on 17 April at 1pm at the Senedd in Cardiff.

Organised by Abergavenny PSC and Cardiff PSC.

http://cardiffpsc.weebly.com/

Portsmouth Action on Palestinian Prisoners Day
2013-04-17 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Portsmouth , Palmerston Road, Southsea , South East , United Kingdom
Portsmouth Action on Palestinian Prisoners Day: @ 2pm-4pm in Palmerston Rd in S/sea (pedestrianised area with cafes). Join us there for an action, there will be a stall and petition and leaflets etc..

Bristol Action: International Day of Action for Palestinian Prisoners
2013-04-17 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | G4S, 165-175 South Liberty Lane, Bristol, BS3 2TW, South West, United Kingdom
Picket the G4S “Cash Solutions” depot, 165-175 South Liberty Lane, BRISTOL BS3 2TW
Time 4.00 – 6.00 pm
In solidarity with the 650,000+ Palestinians imprisoned since 1967 and with Palestinian hunger-striker Samer Issawi. Israel has outsourced security for prisons where Palestinians are held to G4S. G4S is also complicit in Israel’s detention of nearly one-third of the Palestinian Legislative Council since 2006, and for dozens of human rights defenders being arrested every year for participating in popular resistance.
Currently over 4,743 Palestinians are detained by Israel; 10 of them women, 193 of them children, and 178 of them held under administrative detention.
We need your support to break their chains.
Bring banners, placards, drums, whistles, megaphones, pots & pans, and voices.

Solidarity Protest On International Palestinian Prisoners Day in London
2013-04-17 16:30 - 19:00 UTC | G4S UK & Ireland head office, 105 Victoria Street, SW1E 6QT, London, London, United Kingdom
April 17, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, is a day for solidarity actions with Palestinian prisoners.

We are targeting G4S for its complicity with the criminal practices of the Israeli state. Palestinians are illegally held, many without charge or trial, in Israeli jails where physical violence and torture is commonplace. G4S provides services to the Ketziot, Damon and Meggido prisons and the Jerusalem (Russian Compound) and Kishon (Jalameh) detention facilities.

Called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Outside G4S UK & Ireland head office

105 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QT

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/IESKW

More info:

https://palestinecampaign.org/information/factsheets/prisoners/

http://samidoun.ca/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/FactsheetPrisonersDay.pdf

http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=4360

Supported by:

Action for Palestinian Children

Amos Trust

Fire Brigades Union

Friends of Al-Aqsa UK

ICAHD UK

Jews for Justice for Palestinians

Lib-Dems Friends of Palestine

Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)

Stop G4S Campaign

UNISON

UNITE the Union

War on Want

Manchester Action for Palestinian Prisoners Day
2013-04-17 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Whitworth Park , Wilmslow Rd, facing he Eye hospital, Manchester, M13, North West , United Kingdom
Manchester Action for Palestinian Prisoners Day

Wednesday 17 April

5pm

Outside Whitworth Park , Wilmslow Rd, facing he Eye hospital, Manchester M13.

Manchester PSC

Palestinian Prisoners' Day Vigil in Edinburgh
2013-04-17 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Near the Wellington Statue, Princes Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Edinburgh St Mark's Amnesty Group are holding a vigil for Palestinian
Prisoners' Day on Wednesday from 5.30 pm to 7 pm at the East End of Princes St (Wellington Statue), calling for an end to 'administrative detention' and highlighting the plight of three or four prisoners.
http://www2.amnesty.org.uk/groups/edinburgh-st-marks

Birmingham Vigil: Support the Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike!
2013-04-17 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | New Street, B2 4DB, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/424069127686004/

Local Palestine activists are calling for a solidarity demonstration in Birmingham to express support for the historic struggle taking place inside Israeli jails.Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails have embarked on a historic hunger strike to demand fair treatment and an end to administrative detention by the Israeli authorities.
Israel uses this policy to detain Palestinians without charge of trial, which has been described as “a violation of the principles and standards of due process and fair trial practiced in all democracies. This is what you teach young lawyers. Israel ignores this. It brings administrative detention orders to a military court that follow military law. The evidence is secret. The court rubber-stamps the order. It is arbitrary detention” says Shawan Jabarin, recently-appointed commissioner to the International Commission of Jurists.

A Palestinian rights organization profiled Sunday eight political prisoners from the occupied West Bank currently on hunger strike.

Six of the hunger strikers are protesting Israeli administrative detention orders against them. Prisoner support group Addameer provided information about the hunger strikers in a 10 March statement.

Samer al-Barq, 38 years old, from the town of Jayyous near Qalqilia started an open hunger strike on 27 February to protest the 24 February renewal of a three-month administrative detention order. This is al-Barq’s third hunger strike in the past two years.

Ayman Sharawna, 36 years old, from Dura, near Hebron had been released in the October 2011 prisoner exchange deal. Sharawna started his hunger strike on 1 July 2012 to protest being rearrested by Israel under Article 186 of Military Order 1651, which allows a special military commission to “cancel the early release.”

Samer al-Issawi, 33 years old, from Issawiya, Jerusalem was also released as part of the October 2011 prisoner exchange deal. Following his rearrest on 7 July 2012, Issawi has been on intermittent hunger strike for over 200 days to protest his arbitrary rearrest.

Younis al-Hroub, 31 years old, from Hebron has been on hunger strike for 22 days to protest his administrative detention.
Muhammad Ahmad an-Najjar from Hebron has been on hunger strike for 152 days which he announced on 26 February to protest his administrative detention.

Zakariyah al-Heeh, 26 years old, from Hebron has been detained since 26 November 2012. He has been on hunger strike for 14 days.

Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Khalil from Jericho has been on hunger strike for 12 days since he announced his strike on 27 February 2013 to protest his administrative detention. He is currently in Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank.

Hazem Al-Tawil from Al-Khalil was detained on 19 February 2013 and went on hunger strike the following day to protest his administrative detention. He is on hunger strike for 19 days and is held in Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank.

We will gather to call for solidarity with those hunger-striking inside Israeli prisons, and to support the call for Palestinian rights that these prisoners are bravely fighting for, against the racist Israeli colonisation of their land and people.

For more information on the situation with the hunger strike and Palestinian rights, please visit www.addameer.org

Join us there

West Bank ABC
2013-04-19 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Whitstable Labour Club, 12 Belmont Road, CT5 1QP, Whitstable, South East , United Kingdom
Faversham & Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign
invites YOU to
West Bank ABC
Using 26 photographs, Whitstable resident, Richard Stainton, will share an ‘alphabet’ of memories and impressions from his recent visit to the West Bank – the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
FREE + ALL WELCOME + Bar
For information about Faversham & Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign contact Penny Newall 01795 538148

Film and Felafel night
2013-04-19 19:00 - 22:45 UTC | St Matthews rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Film and Felafel
The event promises to keep up the tradition of good food, good company and a good cause. At this gathering we will see a short film on what has happened to Shuhada Street, Hebron. This major West Bank city was invaded by a small number of Zionist fanatics. Come and see the results of that invasion

Sheffield PSC

Enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

The Palestinian Political Prisoners in Wolverhamton
2013-04-19 19:15 - 22:30 UTC | St Andrews Church Hall, Avion Centre, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
WOLVERHAMPTON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

PUBLIC MEETING

The Palestinian Political Prisoners

SPEAKERS: Ismail Patel Friends of Al Aqsa and Betty Hunter, Honorary President, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk
https://palestinecampaign.org/

Action in Liverpool for Palestinian Prisoners
2013-04-20 00:00 - 01:30 UTC | Church Street, Church Street, Liverpool, North West , United Kingdom
Action in Liverpool

Saturday 20th – 12noon Demonstration on Church Street to mark Prisoners Day.

http://liverpoolfriendsofpalestine.co.uk/

Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners - Stop G4S!
2013-04-20 11:30 - 13:00 UTC | The Monument, Newcastle, Newcastle , United Kingdom
Newcastle PSC

Saturday 20th April, 11.30am at the Monument, Newcastle.

April 17th is Palestinian Prisoners Day and the Boycott National Committee & Addameer have called for the targeting of G4S because of their complicity in the detention and torture of Palestinians in violation of international law. Join us at the Monument on Saturday 20th with banners and placards as we highlight the injustice of administrative detention and the struggle of Palestinian hunger-strikers. There will be guest speakers and balloons.

Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Twitter: @NewcastlePSC

Facebook: Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Peace for Palestine - raising support event
2013-04-20 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Jobs, Enterprise and Training (JET), 284 - 286 Normanton Road, DE23 6WD, Derby, United Kingdom
A Group Of Muslim young people called 'A Voice For The Future' have organised, with the support of JET (Jobs Education & Training) and Global Education Derby, an event to raise awareness and support for Palestine so that they are able to have a brighter future. We have a facebook group where more information can also be found:

https://www.facebook.com/love4palestine

We will have stalls, information stands, mendhi, car washing, face painting and cake sales as well as milkshakes! FREE to attend!

Beyond the Wall
2013-04-20 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | 12-14 Benwell Road, N7 7BL, London, London, United Kingdom
Beyond the Wall

An interactive theatre about life on each side of the Israeli separation wall.

Traditional Middle East dinner and Klezmer band will be there for you.

Together with Palestinian political posters exhibition and cinema.

20th April 2013.8pm start,no entry after 8:30pm.

12-14 Benwell Road.N7 7BL.(look for yellow metal gate with car wash sign).

£5 entry including dinner.Benefit for International Solidarity Movement in Palestine.

Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture
2013-04-22 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Lecture Theatre C0.14 , John Dalton Building, MMU, Manchester, North East, United Kingdom
‘THE FIELDS AND FORUMS OF POLITICAL ACTION’
Eyal Weizman is author of Hollow Land: Isreal’s Architecture of Occupation (Verso, 2012).
EYAL WEIZMAN is Professor of Visual Cultures and director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London

Tom Hurndall was a student at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). He
was fatally wounded by the Israeli Defence Force whilst protecting Palestinian
children in Gaza. He died on January 13th 2004. Since 2005 MMU has hosted
a Memorial Lecture which has attracted prestigious figures willing to speak out
against what was done in 2004 and what is still being done now by the Israeli
State. For more details about this lecture and previous lectures, visit the Tom
Hurndall Memorial Lecture page on Facebook. The organising group for the
lecture is from MMU and Manchester University.

Report-back on visits to Palestine and Israel
2013-04-25 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Watford Trade Union Hall, Woodford Rd, WD17 1PB (opposite Watford Junction Station), Watford, United Kingdom
Report-back on visits to Palestine and Israel.

Three of our members - Keith Douglas, John Dowdle and Allan McMillan - recently returned from Nazareth, as well as Jenin, Nablus, Salfeet, Bil’in, Ramallah, Jericho, Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

They will provide an update report on the on-the-ground situation in the West Bank - in particular - and on the situation of 1948ers in Nazareth.

They will also pass on observations on Israeli tourist attractions such as Yad Vashem and Masada, as well as their observation on the tourist attraction of the Dead Sea.

Admission is free, though a collection will be held to cover hall hire cost; Zaytoun products and similar products will be on sale to provide solidarity support to embattled farmers in the West Bank.

For planning purposes, please contact us through info@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk to let us know you will be joining us. Thank you !

A Panel Discussion on Palestine
2013-04-26 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | London School of Economics, Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, 99 Aldwych, WC2B 4JF, London, London, United Kingdom
LSE MIDDLE EAST CENTRE

A Panel Discussion on Palestine

Speakers: Dr Karma Nabulsi, Professor Ilan Pappe, Professor Rosemary Hollis,
and Peter Kosminsky

On this panel discussion, chaired by Jon Snow of Channel 4 News, the speakers will
discuss aspects of the current situation in Palestine, including: Palestinian domestic
politics, Israel’s position, the international dimension of the impasse and the
insights into the conflict provided by film-making.

This event is free and open to all, however registration is necessary. Please register using the online booking form.
For further information and to register: W: www2.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/Events/events2013/palestine-panel.aspx.

Palestine: An eye witness account
2013-04-28 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Bromley Friends Meeting House, Ravensbourne Road , Bromley, London, United Kingdom
South East London Palestine Solidarity Campaign
INVITES YOU TO A PUBLIC MEETING
ON
PALESTINE: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
by
LEAH LEVANE
Former ECUMENICAL ACCOMPANIER IN
PALESTINE AND ISRAEL

FOR DETAILS CONTACT jcoulter01@yahoo.com Tel: 0208 402 0217
ALL WELCOME

Screening of 5 Broken Cameras
2013-04-30 18:30 - 22:00 UTC | Chiswick Catholic Centre, 2 Duke's Avenue, off Chiswick High Rd., W4 2AE, London, London, United Kingdom
West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign invite you to a screening on Tuesday 30th April at 7pm of

the Academy-nominated and award winning documentary '5 Broken Cameras' directed by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi

Admission is free. Doors open 6.30. Refreshments served.
Presented by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign
(pscwestlondon@googlemail.com; www.palestinecampaign.org)

When his fourth son Gibreel is born in 2005, self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. While the people of his village, Bil’in in the West Bank, begin to resist the construction of a separation barrier that will consume their farmlands, Burnat films their non-violent struggle. Very soon, events begin to affect Emad and his family. There are daily arrests and violent attacks while protesters are shot at and detained by Israeli police. As Emad documents these events, one camera after another is smashed – and each camera becomes a chapter in his struggle.

“If you are wounded you will always remember your wound, even after it’s healed. But what if you are injured again and again… you forget your scars. But the camera remembers and so I film to heal”.Emad Burnat

Notes for editors:

An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements and the building of the separation wall.

Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later turned into a galvanizing cinematic experience by co-directors Guy Davidi and Burnat.

Structured around the violent destruction of a succession of Burnat's video cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of village turmoil. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. "I feel like the camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion."

Background:

In 2009, Emad approached Isaeli film maker, Guy Davidi, to make a film together. The idea was to focus on two characters Adeeb and Phil. Phil was killed during the resistance and Emad wanted to create a film that would memorialize Phil. The film was developed through the Greenhouse Program with Dutch filmmaker John Appel as a mentor. During the Greenhouse sessions the script was written telling Emad’s story from a personal perspective.

“It was a very hard decision for me to make a personal film. This is not something people here can understand easily. It means exposure of some difficult moments like my arrest or my accident.”

Personal statement :

"As an Israeli and a Palestinian, we knew we would be criticized for making a film together even before we began. Indeed, the differences in our cultural backgrounds, life experience, access to the outside world, and privileges afforded us presented immediately and were unavoidable. By necessity, we learned to use these complications to our benefit.

We made 5 BROKEN CAMERAS to inspire people in their own lives, beyond the scope of political discourse. Although politics are an inherent foundation of the film, we made sincere attempts to challenge our own biases, setting aside cliché and ideological traps. In the end, we have opened our hearts to viewers, and hope they will respond in kind."

EMAD BURNAT and GUY DAVIDI

Co-Directors, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS

The documentary was nominated for an Academy award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2013 Oscars.

Received World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance Festival 2012

Event flyer for downloading is attached. For any further information please contact:
West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign
(pscwestlondon@googlemail.com; www.palestinecampaign.org)

Catastrophe Club: This is Not a Subject for Comedy
2013-04-30 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
The one-man show by Ivor Dembina

Not to be missed! Both thought-provoking and very funny, the Guardian gave this show a four-star review.

“This is Not a Subject for Comedy" is a one-man show written and performed by Ivor Dembina, the Jewish comedian whose 60-minute ‘story with jokes’ tells us how he was brought up in North London’s mainstream Jewish community but how his visits to the West Bank forced him change his views about Israel-Palestine.

The show will be followed by a conversation on Jewish opposition to Zionism with Ivor and Hackney resident and co-editor of the Jewish Socialist Magazine, Simon Lynn .***Delicious Middle-Eastern food by Alia***

Doors open 7pm, film starts: 7.30pm. Free entry.

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

Junction with Kingsland Road, behind The Haggerston Pub.

Buses 67, 149, 242, 243 / Dalston Junction or Haggerston train

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

Organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign
http://hackneypsc.wordpress.com/

Palestine Meeting
2013-04-30 19:00 - 20:45 UTC | Square One, TheHub, Jordan Well, Coventry, Midlands, United Kingdom
Prof. Manuel Hassassain Palestinian Ambassador to the UK and
Dr. Marwan Darweish Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University

are speaking at the University of Coventry

Chair: Prof. Kamel Hawwash
Vice Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

For more information contact:
Coventry Friends of Palestine – coventryfop@hotmail.co.uk
Justice for Palestinians – justice4palestinians@gmail.com

Protest to hold Britain to account for its culpability in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948
2013-05-02 12:45 - 13:45 UTC | Outside the Foreign Office, Kings Charles Street, SW1A 2AH, London, United Kingdom
This protest aims to hold Britain to account for its culpability in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948

Whilst Palestine was under British protection in 1948, Zionist forces ethnically cleansed Palestinians from the major urban areas of West Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, Tiberias and Safad and over 200 villages paving the way to what subsequently became Israel. They massacred to terrorise and drive Palestinians out of their homes. They carried out wholesale ethnic cleansing through mass expulsions of the Palestinian people.

Britain with its large army in Palestine did not act to stop this or to protect the Palestinian civilian population. On May 2nd 1948, under the British Mandate, Zionist troops massacred the village Ayn al Zaytoun. After hours of heavy mortar bombardment they entered and herded the villagers into the village square. Many of them were executed while bound hand and foot – the number killed in this way was possibly as many as 200. The remaining villagers were then taken to the edge of the village where, with troops firing over their heads they were ordered to flee having first been stripped of all their possessions.

https://www.facebook.com/events/507579585956384/

Campaign: Holding Britain to account for its culpability in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948.

Background information at www.br1917.org.uk

Contact: hbacpalestine@yahoo.co.uk, 07880731865, 07833357526

An Evening for Palestine Solidarity
2013-05-02 18:00 - 22:00 UTC | London Muslim Centre, 46-92 Whitechapel Road, E1 1JX., London, London, United Kingdom
Join us for a packed evening of talks, poetry, entertainment, videos, fundraising appeal, auctions, hampers and traditional 3-course Palestinian menu.

Book tickets>

Speakers include:
His Excellency Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK

Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets

Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North

Dr Anas Altikriti, Founding member, British Muslim Initiative

Baroness Jenny Tonge, Independent Liberal Democrat

Naila Ahmed, Federation of Students Islamic Societies

Special fundraising appeal by Ajmal Masroor.

Tickets: £10/£100 for table of 12
info: 0207 700 6192 /07847 223508

All proceeds to the work of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Book tickets>
Supported by Islamic Forum of Europe, Muslim Association of Britain, Middle East Monitor, Federation of Students Islamic Societies, Sri Lankan Islamic Forum-UK, Khalil Foundation, YAFFA, Hayaa Fitness, MDUK, Young Muslim Organisation, Blackstone.
At London Muslim Centre, 46-92 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1JX.
Nearest tubes: Aldgate East/Whitechapel.

Directions: http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/ Closest Tube: Whitechapel and Aldgate/East.

Buses: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/

Palestine Solidarity Campaign www.palestinecampaign.org

Book tickets>

2013 London Palestine Film Festival
2013-05-03 - 2013-05-15
Welcome to the 2013 London Palestine Film Festival

3 to 15 May

This year’s programme comprises 24 events at the Barbican Cinema and University of London, involving 38 titles, 24 guest speakers, and the UK’s first international conference on Palestine and the Moving Image.

Opening with a gala screening of David Koff’s trailblazing 1981 documentary, Occupied Palestine, the 2013 programme boasts historic depth with rarities including a thematic session marking the 25th anniversary of the first intifada, and an outing for Elia Suleiman’s debut, Homage by Assassination (part of 1991 portmanteau The Gulf War... What Next?).

There’s plenty of fresh material on offer too, with some 20 premieres, including a sharp new doc on life in the Syrian Golan heights, a revealing account of the vast quarrying industries in the West Bank, and the story of a spectacular kite flying world record bid in Gaza. Exceptional shorts and animations run throughout the programme, along with some bold new experimental works from Palestine and beyond.

Tickets are now on sale.Scroll down to explore the programme.
(click on film stills for individual synopses and selected film trailers)

Download the LPFF13 PROGRAMME in full (pdf, 2.5mb)

www.palestinefilm.org

An evening with Dr Jafar Hadi Hassan
2013-05-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
With Abbas Shiblak and Adnan Hussein Ahmed

Friday 3rd May, 7pm @ the P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, Euston, NW1 1JD

Organised by Middle East Monitor

Light refreshments will be served from 6.30pm

You are cordially invited to celebrate the lifetime work and academic achievements of Dr Jafar Hadi Hassan in an intimate gathering with contributions from Abbas Shiblak and Adnan Hussein Ahmed.

FREE EVENT but RSVP is ESSENTIAL - events@memonitor.org.uk

Dr. Jafar Hadi Hassan specialises in Semitic Languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac and Phoenician) and Jewish Studies with BA (Hons), MA and PhD from the University of Manchester, UK. He is also a specialist in Arabic Language and Literature with BA and MA from Iraq. Dr. Hassan has taught at various universities including Basra, King Abdul-Aziz, Manchester, Salford, McGill, International Islamic University and Islamic College for Advanced Studies, London. He has authored several books on Jewish Studies, and published hundreds of articles in English and Arabic on the same and similar subjects. Considered an expert in his field, Dr. Hassan has been an external examiner for post-graduate research for various universities. Recently, he has authored the article on Hebrew Language in the Encyclopedia of Islam (Turkey), and has been interviewed on numerous channels in Arabic and English. His latest book in Arabic is ‘Qadaya wa Shaksyat Yahudiya (Jewish Issues and Personalities)’ which will be available to purchase and an opportunity to have it signed by the author.

An academic and human rights advocate, Abbas Shiblak is a founder and the first Director of the Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Centre (SHAML) in Ramallah. He served as a member of the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks on the ‘Working Group on Refugees’. Abbas Shiblak is a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), University of Oxford, and has been since 1992. He is a specialist on refugee-host country relationships and international humanitarian law. For the last few years he has been working on the issue of statelessness in the Arab region where he has been kept abreast of the relevant latest legislation and developments. Adnan Ahmed is the former Edtior-in-Chief of Ahdaq Quarterly Cultural Magazine for Modern Literature in Holland and Editor of the cinematic department in Elaph Arabic website. He has an MA in Comparative Arabic literature and has published several books on Arabic literature, as well as translating English books into Arabic.

Mystery shoppers vs Israeli apartheid
2013-05-04 13:00 UTC
Central London meeting locations TBC

https://www.facebook.com/events/370417419729415/?ref=3

On the 4th of May everyone is invited to take part in a mass BDS action in central London! We will visit two central London retailers who profit from the occupation of Palestine.

Join other activists at one of two central London locations at 1pm sharp to find out about the target and their crimes. Together, the crowd will make their way to the shops."

There will be a wide range of activities happening on the day. No matter what your previous knowledge or past experience, come and make music, give out flyers, and be disruptive. Turn up on the day, and reclaim the space taken up by settlement goods for education about Palestine.

Watch this space for information about the exact meeting location and check back to Palestine Place website, twitter and facebook for more info...
DATE: Saturday 4 may
TIME: 1pm sharp
PLACE: (the two locations)

Why BDS?What is Palestine Place?

Israel is only able to maintain its apartheid system over the Palestinian people because of the support it receives from governments and corporations around the world.

This May anti-apartheid hundreds of people in London will simultaneously swoop on different locations of a business that is profiting from Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians in what is sure to be one of the most exciting Boycott, Sanctions and Divestments (BDS) campaign actions in the UK to date.

Last June, human rights campaigners opened a squatted space called Palestine Place in central London for two weeks to provide a space for workshops, events, action planning and trainings.
Now it’s time to turn the premises of this occupation profiteer into a space for education and discussion about the Palestinian struggle against Israel’s brutal apartheid regime.

Get involved:

- There will be different meeting points across different parts of London where people will gather to hear more about the planned target and then travel to the action together. At each meeting point there will be people present who know the location of the action and are able to help support and facilitate the action.

- There will be lots of ways to take part in the action, depending on your skills set and what you are comfortable with. From playing an instrument, to handing out leaflets, to blocking, to sitting down, to shouting. Bring flags, instruments, noise makers and anything you think will help us make the day a creative and fun success!

- Have an idea about what we can do once we’ve occupied the space? Want to perform, give a talk, read a poem or run a mini workshop? Get in touch! palestineplace@riseup.net

- Please do get in touch if you’re able to be a legal observer or photographer on the day

Find out more about Palestine Place: http://palestineplace.wordpress.com/
Find our more about BDS: http://www.bdsmovement.net/bdsintro

Weekly Protest Against Sodastream
2013-05-04 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Outside Sodastream/Ecostream shop, 142 Western Road, Brighton , BN1 2LA, South East , United Kingdom
Sodastream profits from Israel's occupation of Palestine through the theft of Palestinian resources, occupation of Palestinian land and exploitation of Palestinian labour. Lets show them that we can stop the expansion of occupation profiteers.

Newcastle PSC sponsored walk: Walk the Tyne for Palestine!
2013-05-05 11:00 - 16:30 UTC | Keelman Pub, NE15 8NL, Newburn, North East, United Kingdom
The walk is a circular 7 mile route following the banks of the Tyne to Wylam and back. Good footpaths and suitable for families. These lots of parking near the pub.

SUNDAY, 5TH MAY (May bank holiday weekend) at 11.00. Meet at the Keelman Pub, Newburn.

For sponsorship forms and more information please contact Newcastle PSC:

John Snowdon

Convenor - Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Tel: 07704567435

Email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Twitter: @NewcastlePSC

Facebook: Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Palestine Night @ the 100 Club
2013-05-07 18:30 - 23:00 UTC | The 100 Club , 100 Oxford Street W1D 1LL, London , London, United Kingdom
Renowned Palestinian singer Reem Kelani
“voice of amazing power & intensity” The Observer
acclaimed Bruno Heinen 4tet
& RAAST “sweet Latin beats to racous Palestinian folk”

Admission £10 in advance
http://www.wegottickets.com/100club/event/217704

food - bars - jazz - reggae - falafel - kenafeh - dabka

Please like the event on facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/626836797332825/

This event is for Labour2Palestine.com
Our mission is to increase understanding in the Labour Party
about Palestine by organising visits.

Labour2Palestine: visit of a lifetime; beginning of a journey

info@labour2palestine.com

07896 825 619

Palestinian Child Prisoners
2013-05-07 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes PSC and Amnesty International Milton Keynes

Doors open at 7.20 pm for a 7.30 pm start
The evening will include films from Defence for Children International, display and discussion.

All members and supporters of MKPSC and Amnesty MK are welcome
Please invite friends

Free admission
Refreshments will be served on arrival
There will be stalls selling Pal foodstuffs and crafts
Amnesty and PSC literature available

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

G4S: Supporting Oppression and Occupation
2013-05-08 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Lecture theatre A, Nuffiled Theatre, Southampton University, Southampton, South West, United Kingdom
The university is currently inviting bids for its security services and the security company G4S are likely to be submitting a bid. However, G4S currently provide services which support Israel's occupation of the West Bank which directly impact the lives of Palestinians. Students for Palestine and Southampton PSC have called upon the Vice Chancellor to exclude G4S from bidding for this contract on the basis of their involvement in human rights abuses and violations of international law. In this talk Michael Deas will provide details of the involvement of G4S in supporting the occupation. This will be followed by a shorter talk by Angus Geddes explaning the legal basis for excluding G4S from bidding for the contract on this basis. There will also be an opportunity for questions.

Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/university-of-southampton-don-t-outsource-security-to-human-rights-violators?utm_campaign=friend_inviter_chat&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=permissions_dialog_false

Picket Julien Clerc concert
2013-05-08 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | outside the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, W12 8TT, London, London, United Kingdom
Julien Clerc, star of French chansons, is due to perform in apartheid Israel.

Facebook page for french campaign:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Julien-Clerc-sil-vous-plait-ne-vous-produisez-pas-en-Israël/173710596113830

Letter to Julien Clerc from BDS France:
http://www.bdsfrance.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1072%3Alettre-ouverte-a-julien-clerc-de-la-campagne-bds-france&catid=9%3Aevenements-bds-france&Itemid=98&lang=fr

Julien Clerc's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/julienclerc

Reshaping the Palestinian National Movement: Idle Dream or Actual Reality?
2013-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | SOAS, Room G3, Russell Square, London, London, United Kingdom
Nadia Hijab, Al-Shabaka

Talk The London Middle East Institute and the Centre for Palestine Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies are delighted to invite you to a talk by Nadia Hijab, co-founder and Director of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.

Hijab will address key components of the Palestinian national movement, including questions of Palestinian representation, political goals and strategies. Al-Shabaka www.al-shabaka.org is a think tank established to bring a Palestinian voice to policy debates and to articulate ideas and strategies for self-determination. Al-Shabaka's work is primarily directed to concerned Palestinians as well as Arab and international policy communities. Hijab is a writer, public speaker and media commentator who also serves as a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies. Her first book, Womanpower: The Arab debate on women at work was published by Cambridge University Press and she co-authored Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel (I.B. Tauris). She served as a senior development officer at the United Nations in New York and consults on human rights, human development, and gender issues. She is a co-founder and former co-chair of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and is on its advisory board.

Organiser: London Middle East Institute and the Centre for Palestine Studies

Contact email: vp6@soas.ac.uk Contact Tel: 020 7898 4330 / 4490 https://www.facebook.com/events/327243167402476/

Everyday life for Palestinian women, children and young people living under Israeli occupation
2013-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Leicester Adult Education College, Wellington Street, LE1 6HL, Leicester , Midlands, United Kingdom
Women of the Ghirass Children’s Cultural Centre, Bethlehem, Palestine, speaking about
Everyday life for Palestinian women, children and young people living under Israeli occupation
This is a free event
For details contact: 0116-2990874 or 0753 4618 768
Or claire.delune@ntlworld.com
Leicester Friends of Bethlehem
Leicester Friends of Bethlehem supports cultural resistance to the Israeli occupation by organising cultural and educational links and visits between Leicester and the Ghirass Children’s Centre in Bethlehem, occupied Palestine.

Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy
2013-05-09 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Fleetville Community Centre, Royal Road, AL1 4QL, St Albans, South East , United Kingdom
St Albans Friends of Husan

A talk by Ben White

Ben is a freelance journalist, writer, and human rights activist. His book, 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide', was highly praised by Desmond Tutu and Ilan Pappe.

Ben’s talk will cover the situation of the 1.5 million Palestinians living in Israel

for more information please email friendsofhusan@gmail.com

The Silent War - Israel's Blockade of Gaza
2013-05-09 19:30 - 22:15 UTC | STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA , Stepney Bank, Byker, North East, United Kingdom
MEDACT TYNESIDE FILM
THE SILENT WAR
ISRAEL'S BLOCKADE OF GAZA

Israel's blockade of Gaza has been in place for 3 years.This film
examines what the blockade means for the people of Gaza as they
struggle to rebuild their lives.

Followed by a talk about

LIVING CONDITIONS IN GAZA
by
DR MAHMOUD ABY RAHMA

£4 Standard £3 Members

Palestine Film Festival in Shipley
2013-05-11 00:00 - 2013-05-19 00:00 UTC | The Kirkgate Centre, Kirkgate, BD18 3EH , Shipley, United Kingdom
Shipley Film Society gives us another chance to see 5 Broken Cameras, The Lemon Tree and Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army, in Shipley, in May.

http://www.shipleyfilmsociety.org.uk/Shipley_Film_Society/Whats_On/Whats_On.html

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Five Broken Cameras

Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi, 2011
Certificate 15
Doors open at 7:30pm
Admission: £4.00 adults, £3 unwaged
A bar will be open serving wines, beers and non-alcoholic drinks, popcorn and cake.The final film in our short season on Palestine.

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Thursday, 16 May 2013

Lemon Tree

Eran Riklis, 2008
Certificate PG
Doors open at 7:30pm
Admission: £4.00 adults, £3 unwaged
A bar will be open serving wines, beers and non-alcoholic drinks, popcorn and cake.The second film in our short season on Palestine

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Saturday, 11 May 2013

Jeremy Hardy vs Israeli Army

Leila Sansour, 2003
Certificate 15
Doors open at 7:30pm
Admission: £4.00 adults, £3 unwaged
A bar will be open serving wines, beers and non-alcoholic drinks, popcorn and cake.

The Nakba Continues
2013-05-11 02:00 - 04:00 UTC | Portsmouth Friendship Centre, Elm Grove, PO5 1JT, Southsea, United Kingdom
PORTSMOUTH/S DOWNSPALESTINESOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

invites you to a public meeting

TONY DAVIES

ECUMENICAL ACCOMPANIER IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL

will give an illustrated presentation on the topic

THE NAKBA CONTINUES

Free entry, all welcome.
For further info contact Jenny Flintoft on 023 9241 3358 or email flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Palestine and the moving image - Day Conference
2013-05-11 10:00 - 18:00 UTC
PALESTINE AND THE MOVING IMAGE is a one day conference dedicated to the subject of Palestine in film and video.

Convened by the Palestine Film Foundation in association with the Centre for Palestine Studies at the London Middle East Institute, SOAS, the event is the first of its kind in the UK. With presentations by scholars, artists and curators, panels will explore topics ranging from colonial propaganda to video art, from militant aesthetics to visual ethics. The conference is aimed at cinema enthusiasts as well as scholars and filmmakers.

Date: Saturday May 11th

Time: 10:00am – 18:00pm

Venue:Khalili Lecture Theatre , SOAS, University of London, Russell Sq., WC1H 0XG

NB: Space is limited, advance booking essential.

Tickets: £20 full price / £15 students & unwaged (includes buffet lunch)

Details and booking: palestinefilm.org

Queries: info@palestinefilm.org

PALESTINE AND THE MOVING IMAGE

Conference programme:

10:00 - Registration, Tea and Coffee

10:30 - Opening address

10:45 - Panel One:

From the colonial gaze to the politics of self-representation

Chair: Dina Matar,

Senior Lecturer & Director of the Centre for Media and Film studies, SOAS

Side by Side in Peace: Tolerance, Terrorism, and the “Street Scene in Jerusalem”

Francis Gooding

Independent researcher, contributor to the Colonial Film: Images of the British Empire project (colonialfilm.org.uk)

As if they do not Exist

Irit Neidhardt

Producer, founder/director of MEC Film distribution company.

Form vs. Function: Experimentation in the Militant Cinemas of the 1970s

Nick Denes

Independent researcher, co-director of the Palestine Film Foundation

Beyond Images of Claims

Nadia Yaqub

Associate Professor of Arab Culture, Department of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

12:45 – Lunch

13:45 – Panel Two:

Insurgent gestures in recent/contemporary cinema

Chair: Alisa Lebow,

Senior Lecturer in Screen Media, Brunel University

Aesthetic Resistance in the Films of Elia Suleiman

Refqa Abu Remaileh

Postdoctoral fellow, Freie Universität Berlin

Reviving the Palestinian Narrative on Film: Joint Productions as a Form of Negotiating the Future Through the Past and Present

Haim Bresheeth

Professor of Film Studies & Chair of Cultural and Media Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London (2001-2012)

The Credits of My Next Movie

Kamal Aljafari

Head of the directing program at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin; director of The Roof (2006) and Port of Memory (2009)

15:15 – Coffee break

15:45 – Panel Three:

Video, installation, and alternative encounters with the moving image

Chair: Nirmal Puwar,

Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Co-Director of the Methods Lab, Goldsmiths College

Presenting Absence: Darwish in Dialogue with the Palestinian Moving Image

Anna Ball

Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Studies in the Department of English, Media and Culture at Nottingham Trent University

The Impossibility of Return in “Enter Ghost, Exit Ghost”

Bashir Makhoul

Head of the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton

Screens of Struggle: Palestinian Video Experiences

Helga Tawil-Souri

Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University (NYU)

17:45 – Closing remarks

Nakba Vigil in Birmingham
2013-05-11 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign
VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE NAKBA, THE PALESTINIAN CATASTROPHE
4-5:30pm, Saturday 11th May 2013
Outside Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham (between the Bullring and the Pavilions)
There will be speakers, a stall (starting at 3pm) and activity to support the BDS Campaign
Organised by West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Euro Arab Foundation

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ALSO:

REMEMBER THE NAKBA PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday, 16th May 2013 between 6 and 8pm
Lecture Room 1, Arts Building (next to Main Library), University of Birmingham
Organised by the University of Birmingham Students for Justice on Palestine
Speakers and panel discussion:
• Saleh Hijazi, researcher on the Occupied Palestinian Territories for Amnesty International
• BM Dattani, SOAS specialist on International Humanitarian Law
• Chris Khamis, Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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COACHES TO NATIONAL VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE NAKBA

Saturday 18th May 2013
Old Palace Yard, Opposite Parliament, London
Coach leaves:
• Central Mosque, Birmingham 8am
• Carrs Lane, central Birmingham, 8:15am
Tickets £12 waged, £6 unwaged
Available from pscwm@yahoo.co.uk to ensure you have a seat. Tickets will also be available on the day at the coach but seat not guaranteed
If you are already in London on that day, the vigil is between 11am and 1pm.

http://www.westmidspsc.org

Bristol PSC sponsored walk for Palestine
2013-05-12
Bristol sponsored walk for Palestine
This special walk will take place on the Sunday preceding Nakba Day. Join us on Sunday 12th May for a sponsored walk in aid of Palestinian child detainees and PSC. Easy 10 mile circular route from College Green to UWE and back to Bristol City Centre. (Walkers for shorter distances most welcome.)
Please start getting your sponsors signed up now. For sponsorship forms and more information please email:
Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk

Sustaining the community in the Gaza Strip
2013-05-14 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
Jeremy Corbyn MP

in association with
Interpal

invites you to a parliamentary meeting:

Sustaining the community in the Gaza Strip
A report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza from the 2013 Interpal parliamentary delegation

Chaired by Ibrahim Hewitt – Chairman, Interpal

Ibrahim Hewitt led a cross-party delegation of MPs, consisting of Jeremy Corbyn MP, Philip Hollobone MP, and Sarah Teather MP, to the Gaza Strip in February 2013. This event gives them, and Interpal, the opportunity to report on what they saw. During their time in Gaza they witnessed the situation that Gazans face every day; be it fishing restrictions, exclusion from their agricultural land in the Israeli buffer zone, or the impact of the ongoing Israeli siege.

They also saw the work that Interpal does to restore hope to the people of Gaza. The reception will give you an opportunity to see some of that work, which is based on Interpal’s firm foundations in the local community in Gaza. It will also highlight the difficulties of working in such a sensitive part of the world and the steps Interpal have taken to ensure local ownership over their projects and to build effective partnerships with international organisations and NGOs.

A discussion on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the work that Interpal carries out will follow brief speeches from the delegation.

Contact Robert Harper, on 0207 250 8297 or robert@raittorr.co.uk, to RSVP or for further information.

When you’ve RSVP’d you’ll be sent further details but it is necessary for each person to register.

Palestinian Child Prisoners Public Meeting
2013-05-14 19:15 - 22:00 UTC | St John Vianney Church, 4 Vincent Rd (off West Green Rd), London N15 3QH, London, United Kingdom
Haringey Justice for Palestinians is calling a public meeting to launch our campaign to highlight the plight of Palestinian children in Israeli jails. We are adding our voices to the international outcry against the unjust and obscene Israeli policy of incarcerating Palestinian children, in violation of all international human rights agreements, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Most of these children are accused of stone throwing, yet they are arrested in the middle of the night, handcuffed, shackled, held without charge for up to six months, and given draconian sentences when convicted. Throughout the whole ‘legal’ process, they are separated from their parents and held in terrifying, humiliating and violent conditions, sometimes in solitary confinement. Many of them are under the age of twelve.

The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign is already organising activity on this issue nationally; our local campaign will be part of a country-wide protest. HFJP belongs to the National Twinning Network; we are twinned with Aizeria (Bethany) on the West Bank in East Jerusalem, and have hosted several visitors from there. We hope this meeting will help to bring home to people in Haringey the sort of issues Palestinian families, such as those in Aizeria, have to face on a daily basis.

We are lucky to have Victoria Brittain (author of Death of Dignity) and Adah Kay (co-author of Stolen Youth) as guest speakers at our meeting. Kiri Tunks (PSC) will bring us up to speed with the national campaign. We will also be showing film clips from Stolen Youth. There will be plenty of time afterwards to discuss the issues and plan practical ways in which we can take the campaign forward.

This issue deserves the attention of the whole community. Young people, with their passionate concern for human rights, may be particularly interested, so please invite young people, teachers and youth workers, and bring friends and family. Attached is an A5 e-flyer and an A4 poster. Please help us by printing them out and displaying them. If you can, send them electronically to friends, colleagues, teachers, churches, mosques, synagogues, community centres, youth clubs etc. Everyone can be involved in this campaign in some way. So we urge you to put the date in your diary: with your support we can make the meeting big enough to build the campaign across Haringey and start making waves. Join us at St John Vianney on 14 May at 7.15pm.

We are also staging a ‘Palestinian Child Prisoners Walk’. Please join in and support this event:

Palestinian Child Prisoners Protest at Wood Green Library, 2pm, Saturday 11 May 2013

Lynda Brennan (Chair HJFP)

Merton PSC AGM
2013-05-14 19:45 - 22:00 UTC | South London Irish Centre, 140-142 Hartfield Rd, Wimbledon, SW19 3TG, London , United Kingdom
Merton PSC AGM

Tuesday 14th May at 7.45 for 8pm

followed by:

"RED CARD ISRAELI CAMPAIGN"

introduced by Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi with excerpts from film"OVER THE WALL" showed by Jasper Kain.

Venue: South London Irish Centre,

140,Hartfield Rd., Wimbledon SW19 3TG

www.mertonpsc.wordpress.com/about

Remembering the Nakba: The politics of memory in Palestine
2013-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Room CG85 Science site, Stockton Road, Durham, North East, United Kingdom
Durham University Friends of Palestine & County Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Public Meeting:

Remembering the Nakba: The politics of memory in Palestine

with

Diana Alzeer (Ustinov College) and Emeritus Professor Bill Williamson (PSC)

Wednesday 15th May, 7.00pm

Room CG85 Science site, Stockton Road, Durham

ALL WELCOME

http://www.durhampsc.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/168542983467/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Commemorating the Nakba
2013-05-15 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House , 2 Miller Street, Newcastle under Lyme , ST5 1QJ, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Commemorating the Nakba, the 1948 Catastrophe, the programme will include the following:

Deir Yassim Fahim Zaydan remembers

Mahmoud Darwish ‘To Our Land’

Zochrot (‘Remembering’)

Film: The Great Book Robbery
This film tells the story of 70,000 books that were looted
by the newly created state of Israel in 1948

What my parent’s told me - live testimonies by Ghada Shanati and Mohammed Mukhaimar

For more information:

angela.glendenning@googlemail.com

Remember the Nakba Public Meeting
2013-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Lecture Room 1, Arts Building (next to Main Library), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
REMEMBER THE NAKBA PUBLIC MEETING
Organised by the University of Birmingham Students for Justice on Palestine
Speakers and panel discussion:
• Saleh Hijazi, policy member of the Al-Shabaka network
• BM Dattani, SOAS specialist on International Humanitarian Law
• Chris Khamis, Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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ALSO:

COACHES TO NATIONAL VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE NAKBA

Saturday 18th May 2013
Old Palace Yard, Opposite Parliament, London
Coach leaves:
• Central Mosque, Birmingham 8am
• Carrs Lane, central Birmingham, 8:15am
Tickets £12 waged, £6 unwaged
Available from pscwm@yahoo.co.uk to ensure you have a seat. Tickets will also be available on the day at the coach but seat not guaranteed
If you are already in London on that day, the vigil is between 11am and 1pm.

http://www.westmidspsc.org

Israeli Apartheid: Palestinians and a 'Jewish and democratic' state
2013-05-17 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign Public Meeting

A special talk to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the Palestinian “Nakba”

"Israeli Apartheid: Palestinians and a 'Jewish and democratic' state"
Ben White.

Ben White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist. He is a researcher at the Journal of Palestine Studies, and the author of two books, 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide' and 'Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy'. Ben's articles have been widely published by the likes of Al Jazeera, The Guardian online, and Electronic Intifada.

For more information contact Linda on 07985 624968

Sunshine 4 Palestine Benefit Gig
2013-05-17 20:00 - 23:30 UTC | Voodoo Lounge, 1 The Moneycentre Precinct, PL1 1QH , Plymouth, South West, United Kingdom
Plymouth PSC

http://www.plymouthpsc.org.uk/wordpress/

Friday 17th May 8pm - 4am £5. Bands include Crazy Arm, Phat Bollard, Gavin Randle, DJs and more to be announced. Raising money for solar powered roof on Jenin Hospital Gaza. www.sunshine4palestine.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/124824031047336/

Coaches from Birmingham to National Nakba Protest
2013-05-18 08:00 - 15:00 UTC
COACHES TO NATIONAL VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE NAKBA
Saturday 18th May 2013
Old Palace Yard, Opposite Parliament, London
Coach leaves:

Central Mosque, Birmingham 8am
Carrs Lane, central Birmingham, 8:15am

Tickets £12 waged, £6 unwaged
Available from pscwm@yahoo.co.uk to ensure you have a seat. Tickets will also be available on the day at the coach but seat not guaranteed
If you are already in London on that day, the vigil is between 11am and 1pm.
Further details at https://palestinecampaign.org/events/nakba/

http://www.westmidspsc.org/

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ALSO:
West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign
VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE NAKBA, THE PALESTINIAN CATASTROPHE
4-5:30pm, Saturday 11th May 2013
Outside Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham (between the Bullring and the Pavilions)
There will be speakers, a stall (starting at 3pm) and activity to support the BDS Campaign
Organised by West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Euro Arab Foundation
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End the ongoing Nakba – Palestine’s catastrophe
2013-05-18 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Old Palace Yard , opposite Parliament , London, SW1P 3JY , London , United Kingdom
Keep the date: more details shortly.

central London

End Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians

End the ongoing Nakba – Palestine’s catastrophe – 65 years on

Nakba Street Vigil and Stall
2013-05-18 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | Opposite Marks and Spencers, Queen Street , Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Cardiff PSC

Nakba Street vigil and stall on Saturday 18 May on Queen Street (opposite Marks and Spencer) from 11 till 4pm.

We will have leaflets on the Nakba, sign up sheets and more!!

http://cardiffpsc.weebly.com/

Liverpool Nakba Commemoration
2013-05-18 12:00 - 14:00 UTC
Nakba (Catastrophe) commemoration - 18 May, Liverpool
Liverpool Friends of Palestine will this Saturday (18 May) hold a demonstration in Central Liverpool to mark 'Nakba Day' in Palestine.

For Palestinians the day of Al Nakba (The Catastrophe) is 15 May. It is the date in 1948 when Britain withdrew forces from Palestine and Israel declared its independence.

Forced expulsions of Palestinians from their towns and villages by armed Jewish militias (many trained by the British) had already started in November 1947. Within 18 months over 400 villages were completely destroyed and 750,000 Palestinians were expelled. They have never been allowed to return.

Palestinians are still being evicted from their homes and lands in Israel, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Settlements, illegal under international law, continue to eat into West Bank territory while settlers burn Palestinian olive groves.

Many regard Israel as an apartheid state and call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions. A growing number of artists and scientists, from Elvis Costello to Stephen Hawking, have pulled out of engagements in Israel as a way of showing their disapproval.

Liverpool Friends of Palestine is affiliated to the national Palestine Solidarity Campaign. They call for support for the Palestinian people, for an end to the siege of Gaza, the right of return for refugees and for the immediate withdrawal of the Israeli state from East Jerusalem and the occupied territories. Without these essentials there can be no lasting peace.

Saturday's static demonstration will be at the bottom of Bold Street or top of Church Street.

Sheffield Nakba day vigil and boycott action
2013-05-18 12:00 - 15:00 UTC
Nakba day vigil and boycott action
Saturday 18th May - 12 noon Town Hall after 11a.m. Sainsbury's The Moor

Next Saturday is a day of action to commemorate Nakba day. For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that followed the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. During the 1948 Palestine War, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled, and hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated and destroyed.

We will therefore be preceding our vigil for the Nakba - which will take place outside the Town Hall at 12 noon - with a protest outside Sainsbury's on the Moor at 11 a.m. Please join us for both events if you can.

Enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

Bristol PSC Boycott stall
2013-05-18 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sainsburys Supermarket, 46-56 Queens Road, (The Triangle) Clifton BS8 1RE, Bristol , South West, United Kingdom
Saturday 18th May in Bristol
Bristol PSC Boycott stall

Campaign calling on Sainsbury's to end trade with Israeli agricultural produce exporters, see: www.boycottisraelnetwork.net/?p=2121

Use this e-tool at http://psc.iparl.com/lobby/94 to contact all supermarkets asking them to drop the companies complicit in the illegal occupation.

Everyone Welcome – please join us even if it’s just for an hour.

The Goldstone Commission and Gaza: "...for the day after..."
2013-05-23 19:15 - 21:45 UTC | Watford Trade Union Hall, Woodford Rd, WD17 1PB (opposite Watford Junction Station), Watford, United Kingdom
PLEASE NOTE - CHANGE OF DATE

Synopsis of event: Shareef Esoof will provide a brief report on his recent visit to Gaza and Colonel Desmond Travers will reflect on the work of the Goldstone Commission and on the Israeli forces operation "Cast Lead" from analyses conducted over the last four years.

Colonel Desmond Travers was one of the four authors of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), known as the "Goldstone Report", which followed the Israeli attack on Gaza known as “Cast Lead” in 2008/2009.

Colonel Travers is a retired Irish soldier and peace-keeper. He was commissioned into the infantry corps in 1962 when Ireland was beginning to participate in UN Peacekeeping operations. During a career spanning forty-two years he served both in command and staff appointments in such operations in Cyprus, Lebanon, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

His last appointment was as Commandant of the Irish Defence Forces Military College.

Since retiring in 2001, he has contributed to a programme for the training of police, NGO's and related professionals into the modalities of the investigation of war crime.

Col. Travers is Vice President of The Institute for International Criminal Investigations based in The Hague, which has to date trained over one thousand persons qualified in such work.

Colonel Travers will talk about the work of the Goldstone Commission and recent developments in Israel's control of the Gaza Strip.

Admission is free, though a collection will be held to cover hall hire; Zaytoun products and similar products will be on sale to provide solidarity support to embattled farmers in the West Bank.

For planning purposes, please contact us through info@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk to let us know you will be joining us. Thank you !

We hope you find the evening educative, informative and entertaining !!!

Demonstration against UEFA U21 Finals in Israel
2013-05-24 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, W1K 7TN, London, United Kingdom
Demonstration against UEFA U21 Finals in Israel

Nearest Tube Marble Arch

http://redcardapartheid.weebly.com/1/post/2013/03/kick-israeli-racism-out-of-european-football.html

Green Card Justice Social Evening
2013-05-24 18:30 - 23:00 UTC | The Albert, Albert Road, NW6 5DT, London, London, United Kingdom
Post Demonstration against UEFA U21 Finals in Israel social event

Post-Demo Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/513038755423801/An opportunity to relax, network & re-charge after a hard-day's demo, and *CHILL* to *MUSIC* *PALESTINIAN FOOD* *FOOTIE* & *FUN*

Headlining the evening: The Raast Collective and Salwa

Sweet Latin beats meets raucous Arab melodies, all blended together in London.

@raastcollective
raastcollective.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/Raastlondon

CONFIRMED! We have pleasure in announcing that spoken word poet will be performing at the Green Card Justice party!
https://www.facebook.com/anthonyanaxagorou.

CONFIRMED! EXCITED! Will be performing!
Omar
@drumsomardrums
Drummer and percussionist based in East London. BOOM!
London · http://www.omardrums.com/

CONFIRMED!
QS Photographer will be there to capture those special moments.
https://www.facebook.com/QSPhotographer

More details of other acts soon!

Venue
THE ALBERT GARDEN
Albert Road, NW6 5DT

http://www.thealbert.org.uk/Visit-us.html

THE ALBERT is a pop-up venue for experimental projects and community well-being.

It is located opposite Queens Park Tube Station and consists of two buildings as well as outside spaces. To find us follow the timber fence along Salusbury Road and turn left into the gate going into the garden between The Albert no.1 and The Albert no 5.

Undeground:
Queen's Park (1min walk) Bakerloo Line Zone 2

Overground
Brondensbury Park (10 min walk)

Buses:
Queen's Park is served by the following buses: 6, 36, 187, 206, 316

Please come! Enjoy an evening of footie fans' Palestinian justice, music and fun evening! And sharing is caring peeps :) X

RedCard IsraelRacism
@RCIRacism
Join the #RedCardIsraeliRacism to demand that #UEFA moves the upcoming #U21 tournament away from #Israel because of its treatment of #Palestinian footballers
redcardapartheid.weebly.com

Drone Warfare: from Wales to Gaza
2013-05-25 01:30 - 05:30 UTC | Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
DRONE WARFARE: FROM WALES TO GAZA

All Wales Anti-Drones Conference

The US launches hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and reports show thousands of people killed, including hundreds of children, while Israel uses drones to launch regular strikes on the besieged people of Gaza.

The Welsh Government uses millions of pounds of our taxes to facilitate the testing of drones at Parc Aberporth. The Israeli military are a frequent presence there. Do we want our government to be complicit in war crimes?
This important conference will discuss what drone warfare is & how we build the anti-drones movement in Wales.

Speakers include -

RAFEEF ZIADAH

Palestinian Spoken Word Artist & Activist

Senior Campaigns Officer with War on Want

CHRIS COLE

Secretary of the Drones Campaigns Network & Founder of Drones Wars UK blog

HARRY ROGERS

Bro Emlyn for Peace and Justice

HAYA AL-FARRA

Palestinian from Gaza

ARFON RHYS

Secretary, Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wales / Cymdeithas y Cymod

JILL EVANS MEP

Former Chair, CND Cymru and peace campaigner

For more info. and full conference programme email – Cardiff_troopsout@hotmail.co

Free admission, but donations welcome

Sponsored by Abergavenny and Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Cardiff Stop the War Coalition, Cardiff S.T.A.R and others.

http://cardiffpsc.weebly.com/

RHYFEL DI-BEILOT:

O GYMRU I GAZA

Cynhadledd gwrth-Awyrennau Di-beilot:

Sadwrn 25 Mai, 1.30 – 5.30 yp

Darlithfa Wallace, Prif Adeilad

Prifysgol Caerdydd, Park Place

Y mae’r Unol Daleithiau yn lansio cannoedd o ymosodiadau gan awyrennau di-beilot ym Mhacistan, Yr Yemen a Somalia. Dengys adroddiadau fod miloedd yn cael eu lladd, gan gynnwys cannoedd o blant, tra bod Israel yn defnyddio awyrennnau di-beilot i ymysod ar drigolion Gaza dan warchae yn rheolaidd.
Defnyddia Llywodraeth Cymru filiynau o bunnoedd o’n trethi i hyrwyddo profi awyrennau di-beilot ym Mharc Aberporth,ac mae aelodau o’r Fyddin Israelaidd yn ymwelwyr cyson yno. Ydym ni am i’n llywodraeth fod yn gyfrannog mewn troseddau rhyfel?
Bydd y gynhadledd bwysig hon yn trafod beth mae rhyfel di-beilot yn ei olygu a sut y gallwn adeiladu mudiad gwrth-awyrennau di-beilot yng Nghymru.

Siaradwyr i gynnwys:

RAFEEF ZIADAH

Artist llafar a Gweithredwraig Palesteinaidd

Uwch-swyddog Ymgyrchoedd War on Want

CHRIS COLE

Ysgrifennydd Rhwydwaith Ymgyrchoedd gwrth-Awyrennau Di-beilot a Sylfaenydd blog Rhyfeloedd Di-beilot y DU

HARRY ROGERS

Grŵp Heddwch a Chyfiawnder Bro Emlyn

HAYA AL-FARRA

Palesteinwraig o Gaza

ARFON RHYS

Ysgrifennydd Cymdeithas y Cymod

JILL EVANS ASE

Cyn-Gadeirydd, CND Cymru ac ymgyrchwraig dros heddwch

Am wybodaeth bellach ac am raglen lawn y gynhadledd anfonwch e-bost at: Cardiff_troopsout@hotmail.com

Mynediad am ddim ond croesewir rhoddion

Noddir gan Ymgyrch Gydsefyll â Phalesteina Y Fennni a Chaerdydd, Cynghrair Atal y Rhyfel, S.T.A.R Caerdydd ac eraill.

Awareness Raising and Action for Palestine Event
2013-05-25 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | JET , 284 - 286 Normanton Road, Derby, United Kingdom
Promoting Positive Voices Youth Group presents:

AWARENESS RAISING AND ACTION FOR PALESTINE EVENT!

@ Jobs, Education and Training (JET), 284 - 286 Normanton Road, Derby

Please come along and enjoy:

A panel of speakers who have been to and campaign for Palestine which includes:

Ava Hunt has worked on a new theatre piece which uses multi-media and is a one woman performance of "The Kites Are Flying" based on Michael Morpurgo's book for children. It was performed at the Nottingham Playhouse and Derby Theatre. The story is of a Television Reporter who makes friends with a Palestinian boy, Said, in a land where friendship has no barriers. The piece used footage filmed in the West Bank and was a

companion piece to "I'm No Hero" and by the same artistic team. The development of this project also included drama workshops with children in multi cultural schools in Derby City, and travelling to the West Bank to work with children in refugee camps.

Musheir El-Farra is a political and human rights activist and a public speaker who has worked for justice in Palestine. Musheir is the Chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Britain. He frequently contributes articles to Arabic and English News Papers. Musheir has written a book entitled “Gaza, When the Sky rained white fire”. The book details the horrific stories of 17 Palestinian families who have lost their loved ones during Operation Cast Lead and with that loss their memories, hopes, and dreams were shattered.
San'aa Sultan is a young woman who has achieved a lot already by her young age and never ceases to impress with her knowledge of global injustices and oppression, not to mention her passion, maturity and commitment. San'aa is a Kashmiri student activist, radio presenter and poet heavily involved with the freedom movement of the Palestinian people.

Free food and refreshments

Palestinian music and spoken word performances

Debate and discussion around action planning for change

Any questions or inquiries please don't hesitate to contact Global Education Derby:

07891 735 796

ruth@globaleducationderby.org.uk

Or find the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/161257527382632/

Radio Palestine Presents: The Occupation Ball
2013-05-25 20:00 - 23:30 UTC | Coopers Amrs , Northgate Street SY23 2JT , Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
From Gaza to Aber Dance Like It Matters

SECRET HEADLINE ACT
Added an extra date to their UK tour, please bring sturdy shoes.

MITCHELL TAYLOR
The disenfranchised sort on the lookout for something better than the daily rat races, he takes one pessimistic look at the world, makes a threat to David Cameron, and spits back what he sees in song taking the audience along for the ride. Don't mention Maggie T.

www.mitchelltaylormusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/TalesFromAlbion

BLAIDD
Harnessing the spirit of Joe Strummer and pumping it with Welsh claret, Blaidd are going to tear up the Coops.
"Unhealthiest band in Wales" - Western Male

https://www.facebook.com/blaiddcymru/app_204974879526524

CHALICE
Chelsea + Alice = Chalice. Quirky energetic duo, putting the world to rights.

+ SPECIAL DJ SETS

The people will party for Palestine. In support of http://www.bdsmovement.net/

£3.00

Friends of Al-Aqsa Freedom Walk 2013
2013-05-26
FREEDOM WALK 2013

Join Friends of Al-Aqsa on our annual sponsored walk to help raise money to continue campaigning for this vital cause. The money you raise will help bring freedom to Palestine.

Last year, 300 people took part in a thoroughly enjoyable day out in the picturesque Peak District. Don't miss out this year - register early!

To register contact info@foa.org.uk

http://www.foa.org.uk/walk

Fields of Hope
2013-05-28 18:15 - 22:00 UTC | University of Winchester, Stripe Lecture Room, Sparkford Road, SO22 4NR, Winchester , United Kingdom
An illustrated presentation by Yonat Nitzan-Green & Miranda Pinch

Yonat Nitzan-Green is an artist based in Winchester. Her artworks focus on suppression and trauma in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in particular to a Palestinian town that was destroyed in 1948.

Miranda Pinch has recently returned from a visit to Palestinian communities under threat in both Israel and Palestine. She was shocked at the number of villages that have already been destroyed and the many communities that are fighting for survival.

Yonat and Miranda explore what the loss of such communities mean to both Israeli and Palestinian societies and the development in both Palestine and Israel of creative non-violence action to preserve them.

The title 'Fields of Hope' represents the many meanings of the word 'Fields'. The Biblical Abraham’s Field in tradition, agricultural fields and fields of research and knowledge, all hold the potential to widen our field of vision and hope and to recognise a common humanity.

Free entry, but retiring collection to cover expenses.

Screening: Patu
2013-05-28 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Tuesday 28 May 7.30

A rare screening of ‘PATU’ (1983, NZ) , followed by a discussion.

“Patu” is a startling documentary record of the mass civil disobedience that took place throughout New Zealand during the winter of 1981, in protest against a South African rugby tour. A landmark in New Zealand's film history, it marks a moment when New Zealand was torn in two by the 1981 Springbok rugby tour over the issue of racism and indigenous rights. With its highly-charged images of violent clashes between police and anti-tour marchers, Patu firmly sided with the later, and is passionate, activist filmmaking at its most compelling.

Maori filmmaker Merata Mita was the first woman to direct a feature-length documentary in New Zealand, also directing the feature film ‘Maori’.

Plus: Anti-Apartheid: South Africa, Israel and Sporting Boycotts

Discussion withProfessor Jonathan Rosenhead, on the anti-Apartheid ‘Stop the Tour’ campaigns of the 70′s & 80′s, and Michael Deas, Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) on ‘Kick Israeli Racism out of UEFA‘. All welcome!

***Delicious Middle-Eastern food by Alia***

Doors open 7pm, film starts: 7.30pm. Free entry.

at: Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

Junction with Kingsland Road, behind The Haggerston Pub.

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

Organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign

http://hackneypsc.wordpress.com/

Raising a Voice for Palestine - Declaration of Human Rights
2013-05-30 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Junior Common Room SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG, London, United Kingdom
A Performance : Monica Ross with Raised Voices Political Choir

Free admission. All welcome.

Songs for liberty and justice, and a recitation from memory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This collaborative performance by Monica Ross and Raised Voices Political Choir is the fifty-fifth act in a series of distinct events titled Anniversary: An Act of Memory celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Declaration’s proclamation by the United Nations. It is organized in partnership with the Palestine Society of the School of Oriental and African Studies, in support of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Further information from <www.actsofmemory/net> and <www.raised-voices.org.uk>

Palestinian football player and former political prisoner comes to Sheffield
2013-05-30 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Main hall: Quaker Meeting House, St. James Street, S1 2EW, Sheffield , North East, United Kingdom
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity campaign is honoured to bring Mahmoud Sarsak, Palestinian national football player and former political prisoner, to our city.

Mahmoud Sarsak is a talented midfielder for the Palestinian national football team whose career

was destroyed by three years detention without charge or trial in an Israeli jail .

His incarceration only ended in July 2012 after a three month hunger strike and an international outcry on his behalf by individuals and organisations including former French international and Manchester United star Eric Cantona, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the international professional footballers’ federation FIFPro.

After his release last year Mahmoud released a statement about his ordeal which you can find here

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/palestine-footballer-ex-prisoner-mahmoud-sarsak-calls-uefa-strip-israel-hosting

In April-June this year the sportsman and former detainee is touring Europe to thank those who campaigned for his release and to highlight the experience of Palestinian prisoners and of Palestinians dealing with discrimination in sport and in other areas of their working and personal lives.

His tour in the UK from mid-May to the end of June is hosted by Red Card Israeli Racism, a European wide coalition protesting against UEFA’s decision to allow Israel to host the under 21 Football tournament. The tour will take him to London, the northwest and northeast of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where he will meet footballers, fans and officials, members of parliament, student and faith communities and members of anti-racist, human rights organisations.

Mahmoud will be available for interviews during his stay in Sheffield on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30thMay. Contact: Musheir El Farra: 07715048821.

See Red Card Israeli Racism http://rcir.org.uk/ for further details about the campaign

Vigil for Peace in Israel and Palestine
2013-05-31 - 2013-06-01 | St John's church, West Street, SO24 9AG, Alresford, United Kingdom
Starts Friday 1st June with Communion Service at 10am until 6pm Service of Compline.

Starts again with the 8.30am Communion Service Saturday. Ends Noon Saturday 1st June.

There will be a rolling images and prayers, soft music and information apart from services.

Meet Mahmoud Sarsak in Newcastle
2013-05-31 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | Pandon Room, Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge,NE1 8QH, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East, United Kingdom
Mahmoud Sarsak is a talented midfielder for the Palestinian national football team whose career was destroyed by three years detention without charge or trial in an Israeli jail.

His incarceration only ended in July 2012 after a three month hunger strike and an international outcry on his behalf by individuals and organisations including former French international and Manchester United star Eric Cantona, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the international professional footballers’ federation FIFPro.

In April-June this year the sportsman and former detainee is touring Europe to highlight the experience of Palestinian prisoners and Palestinians dealing with Israel's regime of aparthied & colonisation. .

During his UK tour he will meet footballers, fans, members of parliament, student and faith communities and members of anti-racist & human rights organisations.

Mahmoud will be in Newcastle on Friday 31st May. While Mahmoud is in Newcastle we want him to meet with prominent people in the football world so that they can hear his story directly. also those who are in a position to add their names in support of the Red Card Israeli Racism Campaign and to influence UEFA to withdraw their decision to allow Israel to host the under-21 European Championship. If you know anyone who might be interested please share this event https://www.facebook.com/events/100884533455825/
Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Concert for Peace
2013-06-01 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The Clarendon Muse, Watford Boys Grammar School/Watford School of Music, Rickmansworth Road, WD18 7JF, Watford , United Kingdom
Karim Said, Piano Recital

Programme
A programme of classical and 20th century piano works
introduced and played by Karim Said

Sponsored by Watford Friends of Salfeet, Palestine
Karim Said, see www.karimsaid.com
Karim was born in 1988 in Jordan of Palestinian parents. At age 11 he moved to the Purcell School of Music, Herts, UK, and is now completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music. He is the recipient of over fifteen prizes and awards and is currently supported by the Peter Andry Scholarship from the Lynn Foundation.
He has performed extensively since the age of eight in many international venues. His London debut was in 2009 with Sir Colin Davis and the English Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra since its foundation in 1999 and his BBC Proms debut, also in 2009, was with them.
Programme
Karim is taking part in the Southbank Centre project “The rest is Noise” with a sold- out debut at the Purcell Room in January 2013. In his second visit to Watford he will play and talk about influences on Arnold Schoenberg and his influence on his students and contemporaries in Europe and the USA in a programme that combines 20th Century repertoire with music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Liszt and Verdi.
Review quotes
‘’..there was no mistaking the shape he gave to the music, the interpretative ingenuity and mischievous wit, and I came away wanting to hear more’’ Norman Lebrech.
''...he has the skills of a born communicator'' Michael Church, The Independent.
Tickets: £10 adult, limited number at £5 for students.
Use credit cards or PayPal via http://www.watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk/karim-said/
or contact Committee Members via website.
Send cheque & self-addressed and stamped envelope by post to
WFS, Newton Price Centre, Grosvenor Road, Watford WD17 2QT

“Closer to Israel” – What’s to Celebrate? JfJfP silent vigil
2013-06-02 12:30 - 17:00 UTC | Outside South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DP , London, London, United Kingdom
Five years on from the "celebration" of Israel's 60th birthday in 2008, on June 2 this year there will be a "Closer to Israel" parade down Piccadilly and a rally in Trafalgar Square to "celebrate" Israel's 65th birthday. The parade begins from about 12 noon and could get to Trafalgar Square about 1pm - maybe a bit later.
JfJfP is organising a silent vigil from 12.30-5pm on June 2nd, outside South Africa House. Our vigil has been agreed with the police. We will be holding placards and handing out leaflets.
The theme will be "What's to Celebrate?" with answers such as "house demolitions", "child prisoners", "illegal settlements", "theft of water resources", etc. etc. etc., plus remembrance of the Nakba.
It is intended as a Jewish vigil, but of course everyone is welcome to come and to bring their own placards (no gratuitously offensive ones, please).
Details: http://jfjfp.com/?p=43906

Voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement - London and Manchester
2013-06-04 - 2013-06-05 | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London, United Kingdom
SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
Edited by: Rich Wiles. Foreword by: Archbishop Desmond Tutu

http://www.waronwant.org/news/events/17916-war-on-want-book-launch-generation-palestine

Join War on Want for the launch of a must-read book about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

Generation Palestine brings together Palestinian and international activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. With essays written by a wide selection of contributors, Generation Palestine follows the BDS movement’s model of inclusivity and collaboration.

Contributors include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ken Loach, Iain Banks, Ronnie Kasrils, Professor Richard Falk, Ilan Pappe, Omar Barghouti, Ramzy Baroud and Archbishop Attallah Hannah, alongside other internationally acclaimed artists, writers, academics and grassroots activists.

Speakers at book launch events include:

Book editor Rich Wiles, a photographic artist, writer and activist, whose work has been widely exhibited internationally. His books include Behind the Wall (2010).

Book contributors: Rafeef Ziadah, War on Want Senior Campaigns Officer and member of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions international coordinating committee andDavid Randall guitarist, producer and composer. David has contributed to multi-million selling albums by Grammy Award winning artist Dido and has toured the world a number of times performing with UK dance act Faithless.

Dates and Locations:

Sheffield 3 July Meeting at St. Matthews meeting room (next to St. Matthews church), Carver Street, Sheffield S1 4FE. Tea and coffee from 7pm meeting start 7:30pm
London 4 July at SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG at 6:30pm
Manchester 5 July at Friends Meeting House 6 Mount Street M2 5NS (opposite central Library) at 7pm

Generation Palestine will be available for purchase at a discounted price at all events, and isalso available from Pluto Press

"Reading this book, talking about it and acting upon its ideas is a further political act against an injustice that has lasted a lifetime"
(John Berger)

"The BDS movement is the most enlightened, imaginative, moral, fearless and dynamic blow for freedom I have known for many years. I believe it will be a vital factor in the liberation of Palestine. The inspiring voices in this book will help achieve that goal"
(John Pilger)

The London event is hosted with SOAS Palestine Society. Events in Sheffield and Manchester are hosted by their respective Palestine Solidarity Campaigns.

To Gaza with Christian Aid
2013-06-04 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | The Old Palace , Deansway WR1 2JE, Worcester , United Kingdom
TO GAZA WITH CHRISTIAN AID

Speaker: The Rt Rev Dr John Inge, Bishop of Worcester

7.30pm prompt (Doors open 7.00pm)

FREE ADMISSION . FREE REFRESHMENTS, PALESTINIAN PRODUCE FOR SALE, LIMITED FREE PARKING, additional car parks (paying) in Copenhagen Street, KING STREET and NCP Cathedral roundabout

Fields of Hope
2013-06-05 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Old Alresford Place (OAP), SO24 9DH, Old Alresford. , United Kingdom

Protest at G4S Shareholders Annual General Meeting
2013-06-06 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Salters' Hall , 4 Fore Street, London, EC2Y 5DE, London, United Kingdom
Action alerts

Protest - G4S Shareholders Annual General Meeting

Called by Addameer and PSC and many more: http://stopg4s.net/action-alerts

The last twelve months have seen G4S voted third 'Worst Company of the Year' in the global Public Eye awards, they also face a UKparliamentary inquiry into their disastrous handling of an asylum housing contract and will soon give evidence at the inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga who died while being restrained by G4S staff. Not that you would know it from the self-congratulatory tone of G4S' latest Corporate Responsibility Report.

Across Europe, G4S are becoming a pariah company as trade unions, charities and faith groups take a public stand in opposing its drive to put private profit above human rights. Organisations in the Middle East have called for a boycott of G4S due to their complicity with Israel's repression and detention of Palestinians including children.

On June 6th the company returns to the City of London for its annual corporate jamboree.

Stop G4S campaign are calling for a Europe-wide demonstration of outrage as they congratulate themselves on another year of profiteering at the expense of human dignity.

Bring banners, flags and drums; bring yourself and your friends. Refuse to be taken in by their whitewashing of abuses, join us at the AGM to hold G4S to account.

Email: stop-g4s@riseup.net to get involved.

Salters' Hall, 4 Fore Street, EC2Y 5DE London

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/380705765383578/

Global March to Jerusalem rally
2013-06-07 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | outside Israel Embassy, 2 Palace Green , London , W8 4QB, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/GlobalMarchToJerusalemUK?fref=ts

A Rave for Palestine! In Haringey
2013-06-08 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
A Rave for Palestine!

st john vianney church hall haringey

4 Vincent Rd, N15 3QH, Corner of West Green Road and Vincent Road

Buses 41, 230 and 67

Turnpike Road/Seven Sisters tube

Come and enjoy wonderful Arabic vibes by Raast

and

Jazz classics by The Swingtime Serenaders,

Middle Eastern food

Raffle

and

Palestinian handicrafts for sale

£10 wages / £6 unwaged

Organised by Haringey Justice for Palestinians

5 Broken Cameras
2013-06-09 13:00 - 14:45 UTC | FACT, 88 Wood Street, L14DQ , Liverpool, North West, United Kingdom
http://www.fact.co.uk/whats-on/5-broken-cameras
Running time: 94 minutes

At the birth of his son Gibreel, Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat is given his first movie camera and begins recording both Gibreel’s childhood and the conflict growing around them.

As Israel’s controversial ‘security barrier’ is built through their village, olive groves and buildings are destroyed by Israeli troops; violent protests are even more violently suppressed, and in the process the five cameras of the title are smashed. But with the help of Jewish filmmaker Guy Davidi, the narrative also reflects moments of hope and minor triumph that underpin the determined spirit of Burnat, his family and their fellow residents.

Whatever one may think about this complex and divisive issue, Burnat and Davidi’s documentary is an affecting, sometimes almost poetic study that reminds us that despite the political intransigence, the situation must be one day be resolved.

5 BROKEN CAMERAS was awarded the IFDA prize at Amsterdam Film Festival and the Audience Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest, as well as further prizes at Sundance, London Open City, and the Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival in Dublin.

Visit Palestine to learn Arabic at Birzeit University this Summer
2013-06-10 - 2013-08-03
Speak Arabic
Experience Arab Culture
Visit Palestine
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Visit Palestine to learn Arabic and immerse yourself in the warmth and hospitality of Arab culture.
PAS Program
Birzeit University
Welcomes you to its Summer Program
10 June – 3 August 2013
The program caters to different levels and provides:

Ø 4 levels of Standard Arabic (Fusha)
Ø 3 Levels of Colloquial Arabic (Jerusalem dialect)
Ø Courses on the Palestine Question, as well as Arab Culture, Thought and Society

For more information and to apply, visit:
http://home.birzeit.edu/pas/
Why chose the PAS program?
The Palestine and Arabic Studies (PAS) Program was established over 20 years ago at Birzeit University, the oldest and arguably the best university in Palestine. International students benefit from accredited courses that are recognized worldwide. Students can take full advantage of the university facilities and interact with local students through clubs, societies, social events and recreational activities. Students will also have the opportunity to choose from a range of extracurricular lectures and schedule visits to places of historical, cultural and political interest, as well as volunteer for social projects.
http://www.birzeit.edu

CANCELLED!!! Palestinian refugee Hip-Hop/Rap group Live in London
2013-06-10 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | Cottons - Rhum Jungle , 70 Exmouth Market EC1R 4QP , London, London, United Kingdom
This event is CANCELLED!!!!

Read here to find out why: https://www.facebook.com/events/527202264003203/KATIBE 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zBe5lPfs3I
Palestinian refugee Hip-Hop/Rap group make their London debut!

Through Hip-Hop the voiceless find their voices. Out of nothing comes something, and every action has a reaction. Here comes a rap group known throughout Palestine, across the Occupied Territories and amongst the diaspora now trapped in refugee camps such as the one they were born in to. Ancestrally Palestinian, but denied right of return by the state of Israel. Their first album was called Welcome to the Camps (Ahla feek bil mukhayamat), in reference to the Borj al Barajne refugee camp in Lebanon where they live and the realities they have to share. One night only.

The right to healthcare: Palestine & Lebanon
2013-06-11 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Salsa Cafe, Westgate Road, NE1 4AE., Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom
Aimee Shalan, MAP's Director of Advocacy and Communications will be giving a talk, convened by Newcastle Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and Newcastle Amnesty, on the health needs of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. Free

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/548940365149592/

Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Stop G4S Public Meeting
2013-06-12 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Matthews rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Come and find out more about the exploitation of human rights by G4S

From migrants and refugees, to Palestinian political prisoners, to public services users, welfare claimants and prisoners, G4S is involved in many human rights abuses and is taking over many different aspects of the public sector. This meeting is an opportunity for the different groups affected to come together to share information and to build a co-ordinated campaign. Meanwhile, no public service is safe as G4S is attempting to increase its exploitation – seeking contracts with the BBC and the NHS and in a privatised Probation Service.

Speakers include:
John Snowdon, UK Stop G4S Campaign, John Grayson, SYMAAG (South Yorkshire Migration & Asylum Action Group) Sharon Price, National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO)

Chair: Hilary Smith (Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign)

Benefit Gig for Palestinian Child Prisoners
2013-06-14 20:00 - 23:30 UTC | Arc Bar, Broad Street, BS1 2HG, Bristol , South West, United Kingdom
Live music from Ska, funk, punk fusionists B.I.O., retro space rockers Alien Stash Tin, and power punkers Lens, plus top stand-up comedians and Dj's.
All money raised at the event will go to support child prisoners in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and to help provide educational holiday activities for Palestinian girls. Alien Stash Tin vocalist Jon Wisbey said, “When I found out how much the children of Palestine were suffering under the current political situation in the area I felt moved to do something.”

Entry is by donation with a minimum tariff of £3.00

The Bristol Palestine Embassy
2013-06-15 11:00 - 20:00 UTC | Arc Bar, Broad Street, BS1 2HG, Bristol , South West, United Kingdom
The Bristol “PALESTINE EMBASSY”

10.30am – 8.00pm at the ARC27 Broad Street,BristolBS1 2HG

The event will be opened at 11.00 by the Palestinian Ambassador and the Lord Mayor of Bristol

Central-Bristol venue, the ARC on Broad Street, is being transformed into a “Palestinian Embassy”. Spread across three floors it will include a café serving Palestinian food, a cinema showing Palestinian films, and a gallery showing a major exhibition of Palestinian history, culture and solidarity. A day-long conference will include talks and workshops on Palestineprovided by local and UKsolidarity activists together with a live video link to Gaza & West Bank. Free entry – all welcome

Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/events/376426352461655/

Lajee's Arts & Cultural Advocacy Tour from Palestine
2013-06-16 - 2013-06-23
Lajee's Arts & Cultural Advocacy Tour from Palestine will begin in
GLASGOW on SUNDAY 16TH JUNE

The doors will open at 12pm where everyone can view two powerful Photography Exhibits:

>>>>> "RESIST to EXIST" by Mohammad Al-Azza.
Where his work will illustrate life through demonstration direct from within Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem

>>>>> 'We Teach Life' - Children of the Occupation.
Displaying the life, vigour and imagination of youth in Palestine.
They have been produced by the youth and members of the Lajee Center from Aida Camp and capture the many challenges they face in their everyday lives.

>>>>> The Main Performance will begin at 1pm until 3pm
and will include a collaboration of Scottish and Palestinian poetry, music, film, discussion and traditional Palestinian Dabka Dance.

The event is FREE however a suggested donation of £5
to pay at the door will assist in recovering the high costs on bringing these inspirational and courageous Palestinian Youths to Scotland!!!

MORE INFO ABOUT THE TOUR:
From 14th June, 15 members of Lajee Centre will leave Aida Refugee Camp, Palestine, and travel to Scotland an Ireland for an Arts and Cultural Tour. In an exciting and engaging program of events, they will be performing traditional Dabka dancing, exhibiting their award winning photography work, screening their films and speaking about all aspects of the Palestinian case. Building on the success of last year's tour, Lajee has organised a diverse and educational program which is representative of Palestinian culture and life and an insight into the work and activities of Lajee Centre. The tour members are young and active artists and dancers aged between 15 and 10 years old, with four coordinators and speakers.

From 14-24th June Lajee will tour Scotland with events in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Abrdeen, Dundee, Perth. From 24th-30th June events in Ireland will be in Derry, Belfast and Dundee.

For more information please check out our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/TheLajeeTour?fref=ts

Glasgow event FB page: https://www.facebook.com/events/507728182632559/

for the whole tour: https://www.facebook.com/TheLajeeTour?fref=ts

CADFA Live with Kefaya
2013-06-16 18:30 - 22:45 UTC
£10.00 adm

Kefaya is a musical collective founded by UK-based musicians, Giuliano Modarelli and Al MacSween. Through collaborations with artists from around the world, they have developed a unique voice that explores world-folk traditions through the means of improvisation, electronics and contemporary grooves. They are currently in the process of finishing their highly-anticipated debut release. www.kefaya.co.uk

Giuliano Modarelli - Guitar
Al MacSween - Piano
Joost Hendrickx - Drums
Alex Davis - Double Bass

Playing in benefit for CADFA's Palestinian student visit to London www.camdenabudis.net

Venue:

MAP Studio Cafe, 46 Grafton Road, London, NW5 3DU

Doors 6:30pm. Performance from 7pm - 11pm. Admission: £10 Advance booking Recommended : 020 7916 0544. info@mapstudiocafe.com

http://www.mapstudiocafe.com

Racism and politics in sport: What about the Palestinians?
2013-06-17 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London, United Kingdom
On the eve of the final match in the European under-21 football competition, due, controversially, to be played in Israel, an expert panel will explore the impact of politics and racism in football and the role of sport as a means for Palestinians to resist discrimination.

Mahmoud Sarsak, Palestinian footballer, former political prisoner and hunger striker

Piara Powar from the FARE network (European anti-racist football campaign)

Tomas Rodriuguez Perez, Football Beyond Borders

Hugh Tisdale, Philosophy Football

The evening includes screening of a 10-minute film, shot immediately before the Euros start, portraying what it is to play, coach and watch football in Palestine.

Organised by SOAS Palestine Society with Football Beyond Borders and theMahmoud Sarsak UK Tour 2013 Support group

One year on - Children in Military Custody report
2013-06-17 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | committee room 8, House of Commons , London , SW1AA 0AA, London , United Kingdom
On June 26th 2012 an independent legal report into the treatment of Palestinian child prisoners by the Israeli authorities was published. The report was funded by the UK Foreign Office and followed a trip to Palestine & Israel by a team of high-ranking UK lawyers from the fields of human rights, crime and child welfare, who travelled to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to assess the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law.

The report found Israel in breach of international law & human rights treaties. It made 40 recommendations.

You can read the report here: http://www.childreninmilitarycustody.org/report/

Since then many people have lobbied the Foreign Office to ensure Israel takes the necessary action to bring it into line with international law. In response, the Foreign Office Minister, Alistair Burt MP, has said he ‘shared our concerns’ and was ‘disturbed’ by the findings of the report. He says the Foreign Office has been working with the Israeli authorities to bring about change.

So one year on since the report was published .... has the situation improved for Palestinian children?

The panel:

Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Minister for Children
Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC
Jude Lanchin - one of the lawyers who was part of the CIMC delegation http://www.childreninmilitarycustody.org/lawyers/
Kiri Tunks - convenor of Action for Palestinian Children and PSC executive member

The meeting is kindly hosted by Lisa Nandy MP. Action for Palestinian Children have organised this meeting - they campaign against the deterioration of Palestinian children’s rights to health, education, and a childhood free of fear. https://www.facebook.com/ActionForPalestinianChildren?fref=ts

Open on a first come first seated basis.

Film: The People and the Olive
2013-06-18 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | University Lecture Theatre, Arts Faculty, 3-5 Woodlands Road BS8 1TB, Bristol , South West, United Kingdom
An inspiring true story of fair trade olive farmers in Palestine and a team of runners who crossed the West Bank planting trees.

http://thepeopleandtheolive.com/

The film will be followed by a talk from Zaytoun, the Fair trade organisation in Palestine.

6-8pm, University Lecture Theatre, Arts Faculty, 3-5 Woodlands Road. Bristol BS8 1TB. Cost £5, includes Fairtrade refreshments.

http://biggreenweek.com/session/the-people-and-the-olive-film-talk/

Water Apartheid in Palestine
2013-06-18 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | South London Irish Centre, 140-142 Hartfield Rd, Wimbledon, SW19 3TG, London , United Kingdom
Merton Palestine Solidarity Campaign presents:

'Water Apartheid' in Palestine

Presentation by NAILA AHMED, local ex Ricards Lodge student who has recently been in Palestine with 'Friends of Al-Aqsa'

She will talk of her experiences there and the dire water situation faced by the Palestinian population.

Please share this invite with all of your contacts on Facebook to join our efforts to raise greater awareness of this important human rights issue.

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/403064673141202/

Palestinian Days Festival
2013-06-21 - 2013-06-23 | Copthorne Tara Hotel, Scarsdale Place, London, W8 5SR , United Kingdom
The Executive Committee of the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK Presents PALESTINIAN DAYS FESTIVAL 2013

The General Union of the Palestinian Communities in Europe and The Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK in cooperation with the Palestinian mission in the UK are pleased to invite you to this year’s edition of Palestinian Days, a three-day festival celebrating Palestinian culture, heritage, art, food and music.

Past audiences will expect some surprising festival inclusions this year with the special features on offer. Held at London’s Copthorne Tara Hotel between 21 and 23 June, the festival’s schedule runs as follows:

Friday June 21: Opening Ceremony and Dinner Party 1600-1900: The festival will launch with a special opening ceremony, which includes a reception and a Palestinian fashion show. 2000: Dinner party to honour some remarkable Europeanfigures and organisations for their continuous support on the Palestinian to include St John's Eye Hospital, Sir Gerald Kaufman, The Right Honourable Tony Benn, MrsAnn Linde International secretarSwedish Social Democratic Party, Senator Vincenzo Maria Vita President of the Palestinian - Italian national association, Mr Oliviero Diliberto and Ms Luisa Morgantini former Vice President of the European Parliament and Ms Patrizia Cecconi To book your seat for the dinner, please email palestinianassociationuk@gmail.com. Tickets are £100.00 per person.

Saturday June 22: Exhibition showcasing Palestinian artwork, conference highlighting the tragedies of Palestinian detainees in Israeli Jails 1100 – 1900: Exhibition opening hours The exhibition showcases traditional and modern ethnic garments and jewelry from various parts of Palestine as well as merchandise and handicrafts from Palestine provided by Palestinian charities. Various UK-based Palestinian artists will also be exhibiting their work. The exhibition will devote a special stand featuring quality food from Palestine, such as olive oil, almonds, dates, summak, tahineh and sweets. 1200 – 1400: A Conference about Palestinian detainees in Israeli Jails. The event will feature a short film about Palestinian detainees, followed by a discussion panel by Palestinian minister for detainees’ affairs, Mr. Issa Qaraqe, and the president of the prisoners club Mr Qaddourah Faris, the Palestinian lawyer Jawad Boulos, Mr. and Mrs. Al Issawi (parents of Palestinian prisoner Samer Al Issawi), and ex-prisoner Mahmoud Sarksak.

Sunday June 23: Exhibition, film screening and musical performance 1100-1700: Exhibition opening hours (Showcasing same as above) 1400: Screening of "Pomegranates and Myrrh", a film by Palestinian director and screenwriter Mrs. Najwa Najjar. The screening will be followed by Questions and Answers session with the director. 1700: A live performance by Al Zababdeh the Palestinian traditional dabkeh group.

The three-day event will be held at Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington Scarsdale Place, Kensington, London, W8 5SR

Looking forward to welcoming you at the festival. The Executive Committee of the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK.

Falafel and quiz benefit
2013-06-21 19:00 - 22:30 UTC | St Matthews rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom
We continue with our commitment to support our partners; the three children centres in Jabalia, Nussairat and Khan Younis . These projects are extremely important to support Palestinian children to help them cope with the trauma resulting from the Israeli siege and long years of Israeli military occupation. Come along and enjoy a selection of delicious homemade Palestinian food. Also a chance to enjoy our interactive Quiz: General Knowledge, Sports, Music and Palestine.
£8.0 Waged/£5.0 Concession
Games and prizes for children

Film: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-06-22 18:00 - 20:45 UTC | Arts Picturehouse, 38-39 St Andrew's Street, CB2 3AR, Cambridge , United Kingdom
As part of the Human Rights Film Festival, we are delighted to welcome Averil Parkinson for a discussion after the screening. Averil is Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

5 BROKEN CAMERAS will be preceded by short film GROWING by Tariq Rimawi. Unfortunately, Tariq will not be able to attend the screening of his film.

At the birth of his son Gibreel, Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat is given his first movie camera and begins recording both Gibreel’s childhood and the conflict growing around them.

As Israel’s controversial ‘security barrier’ is built through their village, olive groves and buildings are destroyed by Israeli troops; violent protests are even more violently suppressed, and in the process the five cameras of the title are smashed. But with the help of Jewish filmmaker Guy Davidi, the narrative also reflects moments of hope and minor triumph that underpin the determined spirit of Burnat, his family and their fellow residents.

Whatever one may think about this complex and divisive issue, Burnat and Davidi’s documentary is an affecting, sometimes almost poetic study that reminds us that despite the political intransigence, the situation must be one day be resolved.

5 BROKEN CAMERAS was awarded the IFDA prize at Amsterdam Film Festival and the Audience Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest, as well as further prizes at Sundance, London Open City, and the Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival in Dublin.

http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Arts_Picturehouse_Cambridge/film/5_Broken_Cameras/

Should Britain apologise for the Balfour Declaration?
2013-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Room 116, SOAS University, Thornhaugh St, Russell Square, WC1H OXG, London, London, United Kingdom
Talk by James Renton

The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) has launched a five-year international campaign, leading up to the centenary of the Balfour Declaration on November 2nd, 2017 and seeking an apology from the British government for the Declaration.

Hosted by Jews for Justice for Palestinians, the historian James Renton, author of "The Zionist Masquerade: The Birth of the Anglo-Zionist Alliance 1914-18", will be providing a complex response to the question: Should Britain apologise for the Balfour Declaration?

Description of "The Zionist Masquerade" on amazon.co.uk (where the book is given a five-star rating):

The Zionist Masquerade is a new history of the birth of the Anglo-Zionist alliance during the Great War - a critical chapter in the history of the Zionist-Palestinian conflict. James Renton argues that the Balfour Declaration was the result of a wider phenomenon of British propaganda policies during World War I that were driven by mistaken conceptions of ethnicity, ethnic power and nationalism. From this vantage point, Renton contends that while a number of Zionist activists played a crucial role in the making of the Balfour Declaration, the end result was not the great Zionist victory that has been widely assumed. Although the Declaration came to be the basis for the British Mandate for Palestine, which made a Jewish State possible thirty years later, this was far from being the original intention of the British Government. The primary purpose of Britain's wartime support for Zionism was to secure Jewish backing for the war effort. The unintended consequences of this policy, however, were to be explosive and far-reaching.

'Unfree in Palestine' with anthropologist and author Adah Kay
2013-06-25 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Professor Adah Kay will present projections from Ariella Azoulay’s study of archive photographs ‘From Palestine to Israel’ and discuss the continuous process of Palestinian denationalisation and dedevelopment from 1948 until today.
Adah Kay's recent book ‘Unfree in Palestine’ which shockingly exposes the process by which millions of Palestinians have been denationalised by the web of bureaucracy, discrimination, blacklisting and induced transfer that Israeli authorities have used to control the Palestinian population. The book calls for international justice and inclusive security - in place of discrimination and division.

Followed by an audience discussion with the author. All welcome!

***Delicious Middle-Eastern food by Alia***

Biographical information:

Adah Kay trained in social anthropology and urban planning and has worked in local government, universities and NGOs . She and her husband Tom lived and worked in the West Bank from 2002-6 – where Adah researched and co wrote Stolen Youth: the Politics of Israel’s Detention of Palestinian Children and more recently Unfree in Palestine : Registration Documentation and Movement Restriction with Nadia Abu-Zahra. Adah remains actively involved in pro Palestinian initiatives and travels regularly to the West Bank.

Doors open 7pm, event starts: 7.30pm. Free entry.

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA Junction with Kingsland Road, behind The Haggerston Pub.

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

Organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Palestine Events at London Shubbak Festival 2013
2013-06-27 - 2013-07-06
Palestine Events at

Shubbak Festival 2013 │ A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture

22 June – 6 July

http://shubbak.co.uk/

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kissing the heat 1 -

neW PLayWrights from PaLestine

27 June

19.30

The Mosaic rooMs

226 Cromwell Road SW5 0SW

£10, £8 Concessions

Tel: 020 7370 9990

rsvp@mosaicrooms.org www.mosaicrooms.org

Produced in association with the Royal Court Theatre

Caitlin McLeod directs a reading of Dalia Taha’s keffiyeh/Made in china, in association

with the Royal Court Theatre.

‘Taha’s work ... makes us feel the huge lack of horizon which every Palestinian

experiences ... she paves a new and original feminine way for Arab theatre’ Mohamed

Kacimi.

Taha is one of ten international writers participating in this Summer’s Royal Court

International Residency for Emerging Playwrights.

McLeod has directed three critically acclaimed sell-out productions at the Finborough

Theatre. She won the prestigious Buzz Goodbody award for Best Director, and was Trainee

Director at the Royal Court Theatre from 2011-2012

http://shubbak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Shubbak-Festival-Guide-2013.pdf

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narrating gaza

28 June

13.00 - 14.00

ica

the studio, The Mall SW1Y 5AH

£5, Free for ICA members

www.ica.org.uk

Produced by The Mosaic Rooms

New Voices from gaza

Gaza-based authors Ali Abukhattab and Samah al Sheikh discuss their work as writers

and promoters of new literature. These authors’ outputs have been featured in various

anthologies and collections. Al Sheikh’s first novel will be published by Saqi Books this

year.

The narrating gaza online initiative will also be introduced.

Run by the A.M. Qattan Foundation, it is an incubator for diverse written and visual narratives from or about the

besieged Gaza Strip.

The event is a platform to discuss contemporary literary practices of Gaza’s young creative generation. The authors will perform readings of their work. Presented by Omar Al-Qattan

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the Lady from teLaViV

1 JuLy, 18.30.

Doors open at 18.00

foyLes bookshoP, 113 - 119 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0EB

Admission free.

Booking not required. First come, first seated.

www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk/events/lady-tel-aviv

Produced by The Arab British Centre with support from English PEN and Telegram Books

Join the arab british centre in celebrating the english translation of rabai al-Madhoun’s ‘

the Lady from tel aviv’.

This work, shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2010, is both

a meditation on the nature of fiction and an incisive exploration of the effects of

occupation on a people and what it is to be a Palestinian.

A Palestinian writer and Israeli actress meet on a plane bound for Tel Aviv. Their

interactions exposes the chasm between them in the land they both call home.

The English translation is by Elliot Colla.

Born in Palestine in 1945, Al-Madhoun is one of the Arab world’s prominent literary

figures.

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kissing the heat 2 – neW PLayWrights from PaLestine

3 JuLy, 19.30 the Mosaic rooMs,

226 Cromwell Road SW5 0SW

£10, £8 Concessions

Tel: 020 7370 9990

rsvp@mosaicrooms.org www.mosaicrooms.org

Produced in association with The Royal Court Theatre

Caitlin McLeod directs a reading of sabra by Ismail Khalidi.

It is August 1982 and Beirut is under siege. In the Sabra refugee camp the spectre of a

massacre looms as the Akawi family receives an unexpected visitor that brings the past

rushing back and alters the course of events to come.

Ismail Khalidi is a playwright, actor and author. His plays include Truth Serum Blues,

Tennis in Nablus and Final Status. Tennis in Nablus premiered at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre

in 2010, where it was nominated for a Suzi Bass Award, and will have its New York City

premiere in 2013 at the Culture Project. Khalidi is currently co-editing an anthology of

Palestinian plays.

Caitlin McLeod has directed three critically acclaimed sell out productions at the

Finborough Theatre. She was the winner of the prestigious Buzz Goodbody award for Best

Director, and Trainee Director at the Royal Court Theatre from 2011- 2012.

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borderLess beats

6 JuLy 20.00

the fLyoVer, 3 - 5 Thorpe Close W10 5XL

£10 Advance, £12 Door

www.onetaste.co.uk

Produced by One Taste

cLosing night of shubbak.

Showcasing New Palestinian Hip-Hop and Roots Music.

This renowned London-based music and poetry collective is bringing together inspiring

young Palestinian artists from the USA, UK and both sides of the Jordan river. Their style is

a fresh blend of Arab hip-hop, soul and reggae

See traditional Palestinian dance performed to dub beats, remixed Palestinian folk songs

and the poetic rhymes of Palestine’s sharpest hip-hop emcees.

A full-blown party follows, featuring Moroccan Gnawa dance music, Mozambique/

Carribean hip-hop and grooves, and DJs spinning their latest underground African/Middle

East dance cuts.

Featured artists include

Z the People

el far3i

Walaa sbeit

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Public Meeting with Mahmoud Sarsak - Support Human Rights in Palestine
2013-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Willesden Pakistan Community Centre, 23 Marley Walk NW2 4PY, London, United Kingdom
Brent & Harrow PSC Meeting

Support Human Rights in Palestine - Support BDS Campaigns

Bin Veolia in Brent - Kick Israeli Racism out of UEFA

Speakers:

Mahmoud Sarsak , Palestinian footballer and former prison hunger-striker

Leah Levane, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, visited West Bank with EAPPI

Salim Alam PSC Executive, Dump Veolia Information Group

Willesden Pakistan Community Centre

23 Marley Walk NW2 4PY

Nrst tube Willesden Green Buses 260, 266, 460

Film Screening: The People and The Olive
2013-06-28 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Eden Court , Bishops Road IV3 5SA, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
As part of Co-operatives Fortnight, Highland Wholefoods and The Co-operative Group are thrilled to host The People and The Olive - an inspiring documentary following a group of marathon runners who ran across the West Bank of Palestine in 2012 planting olive trees and bridging cultures along the way.
Marathon runner Claire Everhart will be attending the screening and will take part in a question and answer session chaired by Jean Urquhart MSP, with John Finnie MSP and Stuart Ramsay, Director, The Co-operative Group.

Tickets £6 (£5 with Co-operative membership card) available from Eden Court Box Office (01463 234234)
http://www.highlandwholefoods.co.uk/index.asp

Film Screening: Inch'Allah
2013-06-29 15:00 - 17:30 UTC | Rich Mix, 47 Bethnal Green Rd E1 6LA, London, London, United Kingdom
http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme/4849/inch-allah

Director: Anais Barbeau-Lavalette

Premiere type: UK

Location / Venue:

Running time: 102 min

Country: Canada

Year: 2012

Having worked extensively in documentary, Barbeau-Lavalette’ creates an intense reality around a heartrending human story. A young Canadian doctor’s experience monitoring pregnant women in a Palestinain refugee camp brings her into contact with a French colleague, an Israeli soldier, and the resistance fighter with whom she falls in love. Recoiling and eventually internalising the harshness of a life spent between checkpoints and stray bullets, Inch‘Allah is a convincing portrait of those who spend their lives torn between the two sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

£9.50 Tickets for 29th June available from the Rich Mix Cinema website here.

£6.50 Tickets for 9th July available from the Genesis Cinema website here.

EEFF Best Feature Competition

Public Meeting: Kashmir & Palestine
2013-06-29 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | 179-187 Anderton Road, Sparkbrook, B11 1ND, Birmingham, Midlands, United Kingdom
Kashmir & Palestine

Saturday 29th June 6 pm
Speakers Manal Tamrizi (Palestinian from Gaza),
Nazir Qureshi World Kashmir Freedom movement
Jan Myrdal (author of Red Star over India) and activist from Sweden
For more details visit Palestine To kashmir and Britain's role in occupations or ring 07837215861
Or email pscwm@yahoo.co.uk
Kashmir & Palestine have been under occupation since 1948.
West Midland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign are planning to send a member to join the Marmara housing project in the occupied Palestinian Territories The project is due to begin on the eighth of August.
Roughly, to build a semi-detached house in UK takes between 4,000 to 6,500 bricks. Average price for a brick in UK is one pound. Therefore, every Pound you contribute buys us a brick in the house we help build in Palestine. I hope you will contribute in whatever way you can for this project. We hope to use the experience and knowledge gained by those going to help build the houses will come back and inform people in Birmingham about the conditions Palestinians face under occupation.
West Midlands is targeting to provide one family a house in Palestine this year. We hope to make this our annual commitment.

Those who go over to Palestine and help in the building process volunteer their labor free and pay all their travelling and for their subsistence. Every pound donated goes to purchase the building materials necessary to build the house. Your contribution therefore adds to the economy in Palestine. It helps to tell the Palestinians that we care and know about their plight and that we are prepared to help in any way we can. It also helps us to learn through first hand experience the difficulties of living under occupation. We can use that knowledge to campaign against the occupation of Palestine and for the rights of Palestinians under occupation.

http://marmarahousingproject.wordpress.com/.

The project is Palestinian led and its aims are to rebuild 15 Palestinian homes in the village of Idhna in western Hebron.

Since the 1967 occupation an estimated 27,000 Palestinian homes have been demolished by the Israeli state in contravention of international human rights law and authoritatively upheld by the International Court of Justice [2004].http://www.icahd.org/

Save The Children report "Broken Homes,Assessing the Impact of House Demolition on Palestinian Children and Families"states that children who have their homes demolished suffer from anxiety,depression,emotional withdrawal,attention disorders and behavioral problems.97% of parents suffer from trauma related symptoms after the demolition of their homes. We are asking you as supports of the Palestinian fight for justice to make a donation towards the rebuilding costs and help to redress some of the injustices that they endure.

Funds are needed to help us finance the re-build of Palestinian homes. Please help us by contributing to our account. We aim to raise as much as possible before the start of the project on the eighth of August to ensure the project's success.

Donations can be made through the WMPSC account or alternatively by visiting us at our stall outside Marks and Spencer on the High Street between 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm on saturdays.

WMPSC Account details are

Account name: West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Sort Code: 08 92 99

Account No: 65190544

For reference add Marmara

Palestinian Meal & Talk
2013-06-29 18:45 - 22:00 UTC | Christchurch Abbeydale, Heron Way, Abbeydale, GL4 5EQ, Gloucester , United Kingdom
In February this year, ten members of the United Reformed Church, led by Rev Brian Jolly, visited Israel, Palestine, and the Occupied Territories with the purpose of meeting Palestinian Christians and to visit projects supported by Christian Aid in the West Bank.

Tickets £8.00 Time 6.45 for 7.15pm

Marcel Khalife and the Al Mayadeen Ensemble in Concert
2013-06-29 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Barbican Centre, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS, London, London, United Kingdom
The Lebanese oud master and his orchestra inspired by Palestine’s beloved late poet, Mahmoud Darwish

http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=14755

Tickets:
£12.50 - 25

book tickets
A potent Arabic and Mediterranean pulse runs through the inimitable combination of traditional Middle Eastern and Western elements which characterises Lebanese composer and oud master Marcel Khalifé’s music.

Declared Artist for Peace in 2005 by UNESCO, Khalifé has always worked to give full voice to the joys and heartbreaks of a fraught region like the Middle East, never being afraid to make music even in the face of war – and his performances in bombed-out concert halls in his native Lebanon are statement to that.

Tonight he is joined by the Al Mayadeen Ensemble – which he founded in 1978 – to perform music inspired by the verses of Palestine’s beloved late poet and exiled hero, Mahmoud Darwish. Pensive vocals intertwine with hints of jazz ballads and symphonic classics, mirroring the haunting journey of Darwish’s words through sorrow, reflection, and joy despite mortality.

RSVP to this event on Facebook now!

Produced by the Barbican in association with the Palestine Film Foundation

Part of Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture. 22 June - 6 July 2013.

Mahmoud Sarsak - Role of Sports in Gaza Culture
2013-06-30 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
P21 Gallery and Camden PSC invites you to
Sunday Conversation V

RSVP is essential: info@p21.org.uk
£3 entry on door

http://www.p21.org.uk/SundayConversation5.aspx

Nawal Slemiah, Founder of Women in Hebron - Speaking in Manchester, Birmingham and London
2013-07-01 - 2013-07-09
A talk by Nawal Slemiah, Founder of Women in Hebron

Monday 8 July 2013

Start: 6.30pm

SOAS University London

Room G3 - Main Building

Russell Square Campus, Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG

Organised by SOAS Palestine Society and Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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Founder of Women in Hebron, Nawal Slemiah, will be speaking about her experiences of setting up Women in Hebron, developing the community centre in Idna where many of the women work, about life under occupation in Hebron, and particular topics such as the recent arrests of young children. There will also be opportunities to take a look at her work and purchase some of the traditional Palestinian handicrafts.

Women in Hebron are based in the Old City of Hebron, Palestine, and was founded as a source of empowerment and income for Palestinian women. Part of the Idna Cooperative Association, the success of Women in Hebron goods being sold in the Old City of Hebron managed to generate enough money to open a community centre in Idna, a neighbouring city in the south of Hebron, where workshops and embroidery manufacture now take place, allowing local women to take part in earning an income that otherwise couldn't be had in other part-time employment. Their products became so popular that Women in Hebron has now become a mainstay in the Old City, where experiences of racism and occupation are everyday reality.

Women in Hebron is not just about providing these opportunities to Palestinian women, but asserting the beautiful culture of Palestine as a form of resistance, signifying the important and honourable role of women in Palestinian society, and expressing the steadfastness of the Palestinian people who face brutal occupation every day in the city of Hebron.

Details of events: https://www.facebook.com/events/427241164050745/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

More information:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Women-in-Hebron/127546997276604?fref=ts

http://womeninhebron.com/

Film Screening - Checkpoint Rock: Songs from Palestine
2013-07-02 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Star and Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, NE1 2NP, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom
A film to raise awareness of the vitality of the Palestinian resistance against the military occupation and colonization that seeks to impose Israel in the occupied territories. Followed by a discussion.
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/on/film/1200

Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Generation Palestine: Book launch in Sheffield
2013-07-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St Matthews rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Rich Wiles and Rafeef will introduce and speak about the book 'Generation Palestine'. Rich is a photographer and has worked at Jabalia refugee camp for a while now and helped organise last year's photographic competition for young Palestinian people.
Rafeef is a poet, rap artist and activist in the BDS movement whose poetry is energising and to the point. This you tube clip is a fine example.

https://www.facebook.com/events/129808033893281/
Sheffield PSC

enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1

United Kingdom

Screening of: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-07-03 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Exeter Labour Party HQ, 26B Clifton Hill, EX1 2DJ, Exeter , South West, United Kingdom
5 Broken Cameras - is about nonviolent resistance in Bil'in,
a West Bank village threatened by Israeli settlements
and the barrier wall depriving the villagers
of access to their olive groves.
There will be a question and answer session.

Contact for more information:
dereen-ted@phonecoop.coop

Borderless Beats - Palestinian performers Live
2013-07-06 20:00 - 2013-07-07 02:00 UTC | The Flyover, Portobello, W10 5XL, London , London, United Kingdom
OneTaste and Shubbak present
BORDERLESS BEATS

Uniting the 4 most inspiring young Palestinian performers
from the UK, USA & both sides of the Jordan River.
Featuring - Shadia Mansour, Z The People, El Far3i, Walaa Sbeit
and after party with Native Sun, Electric Jalaba & DJ Sotusura.
OneTaste, the renowned music and spoken word collective, joins Shubbak – London’s international contemporary Arab cultural festival, to showcase 4 rising Palestinian artists in one spectacular event. Their music: the freshest blend of Arab hip-hop, reggae and soul. Their mission: to unite artists beyond borders and embody a universal message of freedom.

Immerse yourself in traditional Palestinian Debka dancing, remixed Palestinian folk songs, mijwez funk solosand the poetic rhymes of Palestine’s sharpest hip-hop emcees. Then burst into a full-blown party of Moroccan Gnawa dance music, Mozambique/Caribbean hip-hop and DJ Sotusura spinning his latest underground African/Middle East dance cuts.

Borderless Beats is raising awareness for the inaugural Gaza International Music and Arts Festival, bringing artists and audiences from all over the world to Gaza to celebrate culture in Palestine.
OneTaste - ‘One of the most influential new voices in music’ – Q Magazine

OneTaste presents Borderless Beats

Saturday 6th July 2013

The Flyover, 3-5 Thorpe Close, Portobello, London, W10 5XL
8pm – 2am
Tickets: £10 adv/£12 on the door:

Links: http://onetaste.co.uk/events/2013/borderless-beats/

Ticket Link: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/217499

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/160168097493309/

OneTaste Bio – www.onetaste.co.uk

OneTaste made their name by helping launch some of the UK’s most amazing talent; Michael Kiwanuka, Jamie Woon, Portico Quartet, Newton Faulkner, Little Dragon, Noisettes, Tawiah, Scroobius Pip, Polarbear, Jono McCleery, Wallis Bird, have all performed as part of OneTaste. Through showcases, festival tours, TV series and podcasts, OneTaste have helped nurture the best of London’s creative talent, getting the word out to the mainstream since 2004.

Shubbak Bio – www.shubbak.co.uk

16 COUNTRIES, 15 DAYS, 4O EVENTS – LONDON CELEBRATES CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL - 2013 sees the second edition of Shubbak, A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, with 15 days of exhibitions, concerts, films, plays, family events, talks and seminars in venues across London over two weeks from 22 June to 6 July 2013.

Building on the success of the first Shubbak Festival in 2011, and celebrating the growing cultural influence of the city’s Arab population, artists originating from countries including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen will come together in London for this year’s Festival. Among the host venues are the Barbican Centre, the British Museum, Tate Modern, The Mosaic Rooms, Arab British Centre, Asia House, ICA, Serpentine Gallery, Rich Mix and the London College of Fashion.

Artists Bios:

El Far3i - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9AcCUO4XPI

El Far3i is a Palestinian drummer, lyricist, rapper and songwriter based in Amman, Jordan. One of the most prominent hip hop artists in the region, El Far3i uses his personal and socially conscious lyrics to express himself through singing and rapping over top of a guitar or over a beat made by various regional and international producers.

Z The People - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9AcCUO4XPI

Hailing from the land of America, Z the People grew up singing soul and shouting at men in suits in Washington D.C. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Z followed his nomadic heart and left the US to study and share music with folks of different cultures. His travels took him deep inside music scenes in places like Cuba, Mali, Greece, and finally, back to his roots in Palestine to wail his message of union and communion in Gaza and the West Bank.

Walaa Sbeit - http://www.reverbnation.com/walaasbait

Born in Haifa and raised between the mountains of the Galilee and the Mediterranean, Walaa is the son of a displeased Palestinian family from the village of Iqrit. Walaa is a community-art activist, devoting himself to popular art and third-world creativity as means of social change and community empowerment. He uses Palestinian folklore dance and poetry alongside African roots and hip-hop to reach the goal. Founder of the Ministry of Dub-key musical/cultural project, dancer, actor, and vocalist, Walaa now lives on the ruins of his grandfathers’ village, alongside a group of third generation refugees from Iqrit, implanting return as an action and not as a dream.

Together Walaa Sbeit, Z The People and El Far3i bring the energy of a Palestinian wedding, mixed with rai, reggae, hip-hop, and Arabic music. Messages of freedom will be spit over top of beats from the Levant …a true new celebration of roots culture.

Shadia Mansour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OXQ4m1-Bo
Shadia Mansour, ‘The First Lady of Arab Hip Hop’, sings and raps in Arabic and English, blending traditional and classical Middle Eastern sounds with smooth, powerful soul that anybody, from east to west can relate to. Shadia has collaborated with many prominent artists including The Narcicyst, Lowkey, M-1 of Dead Prez and Public Enemy’s Johnny “Juice” Rosado and has opened shows for Busta Rhymes and Mobb Deep.

As part of Existance is Resistance she collaborates with other Palestinian artists in promoting hip hop shows in Palestine.

Native Sun - www.nativesunmuzik.com

Native Sun is a London based duo consisting of bilingual rapper Mohammed Yahya, born in Mozambique, and singer-song writer Sarina Leah born in London with Caribbean roots. Joining forces in 2010 Native Sun have promoted a positive message of Universal Peace, Equality, Social Justice and Environmental Change. Independently, both artists have received attention through collaborations with Dead Prez, TY, Les Nubians, Dego and Eric Lau as well as sharing stages with K’Naan, Rhymefest, Brother Ali, Saigon, Black Star, Bocafloya and many more international acts.

With a rapidly growing buzz around their electrifying performances, Native Sun went on to release their first joint album together, “Indigenous Soundwaves”.

Electric Jalaba – www.electricjalaba.com

In summer 2011, eclectic groove adventurers, Soundspecies met Moroccan Gnawa master musician Simo Lagnawi at a festival. After a handful of jam sessions, they booked two days in a studio to document their space-age-gnawa experimentations. From the music created that weekend they released ‘Introducing Electric Jalaba’. It formed the basis of an electrifying live set that propelled Electric Jalaba to become one of London’s most in demand live acts with gigs at Camden Roundhouse, London African Music Festival, V&A Museum, Secret Garden Party, Larmer Tree festival and more.

Brent PSC Summer Fundraising Party
2013-07-07 16:00 - 22:00 UTC
SUMMER FUNDRAISING GARDEN PARTY

In a beautiful garden near Willesden Green Station

Ticket price includes fabulous entertainment

Ø Ian Saville - Socialist Magician

Ø Leon Rosselson Singer-songwriter

Ø Mizan –the Poet

Ø Jo Stephenson & Dan Woods CAN YOU DIG IT? in the “best vegetable- cultivation

based musical comedy act EVER”.

and a delicious buffet with plenty of vegetarian options

BOOK IN ADVANCE

TO SAVE MONEY AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

Special Advance prices £15 Solidarity/waged

Students/benefit claimants, £11 low waged/retired

Prices on door rise to £10/£15/£20

Organised by Brent Stop the War & Brent & Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign

For more information & to reserve your ticket

brentharrowpsc@hotmail.co.uk or ring Martin (BHPSC) on 0208 908 3913

Palestine and the Silver Screen
2013-07-07 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | United Reformed Church, Whittox Lane, Frome, South West, United Kingdom
Films about Palestine are taking the world by storm this year. Two were short-listed for Oscars (The Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras, which we screened at the Cornerhouse in April) and in May Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad's Omar won the "Jury Prize" at the Cannes Film Festival.

Bristol is playing a leading role in getting Palestinian films out to British audiences. As our contribution to the 2013 Frome Festival, Frome Friends of Palestine are delighted to be hosting Bristol film-maker Conor McCormack, who will be presenting and discussing his innovative docu-drama 7 Stones, together with David Owen, director of the Bristol Palestinian Film Festival, now in its third successful year.

The United Reformed Church, Whittox Lane, Sunday 7th July from 5 to 8. £10/8.50 concessions, including delicious Palestinian food so you can go on to another Festival event the same evening satisfied in mind and body. *Please note that there's no parking at the venue but the Cork Street Car Park is only three minutes' walk away

A talk by Nawal Slemiah, Founder of Women in Hebron
2013-07-08 18:30 - 20:15 UTC | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London, United Kingdom
Women in Hebron

A talk by Nawal Slemiah, Founder of Women in Hebron

SOAS University London

Room G3

Main Building

Russell Square Campus

Thornhaugh Street

London

WC1H 0XG

Organised by SOAS Palestine Society and Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Founder of Women in Hebron, Nawal Slemiah, will be speaking about her experiences of setting up Women in Hebron, developing the community centre in Idna where many of the women work, about life under occupation in Hebron, and particular topics such as the recent arrests of young children. There will also be opportunities to take a look at her work and purchase some of the traditional Palestinian handicrafts.

Women in Hebron are based in the Old City of Hebron, Palestine, and was founded as a source of empowerment and income for Palestinian women. Part of the Idna Cooperative Association, the success of Women in Hebron goods being sold in the Old City of Hebron managed to generate enough money to open a community centre in Idna, a neighbouring city in the south of Hebron, where workshops and embroidery manufacture now take place, allowing local women to take part in earning an income that otherwise couldn't be had in other part-time employment. Their products became so popular that Women in Hebron has now become a mainstay in the Old City, where experiences of racism and occupation are everyday reality.

Women in Hebron is not just about providing these opportunities to Palestinian women, but asserting the beautiful culture of Palestine as a form of resistance, signifying the important and honourable role of women in Palestinian society, and expressing the steadfastness of the Palestinian people who face brutal occupation every day in the city of Hebron.

More information:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Women-in-Hebron/127546997276604?fref=ts

http://womeninhebron.com/

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/427241164050745/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
www.palestinecampaign.org

Public meeting with Rich Wiles
2013-07-09 19:00 - 20:45 UTC | Central Hall, Alice Street, BD21 3JD, Keighley, United Kingdom
Bradford PSC presents:
Author of an important new book about the growing BDS movement putting pressure on Israel to end the occupation of Palestine

Rich Wiles’ book, Generation Palestine: Voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, with a forward
by ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU, is published by Pluto Press

West Midlands PSC AGM 2013
2013-07-09 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Transport House , 211 Broad Street B15 1AY, Birmingham, Midlands, United Kingdom
WMPSC AGM 7 p.m. TUESDAY the 9th of JULY 2013

Venue: The offices of the Trade Union UNITE
Transport House
211 Broad Street
Birmingham
B15 1AY.

Speakers: Marwan Darweish will be speaking about the Palestinian movement and non violence.
Light refreshments will be available
Children and families are welcome
There is access for the disabled
1 INTRODUCTION

You are invited to attend the annual general meeting of West Midlands Solidarity Campaign at

7 p.m. on Tuesday the 9th of July 2013 . As well as the usual formal AGM business we will be discussing our campaign plans and how we can involve our members to ensure the plans have maximum impact and build on the growing public support for a free Palestine . Do come to the meeting and help to build our campaign.

WEST MIDLANDS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

E-Mail address : pscwm@yahoo.co.uk

Website : http://www.westmidspsc.org

Facebook page : West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign https://www.facebook.com/groups/wmpsc/

Boycott Israel Dates - Action
2013-07-13 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Bush Theatre , 7 Uxbridge Rd, LW12 8LJ, London , London, United Kingdom
The stall will be on the Uxbridge Road outside the Bush Theatre, 7 Uxbridge Rd, London W12 8LJ on the corner of Pennard Road and Uxbridge Road.

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/274689989337417/

For a map of the location please go to http://goo.gl/maps/76xVY

The nearest tube is Shepherds Bush Market tube station.[Note it is Shepherds Bush Market tube- Circle and Metropolitan lines; and NOT Shepherds Bush tube -Central line] . The location also has very good bus links.

Cultural and Academic Boycott of Israel
2013-07-16 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | The South London Irish Centre, 140 –142 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon SW19 3TG, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Guest Speaker: Mike Cushman

An active member of BRICUP (British Committee for the Universities of Palestine) and convenor and founder member of J-BIG (Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods). Also secretary of LSE University and College Union branch. Mike has visited the West Bank and entered Gaza by boat shortly before Israel launched the Cast Lead Offensive in December 2008.

Discussion including: Why Jews, and all others, should support the boycott of Israel

Please come and join us to find out the reasons for this boycott.

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1397360857142371/

Merton PSC Dates Campaign Ramadhan 2013
2013-07-19 13:00 - 14:45 UTC
Wimbledon Mosque
Wimbledon Park
262-264 Durnsford Road
Wimbledon

https://www.google.co.uk/mapmaker?splash=1&ll=51.435818%2C-0.197067&spn=0.028037%2C0.053902&z=14&q=sw19+8ds&utm_source=mapseditbutton_normal_countrylaunch_uk&gw=30&lyt=large_map_v3

We will be giving out leaflets at the end of prayer, and also selling Zaytoun produce.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MertonPSC/?fref=ts

Milton Keynes PSC - Palestine Social and Music Evening
2013-07-21 19:00 - 22:30 UTC | Room A, The Well at Willen, Newport Road, Willen, MK15 9AA , Milton Keynes, South East , United Kingdom
Social evening with music from the great Free Peace Band and their popular 'Juke Box Choice'
All friends, members and supporters of MKPSC and their friends and families welcome

Free entry

Refreshments – snacks and soft drinks for sale

Stalls with books, crafts and foodstuffs from Palestine

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Silent Voices – Photographic Exhibition
2013-08-12 - 2013-08-26 | Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Cathedral House; Mount Pleasant, L3 5TQ, Liverpool, North West, United Kingdom
An exhibition of photos of everyday life in the occupied Palestinian village of Bil’in as seen through the eyes of the children who live there.

A thought-provoking photography exhibition showing everyday life in the village of Bil’in in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine as seen through the eyes of the children who live there.

Free exhibition.

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Silent Voices

Children from the ages of 8 to 18 took a camera home from school and shot their own pictures of family and village life under the guidance of Liverpool community photographer Elaine Stapleton. The result is an eloquent and moving exhibition of some 24 images showing in the Metropolitan Cathedral between 13th and 25th August. Additionally, there are 10 photos taken by Elaine putting the photos in perspective to be understood as lives lived under a harsh military occupation which has taken much of the village land in order to build a vast illegal settlement on it and which denies Bil’in and Palestinians in general their most fundamental human rights.

The exhibition was commissioned by the small group, Liverpool Friends of Bil’in, as part of a twinning project between schools in Liverpool and Bil’in. Work from students in a Liverpool secondary school will be added to the exhibition when complete and the exhibition itself is seen as a first step towards building an on-going relationship between the schools.

2 comments on the exhibition:

“Using a camera can be very liberating. It can remove barriers and provide an opportunity to explore, celebrate, share experiences, and develop an understanding of each others’ lives.”

Elaine Stapleton, photographer

“I am so pleased we managed to bring this exhibition here. The simplicity of the children’s photos depicting their everyday lives brings out the contrast between what to them is a daily experience and for us is a source of dismay that children should have to live with such uncertainty. We need to know about such things.”

Teacher taking a group of school children to the exhibition.

Public Meeting on Gaza Blockade
2013-08-13 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Baptist Church , Manvers St, Bath, South West, United Kingdom
Speakers: James Godfrey

Tickets £10 at the door and £8 from the Bath Box Office

Palestine Fundraising Garden Party
2013-08-17 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | 7 Dippons Mill Close, WV6 8HH, Wolverhampton , West Midlands, United Kingdom
Wolverhampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Finger Food

Palestinian Crafts & Produce

Music

Tea Coffee soft drinks

Entry £5

For more information contact us

wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk
https://palestinecampaign.org/
To donate email wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk

Palestine Pop-up Restaurant in a Barn!
2013-08-17 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | Somerleaze Farm, nr Great Elm, BA11 3NR, Near Frome, United Kingdom
It's going to be a big vegetarian Indian meal, which will raise money for a brilliant Palestinian community group called Jordan Valley Solidarity (www.jordanvalleysolidarity.org). They help rebuild Palestinian homes that have suffered demolition by Israeli forces, and support communities all over the Jordan Valley to survive in the face of enormous hardship.

Donation: £15 per head; BYOB

'Common Ground' Children's Day Out in Aberystwyth
2013-08-19 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | The Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University Campus,, Penglais Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DE, Wales , United Kingdom
Gaza and West Bank youth will visit Abersytwyth - some to see the sea for the first time!

They will sing with Cor Gobaith at the Arts Centre Great Hall Foyer from 4pm.

Come and meet them!

part of the EU 'youth in action programme'.

Britain and the state of Israel
2013-08-20 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Cerne Abbas Room, United Church, DT1 1EE, Dorchester , United Kingdom
Britain and the state of Israel

What facts are we forgetting? What's gone wrong with the vision?

Showing part of 'THE PROMISE' to provide a background to some of these
questions http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/28/the-promise-peter-kosminsky-middle-east

Acousti Mosaic
2013-08-23 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Freshford Village Hall, Freshford Lane, Freshford, near Bath , BA2 7UR, South West, United Kingdom
presented by

Bradford on Avon Friends of Palestine

A concert to raise funds to bring Palestinian dancers, from the Ghiross Centre in Bethlehem to West Wiltshire in October. Performers include many of the finest musicians from the West Wiltshire/North Somerset area. Tickets £8.00 each from Ex Libris bookshop in BoA, or from the organisers.

Email

raymondpackham@yahoo.co.uk

Phone number

01225 571356

Crisis in Gaza — the Increased Blockade & The Removal of the Negrev Bedouin
2013-08-27 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | The South London Irish Centre, 140 –142 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon SW19 3TG, London , London, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker: Aimee Shalan, Director of Communications and Advocacy at MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)

Presentation on the current problems being caused in Gaza by the Egyptians closing the tunnels and restricting the Rafah crossing and update on MAP’s work in the West Bank.

Screening of ‘Nowhere Left To Go’

The Jahalin Bedouin (40,000-70,000) are under immediate threat of massed forced eviction from the Negev desert." Also threat due to the Prawer plan.

Plus updates on campaigns

Join us at: The South London Irish Centre, 140 –142 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon SW19 3TG

For more information contact mertonpsc@mail.com

Merton PSC

Palestine Fundraising Barbecue in Rowlands Castle
2013-08-31 16:00 - 20:00 UTC
PORTSMOUTH & S DOWNS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

is holding a

FUND-RAISING BARBECUE

in a beautiful garden in Rowlands Castle.

Please join us for a lovely evening on SAT AUG 31st from 4pm to 8 pm & help us to help the Palestinian people.

Admission by advance ticket only, £10. Entry ticket covers barbecue fuel, disposable barbecues, salad, bread, fruit, desserts.

Gazebo provided in case of rain.

For tkts contact flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk or tel 023 9241 3358.

Transport can be provided from Havant Station if prearranged.

The Jewish Boat to Gaza, 2010
2013-09-03 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Centrecom Building, 602, North Row, Milton Keynes , MK9 3BJ, South East, United Kingdom
Organiser

Milton Keynes PSC

Summary of event

Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign is hosting a presentation by Glyn Secker from Jews For Justice For Palestinians:“If I am only for myself, who am I?”
The Passage of a Jewish Boat To Gaza
Two Peoples – One Future
“If Not Now, When?”Glyn was Captain of ‘Irene’ the Jewish Boat to Gaza in 2010. The talk will cover his experiences, the narratives of the passengers, background to the JfJfP mission together with some historical context.

All members and supporters of MKPSC are welcome. Free admission – guests welcome

Doors open 7.20pm for a 7.30pm start.
Refreshments will be served on arrival. There will be stalls selling Pal foodstuffs and crafts

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=firefox-a&q=centrecom+milton&ie=UTF-8&ei=S4T_Uf3uLaqK0AXDkoGQAQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Monthly protest at Sainsbury’s
2013-09-07
UK wide day of action against Sainsbury’s trade with complicit companies.
We are calling on groups across the UK to hold protests at your local Sainsbury’s store. Tell Sainsbury’s to end its trading relationship with any company that operates in the illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.

The campaign calling on Sainsbury’s to end trade with Israel was launched on February 9th as part of the ‘Farming Injustice’ international day of action. We were responding to the call for action from Palestinian agricultural organisations and civil society networks, calling for an end to international trade with Israeli agricultural companies. On Feburary 9th actions targetting Sainsbury’s took place in over 50 different towns and cities up and down the country. In the weeks preceding the day of action Corporate Watch had written to Sainsbury’s providing evidence of how Israeli agricultural companies are complicit in the Israeli occupation and the dispossession. Despite issuing a statement to the press on February 9th claiming to take the allegations of Corporate Watch ‘very seriously’, Sainsbury’s has failed to respond in any way to Corporate Watch’s letter.

http://www.sainsburyscampaign.org/?p=101

48 Minutes for Palestine
2013-09-07 - 2013-09-08 | Richmix , 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, London , United Kingdom
48 Minutes for Palestine is a highly acclaimed international collaboration between British / Nigerian / Danish theatre maker Mojisola Adebayo and Ashtar Theatre, Palestine.

48 Minutes for Palestine is an emotionally intense yet absurdly playful, compelling naturalistic drama that happens without a single word being uttered. It feels like a deeply atmospheric film that is all the more powerful for being live.

Performed by 2 remarkable and respected Palestinian actors, Edward Muallem and Riham Issac, directed by Mojisola Adebayo, 48 Minutes for Palestine explores what happens when a woman lives under occupation.

48 Minutes for Palestine accompanied by an edifying original musical score by celebrated composer, Rami Washaha with instrumentation infused by Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/48-minutes-for-palestine/

Sat 7 September - Sun 8 September Sat 7th 3pm & 7.30pm / Sun 8th 7.30pm / Workshops - Sun 8th 4.30pm-6.30pm
Show: £10 full, £8 concession / Venue 1 Workshop: £5 / Venue 2

Palfest
2013-09-08 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Milton Keynes Academy, Fulwoods Drive, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes , MK6 5LA, South East, United Kingdom
Everyone is welcome to Milton Keynes’ second PALFEST, celebrating Palestinian culture. This free family festival is on Sunday 8th September.Following the successful format of the first PALFEST last year, this event will include Palestinian music, food, arts and crafts, dancing, face painting and games and activities for children.Palestinian musicians will be performing throughout the afternoon and there will be stalls selling Palestinian food and handicrafts, Fairtrade goods and books. There will also be exhibitions of photographs, embroidery and literature, and information stalls from groups who are twinned with Palestinian villages, and groups supporting peace and justice.

Organised by MK Palestine Solidarity Campaign, assisted with funding from the MK Community Foundation, and supported by many other local organisations, the event will run from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. at Milton Keynes Academy (Fulwoods Drive, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes MK6 5LA).

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=milton+keynes+academy&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=HPEAUtXBBMmH0AWI8oCgAg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg

Email for publication

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Film screening: Leila and the Wolves
2013-09-10 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | The Star & Shadow Cinema, Stepney Bank, NE1 2NP, Newcastle , United Kingdom
Film screening of the landmark Palestinian film, Leila and the Wolves.

This is a free screening but £1 cinema membership is payable on the night.

We had a really good attendance at 'Checkpoint Rock' in July, let's make sure we continue to support Palestinian film at the Star & Shadow!
Email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Twitter: @NewcastlePSC

Facebook: Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Protest to Support BDS Activists in France
2013-09-12 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | French Embassy, 58 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7JT , London, United Kingdom
Support BDS Comrades in France - demonstrate at the French Embassy on 12 Sep

In France there will be protests in front of the courts on September 12 and October 30

My Journey Experiences in Israel/Palestine
2013-09-13 19:15 - 21:00 UTC | Friends’ Meeting House, 8b Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Speaker: John Howard

John is chair of the Methodist Church’s Wolverhampton & Shrewsbury District.

He spent three months with EAPPI, the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

Refreshments from 7.15

Talk & Discussion: 7.30-9.00
Everybody welcome
Admission free of charge.
Collection towards premises

PS and many thanks to all those of you who contributed to the Fundraising Garden party - we raised £355! - a great many thanks.

wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk
https://palestinecampaign.org/

Film screening: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-09-13 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Cafe Crema, 306 New Cross Road SE14 6AF, London, United Kingdom
South East London PSC present

Film: '5 Broken Cameras' - see review below.

Venue : Cafe Crema, 306 New Cross Road SE14 6AF. Nearly opposite Iceland supermarket, and near Goldsmiths College.

Tube : New X Gate tel: 020 83202317

Donation.

Food and drinks available to buy.

From South East London PSC. Please come along ! Great Film !

Five Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer from the village of Bil’in, spends his days and nights recording life about him in his native Bil'in, the township where his family has lived for generations. Emad made this film over five years, and the title refers to the five cameras that were variously smashed in action during that time. Over the years he recorded the history of his embattled village, both its private and public sides. He recorded some of the fiercest footage of assaults and atrocities on the West Bank as well as the arson wreaked on Palestinian olive groves by illegal Jewish settlers.

Over the course of the film, he becomes the peaceful archivist of an escalating struggle as lives are lost, olive trees are bulldozed, and an apartheid wall is built to segregate burgeoning illegal Israeli settlements.

Winner :
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary 2012 Sundance FilmFestival.

Winner Special Jury Award and Audience Award IDEA 2011

"...Extraordinary work of art... " Philip French , The Observer, 21/10/12

Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak Public Meeting
2013-09-14 15:00 - 23:00 UTC | AlderSmith stadium, Berkley Road, BA11 2EH, Frome, United Kingdom
Frome Friends of Palestine

On his way to take up a new job with a major West Bank team, Gaza-born footballer Mahmoud Sarsak was arrested and spent three and a half years in an Israeli jail without charge or trial. He was finally released after a 96-day hunger strike, and an international outcry led by the indignant pleas of FIFA leaders and such famous footballers as Eric Cantona.

Alas, his experience is far from unique. Palestinian footballers are routinely harassed and humiliated by the Israeli authorities as part of a general policy of repressing Palestinian morale and self-esteem.

Israel actively works to suppress sporting activities in Palestine, and tries to prevent Palestinian sporting talent coming to the notice of the international community.

After his release, Mahmoud undertook an arduous tour all around Europe. Granted an extended visa by the British Government in recognition of the injustice he has suffered, he is currently on a speaking tour of the U.K. to support the Red Card Israeli Apartheid campaign.

Mahmoud will be watching Frome Town's match against Bognor Regis in the afternoon: kick-off 3pm. Catch him then, at the AlderSmith stadium in Berkley Road, BA11 2EH, or at the beautifully-restored Bennett Centre, St. John’s Hall, Vicarage Street, Frome BA11 1PU at 7.30.

Combined ticket for the match + talk £10/£6 concessions, talk only £3.

The ever-supportive Jhalmuri Restaurant in Palmer Street is offering 10% discount to people who've been to the talk that night.

PSC Thames Path Fundraising Walk
2013-09-15 10:30 - 16:00 UTC | Putney Bridge, Putney Bridge (south side), 1 Lower Richmond Road , SW15 1EJ, London, United Kingdom
This sponsored walk is to raise funds for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We rely on funding from our members and supporters to carry out our work, and all money will be used towards our campaigning activities.

Please help make a difference - help build solidarity with Palestine - and help raise funds for the PSC. This event is kindly organised by Kingston & Richmond and West London PSC.

An 8.5 mile walk along the most picturesque stretch of the Thames in West London. You can donate today (just choose 'sponsored walk' from the drop down menu)

Or sponsor individuals who’ve signed up to take part:

Ayman Abuawwad is from Gaza, Palestine. Ayman says "I’m really excited to be taking part in this walk and want to raise as much money as possible to help fund the essential work of PSC."

Read more about why Ayman is taking part and support Ayman here>

Sponsor Ayman Abuawwad>
Sponsor Heba Abu Sitta>
Sponsor Munim Abdul>
Sponsor Salim Alam>
Sponsor Carol Clisby>
Sponsor Andree Duguy>
Sponsor Nuzhah Elaheebaccus>
Sponsor Laura Fatah>
Sponsor Anwar Hassanein>
Sponsor Ahmed Hegazi>
Sponsor Ben Jamal>
Sponsor Elaine Joyce>
Sponsor Sagal Mohamed>
Sponsor Susan Murray>
Sponsor Nicola Oestreicher>
Sponsor James O'Keefe>
Sponsor Nat Perez>
Sponsor Simon Quinn>
Sponsor La Rose>
Sponsor Jon Rushton>
Sponsor Sara Said>
Sponsor Uma Simms>
Sponsor team Tant>
Sponsor Rob Tunbridge>
Sponsor Nazifa Valli>
Sponsor Cees Van Dijk>
Sponsor Rob Wall>
Sponsor Elizabeth Weekes>
Sponsor Pia Westin>

Please note: it is now too late to register for this walk, so please sponsor one of the walkers to support the walk.

Felafel and Quiz
2013-09-20 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St Matthews , Carver St S1 4FE, Sheffield, United Kingdom
If we believe that the Palestinian cause is just, then we need to do something about it. We need to raise money for campaigning and for children’s projects like the mobile library. However there is no reason why we cannot enjoy ourselves while we do it. We hold these regular fund raising meals to have nice food, enjoy each other’s company and, well yes, raise money.

Sheffield PSC

enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1

United Kingdom

Film screening: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-09-20 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, Scotts Road, DY8 1UR, Stourbridge, United Kingdom
Come along and see the Oscar nominated "5 Broken Cameras", hosted by the Stourbridge Palestine Solidarity Group. The film is a first-hand account of protests in Bil'in, a West Bank village affected by the Israeli West Bank barrier. Falafel will be available too!

Entry fee - donations requested. There will be a short Question and Answer session at the end.

This is our first public event, so we would welcome as many people as possible who are able to make it.

For more information and to let us know if you're coming, please click on the Facebook link below:

https://www.facebook.com/events/621649087868872/?ref=2

I've also included a link to the location on Google maps:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Defending Human Rights in Hebron
2013-09-21 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | St Nicolas Church Hall, Bury Street , Guildford, United Kingdom
Amnesty International Guildford Group
and West Surrey PSC

Hamed Qawesmeh

Hamed Qawesmeh works for the United Nations documenting human rights violations in the southern West Bank. He also directs the Hebron International Resources Network and is a key activist in the local community.
His talk will outline the implications of Israeli policies in the Hebron region, with special focus on forced evictions, thus bringing the voices and experiences of the marginalised and oppressed Palestinian communities to a wider audience in the UK.

Contact:
info@westsurreypsc.org.uk www.westsurreypsc.org.uk
Amnesty International Guildford: jarrett@1square.org

Peace, justice and dignity for Palestinians

Film Screening: Man Without a Cell Phone
2013-09-21 20:00 - 22:15 UTC | Riverside Studios , Crisp Road Hammersmith W6 9RL, London, United Kingdom
Saturday 21 September
MAN WITHOUT A CELL PHONE
Sameh Zoabi / 2011 / Drama / 83min
8pm
+ Director Q&A

http://palestinefilmfoundation.org/events.asp?s=mini
Book now
Venue map

When a curmudgeonly Palestinian-Israeli olive-farmer wages a struggle against a cell phone antenna built on village lands, he disrupts his slacker son’s own phone reception, jeopardising his dating prospects and setting the pair on a comic collision course.

'... A welcome addition to the remarkable breadth of Palestinian filmmaking'
Electronic Intifada

Screening followed by Q&A with the director.

Tickets

22 - 28 September Week of World Prayer for Palestine & Israel
2013-09-22 - 2013-09-28
22 - 28 September Week of World Prayer for Palestine & Israel

Pax Christi is a member of a network promoting this World Council of Churches initiative in the UK. See more here

Planned events:

Newcastle upon Tyne. 26 September, 7.30. Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. Brunswick Methodist Church, NE1 7BJ.

London. 28 September, 2-3pm. Ecumenical service and gathering. The Garden, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, NW1 2BJ.

http://www.paxchristi.org.uk/events1.php

Labour fringe: Palestine - loosening the chains: an end to business as usual with Israel
2013-09-22 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Thistle Hotel , King's Road, Brighton , BN1 2GS, South East , United Kingdom
No Labour Party pass needed - outside the secure zone.

Chair: Hugh Lanning, Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Speakers: Kevin Maguire, Katy Clark MP, Andy Slaughter MP, Manuel Cortes, General Secretary - TSSA, Jean Butcher, Chair - International Committee - UNISON, Kamel Hawwash, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Palestine Ambassador Manuel Hassassian.

Refreshments provided; wheelchair access; no Labour Party pass needed

Supported by:

UCATT, UNITE, CWU, FBU, Thompsons, Unison

labour party fringe leaflet

Film screening: Operation Bethlehem 2013
2013-09-23 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Arts Picturehouse, 38-39 St Andrew's Street, CB2 3AR, Cambridge , United Kingdom
Part of Cambridge Film Festival

http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2013/operation-bethlehem

Country Palestine, UK

Production Year 2013

Duration 90 minutes

Directors Leila Sansour

Cast Leila Sansour

We are delighted to announced that Director Leila Sansour will be flying in to join us for the screening. A work in progress: Daughter to the late founder of Bethlehem University, Leila Sansour returned to the place she was so desperate to escape as teenager with the intention of making a film honouring her father and his relationship with the legendary town. Instead, she found herself compelled to document the wall being built around Bethlehem, transforming the city into an open-air prison patrolled by the Israeli military. Five years later, Sansour has created a touching personal record of her own re-assimilation into her ancestral home, but also an evocative archive of Bethlehem’s cultural and historical riches, and a crucial expose of the threats this history is facing. Allied with a campaign to resist this erasure and preserve the town’s identity as bastion of harmonious multifaith cohabitation in the Middle East, OPERATION BETHLEHEM is a hugely affecting and significant work. We are grateful to the filmmakers for allowing us to show their film as a work in progress. -

See more at: http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2013/operation-bethlehem#sthash.2h2Wcmaq.dpuf

Area C and the Death of the Two State Solution
2013-09-24 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | West Downs 1, University of Winchester, Romsey Road, SO22 5HT , Winchester, United Kingdom
Hamed Qawasemeh, UNOCHA (office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) Officer,

based in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine

will be giving a talk entitled:

'Area C and the Death of the Two State Solution'

This event is free and there will be an opportunity for questions after the talk.

Mahmoud Sarsak Meeting
2013-09-25 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | SOUTHSEA COMMUNITY CENTRE, ST PAUL’S SQUARE,KING St,PO5 4EE, Portsmouth, South East , United Kingdom
Palestine National Footballer
detained without trial by Israel
Only released after 96 day hunger strike
Hear Mahmoud Sarsak
speak
on Wednesday 25 September
7.30 pm Southsea Community Centre
St Paul’s Square, King Street, PO5 4EE
Public meeting organised by

Portsmouth & South Downs Palestine Solidarity Campaign

& Portsmouth Socialist Workers Party

For further info contact Jenny Flintoft on 023 9241 3358 or email flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk or Jon Woods on 07921 775828/jonwoods333@hotmail.com

Area C and the Death of the Two-State Solution - a talk by Hamed Qawasmeh
2013-09-27 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, OX1 3LW, Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford PSC and Network of Oxford Women for Justice and Peace

Hamed Qawasmeh directs the Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN) and is a key activist in the Villages Group. His work also involves documenting human rights violations in the Hebron and Bethlehem governorates.

Hamed's talk will outline the implications of Israeli policies in Area C, with special focus on forced evictions and displacement, thus bringing the voices and experiences of the marginalised and oppressed Palestinian communities to a wider audience in the UK.

Contact:

joytoknow@outlook.com

Sodastream National Day of Action
2013-09-28
Join the Palestine Solidarity Campaign for the Sodastream National Day of Action on Saturday 28 September 2013

For more information:

https://palestinecampaign.org/complain-to-your-local-shop-about-sodastream/

http://www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org/campaigns-2/brighton-says-no-to-israeli-settlement-business-in-our-town-the-ecostream-campaign

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/160954334090586/

DOWNLOAD THE LEAFLETS FOR THE DAY OF ACTION:

- sodastream leaflet A4 LAID UP

- sodastream postcard size LAID UP

- sodastream A4 poster

- Sample letter for store managers (PDF)

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Local actions for the National Day of Action Against Sodastream

London: 12pm - 2pm Outside John Lewis Dept Store - 300 Oxford Street - Supported by all London PSC Branches.

Brighton PSC Rally and March in central Brighton, meet 12noon at Clocktower.

Cardiff PSC Outside John Lewis 2pm - near the Central Library

West Surrey PSC: outside Robert Dyas store in White Lion Walk / North Street, Guildford from 10.30-12.00

Lancaster

Southampton PSC - outside of Argos in Southampton city centre from 11am

Plymouth PSC 10.30am Place de Brest, Plymouth

Kendal

Sheffield PSC: John Lewis protest meet 12 noon at Barkers Pool, John Lewis main entrance.

Bristol PSC 12.00-3.00pm outside Galleries Shopping Centre, Broadmead, Bristol BS1 3XD

More to follow/Watch this space!

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Contact us to order the cards and to get involved: info@palestinecampaign.org

Bidisha and Selma Dabbagh – Palestine: Fiction or Non-fiction?
2013-09-28 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Assembly Room, Marlborough Town Hall, 5, High Street, SN8 1AA, Marlborough, United Kingdom
http://www.marlboroughlitfest.org/event/bidisha-selma-dabbagh/

International journalist Bidisha and British Palestinian novelist Selma Dabbagh discuss the challenges and responsibilities of writing about Palestine from their respective standpoints. For example, whether the choice of fiction or non-fiction subtly influences the way a very pressing contemporary issue is depicted or whether it gives a writer freedom to go beyond the situation and address universal issues.

How do you subjugate a people? Beyond the Wall: Writing A Path Through Palestine goes some way to answering this harrowing question and is based on Bidisha’s first visit to the West Bank as a reporter in 2011. It is an unflinching portrait of life in this region in the 21st Century, seen through the eyes of ordinary citizens, children, activists, international aid workers, reporters and foreign visitors. Since publication in May 2012 Beyond the Wall has garnered international praise and sales.

Selma Dabbagh’s first novel Out of It (Bloomsbury, 2011), set between Gaza, London and the Gulf, was listed as a Guardian Book of the Year in 2011 and 2012.

Her short stories have appeared in anthologies published by Granta, International PEN and the British Council. She is currently working on a second novel about expatriate living and a BBC Radio Play set in the West Bank.

Screening of 'Over the Wall' with Q&A with Directors Matthew Kay and Jasper Kain
2013-09-28 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, SY1 1TE, United Kingdom
The film shows a group of young people from different countries who went to the West Bank to play football with Palestinians, travelling through Egypt (during the Arab Spring) and Israel. It is a poignant, necessary and moving account.

We are delighted that the directors, Matthew Kay and Jasper Kain have agreed to come to do a Q&A following the screening. For more information see the Over the Wall press pack

Date: 28th September. Time: 8pm.

Ticket are £5/4 (concessions) and are available from The Hive, Shrewsbury (01743 234970), during office hours.

Any profits made will go to "Football Beyond Borders".

Screening of 5 Broken Cameras
2013-09-29 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Cinema Museum , 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road), Kennington SE11 4TH, London, United Kingdom
SPECIAL SCREENING

The screening will be followed by refreshments and a discussion

Museum entrance £2, screening free

Voluntary donations, large and small, will be collected for the

children’s library in Beit Hanina, Palestine

For advance bookings call 020 7840 2200 or info@cinemamuseum.org.uk

Sponsored by the Lambeth & Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign in memory of Jim Lusted

lwpsc2013@gmail.com

Palestine Today
2013-09-30 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Orange Box Young People’s Centre , Thomas Street, HX1 1 R, Halifax, United Kingdom
“Learning About Palestine”
Join us for an interesting and informative new course for anyone who wants to learn more about the realities of life now for Palestinian people – and gain a good insight to the history of their displacement and dispossession.
The course will take place at the new Orange Box Young People’s Centre, which is on Thomas Street, Halifax HX1 1 RE, just above the Piece Hall.
Sessions will take place on the last Monday of the month from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. and will include an illustrated talk from a guest speaker, film clips etc, and plenty of time for questions and discussion.

TIMETABLE
30 Sept 2013 Palestine Today

28 Oct. 2013 A History of Zionism

25 Nov. 2013 Britain and Palestine

27 Jan. 2014 The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

24 Feb. 2014 The Apparatus of Repression

31 March 2014 A History of Palestinian Resistance

28 April 2014 The Politics of International Solidarity

Course materials will be provided, together with a reading list of relevant books to be found in Calderdale Libraries.

There is no charge for the course, but participants will be invited to make a donation to cover the costs of room hire.

For more information, or to sign up for the course, please e mail jennylynn@btinternet.com or ring 07801 275674
HALIFAX FRIENDS OF PALESTINE
www.halifaxfriendsofpalestine.org.uk

Twinning with Palestine
2013-10-01 19:15 - 21:00 UTC | Centercom, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be hosting a presentation with representatives from Watford Friends of Salfeet who will give a presentation about their twinning project with the Palestinian village of Salfeet, the advantages of twinning and how to set up a twinning arrangement with a Palestinian village, school or other organisation

All members and supporters of MKPSC, other twinning organisations and those interested in twinning are welcome - please invite friends

Free admission

Refreshments will be served on arrival
There will be stalls selling Pal foodstuffs and crafts
PSC and Twinning literature available

*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

More info: miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Palestine Embassy and Nakba Museum
2013-10-03 11:00 - 2013-10-05 18:00 UTC | ARC, 27 Broad Street, BS1 2HG, Bristol, United Kingdom
From Keffiyehs to Embroidery to Za’atar. From the Nakba, to the Intifada, to
Gaza. Bristol hosts the largest exhibition of Palestinian arts, culture, and
history in the South-West of England. Also regular public meetings and films.

Open every week Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11.00 – 6.00pm

Admission free. www.facebook.com/ArcVenue

Jill Evans MEP – EU and sanctions
2013-10-03 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Quaker Meeting House , St James Street, S1, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Jill Evans MEP is a very courageous woman who campaigns with a small
group of pro Palestine MEP's for sanctions to be imposed by the EU on Israel
for its atrocities against the Palestinian

Sheffield PSC

enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

SOAS Conference: Self-Critique Two Decades After Oslo
2013-10-05 - 2013-10-06 | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London, United Kingdom
On 5-6 October 2013, the Palestine Society at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London will hold its ninth annual conference, Self-Critique Two Decades After Oslo.
http://soaspalsoc.org/conference/

Conference Programme

DAY ONE | Saturday 5th October 2013

9.00-9.30
Registration and Refreshments

9.30-9.35
Opening remarks – Director, Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS

9.35-10.15
Keynote Address – Overcoming Oslo, Restoring Popular Sovereignty – Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford

10.15-11.45
Session 1: Situating Palestine

1. Unsettling Exceptionalism: Bringing a Race, Class and Gender Perspective to Palestine – Nahla Abdo, Carleton University
2. The Continuity of Colonial Control Mechanisms in Palestine – Laleh Khalili, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
3. Oslo and the Taming of National Liberation Struggles in the Arab World - Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

11.45-12.00
Coffee, Tea and Refreshments

12.00-13.30
Session 2: Subjects of Self-Criticism

1. Histories of Self-Criticism within the Palestinian Liberation
Struggle – Abdel-Razzaq Takriti, University of Sheffield
2. Promises not Reached, Dreams Waiting to be Realized: Oslo and its Aftermath – Eileen Kuttab, Birzeit University
3. The Roots of Oslo: Beyond an Ideological Critique – Adam Hanieh,
School of Oriental and African Studies, London

13.30-14.15
Lunch

14.15-15.45
Session 3: Oslo and the Fragmentation of the Body Politic

1. The Palestinian Citizens in Israel After Oslo – Nimer Sultany, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
2. Wadi ‘Araba: Precarious citizenship and Palestinians in Jordan – Mohammad Al-Masri (tbc), Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
3. On Loss and Renewal in Lebanon – Diana K. Allan (tbc), Cornell University

15.45-16.00
Coffee, Tea and Refreshments

16.00-17.30
Session 4: International Law, the Human Rights Turn, and the Struggle for Palestine

1. International Law as Anti-Colonial Struggle – Hassan Jabareen (tbc), ADALAH: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
2. Settler Colonialism and International Law in the 21st Century -
Darryl Li, Columbia University
3. In the Land of the International: Palestine, Revolution and War - Samera Esmeir, University of California, Berkeley

DAY TWO | Sunday 6th October 2013

9.30-10.00
Refreshments

10.00-11.40
Session 5: Social Reproduction Under Oslo

1. Water as Political Tool to Encourage or Discourage Settlement -
Mark Zeitoun, University of East Anglia
2. Solidity and Fluidity in the Bubble: Housing Development,
State-building, and Cultural Reproduction in the Contemporary West
Bank – Kareem Rabie, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
3. Breaking the Popular, Securing the Local: Aid and Its Fragmentary
States – Lisa Bhungalia, Syracuse University
4. Hooked on Electricity: Colonizing Palestine on the Grid – Omar Jabary Salamanca, Ghent University

11.40-11.55
Coffee, Tea and Refreshments

12.00-13.40
Session 6: Oslo and the Consequences for Resistance

1. International Investigative Commissions in Palestine, Before and
After Oslo – Lori Allen, University of Cambridge
2. Contextualizing Contemporary Palestinian Popular Resistance - Ala Al-Azzeh, Rice University
3. Palestine De-Osloized! – Haidar Eid, Al-Aqsa University
4. The Oslo Generation on Exile Politics: Between Solidarity and
Leadership – Nour Joudah, Institute for Palestine Studies

13.40-14.25
Lunch

14.30-16.10
Session 7: Integrating Critique and Moving Forward

1. Co-opted Solidarity and the Challenge of Joint Struggle - Sara Kershnar, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
2. Rebuilding the Movement: From the Popular Committees to the Labor
Unions – Jamal Juma, Stop the Wall
3. Organizing in Yarmouk Camp – Youssef Fakhreddine, Ajras Al-Awda, Yarmouk Camp, Syria
4. Don’t Mourn – Organise: Organisation, the Struggle Against Apartheid and the Palestinian Predicament - Steven Friedman, Rhodes University/University of Johannesburg

16.10-16.25
Coffee, Tea and Refreshments

16.25-18.00
Session 8: Roundtable

Talk and Film about Hebron
2013-10-05 10:30 - 12:15 UTC | Brunswick Methodist Church , Brunswick Place NE1 7BJ, Newcastle , United Kingdom
Hamed Qwasameh is visiting Tyneside from Hebron on the final leg of a two-week speaking tour of the UK for The Hebron International Resources Network.

Following a screening of the short documentary ‘My Home is Everything’ (the work of a young Palestinian film-maker from the village of Susiya in the occupied South Hebron Hills), Hamed will present latest news from the The Hebron International Resources Network and the Villages Group’s ongoing work in Israel-Palestine. Admission free, retiring collection for HIRN

Jamal Juma – Stop the Wall Campaign
2013-10-08 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 10 St James Street, S1 2EW, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Jamal Juma – Stop the Wall Campaign 7.30 pm Friends Meeting House
Central to the two state solution is the Israeli Apartheid Wall. It snakes through Palestinian land and reduces a possible Palestinian state to a series of ghettos. Jamal is coordinator of Stop The Wall campaign. We are extremely fortunate to have him in Sheffield.

Sheffield PSC

enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1

United Kingdom

Samia Halaby New Paintings - Exhibition
2013-10-09 10:00 - 2013-11-30 18:00 UTC | Ayyam Gallery, 143 New Bond Street, 1st Floor, W1S 2TP, London, London, United Kingdom
http://www.ayyamgallery.com/exhibitions/samia-halaby_1/press-release

Ayyam Gallery London presents an exhibition of paintings by pioneering Palestinian artist Samia Halaby, who is widely credited with inspiring the new school of abstraction in contemporary Arab art. Parallel to her artistic career, Halaby is an active political campaigner for Palestine, as well as a scholar who has been instrumental to the documentation of Palestinian art, publishing her landmark text 'Liberation Art of Palestine: Palestinian Painting and Sculpture in the Second Half of the 20th Century' in 2002.

Over the past fifty years, Halaby has built upon historical abstraction in painting, such as that of the Russian Constructivists, merging this with traditional Arabic arts and Islamic architecture. Her rich and varied oeuvre is characterised by a compelling energy and an unceasing commitment to experimentation; in the mid 1980s, Halaby taught herself computer programming in order to create a series of digital kinetic paintings with sound later using her programmes to perform live with percussionists. At the age of 77, she continues to produce work that challenges conventional approaches to painting and this latest exhibition at Ayyam Gallery London displays new abstraction emblematic of her innovative approach.
The artist cites the inspiration of her paintings as the rich visual material which surrounds her in everyday life; she explains, “When I see something beautiful, I always stop and memorise it…I watch things change relative to each other in shape, size, and colour and these memories become the subject of my paintings.” New work 'Clouds and Trees' (2013) is rooted in her memories of the distinctive clouds and landscape of Indiana, which she admired as a student at Indiana University in the early 1960s. The light-filled abstraction, with its subtle gradation of colour, captures the vibrancy of green trees growing upwards to a sky scattered with cumulus clouds.

Though stemming from her own experience of the visual world, Halaby believes the nature of abstraction allows viewers to recognise their own memories and experiences within her work. She states, “Abstraction is not about the artist or his or her individualism, but rather about the far more difficult and thus more satisfying ambition to invent a visual language capable of containing exchangeable knowledge. Of course, the uniqueness of painting is that this shared knowledge is a visual one.” Within the show, 'Takheel I' and 'Takheel 2' (both works 2013) were titled after a friend highlighted the fact that she had unconsciously used the colours and formal qualities of embroidery made in the mountain villages of Palestine, a style which is referred to as ‘Takheel’.

Informing her approach is a strong awareness of painting’s history, with Halaby naming both the Renaissance and Impressionist periods as epochs which have influenced her production. The only work in the exhibition which has been shown previously, 'Homage to Leonardo' (2012), draws upon Leonardo da Vinci’s 'The Last Supper' (1495–1498), a work which captivated the artist when she first encountered it in 1964. Halaby reimagines the space of da Vinci’s famous work in a kaleidoscope of vivid colour, using bold brush marks to indicate regions of movement and light. Four vertical blue lines cross the length of the picture plane, emulating the diagonal hatching employed by da Vinci in original sketches, whilst suggesting a new notion of infinite space.

Notes to Editors

About the Artist

Born in Jerusalem in 1936, Samia Halaby lives and works in New York. She has taught widely at institutions including, in the USA, the Cooper Union, the Yale School of Art, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Kansas City Art Institute, University of Hawaii; and short courses at Birzeit University, Palestine; Darat al-Funun in Amman, Jordan. Halaby’s work is housed in numerous international museum collections including, in the USA, The Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Institute of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Guggenheim Museum in New York, Honolulu Academy of Arts in Hawaii; Mead Art Museum in Amherst, The National Gallery of Art in Washington, The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, Nelson Rockhill Gallery of Art in Kansas City, Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque and Yale University Gallery in New Haven; in the UK, The British Museum; in France, Institut du Monde Arabe; in Qatar, Mathaf Arab Musuem of Modern Art; the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, UAE; and in the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. She is the author of Liberation Art of Palestine (2002). In 1986 she created a computer program for kinetic paintings, which resulted in several audio-visual presentations including a tour of Syria, Palestine and Jordan and a performance accompanied by live musicians at New York’s Lincoln Center in 1998.

Recent selected solo shows include Ayyam Gallery London, UK (2013), Dubai, UAE (2011), Beirut, Lebanon (2010) and Damascus, Syria (2008); Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, New York, USA (2006); Artim Gallery, Strasbourg, France (2001); Skoto Gallery, New York, USA (2000); Sakakini Art Center, Ramallah, Palestine (2000). Recent selected group shows include The Area Gallery, Paris, France (2009); WAH Center, Brooklyn, USA (2009); Institut Du Monde Arab, Paris, France (2009); Clinton Foundation, Little Rock, USA (2008); Metropolitan Museum of Tokyo, Japan (2004); The Station Museum, Houston, USA (2003); Musee du Chateau Dufresne, Montreal, Canada (2001).

About Ayyam Gallery

Founded by collectors and cousins Khaled and Hisham Samawi in Damascus in 2006, Ayyam Gallery sought to nurture Syria’s burgeoning and dynamic contemporary art scene through landmark non-profit initiatives such as the Shabab Ayyam Project, an incubator for emerging artists. Expansion into Beirut and Dubai enabled Ayyam Gallery to broaden its scope from the promotion of work by Syrian artists to those from the wider Middle East region. In doing so, Ayyam Gallery has established itself as one of the foremost exponents of Middle Eastern contemporary art to the international community.

Today, Ayyam Gallery is recognised as a leading cultural voice in the region, representing a roster of Arab and Iranian artists with an international profile and museum presence, such as Abdulnasser Gharem, Khaled Jarrar, Nadim Karam, Safwan Dahoul, Samia Halaby, Sadik Alfraji, Afshin Pirhashemi and Khaled Takreti. A number of non-commercial exhibitions, as well as the launch of initiatives like The Young Collectors Auction, have further succeeded in showcasing the work of Middle Eastern artists with the aim of educating a wider audience about the art of this significant region. Ayyam Gallery Damascus currently functions as a studio and creative haven for artists who remain in the war-torn city. In early 2013, Ayyam Gallery launched new spaces in London and Jeddah.

Exhibition Facts

Exhibition Dates: 9 October – 30 November 2013

Location:

Tel: +44 (0) 207 409 3568

Email: london@ayyamgallery.com

Justice for Palestine: advancing the struggle
2013-10-10 07:00 - 09:00 UTC | SOAS, University of London, Room G2, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG , London , United Kingdom
Free public event

War on Want, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine and SOAS Palestine Society welcome you to a panel discussion on the campaigns and legal advocacy initiatives that inspire the global solidarity movement with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality.

Speakers include:

Daniel Machover, Solicitor and Co-founder of Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights
Frank Barat, Coordinator of Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Jamal Juma, Coordinator of Palestinian Stop the Wall Grassroots Campaign
Jeremy Moodey, Chief Executive of Embrace the Middle East and member of the Kairos Britain steering group
Rafeef Ziadah, Senior Campaigns Officer at War on Want

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine is an International People’s Tribunal created by a large group of citizens involved in the promotion of peace and justice in the Middle East. This event will discuss the tribunals findings and recommendations and ways to move forward with implementation and campaigning.

Join us to hear from legal experts and inspiring campaigners about ways to be involved in the struggle for Justice in Palestine.

Beyond Belief
2013-10-10 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Marple Methodist Church, Church Lane, Stockport, SK6 7AY, North West , United Kingdom
Organised by: Marple Methodist church and Christian Aid NW

Summary of event: Stories of the West bank and Gaza presented through images and music

Email for publication: gerardcrawshaw@hotmail.com

Concert for Palestine in Portsmouth
2013-10-10 19:30 - 22:45 UTC | RMA Tavern, 58 Cromwell Road, Eastney, PO4 9PN, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Wheels of the World
Formed in 2008, the Wheels of the World play music from the Irish tradition. They combine Uilleann pipes, whistles, flute, guitar and bodhran to produce a beautiful rich sound.

Sue Apicella & Dave Jordan
Folk & Blues
Delightful vocals from Sue, who sings in theJellyrollers, & superb guitar & double-bass playing from Dave Jordan, a much-in-demand musician who plays in several bands.

Hannah Dawson & Allan Jones
Highly popular local duo with beautiful songs & excellent banjo & accordion playing.

Tickets £8, £6 conc.

For further info contact Jenny Flintoft, flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

What’s going on in the Middle East?
2013-10-10 19:30 UTC | Hamilton House , 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY, Bristol, United Kingdom
Public Meeting
Speakers: Sami Ramadani (Guardian Columnist), Phil McCowen local Palestine activist, and others.

7.30pm

Organised by Bristol-STWC and Bristol-PSC

Bristol-PSC

Facebook Page is active again see www.facebook.com/bristol.psc

GET YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN THIS MAILING LIST email Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk

Right to Roam - Solidarity Walk with Gaza
2013-10-12 10:45 - 17:00 UTC | Edale Station, Derbyshire Peak District, North Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Edale station 10.50 am
A small delegation of women from Sheffield were due to go to Gaza at the beginning of October, and jointly with friends and comrades in Gaza were to go on a family solidarity walk, in support of the right to roam, and the right to learn and to play. This followed a 268 mile fund raising walk on the Pennine Way in May this year, raising nearly £2,000 for the Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund and Sheffield PSC’s Children’s Projects in Gaza.
However, the renewed siege on Gaza, with all borders shut off, has meant that the trip has had to be postponed until next year.

We would like to invite you to join us on a 'RIGHT 2 ROAM' SOLIDARITY WALK WITH GAZA (long and short walk options) on Saturday 12 October, from 10.50 am, and for solidarity TEA & CAKES at Cooper's Cafe between 3/3.30 and 5 pm: at the top of Edale Village, where both walks will finish. (If you cannot come on the walk just come for tea and cakes) Meet in the car park at the back of Edale Station (where both the long and short walk will leave together) at 10.50, and/or in Cooper's Cafe at 3.30 until 5 pm.

Bring Palestinian flags, wear solidarity T-shirts/ kaffiyehs etc! We will be sending solidarity photos to Gaza, and vice versa (our friends & comrades in Gaza are walking there at the same time as we are). Everyone welcome.

Bring a picnic lunch. In the event of bad weather a shorter/lower walk will be organised, meeting at the same place. For further information &/or to let us know you are coming please email right2roam@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

Film screening: Infiltrators
2013-10-12 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Riverside Studios , Crisp Road Hammersmith W6 9RL, London, United Kingdom
Saturday 12 October
INFILTRATORS
Khaled Jarrar / 2012 / Documentary / 70 min
8pm

http://palestinefilmfoundation.org/events.asp?s=mini
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Shot hand-held, often covertly and at some personal risk, Infiltrators draws audiences into a high stakes “game” of cat and mouse, chronicling the travails of Palestinians seeking routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers in the West Bank.

"...a gripping, involving and intimate documentary..."
EyeForFilm.co.uk

Tickets

Beyond the Stalemate? The Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
2013-10-13 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | B34 Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London, United Kingdom
Is there a way forward? At a time when it is hard to see the prospect of significant change in the Israeli-Palestinian situation and the end of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Independent Jewish Voices is delighted to welcome the distinguished Palestinian activist, politician and doctor, Mustafa Barghouthi. As founder of Medical Relief and co-founder and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative he has been a consistent advocate of a non-violent and democratic alternative.

Keynote address by

Mustafa Barghouthi

On the twentieth anniversary of Oslo –

Palestine what future?

to be preceded by a panel discussion on

“forms of intervention”

with

Israeli Human Rights activist Miri Weingarten,

Palestinian-British author of the acclaimed novel, Out of It, Selma Dabbagh,

UK-based journalist from Gaza, Jayyab Abusafia

and initiator of the Gaza scholarship programme at Oxford University,

Charlotte Seymour

Lynne Segal will open the event, Tony Klug and Jacqueline Rose will chair.

Tickets £10/£5 for students

Space is limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

For booking & further details contact Merav at web@ijv.org.uk

or visit

www.ijv.org.uk

Health Crisis: Occupied Gaza
2013-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Sherrington Bldg, University of Liverpool Medical School , L69 3GE, Liverpool, North West, United Kingdom
Public meeting, all welcome

Liverpool links with Gaza

Abdul Hammad

Consultant Surgeon at Royal Liverpool Hospital,performed 1st kidney transplant in Gaza Jan 2013

Norma Turner

retired nurse, Manchestcr Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in Gaza with women ealthworkers 2013 and 2010.

Chairs: Colin McKean retired GP, chair Liverpool Friends of Palestine, and

Kitty Worthing medical student (3rd yr) cochair Liverpool University Friends of Palestine

Abdul Hammad, a Palestinian consultant surgeon at the Royal Liverpool hospital, led the team performing Gaza’s first ever kidney transplant in Jan 2013. With 250 patients on dialysis, Gaza needs 70 transplants a year. Hammad has done 5 transplants, and hopes to bring a surgeon, nurses and specialists to train at the Royal, to set up a transplant programme at Al Shifa

Hospital in Gaza City. Gaza is under siege by land, sea & air, an illegal collective punishment

of 1.75 million people crammed into 365 km2. “There is a power cut 8 hours a day. During one

of the transplants there was probably 10 secs without power. Imagine this as a daily life for

every patient.”

Israel’s military blockade and the renewed closure of the Egyptian border leaves Gaza with

poverty, food insecurity and disease, restricted supplies of medicines, fuel, power, building

materials... Gaza relies on international aid. But healthworkers are organising networks of

community support.

Film Screening: The Time That Remains
2013-10-18 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Cafe Crema, 306 New Cross Road SE14 6AF, London, United Kingdom
SE London PSC

Don't forget that we are showing another brilliant film:

' THE TIME THAT REMAINS'

£2.50 minimum donation

Food and drinks available, and Palestinian produce.

please pass on to your friends to help make the evening as successful as last time.

Elia Suleiman’s feature-length film The Time That Remains, is largely autobiographical story of a family of ‘present absentees’ – the term used by Israelis for Palestinians who were not expelled in 1948, but who lost their homes. It begins in Nazareth, with the Nakba of 1948. Should people stay and resist, or flee, with the hope of returning when hostilities have died down? The film follows the lives of different members of the family who make different choices.

CADFA Music Evening
2013-10-18 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | The Oxford Pub, 256 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2AA, London, United Kingdom
AN EVENING OF MUSIC WITH CADFA

Date

Rebetiko Recycled, National Interest Band, Somaye Plus More….

£5 entry at the door

In benefit for the work of Camden Abu-Dis Friendship Association!!!

Check out the Facebook Link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/251229518359809/

Nearest stations are Kentish Town Underground Station (5 mins) and

Kentish Town West Overground.

Time to Divest Conference
2013-10-19 - 2013-10-20 | Grassmarket Centre , EH1 2QA, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
19th and 20th OCTOBER 2013

A two day conference bringing international speakers and groups and organisations actively supporting the Palestinian call for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) aims to build on boycott successes and growing civil society support for Palestine in Scotland and around the UK.

Divestment of public, workplace and church pension funds from companies, Israeli or otherwise, complicit in Israel’s daily violations of Palestinian rights is a vital part of our solidarity work. During the struggle against South African apartheid, churches, trade unions and campaigners were part of the world-wide divestment movement. It is now time to follow the example of others by divesting from Israeli occupation, colonisation and apartheid.

Please register for the conference here (£20 or £10 concession). You can also register by post.
Programme
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Speakers & participants include:

· Anna Baltzer, National Organiser, US Campaign to End the Occupation

· Yafa Jarrar, Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Carleton University, Canada

· Ingvild Skogvold, Advisor, Norwegian People’s Aid

· Michael Deas, Europe Coordinator, Palestinian BDS National Committee

· Maggie Chapman, Scottish Green Party

· Peter Macdonald, Leader of the Iona Community

Sofiah MacLeod
sofiah@scottishpsc.org.uk

07931200361

Campaigns Officer

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign

www.scottishpsc.org.uk

Boycott the Veolia Wheelie-Bins Street Stall
2013-10-19 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | St Marks Road, BS5 6JH , Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Saturday 19th
October

12.00-3.00pm on St Marks Road, Easton, Bristol (next to St Marks Road Mosque)
Bristol BS5 6JH

Organised by the Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

All welcome

Whither Palestine - One State or Two?
2013-10-22 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Minster Rooms, Court Barton, TA19 0DU, Ilminster, South West, United Kingdom
Jenny Tonge, Baroness and MP, Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Organised by South Somerset Peace Group, southsomersetpeace.infoaction.org.uk |

£3 appreciated.

Tea/Coffee & Biscuit.

Hakaya dancers and drummers from Palestine
2013-10-23 07:30 - 09:45 UTC | Wiltshire Music Centre , Ashley Road, Winsley Rd , Bradford-on-Avon, South West, United Kingdom
A renowned ensemble of young dancers, singers and drummers from the Ghirass
Cultural Centre in Bethlehem. Spellbinding Dabka folkloric dance deeply rooted
in Palestinian culture, traditionally danced at weddings and celebrations

£12/under 18 £8.

Ben White on Israel: Apartheid not Democracy
2013-10-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Wodehouse lecture theatre , 35 Berkeley Square, Bristol , South West, United Kingdom
University of Bristol Friends of Palestine Society

Ben White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He has not only visited the region since 2003, but he has widely published many articles as well as being an accredited author on the subject since 2009. He has given talks on Palestine/Israel in a variety of venues, including at the Houses of Parliament in London and is a HIGHLY praised speaker and author.

This event is open to ALL the public and is FREE! Please invite all friends to this event
page so we can publicise this talk as much as we can!

We look forward to seeing you all!

www.facebook.com/events/446829998758972/?fref=ts

Film screening: Children in Chains
2013-10-24 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial, Church Hall, Digby Road, DT9 3NL, Sherborne, South West, United Kingdom
Film directed by Jon Pullman a major exposé of the abuse of Palestinian
children in Israeli courts and jails. Also a screening of Jon's 2011 film
"A Heartfelt Wish", shot in Sherborne, about an activity day based
around Peter Kosminsky's Channel 4 serial "The Promise". Jon Pullman
is an Edinburgh based writer and independent film maker.

Donation

Reem Kelani Live
2013-10-26 07:30 - 10:00 UTC | Ted Hughes Theatre , Calder High School , Mytholmroyd, United Kingdom
A public concert of Egyptian and Palestinian song, for which Reem will be accompanied by Bruno Heinen (piano) and Antonio Fusco (percussion). Ticket details

http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

See: Ted Hughes Theatre

http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

London BDS Fortnightly Sodastream Action
2013-10-26 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside John Lewis Dept Store , 300 Oxford Street, London , London, United Kingdom
Join the London BDS new fortnightly Action – Protest Sodastream outside John Lewis

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/502743266476663/?notif_t=plan_edited *Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.Israeli company Soda Club, which owns the Sodastream brandname.Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.

*Corporate Watch

Further Reading

Soda Stream treats us like Slaves says Palestinian Factory Worker http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/sodastream-treats-us-like-slaves-says-palestinian-factory-worker-10971

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University Links with Israel - a bonus for whom?
2013-10-26 13:00 - 16:45 UTC | WellingtonChurch, University Avenue, G12 9LE, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Opposite GlasgowUniversity’s main building, access to the venue (Woodlands Hall) is from Southpark Avenue at the side of the Church.
Public transport: use underground to Hillhead Station. Please note there is restricted parking.

Speakers:
Prof Ilan Pappe will argue the case for the academic boycott of Israel
[Ilan Pappe was born in Haifa in 1954. Graduated from the HebrewUniversity in 1979 and completed his doctorate studies in the university of Oxford in 1984. Pappe taught in University of Haifa between 1984 and 2006 in the department of Middle Eastern History and Political Science. Due to his support of the academic boycott of Israel and his insistence of teaching the 1948 Nakbah he was forced to resign in 2007.
In 2007, Pappe joined the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter and founded the European Centre for Palestine Studies there.
He is the author of fifteen books most notably The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006)]
Our second speaker will discuss the academic boycott with reference to recent litigation concerning the boycott’s legality in relation to issues of discrimination.
Lecturer in law at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London.
Prof Jonathan Rosenhead has been asked to discuss the nature of any bonus for those academics who choose to collaborate with Israel.
Jonathan Rosenhead is Professor Emeritus of Operations Research at the London School of Economics. He is Chair of BRICUP, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine, an organisation of UK based academics which supports the Palestinian Call for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. It has been active in promoting the boycott in Britain and world wide. He is the principal author of BRICUP’s pamphlet Why Boycott Israel’s Universities?
Chair: Douglas Chalmers, Vice President, UCU Scotland
On 4th February 2011, the Jewish Chronicle Online reported that GlasgowUniversity professor Adam Tomkins was the year’s recipient of the Hailsham Scholarship by the British Friends of the HebrewUniversity for work promoting understanding between Israel and the UK.
The previous year he had been a visiting professor at the Jerusalem university, where he ran a course on national security. It was reported that the Scholarship would facilitate the next stage of what Prof Tomkins hoped would be “a lifelong series of collaborations with colleagues at the HebrewUniversity”. In addition the comment “If, as a result, links between GlasgowLawSchool and legal scholars in Israel are strengthened, this will be an added bonus.” was attributed to Prof Tomkins. It should be noted that Prof Tomkins neither confirmed nor denied the statements attributed to him.
For over two years, Scottish Friends of Palestine questioned the nature of this bonus with Professor Tomkins and the head of the School of Law, Professor Rosa Greaves. We questioned the apparent mandate which Prof Tomkins had to speak on behalf of the School of Law at GlasgowUniversity. While Professor Tomkins was prepared to enter into dialogue, Professor Greaves adopted the mantra of academic freedom and the need to protect free exchange of ideas.
For over two years we supplied information to every single member of the School of Law in relation to the denial of educational opportunity and academic freedom by Israel to the Palestinian under occupation. On this subject the whole School remained mute. The question as to why the sacrosanct nature of academic freedom with a state which consistently denies it to others remains unanswered.
This Seminar is open to the public. There is no charge for entry. Please make every effort to attend and publicise as widely as possible.
To assist with the planning of the event, you are invited to register by contacting info@scottish-friends-of-palestine.org

Picket Patrik Fitzgerald Gig
2013-10-26 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH, London, London, United Kingdom
Singer songwriter Patrik Fitzgerald is scheduled to perform in apartheid Israel to a segregated audience in Tel Aviv on 21st November 2013. We are asking him not to turn his back on the oppressed, but to respect the Palestinian call to boycott apartheid Israel and cancel his performance in Tev Aviv.

We will be picketing his performance in London on 26th October, and speaking to his fans whom we are sure will want him to stand on the side of justice and against apartheid. He will be performing with Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) who himself is a shameful apologist for the JNF ethnic cleansing of Palestinian land.

Its imperative that we are there by 6:30pm so we have a chance to talk to his fans as they queue to enter at 7:00pm.

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/219872781469665/

DAM Live in London – Dabke on the Moon
2013-10-26 20:00 - 23:30 UTC | New Empowering Church, 1a Westgate Street, Hackney, E8 3RL, London, London, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/515892631838998/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendarDAM is a renowned a Palestinian hip-hop group, they performed in London several times in the past. DAM will be presenting their new album "Dabke on the Moon" a worldwide collaboration with the Algerian Rai super star Rachid Taha.
Katiba 5 an independent Palestinian hip-hop group from the refugee camps in Lebanon formed in 2000.

Logic has been a force in the UK rap scene for over a decade. He is a conscious artist known for his true words and powerful performances. He is also a co-founder and general, of the People's Army.

Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian spoken word artist and activist.

Protest at Patrik Fitzgerald Concert
2013-10-28 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Outside O2, Frogmore Street, Bristol, United Kingdom
Monday 28th
October

Protest Patrik Fitzgerald Concert

This is a national campaign to persuade Patrik Fitzgerald to cancel his
performance in Tel Aviv. He knows about the boycott but is reluctant to cancel,
though he's rather politically aware and so is his music and poetry.

Read more about him:www.hanshan.org/musikk/pfbio.php

Please “Like” and post on the page we have just created for him: www.facebook.com/pages/Patrik-Fitzgerald-swim-against-the-tide-of-Israeli-apartheid/209162675920192.
Also see more about Geldof and the JNF and Ben Gurion University at our fb of
2012 for him: www.facebook.com/Bob.Geldof.disregard.Palestinian.Boycott

Organised by the Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign. All welcome

Film screening & discussion: Village under the Forest
2013-10-29 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, London, United Kingdom
Village under the Forest (S. Africa, 2013)
When greening is an act of obliteration...
As a child in South Africa, writer/narrator Heidi Grunebaum put her pennies in a JNF (Jewish National Fund) box to help build a forest in Israel. Twenty years later she revisits the forest she helped finance, only to find that it was not a project for growth but rather one that would disguise deliberate obliteration of the Palestinian village Lubya, by Zionist forces in 1948.

Prompted by a questioning of what it meant to be complicit with Apartheid, the film tackles the question of responsibility in light of the erasure of the village.

”Village Under the Forest” is directed by South African filmmaker, Mark Kaplan and written and narrated by Cape Town based author Heidi Grunebaum. Grunebaum had visited the “South Africa Forest” in Israel in the mid-1980s but when she discovered the ruined Palestinian village of Lubya beneath South Africa Forest, she says, “it felt like the rug being pulled out from under my feet. I knew I’d been there before, but I’d had absolutely no understanding or ability to imagine then that my trees were erasing the presence of {the Palestinian} people who had lived there and had been forcibly removed {by Israel}…

Followed by a discussion – guest speaker to be announced.

Plus delicious Middle-Eastern food by Alia!

Doors open 7pm, event starts: 7.30pm. Free entry.

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

What Future For Palestine?
2013-10-31 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Watford Trade Union Hall, Woodford Rd (opposite Watford Junction Station) WD17 1PB, Watford, Eastern, United Kingdom
The Right Honourable The Baroness Jenny Tonge will address the meeting on the subject of “What Future For Palestine?”.

Following a refreshment break, she will participate in a Questions and Answers session with members of the public.

Admission is free, though a collection will be held to cover film and hall hire costs.

Zaytoun products will be on sale to provide solidarity support to farmers in the West Bank.

For planning purposes, please contact us through info@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk to let us know you will be joining us.

We anticipate you will find the evening educative and informative.

Film screening: A World Not Ours + Q&A
2013-10-31 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Richmix , 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, London , United Kingdom
A World Not Ours + Q&A
Dir. Mahdi Fleifel UK / Lebanon / Denmark - 2012 - 93mins

Rich Mix Cinema

£7 (£5 conc)

Book Tickets

Ain el-Helweh is Lebanon's largest refugee camp, home to over 70,000 displaced Palestinians. In this personal study director Mahdi Fleifel combines his own footage with that of his father's from the 80s and 90s, to present an intimate portrait of the place where he was born.

After his family emigrated to Denmark Fleifel would return annually to the camp to visit family and friends who had stayed behind. In emulation of these summer trips the director returns to visit as an adult, challenging his teenage belief that 'going to Ain el-Helweh is better than going to Disney Land'. As when he was young, Fleifel is enamoured by the spirit of passion, volatility and camaraderie in the camp, yet he is forced to realise the harsher realities of entrapment and desperation his childhood friends face.

A bittersweet cinematic essay, A WORLD NOT OURS is a refreshing look at the friendships, laughter, hope and despair that comprise daily life for those living in exile in Lebanon's refugee camps.

Passionate, ironic, bittersweet...a docu that flips storytelling and Mideast-Arab cliches on their heads - Variety

Producer Patrick Campbell and editor Michael Aaglund will join us for a Q&A.

Best International Film - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013 Winner Peace Film Prize - Berlin International Film Festival Best Documentary - Guanajuato International Film Festival Best World Cinema Award - Documentary Edge Festival 2013 Grand Prize & Audience Award - FIDADOC 2013

Please note: There will not be adverts or trailers before this screening and the film will start promptly at 8pm.

Film Screening: The Time that Remains
2013-11-01 07:15 - 09:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 8b Summerfield Road , Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Director Elia Suleiman.

Based on the memories of Elia Suleiman’s family, this is a unique and deeply personal depiction of Palestine from 1948 up to the present from the internationally acclaimed director of Divine Intervention. Beginning with the surrender of Nazareth to the Israeli army, the film interweaves the personal and political in a series of brilliant and blackly comic vignettes of life under occupation. Suleiman himself plays a silent, Keatonesque observer of the absurd or tragic incidents. The film is at once a heartbreaking testament to his family, a lesson from history, and a poignant, subversively funny delight. (109 minutes).

wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk
https://palestinecampaign.org/

Keighley Sainsbury’s Action
2013-11-02 11:30 - 13:30 UTC | Sainsbury's , Cavendish Street, BD21 3RU, Keighley , United Kingdom
SAINSBURY'S CAMPAIGN

Sainsbury’s prides itself on being the leading Fair Trade supermarket. Join our campaign to pressure Sainsbury’s not to deal with companies like Mehadrin, active in Israeli settlements.

The Co Op has already ceased trade with four companies trading from illegal settlements: Arava, Mehadrin, Ada Fresh and Agrexco

Across the UK campaigns are held monthly outside Sainsbury's stores. Last month we spoke to lots of shoppers and people agreed to hand letters to the manager in protest at the sale of Israeli goods.

JOIN US AT THE NEXT CAMPAIGN: to collect signatures and raise awareness

Saturday 2nd November 2013

Outside Sainsbury's front doors, Keighley

11.30 to 1.30

Bring banners and placards if you can (eg: 1. Sainsbury's : Say No To Farming Injustice. Boycott Israeli Goods 2. Boycott Israeli Apartheid 3. Sainsbury's Say No To Goods From Stolen Land 4. Sainsbury's Trades with ILLEGAL Israeli Settlements.)

More information about the campaign can be found at: http:www.sainsburyscampaign.org

and about Israeli products at: http://www.boycott-israel.co.uk

and about PSC at https://palestinecampaign.org

and about the BDS movement (BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT and SANCTIONS) at: http://www.bdsmovement.ne

Sheffield Sainsburys Action
2013-11-02 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, 76, The Moor, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sheffield PSC boycott action at Sainsburys' will be at The Moor Sainsburys on Saturday 2nd November at 12 noon......
Town will be getting busier coming up to Christmas and with the new market opening so it would be good to get a lot of people and make a bit of a splash. Sheffield Students Palestine society will be boycotting the Sainsburys' on Hanover Way - near the university tram stop at the same time.

Sheffield PSC

enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1

United Kingdom

Working for Justice in Palestine: a Christian perspective
2013-11-05 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom Building, 602, North Row, Milton Keynes , MK9 3BJ, South East, United Kingdom
Working for justice in Palestine:a Chri

Organiser

Milton Keynes PSC

Date

05/11/2013

Start time

07:15 pm

Finish time

09:30 am

Address

Centrecom Building
602, North Row,
Milton Keynes MK9 3BJ
United Kingdom
Map It

European Electoral Region

South East

Summary of event

Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be hosting a talk:

“Working for justice in Palestine: a Christian perspective”
by

Jeremy Moodey

Tuesday 5th November 2013

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start

Jeremy Moodey is the Chief Executive of Embrace the Middle East, formerly BibleLands, the Christian development charity which tackles poverty and injustice in the Middle East. As an activist for justice in Palestine and against Christian Zionist theology, Jeremy is also a co-signatory and co-author of the Kairos Britain document, launched by British Christians in August 2013 as a response to the Kairos Palestine document published in December 2009

Find out more about Embrace: http://www.embraceme.org/

And read more bout Kairos Britain: http://www.kairosbritain.org.uk/peace.aspx

Members and friends of MKPSC and anyone interested in learning about and supporting Kairos Palestine are all welcome - please bring guests

Free admission

Refreshments will be served on arrival
There will be stalls selling Christmas cards, books and Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts

PSC and Kairos Palestine Literature available

* North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Email for publication

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Reem Kelani Live with the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow
2013-11-06 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Cambridge Folk Club, The Golden Hind , 355 Milton Road CB4 1SP , Cambridge, United Kingdom
Celebrating Subversion: the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow. Tonight's line-up will comprise: Frankie Armstrong, Reem Kelani, Leon Rosselson, Ian Savile & Peggy Seeger.

See: The Anti-Capitalist Roadshow

http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

Scottish Medical Aid for Palestinians Fundraiser
2013-11-09 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | Christ Church Hall, Morningside Road, Holy Corner, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Talk at 12:00 by William Parry, MAP's Communications and Media Officer

Palestinian food (including vegetarian)
Coffee/tea
Turkish coffee
Palestinian embriodery/crafts, etc

(Any donations for stalls will be most welcome)

All welcome

Forthnightly Sodastream Protest Outside John Lewis
2013-11-09 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside John Lewis Dept Store, 300 Oxford Street, London, London, United Kingdom
BDS SODASTREAM
JOIN LONDON BDS GROUP NEW FORTNIGHTLY CAMPAIGN

*Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.Israeli company Soda Club, which owns the Sodastream brandname.Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.

*Corporate Watch

Further Reading:

Soda Stream treats us like Slaves says Palestinian Factory Worker

http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/sodastream-treats-us-like-slaves-says-palestinian-factory-worker-10971

MORE INFO

www.londonbdsgroup.com

Twitter @londonbdsgroup FB LondonBDS

Norwich Fundraising Supper
2013-11-09 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | St. Thomas Church Hall , NR2 3RL, Norwich, United Kingdom
NORWICH PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN AND NORWICH STOP THE WAR COALITION &

THE NEESA PROJECT

Invite you to a Fundraising supper on Saturday 9th November at St. Thomas Church Hall .

Tickets are £i5 full price , £10 unwaged and £5 children under 16 .

An authentic Middle Eastern buffet will be prepared by the Neesa project .

There will be a short film and guest speaker from the Palestine Trauma centre .

Tickets are available from the Greenhouse , Bethel Street , Norwich or contact Sara @

info@norwichpsc.org.uk

Or Frank 01493 664499 to order a ticket .

Palestinian Child Prisoners: How the Israeli military criminalises a generation - UK Speaking Tour 10 to 20 November
2013-11-10 - 2013-11-20
Palestinian Child Prisoners: How the Israeli military criminalises a generation
10th-20th November 2013

A UK speaking-tour organised by Action for Palestinian Children in conjunction with DCI-Palestine
Ayed Abu Eqtaish, DCI-Palestine
Mohammed Abu al Reesh
Every year around 700 Palestinian children between 12 and 17 are abducted and jailed by the Israeli military according to UNICEF. They are usually accused of throwing stones at vehicles of the forces of occupation – a crime punishable under Israeli military law by up to 20 years in prison.

Arrests take place during violent night raids when the child is forcibly removed from the family home, shackled, hooded and taken to a detention centre. Usually they are strip-searched and appear in military court in leg shackles. Bail is virtually never granted, children may be held on remand for months, and in solitary confinement for weeks. No lawyers or family members are present at interrogations, which often include threats of death, sexual threats and physical violence. When children eventually appear before the military court practically all have signed confessions – in Hebrew, which they don’t understand – knowing this is the only way to get an earlier release. The conviction rate is an astonishing 97% and a custodial sentence is imposed in 90% of the cases. They end up with a criminal record, harming their chances of obtaining travel and other permits in the future.

The disruption to education and the long-term psychological effects of these experiences are devastating.

Details http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/

Confirmed Tour Dates:

11th November NOTTINGHAM

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/11th-november-nottingham/

12th November PORTSMOUTH 7.30pm

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/12th-november-portsmouth/

14th November EXETER 7pm

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/14th-november-exeter/

15th November ABERGAVENNY 7pm

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/14th-november-exeter/

16th November WEST MIDLANDS

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/16th-november-w-midlands/

17th November LIVERPOOL 2pm

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/17th-november-liverpool/

18th November OXFORD 7.30pm

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/18th-november-oxford/

19th November ESSEX 6pm

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/19th-november-essex/

20th November LONDON 6.30pm

http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/20th-november-london/

More details http://action4palestinianchildren.org/speaking-tour/

Right 2 Education Week
2013-11-11 - 2013-11-15
http://www.right2edu.org/

We are writing to you to invite your group to participate in this year's 'Right 2 Education Week'. Every year, the Right 2 Education Campaign mobilises an increasing number of people globally to take part in a week of events and actions to raise awareness about the plight of Palestinians in their quest for education.

This year, from 11-15 November, we are aiming for a deeper, international impact than ever before.

Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that, 'Everyone has the right to education'. Palestinians living under military occupation are being systematically denied this basic right.

Restrictions on movement means that higher education is not 'equally accessible to all on the basis of merit' (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26) but rather is accessible only to those who can reach it. Checkpoints and roadblocks inside the West Bank can see short journeys take hours, or become impossible. Gazan students are unable to leave to study elsewhere, and those who do obtain permission cannot return to see their families. Studying abroad is difficult, as is the freedom of international intellectuals and students to visit Palestinian universities. Materials and text books purchased are often delayed by the military which leads to a recycling of knowledge as students are not able to access the most up-to-date information. Many students face arrest and detention for political activism, and in the vast areas of the West Bank under complete military occupation it is prohibited for Palestinians to build, amongst other things, education facilities. These man-made problems have led to a decimation of the rights of Palestinians to education.

This is why we need your support. The Right 2 Education campaign is a non-violent, student-led movement based at Birzeit University in the West Bank. We seek to raise awareness of the issues that Palestinian students face – and in doing so to bring about change. We would like you to organise events at your university to show that those who enjoy the full extent of Article 26 believe in its universal application. You will be part of a global movement, standing up for human rights.

Events in the past that have proved successful include: debates, film-screenings, discussions, guest lectures, exhibitions, video conferences with Palestinian students, and hosting Palestinian students on a UK tour.

Education is a right which should be given to all; regardless of race or religion.

Please be in touch by emailing right2education.bzu@gmail.com if you would like to work with us on this most basic of rights, and we can help you to plan your week and provide you with useful materials. If you have already contacted us regarding this matter, then please accept our apologies for the repeat email.

Show your support by joining the facebook event, following us on Twitter and telling everyone you know. Use the hashtag #R2Eweek!

With our sincerest and best wishes,

Right 2 Education Team

Birzeit University

right2education.bzu@gmail.com

http://www.right2edu.org/

The Political Geography of Palestine
2013-11-11 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Newcastle University , Daysh Building Room G.07, Newcastle, United Kingdom
The Political Geography of Palestine: talk with Dipu Ahad & Chris Harker

This event is jointly organised by Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Newcastle University Geography Department's Power, Space and Politics research group

Newcastle councillor Dipu Ahad recently visited Palestine. He travelled to the West Bank including Hebron, Ramallah, Bethlehem and the Bedouin areas where their homes have been demolished. He will give a talk on his experiences & will be joined by Dr Chris Harker, Lecturer in Human Geography, Durham University. His current research explores the urban growth of Ramallah. This event is Newcastle PSC's monthly meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/events/702215613141139/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1

Email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Twitter: @NewcastlePSC

Facebook: Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Tower Hamlets - Twinning with Jenin
2013-11-11 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Oxford House , Derbyshire Street , London, E2 6HG, London , United Kingdom

Social Work in Palestine
2013-11-12 10:00 - 16:30 UTC | Amnesty International’s Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA, London, London, United Kingdom
The second national conference of the Palestine-UK Social Work Network

Registration and refreshments from 9.15am.

Conference fee: £15/£5 unwaged

Refreshments and vegetarian lunch (included in the fee) provided.

Speakers to include:

Issa Rabadi, International Liaison Officer, Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists, Jerusalem
Nihaya Aburayyan, Social Worker & Narrative Therapist, Doctors Without Borders, Palestine.
Jane Lindsay, Acting Head of the School of Social Work, Kingston University and author of numerous chapters and articles on social work in Palestine
Victoria Brittain & Betty Hunter, Action for Palestinian Children
Mohamed Altawil & David Harrold, Palestine Trauma Centre (UK)

More speakers to be confirmed plus a range of workshops led by UK-based social workers who have visited Palestine.

This major conference bringing together social workers and other interested parties from Palestine and the UK will build on the successful, sell-out launch event in Durham in November 2012. The UK branch of the Palestine-UK Social Work Network are delighted to be welcoming social work colleagues from Palestine to deliver plenary addresses and share their experiences with us.

To find out more and to book your place please email palukswnetwork@gmail.com

Protest: It Is No Dream – The Life Of Theodor Herzl
2013-11-13 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | the Tricycle , 269 Kilburn High Road, London , NW6 7JR, London , United Kingdom
SAY “NO” TO ISRAELI SPONSORED FILM FESTIVAL

Protest @ the Tricycle
Wednesday, 13 November 6-7pm
269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
bring your banners, placards, megaphones & chants!

Say “no” to the Zionist Federation sponsorship of the film showing of It Is No Dream – The Life Of Theodor Herzl
See event facebook page: www.facebook.com/events/176038399256133

Second protest in response to the Tricycle community theatre hosting the Jewish Film Festival with the sponsorship of the Israeli Embassy

On Saturday evening, 2 November, at a lively and colourful protest, people from different faiths and none, including Israeli and other Palestine solidarity activists, and campaigners from the Global Women’s Strike, came together to remind the Tricycle that during last year’s festival Israel bombed Gaza, killing 158 Palestinians, including 30 children. The protest was called by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network.

2 November protest @ the Tricycle

Speak up for a Tricycle free of Zionism. See you Wednesday.

And write to the Tricycle to express your objection to the Zionist connection – see our letter to the artistic director.

INTERNATIONAL JEWISH ANTI-ZIONIST NETWORK
www.ijsn.net 07816 251377 uk@ijsn.net

In the presence of absence: reflections on fieldwork in Palestine
2013-11-14 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
Goldsmiths Methods Lab
DISCUSSION

http://www.mosaicrooms.org/goldsmiths-methods-lab/

Disappearance and disappearing – not only of cities, but of the state, of borders, of people – bitterly defines the particularity of Palestinian existence. One of the great Palestinian poets, Mahmoud Darwish, looking back at his life journey, described in his last set of poems the experience of constantly finding himself in the presence of his own absence.

This panel session, from the Methods Lab at Goldsmiths, reflects on the different kinds of absences and presences that they have encountered as part of their work in Palestine and considers some of the challenges and responsibilities that such work raises for researchers and visual practitioners.

The discussion is based on two Goldsmiths projects: Samah Saleh will explore the absences that female Palestinian prisoners must confront in and on their return from Israeli prisons; Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek will address her encounters with the ‘ghost’ homes of exiled Palestinians. The discussion will be introduced and chaired by Mariam Motamedi-Fraser.

Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek is a visual ethnographer and PhD candidate in Visual Sociology at Goldsmiths, London, where she researches narratives of home, homeland and return amongst Palestinian exiles and their descendants and audio-visually engages with their diasporic/displacement journeys. In 2012 she served as a human rights observer in East Jerusalem. She has written for Haaretz, Gazeta Wyborcza, Arabia.pl and Liberte!

Samah Saleh is a PhD candidate in the Sociology department at Goldsmiths, London. Her doctoral research is about the experience of Palestinian women’s incarceration in Israeli prisons. She is following women’s lives before, during and after imprisonment. As a women’s rights activist in Palestine she has also been involved in a research on violence against women and has worked on women rights issues in her position in An-Najah national university as a social worker and academic.

Mariam Motamedi-Fraser teaches in the areas of visuality, archives, and the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences in the Sociology department at Goldsmiths. She is co-Director, with Nirmal Puwar, of the Methods Lab. Her current research interests are in the materiality of words and the feel/experience of different forms of reason. As well as her academic publications, and a novel, she has written for Jadaliyya, Ibraaz, and Sahfeh.

This event responds to The Mosaic Rooms’ Disappearing Cities of the Arab World programme.

FREE, rsvp@mosaicrooms.org

Israel / Palestine Conflict
2013-11-14 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | St George's Catholic Church hall, Sansome Walk, WR1 1UG, Worcester, United Kingdom
Worcester Palestine Friendship meeting

"Israel / Palestine Conflict - Who am I? And where does a Christian Palestinian like me fit in to all of this?" by Tanas Alqassis. Tanas was born in the Shepherd Field town of Bethlehem where his mother still manages a charitable old people's centre.

He finished his BA degree in the USA in accounting and followed this with an MA in Leadership. He worked with World Vision in Jerusalem and Romania for 13 years. He led many reconciliation encounters between Palestinian believers and Messianic Jews. He is a biker and the Chairman of the Christian Motorcycle Association, working to reach other bikers through rallies and connections. He currently works for CMS (the Christian Mission Society) as Regional Manager for Europe, Middle East and North Africa.

Israeli Military Refuser Noam Gur
2013-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Bristol University, Queen's Building, room 1.15, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Noam Gurm, an anti-miliarist activist and feminist, is 19 years old, from Jerusalem. In April 2012 she was
jailed for refusing to serve in the Israeli Defence Force as part of compulsory
national service.

University of Bristol Friends of Palestine Society

www.facebook.com/events/202971573218873/

Film screening: 9 Star Hotel
2013-11-15 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House , 8b Summerfield Road (next to West Park) , Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Refreshments from 7.15pm. Film at 7.30

Everybody welcome

Admission free of charge.

Collection towards premises
In "9 Star Hotel," the Israeli filmmaker Ido Haar draws us into the precarious world of young Palestinian construction workers scrabbling to survive in and around the Israeli city of Modiin. Irregularly and illegally employed, the men hide in the wooded hills above the city, sleeping in shelters made from scraps of Sheetrock and constantly on the alert for Israeli security forces.

wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk
https://palestinecampaign.org/

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Book Launch and Discussion: Keep Your Eye On The Wall
2013-11-16 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
How many ways are there of looking at a wall?
In a striking new book featuring specially commissioned images, six renowned Palestinian and one German artist-photographers interpret the ‘Separation Barrier’ that Israel continues to erect in the West Bank with impunity, despite its violation of international law. The results, with accompanying texts by noted writers (and a foreword by distinguished author and human rights activist Raja Shehadeh), are by turns surprising, poignant, disturbing and humorous.

Keep Your Eye on the Wall: Palestinian Landscapes was published last month by Saqi. The photographers whose work appears in the book are: Taysir Batniji, Raed Bawayah, Rula Halawani, Noel Jabbour , Raeda Saadeh, Steve Sabella and Kai Wiedenhoefer.

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion between the book’s editors Olivia Snaije and Mitchell Albert and two of the books contributors Malu Halasa, a London-based cultural critic whose essay on the movement against aestheticising the Wall is featured in the book, and Berlin-based Steve Sabella, whose powerful images convey the fragmented state of the psyche in exile. A selection of images from Keep Your Eye on the Wall will be screened as well.

Olivia Snaije is a journalist and editor based in Paris and books editor for Harper’s Bazaar Art. She was formerly Executive Editor at Alef, a London-based magazine covering Middle Eastern culture.

Mitchell Albert is the Publisher and Commissioning Editor of Garnet / Ithaca Press. Formerly, he has been Programme Director of the UK literary development agency Writers’ Centre Norwich, Editorial Director of PEN International and Commissioning Editor of Saqi Books.

Malu Halasa is a writer, editor and curator based in London. Her books and exhibitions on Middle Eastern visual culture provide a complex view of the region. Her works include the acclaimed Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design.

Steve Sabella will have a solo exhibition at the Berloni Gallery in London in March 2014, and monograph on his work will be published in September 2014 by Hatje Cantz / Akademie der Kunste. He is currently working on an autobiography, The Artist’s Curse, which takes as its subject the colonisation of the imagination.

Buy ‘Keep Your Eye on the Wall: Palestinian Landscapes’ here.

FREE, rsvp@mosaicrooms.org

Neil Hertz - Pastoral in Palestine
2013-11-19 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Room 4.10, Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, BS8 1JA, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
At Bristol University
In 2011, Neil Hertz lived in Ramallah in Palestine’s occupied West Bank and
taught in Abu Dis, just outside Jerusalem. With Pastoral in Palestine,
he offers a personal take on the conflict. Neil is Professor Emeritus,
Department of English, Johns Hopkins University. www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/diary/2013/257

Free event but please book on-line to attend www.eventbrite.com/event/8710801241

Reflections from Palestine
2013-11-20 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton Palestine Solidarity Campaign
NEXT MEETING
REFLECTIONS FROM PALESTINE
Local Quakers — Maggie Foyer and Rosemary Addington have recently returned from a trip to Palestine. Their slide show will present up to date images of the West Bank and will include information on Israeli interference with:

Olive Picking The Bedouin The Hares Boys

Also Jane Smith on an introduction to Palestinian twinning

Plus updates on Sainsbury and other campaigns

Tea & Coffee will be on sale prior to the start of the meeting.

Join us at our new venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms,

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station.
Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.
Soon to have step free access
RSVP & More Information contact

mertonpsc@mail.com

Film premiere: And Still They Dance
2013-11-21 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign
By Musheir El-Farra
In 2005 a group of young Palestinian folk dancers from the northern refugee camp in Jabalia toured the north of England. They entertained and educated raptured audiences. This is their story, the product of 7 years' work.
The film, “And Still They Dance” takes you from the unbridled joy of their performances to their accounts of life in a refugee camp under Israeli occupation.

Musheir El-Farra, Chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign and director of “And Still They Dance”, will introduce the film and take questions after it’s screening.
Copies of the DVD will be available to buy on the night. All proceeds go towards supporting children’s projects in Gaza, Palestine. As Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s website explains, “We currently support three childrens' projects, and a mobile library, each project based in one of the many refugee camps which are found in the Gaza Strip. The four projects try to provide the children and young people who live in the camps with a safe place to play, socialise and to learn.”

For more information contact Linda on 07985 624968

Literary Discussion: The Lady From Tel Aviv
2013-11-21 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
Join the author Raba’i al-Madhoun and translator Elliott Colla for a discussion and bilingual readings, chaired by Rosie Goldsmith.
The Lady from Tel Aviv is a bestseller in the Arab world, and was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2010 and was recipient of an English PEN Writers in Translation award. This new translation brings it to English reading audiences for the first time.

The novel’s protagonists are Palestinian exile Walid Dahman, who is returning home to Gaza after many years in Europe, and Israeli Dana Ahuva, who happens to be sitting next to him on their flight into Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport. Their dialogue takes the reader into the far realms of memory, history and the self. The Lady from Tel Aviv is both a meditation on the nature of fiction and an incisive exploration of the effects of occupation on a people and what it is to be a Palestinian.

Raba’i al-Madhoun was born in Palestine in 1945 and grew up in the Gaza Strip. The author of several literary works, The Lady from Tel Aviv is his first work to be translated into English.

Elliott Colla is a prominent translator of modern Arabic fiction, including novels by Ibrahim al-Koni, Ibrahim Aslan and Idris Ali.

Rosie Goldsmith is a renowned journalist specializing in arts and foreign affairs, and a champion of international literature.

As well as a conversation there will be bilingual readings.

Buy ‘The Lady from Tel Aviv’ here.

FREE, rsvp@mosaicrooms.org

Don’t forget to check our screenings page for forthcoming films at The Mosaic Rooms.

Film and Q&A: The Do Gooders
2013-11-22 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place Paddington W2 1QJ, London , London, United Kingdom
On Friday 22 November at 7pm we will be hosting the screening of The Do Gooders, followed by a Q&A with director Chloe Ruthven and protagonist Lubna Masarwa. Ruthven’s grandparents were aid workers in Palestine. Growing up, she avoided getting too involved in the subject, recalling how mention of it made all the adults in her life angry. Inspired by a book written by her grandmother about the aid projects in Palestine, Ruthven explores the effects of foreign aid and the potential damage the continued reliance may have for the future. The film features interviews with international aid workers, Palestinian project managers, Western volunteers, local farmers and videos of Ruthven’s grandparents at the time.

For more information please visit our website:

http://www.frontlineclub.com/screening-the-do-gooders-qa/

FRONTLINE CLUB | CHAMPIONING INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM

www.frontlineclub.com
13 Norfolk Place Paddington W2 1QJ
Direct: +44(0)20 7479 8940

Two Schmucks, Three Opinions
2013-11-22 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | St Barnabas Church, Grove Road, E3 5TG, London, London, United Kingdom
A few years ago two friends, Steve and Jonathan, got into a Facebook fight, and as grown men decided to take it inside. Others take their fights outside, but, well. You know. Their fight was about Israel and Palestine. As theatre makers, they decided to take the only course of action available. It was in fact a three-course action – lunch, or to be precise three lunches. During these lunches they spoke about Israel and Palestine but also found out about each other, about how maybe they had gotten to the the positions they had.

This is now a 90 minute show. They provide food. Then, you, the audience brings some too. You sit at a table, eat, drink and listen to the arguments. Then, in the third half, you speak if you want to. About your experience of the region. Your travels. Your story. And it's Steve and Jonthan's turn to listen.

More Info: www.twoschmucks.com

Dates:

Two Schmucks, Three Opinions: LONDON.

Friday November 22nd

@ St Barnabas Church, Grove Road, London E3 5TG

Starts at 7.00. Bring a dish to put on the table.

Free Event.

More Info: www.twoschmucks.com

Two Schmucks, Three Opinions: BURROW BRIDGE, Somerset.

Friday December 13th.

@ The Ebenezer Chapel, Burrow Bridge, Somerset, TA7 0RB

Starts at 7.00. Bring a dish to put on the table.

Free Event.

More info: www.twoschmucks.com

Britain Palestine Twinning Network AGM
2013-11-23 09:45 - 18:30 UTC
This year’s conference will be hosted by Northampton Al Bireh Friendship Association at the DODDRIDGE CENTRE in Northampton.

www.doddridgecentre.org.uk

For more details or to book a place e mail palestinetwinning@yahoo.com

All welcome. Free entry (donation buckets), good lunch, speakers (Mr Hassassian Palestine Ambassador and Sarah Irving, author of the Bradt guide to Palestine) workshops, stalls and entertainment. Come and find out about twinning work and visits to Palestine.

We also hope to launch a campaign for fairer access to visas for Palestinians to bring about parity with Israelis

Fortnightly Sodastream Protest Outside John Lewis
2013-11-23 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside John Lewis Dept Store, 300 Oxford Street, London, London, United Kingdom

Palestine Trauma Centre Fundraiser
2013-11-23 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | D'Gaf, E15 1JA, London, United Kingdom
November is a time to remember the war on Gaza in 2012 and the resilience of the Palestinian people.
(UK) invite you to a supper event on Saturday 23rd November 2013 to mark this anniversary and hear about the work of the trauma centre in Gaza City. There will also be music, poetry and a short film.

Tickets are £20 for the three-course supper (£10 unwaged). It is at D’Gaf very near Stratford (Maryland Station).

You are advised to book early as space is limited.

David & Mohamed. Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) www.ptcuk.org

Bristol Sponsored Walk for Palestine
2013-11-24 10:30 - 15:00 UTC | ARC, 27 Broad Street, BS1 2HG, Bristol, United Kingdom
B-PSC and both University Palestine groups are holding a joint sponsored walk
to commemorate the “Pillar of Cloud” attack on Gaza in 2012. Meet 10.00am for
coffee at the ARC, Broad Street (off the Centre) and depart 10.30am for a 5
mile route through the Docks and Ashton Court returning via the Suspension
Bridge to the ARC for self-organised meal and entertainments from about 4.00pm.
We will stop for lunch at the café in Ashton Court or packed lunch to share.
Wear sturdy shoes/boots, waterproofs, warm clothes etc. Bring your Keffiyehs
and flags etc. Email for sponsorship form, include your postal
address if you want printed version: Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk

British colonial film: Mandate Palestine
2013-11-26 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Film screening and talk
A rare chance to see fascinating footage from the British colonial era. Francis Gooding presents Portrait of Palestine (1946) produced by the British Colonial Office in the lead up to the end of the British Mandate in Palestine. Describing the footage as a 'standard piece of propaganda', Francis will present a close reading of the archival records, in order to unpick the imagery produced, and the motivations behind the making of the film. Why did the British decide to make such a film just two months before 'responsibility' for Palestine was handed to the UN ?

Followed by an audience discussion.

Dr Francis Gooding is a writer and researcher on the Colonial Film: Images of the British Empire project.

Middle-Eastern food by Alia available at the bar
Doors open 7
Event starts 7.30

Free entry / donations

Venue:
Passing Clouds
1 Richmond Road,
Dalston E8 3HN

Catastrophe Club is a project of Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Waltham Forest PSC Fundraising Dinner
2013-11-26 19:00 - 22:15 UTC | Urfa Restaurant, 18-20 St James Street, E17 7PF, London, London, United Kingdom
Waltham Forest PSC

Fundraising Dinner for our Branch!!

Please support us, and come along to this jolly evening of great food and great company:

Tickets only £20!

Each ticket includes your delicious and very filling meal, a soft drink AND your donation to WFPSC funds. Bargain!!

To reserve your ticket for £20, contact John Gleisner on johnwg101@gmail.com. You can pay on the door (cash or cheques only), but we need to know final catering numbers in advance, so you must reserve your place or you won't get any food!!

See you on Tuesday 26th!

National Lobby of Parliament for Palestine
2013-11-27 14:00 - 18:00 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
On Wednesday 27th November (from 2pm-6pm) hundreds of supporters will gather together in Parliament to call on MPs to take action for Palestinian human rights and against ethnic cleansing and racism. Make sure you are there!

Come on the day - our stewards will be around Parliament
Read our lobby briefing for the day itself
If you have a meeting booked please let us know the time of your meeting with your MP

And once your meeting is finished please feedback (either by filling in the feedback form in your pack, or filling in the online survey).

At the national Lobby of Parliament for Palestine we will be campaigning for Government and parliament to apply the principles of equality, human rights and international law when it comes to Israel.

The most powerful way to let your MP know you care about Palestine is to ask them to meet you to discuss it. When lots of people from around the UK arrange to meet their MPs in Parliament on the same day, it is known as a lobby day and alerts all MPs to the fact that lots of people care about the issue.

We will be campaigning for:

MPs to challenge ethnic cleansing and discriminatory policies
Ask MPs to support the campaign against the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouin from their homes and land in the Naqab (also known as the Negev desert) in Israel

Ban settlement goods Israel’s illegal settlements are built on Palestinian land. The UN, EU and UK acknowledge that these settlements are harmful and illegal – but if they are illegal, what are goods produced in settlements doing in our shops?

Respect for prisoners’ rights and an end to Israel’s illegal treatment of Palestinian prisoners, including children
Ask your MP to challenge imprisonment without charge or trial and to press for proper medical care. Ask them to pledge support for an end the abuse of Palestinian children.

An end to the siege on Gaza
The blockade of Gaza started in 2007 and continues today. Israel severely restricts Palestinians’freedom of movement; blocks almost all exports and restricts imports, creating a humanitarian catastrophe. Tell your MP it is time to end the blockade of Gaza.

If you've organised your meeting with your MP, let us know by filling in our online form or emailing palsolcam@gmail.com.

You can print off these briefings for your MP (and we will have some copies available at the Lobby).

Briefings for your MP:

Gaza briefing for your MP

Settlement goods briefing for your MP

child prisoners briefing for your MP

admin detainees briefing for your MP

Bedouin Palestinians and Prawer Plan briefing for your MP

When you've organised your meeting with your MP, let us know by filling in our online form or emailing palsolcam@gmail.com.

Waveney Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting
2013-11-28 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Lowestoft College, St Peter's St, Lowestoft, Suffolk , NR32 2NB, United Kingdom
Thursday 28th Nov 2013
LRC at Lowestoft College
5.30- 7.30
Open meeting
Including showing of film “5 Broken Cameras”

Children in Chains
2013-11-28 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Watford Trade Union Hall, Woodford Rd (opposite Watford Junction Station) WD17 1PB, Watford, Eastern, United Kingdom
Synopsis of event:

“Children in Chains” film about the abuse of Palestinian children in the Israeli military courts system, as well as an up-to-date briefing on the Free The Hares Boys campaign.

A very important guest from Salfeet will also update us as to the current situation in the Salfeet district of the West Bank area of occupied Palestine.

There will also be a Questions and Answers session after a refreshment break.

Admission is free. Donations to cover the cost of hall hire will be welcome.

Zaytoun products will be on sale to provide solidarity support to farmers in the West Bank.

The showing of the film will be followed by a discussion session, which should be educational and informative for all attending.

For planning purposes, please contact us through info@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk to let us know you will be joining us.

British responsibility for the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
2013-11-28 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | The Phoenix Hall, St John Vianney’s Church, West Green Road, N15 3QL, Turnpike Lane Tube, London, London, United Kingdom
Haringey Justice for Palestinians

Presents an evening of discussion & debate

Seamus Carey
FREE

67, 41 &230 buses

Palestine what can I do
2013-11-28 19:30 - 22:45 UTC | Hitchcock's Vegetarian Restaurant , 1 Bishops Lane , Hull, North East, United Kingdom
Humberside Friends of Palestine will be holding an evening of Palestinian food,
music, information, crafts, produce, friendship and solidarity.

The theme will be" Palestine what can I do".

Three wonderful buffet style courses £18 or £15 concession. Booking required tel 01482 320233.

Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2013
2013-11-29 - 2013-12-15
Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2013

Running from 29 November to 15 December, 2013 our programme in 2013 features some of the most remarkable works from Palestine in recent years. Including ‘When I saw you’, Annemarie’s Jacir’s latest feature and this year’s entry to the Oscars; ‘Infiltrators’ described as a visceral ‘road movie’ chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians as they seek routes through, under, around, and over the wall; and ‘Apples of Golan’ a atmospheric documentary about story of a village turned prison set to the background of the revolution raging across the border in their homeland Syria as it creeps through the orchards towards them in Israel.

In addition to animations, documentaries, and a wide range of short films we welcome well-loved travel writer Dervla
Murphy for a discussion about her recent visit to Gaza and the West Bank portrayed in ‘A month by the sea’. We also welcome
back Dr. Ghada Karmi who will discuss ‘Married to another man’ a revealing and insightful look at the difficulties Israel's existence
created for the Arab world and why the search for a solution to conflict with Palestine has been so elusive. The festival opens with an exclusive
pre-event with the engaging Dasa Raimanova, film director (Resistance Recipes) who will be preparing mouth-watering recipes inspired by what she learned in Palestine, followed by a screening of her film Resistance Recipes which is an insightful look at cuisine and agriculture in the West Bank.

This event is presented in partnership with the coexist community kitchen. FFI www.bristolpff.org.uk.

Bristol-PSC Facebook Page www.facebook.com/bristol.psc

Email Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk

CinemaPalestino 2013 in Sheffield
2013-11-29 - 2013-12-01
CinemaPalestino 2013 in Sheffield

We aim to hold our 5th annual film festival for Palestine on 29th November - 1st December 2013. Currently we have some award winning documentaries we will show, including Art Violence and A World Not ours.

CinemaPalestino celebrates it’s 5th Year in Sheffield

Tickets have just gone on sale at Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema for this year’s CinemaPalestino Film Festival starting on 29th November 2013. This year promises to be one of the most exciting to date offering a feast of documentary and drama films ranging from the camps of Lebanon to the occupied territories of West Bank and Gaza Strip, exploring issues that affect us all - love, home making, and freedom - all under the shadow of a military occupation that distorts all aspects of daily life for the people of Palestine.

Recent years have seen a huge growth in Palestine’s film industry and CinemaPalestino draws on some of the most recent examples, opening with multi award-winning Art Violence (by Batoul Taleb, Mariam Abu-Khaled & Udi Aloni). Following the lead of their beloved director and activist, Juliano Mer-Khamis, murdered in 2011 outside the Freedom Theatre in the West Bank’s Jenin Refugee Camp, a group of young Palestinian actors use their imagination in an unpredictably brutal environment creating an artistic rebellion; a vivid and brave portrayal of a young, active generation of Palestinians.

Saturday’s programme combines some fascinating film shorts, with the hard-hitting character driven documentary When the Boys Return (directed by Tone Anderson) – which follows a group of teenage boys joining a therapy group after being released from Israeli prisons, with Ann Marie Jacir’s latest drama production, When I Saw You - “one of the best works to come out of the current explosion of filmmaking in the Middle East” Indiewire.

The festival ends on Sunday with Flying Paper – co-produced with young filmmakers in Gaza, following the uplifting story of youth on a quest to shatter the Guinness World record in the most kites ever flown!!! It is all rounded off with Mahdi Fleifel’s A World Not Ours an intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon - a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family in the lives of those for whom dispossession is the norm.

CinemaPalestino, now in it’s fifth year, is a unique collaboration between Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Yorkshire Palestine Cultural Exchange, and Sheffield Showroom Cinema. Festival Tickets are available from the Showroom box office.

Hilary Nelson

Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign

See www.showroomworkstation.org.uk; www.ypce.org.uk

Contact: Hilary Nelson, or joan.parsons@showroomworkstation.org.uk

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Next year we plan to apply to the new "Film Forever" fund to enable us to increase our audiences, speakers, and film choices. For this year, a little modest sponsorship from interested individuals would enable us to improve our publicity and also match the continued support shown by our valued partners, the Showroom Cinema.

If you would like to sponsor the cinema Palestino you can either

send a cheque made out to YPCE, c/o Shena Moore, 10 St James' St, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 2EW. Please write 'cinemaPalestino' on the back of the cheque
or transfer to YPCE bank account 08-92-99 / 65142262. Please use the reference 'cinpal'. Please email enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk : we would like to thank you personally.

Please put the date in your diary, and let us know if you would like to sponsor CinemaPalestino by any amount, large or small.

Film Screening: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-11-29 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Whitstable Labour Club, 12 Belmont Road, CT5 1QP, Whitstable, South East , United Kingdom
Faversham and Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People- Friday 29th November 2013 In 1977, the General Assembly of the United Nations called for the annual observance of 29th November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day we are showing this Palestinian documentary film that was nominated for a Oscar. About the film - It is a deeply personal film made by farmer Emad Burnat, recording first-hand the non-violent resistance of Bil'in inhabitants to the bulldozing of their olive groves to build the Wall and take land for the illegal settlement Modi'in Illit. The Wall's route cuts off 60% of Bil'in farmland. Burnat records the growth of his baby son, born at the same time the resistance started, and the way these events affect his family and friends. Free (Donations invited).

benefit@dircon.co.uk

Bristol day of rage
2013-11-30 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | outside the BBC, Whiteladies Rd, Bristol, BS8 2LR, United Kingdom
Day of Rage over the Prawer Plan11.00 – 1.00pm Street Stall outside the BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LR Organised by B-PSC and Bristol University Palestine Society. The Prawer-Begin plan will result in the destruction of more than 35 unrecognized villages in Al-Naqab and the forced expulsion and confinement of 30-70,000 Palestinian Bedouins. This is the largest Israeli land-grab since 1948.

Lambeth & Wandsworth Stall Against Prawer Plan!
2013-11-30 11:30 - 13:00 UTC | Brixton Tube , 427 Brixton Road, London , SW9 8HE, London, United Kingdom
Lambeth and Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Saturday 30th November. 11.30am -1pm.

The stall will be near the entrance to the tube station.

Please stop to talk with us and if you have some time you can join us.

The stall will be focusing on the Day of Rage against the Prawer Plan.

All support very welcome, even for a short time.

The stall to follow will be on Saturday 14th December, same time and place.

Oxford protest against the Prawer Plan
2013-11-30 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Northgate Tower, Cornmarket St, Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford Saturday 30 Nov 11.30 Northgate Tower, Cornmarket Street

Stop Prawer - protest outside Israeli Embassy
2013-11-30 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | outside Israeli Embassy , 29 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP, London, United Kingdom
More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/499609743448821/

Stop Prawer - Brighton action
2013-11-30 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Ecostream, 142 Western Road, Brighton, United Kingdom
Join Brighton PSC to protest against the Prawer plan and Israel's ethnic cleansing crimes! The Prawer Plan will be the main focus of the weekly Ecostream demonstration on Saturday 1-3pm at Ecostream 142 Western Road

Prawer Plan Protest - Cardiff
2013-11-30 14:15 - 15:15 UTC | John Lewis, The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1EG, Wales , United Kingdom
We will be protesting the Prawer Plan here in Cardiff on 30 November at 2.15 pm outside John Lewis. The Prawer Plan seeks to ethnically cleanse 70,000 Bedouin from the Negev desert to make way for yet more settlers. Even though the Bill has not been passed by the Knesset, it is already being implemented.
We will also be protesting Sodastream's misuse of Palestinian labour and resources at their production site in Mishor Adumim.

Please make every effort to join us! If you can bring a sign saying "Stop the Prawer Plan" or "Boycott Soda Stream" it would be very much appreciated! Could you let me know if you're able to join us? It would be only be for an hour, less if it's very cold.

Film Screening: 5 Broken Cameras
2013-11-30 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Iffley Village Hall, 101 Church Way, Oxford OX4 4EG, Iffley, South East, United Kingdom
St Mary's Harvest Appeal 2013: Keep Hope Alive in Palestine: The Olive Tree Campaign presents the film screening of 5 Broken Cameras Award winning documentary that was nominated for the Oscars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Broken_Cameras Nomi 5 Broken Cameras is a 2011 documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi. 5 Broken Cameras is a first-hand account of protests in Bil'in, a West Bank village affected by the growing Israeli West Bank barrier. MUST WATCH DOCUMENTARY Tickets are donation only, suggested donation of £3. All donations will be given to the Olive Tree Campaign

iffley.harvest@gmail.com

Reem Kelani Live
2013-12-01 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | St Luke's Church, Holloway, N7 9RE, London, London, United Kingdom
Reem will perform alongside the "N7 Community Choir" in the premiere of a work to illustrate the story of the Palestinian people according to a narrative concept of “captivity to liberation”.

The commission was specially written for this performance by Justin Butcher, Harvey Brough and Reem.

See: St Lukes Church

Details: http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

Was Stephen Hawking right to Boycott Israel? Understanding the case for academic boycott
2013-12-02 18:45 - 21:15 UTC | Highfield Campus, University of Southampton Building, 46, lecture theatre B, Southampton, South West, United Kingdom
In this talk academics Mike Cushman (former research fellow at London School of Economics and convenor Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods) and Professor Malcolm Levitt (University of Southampton) will explain the case for an academic boycott of Israel and their role in persuading Professor Stephen Hawking to support it. There will be a question and answer session after the talk and dissenting opinions are welcome.

Meeting with Dr Ghada Karmi and Dr Ilan Pappe
2013-12-02 19:30 UTC | St Catherine's College, McGrath Hall, Trumpington St, Cambridge, United Kingdom
One Democratic State in Palestine

Tickets £5 - from 17:00 on the door

Organisers:

CU Palestine Society http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/directory/palestine/

ODS in Palestine (England) Ltd http://odsinpal.wix.com/onestatepalestine / blakeley@bluewin.ch

Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign http://www.campalsoc.org/?page_id=41

MK PSC Christmas Social
2013-12-03 19:15 - 21:45 UTC | Centrecom Building, 602, North Row, Milton Keynes , MK9 3BJ, South East, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity CampaignChristmas Social 2013
raising funds for The Amos Trust’s 65@65 campaign

Open to friends, members and supporters of MK PSC and any of their friends and families

Free admission

Snacks and refreshments available

Music from the great Free Peace Band

Raffle

Stalls with books, crafts, Christmas cards and foodstuffs from Palestine

Come and support our local MK PSC branch and help raise funds for The Amos Trust

*Centrecom is at 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Contact us on: miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Film and Discussion: Occupation 101
2013-12-04 18:30 - 20:45 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
BRIGHTON & HOVE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
Come and Join us for a Social-Film-Discussion Evening for supporters of Palestine old and new

Entry free

Refreshments from 6.30
Film starting 7.15 prompt:

Occupation 101
‘Award-winning documentary film on the real causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
‘Showing the real Palestine through the eyes
of experts’
‘Forget what you think you know’

A chance to remember exactly why we are campaigning for Justice for Palestine
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Brighton & Hove PSC c/o BPEC, 39-41 Surrey Street,
Brighton BN1 3PB

5th Dec Dialogues with Muthanna Al-Qadi
2013-12-05 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | RHB , 144, Goldsmiths, Lewisham Way, London , United Kingdom
Part of a Series of Methods Lab Exhibition related events:
Dialogues with Muthanna Al-Qadi
Thurs 5th Dec 6-8pm, inc. drinks reception
RHB 144, Goldsmiths, Lewisham Way.

Muthanna Al-Qadi’s work is displayed amongst contemporary photographs of Palestine alongside the exhibition Conversations with Jean Mohr and Edward Said in Palestine, installed at Goldsmiths (until June 2014) by the Methods Lab. Muthanna Al-Qadi is a freelance photographer from Nablus and editor of Middle East affairs at AL-QUDS newspaper based in London. He has worked in a number of journalistic positions.

SPACE & GAZE: Conversations with Jean Mohr & Edward Said in Palestine
(Kingsway Corridor, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths, Nov 2013 – June 2014)
Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6NW

Presented by the Methods Lab
http://www.gold.ac.uk/methods-lab/

In 1983 Jean Mohr was commissioned by the UN, on Edward Said’s recommendation, to take photos of some of the key sites in which Palestinians lived their lives. Because the UN allowed only minimal text (the names of places) to accompany the photographs, Said and Mohr decided to work together on an 'interplay', as Said put it, of Said's personal account of Palestinian suffering and exile and Mohr's photographs – 'an unconventional, hybrid, and fragmentary [form] of expression' - which they called After the Last Sky (1986).

For the first time Mohr’s images and Said’s text are brought together in the form of an exhibition. Borders, migrations, labour, displacement, diaspora and memory percolate through the words and images in After the Last Sky. So too does the symbolic violence of the intimate, close-up view. The place of the observer – photographer, researcher or journalist – becoming a source of debate. Mohr’s photographs are an invitation to look again, with a critical eye.

Amidst the shifting lines and technologies of dispossession and occupation, landscapes have been transformed and places have been erased and re-named since Mohr took his photographs. Both the text and images in Space & Gaze prompt a dialogue with voluminous images of Palestinian lives that circulate internationally. Inviting reflections on the changes and continuities that have taken place over time not only with respect to how Palestinians have been seen, but also how they have chosen to see and show themselves. The exhibition includes contemporary photographers from Palestine – Ahmad Daghlas, Arine Rinawi, Fadi Arouri, Hatem Moussa and Muthanna Al-QadiOn.

Our aim is to extend and develop engagement with this installation through a series of workshops and events. We also welcome autonomously organised events and responses to the exhibition.

This exhibition has been financed by the Sociology Department, the Enterprise Office as well as Goldsmiths’ inter-disciplinary development. The printing of the images has been supported by the Photography Research Laboratory in the Art Department.

Credits: Photographs by Jean Mohr
Excerpts from AFTER THE LAST SKY by Edward Said. Copyright ©1999 by Edward W. Said and Jean Mohr, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LCC.

For further events see: http://www.gold.ac.uk/methods-lab/

Reporting Palestine- bias in the BBC?
2013-12-05 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | Chiswick Catholic Centre , 2 Duke’s Ave. off Chiswick High Rd, W4 2AE, London, London, United Kingdom
West London PSC

pscwestlondon@googlemail.com

www.palestinecampaign.org

Former BBC correspondent in Gaza, James Rodgers and Amena Saleem, journalist and activist give an ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ view of the BBC and other media coverage of the Palestine/Israel conflict and how it fails to give a full and accurate picture of the issue.

James Rodgers recent book No Road Home describes his time in Gaza during the 2nd Palestinian intifada. He also served in Moscow and in Washington during 9/11. He now lectures at City University and is a local resident.

Amena Saleem has been co-ordinating PSC’s Fair News Project monitoring daily media coverage of the Palestinian issue. She is also a regular contributor to the website Electronic Intifada where she highlights and campaigns against media bias in reporting Palestine.
“In short, we found that BBC output does not consistently give a full and fair account of the conflict. In some ways the picture is incomplete and, in that sense, misleading”
Thomas report 2006 commissioned by the BBC governors.
Free admission (10 mins walk from both Turnham Green & Chiswick Park tube stations District Line)

The health of Palestinians inside and outside the occupied Palestinian territory
2013-12-05 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | Council Chamber, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8SH, London, London, United Kingdom
6.30-8.30pm, followed by drinks reception until 9.30pm

MAP is delighted to be hosting, in association with The Lancet, the London launch of fascinating new research brought to light by the Lancet-Palestinian Health Alliance (LPHA).

The LPHA is a network of Palestinian and international researchers committed to using the highest scientific standards to describe, analyse and evaluate the health and healthcare of Palestinians. Established in 2009, its key aims are to build capacity for research; to develop scientific methods that are culture-specific; to increase academic collaboration - within occupied Palestine, Lebanon and across the region - and to engage in advocacy based on science.

Please join us on 5 December for the launch of the Lancet's publication of research presented earlier this year at the fourth LPHA conference in Cairo. The LPHA's research findings deserve to be more widely known.

Speakers:

Sir Iain Chalmers, one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration and coordinator of the James Lind Initiative

Dr Richard Horton, Editor of the Lancet

Professor Rita Giacaman, Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University

Aimee Shalan, MAP's Director of Advocacy and Communications

Professor Graham Watt, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, and MAP Trustee

Spaces are limited, to reserve a place please email william.parry@map-uk.org by 27 November 2013.

Aimee Shalan

Director of Advocacy & Communications

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Direct Line: + 44 (0) 207 288 7342

Mobile: +44 (0) 7795 165052

Fax no: +44 (0) 207 226 0880

www.map-uk.org

@MedicalAidPal

Read our joint report with Save the Children - Gaza's Children: Falling Behind

Our briefing paper, Pitching for Palestine: New Thinking for an Old Conflict, is also available to download.

Film Screening: Roadmap to Apartheid
2013-12-05 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Portsmouth Friendship Centre, Elm Grove, PO5 1JT, Southsea, United Kingdom
This must-see film compares South African & Israeli/Palestinian apartheid in a powerful & compelling way.

Free entry, all welcome

For further info contact Jenny Flintoft flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Writing Palestine: a talk in Frome
2013-12-05 19:30 UTC | St Catharine’s Hall, , Park Road,, Frome , BA11 1EU, United Kingdom
"Being Palestinian isn't simply about nationalism; it can't be", says Jean Said Makdisi. "You have to have a sense of justice for everybody." Jean is one of twenty-five authors to have written books about Palestine in English over the past year. That's a lot of books, and a measure of the surging interest in Palestine and its occupation in the English speaking world.

Well-known Frome figure Peter Clark was one of a panel of judges chosen to select the "Best Book on Palestine 2012/2013" for a prize awarded by the Middle Eastern Monitor (MEMO). Peter, an expert on Middle Eastern literature and a founding trustee of the International prize for Arab Fiction, will be talking about new writing in Palestine for Frome Friends of Palestine on Thursday December 5th.

Christmas in Bethlehem!
2013-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Beit Quadrangle, METRIC, IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION , Prince Consort Road , London, SW7 2BB , United Kingdom
The IC Palestinian Society is honoured to invite you to Christmas in Bethlehem. This is an opportunity to discover Bethlehem, Palestinian traditions and food.

Our special guest Leila Sansour (The founder of the Open Bethlehem) will be giving a talk about the current situation in the birth place of Jesus Christ.

The evening includes a Dabke Performance (Palestinian folk dance) and a two course meal (stuffed lamb and delicious Palestinian mezes are on the menu!).

We look forward to seeing you there.

When:
Sunday 8 December
6:00 PM

Tickets:
£10 (Members)
http://url2it.com/jkftc

£15 (Non-Members)
http://url2it.com/jkfte

Buy Membership:
http://url2it.com/jkftl

Film launch: the Stones Cry Out
2013-12-09 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Jude’s Church, 24 Collingham Road, London , SW5 0LX, London , United Kingdom
Film Launch
The Story of the Palestinian Christians

Film to be introduced and shown by the producer, Yasmine Perni

followed by Questions and Answers
led by
Anne Clayton, Coordinator, Friends of Sabeel UK
Further details from
Friends of Sabeel UK: 01865 787420 / info@friendsofsabeel.org.uk

Stars of Bethlehem - Advent songs and stories from the holy land
2013-12-09 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | St Ives Free Church, Market Hill , Huntingdon, Cambs., PE27 5AY, St Ives, United Kingdom
With:

Fr Paul MadDison - Leader of Palestine Pilgrimages, telling stories of courage and hope.

Rev Garth Hewitt - Founder of the Amos Trust, singer, songwriter, singing songs of beauty, mercy, struggle, joy, laughter and wonder.

Entrance £5 to include interval refreshment. Palestinian goods and Christmas cards available

Further info. St Ives Free Church office 01480 468535 or Penny and John Leigh-Brown 01480 464672

'The Stones Cry Out' Film launch
2013-12-10 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Council Chamber, Oxford Town Hall,, St Aldates , Oxford , OX1 1BX, South East , United Kingdom
Oxford PSC & Friends of Sabeel UK
Film Launch
The Stones Cry Out
The Story of the Palestinian Christians
Producer/Director: Yasmine Perni

Film to be introduced and shown by the producer, Yasmine Perni
followed by
Questions and Answers
led by
Anne Clayton, Coordinator, Friends of Sabeel UK

Further details from
Friends of Sabeel UK: 01865 787420 / info@friendsofsabeel.org.uk

Oxford PSC: oxfordpsc@yahoo.com / http://www.oxfordpsc.blogspot.co.uk/

Friends of Sabeel UK raises awareness in the UK concerning Christians in the Holy Land
and promotes links with them

Public Meeting: Bearing witness in Palestine
2013-12-10 20:00 - 22:15 UTC | St John the Divine Church , 1 St John's Road , Richmond , London , TW9 2PE, London , United Kingdom
Public Meeting (held jointly with Richmond Team Ministry)

Bearing witness in Palestine: Local volunteers with the Ecumenical
Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel will talk about their
experiences of working in the West Bank.

The church entrance is on Kew Road, a short distance from Richmond Station.

County Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign AGM
2013-12-11 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | North Road Methodist Church , North Road, Durham , DH1 4SG, North East , United Kingdom
North Road Methodist Church, Durham (near bus station)

WEST BANK WITNESS

Jonathan Adams
Anglican priest and EAPPI Observer
reports on the work of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel and on his recent visit

The EAPPI brings internationals to the West Bank to experience life under occupation. Ecumenical Accompaniers provide protective presence to vulnerable communities, monitor and report human rights abuses and support Palestinians and Israelis working together for peace. It is one Christian Aid’s partners in the region.

ALL WELCOME

refreshments available from 6.30pm

A Sheffield Masters Student From Gaza
2013-12-11 19:15 - 21:00 UTC | Quaker Meeting House , St James Street, S1, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Malaka Mohammed, who has been given a scholarship by Sheffield University after a campaign by the University Palestine Society, will talk about her experiences of life as a student living under siege and contrast it with her experience as a student in Sheffield.

Following her traumatic departure from Gaza through the mostly closed Rafah border and then across the lawless Sinai desert to Cairo airport, Malaka has lost no time in travelling the country to speak at universities about life under siege in Gaza and the wider problems of living in an Apartheid state for all Palestinians, while studying for a Masters degree in International Law and Politics.

Read her blog. Come and hear her story - December 11th, Quaker Meeting House at 7.15

On Palestine, G4S and the Prison Industrial Complex
2013-12-13 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Brunei Gallery, SOAS , Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
On Palestine, G4S and the Prison Industrial Complex: an evening with Angela Davis

War on Want, School of Law at SOAS and the Russell Tribunal on Palestine are honoured to host Angela Davis and Gina Dent for a discussion on Justice for Palestine and the Stop G4S campaign.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear eminent feminist scholar-activists Angela Davis and Gina Dent in London, 13 December, discussing Palestine and the struggle for liberty in a world of growing militarisation, privatised repression and the proliferation of prisons.

Angela Davis is an activist, writer and scholar, known for her leadership in the Black civil rights movement and her pioneering work against the prison industrial complex. Gina Dent is Associate Professor in the Feminist Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, and is a leading global advocate for human rights and prison abolition

Tickets will be available from 27 November at waronwant.org/AngelaDavis
Suggested donation £8

Guest Speakers

Angela Davis, Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies Departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz, speaking on Palestine, G4S and the Prison Industrial Complex
Gina Dent, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Legal Studies at UCSC, speaking on A Free Palestine: Feminism and Abolition
Rafeef Ziadah, Senior Campaigns Officer at War on Want, speaking on G4S: the business of repression and the challenge of solidarity

Chaired by Brenna Bhandar, Senior Lecturer, School of Law at SOAS and Frank Barat, Coordinator, Russell Tribunal on Palestine.

Reception to follow event.

Two Schmucks, Three Opinions
2013-12-13 19:00 UTC | The Ebenezer Chapel, Burrow Bridge, Somerset, TA7 0RB, United Kingdom
A few years ago two friends, Steve and Jonathan, got into a Facebook fight, and as grown men decided to take it inside. Others take their fights outside, but, well. You know. Their fight was about Israel and Palestine. As theatre makers, they decided to take the only course of action available. It was in fact a three-course action – lunch, or to be precise three lunches. During these lunches they spoke about Israel and Palestine but also found out about each other, about how maybe they had gotten to the the positions they had.

This is now a 90 minute show. They provide food. Then, you, the audience brings some too. You sit at a table, eat, drink and listen to the arguments. Then, in the third half, you speak if you want to. About your experience of the region. Your travels. Your story. And it's Steve and Jonthan's turn to listen.

Two Schmucks, Three Opinions: BURROW BRIDGE, Somerset.

Friday December 13th.

@ The Ebenezer Chapel, Burrow Bridge, Somerset, TA7 0RB

Starts at 7.00. Bring a dish to put on the table.

Free Event.

More info: www.twoschmucks.com

Durham Palestine Christmas Market Stall
2013-12-14 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Durham Market Square , Durham, Durham, North East, United Kingdom
Co Durham PSC will hold its usual Christmas stall in Durham Market Square this Saturday.

We will be reminding shoppers of some of the realities of life under occupation for the little town of Bethlehem.

On Saturday we will be urging passers-by to respond with their own messages of support and solidarity to the Mayor and people of Bethlehem.

The stall will be in Market Square between 10am and 2pm. Please come and join us for as long as you can spare.

Merton PSC Public Meeting
2013-12-18 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Guest Speakers
Revd. Dr Stephen Sizer:

A return visit to share current information regarding the conflict and specifically KAIROS Palestine including the Christmas Alert 2013 — a Christian response to the Palestinian Nakba

Glyn Secker:

Jews for Justice for Palestinians ( JFJFP) and captain of "Irene" the Jewish boat that successfully made a voyage to Gaza strip in 2010, will update on 3 main concerns in Palestine at present:

Gaza strip, The Prawer Plan (planned expulsion of 70,000 Arabs from the Naqab desert), and child prisoners, presenting the JFJFP perspective.

Plus updates on other campaigns

Refreshments will be on sale prior to the start of the meeting.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station.
Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.
RSVP & More Information contact mertonpsc@mail.com

The Keepers of Infinite Space
2013-12-22 | Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, N4 3JP, London , London, United Kingdom
The Keepers of Infinite Space by Omar El-Khairy with contributions from Caroline Rooney
Directed by Zoe Lafferty
22nd January – 16th February 2014. Park Theatre.

“You’ve got to learn when to throw your punches – when they least expect it. There’s no use flailing in the dark. This is where battles are raged – and wars won.”

Saeed is a bookseller in Nablus. His father Khalil is a property developer. They’re just an ordinary family, quietly building a new Palestine. Until one day Saeed is arrested and thrown into gaol. As his future disappears, Saeed finds that the answer to his problems may lie in the past, and in the secrets his father has kept from him…
A hard-hitting examination of the Israeli prison system, in which up to 40% of the Palestinian male population have been imprisoned, often without charge, The Keepers of Infinite Space explores the fraught legacy of this system for the people of Palestine.
Written by Omar El-Khairy, the son of a refugee Palestinian family, and directed by Zoe Lafferty, Associate Director of the acclaimed Freedom Theatre Palestine.
Tickets are usually £19.50/£16 but we are delighted to offer a special price for members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign of just £10.00!
Simply quote the code ‘TKOIS’ when booking online or by phone.
Book online: http://parktheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-keepers-of-infinite-space
Box Office: 020 7870 6876

Bethlehem Unwrapped
2013-12-23 00:00 - 2014-01-05 00:00 UTC | St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London , W1J 9LL, London , United Kingdom
St James’s Church, Piccadilly in association with Amos Trust, Holy Land Trust, Interpal, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) UK, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, P21 Gallery, Tipping Point North South, War on Want & Zaytoun CIC presents
BETHLEHEM UNWRAPPED A festival of Bethlehem at Christmas
St James’s Piccadilly December 23rd 2013 – January 5th 2014

with Nigel Kennedy, Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi, Reem Kelani, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, singers from the Tallis Scholars, comedians Mark Steel, Ivor Dembina, Andy Zaltzman, Dave Cohen and more!

All net proceeds go to the Holy Land Trust ‘Future Peacemakers’ appeal, Bethlehem

ART – December 23rd 6pm: ‘Unwrapped’ – festival opening ceremony with broadcast message from Holy Land Trust director Sami Awad in Bethlehem, unveiling of major installation in St James’s Courtyard and children’s art exhibition from Bethlehem, ‘All They Paint is the Wall’

POETRY – December 29th 7.30pm: ‘Slammed Up’ – an evening of slam poetry in the key of freedom, with 2012 World Slam champion Harry Baker, Zia Ahmed, Bridget Minamore & Dizraeli

COMEDY – December 30th 7.30pm: ‘Stand Up Against the Wall’ – comedy night, with BBC comedy star & Independent columnist Mark Steel, Hampstead Comedy Club veteran host Ivor Dembina (****The Guardian), Andy Zaltzman (“Breathtakingly good” Time Out) & Dave Cohen (“Smart & very funny” Huffington Post UK)

FILM – Jan 2nd 7.30pm: ‘Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army’ – comedy doc following News Quiz veteran Jeremy Hardy on a hair-raising path through the Second Intifada. Palestinian film-maker and Bethlehem resident Leila Sansour introduces her film. (“Outstanding … riveting” **** Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)

CUISINE – Jan 3rd 7.30pm: ‘Bethlehem Feast’ – Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi present a Bethlehem Christmas dinner, raising funds for Holy Land Trust’s ‘Future Peacemakers’ appeal. An incredible opportunity for a truly seasonal feast in the presence of the masters of Middle Eastern cuisine. Come prepared for after-dinner dancing, led by Palestinian dabke troupe Al-Zaytouna!

NB Numbers strictly limited – book early to avoid disappointment!

Presented by Zaytoun CIC and Rocket Food

DEBATE – Jan 4th 8pm: ‘Both sides of the Barrier – Separation or Security?’ – speakers include Jeff Halper, founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)

MUSIC – Jan 5th 7.30pm: ‘The Bridge’ – concert with legendary violinist Nigel Kennedy and friends, performing his own composition The Bridge, with singers from the Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips, world-renowned Palestinian singer Reem Kelani and guest speaker Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Click here to book tickets through our official ticket supplier Eventbrite

All net proceeds of the Bethlehem Unwrapped festival will be donated to:

Future Peacemakers Appeal, Holy Land Trust, Bethlehem http://www.holylandtrust.org

Palestinian Christian perspectives on Conflict Transformation and Justice in the Holy Land Today
2014-01-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Bellarmine Room, Heythrop College, University of London, Kensington Square, W8 5HN, London, United Kingdom
The
Centre for Eastern Christianity,

Heythrop College, University of London

In association with the
Living Stones Theology Group

A talk by:
Zoughbi Zoughbi,

Director: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Centre, Wi’am.
Bethlehem

All are welcome.

www.heythrop.ac.uk - www.orientalelumen.org.uk

Weekly Protest against Sodastream in Brighton
2014-01-11 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Outside Sodastream/Ecostream shop, 142 Western Road, Brighton , BN1 2LA, South East, United Kingdom
Protest against Sodastream in Brighton - Every Saturday 1pm to 3pm

SodaStream markets itself as an environmentally friendly product but there is nothing friendly about the destruction of Palestinian life, land and water resources. SodaStream is an Israeli corporation that produces all of its carbonation devices in an illegal settlement in the West Bank.

Download the flier in PDF format>>

How to get to the picket

For those intending to come by train from London there is a frequent service both from Victoria and London Bridge, but also the route from Bedford (perhaps more convenient for those switching from LUL at Farringdon).

From Brighton station it is a matter of walking south ( sea direction) along either Surrey Street or Queen's Road.

Turn right into North Street and then sharp left to Western Road. Sodastream is on the right hand side of this road and faces Preston Street .

By Bus: get the no. 6 bus from opposite the station forecourt (stop C) and get off at the Waitrose stop, cross the raod and walk back 50 yds.

Brighton and Hove PSC
http://www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org/campaigns-2/brighton-says-no-to-israeli-settlement-business-in-our-town-the-ecostream-campaign/on-the-street-in-western-road-campaign-updates-news-reports

Film Screening and Discussion: Sacred Stones
2014-01-12 10:30 - 13:00 UTC | Bolivar Hall, Grafton Way, W1T 5DL, London, United Kingdom
Directors/Producers: Muayad Alayan, Laila Higazi

Description:

Known by many as Palestine's white petroleum, natural stone is Palestine's most highly demanded raw material. However, the Palestinian stone industry is largely held hostage to serving Israeli construction needs, including the construction of illegal settlements on Palestinian land. Inside villages, cities and refugee camps, natural stone is unearthed at maddening unsustainable rates, leaving behind a wreck of environmental, social and health problems. Any complaints of ordinary Palestinians face persecution by the Israeli occupation, fall on the deaf ears of international organizations.

Not Afraid to Look
2014-01-13 - 2014-01-18 | SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London , London, WC1H 0XG, London , United Kingdom
An exhibition of photographs in memory of Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall.

Concurrent exhibitions in Gaza, Edinburgh and London to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Tom Hurndall.

Presented by the Network of Photographers for Palestine with the support of the SOAS Palestine Society

On Saturday 18 January 2-5pm, there will be a closing event at SOAS featuring music and poetry from Edinburgh and a three-way Skype discussion on the current conditions in Gaza, with contributions from Haider Eid in Gaza, Mick Napier in Edinburgh and Jeremy Corbyn MP in London.

Refreshments will be provided and supporters are welcome to join in the discussion.

Flyer for 'Not Afraid to Look'

Gaza - 5 years after the invasion, an eyewitness report
2014-01-13 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Rumi's Cave , 26 Willesden Lane, NW6 7ST, London, London, United Kingdom
Speaker Hamdi Joudeh

Hamdi will speak about the current deteriorating situation in Gaza and there will be time for questions and discussion.

Hamdi grew up in Gaza and was there during the 2008-2009 invasion by Israel. Since coming to England he has been back to Gaza 3 times (most recently in April this year) so will be able to give an eyewitness report of the situation there and how it has deteriorated during the past 5 years

Hamdi is currently President of Imperial College Student Palestine Society

This meeting has been organized by Brent Stop the War.

Save al Yarmouk Refugee Camp
2014-01-15 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | opposite 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Urgent Protest – 10 Downing St, LondonJoin us in an urgent protest in front of 10 Downing Street in London. Event organised by Palestinian Forum of Britain, the Association of Palestinian Community, Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), General Union of Palestinian Students in the UK and Action Group for Palestinians in Syria.Event will take place on Wednesday 15th Jan 2014, from 5pm to 7pm.

Vision of Palestine
2014-01-16 18:00 - 22:00 UTC | Old Hairdressers, Renfield Lane, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Artistic representations of the conflict attempting to go beyond the images which mainstream media propagate.

Speaker Jon Pullman, documentary filmmaker.
Palestinian style food will also be available included in the ticket price of £5, as well as speakers, an exhibition of photos, and a visual arts piece.

The Siege of Gaza and Egypt's Role in it
2014-01-16 19:30 - 22:15 UTC | SOUTHSEA COMMUNITY CENTRE, ST PAUL’S SQUARE,KING St,PO5 4EE, Portsmouth, South East , United Kingdom
Speaker: JOHN REES

The Siege of Gaza - this is what it means:

It means that the Palestinian population are chronically short of food.

It means that there are insufficient drugs to treat preventable diseases.

It means that there is electricity for only about 2 hours a day: insufficient to power the sewage pumps, so Palestinian children have to wade through sewage to get to school.

Meeting hosted by Portsmouth/S Downs Palestine Solidarity Campaign & Portsmouth Stop the War

For further info contact Jenny Flintoft, flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Protest vigil - 5 years on from the end of Israel’s 2008/9 massacre in Gaza
2014-01-18 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | outside Israeli Embassy , 29 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP, London, United Kingdom
We will always remember!

Protest vigil - 5 years on from the end of Israel’s 2008/9 massacre in Gaza

Saturday 18 January 2014

12noon to 2pm

Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP London (exit High Street Kensington Underground station – turn right and walk for 3 minutes).

End Israeli Attacks – End the Siege on Gaza

Join us to protest for justice for the victims of Israel’s massacre and against the ongoing siege on Gaza.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Palestinian Forum in Brittain

British Muslim Initiative

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Stop the War Coalition

Jews for Justice for Palestinians

Friends of Al-Aqsa UK

Liberal Democrats Friends of Palestine

War on Want

Unite the Union

Public and Commercial Services Union

Amos Trust

ICAHD UK

Film Screening: Children in Chains
2014-01-18 14:30 - 16:00 UTC | Centre for Contemporary Arts (C.C.A.), 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3LD, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Scottish Palestinian Forum invites you to a free screening of the film CHILDREN IN CHAINS

The director, Jon Pullman will introduce the film (which was recently screened at the UK Parliament) and answer questions afterwards.

Admission free - all welcome

It is suggested that anyone under 16 should be accompanied by an adult
“This short (37 min) documentary highlights the grave ongoing
breaches of international humanitarian law committed by Israel in its
treatment of Palestinian minors and carried out as part of a brutal
military occupation now over 45 years old.” (Jon Pullman)

Speak Out Against Pinkwashing
2014-01-18 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Gay Star , Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG, London, London, United Kingdom
When it comes to gay tourism, we say Anywhere but Israel. Join us outside the Gay Star Beach Party LGBT tourism event. The event is a beach-themed daytime party in support of LGBT tourism - with exhibitors including the Israeli Tourism Board. Tel Aviv claims to be "one of the best gay cities in the world". But this is pinkwashing propaganda - promoting LGBT tourism to divert attention from human rights crimes against Palestinians. Please come to the event - get your group to support it, and bring a banner - tell your friends. For more info, see our website at www.nopinkwashing.org.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/645028708872134/?previousaction=join&source=1

Film Screening: Ismael
2014-01-18 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, London, United Kingdom
Ismail

28 minutes film shot in Jordan and inspired by a moment in the life of Palestinian painter Ismail Shammout, will be screened Saturday the ICA as part of the Global Conflicts programme of the London Short Film Festival 2014.

http://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/lsff-new-shorts-global-conflicts

http://vimeo.com/79473521

Fundraising Event for Gaza with Speaker and Auction
2014-01-21 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Chutneys , 31A Hartfield Road, Wimbledon SW19 3SG, London, London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC

In aid of Gaza Relief Funds – to be held at Chutneys Wimbledon

Guest Speaker: Yousef Al-Helou (Gazan Journalist)

Please bring one item for Auction

Cost for Buffet Meal: £15 or £12 concessions (Drinks not included)

LIMITED PLACES SO BOOK NOW from Daphne Hussein 0780 126 7866

World Premiere: The Keepers of Infinite Space
2014-01-22 - 2014-02-16 | Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, N4 3JP, London , London, United Kingdom
The Moving Theatre in association with Global Uncertainties presents the world premiere
THE KEEPERS OF INFINITE SPACE
by Omar El-Khairy with contributions from Caroline Rooney.
Directed by Zoe Lafferty. Designed by Philip Lindley. Lighting by Johanna Town. Sound by Richard Hammarton. Costume by Susan Kulkarni. Produced by Chris Foxon.
Featuring Philip Correia, Edmund Kingsley, Cornelius Macarthy, Hilton McRae, Laura Prior, Sirine Saba, Patrick Toomey and John Wark.
The team behind 2012’s international hit The Fear of Breathing return with a hard-hitting examination of the Israeli prison system, one of the central issues in the latest Israel-Palestine peace process, which will run at the Park Theatre from 22 January – 16 February 2014

Since the Israeli occupation in 1967, Palestine has become a nation of prisons. Up to 40% of the male population have been detained under military orders, often without charge or legal representation, with devastating consequences not only practically but psychologically for a country struggling to survive.

With the release of political prisoners and the attendant media manipulation from both sides a key part of the stuttering peace process, The Keepers of Infinite Space explores the Israeli prison system and reveals its fraught legacy for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Following the true stories of life in the Syrian revolution explored in the hugely successful, international hit The Fear of Breathing, director Zoe Lafferty, Associate Director at The Freedom Theatre Palestine, returns to the UK with a project drawing on the true-life experiences of those at the heart of the prison system.
“You’ve got to learn when to throw your punches – when they least expect it. There’s no use flailing in the dark. This is where battles are raged – and wars won.”
Saeed is a bookseller in Nablus. His father Khalil is a property developer. They’re just an ordinary family, quietly building a new Palestine. Until one day Saeed is arrested and thrown in gaol. As his future disappears, Saeed finds that the answer to his problems may lie in the past, and in the secrets his father has kept from him…

The Keepers of Infinite Space will be live-streamed free of charge around the world as part of The Moving Theatre’s commitment to stimulating debate and discussion through engaging, true-to-life political theatre-making.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR PSC MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS: tickets for £10 by quoting the code ‘TKOIS’ when booking online or by phone!!

Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, London, N4 3JP

Box Office 020 7281 8813 Book online at www.parktheatre.co.uk

Wednesday, 22 January – Saturday, 16 February 2014

Tuesday to Saturday Evenings at 7.45pm. Saturday and Sunday Matinees at 3.15pm.

Tickets £19.50, £16 concessions, except Tuesday Evenings £12 for under 25s and N4 residents.

Performance Length: Approximately 90 minutes with no interval.

For more information, interviews and images, please contact

Chris Foxon on email chris@chrisfoxon.co.uk or 07720768693

www.themovingtheatre.com

Writer Omar El-Khairy is the Leverhulme Associate Playwright at the Bush Theatre and co-founder of the international theatre and film collective Paper Tiger. He is developing a new play A Soldier Dreams of White Tulips as part of Paper Tiger's residency as Associate Artists at Ovalhouse, where his first full-length play Sour Lips recently premiered. Theatre includes Return to Sender (Orange Tree Theatre), Given the Times (Finborough Theatre), Polling Booth (Theatre503), Eyelids (Unicorn Theatre), Lovestrong (Lyric Hammersmith), Burst (Zoo Venues, Edinburgh Festival), Longitude (The Public Theatre, New York) and The Arc (Arcola Theatre). His short film No Exit is in production with Idioms Film in the West Bank, Palestine, and he is now developing his first feature length screenplay, Sheikh. Omar holds a PhD in Political Sociology from the LSE.

Director Zoe Lafferty trained at Drama Centre, London and the Vaktangov Theatre School, Moscow. Zoe has worked as a director and playwright in Afghanistan, the US, Palestine and Europe, and travelled in secret through Syria during the uprising to collect material for The Fear of Breathing. She is Associate Director of The Freedom Theatre Palestine and Associate Director and board member of The Red Room Theatre Company. Directing includes The Fear of Breathing (Finborough Theatre; Akasaka Red Theatre, Tokyo), the world premiere of Bola Agbaje’s Concrete Jungle (Riverside Studios), Gaza: Breathing Space (Soho Theatre), Adult Child/Dead Child (Unicorn Theatre and Edinburgh Festival), Alice in Wonderland (Freedom Theatre Palestine) and Sho Khman? (Freedom Theatre Palestine and International Tour). Associate Directing includes Lost Nation (The Red Room). Assistant Directing includes The Dresser (Watford Palace Theatre), Waiting For Godot (Freedom Theatre Palestine and American Tour), Protozoa (The Red Room) and Oikos (The Red Room). Zoe co-wrote Off Record with Paul Wood, a verbatim piece on the Israel/Palestine conflict performed at the Soho Theatre, and has developed work with National Theatre Wales.

Creative Coordinator Caroline Rooney is a Global Uncertainties Leadership Fellow and Professor of African and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Kent. Her research by practice engages with arts activism and popular culture towards coming to terms with a new Middle East in the making. Theatre includes The Rebel Cell at El Sawy Culturewheel in Cairo.

Film includes The Road to Midan Tahrir, featuring interviews she carried out with Egyptian writers in 2010. Caroline’s poetry appears in an anthology of human rights poetry (London Human Rights Consortium, 2013) and she has published widely on the Arab avant-garde and popular culture, liberation struggles and their aftermaths, and alternative enlightenments. With director Mai Masri she is currently working on a documentary film addressing the experiences of Palestinian child prisoners.

Philip Correia trained at LAMDA.

Theatre includes The History Boys (Wyndhams Theatre and National Theatre), Hobson’s Choice and The Syndicate (Chichester Festival Theatre and Minerva Theatre), The Merry Wives of Windsor (RSC), Northern Odyssey (Live Theatre Newcastle), Judgement Day (The Print Room), The Cherry Orchard (Birmingham Rep), Country Music (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Bus Stop (New Vic/SJT), Romeo and Juliet (Jermyn Street Theatre) and What Cheryl Did Next (Theatre 503).

Television includes Inspector George Gently, Casualty, Hollyoaks, Canoe Man, Doctors, The Bill and Lewis.

Radio includes Blue Flu.

Edmund Kingsley trained at RADA.

Theatre includes Richard III, King John, Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest, Julius Caesar and The Lord of the Flies (RSC), Dangerous Corner and The Importance of Being Earnest (Salisbury Playhouse), The River Line (Jermyn Street Theatre), She Stoops to Conquer (Nottingham Playhouse), Moscow Live (HighTide Festival Theatre), Wuthering Heights (Birmingham Rep), Human Rites and ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Southwark Playhouse), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Twelfth Night (English Touring Theatre) and The Taming of the Shrew (Thelma Holt).

Television includes Breathless, Endeavour, The Borgias, Doctors, Sensitive Skin, Agatha Christie – A Life in Pictures and As If.

Film includes Eliza Graves, Allies, Hugo, The Reverend, The Duchess of Malfi, Within the Woods and Freddie as FR07.

Radio includes The Christmas Mysteries, Mercian World News and The Bulldog has Landed.

Cornelius Macarthy was born in London and grew up in Sierra Leone. He trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

He recently completed a European tour playing Bertrand Russell, in a production based on Bertrand’s life and writings in his book of the same name, directed by multi award-winning Bosnian director Haris Pašović.

Other theatre includes Rising Damp (National Tour), Antony & Cleopatra (Chichester Festival Theatre), 1936 (Sadlers Wells), Come Dancing (Theatre Stratford East),12 Proposals for a Better Europe (Belarus Free Theatre/West Yorkshire Playhouse), Peter Pan (York Theatre Royal), To Kill a Mockingbird (National Tour), Welcome to Thebes (National Theatre); The Good Soul of Szechuan (Manchester Library Theatre), Lost in the Stars (Queen

Elizabeth Hall), King Cotton (Manchester Lowry/Liverpool Empire), A Taste of

Honey (York Theatre Royal), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Liverpool Playhouse),

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (West End), Lifting the Mask (National Tour),

Spirit of the Dance (National Tour), Cinderella (Greenwich Theatre), Drive Ride

Walk (Albany Theatre) and Notes Across a Small Pond (Bridewell Theatre).

Television includes A Touch of Frost, Doctors, EastEnders, Collision, Murder Investigation Team, Empathy, My Hero, Torchwood and Kingmakers.

Film includes Teach Me, Candle to Water, Patient 17, Millions and In the Mood.

Cornelius’s world tours with London Community Gospel Choir has led to extensive work as a session singer with a wide variety of recording artists including Blur, Beautiful South, Manu Dibango, Madonna, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Tom Jones, Atomic Kitten, Will Young, Billie Piper, R. Kelly, Boy George, Van Morrison and P Diddy.

Hilton McRae’s theatre credits includeTimon of Athens (National Theatre), The Kreutzer Sonata (Gate Theatre/La MaMa New York), End of the Rainbow (Northampton Theatre Royal), Experimentum Mundi (Edinburgh International Festival), The Oresteia Trilogy (Fisher Centre, New York), Rock ‘n’ Roll (Manchester Library Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (RFH), Weapons of Happiness (Finborough Theatre), Caroline Or Change (National Theatre), Rabbit (West End/Brits off Broadway), Twelfth Night (Tour), The Comedy of Errors (Sheffield Crucible), Hamlet (Northampton Theatre Royal), The Tempest (Southwark Playhouse), Peer Gynt (Arcola Theatre), My One and Only (Chichester Festival Theatre/West End), Mamma Mia (West End), The Front Page (Donmar Warehouse), Othello & A Doll’s House (Birmingham Rep), Les Miserables (West End), Miss Saigon (West End), Hedda Gabler (Manchester Royal Exchange), Macbeth (Dundee Rep), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC/Broadway), The Danton Affair, Troilus and Cressida, As You Like It, Total Eclipse, Piaf, Much Ado About Nothing, The Innocent, Anthony and Cleopatra, Captain Swing, The Churchill Play, The Merchant of Venice, Factory Birds and Bandits (RSC) and LayOff/Yobbo Nowt. (7:84).

Television includes New Tricks IX, Injustice, Zen, Red Riding Trilogy - 1983, The Execution of Gary Glitter, Lewis, Frances Tuesday, Murder City, Silent Witness, Baby Father, Midsomer Murders, Serious & Organised, Monarch of the Glen, Deacon Brodie, The Justice Game, King of Hearts, First Take, Zorro: The Reward, To Each His Own, William Tell, Roll Over Beethoven, Poppyland, The Kit Curran Radio Show, Forever Young, Leaving and Gaskin.

Film includes Far From the Madding Crowd, Serena, Power of Three, Stroke of Genius, Mansfield Park, Return of the Jedi, Secret Rapture, Greystoke andThe French Lieutenant’s Woman.

Laura Prior graduated from Rose Bruford College. Theatre includes Potholes (Theatre 503), The Midnight Princess (Rose Theatre Kingston), Eisteddfod (HighTide Festival Theatre for Latitude Festival), The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare's Globe), Epidemic (Old Vic New Voices), Blue Sky/Green Forest (Arcola Theatre), The Witch of Edmonton (Shakespeare's Globe) and Loyal Women (Greenwich Theatre).

Sirine Saba trained at RADA.

Theatre includes The Fear of Breathing (Finborough Theatre), Scorched (Old Vic Tunnels), Nation and Sparkleshark (National Theatre), Midnight’s Children, Pericles, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, Beauty and the Beast, Tales from Ovid, A Warwickshire Testimony and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company), Testing the Echo (Tricycle Theatre), Rough Cuts: the Spiral and The Rise and Fall of a Lebanese Pop Princess (Royal Court Theatre), Baghdad Wedding (Soho Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night (Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park) and Cinderella (Bristol Old Vic).

Television includes Doctors, Silent Witness, Footballers’ Wives, The Bill and Prometheus.

Radio includes Marley is Dead, My Daughter the Racist, From Fact to Fiction, Arabian Afternoon, English in Afghanistan, The Locust and The Bird, Beirut Days, Baghdad Wedding and Love and Loss.

Patrick Toomey trained at LAMDA.

Theatre includes Casualties (Park Theatre), The Father (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry), Lovebirds (Southwark Playhouse), Edward II and Richard II (Shakespeare’s Globe), The School for Scandal (Derby Theatre Royal and Northampton Theatre Royal), Mister Heracles (West Yorkshire Playhouse), The John Wayne Principle (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton), Wild Horses (Theatre 503), On the Waterfront (Hackney Empire),The Recuiting Officer, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh), The Boys in the Band (Aldwych Theatre),Lady Betty and As You Like It (Cheek by Jowl), Sweet Phoebe (Hen and Chickens), A Small Family Business (Birmingham Rep), The Blue Angel (Gielgud Theatre), The School for Scandal (English Touring Theatre) and The Woman in Black (Fortune Theatre).

Television includes Doc Martin, The Escape Artist, Vera, Law and Order UK, Mutual Friends, Missing, Holby City, The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Hollyoaks, The Only Boy For Me, Courtroom, The Bill, William and Mary, Monarch of the Glen, Jackson’s Wharf, Water Rats, Heartbeat, Murder Most Horrid, The House of Angelo, Annie’s Bar, Over Here, Cadfael, Young Indiana Jones, Streetwise and The Two of Us.

Film includes The Glass House, Arsene Lupin, Walking with the Enemy and Pressure Point.

Radio includes Soho Nights and The Father.

John Wark trained at RADA.

Theatre includes Dog in the Manger, Tamar’s Revenge and Pedro, the Great Pretender (Royal Shakespeare Company), Tamburlaine (Bristol Old Vic and Barbican Theatre), Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us (National Theatre of Scotland at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh), The Winter Guest (Almeida Theatre), Torch Song Trilogy (Tron Theatre, Glasgow), The Only Girl in the World (Arcola Theatre) and Jamie the Saxt and The Fear of Breathing (Finborough Theatre).

Television includes Robin Hood, Taggart, The Ten Commandments and G-Force.

Film includes A Little Chaos, Breaking the Waves, The Oxford Murders, Late Night Shopping and Within the Woods.

The press on The Fear of Breathing

★★★★★ Five Stars The Public Reviews

★★★★★ Five Stars The Good Review

★★★★ Four Stars The Telegraph

★★★★ Four Stars The Independent

★★★★ Four Stars Metro

★★★★ Four Stars Time Out Critics’ Choice

“It can hardly be bettered…essential viewing.” Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph

“An electrifying, visceral experience.” Time Out

“Genuinely enlightening…a play of extraordinary power.” Paul Taylor, The Independent

“An incredibly powerful piece.” The Stage

“Electric staging, eloquent…harrowing testimony [which] builds to an urgent, confrontational climax.” Claire Allfree, Metro

“Everything works about this play…The most powerful, chilling and thought-provoking piece of theatre on stage now.” The Public Reviews

“Theatre we can’t afford to miss.” The Good Review

Crisis in Gaza
2014-01-22 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Temple of Peace, Edward VII Ave, CF10 3AP, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
A talk by medic and peace activist Dr Ben Alofs.

Joint meeting of Cardiff PSC and Cardiff UNA

(Between the Bute and Redwood buildings of Cardiff University.)

Free entry.

Cardiff PSC: http://cardiffpsc.weebly.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/658395550865273/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Israel: Apartheid Not Democracy?
2014-01-23 07:30 - 09:45 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Friargate (off Castlegate), YO1 9RL, York, North East, United Kingdom
York PSC Presents:

A PUBLIC TALK by

Ben White

ALL WELCOME

Ben White Is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. Has been visiting the region since 2003 and his articles have been widely published in The Guardian’s Comment is free, Al Jazeera, New Statesman, Electronic Intifada, Christian Science Monitor and others. Has written two widely praised books, entitled “Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide” and “Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy”, both published by Pluto Press.

Ben has received numerous endorsements for his work, including from Desmond Tutu, and Israeli Knesset Member Haneen Zoabi.

“He describes in authoritative detail the actions – and crimes – of the state of Israel.”

Ken Loach- award winning film and television director.

“He is a writer who is determined to present a fair picture of the troubling situation in Palestine.”

John Dugard, former UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

http://benwhite.org.uk/

www.yorkpsc.org.uk

The Palestinian Issue – How did it come to this?
2014-01-23 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | St. George’s Catholic Church Parish Hall, Sansome Walk, WR1 1UG, Worcester, United Kingdom
With Rosemary Hollis. The title of her talk is The Palestinian Issue – How did it come to this?

Rosemary Hollis PhD is Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University London. Her research focuses on international political and security issues in the Middle East, particularly European, EU, UK and US relations with the region and the international dimensions of regional conflicts.

Prior to joining City University in March 2008 Prof Hollis was Director of Research at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) for three years. From 1995 to 2005 she was Head of the Middle East Programme at Chatham House, having spent five years in a similar post at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies.

Worcester Palestine Friendship

The Storyteller of Jerusalem - The Life and Times of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, 1904–1948
2014-01-23 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
The Mosaic Rooms is pleased to host the UK launch of the memoirs of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, a remarkable treasure trove of writings on the life, culture, music, and history of Jerusalem. The book will be introduced by illustrated talks by Dr. Nada Elzeer (translator), Michel Moushabeck (publisher and editor) and Professor Rachel Beckles Willson (author of the Foreword).
This will be followed by readings from the memoirs by actor Philip Arditti, interwoven with Arab music performed by Maria Lopez da Cunha (voice), Ahmad AlSalhi (violin), Rachel Beckles Willson (oud), Martin Stokes (qanun), Michel Moushabeck (percussion).

Spanning over four decades, from 1904 to 1948, the book reflects on the times of Ottoman rule, the British mandate, and the run-up to the founding of the state of Israel from the daily vantage point of the street storyteller. Oud player, music lover and ethnographer, poet, collector, partygoer, satirist, civil servant, local historian, devoted son, husband, father, and person of faith, Wasif viewed the life of his city through multiple roles and lenses. The result is a vibrant, unpredictable, sprawling collection of anecdotes, observations, and yearnings as varied as the city itself.

FREE, rsvp@mosaicrooms.org

http://www.mosaicrooms.org/how-to-find-us/

The British Responsibility for the Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians
2014-01-24 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | NEW CROSS LEARNING, 283, NEW CROSS ROAD, London, London, United Kingdom
SOUTH EAST LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

COME AND HEAR

SEAMUS CAREY; HARINGEY ‘JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS’

GIVE AN ILLUSTRATED PRESENTATION
ENTITLED

‘’ THE BRITISH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE PALESTINIANS’’

FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION

NEW CROSS LEARNING, 283, NEW CROSS ROAD,
NEXT TO ICELAND, OPPOSITE THE TOWN HALL

NEAREST STATION: NEW CROSS GATE, BUSES: 53, 177,225, 453

PSC AGM
2014-01-25 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square , London, none, WC1 4RL, London, United Kingdom
Saturday 25 January, 10am–5pm
Conway Hall,
25 Red Lion Square,
London, WC1 4RL (Holborn tube)

The PSC Annual General Meeting is a vital event, discussing our work over the last year, and planning the future of our campaign – including motions and elections to the Executive Committee. Please join us there!

All members of national PSC are strongly encouraged to attend
the AGM. If you are not sure whether your membership is up to date,
please contact psc.admin@palestinecampaign.org or 020 7700 6192.

Register online>

Cost and accommodation
Cost: £8 waged, £6 unwaged (to cover cost of lunch).

We will try to arrange accommodation with other members of PSC if
requested by 10 January 2014.

Voting eligibility

At the AGM, every member in good standing has one vote, but a minimum period of membership of 3 months, ie by 25 October 2013, is necessary before voting rights are acquired.
PSC branches can send a delegate but this will only be valid where the branch affiliated has paid its subscription (£25 annually in January) Delegates from affiliated national organisations with over 100,000 members are entitled to 3 votes. Delegates from all other affiliated organisations will have one vote.
The names of delegates from affiliated national organisations and PSC branches must be nominated by their affiliated organisation and registered with the PSC office by 10 January 2014.
In order to facilitate the smooth running of the AGM, to try to avoid lengthy registration queues, and guarantee your lunch, we are asking all delegates to pre-register for the AGM as an individual by 17 January 2014.
Voting for candidates will be by ballot at the AGM. Tellers will be appointed by the meeting.

Motions and amendments
Motions to the AGM, and nominations to the executive must be
received in the PSC office by 29 November 2013. Please keep any
motions to no more than 300 words.

These will be sent to members by 14 December. Amendments to motions must be received in the PSC office by 17 January 2014. Please keep any amendments to no more than 100 words.

Elections to the PSC Executive Committee
The following positions are elected at the AGM: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary,
Treasurer, Trade Union Liaison Officer, Student Liaison Officer, Campaigns
Officer, Publications Officer, 8 ordinary members of the Executive Committee.

Election regulations and copies of the constitution are available from
the office on request.

Nominations must have the name of proposer, seconder and
candidate’s agreement. Candidates must have been a national PSC member for 6 months before the AGM. Candidates can write 100 words in support of their nomination.

Film Screening: Private
2014-01-25 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Riverside Studios , Crisp Road Hammersmith W6 9RL, London, United Kingdom
Join us at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London on Saturday 25th Jan for the first of the PFF's 2014 screen events in partnership with the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK.
PRIVATE
10th Anniversary Screening

Saverio Costanzo / 2004
Drama / 90min

VENUE MAP

TICKETS

SYNOPSIS:

Part true story, part national allegory, Saverio Costanzo's Gaza-based drama is a pitch-perfect study of the creeping violence of the occupation.

When a middle-class family's house is occupied by Israeli troops, they refuse to abandon their home. A battle of nerves ensues, as the home becomes the scene of emotional and psychological struggle for a family struggling to retain their dignity and unity in the face of military subjugation.

Featuring an award-winning performance from the ensemble cast (with Mohammad Bakri in the role of the father), and a suitably ominous visual rendering by director Costanzo, Private achieves a powerful depiction of life under occupation that remains relevant today in the film's tenth anniversary year.
...

"Costanzo puts an unnervingly intimate twist on the costs of military occupation in this aptly claustrophobic drama..." LA WEEKLY

WINNER: Fripesci Press Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2005

WINNER: Golden Leopard Award, Locarno Film Festival, 2004
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Exporting the Occupation: Israel and the Global Pacification Industry
2014-01-26 19:30 UTC | wesley hotel and conference centre, 81-103 euston st, london, United Kingdom
Sunday 26th January

7.30 at Wesley Hotel and Conference Centre (formerly MIC)
81-103 Euston Street NW1 2EZ

Talk and presentation by visiting guest speaker Jeff Halper, Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Jeff will talking about how Israel has secured a central place in global pacification processes used by various militaries, security agencies and police forces and how this links with gaining diplomatic support for unpopular policies against Palestinians under occupation and neutralising effective opposition.
Organised by Jewish Socialists' Group BM3725 WC1N 3XX
All Welcome

Film Screening: The Do Gooders
2014-01-28 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Film screening followed by an audience discussion with Lubna Marsarwa and director Chloe Ruthven.
Are aid organisations entrenching Israel’s regime in Palestine? Instead of helping to bring injustice to an end, are international activists and NGOs imposing their agendas on Palestinians?

Inspired by a book written by her grandmother about aid projects in Palestine, filmmaker Chloe Ruthven travels to the region to explore the effects of foreign aid on a people living under occupation. Along the way she meets local activist Lubna Masarwa. She not only becomes her driver, guide and fixer, but also offers a rare insight into the imbalance of power relationships on the ground. Masarwa speaks frankly of her distaste and distrust of foreign aid, something that sits uneasily with Ruthven . She begins to realise that while her film had begun by documenting a problem, she herself had become part of that problem. Followed by an audience discussion.

Delicious Middle-Eastern food from the bar!

Doors open 7pm, event starts: 7.30pm. Free entry/donations.

Venue:
Passing Clouds
1 Richmond Road,
Dalston E8 3HN

Catastrophe Club is a project of Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Question Time for Palestine
2014-01-30 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Watford Trade Union Hall, Woodford Rd, WD17 1PB (opposite Watford Junction Station), Watford, United Kingdom
A wide-ranging audience participation discussion of the way - and year - ahead for Watford Friends of Salfeet and Palestine in 2014

Admission is free. Donations to cover the cost of hall hire and refreshments will be welcome.

Zaytoun products will be on sale to provide solidarity support to farmers in the West Bank.

For planning purposes, please contact us through info@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk to let us know you will be joining us.

Boycott Sainbury's Action
2014-02-01 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sainsbury's Fallowfield, 347 Wilmslow Road, M14 6SS, Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Join Manchester PSC's picket of Sainsbury's on Saturday!

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/790613207619397/?previousaction=join&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1

PSC is calling for a National Day of Action targeting Sainsbury’s on Saturday 1st March. Furthermore an e-tool action, targeting Sainsbury’s CEO, is now online on the PSC website: https://palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys/ Please share it widely!! For more background info please visit: http://www.sainsburyscampaign.org/ - See more at: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/sainsburys-boycott-action-2/#sthash.zmlwyFuo.dpuf

Sainsbury's Boycott Action
2014-02-01 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, High Street, Sheffield, North East, United Kingdom
Sheffield PSC
http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/
This Saturday there will be a picket at the newish Sainsbury's on the High Street, just down from the Cathedral between 12 and 1 p.m. ; afterwards we will go to a cafe for a drink which gives people a chance to discuss the campaign, as well as to warm up!

PSC is calling for a National Day of Action targeting Sainsbury’s on Saturday 1st March. Furthermore an e-tool action, targeting Sainsbury’s CEO, is now online on the PSC website: https://palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys/ Please share it widely!! For more background info please visit: http://www.sainsburyscampaign.org/

Boycott Sainsbury's Action
2014-02-01 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Outside Sainsbury's, City Centre, Union Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
BOYCOTT SAINSBURY'S. Tomorrow, Saturday the 1st of February. 2 to 4 pm, outside Sainsbury's in UNION St in Birmingham City Centre. Please demonstrate your solidarity with the Palestinians by supporting/attending this event.

PSC is calling for a National Day of Action targeting Sainsbury’s on Saturday 1st March. Furthermore an e-tool action, targeting Sainsbury’s CEO, is now online on the PSC website: https://palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys/ Please share it widely!! For more background info please visit: http://www.sainsburyscampaign.org/ - See more at: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/sainsburys-boycott-action-2/#sthash.zmlwyFuo.dpuf

Film Screening: The ‘Do Gooders’
2014-02-04 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London, London, United Kingdom
The SOAS Palestine Society invites you to the documentary screening of
The ‘Do Gooders’
The ‘Do Gooders’ is a guerrilla road movie into the murky world of International Aid, exploring the impact of foreign aid in the Middle East. But what starts out as a simple quest becomes increasingly complex as the personal and political become ever more entwined.

Director and artist Chloe Ruthven comes from a family of ‘Do Gooders’ herself. 50 years after her grandparents made their first trip, Chloe travels back to the region to see how their work is carrying on today. What she finds is a very different picture to the one she’d heard about as a child, with international aid agencies working to an American and Israeli agenda rather than changing anything for the Palestinians. In response, Chloe employs local activist Lubna to help. An intense friendship develops between them, as they start documenting the complex and imbalanced relationships that develop between the donors and the recipients.

The screening will be followed by a discussion by the director and producer Chloe as well as the local activist Lubna. They will be taking questions from the audience as well as give a small presentation about their experiences with the ‘do gooders’ in Palestine.

Newcastle PSC AGM
2014-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Salsa Cafe, Westgate Road, NE1 4AE., Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom
You are very welcome to attend our Annual General Meeting. Please help us build a stronger movement of solidarity with the Palestinians.

This is an opportunity to discuss our campaign priorities, review our campaigning over the last year, and agree a plan for the year ahead.

We will also be electing Newcastle PSC officers and there will be a report from the national AGM. Please get along and contribute your ideas.

Thank you,

Newcastle PSC

newcastlepsc@gmail.com

The 2 Histories of Palestine
2014-02-04 19:15 - 21:15 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be hosting a presentation:

“The 2 Histories of Palestine” by Marcus Armstrong

Members, supporters and friends of MKPSC are all welcome - please bring guests

Free admission

Refreshments will be served on arrival

There will be stalls with literature, Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic
Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The
post code is MK9 3BJ.

Launch of the Jerusalem Report in Parliament
2014-02-05 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Grimmond Room, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, SW1A 2LW, London, London, United Kingdom
To draw attention to the challenges faced by Palestinian citizens living in Jerusalem in light of Israeli Policies.

Speakers include:

* Megan Driscoll, Advocacy Officer, Coalition for Jerusalem (based in Jerusalem)

* Ismail Patel, Chair of Friends of Al-Aqsa

* Linda Ramsden, Director of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK

* Yasmin Qureshi MP

If you are able to attend please email aatikha@foa.org.uk.

Public Meeting with Palestinian Trauma Centre Speaker
2014-02-05 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker: David Harrold Palestinian Trauma Centre (GAZA)

PTC IS SUPPORTED BY INTERPAL & IRISH QUAKERS FAITH IN ACTION

PATRONS: Jeremy Hardy, Ghada Karmi, Reem Kelani, Dave Randall, Leon Rosselson.

David will talk about their work

Delivering Therapeutic Approaches to Children and Families in Palestine
Providing Resilience to Traumatised People
Giving Specialist Psychological Training & Supervision

Plus updates on other campaigns

Refreshments will be on sale prior to the start of the meeting.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins. from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.

RSVP & More Information contact mertonpsc@mail.com

The Stones Cry Out: the Story of the Palestinian Christians - UK Tour
2014-02-07 - 2014-02-13
Yasmine Perni is returning to the UK in February to show her film
The Stones Cry Out: the Story of the Palestinian Christians
Details as follows:
Friday 7th February, Earlsdon Methodist Church, Coventry – Poster
Saturday 8th February, St Winifreds Church, Kew/Richmond (London) – afternoon showing
Saturday 8th February, Christ Church, Virginia Water, Surrey – Further information
Sunday 9th February, St Boniface Church, St Budeaux, Plymouth – Poster
Monday 10th February, Sarum College, Salisbury – Poster
Tuesday 11th February,United Church, St Margaret's St, Bradford-on-Avon (2pm)
Tuesday 11th February, The Palestinian Museum, Broad St, Bristol
Wednesday 12th February, St James Church, Tunbridge Wells
Thursday 13th February, St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street, Edinburgh

For information about all venues please contact Martin Clay: martin.clay@btconnect.com
For information about the film go to http://www.thestonescryoutmovie.com

Film Screening: The Stones Cry Out - The story of Palestinian Christians
2014-02-07 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | Earlsdon Methodist Church, Albany Road, CV5 6NF, Coventry, Midlands, United Kingdom
You are invited to the opening event in the National Tour of

‘The Stones Cry Out’
The story of Palestinian Christians

Palestinian goods on sale

Film Screening, Q & A with the film maker, Yasmine Perni

supported by Pax Christi, Coventry Friends of Palestine
Coventry Deanery JP Group and Kairos Britain

Donations accepted to cover costs (£5 suggested but pay whatever who can afford – more or less!)

more info: annfarr@phonecoop.coop

Trailer can be seen at: www.thestonescryoutmovie.com

Bil'in Quiz Nite
2014-02-07 19:30 - 22:15 UTC | Ullet Road Unitarian Church , 57 Ullet Road, L17 2AA (at jct York Avenue), Liverpool, North West, United Kingdom
LIVERPOOL FRIENDS OF PALESTINE
QUIZ NITE

Come and support our solidarity link with Bil'in, a Palestinian town on the West Bank. Bring your friends along as well!

"There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget

something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance,

therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones."

Sherlock Holmes

Ullet Road Unitarian Church

Liverpool

(buses 80 and 60 - parking in sidestreets)

Entrance £8 / £4

Tickets advisable - helencmmarks@yahoo.co.uk

Food provided, drink available, Palestinian crafts for sale

Portsmouth Day for Palestine
2014-02-08 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | The Friendship Centre, Elm Grove, Southsea, South East, United Kingdom
Day for Palestine

Speakers, in order of appearance:

Manuel Cortes of TSSA

Baroness Jenny Tonge

Zuber Hatia on Islamophobia

EAPPI worker Giles Harris-Evans

Barry Stierer on the Brighton Sodastream Campaign.

Free Palestinian food prepared by Zuber Hatia.

Free entry.

Drop in, drop out, as you please.

Film: Sling Shot Hip Hop
2014-02-12 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Arts House (basement), Stokes Croft, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in
Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as
a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal
checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational
differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that
separate them.

Organised by Reality on Film- environmental/ political films group. Free entry, donations welcome.

Free Palestinian Child Prisoners - Public Meeting and Norwich PSC AGM
2014-02-13 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, Vauxhall Street, Norwich, United Kingdom
SPEAKER: KIRI TUNKS Action 4 Palestine children

Kiri Tunks’ organization campaigns for Palestinian children. Every year around 700, aged between 12 and 17, are abducted and jailed by the Israeli military according to UNICEF.
Arrests take place during violent night raids when the child is forcibly removed from the family home, shackled, hooded and taken to a detention centre. Usually they are strip-searched and appear in military court in leg shackles
Bail is virtually never granted, children may be held on remand for months, and in solitary confinement for weeks.

The public meeting will be followed by a short PSC annual general meeting to elect officers and committee.

Get more info:

phone Nick 07717 504210 Frank 01493 664499

www.norwichstopwar.org.uk Email:info@norwichstopwar.org.uk

Organised by Norwich Stop the War Coalition &

Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Film: Children in Chains and presentation
2014-02-13 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Totnes Methodist Church, Fore Street, Totnes, United Kingdom
Presentation by Palestinian academic and media activist Emile Badarin and showing of the film 'Children in Chains'.

Cancelled - Reem Kelani Singing workshop
2014-02-15 10:30 - 16:00 UTC | St. Augustine’s, Brocco Bank, near Hunter’s Bar, S11 8RQ, Sheffield, North East, United Kingdom
Led by the renowned UK-based Palestinian singer/musician Reem Kelani who returns to Sheffield to introduce us to the famous Palestinian and Arab anthem ‘Mawtini’ - which we then aim to sing at events with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Her workshop will also cover basic Arabic music theory as well as diction. You can be sure of an exciting and enlightening day with Reem!
Open to all singers and anyone interested in Palestine and the Palestinians.

Fee: £15, £10 or £5, and bring lunch to share. Supported by Arts Council England.

To book your place, please email Hilary on hillywilliams@yahoo.co.uk

Palestine Awareness Week
2014-02-17 - 2014-02-21 | University of Bradford, Richmond Road, BD7 1DP, Bradford, United Kingdom
It's back! The annual Palestine Awareness Week hosted by the Bradford United 4 Palestine society! Come and get involved :D

MONDAY 17th Feb - Stalls - Union Mall - 10am - 5pm, Film Showing of Occupation 101 - Student Central - 5pm

TUESDAY 18th Feb - Palestinian Food Stall - Student Central - 12pm - 2pm Jerusalem Exhibition - Student Central - 11am-5pm Graffiti Workshops - 2pm - 6pm

WEDNESDAY 19th - (tbc) UBU Palestine Health Initiative Speaker Event, including a debrief with previous members of Pal Link Academic Delegation to Gaza, Skype link with grassroots health organisations in Gaza - 1pm - 4pm

THURSDAY 20th - Stalls - 10am - 5pm Film Showing - Student Central - 5pm

FRIDAY 21st - Jumu'ah khutbah (Friday sermon) - 1.10pm (tbc) Interfaith Palestine Forum - 3pm Some events are still to be confirmed, and will be updated this week!

University of Bradford

City of Bradford

https://www.facebook.com/events/240011192844582/?previousaction=join&source=1

“The Quiet Deportation” –Palestinian Residency Rights in Jerusalem
2014-02-18 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Sharing Voices, 2 Clifton Villas, off Manningham Lane, BD8 7BY, Bradford, United Kingdom
Palestinian Food followed by talk

By Megan Driscoll, Jerusalemites Campaign.

Since 1967, more than 14,000 Jerusalemites have lost their residency IDs and, as such, their right to live in their city of birth.

Termed the quiet deportation, Israel's intricate web of discriminatory policies in Jerusalem - including ID revocation, the ban on family unification, and barriers to child registration - are too often ignored in the discussion of Palestinian rights in Jerusalem.

This presentation will delve into these measures, examine their far-reaching consequences, and focus largely on what steps can be taken at the international level by policy-makers and solidarity activists alike to pressure Israel to end its efforts to ethnically cleanse the city.

For more information email secretary@bradfordpsc.org.uk

Film screening: 5 Broken Cameras + Brent PSC AGM
2014-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Rumi’s Cave,, 26 Willesden Lane, NW6 7ST, London, United Kingdom
Brent & Harrow PSC AGM

You are very welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting of Brent & Harrow PSC followed by the film 5 Broken Cameras. Please help us build local support in solidarity with the Palestinians.

Brent & Harrow PSC AGM

Tuesday 18th February 2014

7-7.20 pm

followed by Oscar-nominated film 5 Broken Cameras

7.30-9.30pm

Filmed from the perspective of a Palestinian farm labourer (Emad Burnat), ’5 Broken Cameras’ was shot using six different video cameras – five of which were destroyed in the process of documenting Emad’s family’s life as well as Palestinian and international resistance to Israeli appropriation of land and occupation. This is a film about a family life set against 6 years of the collective struggle of the villagers of Bil’in against the erection of a wall on their land to separate and take land for the illegal settlement Modi’in Illit. The Wall’s route cuts off 60% of Bil’in farmland. An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, ‘5 Broken Cameras’ meshes personal essay with political cinema, showing how cameras and protests change lives. Free

Palestinian kitchen in Faversham
2014-02-18 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Fleur de Lis hall , Gatefield Lane , Faversham, South East, United Kingdom
Invitation to the Palestinian kitchen in Faversham

This will be an informal evening to chat and eat Palestinian food.

Short talks and discussions about Palestinian history and current issues.

So come and share your food and thoughts.

Bring a bottle too.

Need some inspiration for Palestinian recipes try the website - www.kitchenofpalestine.com

Entrance - Rear of the Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street, Faversham

Justice for Palestine and Palestinians - An evening of music, poetry and an eyewitness account of life under occupation
2014-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Clarence Hall, Beaufort Street, Crickhowell, Wales, United Kingdom
Abergavenny & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Presents
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Rachel Podger
internationally acclaimed violinist
plays for Palestine
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Ann Farr
human rights observer
reports on a recent visit to Palestine
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Refreshments available in the interval
The event is free but a collection will be held
Proceeds to the campaigns of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The Quiet Deportation – Palestinian Residency Rights and Colonisation in Jerusalem
2014-02-19 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | Main hall: Quaker Meeting House, St. James Street, S1 2EW, Sheffield , North East, United Kingdom
The Quiet Deportation
Since 1967, more than 14,000 Jerusalemites have lost their residency IDs and, as such, their right to live in their city of birth. Termed the quiet deportation, Israel's creeping annexation is organised through a web of discriminatory policies - including ID revocation, the ban on family unification, and barriers to child registration. This presentation will delve into these measures, examine their far-reaching consequences, and focus on what steps can be taken to pressure Israel to end its efforts at ethnic cleansing.

“The Quiet Deportation” – Palestinian Residency Rights and Colonisation in Jerusalem will look at th is in detail.
Quaker Meeting House, 10 St.James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW. 7.15pm, Wednesday 19th Feb 2014.

http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/

Israeli Apartheid Week at Sheffield University
2014-02-20 - 2014-02-28 | Sheffield University, S3, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing global BDS movement. This year it runs from 20-28th February 2014.

Events Lineup:

-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), it worked in South Africa, was praised by Mandela, it has started a diplomatic row between America and Israel and our Student Union has voted to sign up to it, but what is it? Join journalist Ben White (https://www.facebook.com/events/647767455258752/?fref=ts)

When: Thursday, 20th Feb, 6:00-7:30pm

Venue: Discovery Room - University House

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Highlight of The Week:

-Dr Mazen Masri, Palestinian member of the Israeli Bar Association, speaks on the Colonial Realities in Palestine, introduced by our own History lecturer Dr Abdel Razzaq Takriti (https://www.facebook.com/events/515041705280078/?fref=ts)

When: Monday, 24th Feb, 6:00pm

Where: Students' Union Auditorium

-FREE (but costly to us) Film Unit showing of the multiple award winning 'Roadmap to Apartheid' (https://www.facebook.com/events/683705311693586/?fref=ts)

When: Tuesday, 25th Feb, 7:30pm

Where: Students' Union Auditorium

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- If you live closer to Hallam University: food, poetry and a talk about Palestine (https://www.facebook.com/events/668797309849798/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming)

When: Wednesday, 25th Feb, 4.30-6.30pm

Where: Owen Building Bridge L2

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- Battle of The Empty Stomachs: 277 Days on hunger strike - Video-link to Samer Issawi (https://www.facebook.com/events/1446058358962181/?fref=ts)

When: Thursday, 27th Feb, 6:00-7:00pm

Venue: Arts Tower Lecture Theatre 3

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- To end the week with FREE coffee, tea and biscuits, there will be a Palestinian cultural evening of poetry, drama and music with the professional Oudist Ahmad Adnan (https://www.facebook.com/events/1423017841269485/?fref=ts)

When: Friday, 28th Feb, 7:00-9:00pm

Where: Coffee Revolution

Through the eyes of a child
2014-02-20 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House , Scotts Road , Stourbridge , DY8 1UR, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Organiser

Stourbridge Palestine Solidarity Group

Summary of event

An exhibition of pictures by students at the Atfaluna School for Deaf Children in Gaza City
(The pictures were painted during the period after the Israeli attack on Gaza in Dec 2008 until Jan 2009)OPENING TIMES:
Thursday 20 February: 1pm to 5pm
Friday 21 February: 10am to 5pm
Sunday 23 February: 2pm to 5pm

Free admission

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/356416727832598/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

Christians Today in Palestine - Public Meeting
2014-02-20 18:30 - 20:45 UTC | St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall, The Avenue, Bedford Park, Chiswick W4 1TX, London, London, United Kingdom
Jeremy Moodey (CEO of the Christian charity Embrace the Middle East) will talk about what life is like for the Christian community in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and especially in Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

He will also discuss the recent document ‘A Time for Action’ that is a British Christian response to ‘A Moment of Truth’ known as the Kairos Document of 2009 issued by Palestinian Christians of all denominations. It drew attention to the injustices of the Occupation through a Christian perspective and called for concerted action to end that occupation and give Palestinians of whatever religion their own state where they can live in safety and dignity.

“Religion cannot favour or support any unjust political regime but rather must promote justice, truth and human dignity.”

“We see Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as non-violent tools for justice, peace and security for all”

Kairos Document 2009

Admission Free –Doors open 6.30pm

2 minutes from Turnham Green Station (District)

Map location http://tinyurl.com/njhqupx

Presented by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign

pscwestlondon@googlemail.com/ www.palestinecampaign.org

A passion for peace
2014-02-20 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House , Scotts Road , Stourbridge , DY8 1UR, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Hosted by Stourbridge Palestine Solidarity Group

Summary of event

A Passion for Peace - the Palestine/Israeli tragedy through the eyes of two Israeli Peace ActivistsYael Arbel and Avi Levi will give a personal insight into the challenges faced by Israeli Peace Activists today, and their experiences of living their commitment to peace and justice for all in Israel.Free entry - donations welcome

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/768871969807787/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Palestinian children under occupation
2014-02-20 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | The Phoenix Hall, St John Vianney’s Church, West Green Road, N15 3QL, Turnpike Lane Tube, London, London, United Kingdom
Haringey Justice for Palestinians

Presents an evening of discussion and debate

featuring the Hares Boys Campaign Team

(nearest tube: Turnpike Lane)

Film Screening: A World Not Ours
2014-02-21 - 2014-02-27 | Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH, London, United Kingdom
Fri 21 Feb 20146:30pm Cinema 1 Book Tickets
Sat 22 Feb 20143:30pm Cinema 2 Book Tickets
Sun 23 Feb 20143:45pm Cinema 2 Book Tickets
Tue 25 Feb 20148:45pm Cinema 2 Book Tickets
Wed 26 Feb 20148:45pm Cinema 2 Book Tickets
Thu 27 Feb 20146:40pm Cinema 2 Book Tickets

http://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/world-not-ours

★★★★ 'a fascinating window into a world often distorted and oversimplified, this is informative, stimulating and moving stuff' Total Film

A World Not Ours is an intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family.

Filmed over more than 20 years by multiple generations of the same family, A World Not Ours is more than just a family portrait; it is an attempt to record what is being forgotten, and mark what should not be erased from collective memory.

Director Q&A - Fri 21 Feb, 6.30pm Director Mahdi Fleifel joins us for a Q&A following the 6:30pm screening.

A World Not Ours, dir Mahdi Fleifel, Lebanon/UK/Denmark 2012, 93 mins, cert N/A

All films are 18+ unless otherwise stated. Please note that £3 Tuesday cinema tickets are limited to one per member.

http://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/world-not-ours

Southsea picket - SodaStream retailer
2014-02-22 00:00 UTC | Outside Knight and Lee, Palmerston Road , Southsea, South East, United Kingdom
Local Picket in support of Palestine BDS - SodaStream retailers

Saturday, February 22, 2014, 10:30am - 12:00pm at Palmerston Road, Southsea, outside Knight & Lee

“The Wonder of Palestine” - an afternoon of poetry, music, storytelling and film
2014-02-22 11:45 - 15:00 UTC | McDonald Road Library, 2 McDonald Road, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
This is organised by the Muslim Women’s Association of Edinburgh and Friends of Al Aqsa, Edinburgh. It includes songs by San Ghanni’i, “Tales from the Homeland” by Nada Shawa and the El Funoun Theatre Co., Poems by Ghazi Hussein and a showing of the film “West Bank Diary” by Jon Pullman. There will also be a photo exhibition “A View From Gaza” by Ezz Al Zanoon.

Living History
2014-02-23 15:00 - 17:30 UTC | The ARC, 27 Broad Street, BS1 2HG, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Public Meeting on the history of Palestine with special guest speakers:- Malaka Mohammed is a graduate in English literature from Gaza University and is now studying an MA in International Politics & Law at Sheffield University. Bill Smith, who lives in Bristol, served in the Palestinian Police Force from 1946 until 1948 including the withdrawal of the British and the start of the Nakba. Plus Live Link to Palestine. 3.00 – 5.30pm upstairs at the Palestine Exhibition, the ARC, 27 Broad Street, Bristol BS1 2HG. Admission free but donations welcome. www.facebook.com/events/709913872362293/?notif_t=plan_user_invited

Israeli Apartheid week (Southampton)
2014-02-24 - 2014-03-08
Students for Palestine (Southampton) have once again organised an Israeli Apartheid Week programme of events at the University of Southampton

They have once again organised a series of exciting events throughout the week. Please feel free to circulate widely and bring your friends!

All events are free of charge except the cultural night for which you can buy your tickets in advance. The full programme is now on the official IAW website http://apartheidweek.org/southampton/

There will be a stall and mini-gallery everyday from the 24th to the 28th of Feb. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Students Union Building (no. 42), University of Southampton Highfield Campus. In addition, the afternoon/evening events are as follows:

Monday 24th - Film screening 'The Iron Wall' followed by Q&A session with Anan Quzmar, a Palestinian student from Jerusalem currently studying in the UK.

Location: Building 46, Lecture Theatre A (3001), 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday 25th Pancake fundraiser! (in conjunction with the stall/mini-gallery) 10:00 - 5:00 or until we sell out there will be pancake sale inside the Union building.

Wednesday 26th - Talk 'The significance of International Law to Palestine' by Dr. Michael Kearney Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex.

Location: Building 7 Lecture Theatre A (3009), 6:30 p.m.

Friday 28th - Panel talk 'Overcoming Apartheid: from South Africa to Palestine' by international speaker Salim Valley from South Africa and journalist Ben White

Location: Building 7 Lecture Theatre A (3009), 6:45 p.m.

And lastly, the grand finale - Saturday 8th of March - Celebrating Palestine Folklore: A Night of Art and Culture consisting of Jerusalem art exhibition opening at 5:00 p.m. and a Folk dance show retelling the story of Henry V through Palestinian Dabke starting at 6:30 p.m. (please arrive 15 minutes before the events). Yo can buy your tickets online via http://www.turnersims.co.uk/events/celebrating-palestine-folklore/ or alternatively from the Turner Sims Concert Hall reception.

A map of Highfield Campus can be found here: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/visitus/campuses/maps/highfield_3d_key.pdf

Israel Apartheid Week 2014
2014-02-24 - 2014-03-02
One of the great things about IAW is that it takes place all over the world. The apartheidweek.org website is one of the ways that we can show how many places IAW is taking place in and see what is happening elsewhere in the world. Each city or campus gets a page (e.g. apartheidweek.org/london) and there'll be lots of people looking for events in their area so it's a good way to promote events.

Please email website@apartheidweek.org with the details of your events or to be given a username and password.

Trailer - The amazing trailer video for IAW is now online at http://bit.ly/iawvideo.

Poster - The official 2014 poster for IAW is now online at http://apartheidweek.org/resources/. There are also PSD and font files available to make it easy to add your own event details to the poster.

Basis of Unity - In case you haven't read it already, it might be worth looking at the IAW Basis of Unity: http://apartheidweek.org/basis-of-unity/. All IAW events take place within this framework.

Israel Apartheid Week in Cambridge
2014-02-24 - 2014-02-28 | Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Starting on February 24th, the Cambridge University Palestine Society will be hosting a series of events held to raise awareness of Israel as an apartheid state. All events are open to everyone, so please share widely. Poster and flier for the week's events are attached.

Monday 24 Feb - Mon 3rd March: "Postcards from Palestine"
Photo exhibition: a collection of personal photographs taken in The West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Central Library (on the top floor, near the library’s café), 7 Lion Yard, Grand Arcade, Cambridge, CB2 3QD....

Monday 24th of February 2014: Panel Discussion: “Apartheid in Palestine/Israel: Reality, Legality and Resistance.” [Ben White, Mujahid Dattani and Selma Dabbagh]
Upper Hall, Emmanuel College, St Andrews Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AP. From 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/360746304067196

Tuesday 25th of February 2014: Movie Screening: “Roadmap to Apartheid” followed by a discussion (chair tbc).
Mong Hall, Sydney Sussex College, Sidney St, CB2 3HU, Cambridge. From 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/285511601595937

Wednesday 26th of February 2014: Panel Discussion: “Separate But Not Equal: Palestinian Refugees’ Right of Return”
Mong Hall, Sydney Sussex College, Sidney St, Cambridge, CB2 3HU. From 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/285271168288935

Thursday 27th of February 2014: “Starving to Death in Syria’s Yarmouk Refugee Camp”
Queen’s Building Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, CB2 3AP. From 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1530162490542283

Friday 28th of February 2014: Student Panel Discussion: “Many Voices, One Story”
Erasmus Hall, Queens College, Silver street, Cambridge, CB39ET. From 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
https://www.facebook.com/events/748347681843274

Cambridge IAW is organized by Cambridge University Palestine Society and Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign and it is sponsored by the Palestine Forum in Britain (PFB).

For more resources and information, please feel free to reach out to us on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2203999532/

To find more information about Israeli Apartheid Weeks all over the world, please visit: http://apartheidweek.org/

Palestinian lives, British profits: speaking tour
2014-02-24 - 2014-03-01
Join us in your city for a unique opportunity to hear from War on Want and partner organisation ADDAMEER Palestinian Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association.

» Find out more here

The speaking tour will be at these locations:

Monday, 24 Feb, 6pm — University of Kent. Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1, University Road
Wednesday, 26 Feb, 7pm — University College London. Darwin Building, Room B40
Thursday, 27 Feb, 7pm — Durham University. Chemistry Department CG85
Friday, 28 Feb, 7pm — University of Edinburgh. Old college, lecture theatre 183
Saturday, 1 March, 2pm — University of Dundee. D'Arcy Thompson lecture theatre, Tower Building

This tour comes at a crucial moment: 5,033 Palestinians are detained by Israel, including 173 children, and 145 administrative detainees held without charge or trial. The British corporation G4S continues to provide security systems, equipment and ongoing services to Israeli prisons and interrogation centres at which human rights organisations have documented systematic torture and ill treatment of Palestinian prisoners, including child prisoners.

We are working with partners on the ground in Palestine to end G4S complicity in Israel’s prison system. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from an inspiring Palestinian grassroots organisation and to get involved with War on Want’s Stop G4S campaign.
*** All speaking tour events are open to the public + free admission ***

My recent visit to Palestine/Israel and my life there
2014-02-24 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 21 King St. , Hereford, United Kingdom
A talk by Pat Rantisi
Collection for The Vocational School in Ramallah. www.etvtc.org
Hereford Palestine Solidarity Campaign
herefordpsc@googlemail.com

First Person Political - Artists on Israel/Palestine
2014-02-25 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Uriel Orlow's Unmade Film: The Proposal (a performance-lecture, 45 mins) is the last in a series of audio-visual works that point to the structure of a film without ever fully becoming one. It takes as its starting point the mental hospital Kfar Shau’l in Jerusalem. Initially specialising in the treatment of Holocaust victims– including a relative of the artist– it was established in 1951 using the remains of the Palestinian village Deir Yassin which was depopulated in a massacre by Zionist paramilitaries in April 1948.

Musical performance from members of Raast Collective (oud, guitar and voice).

John Smith presents Dirty Pictures (video, 14 mins). Moving from one hotel in Bethlehem to another in East Jerusalem, the filmmaker encounters a series of problems involving a ceiling, a video camera and the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Dirty Pictures is the seventh episode in John Smith’s Hotel Diaries series.

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Followed by a discussion about politics and art.

What sort of critical engagement with Israel/Palestine are British-based artists proposing? What are the opportunities and the limits of art in a situation of injustice and on-going trauma? Palestinian artists have called for a cultural boycott of Israel - how should British artists respond?

Middle-Eastern food by Alia from the bar

Doors open 7 ; Event starts 7.30

Free entry/Donations

Venue:

Passing Clouds

1 Richmond Road,

Dalston E8 4AA

Catastrophe Club is a project of Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Book Launch: The Idea of Israel – A Major New History of Zionism and Israel
2014-02-26 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
To celebrate the launch of his latest book, The Idea of Israel – A Major New History of Zionism and Israel, The Mosaic Rooms are pleased to invite you to a special discussion with Ilan Pappé.

Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has drawn on Zionism to provide a sense of self and political direction. In this groundbreaking new work, Ilan Pappé looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology in the creation of Israel. Join him as he discusses the way Zionism operates outside of the government and military in areas such as the country’s education system, media, and cinema, and the uses that are made of the Holocaust in supporting the state’s ideological structure.

In particular, Pappé examines the way successive generations of historians have framed the 1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s. The Idea of Israel is a powerful and urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past, and the future, of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict.

FREE, rsvp@mosaicrooms.org

http://www.mosaicrooms.org/the-idea-of-israel/

Israeli Apartheid Week central London panel
2014-02-26 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | University College London, Darwin B40, Gower Street, London, United Kingdom
As the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel gathers pace and European universities, banks and companies start to abandon links with Israeli apartheid, join London Palestine student societies for an unique panel event

about resistance to Israeli apartheid and building effective solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice.

Hear from Salim Vally, an inspirational South African activist against apartheid in South African and now Palestine, Randa Wahbe from Addameer, the Palestinian prisoner organisation that has played a key role in supporting recent hunger strikes by Palestinian political prisoners and Rafeef Ziadah, a Palestinian spoken word artist and activist based in the UK.

Featuring:

Salim Vally: a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg, Salim was a student leader and then a trade unionist in South Africa during apartheid and is now a leading figure in the South African Palestine solidarity movement.

Randa Wahbe: Advocacy Officer at Addameer, the leading Palestinian political prisoner support and human rights organisation that has played a key role in supporting recent hunger strikes by Palestinian political prisoners. Randa is touring the UK as part of the Palestinian lives, British profits: speaking tour organized by War on Want that is shining a spotlight on the fact that while 5,033 Palestinians remain detained by Israel, UK security company G4S continues to help Israel run its prison system.

Rafeef Ziadah: a Palestinian spoken word artist, activist, senior Campaigns Officer at War on Want and secretariat of Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee.

For the full line up of events taking place in London during Israeli Apartheid Week next week, check out apartheidweek.org/london.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1465602786986948/

Film Screening: The Turtle's Rage + Director Q&A
2014-02-27 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Riverside Studios , Crisp Road Hammersmith W6 9RL, London, United Kingdom
DocHouse presents:
The Turtle's Rage + Director Q&A
Thursday 27th February, 7.30pm | Riverside Studios | £7 (£5 concessions)

Dir. Pary El-Qalqili

Germany - 2012 - 70 mins

Filmmaker Pary El-Qalqili's Palestinian father has always been an enigma to her, spending his days grieving the loss of his homeland in the basement of their Berlin home. Having left his young family behind in Europe in pursuit of the fight for a free Palestine when El-Qalqili was 12, he appeared back on their doorstep years later, tired, angry and withdrawn, having been expelled by Israel's security forces.

In this tender and astute portrait-come-road movie, El-Qalqili draws out a life marked by flight, exile and a longing for home. As father and daughter journey across the Middle East, El-Qalqili searches to understand the complexities of the Palestinian conflict, and her father's present day rage.

Director Pary El-Qalqili will join us for a post-screening Q&A via Skpe.

MORE INFORMATION: bit.ly/TheTurtlesRage

Concert for Palestine
2014-02-27 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Gun Room, the RMA Tavern, 58 Cromwell Road, Eastney, Hampshire, PO4 9PN , Portsmouth, South East, United Kingdom
With

Golden-voiced Steve Donnelly
Singer of beautiful traditional & excellent self-penned songs, he has appeared as a support act in previous gigs & was very well-liked.

John Burchett
Beautiful songs & great musicianship.

Popular duo Hannah Dawson & Allan Jones
Lovely singing & excellent accordion & banjo-playing.

Talented singer Sue Apicella accompanied by superb guitarist & double-bass player Dave Jordan.
Folk & blues.

£8, £6 (conc). Bar & raffle.

For further info contact Jenny Flintoft, flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Palestine Trauma Centre
2014-02-27 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | The Newton Price Community Centre, Grosvenor Road, Watford , WD17 2QT, Eastern , United Kingdom
The Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) was set up in Hatfield, Hertfordshire in 2010 to support mental health and community workers in Gaza who are dealing every day with a traumatised population.
It has direct links with the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza (www.ptcgaza.com)

• Delivering Therapeutic Approaches to Children and Families in Palestine
• Providing Resilience to Traumatised People
• Giving Specialist Psychological Training & Supervision

The Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) is run entirely by volunteers. All donations go towards travel and training expenses.

PTC (UK) do not support any political or religious group, but seek to help relieve trauma.

Admission is free. Donations to cover the cost of hall hire and refreshments will be welcome.

Zaytoun products will be on sale to provide solidarity support to farmers in the West Bank.

For planning purposes, please contact us through info@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk to let us know you will be joining us.

Liberation in Palestine: a Queer Issue
2014-02-28 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Room K2.31 - Strand Campus, Kings College, The Strand, WC2R 2LS, London, London, United Kingdom
To commemorate LGBT History Month and Israel Apartheid Week, we're honoured to have Haneen Maikey (director of Palestinian LGBTQ support group Al-Qaws) come to London to speak to us.

**THE EVENT IS FREE, BUT YOU HAVE TO RSVP TO BE ALLOWED IN, GET YOUR TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE**

alQaws - القوس للتعددية الجنسية والجندرية في المجتمع الفلسطيني is a Palestinian LGBTQ organisation which organises social events, provides a phone line and aims to build an active Palestinian LGBTQ community - as part of the wider struggle for Palestinian freedom.

There will also be speakers from No Pride in Israeli Apartheid (No to Pinkwashing, No to Israeli Apartheid) as well as London Palestine Action.

The meeting is part of the struggle against pinkwashing - an Israeli government PR technique that aims to use opposition to homophobia to legitimise Israel and undermine support for Palestine.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1462489150639487/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Sainsbury’s: stop supporting settlement trade - National Day of Action - Local Actions Listing
2014-03-01
Sainsbury’s National Day of Action - Saturday 1st March 2014
Called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Sainsbury’s: stop supporting settlement trade

Sainsbury’s uses suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements. Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international law.

Join the National Day of Action on the 1st March. There will be actions around the country and why not organise your own local action! Contact us to order campaign cards and other resources (fliers/stickers/factsheets and more..) for your actions: info@palestinecampaign.org

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Local Actions on Saturday 1st March

Wolves PSC shall be leafleting outside Sainsburys's St George's Wolverhampton 10-1pm. We are calling on our supporters to join us if you can in relays of one hour each. Please email Simon at wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk if you would like to come and indicate which hour you would prefer.

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Manchester PSC will be having an action at main Sainsbury's store in Fallowfield, south Manchester, 12noon to 2pm.

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Details of the Birmingham Protest for the 1st of March outside Sainsbury Stores

2pm to 4pm Birmingham City Centre Protest

- See more at: http://westmidspsc.org/boycott

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Whitechapel Sainsbury’s:1 Cambridge Heath Road, LONDON, E1 5SD – 12noon to 2pm Very close to Whitechapel tube. Meeting at the Brady street pedestrian entrance. www.facebook.com/events/1496835710543028

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Sheffield ‘Tour De Sainsbury’s’ (cars, bikes, on foot).

11 am outside London Rd Sainsbury’s (S2 4LA: corner of Boston St), and leaving at 11.20 for tour of other stores, finishing at 1pm at Sainsbury’s on the Moor.

Further information: www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/
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Action in Cardiff on Saturday 1 March at Sainsbury's on Queen Street from 1-3 pm. Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/403280486474373/?source=1

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Action organised by Faversham and Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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Leeds PSC meets for leafleting at 11am-12 midday outside Sainsbury’s, Dortmund Square in the City Centre

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Action in Aberdeen: Sainsburys, Berryden road, Aberdeen at 12pm, meeting up on the hill opposite Sainsburys.

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Bristol-PSC will be running a boycott stall 12.00 – 2.00pm outside Sainsbury’s 46-56 Queens Road (The Triangle) Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1RE All helpers welcome

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Frome friends of Palestine will be outside the Frome Sainsburys store at Marston Gate at 11.30.

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Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC is running 2 stalls on Saturday 1st March at 11.30-1.30pm

- Sainsbury’s superstore 133 Clapham High St. SW47SL. Close to Clapham Common Tube ( Northern Line)

- Sainsbury’s superstore 77 Tooting High St. SW170RN. Close to Tooting Broadway Tube (Northern Line)

All welcome to help!!

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Nottingham PSC Action outside Sainsbury’s on 1st march

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Merton Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be having a stall outside Sainsbury’s store in Morden. 11am – 12.30pm.

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Guilford action, from 12noon -The Sainsbury store at 150 High St. Organised by West Surrey PSC.

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Action in Hull: Sainsbury's 120/122 Newlands Avenue Hull HU5 2NN from 10.00am

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North Devon PSC Action, from 11am in Barnstaple, Guildhall www.facebook.com/events/682787051764190

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Brent & Harrow PSC Action: Sainsbury’s Store , Willesden High Rd 11.30-1.30. All welcome. Please contact us at brent2harrowpsc@outlook.com if you can join us to finalise arrangements .

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Southampton PSC will be holding a protest outside of Sainsbury's on Portswood Road from 11am to 1pm

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Hereford PSC – meet outside the Sainsbury’s in Hereford Saturday morning

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Co Durham PSC stall in Millennium Square, Durham 11am - 2pm. Signatures for post cards and petition to Sainsbury.

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Kingston (London) Sainsburys branch at 6 -12 Eden Street in Eden Walk, Kingston, between 1 and 3 pm. Eden walk is the pedestrian shopping centre behind Marks and Spencer. MAP link here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/sainsbury's+kingston+opening+times/@51.40967,-0.3018778,18z/data=!4m5!2m4!3m3!1ssainsbury's!2sKingston+upon+Thames,+Greater+London!3s0x4876093778987453:0x4c3f21b23e3e35ec

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Bradford PSC will be outside Keighley Sainsbury's this Saturday, 1st March, 11am-1pm.

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Camden PSC will be outside Camden Sainsbury's (Bottom of Camden Road) from 2.30 - 4pm.

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An action is taking place in Sleaford (Lincolnshire), by the local Sainsbury’s store.

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Liverpool Friends of Palestine will be having a stall, leafletting and petition, outside the Lyceum,Bold Street,Liverpool between 12md-2pm.Close to Sainsbury's stores in Central Station and Bold St.

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Plymouth PSC are meeting at the entrance to the Armada Centre on Mayflower Street at 11am, to leaflet outside Sainsbury's.

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Join Cambridge PSC outside Sainsburys Sidney Street from 11am to about 12.30pm

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West London PSC action: 12noon to 2pm at West Ealing Sainsburys, 2-14 Melbourne Avenue, London W13 9BZ – Map: http://tinyurl.com/ppp663z

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Halifax and Huddersfield : Halifax Friends of Palestine will be splitting their resources to cover two towns: Halifax and Huddersfield, as we have been doing for some months now as our contribution to the Sainsbury's campaign. In Halifax, the targeted store is the main one in the town. In Huddersfield, we stand outside the smaller store which is right in the middle of town and not on private land.

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Brighton & Hove PSC will be leafleting outside the Sainsbury's in New England Street, Brighton, from 11am till 12 noon. Details at http://www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org/event/sainsburys-stop-supporting-settlement-trade

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York PSC Picketing at two York Sainsbury Branches from 11am. For details contact telandpad@yahoo.co.uk

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Leicester PSC will be leafleting Sainsbury's branches in Humberstone Gate and Queens Road, Clarendon Park from 1pm.

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And in the meantime please contact Sainsbury’s and ask them to stop dealing with settlement goods (details below).

In April 2013, The Co-operative stated that in line with its ethical policy it would ‘no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements’.

Please ask Sainsbury’s to follow the Co-operative’s good example and to stop
trading with suppliers which profit from Israeli settlements. Call on the Sainsbury’s CEO to stop stocking goods from companies that do business with Israeli settlements: https://palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys/

For more information and to get involved:

Contact us: info@palestinecampaign.org FB: www.facebook.com/palestinesolidarityuk

Visit: www.sainsburyscampaign.org & www.palestinecampaign.org/boycott

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/270377409794641/?source=1

Debate on Water Issues in Palestine in Scottish Parliament
2014-03-04 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Scottish Parliament, EH99 1SP, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date: Tuesday 4th March

Where: Scottish Parliament

When: 5 pm (depending on Parliamentary business)

Claudia Beamish MSP and John Finnie MSP have secured a members debate on this topic. It would be great to have a very good turnout for this. Also you might want to email your MSP and ask them to ensure they attend. Remember you have a constituency MSP and several regional MSPs. you can find out who at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps.aspx

There should be no problem in getting seats at this debate - email Tony at palestinecpg@gmail.com and he will have tickets set aside and meet you in the reception at 5pm so you can attend the debate. Please do attend and show support for this important debate. And let your MSPs know you are coming.

Motion S4M-08835: Claudia Beamish, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 23/01/2014

Fairtrade Extravaganza
2014-03-04 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centercom, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Fairtrade Fortnight 2014

Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign is hosting a

Fairtrade Extravaganza

Free admission

Members, supporters, friends of MKPSC and all supporters of Fairtrade welcome
Short films and slides featuring Zaytoun and olive harvesting in the West Bank
Photographic and Hadeel embroidery displays
Fairtrade Quiz and Raffle
Refreshments and fairtrade nibbles to sample
Music

Stalls: Zaytoun, Hadeel, general Fairtrade goods, Amnesty and Shared Interest

Read more about Zaytoun here
http://www.zaytoun.org/

*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Merton PSC meeting
2014-03-05 19:15 - 21:00 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker:
Shamiul Joarder from Friends of Al-Aqsa,

a UK based non-profit making NGO concerned with defending the human rights of Palestinians and protecting the sacred al-Aqsa Sanctuary in Jerusalem.

Q&A on FOA’s work plus sale of goods

Updates on other campaigns

A. Report back Sainsbury’s day of action

B. Plans to attend demonstration on Saturday March 8th between 1-3pm outside the Ecostream Shop at 142 Western Road Brighton
Refreshments will be on sale prior to the start of the meeting.
Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD
Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins. from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.
RSVP & More Information contact mertonpsc@mail.com 0735121981

Gig for Palestinians in Syria with Katibeh 5
2014-03-06 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Come listen, sing, dance and shout for Palestinians in Syria!

From the heart of Lebanon’s refugee camps, Palestinian hiphop group Katibeh 5 bring you the sounds of the struggle, while unique world music collective Raast tell tales of love, refugeehood and resistance from the Middle East and beyond.

Also featuring:

* Arabic/ reggae/ funk grooves from the awesome DJ JLDN

* Two unforgettable short films by filmmakers from Yarmouk camp

* Delicious home-made Syrian food

Entry is just £5, and all funds raised will go to support innocent Palestinian victims of the conflict in Syria.

Background: Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus has been under siege for seven months, and over 100 ordinary people have died of starvation or illness because of the lack of food and medical supplies – many of them children.

Shout for Yarmouk will send food and basic supplies to families who have been affected by the siege, via grassroots groups from Yarmouk known personally by Raast, such as Bassmeh Foundation (https://www.facebook.com/bassmeh), who have already begun to get food to hungry families inside the camp.

Listen in advance:

www.soundcloud.com/katibe-5

www.soundcloud.com/raast

www.soundcloud.com/jldn-1

@ PASSING CLOUDS

1 RICHMOND ROAD
DALSTON E8 4AA

Book launch: When the Sky Rained White Fire
2014-03-07 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Caabu book launch:
Gaza: When the Sky Rained White Fire by Musheir El-Farra

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London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London,
MBI Al Jaber Building, 21 Russell Square, London
WC1B 5EA
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Please join Caabu for book launch with political and human rights activist Musheir El-Farra, author of Gaza: When the Sky Rained White Fire.
The event is for Caabu members only. If you would like to join Caabu as a member, please sign up here: http://caabu.org/members.
Places are limited, so please make sure you RSVP to Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org).
When: Friday, 7 March, 2pm
Where: London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London, MBI Al Jaber Building, 21 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EA
About the speaker:
Musheir El-Farra is the Chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He was born in 1961 in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. El-Farra is a political and human rights activist and a public speaker who has worked for justice for Palestinians all his life.
He frequently contributes articles to Arabic newspapers on social and political issues. He has also written, coordinated and narrated documentary films on Palestine.

El-Farra took part in a Free Gaza Movement protest to break the Israeli naval siege of the Gaza Strip: on 23 August 2008, two fishing vessels were the first to enter Gaza port in 41 years.

About the book:

The book is the story of 17 families who lost loved ones; their pain, their hopes that were shattered; the vacuum that was created by their loss; the ordinary life of their kids who played football; loved animals or music; have been mischievous; average or brilliant at school. The book also presents the cases of four people who survived the war but ended up suffering severe disabilities. The book also details the circumstances of their death or severe injury. The politics are also present in a very clear way.

Musheir tried to ease the trauma of the stories for the Western readers by linking up the stories with my childhood memories of the Gaza Strip; how it used to be and how it is now.

He obtained the cases of these victims from Al Dameer Association for Human rights in Gaza which prepared a document which represents good ground for filing a case against a number of Israeli political and military leaders accusing them of committing war crimes. I went to Gaza twice in December 2100 and 2012; I interviewed the families of the victims as I wanted to touch on the human side as well as the political.

The book is not a call for revenge but rather for justice for these families as well as hundreds others. It also represents a document which can be used to bring charges of War Crimes which were committed by the Israeli army during the war on the Gaza Strip".
The book was published by Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign. You can purchase the book here.

All proceeds will go to children's projects which Sheffield PSC has been supporting in Jabalia and Nussairat refugee camps and Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.

You can keep track of the event by following @Caabu on Twitter. Keep up to date with Caabu's work by 'Liking' ourFacebook page.

If you would like to attend this Members' event with Musheir El-Farra, please RSVP to Joseph Willits (willitsj@caabu.org). If you wish to sign up as a member in order to attend the event please click here: http://caabu.org/members

Resistance, Survival and Identity - Palestine on International Women's Day
2014-03-08 13:00 - 22:30 UTC | St Mary's Church,, Bramall Lane S2 4QT , Sheffield, United Kingdom
Palestine takes centre stage at regional celebrations of International Women's Day 2014, with a theme of Resistance, Survival and Identity.

Women from across the Northern region are invited to take part in a series of events which celebrate Palestinian hospitality and culture, encouraging people to a deeper understanding of the impact of the politics of the region on the lives of real women and their families.

The main event will take place in Sheffield on International Women's Day ~ Saturday 8th March at St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield S2 4QT starting at 1pm. This free event, just for women, will include a cookery demonstration by the internationally acclaimed Palestinian singer Reem Kelani. Reem has performed across the globe, singing both traditional Arabic music and modern jazz. On this occasion, Reem turns her hand to cookery- another passion of hers.

The Sheffield event will premier a specially commissioned film from a women’s cooperative in Gaza, Jameela’s Kitchen, showing how women work to sustain themselves and their communities. There will also be photographs, literature, stalls of Palestinian crafts and workshops to uplift, enlighten and share insights into the lives of Palestinian women living across Palestine where existence itself is a form of resistance.

The International Women's Day event in Sheffield is one of six across the north of England organised by local women with their own personal experiences of visits to Gaza and the occupied West Bank, where friendships have been forged with families living under occupation and siege.

Event co-ordinator Anne O' Gara said “We staged a similar event for International Women’s Day two years ago, when four young Palestinian women came for a speaking tour, sharing their experiences and political views with us, the reception was tremendous. We hope to engage even more people through this event, strengthening our solidarity and friendship with the people of Palestine. ”

In Sheffield celebrations continue into the evening where both men and women are invited to enjoy a special dinner prepared by the talented women from the community around St Mary’s, while the joint voices of Body of Sound and the Socialist Choir of Sheffield will perform a selection of songs for International Women's Day and the Palestinian struggle for justice.

Tickets for the evening event are £15 & £10, and early booking is recommended, contact Hilary on 07818 040982

Other events for Palestine will take place in Manchester on the 1st March, Halifax on 2nd with two special events for women refugees & asylum seekers in Manchester on the 3rd & Bury 5th March. Open events continue in Saddleworth on 9th March, York 15th March and Bradford 16th March.

Unto the Breach by Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre
2014-03-08 18:30 - 22:00 UTC | Turner Sims , University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, South East, United Kingdom
Following a successful debut in London and tour to Vienna, Palestinian dance theatre troupe, Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre, is pleased to be taking its latest production to Southampton. Unto the Breach, a dance theatre adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V set in modern-day Palestine, will play at Turner Sims in Southampton on Saturday 8th March. The show fuses Palestinian folk dance ('dabke') with contemporary dance, poetry and theatre, set to a soundtrack of traditional Palestinian music and original compositions by Dave Randall, composer and guitarist from Faithless and Slovo. Tickets are available from the Turner Sims box office on 023 8059 5151 or from www.turnersims.co.uk.

Conference on Europe and Palestine
2014-03-13 10:00 - 19:00 UTC | The Boardroom, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, W1B 2HW. , London, London, United Kingdom
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, is hosting a one-day conference on Europe and Palestine. The exciting event will bring together a number of leading experts from around the world.

Europe is the historical backdrop for the creation of the state of Israel and subsequent Palestinian nakba (’catastrophe’). However with the United States now playing the dominant role on the question of Palestine, Europe’s position, influence and room for manoeuvre has attracted less attention. It is also a decade since the formation of the Quartet in which Europe has been a less than effective partner.

This conference will present a wide-ranging appraisal of Europe’s involvement in Palestine and its possible future roles. It will provide historical context of Europe’s connection with Palestine, its current position on key issue and how the EU could emerge as a more significant player in any future resolution to the conflict.

Confirmed speakers include:
• Dr Dimitris Bouris (European Neighborhood Policy Chair)
• Andres Dessi (Centre for European Policy Studies)
• Professor Norman Finkelstein (author of numerous books including “This Time We Went Too Far”)
• Professor Rosemary Hollis (Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University London)
• Bishop Riya (Bishop of Jerusalem)
• Dr Muhsin Saleh (Head of Al-Zaytouna Centre)
• Dr Phyllis Starkey (Former Labour MP)
• Yousef Suood (Palestinian academic researcher, Faculty member at King Abdulaziz University)
• Adeeb Zeyadeh (Palestinian academic specialising in EU foreign policy towards Palestine)

Other speakers are still to be confirmed.

Date: Thursday 13 March 2014.
Time: 10.00 – 19.00
Venue: The Boardroom, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street London W1B 2HW.
Nearest Station Oxford Circus.

There is limited space. To avoid disappointment please confirm your attendance by contacting PRC info@prc.org.uk.

FOSIS Palestine Conference
2014-03-15 09:30 - 18:00 UTC | The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, East Midlands , United Kingdom
The Palestine Conference has returned bigger and better than before! The conference that has been missed by all returns this year to Nottingham University on Saturday 15th of March. A day which will give you a new perspective on campaigning. From keynote speeches delivered by renowned international speakers to panel discussions which will allow you to interact and nurture an understanding of the current situation in Palestine and how you can get involved. You will also have the unique opportunity to undergo various workshops which will be delivered by professionals who have been in the campaigning field for decades and further nurture you campaigning skills. Browse the site, choose the workshops best suited for you and book your ticket before its too late.

For those of you living far away visit the Transportation page and book a seat on the coach leaving from your city for as cheap as £15 from London (including conference entry)

Sarah Colborne from PSC will be among the speakers
http://www.palestine-conference.net/2014/speakers
Don't miss out, book now!

http://www.palestine-conference.net/2014/

Public Debate on Academic Boycott of Israel
2014-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Venue: University of Leeds Business School, Room 1.23
All welcome!
Motion

“This house believes that UK academics should join the movement for academic boycott by refusing to engage with any Israeli academic institutions until Israel ends the occupation and abides by international law.”

Speakers for the Motion

Jonathan Rosenhead, Emeritus Prof. of Operational Research, London School of Economics

Sue Blackwell, formerly Lecturer in English Language, University of Birmingham

Speakers against the Motion

Robert Fine, Prof. of Sociology, University of Warwick

Hugh Hubbard, Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds

The BBC, Media Bias & Palestine
2014-03-20 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | The Phoenix Hall, St John Vianney’s Church, West Green Road, N15 3QL, Turnpike Lane Tube, London, London, United Kingdom
With Tim Llewellyn former BBC Middle East Editor

Haringey Justice for Palestinians

Phoenix Hall, St John Vianney’s Church

West Green Road N15 3QL

Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide
2014-03-21 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Amnesty International’s Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA, London, London, United Kingdom
Launch event for "Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide" (2nd edition)

When: Friday 21 March - doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start

Where: Amnesty International UK, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA

The event will be chaired by David Hearst, former chief foreign leader writer for The Guardian, and takes place on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - the anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre.

The event is free but places are limited. Reserve a ticket on Eventbrite here.

'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide' is endorsed by Desmond Tutu, Karmna Nabulsi, Ali Abunimah, Ilan Pappe, and others.

Book website here

Buy the book from Pluto Press for a 10% discount

Interview with Ben White on the publication of a second edition

Flim Screening: A World Not Ours
2014-03-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Presented by the film's makers*, and followed by a discussion with Abbas Shiblak, writer on statelessness.

Mahdi Fleifel’s dazzling, award-winning first-person documentary immerses us in a strange and unique world. In the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh (“Sweet Spring”) in Lebanon the approaching World Cup championship becomes a means for the residents – stateless and isolated since the camps hasty construction in 1948 – to articulate their own ideas of home, community, victory and hope.

Fleifel spent his formative years in the camp in the 1980s before his family settled in Denmark, and for years he has been returning and keeping a video diary, his conversations with the camp residents offering intimate take on life in Ain el-Helweh and the inhabitants’ grievances. At the heart of the film is Fleifel’s relationship with his friend Abu Eyad. But while Fleifel can visit the camp when he pleases, Abu Eyad must remain — an inequity that makes their friendship both precious and susceptible to tension.

Humourous, touching and revelatory, A World Not Ours brilliantly captures the tumultuous six decades since Ain el-Helweh’s construction through the lens of Fleifel’s own personal journey. (Toronto International Film Festival)

* Nakba filmworks is director Mahdi Fleiffel and producer Patrick Campbell

View trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDIyM8XTWUo

Article here http://972mag.com/film-review-the-unending-nakba-three-generations-of-stateless-palestinians-search-for-home/88223/

Event flyer here: http://eepurl.com/POQQP

Doors 7pm, start: 7.30pm.

Free entry / recommended donation £5

Middle-Eastern food £4.00 per plate

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

When I Saw You
2014-03-25 20:30 - 23:30 UTC | Chapter , Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE, Wales , United Kingdom
Chapter Arts on 25 March. Tickets for the film When I Saw You and for food by acclaimed Palestinian restaurant Falafel Wales are now available at http://www.chapter.org/wow-when-i-saw-you-12a. We will also have olive oil, books and information leaflets available. Salih Hassan will be providing his unique music and Malaka Mohammad, a post graduate student activist from Gaza will be speaking. Book now to avoid disappointment!

A group of activists from South Wales recently visited the West Bank. As well as being legal observers on the annual olive harvest, they monitored Palestinian demonstrations against the illegal Annexation Wall, assisted with rebuilding houses after they were demolished by the Israeli army and bore witness to the day-to-day realities of military occupation experienced by Palestinians.

They will be speaking in Cardiff on Monday 3 March at Transport House, 1 Cathedral Rd from 7-9pm. Do come along to hear all about it. All welcome.

Tony Benn - we pay our respect
2014-03-27 10:15 - 12:00 UTC | Parliament Square, Parliament Square, london, United Kingdom
Thursday 27th March is the funeral of Tony Benn, who was a patron of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War's President, and a much loved figure at demonstrations and meetings across the country.

The funeral is at 11 am at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London. It is an invitation-only funeral, but we are sure many people will want to pay their respects to this great figure who made such a towering contribution over decades to the movements for peace, social justice and equality.

Details are not yet finalised, but we are hoping to be at Parliament Square -- where St Margaret's Church is situated -- from 10.15am onwards on Thursday. We are asking all who wish to do so and who can make it to Westminster to join us there. We will post further details as soon as we can.

The 2014 Edward W. Said London Lecture by Raja Shehadeh
2014-03-28 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | British Museum, BP Lecture Theatre WC, 1B 3DG, London, London, United Kingdom
Is There a Language of Peace?

That is the question Raja Shehadeh asks in this year’s lecture in memory of Edward Said. He will reflect on the categories and modes of representation-legal and cultural-that confine today’s Palestinians and the steps that need to be taken to move from the language of suffering and oppression to a new one of liberation and peace. Raja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer, award-winning writer and political activist. A Q&A session will follow the lecture.

Tickets: £12/£8 concs BUY NOW

About the series

Literary critic, writer, activist, and spokesperson for the Palestinian cause, Edward Said (1935-2003) was one of the most influential intellectuals of his time. The lecture series aims to promote his spirit through the continued examination of the links between culture and politics in the Middle East and across the world.

With previous lectures by Marina Warner, Rashid Khalidi Ahdaf Soueif, and Noam Chomsky and forthcoming lectures by Naomi Klein and Daniel Barenboim, the series gives his legacy a public platform in the very heart of cultural and intellectual life in the UK. Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date on future lectures in the series.

You can watch and listen to previous years lectures on our website in Recorded Lectures.

The organising committee includes: Mariam C.Said, Ahdaf Soueif, Mary-Kay Wilmers, Jacqueline Rose and Omar Al-Qattan.

This series has been supported by the A.M Qattan Foundation, London Review of Books,and British Museum, as well as a number of generous individual gifts. If you would like to support future talks, please write to Rachael Jarvis on rachael@mosaicrooms.org

Palestine Awareness Evening
2014-03-28 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Clifford Community Hall, (near Hay on Wye), Herefordshire, HR3 5HA, Clifford, United Kingdom
A SPECIAL EVENT WITH THE MONDAY CHOIR

Meet up with your friends and hear about ways we can help the Palestinians and contribute to the Bethany Ambulance defibrillator appeal.

Speaker Betty Hunter - Honorary President Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Tea, coffee and light refreshments for sale. Try some of the goodies that come from Palestine.*
Browse the stalls and buy if you wish.
Free entry.
RAFFLE.
*Not just OLIVE OIL but dates, almonds, dried tomatoes and a wonderful seasoning mix.

Land Day demo: stop Shamir Plan (son of Prawer Plan)
2014-03-30 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Opposite Israeli Embassy, Kensington High St, London, W8 5ED, United Kingdom
LAND DAY DEMO: STOP SHAMIR PLAN (WAS PRAWER PLAN)

Land Day Demonstration: Stop the Negev Bedouin Clearances. The demo is a commemoration of Land Day with special focus on the Negev Bedouin.

Although the Prawer Bill of 2013 has been shelved, the essence of Prawer is forging ahead on the ground with an increasing number of home demolitions (over 1,000 a year). The new Minister who has taken over from Benny Begin - Yair Shamir (son of Yitzhak Shamir) - appears to be preparing a fresh version of policy and law which could be unveiled as early as May when the new Knesset session begins. The Prawer Plan is now the Shamir Plan.

Please bring home-made placards if possible.

Steve Sabella Exhibition
2014-04-01 - 2014-05-10 | Berloni , 63 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, London, London, United Kingdom
BERLONI is proud to present the first UK solo exhibition of Berlin-based Palestinian artist Steve Sabella. From 7 March - 10 May, 2014, Cecile Elise Sabella (2008), In Exile (2008), Metamorphosis (2012) and 38 Days of Re Collection(2014) will be on display.

Hubertus Von Amelunxen, writer of Sabella's upcoming monograph to be published by Hatje Cantz and the Academy of the Arts (Sept 2014), cites how his collages, "form a dazzling tableau of possible transitions and detachment processes between world and image, image and world. Sabella uses photography as an artistic language of existential exile. His relationship with the medium is penetrating."

Sabella came to terms with his exile preferring to remain in transition. As Vilém Flusser writes, "Emigres become free, not when they deny their lost homeland, but when they come to terms with it". In his works, In Exile, he gives form to the symptoms or side effects of exile, where as in Cecile Elise Sabella, photographs of his daughter's clothing are stitched to canvas mirroring the duality of exile - a simultaneous presence and absence. But, in Metamorphosis, he confronts the core components that shaped his feeling of alienation. As he writes, "The hard work was finding how to allow for a new transformation, while accepting that my DNA will always stay the same." It was through the investigation of his state of exile, a process of self-interrogation and introspection, that Sabella was able to dig deeper into the relationship between images and the reality they create.

Sabella is a visual investigator, researching the origin and function of images. He explores the visual components of the world by looking into the image itself - much like in scientific research. He studies images, their characteristics, the connections between them, and their origin by looking at them directly and not in comparison with reality. This has allowed him to discover the infinite realities that are hidden in images. In his work, he photographs from several different angles, after which he creates or reveals new forms. Akin to an archeologist who is intrigued to find fragments from the past in order to make sense of history, Sabella engages in a process of positioning images, like in a visual puzzle, to decode the origin of the image and the question of what existed first: the image or the world?

In 38 Days of Re-Collection Sabella lived for 38 days in a Palestinian home occupied by Israelis since 1948. Feeling unsettled, he tried to make sense of the space by photographing it thoroughly, then collected fragments of paint that were peeling off the walls of the home he was born in, and other houses in the Old City of Jerusalem. He painted light sensitive B&W photo emulsion on the fragments, and printed the images he had taken on them. The work explores the relationship between two realities: one being Israeli colonization and the other being the Palestinian Right of Return. This is the story that emerges on the surface of the work. But the visual palimpsest that unfolds explores, not just the history of the house in Jerusalem, but more profoundly the history of the image itself.
As Sabella writes, "I found myself exploring the genealogy of the image."

Steven Sabella, born in Jerusalem in 1975, uses photography and photographic installation as his principle modes of expression. He holds two MAs, one from the University of Westminster and one from Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. He was nominated for and awarded the Ellen Auerbach Award (2008) by the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and was one of the commissioned artists for the inauguration of MATHAF Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha where he presented a critical installation entitled Settlement - Six Israelis & One Palestinian. His artworks were shown in Les Rencontres d'Arles 2013 and FotoFest 2014 biennales.
Sabella's artworks and life have triggered much media attention. He has been featured in several documentary films and was 'Artist of the Month' on IkonoTV in 2011 and 2013. Sabella was invited as a speaker for TEDx Marrakech in 2012.
Steve Sabella's artworks have been collected by the British Museum in London, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Ars Aevi Museum in Sarajevo and leading collectors in the Middle East including The Samawi Collection, Cuadro Fine Art (Dubai), Salsali Private Museum (Dubai) and Barjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah).

CONTACT:

MARGHERITA BERLONI 07725039580

ROBIN MANN: 07725479826

BERLONI, 63 MARGARET STREET, LONDON W1W 8SW

www.berlonigallery.com

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Education under Occupation – stories from West Bank and Gaza students
2014-04-01 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
Part of Israel's system of control in the West Bank and Gaza is to make access to education as difficult as possible...or to try and destroy it altogether.

Come and hear from Palestinian students about Israel's violations of their right to education, its attempted destruction of their everyday lives, and how they rise to the challenge of studying under occupation.

Speakers:
Lian Derini is from Nazareth, and will bring her perspective of a Palestinian citizen of Israel, struggling to live with Israel's anti-Palestine dogma.
Mahmoud Daghlas is from Nablus, West Bank. He grew up during the Second Intifada, and will be pulling stories from that time into his presenation.
Jehan AlFarra is from Gaza. She has had to access education under Israeli siege and assault, and will be describing the challenges of this and of her struggle to exit a sealed Gaza last year to continue her studies in Oxford. Jehan is a contributor to the book, ‘Gaza Writes Back’.

This event is organised by Right to Education at Birzeit University, West Bank, and Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Free entry.

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1416804001900961/?fref=ts

Film: Children in Chains
2014-04-01 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be screening“Children in Chains”A documentary about the treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli Military Court System
by Jonathan PullmanTuesday April 1st 2013

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start

The evening will also include information displays about Palestinian child prisoners and additional information from Action for Palestinian Children and Defence for Children International Palestine

Following the 40 minute film the MKPSC Chair will lead a discussion

All members and supporters of MKPSC are welcome
Please invite friends

Free admission
Refreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval
There will be stalls selling Palestinian Fairtrade foodstuffs and crafts
PSC literature available

*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

For more information please email:

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Launch of UK-Palestine Mental Health Network
2014-04-02 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | The Guild of Psychotherapists, 47 Nelson Square, Blackfriars Road, London , SE1 0QA, London, United Kingdom
This is the first meeting to establish a network of workers in mental health (in the widest sense) who are concerned about the impact of Israeli policies on the psychological well-being of the Palestinian people, and who approach the issue with a clear commitment to democratic values and anti-discriminatory practice.

There will be contributions from Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, and Dr Mohamed Altawil, of the Palestine Trauma Centre, bringing their direct knowledge of the ways in which politics and health on the ground are so inextricably intertwined.

We see as our first priority facilitating direct encounters between UK mental health practitioners and our Palestinian counterparts, to develop direct relationships, and to be in a position to find out how Palestinians would like us to focus our energies in their support.

So that we can calculate numbers, let us know if you do plan to come, and if you are unable to come but would still like to belong to the Network please tell us, so that we will be sure to include you in

future mailings. Write to ukpalmhn@gmail.com

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Please note: the venue is close to Southwark tube station, between Waterloo and London Bridge.

Location of Meeting:

http://guildofpsychotherapists.org.uk/psychotherapy/contact-us

Enquiries to: ukpalmhnet@gmail.com

'Land Grab!' The truth behind Israel’s colonial settlement enterprise
2014-04-03 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Stanmer Room, Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, United Kingdom
A talk & presentation by Abe Hayeem from Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine

Stanmer Room, Brighthelm Centre, Brighton
Israel’s colonisation of the land of Palestine started in 1901, with the buying of land and building defensive settlements, with the ultimate aim of creating the Zionist state. The controlling of space and detailing its features and location are part of a takeover that includes actual power and control and the dispossession of its indigenous inhabitants. This is the model that was used even after 1948, continuing after 1967, becoming a vast and lucrative real-estate enterprise to house Israel’s illegal settlers in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention, that has now built up to fever pitch to deny the Palestinians a sovereign state.

The talk will show how the architecture of the illegal settlements and its infrastructure in this land grab were specifically designed to dominate, surveil, exclude and fragment the West Bank, warehousing the Palestinians into mini Bantustans, using sophisticated methodology and techniques.

It will also explore the strategic E1 settlement plan east of Jerusalem (of which Ma'ale Adumim, where Sodastream are based, is part) and the current effects on the local Bedouin population.

This meeting is now extremely topical as our speaker was instrumental in last week's dramatic vote by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), asking for the suspension of its Israeli counterpart from the International Union of Architects due to its complicity in illegal settlement construction, a development that will hopefully also be discussed.

Life in Palestine under Israeli occupation
2014-04-03 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Bath Friends Meeting House, 2 York Street , Bath , BA1 1NG, South West , United Kingdom
Life in Palestine under Israeli occupation and how the Israel Palestine conflict can be resolved.

Speaker: Raed Debiy

This is an opportunity not to be missed to hear an insider’s view of the
Israel‐Palestine conflict. Mr Raed Debiy is 31 and is an international
spokesman for Fatah’s youth section. He will be giving a presentation and
answering questions about the situation in the West Bank, as someone who
has in depth knowledge of Palestinian society.
Of particular interest is his perspective on the situation of young people in
Palestine. Currently working as Project manager for the Fatah Youth
movement, he spent 3 years as Coordinator of Fatah Youth in the Secondary
School of the Governate of Nablus and previously as Head of International
Committee, in the National Palestinian Youth Parliament.
FREE EVENT, OPEN TO ALL!
Jointly organised by Labour2Palestine and the Bath East, North & West
branch of Bath Labour Party, this event is free, and open to all, and is not
promoting any particular political group or policy.

We apologise, due to building works, there is no disabled access for this event.

Traces and Revelations - Palestinian Art Exhibition
2014-04-04 - 2014-10-05 | Oriental Museum, DH1 3TH, Durham, North East, United Kingdom
“Traces and Revelations” Exhibition is a result of a collaboration between Arts Canteen-London and Oriental Museum- Durham University featuring the work of internationally renowned artists Hazem Harb and Mohammed Joha from Palestine.

The work of Harb and Joha explores the themes of loss of identity, home, diaspora and overcoming the physical and psychological boundaries created by conflict, specifically in their own personal histories of growing up in Palestine Hazem Harb and Mohammed Joha have known each other since they were teenagers, passing in the street in Gaza City, each carrying artists’ portfolio cases. They are now both well established artists living in Dubai and Italy respectively, regularly exhibiting in major art fairs, museums and galleries of the Arab world and beyond. This exhibition seeks to examine the common and disparate elements of their work: those which could be traced back to their roots in Gaza and those which disrupted simplistic notions of cultural proximity and revealed the new and, often, alarming.

Aser El Saqqa of Arts Canteen, London, said, “The range of work in Traces and Revelations is an impressive one, it harks back to each artists’ earlier work and past lives. For both Harb and Joha, Traces and Revelations opens up an imaginary, parallel space in which to consider ideas of place, identity and belonging.”

Oriental Museum Curator, Dr Craig Barclay, said, “It is very exciting to be able to bring to Durham such compelling work by two wonderful artists. It is a great opportunity for our visitors to experience first- hand the creativity and vision of artists from this often misunderstood region.”

Mohammed Joha and Hazem Harb add something unique to this body of work, bringing their own very human responses to life in Gaza through their paintings… Harb and Joha are part of a remarkable genealogy of artists who have given us a deep understanding of the inhumanity, but also the humanity that features in conflict.” Michaela Crimmin, co-director of Culture+Conflict, a lecturer and research associate at the Royal College of Art, and an independent curator.

Traces and Revelations opens to the public on Friday, 4th April, and runs until Sunday, 5th October 2014. For more details visit https://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/exhibitions/current/

Oriental Museum
Elvet Hill
Durham DH1 3TH

or phone 0191 334 5694

Campaigning for Palestine: a trade union conference
2014-04-05 10:00 - 15:30 UTC | TUC, Congress House , 23-28 Great Russell Street, London , WC1B 3LS, London , United Kingdom
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising a conference for delegates from trade unions, sponsored by the TUC, on Saturday 5 April. It will hear about the latest developments from speakers, including trade unionists, from Palestine and from the trade union and solidarity movement in Britain. It will take place at the TUC, Congress House, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3LS.

If your trade union wants to send delegates registration in advance is essential.
Please register here>
Special guest speakers include:

Abed Dari, Jericho District Field Worker with Kav LaOved, in the in the Jordan ValleyAbed will be speaking about the situation of Palestinian workers employed in Illegal Israeli settlements in the Jordan Valley (West Bank).

Kav LaOved (Worker’s Hotline) is an independent, non-governmental organisation committed to the defence of workers’ rights, including Palestinian and Palestinian Citizens of Israel.

Omar Barghouti - founder of the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign, and leader of the BDS National Committee (BNC). Omar will be joining the conference live via Skype link, and talk about the need for Trade Unions around the world to join the global solidarity movement, by notably taking and supporting BDS actions.

Just as for apartheid in South Africa, international solidarity can make a key contribution in the struggle for liberation. And over the last few years, we have seen a massive surge in trade union solidarity. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising this conference to discuss the next steps in the struggle for peace and justice for Palestine. Specialist strands will focus on discussion and proposals for particular areas of work – from targeting complicit firms and ending the arms trade, to building the campaign within unions at local and national level. The conference is open to delegates from TUC-affiliated unions and their regions. It is also open to delegates from trade union branches that are affiliated to PSC.

The United Nations has declared 2014 as the year of international solidarity with the Palestinian people. For too long, Palestinians have suffered under occupation and siege, and have had their basic rights denied them.

Please send a delegate to join us in sharing and discussing current campaigning, and on taking forward implementation of TUC policy on Palestine.

Sheffield April boycott action
2014-04-05 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sainsbury's , Church Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Church Street Sainsburys, 12 noon April 5th

The day of action in March saw 34 groups across the country doing boycott actions and in Sheffield we organised a motorcade and visited five Sainsbury's branches. But we need to keep up the pressure! So come and join us for our April action.

We will be meeting outside the Sainsburys on the High Street (where Black's used to be - opposite Boots). There is usually lots of people around to talk with and ask to sign out petition. We will also finish by walking with the banners and placards up through Fargate to let the Sainsburys on Division Street know we have not forgotten them!

Sheffield PSC

enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk

Film Screening: The Stones Cry Out
2014-04-07 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Richmond Green United Reformed Church, Richmond Green, TW9 1DH , London, United Kingdom
The film is on a National Tour with the Director Yasmine Perni and this is the only showing in London. ( Venue 2 min walk from Richmond station see map https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Richmond/@51.4619884,-0.303159,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48760c3827c52c21:0x21f60878e2279ea–)

Palestine Marathon 2014
2014-04-09 00:00 - 2014-04-13 00:00 UTC
The second Palestine Marathon takes place in Bethlehem on Friday 11 April 2014 and Amos Trust are looking for runners to join Team Amos.

Bethlehem doesn't have a 26 miles of road without a checkpoint, so the route of the "Right to Movement" marathon is a loop so everyone including local runners can take part.

Team Amos will spend 5 days in Bethlehem (from 9 - 13 April) combining the race itself with visiting Amos's partner projects to see how the sponsor money is being spent.

You can read a great write up about the 2013 Palestine Marathon on the Guardian's running blog - click here, written by Team Amos runner Paul Trueman.

To find out more about this unique opportunity, click here.

Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity
2014-04-10 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
* Upcoming Event for Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity *

Join us for an evening of photos, film and discussion on:
• Israel’s ongoing campaign to ethnically cleanse
Palestinians from the Jordan Valley and annex the land
• Palestinian community resistance and non-violent,
grassroots action
• Jordan Valley Solidarity: the Palestinian lead grassroots group working on the ground in the Jordan Valley
• Companies profiting from Israel’s illegal settlements
• Volunteering as a Jordan Valley Solidarity activist
(for a few days, a few weeks, or a few months)

7.30 - 9.30pm Thurs 10th April 2014
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton
Facebook: BrightonJVS / www.jordanvalleysolidarity.org / brightonjvs@gmail.com

Brighton and Hove PSC AGM with Food and Speaker
2014-04-12 14:30 - 17:00 UTC | Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton, South East, United Kingdom
Dear all

Please note this date and put it in your diaries. The AGM is an occasion for all members and supporters to meet, have some delicious Palestinian food, hear a very good speaker, and make plans for our solidarity work in the coming year. We would like you to come! Only members can vote, but supporters are very welcome too.

Programme as follows:

2.30 – 3pm Buffet Palestinian lunch (EcoStream Demo will be 12 – 2 pm that day)

3 – 4pm Musheir El-Farrar who is from Gaza will speak followed by discussion, on When the sky rained white fire(title of his book) – about the terrible bombing of Gaza 4 years ago.

4-5pm AGM business – reports, elections, resolutions

Film Screening: Flying Paper + A Space Exodus
2014-04-13 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | Riverside Studios , Crisp Road Hammersmith W6 9RL, London, United Kingdom
The Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK and the Palestine Film Foundation invite you to join us at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London on Sunday April 13th for a soaring double-bill...

FLYING PAPER Nitin Sawhney & Roger Hill / 2013 Documentary / 71min
+ A SPACE EXODUS Larissa Sansour / 2009 Fiction / 5min

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FLYING PAPER documents a spectacular quest by Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip to break the World Record for the most kites ever flown. Co-produced with young Palestinians trained by the filmmakers through a youth media programme (Voices Beyond Walls), the film is a celebration of creative resilience. Scored by the co-director’s namesake, renowned British composer Nitin Sawhney, Flying Paper mixes animated sequences with breathtaking footage of the record-breaking bid and warm portraits of the film’s protagonists. A captivating journey into Gazan kite culture - borne aloft by the playful humour and indomitable spirit of the kiteflyers themselves!
A SPACE EXODUS adapts a passage of Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey, following the director on a phantasmagorical journey through the stars – the first Palestinian into space. Sansour’s moon-landing evokes Armstrong’s (“a small step for a Palestinian, a giant leap for mankind”), but this witty short touches on experiences of displacement and statelessness as much as it does those of space travel or moon-landings…

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Presented by the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK and the Palestine Film Foundation.

Film Screening: Children in Chains + Talk
2014-04-15 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | White Rock Hotel, White Rock, TN34 1JU, Hastings, United Kingdom
“Children in Chains” A documentary about the treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli Military Court System by Jonathan Pullman (37 minutes).

Yousef Al-Helou a journalist from Gaza will be talking and showing documentaries he made in Gaza

More information is on the latest newsletter:

http://www.hastingspalestinecampaign.org/newsletter_april2014.html

Gaza: Photography, Video & Drawing
2014-04-17 - 2014-05-31 | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
On: Thursday 17 April from 6 - 9 pm

Exhibition continue 18 April - 31 May 2014

Free Admission … All Welcome

RSVP: https://podio.com/webforms/7568112/573835

P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD

Please see the attached invite.

We very much look forward to seeing you on the evening of the 17th.

The P21 Gallery is delighted to present GAZA, a group exhibition of works that aims to shed light on life in the Gaza Strip, curated by Bibiana Macedo and Emma K. Freeman. Featuring work by Belal Khaled, Kent Klich, Andrew McConnell, Peter Rhoades, and Asmaa Seba.

For full press release and further information please visit: http://www.p21.org.uk/AboutGaza.aspx

The exhibition is supported by the Miles of Smiles, and Watan. GAZA will include a public programme of talks and events.

Visitor information: Exhibition continue 18 April - 31 May 2014 | Open Tuesday - Friday 12 - 6pm, Saturday 12 - 4pm, Wednesdays until 8pm

Location: 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD | Nearest underground: King’s Cross/St. Pancras and Euston Station | Tel: 020 7121 6190 | Web: p21.org.uk

Manchester G4S Protest
2014-04-17 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Albert Square, In front of Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Manchester Stop G4S Campaign invites you to join our demonstration

Join Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Women Asylum Seekers Together and Public Sector workers who face privatisation of their jobs.

April 17th is an international day for solidarity actions with Palestinian prisoners.

Our demonstration is in solidarity with all political prisoners, including refugees who have committed no crime held here in Britain . They have all suffered at the hands of the private security firms: G4S in Palestine and Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow airport; and SERCO at Yarl’s Wood Detention centre.

Manchester City Council has contacts with both G4S and SERCO

We are specifically targeting G4S for its complicity with the criminal practices of the Israeli state. Palestinians are illegally held, many without charge or trial, in Israeli jails where physical violence and torture is commonplace. G4S provides services to the Ketziot, Damon and Meggido prisons and the Jerusalem (Russian Compound) and Kishon (Jalameh) detention facilities

Palestinian Women Political Prisoners.

We will highlight the plight of Palestinian women in Israeli prisons and in particular Lena Jarboni, and specifically G4S complicity in their torture and suffering.

Currently there are 21 Palestinian women political prisoners in Israeli prisons. Most of them are in HaSharon prison in Israel . The British private security contractor G4S provides the full security system at HaSharon including the central command room for the entire prison. The transfer of Palestinian prisoners from the occupied West Bank and Gaza to into Israel (to HaSharon Prison) is illegal under international law and constitutes a war crime, G4S is complicit in this by the services it provides to HaSharon Prison.

Before being brought to prison the women have to endure weeks, sometimes months, of torture at one of Israel's interrogation centres to extract confessions from them - usually the infamous 'Russian Compound' in Jerusalem or the notorious Al-Jalame torture den - both these facilities are also secured by G4S.

The occupation has again extended the detention of Palestinian prisoners lawyer Shireen Issawi (and her brothers Shadi and Medhat), she was arrested on 6th March 2014 and her next hearing is on 26th March. We are also campaigning for her (and her brothers) immediate and unconditional release.

Yarl’s Wood detention centre shames Britain
Hundreds of female asylum-seekers are housed in Yarl’s Wood. They have done nothing wrong, so why is the British state locking them up?
Women detainees and ex-detainees have been coming forward to speak out about the abuse they suffered and witnessed, and to demand redress. The racist and sexist regime, of legal, psychological and physical abuse which women frequently describe as mental torture at Yarl's Wood, has been covered up for far too long. The women imprisoned in Yarl’s Wood are systematically set up for abuse by the fact that they are treated as liars, who must prove themselves truthful whilst being detained indefinitely.

By law the ‘burden of proof’ in the asylum & immigration system means they are guilty until proven innocent. The women in Yarl’s Wood have between them successfully escaped every kind of abuse and violence that women commonly face around the world – rape, sexual abuse, forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, trafficking, domestic violence, child abuse, anti-gay persecution. It is known that violence against women and girls is common worldwide. Yet their claims are routinely disbelieved, and their credibility attacked. Is it any surprise that they be targeted for sexual abuse by guards in detention? The sexual abuse and its cover-up that was publicly exposed by The Observer (14/09/13) are the inevitable products of this regime.

Harmondsworth Detention Centre.

Recently Nasser Al-Mosaawi a Kuwaiti Bedouin was beaten up by G4S guards in front of everyone in Heathrow airport, while trying to remove him.

Meanwhile four G4S guards are finally facing prosecution for the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga was unlawfully killed on a deportation flight to Angola while in the custody of G4S officers who held him down, impeding his breathing, and failed to offer resuscitation when he collapsed.

But G4S the company will not be charged. That is simply outrageous as the abuse of prisoners by G4S is systematic not simply a problem of rogue guards.

What Can We Do

Working together, we can make G4S a live issue in our dealings with Local Authorities, NHS employers and Commissioners, or anyone else involved in procurement. We cannot tolerate a regime in which Best Value means cheapest, anti-union, poor terms and conditions – and conflicts with union policies.

Getting rid of G4S will result in real solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners.

Protest G4S offices for Prisoners' Day
2014-04-17 16:30 - 18:30 UTC | G4S Office , 105 Victoria Street, London , London , United Kingdom
On Palestinian Prisoners' Day we will be protesting against G4S' involvement in Israel's abuse of Palestinian Prisoners

More information about our campaign against G4S

Palestine 101: Debunking Misconceptions
2014-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Have you ever asked yourself or been asked...

"Why boycott Israel? It won't make a difference"
"Doesn't Israel have the right to defend itself?"
"Is this a religious conflict?"

Have you ever wondered why Stephen Hawking, Stevie Wonder, and Pink Floyd are part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement?

Following the recent controversy around Scarlett Johansson and Sodastream, come along and find out what the fuss is all about!

Join Adie Mormech (Manchester based BDS activist) in challenging common misconceptions about Palestine. Share your experiences or learn from others.
For more information contact Linda on 07985 624968

Newcastle Labour2Palestine dinner
2014-04-19 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
A group of Newcastle upon Tyne Councillors and Labour Party members travelled with Labour2Paletine to the West Bank and East Jerusalem in January 2014. They’ve organised a fundraising dinner to help Labour2Palestine to increase understanding about Palestine in the Labour Party by organising visits.

The guest speakers are:
Palestinian Ambassador, Professor Manuel Hassassian,
Shadow Middle East Minister, Ian Lucas
and the Mayor of Hebron, Prof. Dr. Daoud I. D. Zatari,

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This will be held on:
Saturday, 19 April 2014 from 19:00 to 23:00 (BST) in Newcastle
They’ve got a great night planned:

Programme

7.00pm Drinks reception

7.30pm Starter course is served

7.45pm Dinner is served

8.15pm Speech by the Palestinian Ambassador to Great Britain

8.40pm Dessert and coffee with speeches from guest speakers

9.15pm Auction and socialist raffle

9.30pm Labour2Palestine presentation

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An intimate evening with Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler
2014-04-19 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | Rich Mix, 47 Bethnal Green Rd E1 6LA, London, London, United Kingdom
Facebook event link here https://www.facebook.com/events/1449159111983687/

Rich Mix link http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/arts-canteen-presents-kamilya-jubran-and-werner-hasler/

Kamilya Jubran was born in Akka, to Palestinian parents who are from a northern Palestinian village in Al-Jaleel. Elias Jubran, Kamilya's father, an authentic instrument maker and a music teacher; was her first source of classical Arabic musical education. In Jerusalem and for twenty years, Kamilya was Sabreen's lead song performer, and player of Oud, Qanoon, and other oriental instruments. www.sabreen.org. From 1982 to 2002, Kamilya along with Sabreen represented the voice of resistance; struggle for freedom, and a deep and dynamic artistic-political process that created a new style of a modern Arabic song.

Since 2002, Kamilya toured with her first project Mahattaat, then Wameedd, besides a solo performance in several Arab and European cities

Kamilya is creating and performing her own songs and music while roaming the in-between spaces of the world and non-commercial milieus with a number of European musicians.
More than 6 years have passed since K&W produced their 1st album « Wameedd » , more than hundred shows they've performed together during this period, in different parts of the world.
Such continuous « live » and alive process has greatly shaped and strengthened their musical interplay. Simultaneously, it allowed them to learn more on each others’ roots, and enabled them to find additional common playgrounds despite the differences of their origins.
This , as well as their shared common vision of the world , has augmented their desire to keep searching for new challenging spaces that would provoke , at the same time invite them to take more risks and more freedom in their expressions.

« Wanabni » process started as an attempt to reply to a question K&W asked themselves : how would we perfrom today the song « Al Shaatte Al Akhar » (one of their tunes that their audience mostly liked) after having played it so many times .
This route necessitated an up grade of their tools as well as their ways of using them ;
and their continuous work slowly grew to be their new repertoire that they based on classical Arabic music, modern classical music of the 20th century, jazz and electronic music.

Parallel to the musical evolution, and following their wish to have a natural coherent growth of their project, K&W have revisited the same poets they collaborated with in 2003 for Wameedd , namely Fadhil Al Azzawi, Aïcha Arnaout, Sawsan Darwaza, and have chosen texts that were written by those poets since then/after 2003.
Kamilya has revised the same book ‘Hommes de l'autre rive' of Dimitri Analis- the only poet she has not met in person, and of it, she selected an other part that links up with/recalls « Al Shaattee Al Akhar ». They as well combined some texts of the poet Hassan Najmi – with whom Kamilya has collaborated, for her last solo project Makan.The storyline of Wanabni consequently,recounts some recent reflections of those contemporary poets.

Aser El Saqqa

Managing Director

Arts Canteen

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Palestine and the Euro Elections
2014-04-23 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Durham Town Hall , Market Place, Durham City, County Durham, DH1 3NJ, North East , United Kingdom
Candidates for the Euro elections on 22 May answer your questions about Palestine, Israel and the Middle East.

How can the European Union make a difference?

Candidates from all the main parties invited: So far in attendance:

Judith Kirton-Darling

Currently Confederal Secretary of the European TUC, Jude is from Middlesborough and now lives in Hexham. She is the n.1 Labour candidate.

Angelika Schneider

The lead Liberal Democrat Euro-candidate for North East England, Angelika has worked for current MEP Fiona Hall in both Durham and Brussels.

Message of support from the Greens (unable to attend)

Palestine is still the issue
2014-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St George’s Catholic Church Parish Hall, 1 Sansome Place, WR1 1UG, Worcester, South West, United Kingdom
Worcester Palestine Friendship presents

Public Meeting – Palestine is still the issue

Speaker – Professor Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian and author of the “The Ethnic
Cleansing of Palestine”. (with refreshments
available from 7pm). There is also a public car park nearby – Cornmarket.

Mordechai Vanunu Vigil
2014-04-26 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
Dear friend of Vanunu,

Last Monday, 21st April, it was exactly 10 years since Mordechai Vanunu was released from Ashkelon Prison to the cheers of many supporters. As you know, since then, against all expectations, he has had to remain in Israel in one place.

On this coming Saturday, 26th April, in protest against Mordechai's continuing punishment, despite having served his full prison sentence, we will be holding a vigil close to the Israeli Embassy in Kensington High Street, opposite Kensington Palace Gardens from 12.00 noon - 2.00pm.

click here for map: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Embassy+of+Israel/@51.502845,-0.189149,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xec5cf37113706b60

We hope you will join us on Saturday to support Mordechai and his desire to leave Israel.

Very best wishes,

Ernest, David & Adeline

--
Campaign for a Nuclear Free Middle East
cfnfme@gmail.com

Fortnightly Sodastream Protest Outside John Lewis
2014-04-26 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside John Lewis Dept Store, 300 Oxford Street, London, London, United Kingdom
BDS SODASTREAM
JOIN LONDON BDS GROUP FORTNIGHTLY CAMPAIGN

*Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.Israeli company Soda Club, which owns the Sodastream brandname.Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.

*Corporate Watch

Further Reading:

Soda Stream treats us like Slaves says Palestinian Factory Worker

http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/sodastream-treats-us-like-slaves-says-palestinian-factory-worker-10971

MORE INFO

www.londonbdsgroup.com

Twitter @londonbdsgroup FB LondonBDS

Film Screening: Roadmap to Apartheid
2014-04-29 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
'Roadmap to Apartheid' (90 mins, 2012) Directed by South African Ana Nogueira nd Israeli Eron Davidson.
Tuesday 29th April
doors 7.00, start 7.30
at Passing Clouds 1 Richmond Road Dalston E8 4AA
Suggested donation £3
This film is both an astute work of political analysis and a gripping historical account of the human cost of regimes of ethnic separation. In 'Roadmap to Apartheid' striking parallels emerge in accounts of the rise and implementation of the Apartheid system in South Africa and the systematic segregation and oppression of Palestinians in Israel. Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), the film interweaves archive footage from South Africa and Israel/Palestine, with interviewees from both countries considering why the Apartheid analogy is so important for understanding the Israeli context. While the film presents a stark picture of the present within Israel and the territories it controls, it also offers hope by looking to the peace that South Africa eventually found. Timely and powerful.

Catastrophe Club
is a project of Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Freedom, justice, equality

Life under Israeli occupation
2014-04-29 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | The Cornerhouse, Christchurch St East, Frome, South West, United Kingdom
Raed Debiy, 31, is international secretary of Fatah Youth Movement, who’s
active in the non-violent struggle against the Israeli occupation. Being
non-violent doesn’t stop the Israelis putting you in prison. You can be put in
‘administrative detention’ without charge and without explanation.

He lives in the occupied West Bank where there are 540 checkpoints,150 illegal
Israeli settlements, roads reserved for ‘Israelis only’, laws to stop Israelis
and Palestinians mixing, demolitions of Palestinian homes, evictions of
Palestinian families, confiscation of Palestinian land, water, resources, night
raids and arbitrary arrests. At
The Cornerhouse, Christchurch St East at 7.30. £3, proceeds to the Frome
al-Arroub Youth Project

Sainsbury's action in Cambridge
2014-05-03 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, 42-45 Sidney Street CB2 3HX, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge PSC will be outside Sainsburys in Sidney Street Cambridge from 11am to 1pm on Saturday 3rd May

http://campalsoc.org/?page_id=41

pscinfo@campalsoc.org

Sheffield Sainsbury's Action
2014-05-03 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, 76, The Moor, Sheffield, United Kingdom
May boycott: Sainsbury's on the Moor : May 3rd , 12 noon
For the May Sainsbury's Boycott we are returning to the Sainsbury's on the Moor as they haven't seen us for a while. As usual we will be collecting signatures for our petition to ask Sainsbury's not do deal with companies growing produce on occupied lands and also giving out leaflets. We had a good turn-out last time. Hope to see you there again.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sheffield-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign/90912334052?fref=nf

Film Screening: Kafr Kassem
2014-05-03 20:00 - 22:15 UTC | Riverside Studios , Crisp Road Hammersmith W6 9RL, London, United Kingdom
The Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK and the Palestine Film Foundation present a rare cinema screening of Bouhan Alaouie's 1974 classic...

KAFR KASSEM Bourhan Alaouie / 1974Drama / 104min

VENUE MAP TICKETS

KAFR KASSEM is an expertly paced political drama that stands the test of time. Amongst the earliest films on Palestine to be widely seen in the Arab world, the film was the first to foreground the fate of those who had remained 'behind' in the occupied homeland. On the even of the 1956 Suez War, Israel imposed a curfew on Palestinians living under its rule. Unaware of this, the villagers of Kafr Kassem were met by Israeli troops on returning from work in the evening. Many were subsequently executed in what became known as the Kafr Kassem massacre. Lebanese director Bourhan Alaouie's portrait of village life in the hours leading up to the atrocity is a seminal work of political cinema from the region. Made at the height of the Palestinian revolution, the film was produced and distributed in association with the PLO's Cinema Institution. It indicts a regime of exploitation and violence faced by Palestinians in Israel while calling for a renewal of pan-Arab solidarities and social reform. protagonists.

VENUE MAP TICKETS

Presented by the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK and the Palestine Film Foundation.

Walk the Tyne for Palestine - 2014 Sponsored Walk
2014-05-04 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Keelman Pub, Grange Road, NE15 8NL, Newburn, North East, United Kingdom
Sponsored walk to raise much-needed funds for Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) so that we can continue our work as an active, campaigning group in the cause of justice and freedom for the Palestinian people.

When : SUNDAY, 4TH MAY (May bank holiday weekend)

Time : assemble from 11am in time to head off by 11.30am (walk will take 2.5 - 3 hrs at most)

Where : along the South and North banks of the River Tyne between Newburn and Wylam

A circular walk starting and finishing at The Keelman Pub, a distance of around 8 miles on good, country paths following the banks of the River Tyne all the way (no walking along roads) suitable for people of all ages, families with children and people using wheelchairs.

Starting and finishing point : The outdoor garden area of the Keelman Pub, Grange Road, Newburn NE15 8NL. The pub is located close to Newburn Leisure Centre, around 5 minutes walk from Newburn Village – take the Number 22 bus from centre of Newcastle (outside Central Station) and get off in Newburn Village at the stop just before the traffic lights. At the traffic lights turn left to the bottom of the road (with shops on) then turn right at the bottom and the Keelman pub is around 5 minutes walk along the road. If you’re coming by car, there’s plenty of parking in the vicinity of the pub.

The Route : from the pub, walk East past the leisure centre and then along the river to Newburn Bridge. Cross Newburn Bridge to the South side of the river, then immediately right to get on the riverside path heading West. Follow the path by the river for 4 miles to the village of Wylam (Wylam railway station) then cross Wylam Bridge to the North side of the river, turn immediately right and head East along the riverside path and cycle way which takes you back to The Keelman Pub.

If you have a PSC or related t-shirt, please wear it for the walk and we’ll be bringing some flags as well.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Join the walk and get yourself sponsored or, if you cannot make it for the walk, sponsor someone who is doing it – any amount you can spare .

For more information and / or to confirm you will be joining the walk, or willing to sponsor someone who is, please get in touch with Mick from Newcastle PSC

Mick Bowman e-mail : mick.namhoi@yahoo.co.uk

Film screening: The Stones Cry Out - The untold story of the Palestinian Christians
2014-05-05 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Centercom, 602, North Row, MK9 3BJ , Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Hosted by Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Followed by questions and answers with producer/director Yasmine Perni

Journalist Yasmine Perni’s film should be of great interest to both Christian
and secular audiences – in fact anyone who would like to know more about the
conflict in the Holy Land.

Entry available on the door or by advance booking at www.eventbrite.co.uk

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-stones-cry-out-movie-the-untold-story-of-palestines-christians-by-yasmine-perni-tickets-10526279385?aff=es2&rank=1&sid=8f514982b5d611e3b7d912313d095975

Free admission

Donations £5 at the event (£3 concession)

For more information:

martin.clay@btconnect.com or miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

www.thestonescryoutmovie.com

Film Screening: The Stones Cry Out - The Story of the Palestinian Christians
2014-05-06 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Holy Trinity Church Boar Lane, LS1 6HW, Leeds, United Kingdom
Friends of Sabeel UK Film screening followed by an opportunity for questions and answers with the film maker, Yasmine Perni

Palestinian Christians have been part of the story of the Holy Land since the birth of Christianity – the “Living Stones” of the faith. Yet too often their experiences of loss of land - and life under Israeli Occupation - have been airbrushed from the picture presented to us. This film is informed by a deep-rooted knowledge of the Middle East, and includes interviews with key Christian leaders as well as political figures and former inhabitants of the lost villages of Palestine erased since 1948.

The evening will include refreshments - and a chance to buy Palestinian olive oil, crafts, books and cards

Tickets £5.00 each on the door (£3.50 concessions), or in advance from members of Friends of Sabeel UK (tel. 07801 275674)

After Kerry: What next for Palestine?
2014-05-07 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
Question and Answer discussion

Committee Room 5, House of Commons

Please join the Palestinian Ambassador, Prof Manuel Hassassian; Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Hugh Lanning, and host, Grahame Morris MP for a special discussion to reflect on the end of the John Kerry-led negotiations, and what the next steps should be to secure Palestinian human rights.

Attendance will be on a first come first served basis

(committee room 5 is in the main House of Commons building. Ask for directions from House of Commons stewards in central Lobby).

London BDS Fortnightly Sodastream Action
2014-05-10 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside John Lewis Dept Store, 300 Oxford Street, London, London, United Kingdom

Birmingham Boycott Sainsbury’s Action
2014-05-10 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside outside Sainsbury’s in the city centre, Union Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Boycott Sainsbury’s Campaign takes place on the first Saturday of every month but due to last Saturday being dedicated to the Palestinian Hunger Strikers, this month’s action will take place this Saturday the 10th of May - 2 pm to 4pm

Contact West Midlands PSC pscwm@yahoo.co.uk

Sainsbury's protest in Bristol
2014-05-10 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sainsbury’s store, opposite the Fountains on the Centre, BS1 3HF, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Boycott Israeli Goods Sainsbury's Day of Action

Monthly boycott campaign leafleting outside Sainsbury's

ALL WELCOME.

For more background info please visit: www.sainsburyscampaign.org/

Please use the e-tool on the PSC website to write to Sainsburys: www.palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys/

Collapse of the Peace Process? What Next for Palestine?
2014-05-10 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Buckland Community Centre , Malins Road, PO2 7BL, Portsmouth, South East, United Kingdom
Speakers:

Dr TONY KLUG

Veteran writer and analyst on the Middle East

+ BARBARA EDNEY on OLIVE PICKING IN PALESTINE

For further info contact Jenny Flintoft, flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Exhibition: 'Haneen lil watten'
2014-05-11 - 2014-05-27 | The Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
'Haneen lil watten' (a yearning for my homeland) is a series of photographic portraits resulting from the photographer's encounters with various Palestinian people living in Scotland.

Using 'home' as a central theme, a fluid and diverse concept to people of Palestinian descent, each sitter is viewed in a moment of contemplation as they think of 'home'.

'Haneen lil watten' has been, for the photographer, a personal exploration of the issue of Palestine, now shared with a wider audience.

The exhibition opens on Sunday 11th of May at 18:30pm at

The exhibition shall run until the 27th of May.

The exhibition is free and open during the business hours of The Filmhouse.

http://www.list.co.uk/event/403773-jim-yorkston-haneen-lil-watten/

Is there hope in the Conflict in the Middle East
2014-05-13 10:00 - 12:30 UTC | Bristol Baptist College, The Promenade, Clifton Down, Clifton, BS8 3NJ, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Tuesday 13th May

Speaker Rev Dr Jack Sara is President of Bethlehem Bible College. Earlier this year he was involved with organising the very successful “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bethlehem attended by nearly 600 international delegates. Jack is also speaking at the Annual Baptist Assembly in Birmingham over the weekend of 9-11th May and also at a day conference in Bath on Monday 12th. Anyone very welcome to attend but please ring 01179467050 or e mail hattonp@bristol-baptist.co.uk.to book a free place at the morning conference in Bristol. Hope ChristianTrust - www.hopechristiantrust.org

Public meeting on the cultural and sporting boycott of Israel
2014-05-13 19:00 UTC | Stockwell Community Centre , Studland Rd. SW4 6RA , London, London, United Kingdom
Lambeth & Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Invites you to join us at our next meeting on Tuesday May 13th 2014 when we will welcome Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi who will discuss the campaign for a cultural and sporting boycott of Israel. Naomi is involved with JBig- Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods- and also Red Card Israeli Racism, which challenges Israel’s participation in international football.

All are very welcome to this meeting which starts at 7pm .

Note we are meeting at Stockwell Community Centre this time. Studland Rd. SW4 6RA .

Directions:left out of Stockwell tube, immediately left into Binfield Rd and first left again into Studland Rd. The centre is just behind the tube station, only three minutes walk.

Film Screening: The Stones Cry Out - the story of the Palestinian Christians
2014-05-14 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | St Anne's Church Hall, St Leonards Road, (off Robertson Road), Eastville, BS5 6JN., Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Special showing of the new film documenting the history of the Palestinian Christian community from the expulsion during the Nakba in 1948 through to their present day resistance of the repression and occupation in the West Bank.

ALL WELCOME Entrance is free, but a collection will be taken for the film maker. Refreshments will be sold in aid of Musalaha, an organisation working for reconciliation in Israel and Palestine.

Hastings Al Nakba commemoration public meeting
2014-05-14 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | White Rock Hotel, TN34 1JU, Hastings, South East, United Kingdom
Al Nakba commemoration

Hastings PSC presents

Talk by Dr. Khader Abu-Hayyeh - child survivor of Lod massacre Films and Discussion

Tzipi Livni protest
2014-05-15 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Outside Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, 2 Cadogan Place, London , SW1X 9PY , London , United Kingdom
Please join us against the visit of Israeli war crimes suspect, Tzipi Livni, to London this Thursday. As you know, Tzipi Livni was one of the architects of the Israeli attack on Gaza 2008/09 which led to the deaths of 1,417 Palestinians – 313 of them children – and injured 5,303.

Please join us outside the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel, 2 Cadogan Place, London, SW1X 9PY - this is where we believe that Tzipi Livni will be speaking at a fundraising dinner for the Jewish National Fund (JNF).

Please join us there. And before the protest:

Share our ‘wanted for war crimes’ image on facebook, twitter and other social media
Text your friends and ask them to join us at the demo. Ask them to text their friends
Tweet and facebook about the protest

Tzipi Livni’s visit to London has been cloaked in secrecy due to the serious war crimes she is accused of. Her sponsors tried to hide where and when she will be speaking, such is her notoriety. It appears that the British Government have even shamefully given her immunity from prosecutionyet again.

Please join us in sending a clear message:

Livni can try to run and hide from justice. But there is no expiry date for war crimes.
Tzipi Livni can’t rely on getting ‘get out of jail free’ cards every time she travels overseas.
We will never let the world forget her role as a chief architect of Operation Cast Lead – Israel’s horrific military assault on Gaza which resulted in more than 1400 Palestinians losing their lives.
15th May is the anniversary when Palestinians commemorate the Nakba – their catastrophe. On this day Palestinians mourn their losses of loved ones, land, homes and country. At least 70 per cent of the land held by the JNF is land confiscated from Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons.

Europe & Palestine: European Elections Hustings
2014-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign public meeting

In the run-up to the European Elections, come and hear politicians’ views on Palestine.

If elected as an MEP, what will they do about the European Trade Agreement with Israel, and what do they intend to do to support Palestine in the European parliament?

This is particularly relevant as our meeting will take place on the 66th anniversary of Nakba Day. (The State of Israel came into being on 15th May 1948. This was a Nakba {Arabic for “Catastrophe”} for the Palestinian people who were either killed or forced to flee by Zionist terrorists before & after Nakba Day).

Come & ask Labour’s Julie Ward & Afzal Khan, the Green Party’s Peter Cranie, the Liberal Democrats’ Chris Davies, and Trade Union & Socialist Coalition’s Roger Bannister.

Public Meeting: UN Year of Solidarity with Palestine
2014-05-15 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Unite offices, Transport House, Broad St. B15 1AY, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Panel Member speakers include: Rod Fielding – Retired Human rights lecturer, Former Board member of UNA-UK, author of forthcoming book: ‘To Have a Chance’ Kamel Hawwash, a British Palestinian academic with the University of Birmingham and vice-chair of the Palestine Solidarity CampaThe Birmingham Branch UNA in partnership with the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign are meeting on the 15th May to talk about the UN year of solidarity with Palestine. Local speakers will talk about their experiences in Palestine, and the implications the year of solidarity has for lasting peace in the region. All welcome, talk followed by discussion. Entrance free, donations for expenses welcome.ign.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/wmpsc/

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The Birmingham Branch UNA in partnership with the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign are meeting on the 15th May to talk about the UN year of solidarity with Palestine. Local speakers will talk about their experiences in Palestine, and the implications the year of solidarity has for lasting peace in the region. All welcome, talk followed by discussion. Entrance free, donations for expenses welcome.The Birmingham Branch UNA in partnership with the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign are meeting on the 15th May to talk about the UN year of solidarity with Palestine. Local speakers will talk about their experiences in Palestine, and the implications the year of solidarity has for lasting peace in the region. All welcome, talk followed by discussion. Entrance free, donations for expenses welcome. Geoffrey Purkis - The Birmingham Branch UNA in partnership with the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign are meeting on the 15th May to talk about the UN year of solidarity with Palestine. Local speakers will talk about their experiences in Palestine, and the implications the year of solidarity has for lasting peace in the region. All welcome, talk followed by discussion. Entrance free, donations for expenses welcome.

The World is With Us: Global Film and Poster art from the Palestinian Revolution, 1968-1980
2014-05-16 - 2014-05-30
The World is With Us
‘The World is With Us’: Global Film and Poster art from the Palestinian Revolution, 1968-1980 is a series of cinema and gallery events taking place in London from May 16 to June 14, 2014. These are the first public outcomes of an on-going film research and preservation programme managed by the Palestine Film Foundation.
http://theworldiswithus.org/
Events in brief
Click on ticketing links to book or on event titles for details.
FRIDAY MAY 16, 20:30, BARBICAN CINEMA 1 BOOK

Cinema programme opening night: shorts + screen talk

SATURDAY MAY 17, 16:00, BARBICAN CINEMA 3 BOOK

Hundred Faces for a Single Day + short

SATURDAY MAY 17, 18:00, BARBICAN CINEMA 3 BOOK

Internationalist triple-bill

SATURDAY MAY 17, 20:30, BARBICAN CINEMA 3 BOOK

Tall el-Za'atar + screen talk

SUNDAY MAY 18, 15:45, BARBICAN CINEMA 3 BOOK

The Fifth War + screen talk

SUNDAY MAY 18, 17:45, BARBICAN CINEMA 3 BOOK

Al-Fatah + The Long March of Return + screen talk

SUNDAY MAY 18, 20:35, BARBICAN CINEMA 1 BOOK

Palestinian militant cinema: Selected works, 1968-1977

MONDAY MAY 19, 18:30-22:00, RICH MIX FREE (map)

Exhibition launch and reception

SATURDAY MAY 24, 13:00-20:00, RICH MIX BOOK

Symposium: New artistic encounters with the militant record

MONDAY MAY 26, 18:15-22:15, RICH MIX BOOK

'Aesthetic revolt': Panels on poster art and rare film.

FRIDAY MAY 30, 19:30-00:30, RICH MIX BOOK

Mugstar vs. Red Army / PFLP Declaration of World War

Jaffa’s Crumbs - art 4 the Nakba Day
2014-05-16 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | The Anatomy Museum, King’s College , The Strand WC2R 2LS , London, London, United Kingdom
The installation “Jaffa’s Crumbs” deals with the left over spaces and memories of the city that used to be the cultural and commercial centre of Palestine. The city has been scarred as a result of the 1948 war, Israel's ban on the return of almost 100,000 of the city’s population, and the confiscation of these people’s property.

The city was downgraded from a capital of a district of surrounding villages to a poor neighbourhood of Tel Aviv. Whilst Jaffa is still an important centre for Palestinian culture, gentrification and racist politics are threatening now to squeeze out much of the remaining Arab population. The room installation includes two short video works, ‘Jaffa’s Story (and Chubeza)’ a musing about the untold story of Jaffa; the film ‘Rosetta’, a walking performance by Maram Atouleh, a young Palestinian teenager, with a soundtrack that includes Mahmoud Darwish's reading of his poem The Murdered House.

The film, commissioned by the Zochrot organisation, is screened as part of the “See of Sand” installation that is created especially for The Gallery space. The exhibition will also include several sculptural works.

For more details, see: http://www.a4community.com/2014/04/22/jaffas-crumbs/

gilmdoron@gmail.com

Special Meeting with Palestinian member of the Knesset Dr. Jamal Zahalka MK
2014-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign:

Special Meeting with Palestinian member of the Knesset Dr. Jamal Zahalka MK

Leader of the National Democratic Assembly.

Dr. Jamal Zahalka MK is leader of the National Democratic Assembly (NDA) (known as Tajammua` in Arabic, Balad in Hebrew) a democratic progressive national party of Palestinians in the Israeli Knesset. The NDA opposes the idea of Israel as a solely Jewish state, and stands for the creation of a binational state in Israel after it’s founder, Azmi Bishara, coined the phrase "a state of all its citizens."

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Dr. Zahalka talk about life as a member of the Knesset (one of only 3 NDA MKs) & the NDA’s vision for the future, including:

Supporting the full withdrawal from the territories occupied in 1967 and establishing an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Implementing UN resolution 194 (the right of return to Palestinian refugees).
Supporting the repeal of recognition of the Zionist institutions of the State of Israel.
Demanding recognition of Israeli Arabs as a national minority.
Advocating the separation of religion and state in Israel.
Challenging sectarianism and working towards full equality between men and women.
Promoting equality, social justice and a fair distribution of wealth among various social classes.

Nakba Commemoration: An evening of dance, poetry and music
2014-05-17 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | St John’s Wood Church, NW8 7NE, London, United Kingdom
Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre Presents: An evening of dance, poetry and music

Followed by a drinks reception.

Please join us at St Johns Wood Church on Saturday 17th May at 7pm for this event to mark the 66th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.

We will explore the theme of Palestinian identity as we reflect on the events of 1948 when many Palestinians lost their homes and land, never to return. We will also give an insight into the ongoing effect as people strive to live in the modern day.FREE ENTRANCE Please RSVP by email to info@alzaytouna.org by Thursday 15th May!

For directions please see: http://www.stjohnswoodchurch.org.uk/location-contact-us

Closest tube stations: St Johns Wood/Baker Street

Bristol sponsored walk for Palestine 2014
2014-05-18
An easy 5 mile walk from central Bristol to Ashton Court Estate and return via the Suspension Bridge and Clifton to the harbour. To get your sponsorship form electronically or by post contact Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk with your details.Money raised will be split 50/50 between

Women in Hebron http://womeninhebron.com who organise a not-for-profit fair-trade employment project in the Hebron area and run a shop in the centre of the city in defiance of the settlers. Their founder, Nawal Slemiah, is well known from her UK speaking tours.

And

Palestine Solidarity Campaign www.palestinecampaign.org/ Campaigns at national and local level for peace & justice for Palestinians, in support of human rights & against all racism.

If you can’t join us consider a donation - cheques payable to “Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign” and send them as soon as possible to BPSC c/o Hydra Books 34 Old Market BS2 0EZ

Palestinian Ashtar Theatre Presents: This Flesh is Mine - until 25 May
2014-05-19 - 2014-05-25 | Testbed, 33 Parkgate Road, SW11 4NP, London, London, United Kingdom
Border Crossings and Ashtar Theatre (Palestine)
in association with the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama present:
This Flesh is Mine
by Brian Woolland
Achilles, the greatest of the Achaean warriors, refuses to fight; angered that King Agamemnon has stolen his captive slave-girl, Briseis.
“She shares my tent, she shares my bed.
Her flesh is mine.”
Produced in collaboration with Ashtar Theatre from Palestine, Brian Woolland’s taut and poetic new play for Border Crossings brings together Homer’s Troy and the Middle East of today: worlds shaken by cycles of violence and revenge, by ambition and self-interest masquerading as idealism; worlds struggling towards any possibility of reconciliation.
Mon – Sat at 7.30 pm
Education Matinee: Thurs 22nd May, 1pm
Sat Matinee: 2.30 pm
Sun Matinee: 4 pm
Tickets MUST be collected at Testbed1 before each performance.
Tickets: £15 (£12 concs)
Tickets to Education Matinee: £10 with the 11th ticket free in groups of 11 or more. Please call the Box Office to take advantage of this Group Booking discount.
Info: http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/this-flesh-is-mine/

Website: www.bordercrossings.org.uk
Twitter: @BorderCrossings
Facebook: Border.Crossings
Venue Information:
www.testbed1.com
+44(0)2072237115
hello@thedoodlebar.com
Nearest Tube/Train:
South Kensington
Sloane Square
Imperial Wharf
Battersea Park
Clapham Junction
Buses:
Victoria Station: 170
Clapham Junction: 49 & 345
South Kensington: 49 & 345
Sloane Square: 19 & 319

Brighton to Palestine with ♥ love
2014-05-24 19:30 - 21:45 UTC | Brighthelm Centre (close to Brighton Railway Station), North Road, Brighton , BN1 1YD, South East , United Kingdom
Organiser

Brighton & Hove PSC

Summary of event

Brighton to Palestine with ♥ Love
Brighton and Palestinian Artists TogetherA sparkling evening of music and performance art by local and Palestinian artists.
In harmony, the Carmen Rollers and the Old Spice Boys
Vintage sound from Alligator Swing
Traditional Palestinian songs with Tasnim and Safwan Refai
and the extraordinary talent of Duo Sabîl :
YOUSEF HBEISCH (Oud) and AHMED AL KHATIB (Percussion)Exhibition of photographs, banners, posters and paintings.
Food from Zaytoon, the Palestinian café, from 6 to 7.15 p.m.
Master of Ceremonies: Simon Fanshawe.
In aid of the Gaza Music School.
More information? 07909 244198 Tickets: Brighton Festival Fringe Box Office

Email for publication

merguez9999@gmail.com

Phone number

447909244198

Al Nakba Commemoration Candle light Vigil
2014-05-25 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | (Opposite) 10 Downing street, SW1A 2AA , London, London, United Kingdom
To mark the 66th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). GUPS UK has organised a candle light vigil - where 66 candles will be lit - representing 66 years of collective punishment of the palestinian people. Also, on the day - a statement shall be delivered to "Downing street" highlighting the need to put an end to Israel’s racist and ethnic cleansing policies and practices - against the Palestinians - and critically increase pressure on governments to respond to the demands of the Palestinian hunger strikers in its jails.

This year marks the 66th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), when, in 1948, more than 780,000 Palestinians (over half of the population) were ethnically cleansed from their homeland. More than 500 Palestinian villages were depopulated and destroyed.This catastrophe continues to this day, with the ongoing air raids and siege of Gaza, the ever encroaching settlements in the West Bank and the daily humiliations meted out by the Israeli government intent. Internationally, these attacks on the Palestinians are not only supported but celebrated by governments around the world.

Please join us on May 25 to commemorate and remember the Palestinian Nabka and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for justice, human rights and self-determination.

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/282702811907995/

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Regards The General Union of Palestinian Students - United Kingdom www.gupsuk.co.uk Info@gupsuk.co.uk

Fundraising Plant Sale
2014-05-27 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | Cafe Metro, Junction Rd, N19 5RQ , London, london, United Kingdom
Because of the Israeli blockade, currently Gaza only has 6-8 hours of electricity a day which means that medical services are drastically reduced. Two plant sales are being held in aid of Sunshine4Palestine (a registered charity) to raise money towards the installation of photovoltaic solar panels on Jennin Hospital in Gaza. So far, 48 panels have been installed, which allows part of the hospital to function 13 hours a day, but 168 panels are required if the whole hospital is to function 24 hours a day.

Times and locations of sales:

Tuesday, 27 May, 10.30 am – 5.00 pm at the Cafe Metro, Junction Rd, N19 5RQ (by Archway Tube)

Saturday, 31 May 10.30 am – 5.00 pm at Le Rif Cafe, 172 Seven Sisters Rd, N7 7PX (on the corner of Medina Rd. Nearest tube: Finsbury Park)

Contact no. 07944791095

FLOWERING PLANTS (PERENNIALS AND ANNUALS) – HERBS – TOMATOES - BROCCOLI

Surgery during a power cut No more power cuts with solar power

Film Sreening: 'Where Should the Birds Fly?'
2014-05-27 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
Central London venue TBC

https://www.facebook.com/events/1403937706556281/?ref=22

Followed by Q&A and London Palestine Action's regular action planning and organising meeting. http://whereshouldthebirdsfly.org/ Join Palestinian film-maker Fida Qishta for a showing of her film about the Gaza war of 2009 and young survivor Mona Samouni who lost 48 members of her family including her parents in the invasion. Operation Cast Lead was the most violent Israeli attack on Palestinian territory since 1967. 1400 people lost their lives, including over 300 children. Over 5000 people were injured and 11,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Fida is from Gaza and has worked with the International Solidarity Movement, filming Israeli attacks on her neighbourhood in Rafah and surrounding areas for over a decade. The screening will be followed by Q&A with Fida and then, for those that wish to say, London Palestine Action's regular action planning and organising meeting. Join us to help plan creative and effective Palestine solidarity actions. The event is hosted by London Palestine Action, a new network of people in London taking creative action against Israeli apartheid through BDS and other effective, participatory Palestine solidarity work.

Film Screening: The Shebabs of Yarmouk
2014-05-27 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston , London, E8 4AA, London, United Kingdom
Tuesday 27th May

CATASTROPHE CLUB film and discussion events presents:

‘The Shebabs of Yarmouk’ (2012, 70 mins)

A film by Axel Salvatori-Sinz, followed by a discussion.

In Yarmouk (Syria), the Shebabs, a small group of boys & girls, have been friends for years. Now as young adults, they have a genuine thirst for life, while being each faced with a conflicted situation. Between the need for freedom and sticking to the group, between longing for revolt and the prospect of a well-ordered life, choices are hard to make – all the more so when you’re a Palestinian refugee in the camp of Yarmouk, in Syria. Director Salvatori-Sinz invites us to observe his subjects’ intimate banter, and from this material he constructs a striking and subtly poetic portrait of the camp’s young people, in the period just before Yarmouk was subjected to today’s desperate state of siege.

See the trailer here.

PLUS: After the screening, Emily Churchill Zaraa, a former resident of Yarmouk, will discuss the impact of the uprisings and the current siege on Palestinians in Syria including those who participated in this film.

Doors open 7pm, start: 7.30pm.

Delicious Middle-Eastern food £4.00 per plate

Free entry / recommended donation £3

at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

CATASTROPHE CLUB: Film and discussion events

Catastrophe Club is a project of Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign

http://hackneypsc.wordpress.com

Plant sale fundraiser
2014-05-31 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | Le Rif Cafe, 172 Seven Sisters Rd, N7 7PX , London, london, United Kingdom

Mavi Marmara and the Children of Gaza will not be forgotten
2014-05-31 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | Palestinian Museum Centre, 27 Broad Street, BS1 2HG, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Operation Cast Lead & Introduction to Gaza Live Skype hook-up to Human Rights activist in Gaza (dependent on power in Gaza)

Film: The children of Operation Cast Lead Candle commemoration for the Children of Operation cast Lead

4pm: Operation Sea Breeze - the Freedom Flotilla and the Mavi Marmara Talk by Cliff Hanley from the MMFilm: The aid volunteers of Operation Sea Breeze Candle commemoration for the victims of Operation Sea Breeze 5pm: British and US support for crime against humanity Film: Propaganda and the murders on the Mavi Marmara Book presentation Conclusion: The children of Gaza will not be forgotten, and the truth will be told. 6pm: Palestinian food in the Arc Café and opportunity t buy the Zaytoun CIC Products Olive oil Date, Za`atar, Mafoutol , soap and more

Old Wine, Broken Bottle : Norman Finkelstein's Book Launch
2014-05-31 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square , London, none, WC1 4RL, London, United Kingdom
Special Events
http://www.conwayhall.org.uk/old-wine-broken-bottle-norman-finkelsteins-book-launch
Jews for Justice for Palestinians presents

London Launch of Norman Finkelstein's latest book: "Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit's Promised Land"
Start: 6.30pm for a 7pm start. End: 10pm.

Norman Finkelstein is a strong speaker celebrated for his brilliant demolitions of Zionist propaganda and full-tilt attacks on the American Israel Lobby.

His new book is a take-down of Ari Shavit’s “My Promised Land”, which he finds is an attempt to repackage Zionist propaganda and win back Diaspora Jews. "Old Wine, Broken Bottle" is a devastating and very entertaining critique that concludes that Shavit will not succeed, and that a broad-based mass movement is now growing that can pressure the Israeli government to withdraw to the 1967 borders.

But Finkelstein is nothing if not controversial: having defied the Zionist establishment, he now stands apart from the mainstream of Palestine solidarity by denouncing the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement as a marginal “cult”. His vehement insistence on the Two State Solution has also been widely challenged.

Professor Finkelstein will open with a conversation with JfJfP signatory Stephen Marks. Then fans and critics alike can put their own questions to him. All are welcome.

Expect a bumpy ride!

Tickets: Free event, but please help towards costs: £3 donation suggested at the door

Film Screening: Lemon Tree
2014-06-01 18:00 - 21:30 UTC | Fairuz Restaurant, Fairfax House, Merrion St, LS2 8JU, Leeds, North East, United Kingdom
Film & Food Night
Contact leedspsc@gmail.com for more information
Join us for a showing of “Lemon Tree”
with a delicious middle eastern buffet at
Fairuz Restaurant on Sunday 1st June
Buffet starts at 6pm, film starts at 7.15, £10 for the buffet
Drinks not included and this will be a non alcoholic event.
Lower Ground Floor, Fairfax House, Merrion St, Leeds LS2 8JU
Lemon Tree” (2008) by directed by the Israeli filmmaker Eran Rilkis is intended as a modern reworking of the Old Testament story of Ahab, the King of Israel, who covets the vineyard of his neighbour, Naboth the Jezreelite. In this case, however, Ahab is Israel's defence minister. He has moved into a new house adjoining a lemon grove, a middle-aged Palestinian widow's only source of income, and insists that the trees be cut down for security reasons. She fights back, engaging in a hopeless battle, though unlike Ahab's wife, Jezebel, the minister's wife sympathises with the handsome widow (Observer 14.12.08). Certificate: PG , Running time: 106 mins

Book Launch/Discussion: The Book of Gaza
2014-06-02 19:00 - 20:45 UTC | The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London, SW5 0SW, London , United Kingdom
Join us for a special evening with Gazan authors Atef Abu Saif and Abdallah Tayeh who will introduce a groundbreaking new publication, ‘The Book of Gaza’. This anthology features ten Palestinian writers translated into English for the first time. The book's Editor Atef Abu Saif will be joined by one of the contributing short story writers, Abdallah Tayeh. Contributors to the publication range from highly acclaimed authors to exciting new voices in Arabic literature, including the ‘Father of the Palestinian’ short story, Zaki Al Ela, and a new generation of award-winning young bloggers and journalists, like Mona Abu Sharikh and Yousra al Khateeb. Supported by English Pen through the Pen Promotes! grant scheme.
FREE - rsvp@mosaicrooms.org

For general information and enquiries contact: reception@mosaicrooms.org Address:

The Mosaic Rooms

A.M Qattan Foundation, Tower House

226 Cromwell Road

London, EnglandSW5 0SW

United Kingdom

Add us to your address book

www.mosaicrooms.org

UK Premiere of the Oscar nominated film OMAR
2014-06-02 20:30 - 22:45 UTC | Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon Street, W1J 7TY , London, london, United Kingdom
Mazen & Mireille Masri invite you to the UK Premiere of the Oscar nominated film OMAR, followed by Q&A with:- Hany Abu-Assad, Director- Waleed Zuaiter, Actor - Ben White, Middle East Journalist
- Tamara Al Rifai, Human Rights Watch Advocacy Director

Moderated by Ghida Fakhry.

OMAR - AN INCREDIBLE LOVE STORY

Omar, a young baker turned freedom fighter, is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. When Omar is captured after a deadly act of resistance, he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. As suspicion and betrayal jeopardise his longtime trust with accomplices and childhood friends, Omar must face painful choices about life, manhood and love.

Academy Award © Nominee Best Foreign Language Film 2014

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/247780642088072/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&source=1

TICKETS

Please purchase tickets from: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/omar-fundraising-special-screening-with-qa-tickets-11660425647

All proceeds from this film screening will go to support the work of Human Rights Watch.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. Our rigorous, objective investigations and strategic, targeted advocacy build intense pressure for change and raise the cost of human rights abuse.

Film Screening: Roadmap to Apartheid
2014-06-03 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Chiswick Catholic Centre, 2 Duke's Avenue, off Chiswick High Rd., W4 2AE, London, London, United Kingdom
Screening of award-winning documentary

‘Roadmap to Apartheid’ (90 mins, 2012) directed by South African Ana Nogueira and Israeli Eron Davidson

This film is both an astute work of political analysis and a gripping historical account of the human cost of regimes of ethnic separation. In ‘Roadmap to Apartheid‘ striking parallels emerge in accounts of the rise and implementation of the Apartheid system in South Africa and the systematic segregation and oppression of Palestinians in Israel. Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), the film interweaves archive footage from South Africa and Israel/Palestine, with interviewees from both countries considering why the Apartheid analogy is so important for understanding the Israeli context. While the film presents a stark picture of the present within Israel and the territories it controls, it also offers hope by looking to the peace that South Africa eventually found. Timely and powerful.

“Roadmap To Apartheid is very powerful and compelling.”

“I go and I visit the Holy Land and I see things that are a mirror image of the sort of things I experienced under the apartheid.”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

There will be time for a short discussion after the film

Free admission

(10 mins walk from both Turnham Green & Chiswick Park tube stations District Line)

Presented by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign

(pscwestlondon@googlemail.com; www.palestinecampaign.org)

SOLD OUT - Stand Up For Palestine - Live Comedy Fundraiser for PSC
2014-06-03 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Red Gallery, R3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT, London, London, United Kingdom
Stand Up For Palestine

Live Comedy - PSC Fundraiser

Tuesday 3rd June 2014 (Doors 7.30pm/Show starts 8.30pm)

at Red Gallery – 3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT, London

With STEWART LEE

SHAZIA MIRZA

AVA VIDAL

JEN BRISTER

and more..

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Find us:

http://standupforpalestine.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/StandUpForPalestine

http://twitter.com/SUF_Palestine

Red Gallery: http://redgallerylondon.com/visit-us

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This event is sold out.

Please note: this is an over 18 years only event.

Growing up under occupation in Hebron
2014-06-04 07:15 - 09:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Guest Speaker:

Shahd Awawdeh, a young law graduate from Dora, Hebron, is currently volunteering for 5 months with Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association (CADFA).

She will give a short illustrated talk about Dora and Hebron and about growing up under the Occupation; about twinning with Palestine and her hope of finding an active 'twin' for Dora.

She will explain the CADFA EVS (European Voluntary Service) volunteering programme and what it offers both in the UK and in Palestine.

Pottery from Hebron and Palestinian refreshments on sale and there will be a collection for the CADFA volunteering programme.

Updates on other campaigns

Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins. from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.

RSVP & More Information

contact mertonpsc@mail.com 07535121981

Palestinian Cinema event
2014-06-04 14:00 - 18:30 UTC | BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1 8XT, London, London, United Kingdom
The British Council in conjunction with the BFI would like to invite you to the Palestinian Cinema event, Wednesday 4th June, 2pm – 6:30om at the BFI Southbank.

A co-production treaty has been in place between the UK and the Occupied Palestinian Territories since July 2012. It offers significant opportunities for Palestinian producers and directors, and also for British producers given the new profile of Palestinian Cinema on the international stage with recent acclaimed films including Hany Abu Assad’s Omar (Cannes 2013, Un Certain Regard) and Annemarie Jacir’s When I Saw You (Berlin 2013, Panorama).

This event will explore the creative possibilities and challenges of working in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, with speakers including the Palestinian Minister of Culture, His Excellency Dr Anwar Abu Eisheh, BFI Head of International, Isabel Davis, director, Annemarie Jacir and double Academy Award nominee, Hany Abu Assad. Sessions will be followed by drinks and networking.

The event is followed by a special screening of Academy Award® nominated OMAR by Hany Abu Assad following the event at 6.30pm at the BFI Southbank. We have a limited number of free tickets for the screening available to event participants on a first come first served basis. If you would like a ticket for the film screening please email rachel.robey@britishcouncil.org

To join the Palestinian Cinema event on June 4th, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestinian-cinema-event-tickets-11677133621

Protest at the G4S Annual General Meeting
2014-06-05 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Western Terrace, Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, E16 1XL, London, London, United Kingdom
While it continues to make billions from human rights abuses and privatisation, it’s not all good news for G4S, the world’s biggest security company.

Universities, charities, and trade unions across the world have cancelled contracts worth millions of pounds with the company over its role in human rights abuses in Palestine, where it helps to run Israel’s abhorrent prison system, and across the world.

Three G4S guards are to be charged with manslaughter over their role in the death of Jimmy Mubenga, an Angolan man who died while being ‘restrained’ during a deportation run by G4S.

Following tireless campaigning, a parliamentary watchdog published a scathing report exposing how G4S has provided filthy and unfit housing for people awaiting outcomes of asylum claims or appeals and ensured the company will be fined.

Deeply concerned that G4S is taking over prisons, policing and education, unions and activists are organising to condemn and resist the role G4S is playing in the wholesale privatisation of the UK’s public services.

Now G4S hopes to get the upper hand back by presenting a whitewashed picture of itself at its annual general meeting.

Join us for a demonstration to show G4S they can’t get away with their human rights abuses! Bring your friends, banners, drums and anything else you can make noise with!

Supported by Palestine Solidarity Camapign.

The Book of Gaza, Manchester Launch
2014-06-06 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, M1 5BY , Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
The organisers describe the event as follows:

Gazan author Atef Abu Saif introduces his groundbreaking anthology The Book of Gaza featuring ten Palestinian writers translated into English for the first time. Each story takes place in a different part of the Strip and together they provide a literary map of Gaza, navigating its readers around the city and taking us beyond the global media headlines. Atef is joined by one of the contributing short story writers, Abdallah Tayeh. This event has been supported by English Pen's 'Pen Promotes!' Writers in Translation scheme.

New Sainsbury's action in Bristol
2014-06-07 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sainsbury’s store, BS1 3HF, Broadmead, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
This month we will test-run a new “walk or ride” leafleting action from 12.00 to 3.00pm. 12.00 noon all assemble outside Sainsbury’s store, BS1 3HF, Broadmead (opp Cabot Circus). 1.00 pm cyclists will set off for a circuit of Sainsbury’s stores in Redland & Clifton 2.00 pm all meet back at Sainsbury’s store on the Centre (opposite the Fountains) BS1 4DA. We will aim to finish at 3.00 pm ALL WELCOME.

Sainsbury’s End your indifference to Palestinian farming communities
2014-06-07 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sainsbury’s Store: The Moor, S1 4PA, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sainsbury’s; End your indifference to Palestinian farming communities

Regional Protest: Saturday 7th June, 12 noon

Sainsbury’s Store: The Moor, Sheffield city centre, S1 4PA

(8 minutes walk from the train and bus station)

In the lead up to Sainsbury’s AGM and the appointment of the new CEO, Mike Coupe, we want to build the pressure on Sainsbury’s.

Sheffield PSC and the Sainsbury’s campaign steering group invite supporters from across the north of England and the Midlands to join us in Sheffield in a lively, noisy and visual protest.

We are calling on Sainsbury’s to end their support for companies involved in the theft of Palestinian land. We call on Sainsbury’s to live up to their claim to be an ethical company

Sainsbury’s on ‘The Moor’ is a city centre, pedestrianised location, directly opposite Sheffield’s new indoor market, and therefore a great location for us.

Please continue to publicise the petition, and to ask local organisations to endorse the campaign statement. All details on the website www.sainsburyscampaign.org/

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Free Marwan Barghouti meeting
2014-06-10 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | SCRSS, 320 Brixton Rd. SW9, London , London, United Kingdom
Lambeth & Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting with Martin Linton talking about the campaign to free Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and a prominent leader during the second intifada. He has been in an Israeli jail since 2002.

Martin Linton was Labour MP for Battersea 1997 – 2010. He now devotes time and energy to supporting Palestinian rights.

At corner of Wynne Rd. Several buses from Brixton towards the Oval, or a 10 min walk from Brixton tube.

Find Lwpsc on facebook –

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign-Lambeth-Wandsworth/430005380478225

A Jewish Perspective on Palestine
2014-06-10 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, HR4 9BX , Hereford, United Kingdom
Talk by Leah Levane
(of Jews for Justice for Palestinians)
Tuesday 10th June 2014
7.30 @ Friends Meeting House, Hereford
Admission free
collection for Villages Group
organised by
Millichap Peace Fund
Southern Marches Area Quaker Meeting,Reg. charity no 1134528
&
Hereford Palestine Solidarity Campaign
herefordpsc@gmail.com - tel.0845 4584693

the Villages Group is a small group of Israelis and Palestinians working together to do impressive, practical work to improve conditions for Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank (that's 62% of the West Bank under complete Israeli military control following the Oslo Accords).

Their main focus is in the South Hebron Hills; projects include creating kindergartens in isolated villages, creating access to electricity in villages off the grid using wind turbines and solar power, providing cars to get children to schools and much more.

In a recent blog, they wrote about proving equipment so that a quadraplegic man, living in Dkaika, a village under threat of demolition, was able to read. They are now focused on raising money for a car so that he can get out from his almost total trap.

Environmental injustice and the occupation
2014-06-11 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 10 St James Street, Sheffield, North East, United Kingdom
Public meeting
The Jewish National Fund is an international organisation intent on securing land for Jewish people in Israel. Much of the land it currently owns has been stolen from Palestinians - villages evacuated during the Nakba for example. Its charitable status in the UK is being challenged as a result of its activities. Eurig Scandrett will come to Sheffield to discuss the FoEI Report ‘Environmental Nakba’ - detailing the catastrophic impact on Palestinians of Israel’s occupation, colonisation, and apartheid. Wednesday 11th June, 7pm. Friends Meeting House, Sheffield

Creation Under Occupation: Jenin Freedom Theatre UK Speaking Tour
2014-06-12 - 2014-06-23
Across Britain: 12th - 23rd June

Throughout June Nabil Al-Raee (Artistic Director of The Freedom Theatre, Palestine) accompanied by Zoe Lafferty (Associate Director) will be touring the UK.

They will be screening short films and documentaries about the theatre as well as discussing cultural resistance and The Freedom Theatre's struggle for creation under occupation.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS:

NOTTINGHAM TIME: 7pm DATE: 12th June VENUE: Cappuchaino Cafe, 44 Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG1 7FG

GLASGOW TIME: 6pm DATE: 13th June VENUE: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3JD

LONDON – SOAS TIME: 6pm DATE: 16th June VENUE: MBI Al Jaber Seminar Room, 12 Russell Square SOAS, Centre for Palestine Studies and London Middle East Institute, LMEI

YORK TIME: 7:30pm DATE: 17th June VENUE: Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York, YO1 9SL

LONDON – THE YOUNG VIC (for Young Vic Genius Directors only) TIME: 7pm DATE: 18th June VENUE: The Young Vic, 66 The Cut, London, SE1 8LZ

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY TIME: 6 pm DATE: 19th June VENUE: Jaguar Building, Room JA152, Coventry University. Organised by Global Leadership Programme, Coventry University and Coventry Friends of Palestine.

LONDON – WILTON MUSIC HALL TIME: 7:30pm DATE: 23rd June VENUE: Wilton Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley, E1 8JB

All events are free entry except the 23rd at Wilton Music Hall. Follow the link below to the website of The Freedom Theatre UK Friends for bookings and further information.

http://www.thefreedomtheatreukfriends.com/#!about3/c1ka8

Resisting the Environmental Nakba in Palestine
2014-06-12 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Drinks & light refreshments from 6.30pm

Speaker: Eurig Scandrett, a member of Friends of the Earth International's fact-finding delegation to Israel/Palestine, will speak on its report 'Environmental Naqba' Film: "Enduring Roots: over a century of resistance to the JNF" followed by discussion (30 mins long) Learn about the catastrophic impact on Palestinians of Israel's occupation, colonisation and apartheid, and the crucial role played by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The JNF - a registered charity in the UK - is a racist Israeli organisation which acts to prevent any Palestinian citizen from owning land; it builds leisure parks over destroyed Palestinian villages and clears the Bedouins off their lands in the Naqab Desert, destroying their villages. To see a trailer for the film go to http://vimeo.com/89376847

Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign

39 – 41 Surrey Street

Brighton, SussexBN3 1PB

United Kingdom

Friends of Sabeel UK Conference & AGM: What is the Future for the Palestinian Church?
2014-06-14 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Church Mission Society , Watlington Road OX4 6BZ, Oxford , United Kingdom
Speakers

Revd Dr Yohanna Katanacho The Church alongside Israel

Revd Colin Chapman The Church alongside Islam

£25 per person including lunch

Further details from Friends of Sabeel UK:

Email: info@friendsofsabeel.org.uk

Printable flyer

Booking form

Israel's Drone Wars: The British Connection
2014-06-14 10:00 - 16:30 UTC | Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ, London , United Kingdom
Drone Campaign Network is holding a day conference Saturday 14th June at Friends House, Euston.

Workshops include 'Israel's Drone Wars: The British Connection' with Mary Dobbing of Drone Wars UK and Tom and Therezia of Corporate Watch at 1.30pm

There'll be a panel discussion Drone Wars: Yesterday, Today Tomorrow? with Jen Gibson, Reprieve; Chris Cole, Drone Wars UK and Alice Ross, Bureau of Investigative Journalism

See here for more details http://dronewars.net/2014/04/07/resisting-the-drone-wars-campaign-day-14-june/

Exhibition of Children's Art from Gaza + short films
2014-06-14 12:00 - 16:30 UTC | Town Hall Square, CH1, Chester, United Kingdom
Exhibition of Children's Art from Gaza, together with a selection of shorts that will be displayed on the Town Hall Square, Chester on 14th June 12-4:30, and then transfer to Rufus Court where there will be an opening - all welcome - at 7pm, and a film about the Palestine Football team. The Exhibition will run until at least July 5th, with further activities planned. See Http://NorthgateFestivals.0rg

Fortnightly Sodastream Protest Outside John Lewis
2014-06-14 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside John Lewis Dept Store, 300 Oxford Street, London, London, United Kingdom
Please note: the date has been changed from 7th June to 14th June to avoid clashing with other events that day.
BDS SODASTREAM
JOIN LONDON BDS GROUP NEW FORTNIGHTLY CAMPAIGN

*Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.Israeli company Soda Club, which owns the Sodastream brandname.Sodastream, a carbonated beverage manufacturer is based in the Mishor Adumim settlement industrial zone. Mishor Adumim is an industrial area attached to the residential settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, East of Jerusalem in the Israeli occupied West Bank.

*Corporate Watch

Further Reading:

Soda Stream treats us like Slaves says Palestinian Factory Worker

http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/sodastream-treats-us-like-slaves-says-palestinian-factory-worker-10971

MORE INFO

www.londonbdsgroup.com

Twitter @londonbdsgroup FB LondonBDS

Film Screening: The Process
2014-06-14 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High Street E8 2PB, London, london, United Kingdom
http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme/10238/the-process

East End Film Festival
THE PROCESS (15)
(UK 2014) dir. Joshua Baker 50m. Digital
Following the lives of three young people, THE PROCESS looks at the human dimension of the recently collapsed Middle East peace talks. A forensic, impressive documentary from British journalist and filmmaker Joshua Baker, this a timely exploration of the forces, personalities and geo-political factors working to keep one of modern history's longest running conflicts unresolved. An instructive film for those both familiar and unfamiliar with a tragic crisis. + Q&A

Reem Kelani Live
2014-06-14 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Bristol Folk House, Park Street, BS1 5JG, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Celebrating Subversion: the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow. For this show, the line up will be Leon Rosselson, Robb Johnson, Frankie Armstrong, Grace Petrie, Jim Woodland and Reem Kelani. For tickets and info, go to: www.ashkeysmusic.com
http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

Brent Fundraising Garden Party
2014-06-15 17:00 - 22:00 UTC
Get your tickets soon because it's not long to go now until our

Brent Stop the War/Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign Fundraising Garden Party

Sunday June 15th from 5 pm in a beautiful garden near Willesden Green station (you will get the full address when you book)

Tickets bought in advance cost £15 waged/solidarity,

£12 pensioners /low waged and £8 students/benefit claimants

Ticket price includes buffet with plenty of vegetarian options and scintillating entertainment. You can order tickets from Martin Francis mafran@globalnet.co.uk

Protest the Israel Embassy sponsored Israeli Film Festival at BAFTA
2014-06-15 18:15 - 20:00 UTC | BAFTA , 195 Piccadilly W1J 9LN, London, london, United Kingdom
The Seret film festival has been devised as a 'direct response' to BDS, it is most important that activists against apartheid make our presence felt at the OPENING GALA NIGHT at the BAFTA:

The Israeli Film Festival promotes itself as a means of presenting "the real Israel", where "people can express themselves...in an atmosphere of freedom, tolerance and diversity". SERET 2014's programme director "said that the founders saw themselves as informal ambassadors for Israel". See:

Israeli film festival in London part of efforts to rebrand apartheid

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/blogs/politics/11836-israeli-film-festival-in-london-part-of-efforts-to-rebrand-apartheid

ttps://www.facebook.com/events/474089576013728/

You may contact BAFTA to protest its hosting of this apartheid event, which as the article states, using culture to normalise or hide Israeli apartheid is a long-standing strategy of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and lobby groups:

info@bafta.org and/or 020 7734 0022

Enfield PSC Public Meeting - Life Under Occupation
2014-06-17 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | Burford Hall, United Reformed Church Palmers Green, Burford Gardens, N13 4AL, London , London, United Kingdom
Speakers from

Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Bernard Regan, National Exec

Medical aid for Palestinians

Jews for justice for Palestinians

An evening of discussion with Mordechai Vanunu
2014-06-18 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
Jeremy Corbyn MP and Amnesty International invite you to an evening of discussion with Mordechai Vanunu.

Wednesday, 18 June, 6pm – 7.15pm House of Commons, SW1A OAA

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/MDE15/010/2014/en

Protecting Whistleblowers Frank La Rue - UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

Mordechai Vanunu - Former nuclear technician at Israel’s nuclear plant near Dimona.

Peter Hounam - British investigative journalist

Kathleen McClellan - US Government Accountability

Nancy Hollander - lead counsel for Chelsea Manning

Lieutenant Colonel the Reverend Nicholas Mercer - Former legal advisor to the UK army in Iraq

Also: Tuesday 17 June 2014, 7:00 PM Frontline Club

http://www.frontlineclub.com/protecting-whistleblowers/

Background:

Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu in bid to attend events in UK | Amnesty International UK

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/israeli-nuclear-whistleblower-mordechai-vanunu-bid-attend-events-uk

Cardiff PSC AGM
2014-06-19 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, Charles Street, CF10 2GB, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Cardiff PSC's Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday 19th June in Quaker Meeting House (first Floor-Children's room)-Charles Street

Guest Speaker: Betty Hunter, Honorary President PSC

Delicious home cooked snacks will be available, as well as other light refreshments. I hope to see you all there.

Best Wishes Nabila Aziz Cardiff PSC Chair

cardiffpsc@gmail.com

How does the Israeli State control the Palestinians?
2014-06-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
This talk will attempt to examine how one group of people keeps another under quite formidable control, at the same time as stealing the ground from under its feet and explaining to everyone else that this is necessary in order to preserve its own security, for the most part retaining the support of so-called civilised society in the process. Annie & Paul will attempt to unravel the complex web of tactics, from daily military harassment, bombs and white phosphorus to administrative blind-alleys, social-fabric destruction and any number of arbitrary bureaucratic hindrances that are all used to encourage the Palestinians to leave, or if they refuse to go, to make them realise how unwelcome their presence is. Annie O’Gara & Paul Wimpeney from Halifax Friends of Palestine will be talking about these, and other forms of repression by the Israeli state.

Reem Kelani Live
2014-06-19 20:30 - 22:15 UTC | BFI, Southbank, London, london, United Kingdom
Reem will perform at a special event at the BFI as part of Celebrating Sanctuary London, accompanied by her pianist Bruno Heinen. Produced by Counterpoints Arts, the Festival plays a crucial role in promoting Refugee Week to London and the whole of the UK.

http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

Women in Hebron Embroidery Co-operative Meeting and Stall
2014-06-21 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | Bristol Palestine Museum, 27 Broad Street, BS1 2HG , Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Nawal Slemiah Founder of Women in Hebron Embroidery Co-operative in Hebron, Palestine. 11am and 2pm.

Plus a chance to buy beautiful hand-embroidered items – handbags, purses, bracelets, clothing, wall hangings.

Also Zatoun Fair Trade food products from Palestine.

Museum open and crafts on sale 11am to 5pm.

East End Film Festival presents Palestine on Film
2014-06-22 13:00 - 23:00 UTC | Red Gallery, R3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT, London, London, United Kingdom
East End Film Festival presents an entire day of cinema and talks, exploring Palestine and the Palestinian experience. From touching stories of Palestinian youth to the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, and from an in depth exploration of the Palestinian peace process to a poetic journey back to the homeland, these are films that speak to the length and breadth of the Palestinian experience and its diaspora, with contributions from experts and filmmakers. An unmissable day of eye opening cinema. The day will involve talks with experts from the Palestinian filmmaking community and beyond.

The programme - taking place at Red Gallery in Shoreditch on Sunday 22nd June 2014 - includes the UK premiere of My Love Awaits Me By The Sea, Mais Darwazah’s poetic documentary, inspired by the work of artist and writer Hasan Hourani. Director Jessica Habie's Mars at Sunrise is the day's second UK premiere - a dramatic re-imagining of the arrest of Palestinian artist Hani Zurob.

Just Play, a European premiere, a film that sidesteps politics to make a powerful case for human dignity and art, follows Joshua Baker's The Process, examining the role of the peace process in the lives of individuals, an instructive and powerful documentary. The Shebabs of Yarmouk, a portrait of permanent friendship, and lives permanently on hold, will also be screened, as well as two short films: Omar Robert Hamilton's Though I Know The River Is Dry and Nicolas Damun's darkly comedic Maqloubeh.

Founded in 2000, the East End Film Festival is one of the UK’s largest film festivals. An annual multi-platform festival held in London, the EEFF presents a rich and diverse programme of international premieres, industry masterclasses, free pop-up screenings and immersive live events. The EEFF’s mission is to discover, support, and exhibit pioneering work by global and local independent filmmakers, and to introduce viewers to innovative and challenging cinematic experiences.

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Schedule:-

13:20 Though I Know The River Is Dry (20m)

13:45 The Process (60m)

15:30 Just Play (58m)

16:35 Mars at Sunrise (75m)

18:30 The Shebabs of Yarmouk (78m)

20:50 Maqloubeh (10m)

21:00 My Love Awaits Me By The Sea (80m)

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Sunday 22nd June 2014. Doors 1pm - 11pm.

Red Gallery, 1-3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT

http://www.redgallerylondon.com

Tickets are priced at £10 and are available now- http://www.seetickets.com/event/palestine-on-film/red-gallery-london/792840 For more information please see the East End Film Festival website- http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/uncategorized/12079/palestine-on-film For press enquiries please contact press@eastendfilmfestival.com

Israel's administrative detention policy
2014-06-24 18:15 - 20:00 UTC | British Library (Bronte room) , 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 7DB, London, United Kingdom
Arab Organisation for Human Rights and Palestine Solidarity Campaign present...
Israel’s “administrative detention” policy and the Plight of Palestinians on Hunger Strike

Addressing the dire plight of nearly 200 Palestinians in Israeli jails on hunger strike (for over 50 days), protesting against their detention without charge or trial under Israel’s “administrative detention” policy. Shackled, tortured (including sexual), and poor treatment, many are on the verge of death.

This is a call to the international community to give voice to the voiceless and victims of human rights abuses in Israeli jails.

Speakers:

Clare Short - Secretary of State for International Development, 1997- 2003.

Sir Gerald Kaufman - Member of Parliament

Toby Cadman - International Criminal Law Specialist.

Victoria Brittain – British journalist; author of Hidden Lives, Hidden Deaths and Death of Dignity.

Sarah Colborne - Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Mohammed Jamil – Director, Arab Organisation for Human Rights (UK)

All welcome.

Limited space, register early!

To register visit: http://aohrhungerstrike.eventbrite.co.uk

www.aohr.org.uk | 0203 188 4107

www.palestinecampaign.org/ | 020 7700 6192
Israel's administrative detention policy and the plight of Palestinians on hunger strike

Catastrophe Club presents 'The Law in These Parts' + guest speaker
2014-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, London , E8 4AA, United Kingdom
Can a democracy impose an indefinite military occupation on another people while retaining democratic values?

Since Israel occupied the territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 war, the military has imposed thousands of orders and laws, established military courts, sentenced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, enabled half a million Israeli “settlers” to move to the Occupied Territories and developed a system of long-term jurisdiction by an occupying army that is unique in the entire world. The Law In These Parts explores this Apartheid legal system through testimonies of the military legal professionals who were its architects. The film invites the viewer to 'judge' the testimony of these military judges, yet never lets the viewer forget the place of Palestinian experience at the centre of this brutal system. Directed by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz. See the film trailer.

Followed by a discussion. All welcome!

Catastrophe Club is a project of Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign Freedom, justice, equality

Free entry / recommended donation £3 Middle-Eastern food £4.00 per plate

Catastrophe Club at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA

Discussion: Is it time to take Israel to the International Criminal Court?
2014-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Grimond Room, House of Commons , House of Commons , London , SW1A 2LW, London, United Kingdom
Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East would like to invite you to a discussion on Wednesday - 25th June, at 7pm, in the House of Commons looking at the question:

"Is it time to take Israel to the International Criminal Court?”

Our panel will include:

Louise Christian

International human right’s solicitor and co-founder of Christian Khan law

Professor William A. Schabas

The foremost academic in the field of international human rights law, a professor of international law and a highly respected expert on the International Criminal Court

We will also be joined by a shadow Minister and a number of Labour MPs

The event will be chaired by LFPME co-founder, human rights barrister and Deputy Head of Mansfield Chambers

Mark McDonald

RSVP: mark.mcdonald@mansfieldchambers.co.uk

Venue: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House, House of Commons, Westminster, SW1A 2LW

www.lfpme.org

@lfpme

Palestinian Child Prisoners - Food and Film Night
2014-06-26 17:30 - 21:00 UTC | Sharing Voices, 2 Clifton Villas, off Manningham Lane, BD8 7BY, Bradford, United Kingdom
We are holding a FOOD AND FILM NIGHT

THE THEME IS CHILD PRISONERS IN ISRAELI DETENTION

Two films a short one ALONE is 10 mins

The second one CHILDREN IN CHAINS is 35 mins Enjoy a Palestinian meal. Watch the films and learn about the actions you can take.

Please come and join us and bring a friend...

Bradford PSC

Public meeting: Solidarity with Palestine
2014-06-26 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Transport House' The offices of the trade union UNITE, Broad St; B5, Birmingham, Midlands, United Kingdom
West Midlands Palestinian Solidarity Campaign

The Vice President of the NUT, Philipa Harvey visited Palestine as part of the NUT delegation last year. She will be reporting on her visit to a meeting organised by the West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and sponsored by the Birmingham Trades Council. It will be an opportunity to hear her assessment of the difficulties Trade Unionists in Palestine face living under occupation. As a teacher she would have been particularly interested in the difficulties children face growing up under occupation. We will also hear from those campaigning on behalf of the Hares Boys who are facing attempted murder charges. The Boys are going to be tried in the Military courts. Please join us at this meeting and invite your friends and family to join us. We might consider a delegation of regional Trade Unions and other activists to Palestine in the near future.

WEST MIDLANDS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

E-mail address: pscwm@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone : 07596994846

Website: http://www.westmidspsc.org

Facebook page : West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Um Fadi - Mother of one of the 5 Hares Boys Abducted by Israel
2014-06-26 20:30 - 21:45 UTC | Watford Trade Union Hall, Woodford Rd, WD17 1PB (opposite Watford Junction Station), Watford, United Kingdom
Watford Friends of Salfeet have arranged for Um Fadi, one of the mothers of the 5 Hares Boys abducted by Israel Army forces in March 2013, to come to Britain – accompanied by Khaled Arar, Chair of Salfeet Friends of Watford – to visit British parliamentarians to address the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Palestine.

They will also be attending our public meeting at Watford Trades Union Hall (opposite Watford Junction Station) on Thursday 26 June 2014 at the slightly later time of 8.00 p.m. so that local people can obtain the very latest information on the 5 abducted Palestinian boys from Hares village in Salfeet.

We hope many members and supporters will attend the public meeting, as both Um Fadi and Khaled have gone to a great deal of trouble to travel here in order to update people in Watford and Britain as to the current situation in the Salfeet area of Occupied Palestine.

Admission is free. Donations to cover the cost of hall hire and refreshments will be welcome.

Zaytoun products will be on sale to provide solidarity support to farmers in the West Bank.

For planning purposes, please contact us through info@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk to let us know you will be joining us.

After Kerry: what next for peace and justice in Palestine?
2014-06-27 19:00 - 20:45 UTC | Friends' Meeting House, 8b Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton , WV1 4PR, West Midlands , United Kingdom
Public Meeting

SPEAKERS: Kamel Hawwash (West Midlands Palestine Community Association and Vice Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign) Rob Marris (Prospective Labour Party Candidate for Wolverhampton South West)

The meeting will reflect on the end of the Kerry-led peace talks in the light of the US Secretary of State concluding remarks 'Israel could become an Apartheid state'. Kamel Hawwash is a leading Palestinian in the West Midlands will report on what is happening inside the occupied territories and examining how the solidarity movement should respond.

Rob Marris campaigned relentlessly for Palestine when he was last an MP and will be exploring Labour Party policy in the middle east if the Palestine Solidarity Movement can influence a future Labour Government.

7.30pm (refreshments and craft stall from 7:00pm)

The meeting will close at approximately 9pm. There will be a collection to cover for expenses.

wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk

Boycott Sodastream - Fortnightly Protests in London
2014-06-28 00:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside John Lewis Dept Store, 300 Oxford Street, London, London, United Kingdom
Boycott Sodastream: Protest - 12-2pm outside John Lewis, Oxford St. London (nearest tube Oxford Street)

Join the regular protest to alert shoppers that John Lewis is selling Sodastream products which are produced in an illegal Israeli settlement.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/485520638232640/

No Pinkwashing will be on the London Pride march
2014-06-28 12:00 - 15:45 UTC | Baker Street, NW1, London, United Kingdom
No Pinkwashing will be on the London Pride march this Saturday 28 June - come and join us!

We will be in the trade union contingent with our "No to pinkwashing - No to Israeli Apartheid" banner, and we'll be giving out our postcards against gay tourism to Israel. We would like to invite PSC members - whether LGBT or not - to come and join us in a visible demonstration of solidarity with Palestinian LGBTQ organisations and the Palestinian people in one of London's biggest public events.

The trade union contingent will be on the south end of Baker Street (towards Oxford Street). We will be there from 12 noon, near BECTU with the Ritzy workers - cinema workers from Brixton who have taken repeated strike action as part of their campaign for the London Living Wage - and UNISON with their highly visible "Pride In Our Work" giant balloon

It would be excellent if PSC members could come and join us for all or some of the time so that there are more of us marching together - and more people to help give out our postcards. All are welcome - please bring friends, family and colleagues, and your Palestinian flags!

http://prideinlondon.org/whats-on/2014/parade/ www.nopinkwashing.org.uk

Reem Kelani Live
2014-06-28 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St John's, Waterloo Road, SE1 8TY, London, London, United Kingdom
Reem will be performing as part of the Festival's "A taste of World Music", for which she will be accompanied by Bruno Heinen on piano. Tickets: £12/£8 concessions.

http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

Bedouin of the Negev (Naqab)
2014-07-01 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
Summary of event

Some 200,000 Bedouin Israeli citizens live in the Negev (Naqab) in the south of Israel. Hear about them from two recent visitors (PSC members) who will describe how the Bedouins seek to maintain their traditional agricultural village lifestyle despite a multitude of difficulties, notably demolitions and crop destructions.The evening will include a powerpoint presentation, displays and further informationAll members, supporters and friends of MKPSC and their families are welcomeFree admissionRefreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval
There will be stalls selling Pal foodstuffs and crafts
PSC literature available

*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Film and Q&A: Where Should the Birds Fly
2014-07-02 19:15 - 21:45 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
NEXT MEETING

WEDNESDAY July 2nd 7.15 for 7.30PM

Where Should the Birds Fly

Guest Speaker:

Fida Qishta

DOCUMENTARY Palestine 2013, 1hr, subtitled.

Where Should the Birds Fly is the story of two young women, Mona Samouni, now 12 years old and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta, now 27, both survivors of Israel's Operation Cast Lead.

Documenting day-to-day life under siege, the film reveals the strength, hope, humanity and humour that flourishes among the people of Gaza. The film will be introduced by director Fida.

Followed by Q&A

Updates on other campaigns

​Zaytoun Goods on Sale​

Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway,

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Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins. from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.

RSVP & More Information

contact mertonpsc@mail.com 07535121981

Merton PSC

Supporting Resilience in Gaza. The work of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza and its support group in the UK
2014-07-03 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | St George’s Catholic Church Parish Hall, Sansome Walk, Worcester, WR1 1UG, West Midlands , United Kingdom
Supporting Resilience in Gaza. The work of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza and its support group in the UK

Worcester Palestine Friendship has a meeting on Thursday July 3rd.

Public Meeting of Worcester Palestine Friendship on Thursday, July 3 from 7pm at St. George’s Catholic Church Hall

Speakers: Dr. Mohamed Altawil PhD Clinical Psychologist from Gaza and founder of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza.

David Harrold, Chair of Palestine Trauma Centre UK.

Jerry Conway, a Focusing Trainer who has been helping to provide training in Community Wellness Focusing – a psychological approach.

Yousef Al-Helou, a journalist from Gaza, studying in Oxford.

The Urbicide of Palestine Exhibition
2014-07-04 - 2014-08-04 | 'To The Jungle' (As part of The Invisible Line Gallery), 6 Dalston Lane, Dalston Junction, Hackney, E8, London , london, United Kingdom
Private Viewing : Thursday 3rd July 6-9pm.

The URBICIDE IN PALESTINE EXHIBITION BY MARIA THOMPSON

The theme of this exhibition is the partition of Israel and Palestine and an environmental project.

Any profits raised from the exhibition will be donated to 'ReSign', launched in January 2013 (under the umbrella of GREEN Palestine).

This became the first professional recycling project in Bethlehem district, reusing waste and turning it into a variety of useful and artistic products.

Maria Thompson first went to Israel in 1997 as a volunteer for the British Council. Returning in April 2014 , She found herself immersed in the ' Bustan qaraaqa' ('Tortoise Garden') permaculture farm project.

Based in Bethlehem in the West Bank, 'Bustan Qaraaqa 'is a permaculture project promoting sustainable, creative solutions to problems of environmental degradation and food and water insecurity facing the local community.

She returned with a portfolio of photographs and a renewed determination to generate greater political awareness of peace-led projects created in the enclave.

A bit about Artist Maria Thompson:

She has been a part-time photographer since 2008.

Her first exhibition was at Red Gate Gallery in Brixton when she produced 'Comfort in Chaos' in 2009.

This involved Corset fashion-based portraiture and photographs of 'Akademi' Indian dancers.

Described by Red Gate Gallery : " Thompson's work has on the one hand elements of the burlesque, yet subtle undertones. On the other hand Thompson was very interested to take ethnicity out of its initial context by photographing Indian classical dancers within a completely different environment. Stylistically, Thompson's work is contemporary and subtle. Her pictorial compositions are well thought through and introduce the viewer to very interesting interplays between subject and depth of field."

Her corset fashion images were used by prominent corset-designer Velda Lauder, and subsequently featured in 'Second Skin' a global art-fashion Book . They were also used in Velda's autobiography publication 'Corsets, A modern girl's guide' and displayed at the Salon International de la Lingerie show in Paris, 2010.

Rally against Israel's onslaught on the Palestinians
2014-07-05 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Guildhall Squae, Guildhall Square , Portsmouth, PO1 2AB, South East, United Kingdom
Portsmouth and South Down's PSC Rally in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, 11 am Saturday 5 July - Come and join us! (about an hour)

To protest against Israel’s onslaught on the Palestinians

- shootings, mass arrests, detention without trial, bombing and now - authority to use torture during interrogations.

In the last PSDPSC update I reported:

“Israel has used the apparent kidnapping of three settler teenagers to launch a wave of collective punishment on Palestinians in the West Bank. Five Palestinians have been shot dead; 529 have been arrested, including the Speaker and 11 other members of the Legislative Assembly. Only about 30 are actually being interrogated. 200 of those arrested are held in indefinite “administrative detention”. Hundreds of homes have been searched, many ransacked, and demolishing the homes of suspects is back on the agenda. This whole campaign seems to be using the teenagers’ kidnap as an excuse to humiliate, weaken and destabilise the new Palestinian unity government.”

To this I can now add (Jonathan Cook reporting from Nazareth, 28 June):

“Officially reintroducing torture

But with the search proving fruitless, Israel’s attorney-general approved the reintroduction of the notorious “ticking bomb” procedure. In doing so, he turned the clock back 15 years to a time when Israel routinely used torture against prisoners. Israel may not have been alone then in using torture, but it was exceptional in flaunting its torture dungeons alongside claims to democratic conduct. Only in 1999 did the country’s supreme court severely limit the practice, allowing interrogators one exemption: a suspect could be tortured only if he was a ticking bomb, hiding information of an attack whose immediate extraction could save lives.

Now Israel’s law chief has agreed that the Palestinian politicians, journalists and activists swept up in the latest mass arrests will be treated as “ticking bombs”. Israel’s torture cells are back in business.”

I will bring leaflets for distribution, a banner and a megaphone so we can tell the public what is going on in Palestine. With all the news from Iraq there is not much in the media on the Israeli action.
See you there on Saturday!

Demonstration in Aberdeen
2014-07-05 12:00 UTC | St Nicholas Square, Aberdeen City Centre, St Nicholas Square, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Emergency Demonstration in Solidarity with the people of Palestine: No More Collective Punishment!ration in Solidarity with the people of Palestine: No More Collective Punishment!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1436363723296206/

Sheffield emergency protest
2014-07-05 12:30 UTC | Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield, North, United Kingdom
Sheffield PSC: Emergency Protest, Saturday 12.30
We are holding a protest against the collective punishment the Israeli army has unleashed against the Palestinian population we are holding a rally outside the Town Hall at 12.30 this Saturday. Please join us and pass this on.

The rally will follow the leafleting of Sainsbury's on The Moor which will begin at 12. Following our very successful boycott action in June we will be going back to Sainsbury’s on the Moor for our July Boycott.
It is also the Tour de France weekend and there will be activities on the Moor so hopefully a big audience for our protest.We will be still collecting some last minute signatures for our petition to be handed in at Sainsbury’s AGM the following week. Keep up the pressure on Sainsbury’s and join us on July 5th at our usual time of 12 noon

Glasgow demonstration
2014-07-05 13:00 UTC | corner of Gordon Street, Buchanan Street, buchanan street, glasgow, United Kingdom
Glasgow demonstration this Saturday 1pm corner of Gordon Street, Buchanan Street. Re lack of coverage from BBC on what is happening in Palestine.

End Israel's war on Palestinians
2014-07-05 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
Called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Friends of Al-Aqsa, London Palestine Action, British Muslim Initiative, Palestinian Forum in Britain, CND

Nearest tube: High St Kensington

For transport information visit TfL>

End collective punishment
2014-07-08 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
Alex Cunningham MP is hosting this important meeting calling for an end to Israel's collective punishment of Palestinian people. Speakers to include: Andy Slaughter MP, Richard Burden MP (diary permitting), Baroness Tonge, Amena Saleem PSC, Hugh Lanning PSC ... and many others PLEASE NOTE: BOOKINGS TO THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED AS IT IS FULLY SUBSCRIBED. Following the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers on Thursday 12th June Israeli authorities have meted out brutal collective punishment against the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza. Five Palestinians have been killed. At the time of writing (Wednesday 25th June) Israeli Forces have arrested almost 500 Palestinians in raids and mass arrests throughout the West Bank. Former political prisoners have been particularly targeted, and at least 52 of the prisoners released in the Gilad Shalit exchange have now been re-arrested. A Lancet student describes it as “nightly raids on West Bank towns and villages, mass arrests, killings, house demolitions, shootings, severe restrictions of movement, and an escalation of violation and collective punishment measures targeting ordinary people and sparing no one”. - Mustafa Husni Aslan (24 years) died Wednesday 25th June died after five days in intensive care. He was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers at Qalandia refugee camp on 20 June. - Ahmad Sabarin (20 years) was shot in Al-Jalazun refugee camp (17 June) - Mohammad Dudeen (15 years): was shot in Dura (20 June) - Ahmad Said Suod Khalid (27 years) was shot Al-Ein refugee camp (22 June) - Mahmoud Tarifi, (30 years) was shot in Ramallah (22 June

Protest at Sainsbury’s AGM
2014-07-09 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, just off Parliament Square, , SW1P 3EE, London , london, United Kingdom
‘Sainsbury’s: where are your values?’
‘End your Indifference to Palestinian Farming communities’.

We will be holding a protest at the Sainsbury’s AGM, as part of our continuing campaign calling on Sainsbury’s to cease all trade with companies which are complicit in the colonisation of Palestinian land and destruction of Palestinian farming communities.
We will be leafleting shareholders as they arrive for the AGM, which starts at 10.45 a.m.
Sainsbury’s has spent the last year promoting itself as the supermarket chain most concerned with values. The CEO designate, Mike Coupe cannot be clearer when he says:
Consumers care about the provenance of the goods they buy and the integrity of the companies they spend their money with. They put their trust in us to do the right thing throughout our buying process, so sourcing with integrity is key in our dealings with farmers, growers and suppliers in the UK and around the world.
We are calling on Mike Coupe to finally ‘do the right thing’ when he takes over as CEO on July 9th, to end the indifference of his company to the destruction of Palestinian farming and to end support for the immoral and illegal practices of agricultural companies which operate on Palestinian land.

Take action now and put pressure on Sainsbury's: https://palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys/

For more information,www.sainsburyscampaign.org

Clipped Film Festival
2014-07-10 00:00 - 2014-07-12 00:00 UTC
A fundraising film festival (10th-12th July at the School of Oriental and African Studies) to cover some legal costs incurred by some activists.
Some background. Last summer the European U21 cup was held in Israel. A month before the tournament, on a rainy May evening, six young activists infiltrated an important UEFA event and staged a creative, satirical stunt. Two protestors got on stage to hand UEFA's chairman, Michel Platini, a surprise award in which we 'congratulated' him for his complicity in Israel's breaches of international law by allowing the country to host the tournament.

Two filmmakers, who also infiltrated the ceremony, captured events on camera but unfortunately their equipment was seized and they were arrested. What followed was four months of legal battles before UEFA agreed to drop the charges providing that the footage be destroyed. The hard work and success of the creative protest was crushed and not allowed to enter the public domain. In essence, the right to protest and expose corruption in the international game was prohibited.

Against a backdrop of the most politicised World Cup yet, Clipped Film Festival was established in order to further inform audiences of the beautiful and ugly parts of football, and provide inspiration to those attempting to recreate a better world through the game. Proceeds of the festival will contribute to paying the legal fees accumulated in fighting the case against UEFA which ended with the release of the filmmakers without trial.

Order tickets and donate online:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/clipped-football-forum-tickets-11971171095?aff=efbevent
(suggested donation £5 for one day, £15 for whole festival pass)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/462883960523354/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Website: http://clippedfootballforum.org/

Location: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Bloomsbury

See below for the full programme. Thursday evening is particularly relevant as we are screening GOAL DREAMS and have a Q&E with Palestinian footballer and former prisoner and hunger striker, Mahmoud Sarsak, afterwards. Hope to see you there!

********THURSDAY 10TH JULY 6-10PM - Football and National Liberation*******
We will be looking at the challenges faced by footballers in countries afflicted by occupation and civil war, and the way that football can unite a population against oppression.

6pm: COACH ZORAN AND HIS AFRICAN TIGERS
Followed by Q&A with director Sam Benstead

8pm: GOAL DREAMS
Followed by Q&A with director Maya Sanbar and Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak

Food and drink provided

**********FRIDAY 11TH JULY 6-11PM - Football and Gender**********
We will be exploring the obstacles faced by women all over the world as they fight for representation in football and society.

6pm: LADIES TURN

7.15pm: "Why aren't there more women in football?" Panel discussion

8.15pm: A WOMAN'S GOAL

8.30pm: OFFSIDE

Food and drink provided

********SATURDAY 12TH JULY - Football and resistance********
We will be looking at football and resistance, and how organized supporters' groups have moved from the terraces to the streets in helping to determine their countries’ political destinies.

4.00 pm Vandalism + a rua é publica

6.30 pm panel discussion: the place of football in revolution

7:30 pm Istanbul United + zaga das bonecas

Food and drink provided

Protests around the country opposing Israel's bombing and attack on Gaza
2014-07-11 - 2014-07-15
Protests opposing Israel's bombing and attack on Gaza 10-15 July

More here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/palestine-solidarity-campaign-uk/protests-opposing-israels-bombing-and-attack-on-gaza-10-15-july/750224248354173

People are showing their solidarity for Palestine all around the country and the world.

Friday 11 July

5.30pm opposite - Israeli Embassy, London https://www.facebook.com/events/765236393521411/

5.30pm-6.30pm - Leicester PSC | outside the clock tower, Leicester city centre

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm - West Midlands PSC Protest against the current Israeli military assaults on Palestinians | Outside Waterstones book shop in Birmingham city centre, High St, Birmingham. Read more about this event>

6pm to 7pm Protests called by Bristol Student groups – Protest BBC bias on Palestine outside BBC building on Whiteladies Road, Bristol. www.facebook.com/bristol.psc

Saturday 12 July

11am to 1pm Frome ,Vigil/protest for Palestine outside Oxfam in Frome town centre

11am to 1pm Cambridge PSC- Cambridge market square, in front of the Guildhall, to protest the attacks on Gaza

12 midday – Bristol PSC Protest against the murderous attack on Gaza | Meet outside Sainsbury at the Triangle Clifton https://www.facebook.com/bristol.psc

11am to 1pm Brighton at the War Memorial,The Old Steine,Brighton

12noon, Dundee Protest City Centre www.facebook.com/events/1451847888400281/?source=1

12noon, Aberdeen - St Nicholas Square www.facebook.com/events/1442082689390781/?source=1

12.00 - Sheffield PSC: Stop the Killing - Emergency Protest | outside the Town Hall, Sheffield

12noon in Leeds, Dortmund Square, The Headrow, Leeds https://www.facebook.com/events/271564033049869/

1pm - Glasgow Protest | Buchanan Street at Gordon Street, Glasgow City Centre Facebook>

1pm - Edinburgh, Foot of The Mound www.facebook.com/events/1449326921990561/?fref=ts

2pm – Cardiff PSC Protest rally - Against the attacks on the Palestinian people | Nye Bevan Statue, Queen Street, Cardiff

2-3.30pm | Dublin Emergency Protest & Rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people | The Spire on O'Connell Street, Dublin Facebook>

2.30pm in Halifax, outside central library on Northgate. Speaker from Gaza, plus halifax MP Linda Riordan

Sunday 13 July

3pm in Edinburgh, Scottish Parliament, Hollyrood https://www.facebook.com/events/1449326921990561/

5.45pm Liverpool Friends of Palestine action against Israeli assault on Gaza. Assemble 5.45pm on Sunday 13th July near Pizza Hut by the bridge close to the Echo Arena.Neil Young is performing at the Arena prior to his concert in Tel Aviv ,amidst the falling missiles,on 17th July.

Tuesday 15 July

5.30pm, Grey's Monument in Newcastle https://www.facebook.com/events/672038099551306/

PSC South Snowdonia Sponsored July Walk
2014-07-11 - 2014-07-13
Photo under Creative Communications licence by Adrian Snood

Please help raise vital money for PSC campaigns and support Palestine.

Donate to the walkers>

Sponsor Mike Gardner>

Sponsor Susan Shreeve>

Sponsor Jane Foxworthy>

Sponsor Lynn McAllister>

Sponsor Milton Keynes PSC>

Sponsor Jane Hartley>

Sponsor Miriam and Bob Wilcher>

Sponsor Richard and Heike Podger>

Sponsor Sarah Sturge, South East London>

Sponsor Simon Cardy>

Sponsor Wilf from Doncaster>

Sponsor Alan Kingston>

Sponsor Jonathan Coulter>

Sponsor Andree Duguy>

Sponsor John Ellis and Gill Humble>

Sponsor Hilary and Philip from St Alban’s>

Sponsor Brenda Shuttleworth>

Sponsor Jean Foster>

Sponsor Alvaro Loureiro>

Sponsor Liam Physick>

Sponsor Faith Kenrick>

For more information, please contact Steve at the PSC office:
Tel: 020 7700 6192 Email: psc.admin@palestinecampaign.org

Protest: Stop the Bombing, Stop the Killing, Free Palestine!
2014-07-11 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington, W8 4QB, London , United Kingdom
Protest opposite the Israeli EmbassyStop the Bombing, Stop the Killing, Free Palestine!Friday 11 July 2014
5.30pm to 7.30pm
High St Kensington, London

(nearest tube: High St Ken) For travel check: www.tfl.gov.uk

Get involved: info@palestinecampaign.org

Called by PSC, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initative, Palestinian Forum in Britain

Also please continue to circulate the action here:
Urgent - tell your MP to take action
http://act.palestinecampaign.org/lobby/crisisaction

Nationwide protests
2014-07-12
11am to 1pm Frome ,Vigil/protest for Palestine outside Oxfam in Frome town centre

11am to 1pm Cambridge PSC- Cambridge market square, in front of the Guildhall, to protest the attacks on Gaza

11am to 1pm Brighton at the War Memorial,The Old Steine,Brighton

12 midday – Bristol PSC Protest against the murderous attack on Gaza | Meet outside Sainsbury at the Triangle Clifton https://www.facebook.com/bristol.psc

12 noon, Dundee Protest City Centre www.facebook.com/events/1451847888400281/?source=1

12 noon, Aberdeen - St Nicholas Square www.facebook.com/events/1442082689390781/?source=1

12 noon, Sheffield PSC: Stop the Killing - Emergency Protest | outside the Town Hall, Sheffield

12noon in Leeds, Dortmund Square, The Headrow, Leeds https://www.facebook.com/events/271564033049869/

1pm - Glasgow Protest | Buchanan Street at Gordon Street, Glasgow City Centre Facebook>

1pm - Edinburgh, Foot of The Mound www.facebook.com/events/1449326921990561/?fref=ts

2pm – Cardiff PSC Protest rally - Against the attacks on the Palestinian people | Nye Bevan Statue, Queen Street, Cardiff

2pm - York PSC vigil, St Sampson's Square, https://www.facebook.com/YorkPSC

2-3.30pm | Dublin Emergency Protest & Rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people | The Spire on O'Connell Street, Dublin Facebook>

2.30pm in Halifax, outside central library on Northgate. Speaker from Gaza, plus halifax MP Linda Riordan

Edinburgh & Liverpool protests
2014-07-13
3pm in Edinburgh, Scottish Parliament, Holyrood https://www.facebook.com/events/1449326921990561/

5.45pm Liverpool Friends of Palestine action against Israeli assault on Gaza. Assemble 5.45pm on Sunday 13th July near Pizza Hut by the bridge close to the Echo Arena. Neil Young is performing at the Arena prior to his concert in Tel Aviv on 17th July.

Protest: BBC - Report the truth on Gaza
2014-07-15 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place , London, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom
Join the demonstration the BBC can't miss - on their own doorstep. The BBC’s reporting of Israel's deadly assault on Gaza fails to explain the years of occupation and siege Palestinians have endured. We say, give the full picture - report the truth on Gaza.

Also, co-sign our letter to the BBC

Newcastle protest
2014-07-15 17:30 UTC | Grey's Monument, Newcastle, Grey's Monument, Newcastle, United Kingdom
5.30pm, Grey's Monument in Newcastle

https://www.facebook.com/events/672038099551306/

National Demonstration for Gaza. Free Palestine!
2014-07-19 | (Opposite) 10 Downing street, SW1A 2AA , London, London, United Kingdom
March and rally in central London. Assemble 12 noon at Downing Street. March to Israeli Embassy

Protest: Stop the massacre in Gaza - Free Palestine
2014-07-22 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
Static protest opposite the Israeli Embassy.

Join on Facebook.

Also, join us for a demonstration this Saturday, 26th July, for a march and rally.

Arts Canteen presents: Reem Kelani Live
2014-07-25 20:00 - 22:30 UTC | Rich Mix, 47 Bethnal Green Rd E1 6LA, London, London, United Kingdom
Reem returns to Rich Mix with her trio for an evening of Arabic song. Presented by Arts Canteen.

See: Rich Mix, Arts Canteen

http://www.reemkelani.com/calendar.asp

March & Rally for Gaza. Free Palestine!
2014-07-26 00:00 - 04:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
Assembly, 12 noon, Israeli Embassy.

March to Westminster, for a rally starting at 2:30 - exact location to be confirmed.

Join on Facebook

Vigil for Gaza opposite Downing Street
2014-07-29 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Downing Street, Whitehall, London, LOndon, United Kingdom
Yesterday, Israel escalated it's massacre in Gaza, killing kids in a playground and attacking Al-Shifa hospital. Tonight, Netanyahu announced that Israel would be intensifying its assault.We are therefore urging everyone who can to join an emergency protest and vigil from 5-7pm today (Tuesday) opposite Downing Street, London.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1514713935406808/

Please help us tell Cameron - we are sickened at his refusal to call for an end to Israel's war crimes. Not in our name - END Israel's massacre NOW!

Please bring flowers, in the name of one of the children who have been killed in the past two weeks.

Please join us between 5-7pm today (Tuesday) outside the entrance to 10 Downing Street to leave your message and flowers and to sign the letter to Cameron. Bring your smartphone so we can photograph and send this message virally.

Where the birds fly - film
2014-07-30 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Rumi's Cave , 26 Willesden Lane, NW6 7ST, London, London, United Kingdom
Brent & Harrow PSC

Fida Qishta, Palestinian film maker from Gaza will be showing her film ‘Where should the birds fly’

Followed by Q & A chaired by Salim Alam, PSC Executive

Justice for Palestine Workshop at the Peace News Summer Camp
2014-07-31 - 2014-08-03 | Peakhill Farm Suffolk , IP16 4TG , Theberton, South East, United Kingdom
Peace News Summer Camp

A gathering of peace and justice activists from across Europe 31 July - 4 August

Workshops include Justice for Palestine - Non violent resistance in Nabi Saleh, British complicity and the the BDS movement

http://peacenewscamp.info/programme/

Vigil for Gaza
2014-08-01 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Old Market Hall , Bridge Street, Llanidloes, Wales, United Kingdom
There will be a VIGIL FOR GAZA in Llanidloes

We will remember the victims of the Israeli bombardments in Gaza
Please bring candles, flowers, placards.

In the meantime the daily lunchtime protest which were started by members of the Llanidloes - as Sawiya Friendship Association last week will continue in Great Oak Street from 11.30am to 1.30pm as long as the
slaughter continues.

London Protest Against Israel's Attacks on Gaza - Free Palestine!
2014-08-01 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
London Protest Against Israel's Attacks on Gaza - Free Palestine!Friday 1st August - 5.30pm to 7.30pmOutside the Israeli Embassy in London, High Street Kensington.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1389685191278292/

More details: www.palestinecampaign.org

To get involved and volunteer email info@palestinecampaign.org

Please share!

A History of the middle east conflict
2014-08-02 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Slough Labour Memorial Hall, 52 High Street, Chalvey, SL1 2SQ, Slough, South East, United Kingdom
Talk and discussion.

Ohsted by Slough PSC

https://www.facebook.com/SloughPSC

National Demonstration for Gaza - Free Palestine!
2014-08-09 12:00 - 16:30 UTC | BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place , London, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom
Assemble 12 noon, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place.

March to a rally in Hyde Park, via the US Embassy.

More details on the Facebook event.

Calling all new activists and volunteers
2014-08-14 18:00 - 21:00 UTC
central London location Calling all new activists and volunteers who want to be involved in the campaign for a free Palestine! We are at a critical turning point in Palestine activism. The last protest attracted 150,000 people, the biggest protest so far against the massacre in Gaza. The media is being forced to cover what’s happening in Palestine - even the BBC sent journalists to the protest and included it on the front page of BBC News. People in the UK and around the world have woken up to Israel’s war crimes. This is when we need to act. PSC is holding a series of interactive workshops and meetings over the next few weeks and months to build an activist community and collectively decide on which direction we should be going in and what actions we should take.

The first of these workshops is this Thursday 14th August in the evening. There will be a short introduction from Palestine Solidarity Campaign speakers, but mostly this is where we say it’s over to you. After the protests, and after the outrage about Gaza has died down, what should be our next steps? What else is going on that you might want to be involved in? We want to hear your ideas. And we want to keep building our strong activist community.

If you are interested in getting involved in these events, including coming to the event this Thursday 14th August please email rachel.diamond@palestinecampaign.org as soon as possible to RSVP and get the details.

Local actions weekend
2014-08-15 00:00 - 2014-08-17 00:00 UTC
We are calling for a coordinated day of local actions the following weekend 15/16/17 August, please consider organising actions, focusing on Gaza and Sanctions, events, meetings, protests, stalls around BDS, politics etc.. Please send any notices of your actions to Sam Wheeler Sam.Wheeler@palestinecampaign.org who will post these online. Thank you!

15th August

NORTH DEVON
11am Barnstable, The Square
Protest/vigil
https://www.facebook.com/events/274127639441154/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

PLYMOUTH
6pm Place de Brest (next to Barclays/Specsavers)
Silent vigil for victims of Gaza

EAST HAM
3:30-5pm, East Ham Town Hall
Protest and meeting with Stephen Timms MP

OXFORD
5pm, three protests outside each Sainsburys in Oxford
Boycott protest
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5560924183/

16th August

PLYMOUTH
1-3pm City Centre sundial
PSC boycott stall and leafleting

SOUTHAMPTON
11am to 5pm at Southampton Medina Mosque, Compton Walk (off St. Mary's Road), Southampton, SO14 OBH
Fundraising fair including stalls, food, competitions etc.
&
10am to 5.30pm Fund-raising football tournament (funds split between Medical Aid for Palestinians and the British Heart Foundation) at Goals, Millbrook Point Road, Southampton, SO15 0JZ.

SUNDERLAND
2:30pm, High Street West
https://www.facebook.com/events/629772710471564/

SALISBURY
11am - 2:30pm, Outside the Library
Street Stall

ABERGAVENNY
11am-1pm, Pedestrian Walkway, near Waterstones
Stall

CARDIFF
2pm- 5 pm, Sainsburys, Queen's Street
Protest/boycott

https://www.facebook.com/events/1483675705207324/

WALTHAMSTOW
GATHER FOR GAZA, St Barnabas Church Fundraiser featuring music, poetry & spoken word.
http://www.saintbarnabaswalthamstow.co.uk/16.html

SLOUGH
10am-2pm. Town Square outside cinema in Slough High Street.
Protest

RICHMOND
11am-1pm, George Street
Stall and vigil

HEREFORD
10am, The Bull, High Town
Demonstration

BRISTOL
12.00 - 5.00 pm on College Green
Picnic for Palestine

WEST SURREY
12 - 3 pm Commercial Way, Woking
Protest and information stall

BRIXTON
3:30pm Windrush Square
Protest, wear Palestinian colours if possible

BRADFORD
4pm – 6pm 2 Clifton Villas (off Manningham lane) BD8 7BY
Sharing Voices interactive workshop

CAMBRIDGE
7:30-9:30 pm Emmanuel United Reformed Church Trumpington St CB2 1RR
Gaza discussion meeting
http://www.campalsoc.org/

ISLINGTON
12 noon, entrance to Finsbury Park
Rally
https://www.facebook.com/events/832212820137213/?fref=ts

LEWISHAM
11:30am Clock Tower
Stall and boycott

LEICESTER
12pm-2pm, the Clock Tower, Leicester City Centre
Stall

LAMBETH & WANDSWORTH
9:45 - 11am outside Oval Cricket Ground
Protest and stall selling Gaza wrist bands (similar to that worn by Moeen Ali)

LIVERPOOL
12 noon, Clayton Square to march to the Victoria Monument,Derby Square, for a rally

SCUNTHORPE
2pm Scunthorpe Town Centre , outside HSBC
March
https://www.facebook.com/events/1465920057004031/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

SHEFFIELD
12 noon, Sheffield Town Hall
Rally and protest

HOLBORN
12 noon, Sainsbury's across from Holborn Station
Protest

OXFORD
11:30am onwards, Cornmarket stall
&
2pm onwards march from Manzil Way
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5560924183/

WIMBLEDON
11am-1pm
Outside Centre Court
'Remembrance of the Children of Gaza'

WEST LONDON
11am-1pm 220-226 Chiswick High Road
Protest

WOLVERHAMPTON
12-2pm, Queen's Square
Vigil

17th August

FAVERSHAM & WHITSTABLE
2-4pm Keam's Yard and the Brian Haw peace bench
Protest and awareness raising

BRISTOL
12-6pm Eastville Park
Bristol Islamic Fayre

MILTON KEYNES
2pm, assemble at the train station
March through city centre
https://www.facebook.com/events/711698315570302/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

SOUTHPORT
2pm - 4pm, Chapel Street outside the train station
Leafleting and fundraising

FOLKESTONE
12 noon, outside MP's offices, 4 Westcliff Gardens
Demonstration
https://www.facebook.com/events/761438537232187/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Local protests for Gaza around the country
2014-08-20 - 2014-09-09
Please check the full list here:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/palestine-solidarity-campaign-uk/protests-around-the-uk-for-gaza-updated/757094527667145

Please make sure to join the local protests near you and invite all your friends and family!

Emergency Protest for Gaza - Stop Arming Israel!
2014-08-23 12:30 - 15:00 UTC | (Opposite) 10 Downing street, SW1A 2AA , London, London, United Kingdom
Outside Downing Street, London (Nearest tube: Westminster)

We welcome anyone who shares PSC's values of anti-racism and outrage at the Israeli government's war crimes in Palestine.

Please share!

Annual PalFest in Milton Keynes
2014-09-07 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Milton Keynes Academy, Fulwoods Drive, Leadenhall, MK6 5LA, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
This is Milton Keynes PSC's 3rd Annual PalFest.

As in previous years this will be a wide-ranging celebration of Palestinian culture through music, dance, literature, film, crafts and food.

There will be fair-trade produce to buy and delicious refreshments to sample. Children will be able to take part in a variety of activities including embroidery, floor games and face painting.

There will be exhibitions of embroidery, photographs and literature and information stalls and displays from: regional groups who are twinned with Palestinian villages, local groups supporting peace and justice and some union organisations affiliated to the PSC.

Our event has been assisted with funding from the MK Community Foundation and supported by other local organisations.

Organised by Milton Keynes PSC miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

Mass Lobby of Parliament for Gaza
2014-09-09 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Westminster Cathedral Hall , Ambrosden Avenue, London, SW1P 1QH, London, United Kingdom
Between 12-1.45pm - please arrive at Cathedral Hall, Ambrosden Avenue, just off Victoria St London

Lobby 2-4pm, Committee room 11, House of Commons, Parliament

Briefing for lobbyists

Join with hundreds of others in lobbying your MP at this special lobby for Gaza, Palestine.

The day will start with briefings to prepare you at Cathedral Hall. We will then move on to the House of Commons.

The lobby is calling for:

An immediate and permanent lifting of the blockade on Gaza, allowing free movement of people, goods and humanitarian aid
An end to the arms trade, and all military-industrial collaboration, with Israel
Sanctions against Israel until they abide by international and human rights law

Put this into your diary now. Ask your friends and family to come.

Read the briefing now:

Briefing for lobbyists

PSC Fringe Meeting at TUC Conference 2014: Standing Up for Palestine – Sanctions now!
2014-09-09 17:45 - 19:15 UTC | ACC Liverpool, inside the Conference Centre, KIngs Dock, L3 4FP, Liverpool, North West, United Kingdom
From 17.45pm (at close of the afternoon session)

Speakers:

Dr Mustafa Barghouti, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and General Secretary of the Palestine National Initiative

Len McCluskey, General Secretary UNITE the Union

Christine Blower, General Secretary NUT

Billy Hayes, General Secretary CWU

Owen Tudor, TUC Head of European Union and International Relations

Hugh Lanning, Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Chair: Stephen Cavalier, Chief Executive Thompsons Solicitors

After the horrific attacks on the people of Gaza this summer, is it now more important than ever to stand strong in solidarity with Palestine and push for sanctions against the war crimes committed by the Israeli State. Join us to discuss what the next steps are in support of justice and Palestinian human rights.

Palestinian Taybeh Beer – sponsored by London & Eastern and South East Regions of UNITE – and other refreshments will be provided. Please visit our stand in the exhibition area for more information.

Supported by UNITE the Union, UNISON, UCATT, ASLEF, GMB, PCS, NUT, FBU, RMT, CWU and Thompsons Solicitors.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Web: www.palestinecampaign.org

Facebook: palestinesolidarityuk

Twitter: PSCupdates

Email: info@palestinecampaign.org

Rally after Lobby of Parliament
2014-09-09 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | House of Commons , Parliament , London , SW1A 0AA , London , United Kingdom
Come to the Rally following the Lobby of Parliament for Palestine! Please make sure that you book your place using the form below. Please note, this event takes part within Parliament. Those with tickets will be informed of venue.

Come and listen to some of the MPs and Peers who are the leaders in promoting Palestinian rights in Parliament.

Ben Bradshaw MP, Emily Thornberry MP, Richard Burden MP, Caroline Lucas MP, Mike Hancock MP, Baroness Jenny Tonge, Andy Slaughter MP and Alex Cunningham MP have all signed up to speak so far.

Non-Parliamentary speakers include: Sarah Colborne and Kamel Hawwash PSC, Linda Ramsden Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK and Haya Al Farra from the Palestinian Embassy.

PLEASE NOTE: PRIORITY PLACES WILL BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO'VE TAKEN PART IN THE LOBBY AND BOOKED PLACES. AFTER THIS PLACES WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE LOBBY ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR LOBBY STICKER (THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU ON THE DAY) TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN BE IDENTIFIED.

BDS Workshop- Sheffield PSC
2014-09-13 12:30 - 16:00 UTC | Hadfield Institute (The Yemini Community Centre), 43 Attercliffe Common, Sheffield, S9 2AE, United Kingdom
Following the huge increase in support for the Palestinian cause we are holding a half day workshop, aimed at helping people to learn more about the movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel (BDS) and to have an opportunity to discuss and to get involved in specific BDS campaigns.
Please visit the Sheffield PSC website for more details: http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/content/events/workshop-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions

Gaza Benefit Concert
2014-09-13 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Christ Church, Virginia Water, Surrey, GU25 4PT, South East , United Kingdom
Singers include: Garth Hewitt, Reem Kelani, Blake, Pete Banks, Paul McDowell

No tickets or admission charge – just entry by donation at the door. Refreshments and parking available.

You can find us here http://www.cc-vw.org/contact/

Or a short walk from Virginia Water railway station (Waterloo to Reading line)

More information from Stephen on 07970 789549

Or stephen@sizers.org

Benefit evening for Gaza
2014-09-16 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Platform Theatre, 260 Hornsey Rd, London , London , United Kingdom
Please note: this event is on Tuesday 16th September

A Night for Gaza, 7:30 16th September @ Platform Theatre 260 Hornsey Rd N7 -
Comedy, Music and Poetry with Jeremy Hardy, Ivor Dembina, Romany Smith, Aidan Andrew Dun, Zita Holborne and Robb Johnson - Tickets £10 £7(conc).
Tickets purchased at http://www.anightforgaza.co.uk

Tottenham Palestine Literature Festival
2014-09-18 - 2014-09-20 | West Green Learning Centre N15 3RB, Langham Rd, London, United Kingdom
Thursday 18th September, 7pm Haringey Independent Cinema

Where the Birds Fly

Friday 19th September,7.30pm

Travel in Palestine with Dervla Murphy and Sarah Irving

Saturday 20th September 10am, It's Time for Britain to Apologise

Baroness Jenny Tonge will chair session on the Balfour Declaration with Tim Llewellyn on JMN Jeffries' inside story of Britain's promise to the Zionists a century ago -

Saturday 20th September 11.30am Gaza the Humanitarian Aspect - Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Palestine Trauma Centre

Saturday 20th September 11.30am - Naomi Foyle Middle Eastern Sci Fi and Fantasy and Ruqayyah Kareem on Islamic Science Fiction

Saturday 20th September 2.30pm Fiction and Reality - How you tell it?

Heather Stroud and Selma Dabbagh

Saturday 20th September, 2.30 - Biography

Sarah Irving on Leila Khaled and Ghada Karmi on her own 1948 Nakba Story

Saturday 20th 4.30pm The LGBT/Queer International Movement in Palestine
Ghadeer of Aswat: Palestinian Gay Women and Sarah Schulman Author of Israel/Palestine and the Queer International chaired by Brian Whittaker Author of Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East

Saturday 20th 6pm Prof Phil Marfleet - So what's the story today? Palestine in today's Middle East

Public Meeting on Gaza with Lisa Nandy MP
2014-09-18 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TX, United Kingdom
Lancaster Palestine Solidarity Campaign hosts Lisa Nandy MP for a public meeting about Gaza. Lisa Nandy is the MP for Wigan and has spent time in Palestine and is one of the leading MPs in the group Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East.
All welcome.

Protest G4S at Labour Party Conference
2014-09-21 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Manchester Central, Petersfield , Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
The many abuses of G4S in the UK are well known. G4S also provides security systems to Israeli prisons and detention centres where Palestinians, including children, are detained and tortured. G4S is complicit in the occupation of Palestinian land.

On Sunday 21st September 12 to 2 pm there will be a demonstration outside the Labour Party Conference in Manchester to protest against the Labour Party using G4S for its security.

Solidarity with Palestine - No to Pinkwashing
2014-09-21 13:00 UTC | Student Union, SOAS, Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG, Thornhaugh St, London, United Kingdom
Speakers:

Ghadeer Palestinian LGBT activist from Aswat group
Sarah Schulman author, “Israel/Palestine and the Queer International”

Book at http://nopinkwashingsoas.eventbrite.co.uk

PSC Labour Party fringe event
2014-09-21 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Arora Hotel, Charters Suite, 18-24 Princess Street , Manchester, M1 4LG, North West , United Kingdom
In the UN Year of International Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Stand up for Palestine

Please join us for our conference fringe event at this year's conference. This is the first event on Palestinian human rights and will help to set the scene on Palestinian human rights for Labour Party Conference.

Chair: Hugh Lanning, PSC
Speakers: Chi Onwurah MP,
Richard Howitt MEP,
Dr Mona El Farra - Gaza Projects,
Dr Nabil Sha'ath, Fateh International
Simon Weller - ASLEF,
Nikki Sharpe - GMB
Kamel Hawwash, PSC

Refreshments: tea and biscuits
Wheelchair access: Yes
Crèche: No
Sign Translation: No
Ticket Only Event: No

Loss of Innocence- An Exhibition of Children's Art from Gaza Collected in the Aftermath of the 2008/2009 Invasion
2014-09-22 09:30 - 2014-10-03 16:30 UTC | Senedd Building, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
There are about 50 pictures by children of all ages and abilities. The pictures are arranged across 11 exhibition Boards to show the child's eye view of an innocent Landscape of play and happiness; the Invasion arriving; the weapons used; the Siege of Tal Al Howa; the Individual Stories of Ibrahim and Mohammed, homeless and in Mohammed's case, the victim of the mass murder of his entire family - and Zaher, the martyr's son; Dispossession and Trauma, which is the underlying theme; Helplessness; Resistance; Humour; and "The Children of Gaza asking for help"

The Exhibition is held in the Welsh Assembly Senedd Foyer from September 22nd to October 3rd, and and will be manned by the curator Rod Cox for much of that time. He will happily conduct personal tours of the Exhibition for Assembly Members, so this presents a good opportunity for constituents to bring this matter to the attention of their AMs. The Exhibition is sponsored by Bethan Jenkins who will chair a meeting and a presentation by Rod Cox at 6pm on 23rd September in Conference room 24 at Ty Hywel. RSVP to attend is essential to Philippa.richards@wales.gov.uk

Events:

Exhibition Launch: Tuesday 23rd September, 6-8pm, Conference Room, 24 Ty Hywel, Cardiff Bay with talk by Rod Cox, Curator and Chaired by Bethan Jenkins AM

Walk around exhibition: Tuesday 23rd Spetember from 12:15 (open to all)

Film: Open Bethlehem
2014-09-24 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | ONDAATJE THEATRE, THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 1 Kensington Gore, London , SW7 2AR, London , United Kingdom
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OPEN BETHLEHEM

A F I L M B Y L E I L A S A N S O U R
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W e d n e s d a y 2 4 t h S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 , 7 : 0 0 p m

Followed by an interview with the film-maker by MELVYN BRAGG and Q&A
"One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries I have seen, about this unreported story. The tragedy of the Palestinians encapsulated in the life of one town - Bethlehem. See the film, then go to Bethlehem and see for yourself." JON SNOW
“Open Bethlehem is a deeply personal film that has been 10 years in the making. At times funny, always passionate, this film paints the portrait of Bthlehem as it has never been seen before." TIPPING POINT FILMS

“For most, Bethlehem is myth. For me, it is home and a real place right in the heart of the Middle East - a little town currently fighting for survival." LEILA SANSOUR

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The screening will be followed by an interview between Leila Sansour and renowned British writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg with Q&A from the audience. The focus of the discussion,"Should we save Bethlehem?", will explore the dramatic changes taking place in the city today and their implications to the wider region.

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Leila Sansour is an acclaimed Palestinian British film maker from Bethlehem, best known in the UK for her feature documentary Jeremy Hardy versus The Israeli Army. Leila has worked for MBC, Al Jazeera and ITN News and is the founder of OPEN BETHLEHEM, an initiative that works to save the city. She started chronicling the building of the wall in her hometown in 2004, a project which resulted in the gathering of a rare Bethlehem archive, both past and present. Parts of this vast digital collection will be presented on the FILM'S WEBSITE in the coming two years.

ONDAATJE THEATRE
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR

Located at the junction of Exhibition Road & Kensington Gore

Main entrance through Exhibition Road reception

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Mass Picket of Sainsbury's Whitechapel
2014-09-27 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, 1 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E1 5SD, United Kingdom
Boycott
Taking Action against supporters of Israeli Apartheid
Join Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship Association for a mass picket of Sainsbury's Whitechapel, E1 5SD.

Saturday September 27th 11 am -1 pm
To raise awareness of of corporate complicity in the oppression of Palestinians bring banners and whistles.

Boycott Action- Plymouth PSC
2014-09-27 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Tesco Metro, New George Street, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 1RA, United Kingdom
Leafleting call for boycott of Israeli goods action outside Tesco Metro in New George Street, City Centre.

All welcome to Plymouth PSC's next meeting on Wednesday 1st October 7.30pm Quaker House. Visit Plymouth PSC website for more details:

http://www.plymouthpsc.org.uk/wordpress/

BDS Action in Tower Hamlets
2014-09-27 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Whitechapel Station, 277 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BY, United Kingdom
Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international law.

Sainsbury’s uses suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements.

In April 2013, The Co-operative stated that in line with its ethical policy it would ‘no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements’.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK and others are calling on Sainsburys to follow this example and to completely stop selling settlement produce. Join Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship Association for an action to support this national BDS campaign locally.

See more on the campaign and why it is important here: http://www.palestinecampaign.org/sainsburys/#sthash.678iEE3w.dpuf

Check The Label- London BDS Group Action
2014-09-27 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, 15-17 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 1BJ, United Kingdom
Drop by our stall and protest outside Sainsbury's to raise awareness for the call to Boycott Israeli Goods and take a stand against supermarket's continued deals with Israel for products grown in Palestinian territories.

Nearest Tube Station: Tottenham Court Road

What Future for Palestine? What can be expected from the International Community?
2014-09-27 14:15 - 17:30 UTC | Dorset Gardens Methodist Church Hall, Dorset Gardens, Brighton , BN2 1RL, United Kingdom
Jointly organised by BHPSC and Brighton & Hove United Nations Association.

What future for Palestine? What can be expected from the international community?

Speakers: three eminent specialists on Palestine: Musheir El-Farrah (author and chair of Sheffield PSC), Michael Kearney (international lawyer) and Neville Grant (Sec UNA London & SE Region).
For further details about the speakers, see our website.

Free admission. Light refreshments provided.

Panel Debate: Roots of the Conflict in the Middle East
2014-09-27 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | The Midland Hotel, Princes Ballroom, Forster Sqaure, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 4HU, United Kingdom
Hosted by the Bradford Literature Festival:

From Iraq, Syria and the Israel-Palestinian conflict to the nuclear talks between America and Iran. Images from, and the words about, the Middle East deluge our screens and provide reams of newspaper columns. The focus shifts interminably from one hot spot to the next in an unceasing round of conflict and carnage.

Join our expert panel as they analyse and discuss the historical factors that led to these conflicts and examine how the various power bases within the Middle East, both existing and emerging, interact with, and impact upon, each other.

The panelists will also discuss the Arab Spring and why after two years the hopes that had arisen have turned to dismay.

Booking is required for this event. Please visit the website using the link below for further information.

http://www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/conflict/

End the Arms Trade with Israel- Protest at the Tory Party Conference Birmingham
2014-09-28 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Victoria Square Town Hall, New Street, Birmingham, B3 3DQ, United Kingdom
When Israel was bombing Gaza, including UN schools where Palestinians had taken refuge when their homes destroyed by earlier Israeli shelling, Vince Cable refused to cancel defense licenses allowing the supply of military equipment to Israel.

David Cameron also defended Israel's bombing of Gaza as an act of self-defence. We need to hold our administration to account for their complicity in the killings of over 2,000 Palestinians, many of them children,

Join us on the protest and let us shout as loud as we can "Not in our name"

We will be demanding the end of the siege of Gaza.

We will insist that as the negotiations start between Palestinians and Israel that our government puts pressure on Israel to end its occupation and the siege of Gaza.

Bring your Palestinian flags, placards and banners and anything to enhance your voice so it carries into the conference.

Omar Sa'ad & The Galilee Quartet UK Tour
2014-09-30 00:00 - 2014-10-08 00:00 UTC
The Galilee Quartet are a Druze family of talented musicians who performed at the Royal Albert Hall with Nigel Kennedy. The group are touring the UK from 30 Sept to 8 October performing Arabic music, followed by a Q&A session with viola player Omar Sa'ad who gained international support as a conscientious objector after refusing to serve in the Israeli Army. (See http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/sarah-irving/druze-army-refuser-and-musician-tour-england)

Cambridge

Date: Tuesday 30th September

Time: 19:30

Venue: Emmanuel United Reform Church, 72 Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RR (Q&A Chair: MP Julia Huppert)

Reading

Date: Wednesday 1st October

Time: Doors open 19:00 for 19:30 start

Venue: St Nicholas Church, Sutcliffe Avenue, Earley, Berkshire, RG1 7JN

Worcester

Date: Thursday 2nd October

Time: Doors open 19:00

Venue: St George's Roman Catholic Church, 1 Sansome Plcae, Worcester WR1 1UG

Evesham

Date: Evesham 3rd October

Time: Doors open 19:00

Venue: Evensham Friends Meeting House, 28 Cowl Street, Evesham, WR11 4PL

Brighton

Date: Sunday 5th October

Time: 16:00

Venue: St Nichols Church, Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 3LJ

Sutton

Date: Monday 6th October

Time: Doors open 19:00 for a 19:30 start

Venue: Sutton Grammar School, Manor Lane, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4AS

London

Date: Wednesday 8th October

Time: Doors open 18:30 for a 19:00 start

Venue: Amnesty International UK, Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA (Q&A with Krystian Benedict & Simon Keyes followed by reception with Quartet members)

The Political Situation in Palestine and Israel
2014-10-01 18:15 - 20:00 UTC | Carrs lane Church Centre, Carrs Lane, Birmingham, B4 7SX, United Kingdom
Speakers:

Ofer Neiman, ICAHD Jerusalem
After Gaza, What Next?

Brian Brown, Kairos Britain Brian Brown, Kairos Britain
A briefing on Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment

Programme:
6.15pm Supper and conversation
7pm Prayers led by Carrs Lane Lived Community
7.30pm Speakers’ presentations

The home of a partnership of Christian ministries supported by the Methodist and United Reformed Churches

Israel's Crimes in Gaza- Merton PSC
2014-10-01 19:15 - 21:00 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Room, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, United Kingdom
UK Stop Arming Israel Campaign & Russell Tribunal on Israel’s Crimes in Gaza

Guest Speakers:

Hilary Aked, from Campaign Against Arms Trade, who has spent time in Palestine and was involved in the rooftop occupation of Elbit Systems - an Israeli drones manufacturer - in Shenstone, Staffs.

Maha Rahwanji, Report back from the Extraordinary session of the Russell Tribunal in Belgium on Israel’s Crimes in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge .

Followed by Q&A

Refreshments and Zaytoun Produce on sale.

Doors open at 19.15 for a 19.30 start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins. from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.

RSVP & for more Information contact mertonpsc@mail.com 07535121981

Meeting with Max Blumenthal
2014-10-02 15:00 - 16:30 UTC | House of Commons, Portcullis House , London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
There will be a meeting in central London with Max Blumenthal, author of organised by voice@elleanne.co.uk

- Please contact her direct if you would like to attend.

More about Max:

Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Guardian, The Independent Film Channel, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. His new book, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, is in stores now. His 2009 book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered The Party, is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller.

Ofer Neiman of ICAHD and Free Concert- Worcester Palestine Friendship
2014-10-02 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | St George's Catholic Church Parish Hall, 1 Sansom Place, Worcester, WR1 1UG, United Kingdom
Israeli dissident and human rights activist, Ofer Neiman will be talking about the political situation in Israel and what activists can do to help change it. Ofer is a co-founder of Boycott from Within; a Board Member of ICHAD and of Jews Against Genocide.

The Talk and Refreshments will be free of charge. Attendees will be asked to make a donation to the work of ICAHD.

Visitors are also invited to stay to a free concert by The Galilee String Quartet in the adjacent church starting at 7pm in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).

Contact Ruby Kvalheim at info@icahduk.org for more information.

In Conversation with Max Blumenthal: Operation Protective Edge, Gaza and Beyond
2014-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Room B3 SOAS , University of London, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
This summer saw another devastating attack on Gaza, killing more than 1400 civilians, including 501 children. Max Blumenthal recently testified before the Russell Tribunal on Palestine on the atrocities he documented in the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge. In this talk, he will discuss his findings as well as the broader context of the conflict, including incitement to genocide by Israeli political and societal leaders, the repression of dissent in Israel, and the situation in the West Bank.

Biography: Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. His new book, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, is in stores now. His 2009 book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered The Party, is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller. He recently testified at the Russel Tribunal's extraordinary session on Gaza.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/260655150724822/

Eventbrite regsitration link: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/edit?eid=13408020751

Sainsbury's Boycott Action- Huddersfield
2014-10-04 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Huddersfield Sainsbury's, 22-24 Market Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2ET, United Kingdom
Palestine Support Network Huddersfield

Meet outside the Huddersfield Market Street Sainsbury's as part of the national campaign to persuade Sainsbury's not to trade with Israeli companies that operate out of the Settlements.

Sainsbury's Boycott Action - Waltham Forest PSC
2014-10-05 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Sainsbury's Walthamstow High Street, 112 High Street, London, E17 7JY, United Kingdom
Unite with Waltham Forest in call to for Sainsbury's to boycott suppliers that profit from Israeli settlements.

Please see here for further details regarding the national campaign

Fundraising Brunch- Saddleworth Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
2014-10-05 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | Uppermill, Oldham, 7 Saddleworth Fold, Uppermill, OL3 6EQ, United Kingdom
Help raise money for women's education in Gaza

The event includes: buffet breakfast, stall of Palestinian goods and handmade jewellery and an update about the current situation in Gaza and about some of the women the fund supports (12.30 pm).

All are welcome

Parking available on Church Road

For more information please contact: saddleworth.pwsf@gmail.com

The Galilee Quartet - Amnesty UK & Brighton & Hove PSC
2014-10-05 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Saint Nicholas' Church, Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 3LJ, United Kingdom
IN CONCERT AND CONVERSATION, conscientious objector Omar Sa'ad and the Galilee String Quartet are in Brighton during their 9 date tour of Britain.

The young musicians are from a Druze family from the village of Maghar in Galilee. They have performed throughout Palestine and in many European cities.

In 2013, they played with Nigel Kennedy at the Proms in the Albert Hall. Omar Sa'ad gained international support as a conscientious objector after refusing to serve in the Israeli army and 'occupy his own people - the Palestinians'. Omar was sent to prison and eventually exempted from military service after refusing the draft seven times. His younger brother Mostafa has been summoned to present himself for military service and next year he will be imprisoned for his conscientious objection.

The Quartet will play in support of the right to reject military service on grounds of conscientious objection - this right is protected under International Human Rights Law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

The talented musicians will play classical western pieces (JS Bach and Mozart) and modern and traditional Arabic music.

Children in Chains- documentary by Jon Pullman
2014-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Kennington Park Community Centre, 89 Harleyford Street, London, SE11 5SY , United Kingdom
Jon Pullman’s documentary film about Palestinian children in the Israeli military courts system.

There will also be a 10 min short version of Gazan film maker Fida Qishta’s where should the birds fly in which one child witnesses the devastation wreaked on Gaza.

Chaired by Martin Linton (Labour2Palestine). Q&A with Kiri Tunks (Action4Palestinian children).

All welcome. There is no charge but a collection will be taken.

Organised by Lambeth & Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign. lwpsc2013@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/832959420059414/

"Sadness of the Mediterranean"- Poetry Reading SOAS Palestine Society
2014-10-07 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
The SOAS Palestine Society cordially invites you to an evening of poetry, read by Arafat Aldeek, and discussion about a new literary wave in Palestine.

Borne within an artistically fertile land, Arafat Aldeek's voice comes to us from Ramallah, where he is hailed as one of the strong young voices of Palestinian poetry. It is a special privilege to host his first reading in Europe, beyond the book fairs, literary festivals and university halls of the Middle-East.

All poems will be read in Arabic with English translation available on screen. The Q&A session is open to all and will be held in English.

This event is open to all.

Please visit Facebook page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1514779368760976/?ref=22

After the Tricycle- Can Arts Organisations say 'no' to embassy funding?
2014-10-07 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Amnesty International’s Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA, London, London, United Kingdom
In August 2014, during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, the Tricycle Theatre asked the UK Jewish Film Festival to forego Israeli embassy funding. The festival refused, and very publicly walked away from the Tricycle, briefing the press that the theatre was boycotting a Jewish festival. The theatre came under immediate and sustained attack, all the way from campaigns to defund the theatre, via denunciations by liberal newspaper columnists, to intervention of the Secretary of State for Culture himself.

Do artists and arts organisations have the right to say 'no' when governments with negative human rights records try to co-opt culture in the service of their public relations strategies?

Please join us in a panel discussion of the issues exposed by the Tricycle affair.

Panel chair: Kamila Shamsie, novelist.
Speakers: April De Angelis and Tanika Gupta playwrights, Antony Lerman writer & commentator, and Ofer Neiman of the Israeli group Boycott from Within.

http://artistsright2sayno.wordpress.com

Entry free, booking recommended. Doors open at 18:30 for a 19:00 start.

There will be a drinks reception afterwards.

Rebuilding Hope Tour- Humberside Friends of Palestine
2014-10-07 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | The Endsleigh Centre, The Garden Lounge, 481 Beverley Road, Hull, HU6 7LH, United Kingdom
Humberside Friends of Palestine invite you to an evening with Marwan Farajeh from the Holy Land Trust, Bethlehem.

Marwan Farajeh is a charismatic speaker; a Muslim in a Christian organisation. Hear his views on the Palestinian situation and the roles played by the Holy Land Trust and the Amos Trust in rebuilding Palestinian homes demolished by the Israelis. Talk to British volunteers who have been to Palestine and worked hands on.

No admission charge, light refreshments, wheelchair accessible.

For further details please phone 01482 854947 or e mail

humbersidefriendsofpalestine@topmail.co.uk

http://www.endsleighcentre.org.uk

Supporting a Cycle for Peace - Milton Keynes PSC
2014-10-07 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom Buildin, 602 North Row, Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ, United Kingdom
“Ending the Cycle of Violence - Supporting a Cycle for Peace” by Laura Abraham, Founder of The Peace Cycle

"The Peace Cycle has taken 5 International groups to Palestine to raise awareness of the conflict, encourage activism and advocacy, and show solidarity with all who work for peace with justice. Over the years, people joining the Peace Cycle have included Muslims, Christians, Jews and people of other faiths and none, students, teachers, parents, children, professionals and non-professionals, with diverse backgrounds. The Peace Cycle does not adhere to any particular political philosophy, neither do we claim to know the recipe for a lasting peace agreement in Israel and Palestine - we simply believe that lasting peace and security can only come from equality and justice for all people."
Read more about The Peace Cycle:
http://www.thepeacecycle.com/tpc.htm

Members, supporters and friends of MKPSC and their families all welcome

Free admission

Doors open 7.15 pm

Refreshments on arrival and during the interval
Stalls selling Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts

Note on location: North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and Centrecom is between North 9 and North 10 Streets.

The Galilee Quartet In Concert & Conversation- Amnesty International UK
2014-10-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Amnesty International UK Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA, United Kingdom
A performance by the Galilee String Quartet followed by Q&A with the Sa'ad family and reception

With:

Omar Sa'ad (viola)

Mostafa Sa'ad (violin)

Ghandi Sa'ad (violin)

Tibah Sa'ad (cello)

and their father Zaheralden Sa'ad

At Amnesty International UK, Human Rights Action Centre , 17 - 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA

October 8 2014 - Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

The event is free. Please ensure you book to reserve your tickets.

Amnesty are delighted to be able to present the Galilee Quartet, in concert and conversation. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session with Israeli conscientious objector, Omar Sa'ad.

Viola player Omar Sa'ad previously performed with Nigel Kennedy at the Royal Albert Hall at the Proms 2013.

More recently the Druze teenager, who is a citizen of Israel, gained international support as a conscientious objector after refusing to serve in the Israeli Army.

' I will not be fuel to your wars.'

His case was highlighted by Amnesty and his open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu went viral, declaring 'I will not be the fuel to the fire of your war.' Omar was finally released from military prison in June 2014 after refusing the draft seven times.

Omar, his two violinist brothers and their cellist sister make up the Galilee Quartet - a classical string quartet from the Galilee village of Maghar. But while Omar has just been released from prison, his brother Mostafa will soon be called up to the draft and he will go to military prison as a conscientious objector.

The quartet will be playing at the Human Rights Action Centre in support of the right to reject military service on grounds of conscientious objection - this right is protected under international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Israel has ratified.

Find out more about Omar’s case

More information about Omar's UK tour

Mental Health and War: A special focus on the Gaza Strip
2014-10-10 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | 38-40 Blackfriars Road, Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8PB, United Kingdom
UK Palestine Mental Health Network

Speakers: Dr Brian Barber, Nimisha Patel and Dr Derek Summerfield

The Gaza Strip, Palestine is a war zone. IN the ast five years its residents have experienced three wars that have cost the lives of over 3000 citizens. Recently returned fromThe Gaza Strip Professor Brian Barber will provide an in deth account of the acale and type if mental health problems facing Palestinian professionals. Dr Barber will also speak about his decades of work in the The Gaza Strip that has looked at the longitudinal effects of the occupation and war on the well-being of children and adolescents. Dr Patel, a clinial psychologist, will provide important insights as a mental health professional who has worked in Gaza fr large providers of mental health care such as the United Nations. Dr Summerfield, psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley Trust, has vast experience researching trauma and war, and will provide a more nuanced view on some of the limits of the recent rise of a global mental health discourse

Donations accepted on the door

Contact: ukpalmhn@gmail.com

Hounslow-Ramallah Twinning Association's AGM
2014-10-10 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Community Room 1, Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow, United Kingdom
We’re delighted and honoured to have a number of special guests:
Josh Hinckson is a coach with Brentford FC’s Academy, and Ryan Peters played for the Bees between 2004 and 2008 and now
has a coaching role with Brentford FC Community Sports Trust. Josh and Ryan will be talking about their HRTA-facilitated footballing visit to Ramallah and the West Bank earlier this summer.

Sir Vincent Fean was British Consul-General to Jerusalem (de facto Ambassador to Palestine) from 2010-14. Sir Vincent will be speaking about friendship links and his experiences in Palestine.

Leon Rosselson is an acclaimed singer & songwriter as well as a writer of children’s books. His songs are both serious and humorous and
include songs about Palestine. Leon will be performing some of his songs.

It promises to be a most interesting and entertaining evening.

All welcome :: Free entry and refreshments & snacks :: Q&A

Please remember to bring £5 if you’d like to join HRTA or renew your membership.
Any queries - 020 8570 7116 or secretary@hounslow-ramallah.org

Slough PSCFilm Screening: Where Should The Birds Fly
2014-10-10 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Langley Community Centre, Meadow Road, Langley, SL3 7QA, United Kingdom
Join Slough PSC us in a celebration of Palestinian cinema:
'Where Should The Birds Fly' is the first film about Gaza made by Palestinians living the reality of Israel’s blockade of this tiny enclave. It is the story of two young women, survivors of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead. Mona Samouni, now 12 years old, and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta, now 27. The film is a visual documentation that reveals the strength and hope, the humanity and humor that flourishes among the people of Gaza. Few films document so powerfully and personally the impact of modern warfare and sanctions on a civilian population.

Reem Kelani in Concert at SOAS- CANCELLED
2014-10-10 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | SOAS Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Russell Sqaure, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances the Centre for Palestine Studies Gaza Concert with Reem Kelani has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date.

We apologise for any inconvenience and for those of you who have already purchased tickets please contact Louise Hosking, Executive Officer at the LMEI, who will be arranging refunds (lh2@soas.ac.uk).

Faversham & Whitstable PSC Market Stall
2014-10-11 09:30 - 13:00 UTC | Market Stall in Market Square, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AG, United Kingdom
The stall will focus on the Boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, explaining what we can do to drive it.

There will be a petition to sign for suspension of the EU Israeli Association agreement and Palestinian products on sale including top quality zaytoun olive oil.

Help is most welcome.

Cavaclade for Palestine- West Midlands PSC
2014-10-12 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Ward End Park, Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham, B8 2HB, United Kingdom
Please visit the website for more information: http://westmidspsc.org/boycott/?p=1351

Gaza Film Fundraiser- 5 Broken Cameras & Gaza Calling
2014-10-13 20:00 - 2014-10-14 22:30 UTC | Whirled Cinema, 259 Hardess Street, London, SE24 0HN, United Kingdom
Come and watch two amazing documentaries, and shorts from Palestinian film makers, to raise money for the Gaza Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal. The DEC will continue funding for the next two years to help rebuild schools, hospitals and help those most in need.

TICKETS NEEDED IN ADVANCE - £10 suggested donation per film

Monday 13 October - Gaza Calling & Small hands in Handcuffs screening https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gaza-film-fundraiser-tickets-13166672873?ref=estw

Tuesday 13 October - 5 Broken Cameras screening
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/gaza-film-fundraiser-tuesday-5-broken-cameras-screening-tickets-13166987815

5 Broken Cameras (90mins)
When Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat bought a video camera in 2005, it was to film his newborn son. Around the same time, the Israelis began building a ‘security fence’ in his village – supposedly to stop suicide bombers, but also to cordon off land from the village to build Israeli houses. The villagers started a peaceful protest against the bulldozers. Every week, after Friday prayers at the mosque, they marched to the fence brandishing olive branches. And Burnat became their unofficial cameraman. He’s edited five years of footage into this documentary – a tough watch that’ll leave you despairing of peace anytime soon.

http://www.kinolorber.com/5brokencameras/

Gaza calling (64 mins)
Samer lives in the West Bank, one hour from his family in Gaza: they haven’t seen each other for six years. Mustafa visited Gaza seven years ago, aged 18: his mother has been fighting to see him ever since. Considered ‘infiltrators’ in their own country, parents can only talk to their sons on the phone; sisters only see their brothers on the internet... An extraordinary glimpse into the daily reality for families torn apart, and the struggle to stay connected.

http://www.nahedawwad.com/gaza-calling/gaza-calling-synopsis-2/

Palestine Music Therapy Project Fundraising Event- Cardiff PSC
2014-10-14 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | St Andrew's Church, Penylan Road, Roath, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Fund Raising Event for Music Therapy Project in Palestine

Cwmbach Male Voice Choir and Cenestra Male Choir (Visiting from South Africa)

Tickets £8 contact 07891 663333

www.facebook.com/cardiffpsc

The European Union and the Occupied Territories
2014-10-15 05:45 - 08:00 UTC | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, London , WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Dimitris Bouris, Research Fellow at the College of Europe, will give a talk on the subject of his book The European Union and Occupied Palestinian Territories: state-building without a state (2014, Routledge) in which he analyses the present EU approach to state-building, both in policy and operation. Bouris offers a review of the literature on peace-building, EU state-building and conflict resolution, before examining in detail the EU's role as a state-builder in the case of the Occupied Palestinian Territories following the 1993 Oslo Accords.

Concert for Palestine
2014-10-16 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | RMA Tavern, 58 Cromwell Road, Eastney, PO4 9PN, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Scots singer Ewan Mc Lennan- winner of several awards including the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award. His music combines traditional folk with his own self-penned songs that are increasingly receiving critical acclaim.
Sue Apicella & Dave Jordan- Sue's beautiful voice and Dave's superb guitar-playing ensure this duo's considerable popularity.
Admission £7 (£6 concession)
All proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestinians
Contact: Jenny Flintoft flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Protest Against Arms Trade with Israel ELBIT Factory
2014-10-17 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | UAV Engines Factory, Lynn Lane, Shenstone, Litchfield, WS14 0DT, United Kingdom
Please visit the facebook page for more information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/716865961725628/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

Tottenham for Gaza- Fundraising Benefit for MAP
2014-10-17 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | The Beehive, Stoneleigh Road, London, N17 9BQ, United Kingdom
Please visit the facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/282204798649366/291810761022103/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity

Israel Above the Law?- War On Want (note: change of time)
2014-10-18 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | Amnesty International’s Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA, London, London, United Kingdom
Please visit War On Want's website for further information: http://www.waronwant.org/news/events/18219-israel-above-the-law-

Concert for Gaza- Ripon Cathedral
2014-10-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Ripon Cathedral , Minster Road, North Yorkshire, HG4 1QT, United Kingdom
COME & SING Handel's Messiah, a Charity Event for Gaza. Seeking singers and other support for this special performance in Ripon Cathedral on Saturday 18th October.

As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza unfolds, the suffering inflicted on children is the most harrowing of all, and this charity concert is a special way of channelling concern into practical support for families in Gaza, through the
work of Medical Aid for Palestinians www.map-uk.org.

We aim to recruit a chorus of 200 singers, to fill Ripon Cathedral with the glorious music of Handel's most famous choral work, to raise the roof and reach a target of £2,000 for MAP's ongoing projects for malnourished children in Gaza.

To join the choir send a message with your email address or email sue@j-cooke.net. On the day we rehearse from 1pm.

If you prefer not to sing, just come and enjoy the evening performance which begins at 7pm. Book today at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/handels-messiah-for-gaza-tickets-12825402123 Tickets are £14, plus a small booking fee.

We are also looking for volunteers to help on the day, and if you are busy elsewhere you can still help us reach our target with a donation via
www.justgiving.com/Sue-Cooke3/

Avi Shlaim: Israel and Gaza in Historical Perspective
2014-10-20 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Lecture Room 23, Balliol College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Professor Avi Shlaim's talk will provide the historical background crucial to understanding Israel's recent attack on Gaza.

Please visit the following website for more information:

www.twitter.com/PalSocOxford

www.facebook.com/PalSocOxford

Stop the Bombing of Iraq and Syria- End the Siege of Gaza- Bristol PSC & Bristol STWC
2014-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Island, Old Bridewell Police Station (Bridewell Street Entrance), Nelson Street , Bristol, BS1 2LE, United Kingdom
Speakers:

Sami Ramadani (Guardian Columnist & Iraqi Exile)

Marian Connolly (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)

www.facebook.com/events/703191946430129/?context=create&previousaction=create&source=49&sid_create=1114363961

Sumud Palestine Conference
2014-10-25 09:45 - 17:00 UTC | Burslem School of Art, Queen Street, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, ST6 3EG, United Kingdom
Speakers

Professor Haim Bresheeth: Israel’s South Africa Moment

Haim Bresheeth is filmmaker and film studies scholar, now concentrating on the Palestinian conflict, and completing a book on the formative history of Zionism. He is a Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University.

Tom Anderson: The BDS Campaign Tom is a researcher for Corporate Watch and the co-author of Targeting Israeli Apartheid: a boycott, divestment and sanctions handbook. He has spent time in Gaza and the West Bank carrying out research to support the BDS movement.

Musheir al Farra: Gaza Originally from Khan Younis, a town in the south of the Gaza Strip, Musheir is a political and human rights activist, author of Gaza: When the sky rained white fire (2012) and Chair of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Dr Martin Kemp: History repeats itself – How dehumanisation and defences against guilt silence the West’s moral response to Israel’s occupation of Palestine Martin is a psychoanalyst, researcher and leading member of the Steering Group of the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network.

Mohammed Mukhaimar and Angela Glendenning will report on the progress and achievements of Sumud Palestine.

Workshops

Sumud Palestine: Sajid Hashmi; Working with grass root organisations in Palestine: Musheir al-Farra; The New Anti-Semitism: Haim Bresheeth;

BDS Campaign: Tom Anderson; The Kairos Declaration – A cry for justice and the UK response: The Revd. Nichola Jones.

Cost: £10 adults; £5 students; Unwaged: apply. Lunch included.

Further information,contact:

Angela Glendenning, 32 Dartmouth Avenue, Newcastle, Staffs ST5 3NY

E: angela.glendenning@gmail.com T: 01782-616368

www.sumudpalestine.co.uk

http://sumudpalestine.org.uk/events/sumud-conference-2014

Plymouth PSC- Sainsbury's Boycott Action
2014-10-25 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, Mutley Plain, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Join Plymouth PSC for a Boycott of Israeli Goods Action outside Sainsbury's.

http://www.plymouthpsc.org.uk/wordpress/?page_id=6

Gig for Gaza at the Grand Union
2014-10-25 19:30 - 23:00 UTC | Grand Union Bar and Restaurant, 66-68 Clemens Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 2DN, United Kingdom
Live Music from various artists including South Town, Matt Hernandez and Friends as well as Palestinian poetry will be on the bill. All funds raised will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) in Gaza.

Tickets £5 on the door. First come, first served.

Contact: 01926 888 278

RAAST Musicians Live- Don't Be Deaf to Gaza Fundraiser
2014-10-25 20:00 - 23:30 UTC | Blackhorse Road Workshop, 1-2 Sutherland Road Path, Walthomstow, London, E17 6BX, United Kingdom
Please visit the facebook page to find out more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dont-be-Deaf-to-Gaza/1502629806656369

Film Screening: Where Should The Birds Fly by Fida Qishta- Norwich PSC
2014-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Curve in the Forum, Millennium Plane, Central Norwich, United Kingdom
'Where Should The Birds Fly' is the first film about Gaza made by Palestinians living the reality of Israel's siege and blockade of this tiny enclave. It is the story of two young women, survivors of Israel's Operation Cast Lead. Mona Samouni, now 12 years old, and the filmaker, FIda Qishta, now 27, represent the spirit and future of Palestinians.

Organised by Norwich PSC

Email: norwichpsc@gmail.com

Tel: Rita 07906093354

British Policy and Arab Displacement in Palestine, 1915-1923
2014-10-28 17:45 - 19:30 UTC | Khalil Lecture Theatre, SOAS University, London, United Kingdom
British Policy and Arab Displacement in Palestine, 1915-23: Contingency, Imperialism, and Double-dealing
LONDON MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE & Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS

SPEAKER:

William Mathew, University of East Anglia

The argument offered is that the historical roots of Arab political displacement in Palestine lie, contextually, and decisively, with British imperial policy in the Levant in the late 1910s and early 1920s. There are at least three critical factors: first, war-time contingency and the political marginalisation of Arab communities at the time of the 1917 Balfour Declaration; second, Britain's overwhelming preoccupation in the Middle East with her hold on India and routes thereto by way of Suez, Palestine itself being a matter of meagre interest in terms of its cultural, demographic, and political circumstances; and, third, the trashing - with much attendant dissembling - of the pledges for Palestine independence as set out in the McMahon-Hussein correspondence of 1915-16.

Chair: Dina Matar, SOAS

All Welcome

This event is free and there is no need to book

Tea and biscuits are available from 5.15pm

Living Under Occupation: A Woman's View
2014-10-28 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | White Rock Hotel, White Rock, TN34 1JU, Hastings, United Kingdom
A talk by Nawal Slemiah, founder of "Women in Hebron." There will be an additional speaker, from Qalandia, who now lives in Hastings.

The Hastings PSC website: http://www.hastingspalestinecampaign.org/

The Hastings PSC facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hastings-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign/618273321571713

Palestine Solidarity and the Trade Unions- Cardiff PSC
2014-10-29 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Unite Building , Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9SD, United Kingdom
Speakers:

Steve Bell, PSC Trade Union Liaison Officer

Ciaran Gibbons, FBU

Shavanah Taj, Regional Officer PCS (to be confirmed)

Betty Hunter, Honorary President of PSC

We will also be showing a short heart-warming documentary film that follows the experiences of a group of Scottish Firefighters in the West Bank.

Help us to build a network of Trade Union Activists to support the struggle to FREE PALESTINE.

To join the Cardiff PSC mailing list email:cardiffpsc@gmail.com

Like Cardiff PSC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cardiffpsc

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Workshop- change of venue!
2014-11-01 10:30 - 16:00 UTC | , ,
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE

Nottingham PSC

During the recent 51-day genocidal bombardment of Gaza, each week up to 1,000 people took to the streets of Nottingham to express their support for the Palestinian people and protest the complicity of our leaders and the BBC. The bombing has stopped but the occupation, the blockade, the oppression, humiliation, torture and killing continues.

The very least that we can do to help the Palestinian people is to do what they have asked us to do; become part of the boycott, divestment and sanctions(BDS) movement.

There are a limited number of places available on this free worckshop which will cover what BDS is, why we do it, strategy and tactics, successes to date, future plans, getting involved and legal aspects.

Please do your utmost to attend the BDS Workshop and encourage others to do the same.

Free tea and coffee will be supplied. Please be sure to bring your own packed lunch/sandwiches.

To book your place or ask for further details contact: 07415 594906 or nottmpsc@nottm4palestine.org.uk

Palestine And Its Future
2014-11-01 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Labour Hall, Pump Lance, Middlesex, London, UB3 3NB, United Kingdom
Meeting on Palestine

Speaker: Salim Alam, PSC Executive

After the horrific loss of life resulting from the bombing of Gaza this summer, it is vital now that a solution to the future of Palestine is secured.

This meeting will discuss the history and the prospects for the future of a just and lasting settlement to the Palestinian People.

Bristol Sponsored Walk for Palestine
2014-11-02 00:00 UTC
Join us for an easy 5 mile walk to Ashton Court Estate and return via the Suspension Bridge.

Money raised will fund:- Women in Hebron http://womeninhebron.com and Palestine Solidarity Campaign www.palestinecampaign.org

For fliers and sponsorship forms contact ewan75@hotmail.com

Conversation with Rebecca Vilkomerson, Jewish Voice for Peace
2014-11-04 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
After Gaza: The power of BDS, and the rise of Jewish voices for Palestinian rights

A conversation with Rebecca Vilkomerson, Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace

Chaired by Karma Nabulsi, PSC Patron and Professor at University of Oxford

At King’s College, London, PSC co-hosted Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of US-based organisation, Jewish Voice for Peace. Vilkomerson told a packed audience that the Israeli government’s claims to be acting for and speaking on behalf of Jewish people worldwide was simply not true. She said that support for JVP in the US had increased hugely during the summer, and the group had tripled its number of branches countrywide in that period.

Watch the video from 12 minutes in due to sound distortion.

The horrific attacks on Gaza over the summer focused the attention of the world on Israel's brutality and matrix of control over the Palestinian people. Students, activists, people of conscience, took to the streets to demand an end to this injustice.

They also responded to the 2005 Palestinian call for international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. Activists around the world intensified their BDS actions, from the Block The Boat campaign and the Presbyterian Church's decision to divest in the US, to the campaigns against Sodastream, G4S and Hewlett Packard in the UK.

Jewish people are increasingly playing a key role in this movement. Jewish Voice for Peace is the largest Jewish organisation in the US which fully backs the BDS call for justice, freedom and equality. They have a membership of 150,000 and reflect the rapidly changing views of the American public. JVP has been at the forefront of a number of BDS victories.

Rebecca Vilkomerson, JVP's Executive Director, discussed the power of BDS, and the increasing number of Jewish voices in solidarity with Palestine.

This event was co-hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews For Justice For Palestinians, and King's College London Action Palestine.

Britain's Historic Guilt for the Palestinian Situation Today
2014-11-04 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Brigthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD, United Kingdom
A talk by Prof John Newsinger

Come and hear how Britain’s commitment to creating a Zionist colony in Palestine, its brutal putting down of the Palestinian Revolt and encouragement of Jewish immigration, helped cause the Nakba and today’s injustice.
No charge for admission.

Tower Hamlets PSC Founding Meeting
2014-11-04 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG, United Kingdom
http://oxfordhouse.org.uk/contact/

Speakers:

Kiri Tunks, action for Palestinian children

Salim Alam, Campaigns Officer, national executive, Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Election of officers: Secretary, Chair, Treasurer, and steering group)

(All members are encouraged to stand)

Local actions and campaigning

For more information contact sybil on sybilcock@hotmail.co.uk

Stand Up for Palestine - PSC Fundraiser with Alexei Sayle- SOLD OUT
2014-11-04 19:30 - 23:30 UTC | Red Gallery, 1-3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT, London, London, United Kingdom
SOLD OUT

Stand Up for Palestine

Live Comedy - PSC Fundraiser at Red Gallery 1-3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT, London

With

Compere: Alexei Sayle

Jeremy Hardy

Nish Kumar (Stewart Lee's Alternative Comedy Experience)

Tom Allen

and Daphna "MissD" Baram

stand up for palestine A4 flyer

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Get your Tickets: £20 / £15 Concession (unwaged)

From PSC: from the bottom of this page!

On the PSC phone: 02077006192

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Find us:

www.facebook.com/StandUpForPalestine

http://twitter.com/SUF_Palestine

Red Gallery: http://redgallerylondon.com/event/stand-palestine/1415129400-1415142000

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Small print:

We will not be issuing physical/printed tickets, if you have booked for your friends please make sure to arrive together, or make sure all names are on the list at the door.
Doors will open at 7.30pm, the show will start at 8.00pm, and end by 11pm.
A fully licensed bar will be open from 7.30pm until Midnight.
The venue has unreserved seating and standing room. We recommend that you arrive early if you want to get a seat. If you have a disability or are unable to stand for any reason please make sure to contact us in advance info@palestinecampaign.org
The show is taking place in an +18 venue.
Directions: http://redgallerylondon.com/content/visit-us
Have a great time!

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Palestine Solidarity Campaign Founded in 1982, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has become the largest and most active campaigning organisation in the UK on the issue of Palestine. We aim to build an effective mass campaign, organising protests, BDS actions, political lobbying and raising public awareness, in support of the Palestinian people’s human rights according to International law.

Five Broken Cameras Film Screening- Merton PSC
2014-11-05 19:15 - 21:00 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, London, SW19 1SD, United Kingdom
Merton PSC

A documentary on a Palestinian farmer's chronicle of his non-violent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.

Directors: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi 94 mins.

There will be an update on PSC campaigns and Zaytoun products and refreshments on sale.

Contact: mertonpsc@gmail.com or 07535121981

Exhibition: On the Way Home
2014-11-06 09:00 - 2014-11-20 17:00 UTC | Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, United Kingdom
This is a free exhibition displaying the work of Palestinian Artisit Munir Waked, born and raised in Nazareth and now living in London. It explores and challenges, through installation and digital prints, our idea of social justice and its connections with space and place in the context of the multiple displacements of the lived Palestinian experience from 1948 until 2014.

Opening Reception: Thursday, 6 November from 6:00 to 9:00PM

Please visit the facebook page and website for further information:

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/on-the-way-home/

https://www.facebook.com/events/858142070870826/

DAM UK Live Tour- Sheffield, Manchester, London
2014-11-06 19:00 - 2014-11-08 23:30 UTC
Sheffield 6th Novemeber @ Corporation 7 pm

Manchester 7th Novemeber @ KRAAK 7 pm

London 8th Novemeber @ 7 pm

Supporting Acts Rafeef Ziadah and Kitbeh5

Please visit facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/275122876018038/

Stop Arms Trade With Israel Public Meeting
2014-11-07 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | St. Saviours Hall, St. Saviours Road, Birmingham, B8 1HW, United Kingdom
Please visit the facebook page for further information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/393253247498235/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

The Impact of World War One on Palestine
2014-11-08 09:30 - 2014-11-09 16:00 UTC
International Conference

Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) will be hosting a joint conference in London. The International Conference on the Impact of the WWI on Palestine will take place on the 8th and 9th of November 2014.

The conference will examine the impact of the WWI on Palestine with special interests on the role of the Ottoman Empire and the Zionist Movement. It will examine the political position of the Palestinians and the Arabs in general following the Sykes-Picot Agreement. It will also discuss in-depth the British Mandate and the San Remo Conference.

The conference will also discuss the emergence of a national Palestinian movement in the 1930’s. Last but not least, the conference will address the effects of the laissez faire attitude of the international community towards Israel after the end of the WWII. Many believe it was this attitude that galvanised the Zionist movement and its subsequent impunity towards the Palestine.

Speakers and sessions to be announced later on.

For more information and to join the conference, please click here.

Scholarship Fund Evening
2014-11-08 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | St Andrews URC, Broomhall, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sheffield Palestinian Women’s Scholarship Fund invites you to a perfect night out to raise money for Palestinian women’s education with The Bints
The Bints are a harmony singing trio from Sheffield who perform a mix of their own songs, vocal covers and traditional music including some delightful madrigals.
Enjoy an evening of song, dance and good food. Tickets available on the door – first come, first served.

Price: £12/£6.
Food included in the ticket price. Non-alcoholic drinks available
This is a women only social/ The organisers have agreed to make this a non-alcoholic event to ensure that as many women as possible feel welcome and able to attend.

Parliament Recognises Palestine: What Next?
2014-11-13 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | University of Westminister (Hogg Lecture Theatre) , 35 Marylebone Road, London , NW1 5LS, London , United Kingdom
University of Westminster, Hogg Lecture Theatre, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LSFB: https://www.facebook.com/events/299893600204256/

More details to follow:

Organised by the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS UK) and the University of Westminster - Palestinian Solidarity Society

Parliament took the historic step on October 13th of voting unilaterally to back the recognition of Palestinian statehood. Voting by 274 to 12, a majority of 262, MPs on all sides urged the Government to “recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel” as part of a “contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution”.

Significantly Labour whipped its MPs to vote in favour of the resolution, raising the prospect that the party would defy Israel’s wishes and recognise Palestine as a state - should it come to power at the next election. But even previously staunch supporters of Israel within the Conservative Party chose not to oppose the motion, which was brought by the backbench Labour MP Grahame Morris.

Speakers include:
Martin Linton, a British Labour Party politician, who was Member of Parliament for Battersea from 1997 to 2010
Sara Apps, Campaigns Officer at Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Other Palestinian and British diplomats

They will discuss, analyse and debate both the pros and cons of the recent non-binding vote and how international public opinion has evidently drifted from Israeli sights, which marks a significant change in the political landscape, following the failure of successive peace negotiations and the bitter Israeli offensive in Gaza over the summer.
Purchase a raffle ticket at the door with the chance to win free entry to Mohammad Assafs’ concert in London on November 28th - www.facebook.com/events/770316776342702/

Note: Free entry - All externals welcome
For more info. email: info@gupsuk.co.uk

The Stones Cry Out: The untold story of Palestinian Christians (FILM)
2014-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Trinity Community Church, Aamani Centre, Moss Lane East, Moss Side, M16 7DG, United Kingdom
Friends of Sabeel UK (north-west) and Kairos Brtiain invite you to this film screening about the situation inthe Holy Land

Producer/Director Yasmine Perni

Telephone 0161 428 7001

Donations towards costs invited. Palestinian Crafts and goods for sale

Watch the trailer: www.thestonescryoutmovie.com

Protest for East Jerusalem
2014-11-15 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | (Opposite) 10 Downing street, SW1A 2AA , London, London, United Kingdom
Saturday demo 15 11 14

Protest for Palestinians in Jerusalem - meeting outside Downing Street at 1pm.

Palestine Fundraising Supper- Norwich PSC & Stop the War Coalition
2014-11-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Chapelfield Methodist Church, Chapelfield Road, Norwich, United Kingdom
An authentic Middle Eastern buffet supper will be prepared by the Neesa Project. There will be a guest speaker (to be announced).

Book early to avoid disappointment.

Tickets can be purchased:

From The Greenhouse, Bethel Street, Norwich

Online www.greenhousetrust.co.uk

or Telephone: 01603 631007

Prices: £15 full price, £10 unwaged and £5 children under 16

Documentary Film Screening: The Uprooting "A Tale of Palestinian Farmers"
2014-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Fleur de Lis Hall (Gatefield Lane entrance), Faversham, Kent, ME13 8NX, United Kingdom
The screeening will be followed by a discussion with a focus on the impact of occupation on farming in the West Bank and then an update on the recent lobby of parliament.

Palestinian Zaytoun olive oil for sale.

No entrance charge - donations welcome.

Film from Gaza: 'Where Should The Birds Fly' + speakers
2014-11-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Finsbury Park Mosque, 7 – 11 St. Thomas's Road, London, London, N4 2QH, United Kingdom
Public film showing of 'Where Should The Birds Fly' - a Palestinian-made film showing the reality of life under siege and bombardment in Gaza.

With a Q&A with Jeremy Corbyn MP and a speaker from Palestine.

Come and find out more about the newly-launched Islington Palestine Solidarity Group.

Please share the event on Facebook

Day School: Trade Unions and Palestine
2014-12-06 10:00 - 16:30 UTC | Brighton University, Pavilion Parade Building, Brighton, BN2 1RA, United Kingdom
An opportunity to learn and contribute to trade union activity on Palestine
This event will provide eye witness reports of the situation 'on the ground' for civilian Palestinian people as they continue their struggle for justice and their fight against the systematic destruction of their infrastructure and way of life. There will be Trade Union specific information, providing an in-depth overview of the situation for Union members and reports based upon a TUC visit to Palestine as well as a real-time link to a Trade Union organiser in the Jordan Valley.

In conjunction with the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU).

We will be formulating plans to:

Extend and reinforce the BDS Campaign (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions)
Twin with workers' organisations in Palestine
Organise a TU delegation to Palestine

More info http://www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org/event/trade-unions-and-palestine-a-day-of-discussion-and-debate

Refreshments available including Palestinian food for a small charge.

Attendance is free.

Enquiries to Mike on 07585775748 or mikenewtown@hotmail.com

(Bristol) Easton Cowgirls reportback from Palestine
2014-12-06 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Easton Community Centre, Kilburn St, Bristol, BS5 6AW, United Kingdom
Easton Cowgirls reportback from Palestine
Easton Cowgirls will report back from their recent football tour of the West Bank.
They will be joined by Hamed Qawasmeh who lives and works in Hebron and has
co-ordinated all the Cowboys & Cowgirls tours to Palestine.
3.00-4.00pm Easton Community Centre, Kilburn St Bristol, BS5 6AW
Tea, cakes, and stalls of Palestinian embroidery.
Free event but all donations and proceeds from sales will go to
Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN) and the
Women in Hebron Co-operative. www.facebook.com/events/695634143890231/

Later that day Hamed will be giving a talk about his work and further insight into the
consequences of the Israeli occupation at the Bristol Palestine Film Festival at the
Watershed @ 6pm. Free tickets can be booked online.
Space is limited so it's essential to reserve: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/6320/about-hamed/

East Jerusalem crisis
2014-12-09 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | House of Commons , Parliament , London , SW1A 0AA , London , United Kingdom
Please join our meeting about the situation in East Jerusalem.

Chaired by Richard Burden MP, Chair of the All Party Britain-Palestine Group

Speakers:

Palestine Ambassador to the UK, Prof Manuel Hassassian

Hugh Lanning, Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Philipa Harvey, NUT

Vicky Foxcroft, Labour's Parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford and currently Regional Officer for Unite. Vicky was formerly Chair of the Labour group on Lewisham council.

Open Bethlehem film showing
2015-01-05 - 2015-01-06 | The Garden City Cinema, Campus West, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL8 6BX, Eastern, United Kingdom
A chance to see Leila Sansour's film, Open Bethhelehem, in Welwyn Garden City.

Monday 5 January 17.10 Screen 1

Tuesday 6 January 20.35 Screen 2 (140 seats)

See: www.gardencitycinema.co.uk

Film link on cinema website:

http://www.gardencitycinema.co.uk/film-open-bethlehem-569#.VJ9Tr9B9Ee8.facebook

OR

http://www.gardencitycinema.co.uk/film-open-bethlehem-569?utm_source=All+internet+bookers&utm_campaign=be5c2040da-Weekly_Cinema_Email_23_12_1412_23_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97aa665d9f-be5c2040da-317102225&ct=t(Weekly_Cinema_Email_23_12_1412_23_2014)&mc_cid=be5c2040da&mc_eid=5c9473062b

“Social and Environmental Change in Palestine - What can you do?”
2015-01-06 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
“Social and Environmental Change in Palestine - What can you do?”
“From writing a letter or signing a petition, to boycotting settlement goods, to protesting”
by peace activist
Marcus Armstrong
This meeting will be an interactive workshop on how to choose a safe and sustainable role and issue in support of the Palestinian cause.

Tuesday 6th January 2015
7.30pm – 9.30pm

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start
All members, supporters and friends of MKPSC are welcome

Free admission
Free refreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval
There will be stalls selling Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts
PSC literature available
*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

PSC AGM 2015
2015-01-24 09:30 - 17:00 UTC | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square , London, none, WC1 4RL, London, United Kingdom
The PSC Annual General Meeting is a vital event, discussing our work over the last year, and planning the future of our campaign – including motions and elections to the Executive Committee. Please join us there!

All members of national PSC are strongly encouraged to attend the AGM. If you are not sure whether your membership is up to date, please contact psc.admin@palestinecampaign.org or 020 7700 6192.

Please register using the form below. You can collect your delegate packs from 9:30am at the venue and the AGM will commence shortly after 10am.

Cost and accommodation
Cost: £8 waged, £6 unwaged

Voting eligibility

At the AGM, every member in good standing has one vote, but a minimum period of membership of 3 months, ie by 24 October 2014, is necessary before voting rights are acquired.
PSC branches can send a delegate but this will only be valid where the branch affiliated has paid its subscription (£25 annually in January) Delegates from affiliated national organisations with over 100,000 members are entitled to 3 votes. Delegates from all other affiliated organisations will have one vote.
The names of delegates from affiliated national organisations and PSC branches must be nominated by their affiliated organisation and registered with the PSC office by 9 January 2015.
In order to facilitate the smooth running of the AGM, to try to avoid lengthy registration queues, and guarantee your lunch, we are asking all delegates to pre-register for the AGM as an individual by 16 January 2015.
Voting for candidates will be by ballot at the AGM. Tellers will be appointed by the meeting.

Motions and amendments
Motions to the AGM, and nominations to the executive must be received in the PSC office by 28 November 2014. Please keep any motions to no more than 300 words.

These will be sent to members by 13 December. Amendments to motions must be received in the PSC office by 17 January 2015. Please keep any amendments to no more than 100 words.

Elections to the PSC Executive Committee
The following positions are elected at the AGM: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Trade Union Liaison Officer, Student Liaison Officer, Campaigns Officer, Publications Officer, 8 ordinary members of the Executive Committee.

Election regulations and copies of the constitution are available from the office on request.

Nominations must have the name of proposer, seconder and candidate’s agreement. (All of the above must have been a national PSC member for 6 months before the AGM. Candidates can write 100 words in support of their nomination).

“Election Year – What do our Politicians Think?”
2015-02-03 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be hosting an event:

“Election Year – What do our Politicians Think?”
Question time for local politicians

Come along to hear what representatives from political parties think about a range of issues concerning the situation in Palestine.
Issues will be addressed using questions previously submitted by members and supporters of MKPSC. There may be limited opportunity for follow-up questions from the floor at the discretion of the Chair.

Tuesday 3rd February 2015
7.30pm – 9.30pm

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start
All members, supporters and friends of MKPSC and their families are welcome
Free admission
Free refreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval
There will be stalls selling Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts
PSC literature available
contact us at: miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com

*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Palestine is Still the Issue - Pre-election public meeting
2015-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Polygon, St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Rd., Ealing W5 4RH, London, London, United Kingdom
The General Election 2015 is now only a few months away and despite all the other problems in the world and the Middle East, Palestine remains a crucial issue for our Government’s foreign policy and one that must be addressed if there is ever going to be peace and stability in the Middle East. Gaza remains under siege, tensions in East Jerusalem are at an all time high and there is no sign that settlement building will stop, essential before any meaningful final status negotiations can take place. Elections are due to take place in Israel shortly with the possibility of an even more hard line coalition government coming to power.

The West London branch of the national Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has invited the candidates from all 4 main parties to debate the issue therefore. We intend to hold a similar meeting in the Hammersmith constituency in March.

Attached is a flyer for the event.. Please distribute and let others in your organizations know about this meeting. Further information available via the PSC website www.palestinecampaign.org or by emailing us on pscwestlondon@googlemail.com

Pre-election public meeting

A General Election is imminent and one of the most intractable foreign policy issues remains unresolved after 65 years. A panel of constituency candidates for Ealing Central & Acton will debate what the next UK government should and could do to help solve this on-going crisis and bring about meaningful negotiations that would lead to the establishment of a viable Palestinian state.

Speakers invited:

Angie Bray – Conservative MP for Ealing Central & Acton

Rupa Huq – Labour candidate for Ealing Central & Acton

Jon Ball – Lib Dem candidate for Ealing Central & Acton

Tom Sharman – Green Party candidate for Ealing Central & Acton

“The Israel-Palestine crisis is the most urgent problem for the world to solve, if it remains unresolved you can give up on all other problems...This, this, this is the problem and it’s in our hands.”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

(Nearest Underground: Ealing Broadway – District/Central or S.Ealing –Piccadilly) Public Meeting – All Welcome- Admission Free - Doors open 6.45pm
Presented by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign pscwestlondon@googlemail.com/www.palestinecampaign.org

Gaza: Human Rights and War Crimes
2015-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Guild of Students, University of Liverpool, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TR, United Kingdom
Raji Sourani, Director, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights will give a lecture on Gaza entitled 'Gaza: Human Rights and War Crimes'

Film Night: The Stones Cry Out
2015-02-25 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Garden Lane Uniting Church, 66 Garden Lane, Chester, CH1 4EW, North West, United Kingdom
Showing of the film, 'The Stones Cry Out' followed by panel discussion.

Admission £3.00.

Organised by Chester Friends of Palestine

email: chesterfriendsofpalestine@hotmail.com

Portsmouth Day for Palestine
2015-02-28 00:00 - 17:00 UTC | St. Swithuns Church Community Centre,, 105 Waverley Rd., Southsea, PO5 2PL., United Kingdom
Palestine Day 12am-5pm Sat Feb 28th:

12 am Gareth Edwards (Lecturer in Sports History at the University of the Arts in London): Palestine & Sport - Red Card Israeli Racism

1 pm Lunch (Free Palestinian food prepared by Zuber Hatia)

2 pm Aimee Shalan (Director at Friends of Birzeit University): Health & Education in Palestine

3 pm Kevin Ovenden (Viva Palestina Organiser): The Blockade of Gaza

4 pm Salim Alam (PSC Campaigns Director): Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions - The Way Forward

5pm Close

Venue St. Swithuns Church Community Centre, 105 Waverley Rd., Southsea PO5 2PL.

Free entry. For further info pls contact flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

"Fairtrade in Palestine - Supporting Resilient Livelihoods" - Zaytoun Tour
2015-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom Buiding, 602 North Row, Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ., United Kingdom
Fairtrade Fortnight 2015

Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign
is delighted to host a presentation

"Fairtrade in Palestine - Supporting Resilient Livelihoods”

with

Taysir Arbasi,
Zaytoun Palestinian Director
and
Mohammad Irsheid
Palestinian olive and almond farmer

Tuesday 3th March 2015

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
7.30pm - 9.30pm.
Doors open at 7.15 pm
Free Admission

Members, supporters and friends of MKPSC and supporters of Fairtrade all welcome

Refreshments will be served on arrival
There will be stalls featuring Zaytoun, Hadeel, Fair Trade, Amnesty and Shared Interest

Read more about Taysir Arbasi and the work of Zaytoun here:
http://www.zaytoun.org/files/2009/02/Taysir-Arbasi1.pdf

*North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Open Bethlehem film screening + Ken Loach
2015-03-04 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Chapel Arts, Bath, Lower Borough Walls, Bath, B&NES, BA1 1QR, United Kingdom
A screening of the film 'Open Bethlehem' by Palestinian director Leila Sansour, will be held at Chapel Arts in Bath at 6.30pm on Wednesday 4th March.
The powerful feature length documentary about the biblical birthplace of Jesus was filmed over a 10 year period and includes rare archive footage, revealing a city of astonishing beauty and political strife under occupation.
There will be a Q&A session after the film with Ken Loach, Leila Sansour, Glyn Secker from 'Jews for Justice for Palestinians' and the founder of the Bethlehem-Bath Links charity, Peter Downey.
Tickets £9 / £7 concessions - http://www.chapelarts.org/index.php?main_page=product_ticket_info&cPath=27&products_id=655

MADE: An Evening with a Palestinian Farmer
2015-03-05 18:00 - 21:30 UTC | London Muslim Centre, 46-92 Whitechapel Road, E1 1JX., London, London, United Kingdom
MADE in Europe presents:

Let's Date - An Evening with a Fairtrade Palestinian Farmer, as part of the Fairtrade Fortnight

Join us for an evening of food, talks, and a film screening of critically acclaimed documentary "5 Broken Cameras" and hear a first-hand account of life under occupation from a Palestinian farmer from the West Bank.

Made in Europe's #BuyPalestinian campaign aims to contribute to the economic development of Palestine by supporting Palestinian farmers who sell their produce abroad and increasing the consumer base in the UK and Europe.

* 50% of Palestinians suffer from food insecurities

* 17% of water is accessible to Palestinians from their own reservoirs

* 800,000 Palestinians rely on the annual olive harvest for their livelihood

* 2.5 million olive trees have been destroyed due to the building of the wall

* 6% of Palestinian produces are being sold abroad

Learn how you can support Palestinian farmers by buying fair trade Palestinian produce - which empowers them economically to fight poverty and drastically increase their quality of life.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-date-an-evening-with-a-palestinian-farmer-tickets-15708041174?ref=enivtefor001&invite=NzYzMzA2MS9pbmZvQHBhbGVzdGluZWNhbXBhaWduLm9yZy8w&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformal001&utm_term=eventpage

IPCS: Israeli Apartheid Week
2015-03-07 - 2015-03-14 | IPSC, Ireland, Ireland, United Kingdom
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will be hosting a series of events in Ireland between the 7th and 14th March 2015, in accordance with Israeli Apartheid Week. To find out more, please visit there website on:

http://www.ipsc.ie/iaw2015/

If you have any queries, please contact IPSC via the following link:

http://www.ipsc.ie/contact

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: Campaign Stall
2015-03-07 11:30 - 13:00 UTC | Brixton Stall, Brixton, London, United Kingdom
GAZA CATASTROPHE

Six months after the ceasefire life in Gaza is worse than ever. Why has the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) felt forced to issue another appeal? It’s a scandal that, while £3.4b was promised by international donors to help rebuild Gaza, these governments have dismally failed to spend more than a tiny proportion – the UK Government promised £20 m – not much for a nation with a historic responsibility for the situation – but has only spent a quarter. Surgeons from Kings at Camberwell have been working in Gaza trying to repair a little of the human damage done by the Israelis but now the funding for that project is at an end.

Israel has created a humanitarian catastrophe. It’s blockade continues to kill hundreds of children. Western governments’ complicity compounds this. Six months on from the war we must not let the people of Gaza be forgotten.

Urgently write to your MPs – they are still responsible until May. Write to the parliamentary candidates. Demand an answer to why even the miserly promise of £20m has not been met.
Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC ‘s campaign stall in Brixton on Saturday March 7th 11.30 – 1.00 will be publicising the desperate plight of the Gazans. Make placards to show support. We will also be talking about Gaza at our April branch meeting – Tuesday April 14th.7pm at SCRSS.

And watch Banksy’s new 2-minute video

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.644406

Where to find us?

Look for us by the tube station. Please support. It’s worth coming to help even if you can only spare a short time. We will be giving out flyers and information about the boycott campaign, among other things.

http://lwpsc.org.uk/about/ -

See more at: https://palestinecampaign.org/events/lambeth-wandsworth-psc-bds-street-stall/#sthash.6v67Q9Uf.dpuf

Sheffield PSC Boycott Sainsburys
2015-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Sainsbury's, 76, The Moor, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Please support the ongoing boycott of SAINSBURY’S. Bradford PSC boycotts are on the first Saturday of each month.

Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international. Sainsbury’s uses suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements.

- See more at:

Meet at the Sainsburys on the Moor:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps?ion=1&espv=2&q=moor+sheffield&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&ei=as_yVPnPE6iu7gbTw4AI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ

We will be giving out leaflets and collecting signatures for the petition

If you have not signed the petition you can sign it on line at http://www.sainsburyscampaign.org/. Why not send it round all your friends and encourage them to sign?

Bradford PSC boycott Sainsburys
2015-03-07 13:30 - 15:30 UTC | Bradford Sainsburys, 760 Harrogate Road , Bradford, BD10 0QF, Bradford, United Kingdom
Please support the ongoing boycott of SAINSBURY'S. Bradford PSC boycotts are on the first Saturday of each month.

Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international. Sainsbury's uses suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements.

Join Bradford PSC's Boycott outside the Sainsbury's by ListerPark Gates, Bradford, Saturday 7th March, 1.30pm.

http://www.bradfordpsc.org.uk/

Solidarity with Palestinian mothers who have lost their children. Hosted by CODEPINK
2015-03-08
This weekend on International Women’s Day (March 8), women who have lost their children because of state violence from the United States, Mexico and Palestine will come together via video conference to discuss US-funded violence, the increasing militarization of our world, and the rising movements for peace. We invite you to honor these mothers on the holiday dedicated to women worldwide by joining them via video from your own community.

Right now, you can support the mothers’ calls for accountability by calling on President Obama to order an immediate moratorium on police militarization!

For the web conference, consider hosting a watch party so your friends and family can join, and use the hashtags #ProtectOurKids and #StopFundingWars to join the commentary on Twitter.

From the US military aid to Israel used to brutally occupy Palestine to Plan Mexico’s funding of violently oppressive police in Mexico to police departments with tanks, grenade launchers and machine guns throughout the US, the common link is the American government’s funding of violence at home and abroad.

The Pentagon’s 1033 Program has given billions of dollars worth of tanks, assault weapons, and other military equipment to law enforcement agencies that can be seen on the streets in communities. Ask President Obama to place a moratorium on the 1033 Program now!

Links:

http://codepink.salsalabs.com/o/424/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=7251

https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F9trKUrt-XjQ

International Women's Day: Women making things happen
2015-03-08 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | People's History Museum, Left Bank, Manchester, M3 3ER, United Kingdom
Join 'The Institute of Employment Rights' at the People's History Museum on 8th March 2015 from 2pm-5pm to enjoy a programme of events:

2pm - 3pm:

Ending Apartheid in Palestine - Speakers: Sarah Colbrone (PSC), Haya Al Farra (Palestinian Mission), Komal Adris (Knowledge and Socialist Thught Institute), and Rena Wood (UNISON North West), Chair: Angie Rayner (Regeional Convenor, UNISON North West)

3pm - 3.45pm:

Soledad - one woman's experience of the Spanish Civil War; a short play

3.45pm - 4.30pm

Keeping Our Girls Safe (KOGS) - workshop

4.30pm - 5pm

Why it's important to vote - panel of female MPs to be confirmed

Throughout the afternoon you will have the chance to have your say on what you want to happen after the general election and to sound off in our 'Vox Box'

For more information:

teerenasmith@thompsons.law.co.uk

Contact Details:

beth@ier.org.uk

t: 0151 207 5265

w: www.ier.org.uk

e: office@ier.org.uk

tw: @IERUK

Report Launch: Life in an occupied and besieged strip
2015-03-10 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Committee Room 17, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA, London, United Kingdom
Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK invites you to the Parliamentary Launch of its new report:

Gaza: Life in an occupied and besieged strip

Book your ticket>

What can we in the UK do to free the Palestinian people from the devastating impact of this illegal and inhumane blockade?

You are invited to the launch of AOHR’s new report which details the history of the tightening of the blockade of Gaza by Israel in collaboration with the Egyptian authorities. The report sets out what action international parties must take to end this illegal siege.

Speakers include:

David Ward, Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East

Baroness Jenny Tonge

By Skype link up from Gaza: Jamal Al-Khudary, MP Palestinian Legislative Council

Dr Aimee Shalan, Director of FoBZU

M. Jamil, AOHR UK Director

Toby Cadman, International law specialist in the field of war crimes, human rights, terrorism and extradition

(Please arrive in time to pass through security)

Nearest Tube: Westminster

Book your ticket>

2015-03-12 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Christ Church Pitsmoor, 257 Pitsmoor Road, Sheffield, S3 9AQ , United Kingdom
Jon Snow has called it:

“One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries I have seen, about this unreported story. The tragedy of the Palestinians encapsulated in the life of one family and one town- Bethlehem. See the film, then go to Bethlehem and see for yourself.”

Leila Sansour's film was shot over five years and captures the city of Bethlehem as it has never been seen before. This is an emotional journey of one woman’s fight for her hometown.

This film is on show in Sheffield - for one night only - on Thursday March 12th at Christ Church Pitsmoor, doors open at 7.30

Free the Hares Boys
2015-03-13 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | G4S HQ, 105 Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom
FREE THE HARES BOYS - 2 YEARS ANNIVERSARY - 5 CHILDREN ABDUCTED, TORTURED & CAGED FOR NO CRIME

LOCATION: G4S HQ, 105 Victoria Street, London (near Victoria Station)

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1559978377612565/
Five Palestinian children have been tortured and caged by Israel for 2 years for a crime that didn't even happen. Please join us on the second anniversary of their abduction as we demand justice for the Hares Boys, outside the headquarters of the British security contractor G4S who secure Israel's notorious Al-Jalame interrogation centre, where the children were savagely tortured, and Israel's Megiddo prison where the children have been caged for two years.

THE HARES BOYS

On 14th March 2013 a simple car accident, when a illegal Israeli settler car speeding along a road built illegally on stolen Palestinian land, crashed in to the back of an Israeli truck which had stopped to change a flat tire resulting in four people being hurt, was later at the behest of angry settlers presented as an attack by Palestinian stone throwing youth. The truck drivers earlier testimony that he stopped due to a flat tire was replaced with the new reason being that he had seen stones by the road, and an accident that happened after dark that nobody saw suddenly became a terror attack with 61 witnesses including the police!

Over the next few days over 50 masked Israeli soldiers with attack dogs stormed the local village of Hares in the early hours of the morning and in waves of violent arrests kidnapped the children of the village. In total 19 children were taken to the infamous G4S secured children's dungeon at Al Jalame and locked up in solitary confinement for up to 2 weeks in filthy windowless 1m by 2m hole in the ground cells with no mattress. The Israeli prime minister Benyamin Natanyahu announced to the settlers that he had “caught the terrorists”. The children were violently tortured and sexual threats were made against the female members of their families in order to coerce confessions from the boys.
With the confessions and the new “eye-witness” statements, five of the Hares boys were charged with 25 counts of attempted murder each, even though there were only four people in the car. Apparently the military court had decided that 25 stones were thrown, each with an "intent to kill". The five boys have been illegally transferred to Israel, in contravention of Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to Megiddo prison where G4S provides the entire central command room. Hewlett Packard provides technical services and central servers that keep Israel’s dungeons and torture dens, including Megiddo, operational.

Source: Inminds, Palestinian Prisoners Campaign

www.inminds.com/caged

fb.com/inmindscom
twitter.com/InmindsCom
youtube.com/user/inminds

The Palestinian Prisoners Campaign aims to raise awareness for the plight of Palestinian prisoners and build solidarity for their struggle and work towards their freedom. The campaign was launched by Innovative Minds (inminds.com) and the Islamic Human Rights Commission (ihrc.org) on the occasion of Al Quds Day 2012 (on 17th August 2012), since then we have held actions every fortnight in support of Palestinian prisoners, if you can spare two hours twice a month then please join the campaign by coming to the next action.

Drive for Justice: In memory of Rachel Corrie
2015-03-14 - 2015-03-15 | Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London , W8 4QB, United Kingdom
Drive For Justice will be remembering Rachel Corrie in London on the weekend of 14 & 15 March 2015.

Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer on the 16th March 2003. She was an American peace activist aged 23, who was part of the International Solidarity Movement. At the time of her death, Rachel Corrie was peacefully opposing the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Rachel Corrie gave her life whilst opposing the injustice and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestine population.

Corrie's parents filed a civil lawsuit against the state of Israel. The lawsuit charged Israel with not conducting a full and credible investigation into the case and with responsibility for her death, contending that she had either been intentionally killed or that the soldiers had acted with reckless neglect.They sued for a symbolic one US dollar in damages.

Recently, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected their appeal.

We encourage as many people as possible to join us on Saturday 14th March 2015 -12.30pm outside the Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London W8 4QB.

We will be laying a wreath in remembrance of Rachel Corrie and saying our peace outside the embassy

This will be followed by holding static remembrances @

Saturday 14th March 2015

2.00pm Speakers Corner, Hyde Park
Multiple stops on Oxford Street, W1C 1DX
4.00pm Leicester Square WC2H 7DE
5.45pm Piccadily Circus, Regent Street, W1B 2EL

Sunday 15th March 2015

1.00pm Harrods, Brompton Road, SW1X 7XL

Further info:

Asif Mahmud

Drive For Justice

Mobile: 07929065713

Palestine: The Tipping Point. PSC Action Summit
2015-03-14 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | SOAS Vernon Square Campus, Vernon Square, Penton Rise, London, WC1X 9EW, United Kingdom
A day of interactive workshops for activists

Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign and SOAS Palestine Society

Including workshops on building powerful BDS campaigns, challenging media bias, and how to achieve policy change, with a focus on the 2015 General Election

Speakers and facilitators include:

Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS movement
Owen Jones, author, activist and journalist at The Guardian
Karma Nabulsi, Palestinian academic
Mezna Qato, Palestinian academic
Hugh Lanning, PSC Chair and Sarah Colborne, PSC Director
and more to be confirmed

Since the summer of 2014 there has been a seismic shift in public opinion on Palestine. And with that came a transformation in the influence we can have as a movement. Our goal is clear. We are fighting for freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinians. The only question is, what’s the most effective way to do it?

PSC’s Action Summit is about answering this question. It’s about the tactics and strategy we need to grow our movement in solidarity with the Palestinians. The Action Summit will provide an empowering space for activists to plan around key issues and get involved in PSC’s campaigns, including BDS campaigns, media bias, the 2015 General Election, and tackling the arms trade. This is our opportunity to escalate our campaign and use this tipping point in Palestine activism to make a difference for Palestine.

50 FREE STUDENT TICKETS - please contact rachel.diamond@palestinecampaign.org for the discount code

To join PSC and get the PSC member ticket price for this event and all future events: https://palestinecampaign.org/support/join/

Lunch and refreshments included in the ticket price

"A STONE'S THROW FROM PRISON" documentary showing
2015-03-14 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Room CG41, The Quad, Middlesex University,, The Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BT , United Kingdom
"A STONE'S THROW FROM PRISON"
The Middlesex University Global South Solidarity Campaign is organising the showing of a new documentary filmed in Palestine, in order to raise money for Palestinian charity: Interpal. The film will be followed up by a Q & A with the director/writer of the documentary Raquel Castells who is coming from Spain to speak at the event.

You can watch the trailer at: https://vimeo.com/79281086

Since its inception in 1994, Interpal has, together with its local partners, supported thousands of Palestinians through projects aimed at alleviating poverty, providing health care, advancing education, and fostering community development. Interpal supports beneficiaries across the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan. The Global South Solidarity Society is a political society set up to fight against Globalisation, Imperialism, neo-Liberalism and to defend human rights.

Tickets are £5.00 (+ 95p for booking fee)
Get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-event-film-showing-to-raise-money-for-palestine-tickets-16058783253]

For more information go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/775948029139967/

Middlesex University Global South Solidarity Society:
https://www.facebook.com/mdxgsss
https://twitter.com/mdxgsss

Interpal: http://interpal.org/

Portsmouth: Hustings for Palestine
2015-03-14 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Art Cafe, Anglesea Rd, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 2PL, SE, United Kingdom
All PPCs from Portsmouth North, Portsmouth
South, Havant & Meon Valley invited to answer questions about their views on Palestine & to participate in a general discussion with questions from the floor.

Birbeck University: Equal Rights For All: A New Path for Israel - Palestine?
2015-03-14 18:00 - 2015-03-16 16:00 UTC | B34 Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London, United Kingdom
A Two-Day International Conference Birkbeck, University of London

The aims of the conference are:

To help shift the debate from externally imposed or brokered state-centric solutions to the building of a new campaign in Palestine-Israel and internationally to achieve full civil and political rights.
To provide a forum for like-minded Israeli Jews and Palestinians in Israel and the occupied territories, as well as their diasporic supporters, to engage in discussion of this new approach, with the participation of sympathetic politicians, policy-makers, think tank experts, activists and media.
To provide a new focus of activity for activists outside of Palestine-Israel, which would lead to building new and more powerful and united coalitions within the activist communities and especially among concerned groups and individuals in the Jewish and Palestinian diasporas.

Speakers to include:

Sam Bahour, Bashir Bashir, Moshe Behar, Avrum Burg, Leila Farsakh, Salma Karmi-Ayyoub, Menachem Klein, Yossi Rapoport, Leila Shahid, Avi Shlaim, Limor Yehuda, together withJacqueline Rose & Lynne Segal

For more information please see the link below:

Equal Rights for All - IJV Conference Programme 20 Feb

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events-calendar/equal-rights-for-all-2013-a-new-path-for-israel-palestine-1

Contact:

Julia Eisner: j.eisner@bbk.ac.uk

Location:

The conference will continue on Sunday 15th (Room B01, Clore Building) & Monday 16th March (Room B34, Main Building)

Human Rights Watch Film Festival
2015-03-18 - 2015-03-27 | Various locations, London, London, United Kingdom
'The Wanted 18' will be screened as part of the Human Rigths Watch Film Festival.

Through interviews, animation and drawings, the film recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared "a threat to the national security of the state of Israel."

For more information and the venue address, please go to:

http://ff.hrw.org/film/wanted-18?city=4

Manchester PSC's General Election Hustings.
2015-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street,, Manchester, State/Province, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Manchester PSC invited representatives from various political parties, standing in either the General or Council Elections, to come and explain how they would support Palestinian human rights if elected in May.
After Israel’s attacks on Gaza last summer, this is an issue concerning many voters.
Come to Friends Meeting House to hear them talk about:

*Urging the UK Government to uphold the principles of equality, human rights and international law in all its relations and dealings with Israel.
*The blockade of Gaza.
*Banning the construction of Israeli settlements, and the wall, on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
*Suspending the EU Israel Association Agreement until Israel meets its human rights obligations.
*The recognition of Palestine by the next UK Government.
*Banning trade with Israel's settlements on Palestinian land, and stopping settlement goods being sold in Britain. *The arms trade between the UK and Israel.

"Guardians of the Jewish Home and the House of God:" Third Temple Women and the Feminine Messianique
2015-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London, United Kingdom
Rachel Feldman is a PhD Student in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Davis. Her research interests include messianic movements, urban anthropology, gender, and Jewish mysticism. Rachel will be presenting her current dissertation research on the Third Temple Movement in Jerusalem.

In recent years, the movement to rebuild the Third Jewish Temple, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, has grown in numbers amongst Israel’s Orthodox Nationalist (dati-leumi) community.

They believe that the rebuilding of the Temple will usher in messianic times, Third Temple activists have begun preparing sacred Temple objects, architectural plans, and leading daily pilgrimages to the Mount.

Through ethnographic fieldwork with women activists for the temple, Rachel considers the ways in which religious women fashion themselves into agents of national and global redemption, who attempt to embody and live out mystical Jewish ideas of messianic femininity. In addition to presenting her work with women activists, she will address the political and theological implications of the Third Temple Movement more broadly and open this topic up for group discussion.

There will be food! This event is free and open to all who respect the aims of the group as a platform for critical discussion about Israeli society.

Location: Room 279, main building of SOAS

For further details, please go to:

https://www.facebook.com/events/911681982185894/

Benefit for Community Rebuilding in Palestine
2015-03-19 19:30 - 23:30 UTC | Crookes Social Club, Mulehouse Road , Sheffield, S10 1TD , United Kingdom
In April 2015, Steve Kinneavy is joining a team of volunteers from Amos Trust travelling to Palestine to live and work alongside local people to help rebuild their community. Steve will help a family return to their home and community by helping to rebuild
their house.

He is taking part in this project to highlight the injustice of Palestinian homes being demolished by the Israeli authorities, and as an act of support and solidarity for Palestinians working non-violently for a just peace.

Come and start the weekend early and support a fantastic cause!

vintage dance music from the excellent Redback and special guests: sheffield socialist choir
bar and raffle
tickets £5 in advance (£3 concessions) £6 on the door (£4 concessions)
advance tickets from tony mercer - tonyomercer@btinternet.com, 07720411756, or steve kinneavy- stevekinneavy@hotmail.com, 07749690799

Life in Hebron: apartheid in the West Bank
2015-03-19 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Catharine's Hall,, Park Road, , Frome , BA11 1EU, United Kingdom
Hebron is one of Palestine's most challenging cities. Home to a quarter of a million Palestinians, a tiny elite of less than a thousand militant zionist settlers do all they can to make life unbearable for the rest of the population, aided and abetted by the Israeli army. The main street, al-Shuhuda, is barred to Palestinians though not to settlers or tourists, and residents have to clamber over rooftops to enter their own homes. Many of the settlers live - literally - above the town, and shower the people below with detritis and worse.
Ray Packham, treasurer of Bradford on Avon friends of Palestine, and a recent volunteer teacher of English in Hebron, will give a talk on the situation there.
£3 Proceeds go to bringing the Freedom Theatre of Jenin to Frome.

March Against Racism: National Demonstration
2015-03-21 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place , London, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom
NATIONAL DEMO AGAINST RACISM & FASCISM
Saturday 21 March
Assemble 12pm BBC Portland Place, Central London, W1A 1AA
Organised by Stand Up To Racism

STAND UP TO RACISM IN EUROPE!

In the wake of the horrific murders in Paris a wave of Islamophobia is sweeping Europe. In France Mosques and prayer halls have been violently attacked with guns and grenades, whilst the hashtag #KillAllMuslims has trended on social media worldwide.

In Britain, David Cameron has often been leading the charge against migrants and Muslims whilst Nigel Farage’s UKIP has been whipping up bigotry.

In Germany the racist and fascist Pegida movement has organised large racist and Islamophobic street demonstrations, supported by far right and fascist political parties. In Greece the openly Neo Nazi Golden Dawn has presented a threat electorally and on the streets. Jobbik is a similar movement in Hungary.

Last year’s UN Anti-Racism Day national demo brought together 10,000 people. This year, on Saturday 21 March, we march once again to reject racism, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism – to celebrate diversity.

Any questions? E-mail: info@standuptoracism.org.uk

Or visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1539550159647996/

Picking Olives in Palestine: a journey of discovery. A power point presentation by Pat Mood
2015-03-24 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Borough Arms Hotel, 26 King Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST51HX, United Kingdom

Camden PSC Public Meeting
2015-03-25 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Pancreas Community Centre, 30 Camden Street, London, NW1 0LG , United Kingdom
SPEAKERS:

Frank Dobson MP and Natalie Bennett: Green Party Leader and Green Candidate for Holborn and St Pancreas

Keir Starmer: Labour Candidate for Holborn and St Pancreas

Haya Al Farra: Second Secretary, Palestinian Mission UK

George Binette: Unison Chair of Camden Trades Council

Salma Karmi-Ayyoub: Palestinian Barrister

John Rose: Author of The Myths of Zionism

Sabby Sagall: Chair. Camden PSC member.

All are welcome.

For more information please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camden-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign/107933772612832

Olive Tree Middle East Forum: ‘Down But Not Out’!
2015-03-26 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Room A130, College Building, 280 St John’s Street, London , EC1V 4PB, United Kingdom
City University London

Date: Thursday 26 March 2015
Time: 6pm to 7.30pm
Location: A130, College Building, 280 St John’s Street, London EC1V 4PB

With so much attention focused on the phenomenon of Islamic State, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, the terrorism issue and ‘radicalisation’, it would appear that the Palestinians are a side issue. Yet, their situation is referenced as a factor in all the more prominent Middle East-related problems facing regional and international societies and governments. Support for recognition of Palestinian statehood has increased in many quarters. The purpose of this Middle East Forum at City University is to take a fresh look at the place and prospects of the Palestinians in a rapidly changing regional, international and media landscape.

On the panel will be:

Dr Tareq G. Baconi: is currently a Research Scholar at Columbia University, USA, having recently completed his PhD at King’s College London. In his research he has focused particularly on the Hamas movement, its goals and strategy.

Elizabeth Jadon: a Palestinian from Jerusalem, who graduated in Law with first class honours from City University in 2012. A human rights campaigner, she has been particularly active in opposing the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Ahmed Ziat: a Palestinian from Balata Camp, who graduated in International Politics from City University in 2011. Ahmed has worked on various Palestinian refugee and diaspora projects and is currently studying for a master’s degree in Violence, Conflict and Development at SOAS.

Chairing: Dr Ahmad Samih Khalidi: Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College, Oxford, and a writer and commentator on Middle East affairs.

ALL welcome. To register, no charge, please contact: olivetree@city.ac.uk www.city.ac.uk/olivetree

OT ME Forum 26 March 15

Northamptonshire PSC: Public Meeting
2015-03-26 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Northall Street, Kettering , NN16 8DS, United Kingdom
Support the Palestinian People!

Public meeting

Palestine: What is to be done!

Thursday, 26 March 2015

6.30 for Palestinian food and refreshments

7.15 meeting starts

Friends Meeting House

Northall Street

Kettering NN16 8DS

Speakers:

Clare Short

MP for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010 and Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to May 2003

Malaka Mohammed Shwaikh

Students Union President, Sheffield University

and National Union of Students

ALL WELCOME

Support and get involved with

Northamptonshire Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Email northantspsc@gmail.com

Lambeth and Wandsworth PSC: Human Rights Film Festival
2015-03-26 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Ritzy Cinema, Brixton, Windrush Square, Brixton, United Kingdom
As part of the Human Rights Film Festival Brixton Ritzy is showing Palestinian film the wanted eighteen.

The Wanted Eighteen: "Through stop-motion animation, drawings and interviews, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan recreate an astonishing true story from the First Palestinian Intifada: the Israeli army’s pursuit of eighteen cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared "a threat to the national security of the state of Israel."

We will be handing out info about Gaza in the half-hour before the film. Meeting 8pm outside the cinema.

For more information please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lambeth-Wandsworth-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign/168891989788067

https://vimeo.com/26116479

'Conflict and Future of the Middle East' Exhibition
2015-03-27 18:00 - 2015-04-27 21:00 UTC | p21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, , London, , NW1 1JD , United Kingdom
The aim of this exhibition is to educate the general public about the Middle East and the many conflicts and crises that plague the region. A combination of artworks, street art and installations from Middle Eastern and western artists as well the curators own creations will feature, including info-graphs from Visualizing Palestine.

P21 gallery presents Autonomous Gallery, the first Pop-up Exhibition opening on March 27, 2015. The Gallery was founded under the principle of exploring contemporary affairs in a localised setting through the medium of Art, Visual Information, and Direct Communication. By identifying key themes, the gallery sets forth potential narratives designed to raise awareness, provoke discussion, and curiosity among the visitors. With the recent escalation in the geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East, the gallery has decided to explore the theme 'Conflict and Future of the Middle East'.

Visitor Information
Free Admission
Opening times: Tuesday – Friday 12–6pm, Saturday 12–4pm, and Wednesdays until 8pm
www.p21.org.uk | www.facebook.com/P21Gallery | Twitter @P21Gallery
21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD
Nearest tube: Euston or King’s Cross St. Pancras
T. +44 (0) 20 7121 6190
E. info@p21.org.uk

Fair Play for Palestine
2015-03-28 13:30 - 17:00 UTC | Unite Building, 1 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9SD, Wales, United Kingdom
Campaign Launch for FAIR PLAY FOR PALESTINE in Cardiff with Speakers, Ronnie Kasrils, Jenny Tonge,Mahmoud Sarsak and Jill Evans MEP. Find out why Israel should be suspended from FIFA!

"The Promise" Manchester Premiere
2015-03-30 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom, M4 1LE, United Kingdom
Award-winning Drama film showing about Palestine
"The Promise" Manchester Premiere

At the Greenfish Resource Centre, 40-50 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE
First two episodes: Monday 23rd March 7pm

Final two episodes: Monday 30th March 7pm
With interval hot drinks, refreshments and snacks

With Question and Answer Session

The Promise is a brilliant British television serial broadcast in four episodes on channel 4. It was written and directed by Peter Kosminsky, with music by Debbie Wiseman. It tells the story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel/Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate just before the creation of Israel.

The drama was nominated for both the British Academy Television Awards and the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2011 in the category of best drama serial

“It was so good, I couldn’t believe it. I think Channel 4 was extremely brave and impressive, and it is disappointing that critics of the film do not understand how much of a sea change it was to have a program like this.” Palestinian historian and author, Ghada Karmi

“Is Peter Kosminsky’s epic new drama set in Mandate-era Palestine and 21st-century Israel fantastic? Yes, it is. Ambitious, well-written, superbly acted and expertly made, it is also provocative and challenging: the possibility exists that it might even change people’s minds.” Rachel Cooke – New Statesman

Organised by Manchester Palestine Action

For more details please visit:

http://www.manchesterpalestineaction.org/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1560226927598964/

Brighton PSC: 'Open Bethlehem' screening at the Komedia
2015-03-30 21:00 - 22:00 UTC | Duke of York's Picturehouse, Preston Circus, , Brighton, , BN1 4NA, United Kingdom
Back by popular demand, Leila Sansour's compelling documentary on her hometown Bethlehem is scheduled for a second screening at the Komedia on 30 March. But we need to reserve the minimum of 54 tickets by this Sunday! Please sign up for tickets using the link below:

https://www.ourscreen.com/screening/38442

Open Bethlehem tells the story of Leila's campaign to draw attention to the desperate situation facing Bethlehem and the Palestinian people more broadly. For more info on the film, you can read this review in the Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/04/open-bethlehem-review-leila-sansour

Or visit the film's website:

http://www.openbethlehem.org/the-film/

Palestinian Kitchen Evening Event
2015-03-31 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Following our successful event last year we are organising another informal evening to eat and chat!
There will also be short talks about Palestinian history and current issues.
Feel free to bring food from your own kitchen to share.
No charge - but donations welcome.

contact: pennynewell@outlook.com

Website link www.fwpsc.wordpress.com

facebook link www.facebook.com/fwpsc

twitter link www.twitter.com/fwpsc

Film screening: The Lab
2015-03-31 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Ealing Town Hall, Queens Hall (basement), New Broadway, Ealing , W5 2BY, United Kingdom
‘‘The Lab’’ directed by Yotam Feldman

Public meeting and film screening of this acclaimed 60’ documentary, followed by talk and discussion with Kirsten Bayes from CAAT (Campaign Against the Arms Trade)

This recent documentary, by Israeli filmmaker Yotam Feldman, is one of the most important exposés of Israel’s hugely lucrative arms and security industry through the voices of some of its ex-military key operators. Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian Territories and its many attacks on Gaza and incursions into the West Bank have provided a testing ground for a multi-million dollar industry of weapons and other military know-how now sold across the world.

“I think the main product Israelis are selling, especially in the last decade, is experience. .. the testing of the products, the experience is the main thing they [the customers] are coming to buy. They want the missile that was shot in the last operation in Gaza or the rifle that was used in the last West Bank incursion.” Benjamin Eleixer, Israel’s Industry Minister

Tuesday 31st March at 7pm

Ealing Town Hall, Queens Hall (basement)

New Broadway, Ealing W5 2BY

(Nearest Underground: Ealing Broadway District & Central lines)

Admission Free – donations at the door

Presented by West London PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign). in association with CAAT (Campaign Against the Arms Trade)

pscwl@btinternet.com/www.palestinecampaign.org/www.caat.org.uk

Gaza: Remember the Dead; Remember the Living?
2015-04-04 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Lancaster, Lancaster, LA1 1TX , United Kingdom
(Organised by Lancaster PSC)

Drop in from: 10.00am to 4.00pm

Join us for quiet reflection and contemplation as we remember the 2,131 people killed in Gaza last summer, along with the 11,000+ people who were injured. The names of the Palestinians killed in Gaza have been written out in full on 31 rolls of torn bedsheet, measuring almost 1/3 of a kilometre in length. The rolls will be there to view and absorb.. We also aim to read out each name over the course of the day.

Please join us for as little or as long as you are able.

There will also be:
- information on the current state of Gaza and the non-existent re-build
- information on and a collection for Medical Aid for Palestinians (www.map-uk.org)
- Palestinian foods to sample and purchase
- crafts made by Palestinian people to buy

Find out how you can support the struggle for full rights, freedom and justice.

Basic refreshments will be available.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/552975748139111/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Gaza Crisis: The Medical Response
2015-04-07 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602 North Row, Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ., United Kingdom
Milton Keynes Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be hosting a presentation

“Gaza Crisis: The Medical Response”

with

Bob Jones

from

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

Tuesday 7th April 2015
7.30pm – 9.30pm

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP delivers health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement.

Bob will talk about MAP’s current activities in Gaza, the backdrop of the conflict last year and the actions taken most recently as a campaigning team.

http://www.map-uk.org/home/homepage

All members, supporters and friends of MKPSC and supporters of MAP are welcome

Free admission

Free refreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval
There will be stalls selling Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts
PSC literature available

*602 North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Birmingham and the West Midlands PSC: Public Meeting with David Cronin On Israel and the EU, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions
2015-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | 211 Broad St, 211 Broad St, , Birmingham , B15 1AY, United Kingdom
David Cronin’s reflection on Israel’s relationship with EU

“Scientific research” is an extremely lucrative form of Israeli cooperation with the EU. Israel takes part in over 800 schemes with European universities and companies, with a total value of €4.3 billion. By 2013 it’s expected that Israel will have received more than €500 million worth of EU grants. People should be outraged that Ireland’s European Commission representative, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, is administering these grants. Among the beneficiaries are arms-makers like Elbit and IAI, who produce the pilotless drones and warplanes regularly used in attacking the people of Gaza.

David Cronin advices us to

get involved with your nearest Palestine solidarity group, get active in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. We can’t rely on politicians to deliver justice, so it falls to ordinary people to take action.

Richmond PSC - General Election Hustings
2015-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Pagoda Room at London Welsh Rugby Club, Old Deer Park, Kew Road , Richmond, United Kingdom
On Wednesday April 8th there will be a Hustings Meeting with 4 of the candidates for the Richmond Park constituency in the forthcoming General Election. The meeting will take place in the Pagoda Room at London Welsh Rugby Club ,Old Deer Park, Kew Road Richmond. ( see http://www.olddeerpark.co.uk/directions/) for directions)

The meeting is co-hosted by Richmond and Kingston PSC, Kingston Peace Group, and Stop the War. The meeting will be on a Question Time format divided into 3 sections:

Palestine/Israel
The war on Terror and Human rights
Peace and Nuclear weapons.

Question should be submitted in advance to askthis@outlook.com

Facebook Event

https://www.facebook.com/events/990556677636289/

​Please visit indicate there that you are coming

The meeting will commence at 7:30. Those wishing to ask a question on the night need to arrive by 6:45 to submit their question. 4 questions will be asked of all candidates in each section of the meeting.

This is an important opportunity to quiz candidates on their views on these central issues of justice and rights. Please put the date in your diary and make every effort to attend.

Public Meeting: Israel, the Election, Islamophobia and the Potential for Change
2015-04-11 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | John Pounds Church, High St, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2HW, United Kingdom
Israel, the Election, Islamophobia and the Potential for Change
Speaker Glyn Secker
from Jews for Justice for Palestinians

SATURDAY 11th APRIL from 2pm - 4pm

at John Pounds Church High Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2HW

Free entry. For further info contact flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Peterborough PSC Public Meeting
2015-04-11 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Central Library, 36-40 Broadway,, Peterborough , PE1 1SQ, United Kingdom
Peterborough Palestine Solidarity Campaign presents a public meeting to mark the branch launch event

SATURDAY 11TH APRIL 2.00PM – 4.00PM

Central Library 36-40 Broadway, Peterborough PE1 1SQ

Speakers include:

Professor Kamel Hawwash - The Vice Chairman of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Councillor Nick Thulbourn - The Labour & Co-op Party parliamentary candidate for North West Cambridgeshire

Richard Ferris - Labour City Councillor

The meeting is open to the public and we hope you will attend to find out how the people of Peterborough can help end the misery and disaster that the Israeli occupation of their lands has brought upon the Palestinian people.

Open Bethlehem: a film followed by Q&A with the director
2015-04-12 15:30 - 17:30 UTC | Showroom cinema, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX, United Kingdom
Open Bethlehem: a film followed by Q&A with the director
Renowned Palestinian film-maker Leila Sansour is coming to the Showroom Cinema on Sunday 12th April to attend a showing of her highly acclaimed film ‘Open Bethlehem’ and to conduct a Q&A session after the film. Since its launch in London, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, the film is being shown around the UK before being launched later this year in the United States.

“For most, Bethlehem is myth. For me, it is home and a real place right in the heart of the Middle East. A little town currently fighting for survival. Every day more of Bethlehem is being lost. This is all people talk about in town. All of us want to see Bethlehem open again”, says Leila.

The film we be shown as part of the ‘Eye Openers’ scheme at the Showroom Cinema on Paternoster Row at 3.30pm on Sunday 12th April followed by a Q&A session with the film’s Director Leila Sansour. A link to tickets can be found at http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/open-bethlehem

Talk - Life in Bethlehem Today
2015-04-12 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Dale Street Methodist Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, WARWICKSHIRE, CV32 5HL, United Kingdom
A talk by Zoughbi Zoughbi, the Founder and Director of WI’AM, The Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre in Bethlehem

Sunday April 12th, 7:30 pm Dale Street Methodist Church

For more information about Zoughbi Zoughbi and Wi'am - see http://www.alaslah.org/

For those with access to Facebook please see https://www.facebook.com/events/676220369171643/ and indicate there if you are coming.

Entrance Free

Brent and Harrow PSC's General Election Hustings
2015-04-13 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Willesden Pakistan Community Centre, 23 Marley Walk NW2 4PY, London, United Kingdom
Question local candidates at the election meeting organised by Brent and Harrow PSC and Brent Stop the War.

Speakers at the meeting will include candidates from all the main political parties representing the three constituencies covered by the London Borough of Brent. Speakers include John Boyle – TUSC, Brent Central; Rebecca Johnson – Green, Hampstead & Kilburn; Luke Parker – Conservative, Brent North; Tulip Siddiq – Labour, Hampstead & Kilburn; Lauren Keith, Liberal Democrat, Brent Central. The meeting will be chaired by Jane Shallice from the Stop The War Coalition.

Questions should be submitted in advance to brent2harrowpsc@outlook.com

Demonstration in support of Yarmouk
2015-04-14 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | European Commission Representation in the UK, Europe House, 32 Smith Square, , London, , SW1P 3EU, United Kingdom
Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Syria has kept been under siege by the Syrian regime for 20 months, leading to deaths from starvation and because of lack of medicine. Conditions have worsened since IS invaded the camp on 1 April 2015.

The 18,000 residents left in the camp, among them 3,500 children, are trapped between sniper fire, barrel bombs and shelling and without food or medical aid.

Stand with them in asking the world not to turn its back and SAVE YARMOUK.

In response to calls from activists from Yarmouk, we demand all agencies with responsibility towards the Palestinian community in Syria, including the Syrian regime, the PLO, UNHCR, UNRWA and ICRC to ensure:

*An end to the siege

*A humanitarian corridor for all ill and injured civilians to leave the camp

*The safe exit of grassroots human rights and relief activists who are at risk of assassination

*The immediate entry of food and medical supplies to civilians in Yarmouk and those who have fled to neighbouring areas

Links

https://www.amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/04/syria-barrel-bombs-and-sniper-attacks-compound-misery-of-civilians-besieged-in-yarmouk/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Palestinian-Network-of-Civil-Society-in-Syria-Shaml/1125668690792277

For more information please see:

https://www.facebook.com/events/407492166121593/

Occupation, Displacement and Signs of Hope? (An eye-witness account of life under occupation in Palestine)
2015-04-14 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Marple Methodist Church, Church Lane, Stockport, SK6 7AY, North West , United Kingdom
An address by Su McClennan (Embrace the Middle East Regional manager for Central and Northern England, Wales and Scotland).

A free event.

Themed refreshments and Palestinian goods for sale

Donations to Embrace the Middle East welcome.

Screening and Panel Discussion: Where Should the Birds Fly, A Film by Fida Qishta
2015-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Amnesty International UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard , London, EC2A 3EA, United Kingdom
"Where should we go after the Last Frontiers?

Where should the Birds fly after the last sky?"

Where Should the Birds Fly, A film by Fida Qishta

A powerfully moving, provocative film. The stories of two resilient young Palestinian women struggling for normalcy in the cruel abnormality of Gaza.

Documentary film screening and panel discussion at Amnesty International, Wednesday 15th April, 7-9pm

Free admission

The film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with panelists including:

Sarah Colborne, Director, Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Rana Baker, SOAS graduate and activist from Gaza
Professor Halm Bresheeth, filmmaker, photographer and film studies scholar at SOAS
Emad Alqasim, Palestinian activist
Chaired by Dr Shohini Chaudhuri, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Essex

Amnesty International UK

The Human Rights Action Centre

17-25 New Inn Yard

London

EC2A 3EA

Tube: Liverpool Street/ Old Street

Overground: Shoreditch high Street

Organised by: Amnesty Hampstead & Belsize Campaigns Group

For more information and tickets, please go to:

Facebook: tinyurl.com/fb-birds-fly

Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/eb-birds-fly

Life in Palestine
2015-04-15 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Main Hall, Bunyan Meeting, Mill Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 3EU, Eastern Region, United Kingdom
The French photojournalist Anne Paq will speak on life in Palestine, illustrating her talk with her own pictures. First she will speak on Al Walaja, the West Bank village which is informally twinned with Bedford and where Anne has documented the changes caused by the occupation over some years. She will then speak on Gaza, which she has visited more recently to record the devastation caused by repeated Israeli attacks. There will time for questions and to talk more informally with Anne over refreshments.

(This is a single event on 15.4.2015.)

Manchester PSC Public Meeting: A Celebration of Linda Clair’s 70th Birthday
2015-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Our Strength Lies In The Justice Of Our Cause: A discussion and celebration of activism and commitment.

This meeting is to celebrate people who dedicate their lives to fighting for peace and justice. We will hear from three such people:

Linda Clair whose 70th birthday we are celebrating today. (There will be cake!). Born in Manchester in 1945, she has been involved in left-wing politics all her life. Motivated by racist attacks on the Asian communities, she joined the CPGB in 1975. Linda’s trip to Palestine in 1986 changed her life. She joined PSC and was chair of Manchester PSC for 20 years.

Betty Tebbs age 97; lifetime activist for peace, socialism and women’s rights. She started work in a paper mill aged 14, quickly learning about inequality (finding that a lad the same age was paid more than her). She joined the union straight away and has been an active trade unionist all her working life, campaigning for equal pay for work of equal value.

Musheir El-Farra is the chair of Sheffield PSC. He was born in 1961 in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. He is a political and human rights activist, a public speaker and author of “Gaza: When The Sky Rained White Fire”. He has campaigned for justice for the Palestinians all his life.

In 2008/9, 2012, and again in 2014 Palestinians were massacred in Gaza and millions took to the streets in protest. Protests have now dwindled to small numbers of people, even though things continue to get worse for the Palestinians living under the Israeli occupation. The Israeli bombs will rain down again. How do we keep people fighting against injustice when their day-to-day lives are hard enough? Hear how the solidarity and love between comrades and activists fighting for justice gives us all strength.

Leaflet for Meeting

Details
16th Apr 2015 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester

Palestine Trauma Centre: Give Gaza’s Children a Childhood’
2015-04-16 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Kensal Rise Methodist Church, 35 Chamberlayne Rd, London , NW10 3NT, United Kingdom
Help Gaza's children have a childhood - 373,000 children in Gaza need therapeutic support as a result of years of conflict (UNICEF 2015)

Come and hear about the inspiring work of this Centre and the current situation from Dr Mohamed Altawil and Sir Vincent Fean.

Dr Mohamed Altawil:

Founder/Director of The Palestine Trauma Centre

Sir Vincent Fean:

British Consult-General, Jerusalem (2010-2014) (retired)

Responsible for British relations with East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West bank

The PTC was founded by local mental health care professionals in Gaza. PTC provides specialist therapeutic help for children and their families and works to give Gaza's children a 'childhood' by providing a mobile play bus, street theatre, play activities and a weekly 'Friday of Joy'

See a film about the Centre. Join in the debate. Support the work of the PTC.

Refreshments provided

Organised by Brent Friends of Palestine

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh Live in Manchester
2015-04-16 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Bangkok bar, 40 - 44 Princess Street , Manchester, M1 6DD, United Kingdom
A unique Palestinian musician makes his debut performance in Manchester on Thurs 16th of April at Bangkok Bar/Club, 40 Princess St.
Tickets are £8 plus bf and are availabble here,
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tamer-abu-ghazaleh-tickets-16224826894

A composer of alternative Arabic music, and an Oud, Buzuq, and vocal performer. The lyrics in his compositions are in formal (fus-ha), Palestinian, or Egyptian dialect, written by himself or by Arab poets. The lyrics, in general, are not directed towards a specific theme; they express an array of human experience that is not defined by time or place: love, challenge, insecurity, boredom, thrill, frustration, etc.

The music absorbs the lyrics, chews them, re-arranges their perspective, and bursts them as expressive originals that are certainly defined by time and place.

His fb fan page https://www.facebook.com/tagmusic?fref=ts

Manchester artist IRFAN RAINY will Dj before the live music starts.

Please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/events/412973592210092/

https://www.facebook.com/events/935246849853450/

Conference: International Law and the State of Israel
2015-04-17 - 2015-04-19 | Physics Building, Lecture Theatre A, University of Southampton Highfield,, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
POSTPONED
International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism
This conference will be the first of its kind and constitutes a ground-breaking historical event on the road towards justice and enduring peace in historic Palestine. It is unique because it concerns the legitimacy in International Law of the Jewish state of Israel. Rather than focusing on Israeli actions in the 1967 Occupied Territories, the conference will focus on exploring themes of Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism; all of which are posed by Israel’s very nature.
Speakers and panels:
The conference aims to explore the relatedness of the suffering and injustice in Palestine to the foundation and protection of a state of such nature and asks what role International Law should play in the situation. It will take place over a whole weekend and will involve leading thinkers: scholars from law, politics, philosophy, theology, anthropology, cultural studies history and other connected disciplines.
Key speakers and various panels will diagnose the legal position with regard to the nature of Israel thus enabling a much needed platform for scholarly debate and disagreement.

Getting involved:
If you wish to attend the conference, please register online.
http://store.southampton.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=7&catid=6&prodid=219&searchresults=1

Palestinian Prisoners Day Protest
2015-04-17 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | 105 Victoria Street, , London , London, G4S HQ, , United Kingdom
Friday 17th April is Palestinian Prisoners Day, a day of solidarity with the 6500 Palestinian men, women and children who are languishing in Israeli dungeons. Please join us outside the headquarters of the British security contractor G4S, which secures many of the dungeons and torture dens where Palestinians are caged and abused, to demand freedom for all Palestinian political prisoners. There will be several themes for this year’s Prisoners Day. We will demand justice for Jaafar Awad who was killed last Friday 10th April 2015 by the Israeli Prison Service through gross medical negligence. And we will demand freedom for the 182 Palestinian children currently caged by Israel including 15 years old schoolboy Khaled Sheikh and the five Hares Boys abducted over 2 years ago. We will demand the immediate release of Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar and the other 13 members of the Palestinian Parliament imprisoned by Israel, 8 of whom are being held under illegal rolling administrative detention orders without charge or trial . We will demand freedom for Mona Qa'adan who was recently given an arbitrary sentence of 70 months for organising grass roots women's associations against the occupation. She was abducted two and a half years ago and in all that time has been prevented from seeing her family even once. And we will demand freedom for Palestinian human rights lawyer Shireen Issawi and her brothers whose whole family have all been targeted by the occupation. And we will especially not forget Lina Jarbouni, the longest servicing Palestinian woman prisoner - April 18th marks her 13th year in an Israeli dungeon!

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh Live in Liverpool
2015-04-17 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | The Kazimier, 4-5 Wolstenholme Sq., Liverpool, L1 4JJ, United Kingdom
Tamer Abu Ghazaleh
Friday 17 April | The Kazimier |
7.30pm | £8 ADV, £12 OTD
Composer of alternative Arabic music, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, brings his unique brand of oud, buzuq, and vocal performance to Liverpool. Support form DJ U-CEF and Nadya Shanab.

A special LAAF2015 preview event: http://www.thekazimier.co.uk/listing/00000000545/

For more information, please contact:

T: 0151 324 1723

E: info@thekazimier.co.uk

Stall in Faversham market
2015-04-18 09:30 - 13:00 UTC | faversham market faversham kent, Abbey street , faversham, kent, United Kingdom
BOYCOTT HEWLETT PACKARD

The theme will be to inform people about the reason to boycott Hewlett Packard (HP) products: providing technology to the Israeli government used by the IDF to maintain an apartheid system.

Helpers always welcome and needed.

Huddersfield: A Day for Palestine
2015-04-18 13:00 - 16:30 UTC | The Red & Green Club., 42 Bankwell Road,, Milnsbridge, , Huddersfield , HD3 4LU, United Kingdom
A Day for Palestine

‘A Day for Palestine’ will update our understanding of the tensions in the region and help us consider what we can do to bring justice for Palestine now, and in the future...

Saturday 18 April 2015

Afternoon 1pm – 4.30pm Free Entry

1pm – join us for Lunch

Palestinian food on sale. drinks at the bar. tea, coffee & soft drinks

jewellery . ceramics . embroidery . crafts . books & information

2– 4.30pm Speakers & Discussion Session

‘Health care for the children of the West Bank’

Alistair Morris, Consultant Paediatrician, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

Dr Morris has just returned from his fifth visit to Palestine, where, for the past 8 years and in partnership

with the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health and Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, his team has

been empowering Palestinian healthcare workers deal with the wide range of paediatric and mental

health issues they face every day

‘The Gaza Flotilla Story – it’s far from over’

Paveen Yaqub, Peace Campaigner and Humanitarian Aid Worker

Ms Yaqub was aboard the Mavi Marmara, the lead ship taking humanitarian aid to Gaza in 2010

when it was stormed by Israeli commandos. Ten of her fellow aid workers, mostly shot at close range

and multiple times, were killed by Israeli troops. She herself was threatened, imprisoned and criminalised.

Paveen, a Huddersfield resident, will talk of her experiences and her determination to return to Gaza

‘Conflicting and competing narratives in Palestine and Israel’

Annie O’Gara & Paul Wimpeney, Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign

It’s 2015 and Palestinians are still living under occupation and siege. But another, different battle

is being waged, without weapons, for a great prize - legitimacy. This session will explore some

aspects of this competition for hearts and minds and ways in which we can respond in order

to advance justice for Palestinians.

Evening 7pm Film £5 entry

‘The Gatekeepers’

For the first time ever, six former heads of Israel’s domestic secret service agency, Shin Bet, share their insights

and reflect on their actions and decisions in this 2012 documentary, directed by Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh.

The film offers an exclusive account of the sum of their successes and failures and sheds light on the

controversy surrounding the occupation in the aftermath of the Six-Day-War in 1967.

The Gatekeepers was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2013.

Organised by Palestine Support Network Huddersfield reach@psnhuddersfield.org M: 07808 920 600

Venue: The Red & Green Club. 42 Bankwell Road, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield HD3 4LU

www.redandgreenclub.org.uk

Fundraising Dinner for Children’s Projects in Gaza
2015-04-18 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Fairplay Centre,, Alexandra Road,, West Chesterfield, , S40 1NP, United Kingdom
West Chesterfield Fundraising Dinner for Children’s Projects in Gaza

Delicious three course Egyptian meal (Halal and vegetarian)

Music with Egyptian musician/singer Ahmad Adnan

Choice of wine, real ale, bottled beer or soft drinks included in the price

Saturday 18th April 7.00pm

Fairplay Centre, Alexandra Road, West Chesterfield, S40 1NP

Tickets £15/£10 (unwaged)

To reserve your table:

Phone: Jeannie 07919486101 OR Sue 01246 271650

Email: chesterfieldgroup2012@gmail.com

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh Live in London
2015-04-18 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | Richmix , 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, London , United Kingdom
Tamer Abu Ghazaleh
A restless and inventive performer and promoter of a wide range of music and artistic activity, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh is a leading figure in modern Arabic culture. The Palestinian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer has over the past few years collaborated in many music projects, released a debut album and founded eka3 (2007), a regional platform dedicated to promoting, producing, distributing, and touring independent Arabic music.

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh’s debut album Mir’ah (Mirror) was released in 2008. Recorded with a group of Palestinian and Egyptian performers, the record’s seven turbulent, entrancing and sometimes frenzied songs were written during a turbulent period of demonstrations, bombardment and invasion of Palestinian cities. Composed during curfews, the album expresses everyday human emotions – love, hate, comfort, boredom, excitement – that were informed by the unreal experience of living in Palestine during that period. While he has been touring his own music throughout 2012 at sold-out concerts in Beirut, Alexandria, Cairo, Amman and Tunis, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh has been an active musical collaborator for many years.

Projects include: starting the cross-genre group Kazamada (2010); working with Palestinian & Egyptian artists on Jehar (with Huda Asfour), Duo Buzuq (with Rabea Jubran) and Kalam Mazzika (with Salam Yousry); and performing on Khaled Jubran’s Psalms (2005). In 2008, Tamer released Thawret Ala (Revolution of Worry), a collaborative piece of musical theatre that was performed by the Al- Tamye Theatre Group.

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh was born in Cairo 1986 to an exiled Palestinian family. He started singing and performing at the age of two, and composing at the age of nine. In 1998 Tamer and his family managed to return to their homeland to live in Ramallah, where he started his academic music education at the National Conservatory of Music (now Edward Said Conservatory). There he studied oud, buzuq, music theory, history, analysis, composition, orchestration and performance, under the supervision of renowned Palestinian musician Khaled Jubran.

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh is currently touring while preparing his second album and producing the music of a number of talented Egyptian musicians. He is also one of the key members of the new pan-Arabic Alif Ensemble.
47 Soul
The members of 47 Soul are rooted in Bilad Al-Sham, spanning the divides from Amman to the Galilee, the Golan Heights to Ramallah. Their sound has rapidly amassed fans in the Middle East and Europe – it’s electric Arabic debka, and 47 Soul are spreading the word through the underground music scene.
DJ U-CEF
DJ U-CEF rounds off a formidable line up with the best of Arabic and North African Music.

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW

For more information, please visit:

http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/tamer-abu-ghazal/

Website: www.tamer.ag
Twitter: @tamer_ag
Facebook: /tagmusic
YouTube: /agTamer

Eat for Palestine - Palestine Fundraiser and Charity Meal
2015-04-20 18:00 - 23:00 UTC | Ali Tandoori Restaurant, 9-11 Magdalen St, , Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1LE, United Kingdom
We courteously invite you to this special event to partake of delicious Indian food in excellent surroundings and company. Half of all proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestine and NPSC.

There are two sittings at 6pm and 9pm telephone 01603 632101 for further information

Jointly by Ali Tandoori Restaurant and Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign

www.alitandoori.co.uk www.norwichpsc.org.uk www.map-uk.org

Tower Hamlets Election Hustings
2015-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Cranbrook Estate Community Centre, Mace Street, Tower Hamlets, London, E2 0RA, London, United Kingdom
Organised by Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity Campaign UKYour chance to quiz your local electoral candidates on their views on Palestine! Audience members will also be welcome to put questions on other topics, if there is sufficient time.Rushanara Ali (Labour), Glyn Robbins (TUSC), Alistair Polson (Green) and Teena Lashmore (LibDem) are confirmed. We have invited candidates of all the non-racist political parties to attend.Cranbrook Estate Community Centre E2 0RA is about 15 minutes walk from either Bethnal Green or Mile End Stations (Central Line) or on the no 8 bus route.

Sheffield PSC General Election Hustings - Central Constituency
2015-04-22 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends' Meeting House, 10 Saint James' Street , Sheffield, , South Yorkshire , S1 2EW, United Kingdom
Peace and Justice Hustings
Sheffield PSC has joined with three other organisations - CND, Stop the War and the Yemeni Community Association , to organise two hustings. One for central constituency on 22nd April at Friends Meeting House - more details here -and one for Heeley on 30th April - more details here.
A Peace and Justice meeting organised by PSC with

Stop The War Coaltion,
CND
The Yemeni Community Association:

With general election candidates

Stephie Roe (Cons)
Peter Garbutt (Greens)
Paul Blomfield (Labour)
Joe Ottten (Lib Dems

Pre-election Q&A with Oxford Parliamentary Candidates
2015-04-23 07:00 - 09:00 UTC | Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, OX1 1BX, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Britain in the World:

Pre-election Q&A with Oxford parliamentary candidates

Come and hear your candidates answer questions about international issues

Supporting groups:

Amnesty International, Asylum Welcome, Oxford Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Close Campsfield, COIN (Climate Outreach and Information Network), Cuba Solidarity Campaign Oxford, Fellowship of Reconciliation, NOW (Network of Oxford Women for Justice and Peace), Oxford Oxfam Group, Oxford Network for Global Justice & Peace, Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Oxford Quakers

Organised by Oxford PSC: oxfordpsc.blogspot.co.uk

Birmingham Hustings
2015-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Quaker House,, 40 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6AF, United Kingdom
Birmingham wide Hustings for the 23rd April, 7pm at the Quaker House, Bull Street
A hustings is being held on the 23rd of April to discuss with the Parties contesting the General Election in the West Midlands.We have invited all major Parties taking part in the Parliamentary elections to the Hustings.
Richard Burden, Member of Parliament for Northfield will be representing Labour.
John Hemming Member of Parliament for Yardley will be representing Liberal Democrats
Chris Nash Parliamentary Candidate for Hodge Hill will be representing The Green Party
We will be particularly discussing the issues of peace and justice internationally and in particular the situation that prevails in Palestine and for which Britain bears a historical as well as current responsibility. We would like to hear the candidates and their Parties perspectives on the lifting of the blockade on Gaza. Click here for details

Election Hustings in Cambridge
2015-04-27 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom
· Your chance to quiz election candidates on foreign policy
· Candidates for Cambridge who will be present: Julian Huppert (Lib Dem), Daniel Zeichner (Labour), Rupert Read (Green) and South Cambs: Dan Greef (Labour) and Sebastian Kindersley (Lib Dem)

Supported by:
· Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Website: campalsoc.org
· Cambridge Trades Council
Website: cambstuc.org.uk
· Cambridge Stop the War Coalition

Sheffield PSC General Election Hustings - Heeley
2015-04-30 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Carfield School,, Argyle Close, , Meersbrook, S8 9HJ, United Kingdom
Peace and Justice Hustings
Sheffield PSC has joined with three other organisations - CND, Stop the War and the Yemeni Community Association , to organise two hustings. One for central constituency on 22nd April at Friends Meeting House - more details here -and one for Heeley on 30th April - more details here.

A Peace and Justice meeting organised by Sheffield PSC with

Stop The War Coaltion,
CND
The Yemeni Community Association:

For more information please visit:

http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/content/events/peace-and-justice-hustings-30th-april

Haringey Justice for Palestinians: BDS for Palestinian Rights
2015-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St John Vianney's Church Hall, 4 Vincent Road, West Green, , London, N15 3QH , United Kingdom
Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions for Palestinian Rights

Special evening of how it can work in Haringey

Thursday 30th April, 7-9pm, Free Admission

St John Vianney's Church Hall, West Green Road and Vincent Road

Guest Speakers:

Phil Marfleet - from university of East London

Caroline Day and Sybil Cock - from Tower Hamlets PSC

For more information please go to:

http://www.hjfp.org.uk/wordpress/hjfp-educational-bds-30th-april/

or call: 020 8888 5518

Narratives of Life Under Occupation
2015-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Room B111, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Russell Square , London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Palestine Speaks, Narratives of Life Under Occupation

Cate Malek in conversation Abeer Ayoub

6.00pm, Friday 1 May 2015

Room B111, Brunei Gallery

SOAS, University of London

Russell Square WC1H 0XG

Admission Free – All Welcome

Further information:

T: 020 7898 4330/4490

E: vp6@soas.ac.uk

W: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cps/events/01may2015-palestine-speaks-narratives-of-life-under-occupation.html

Organised by: Centre for Palestine Studies, London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London.

Birmingham: Palestine Awareness Day
2015-05-03 13:00 - 19:00 UTC | Small Heath Park, Birmingham,, West Midlands , B10, United Kingdom
West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign has organized a Palestine Awareness Day during the May Day Bank Holiday.
The bombing and destruction of Gaza in 2014 left over 2000 Palestinians dead and much of Gaza was reduced to rubble.
Many people are still without shelter throughout the winter.
Under these circumstances, it is essential that we stand by the Palestinians and heed their call for Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions to bring about an end to the occupation.
There will be information on the BDS Campaign that the Palestinian Civil Society has been co-ordinating since 2005,
and information about what individuals can do in this, and other campaigns to help end the illegal occupation of Palestine and siege of Gaza.
There will be BOuncy castle, slides and other amusements for children.
It will be a family event for a May Day Bank Holiday just before the General and local elections.
Click here for details:
http://westmidspsc.org/boycott/?ai1ec_event=palestine-awareness-day-small-heath-park-3rd-may-1pm-onwards&instance_id=71

Grimsby: Open Bethlehem Screening
2015-05-08 18:45 - 21:30 UTC | Oasis Academy Wintringham,, Grimsby, , North East Lincolnshire, DN32 0AZ, United Kingdom
'Open Bethlehem'

A film by Leila Sansour

We sing about the 'little town' at Christmas - but what is it like in the 21st Century?

Friday 8th May at 7pm

Oasis Academy Wintringham, Grimsby, DN32 0AZ

Refreshments from 6.45pm

Sale of Fair Trade Palestinian produce

Entry by donations: all money going to projects in Bethlehem

Supported by NE Lincolnshire Justice and Peace Group and Oasis Academy Wintringham

For more details:

Phone: 01472 346 986

Email: demullins23@msn.com

The Right to Roam
2015-05-09
The Right to Roam
Sheffield PSC started the Right to Roam walk in May 2013, following the 268 miles of the Pennine Way from Edale, over Kinder Scout, the site of the historic Kinder Trespass, to Kirk Yetholm just over the Scottish borders.

In 2014 we walked from Lands End to Bristol, and then from Bristol to Edale, completing the ‘England section’ of the walk.

This year we are leaving Kirk Yetholm on 9 May The three walks so far have covered around 800 miles - a stark contrast to the harsh severe restrictions of movement for all Palestinians to, from and within Palestine, and in particular the harsh restrictions, attacks and siege of 1.8 m people within the narrow 26 mile Gaza Strip.

You can find out more at:

https://www.facebook.com/events/429471410562549/

Walk for Palestine
2015-05-09 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | John Scurr community centre, 1A Bekesbourne Street, Limehouse, , London , E14 7JF, United Kingdom
WALK FOR PALESTINE Saturday, 9 May 2015

We will meet and welcome you to the John Scurr Community Centre (1A Bekesbourne Street, Limehouse, London E14 7JF) from 11 o’clock onwards. The walk will commence at mid-day or soon after and should end at around 4.00pm depending on whether you stroll, meander or walk!

Who’s Who? Before we set out Network members Muhammed Mukhaimar and Elian Pinto will introduce Sumud Palestine and the UK Palestine Mental Health Network and tell you how the money you contribute will be used.

Eliana Pinto, originally from Chile, came to the UK as a political refugee in the 1970s. A retired NHS consultant psychotherapist, she now works in private practice in London.

Mohammed Mukhaimar is a Palestinian-British Psychologist. Born and raised in Gaza, he worked for Gaza Community Mental Health Programme for eight years and led the local crisis intervention team before joining the mental health service in the UK. Currently he is based in Cambridge. He has been involved in promoting the mental health sector and human rights in Palestine since he was graduated from Birzeit University in the West Bank in 1998.

Mohammed Mukhaimar and Angela Glendenning co-founded Sumud Palestine.

Parking There is no parking at the Centre and it is difficult to find in and around Limehouse. Our walk is not circular and you may wish to park in central London and travel from there to Limehouse.

The route Many may be familiar with the South Bank of the River Thames but not the North Bank from Limehouse to Tower Bridge. It is a spectacular stretch of river where the Thames can look its most majestic. A limited number of Transport for London Thames Path guides will be available (Transport for London north bank 2 of 4 and 3 of 4). These describe various landmarks along the way. There is a nice patch of grass outside Tate Modern, possibly a good place to pause for a picnic, a snack or the loo!

Numbers While we expect some participants to turn up on the day, it will be helpful to have some idea of numbers. You may email your attendance and/or send a donation online at www.sumudpalestine.org.uk.

Directions The John Scurr Community Centre is easily accessible via excellent public transport routes which service London. Limehouse Station is on the Docklands Light Railway (DWR) which runs directly to Bank and Tower Gateway stations where London Underground can be joined. The Centre is only a few minutes’ walk from the Limehouse Station.

For further information contact:

Angela Glendenning

E: angela.lendenning@gmail.com

T: 01782-616368

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU

Sponsored Walk: Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund
2015-05-10 10:00 - 15:30 UTC | Manchester Victoria, Todd St, , Manchester, M3 1WY, United Kingdom
Join Manchester’s contingent on Saddleworth’s

Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund

Sponsored Walk, Sunday 10th May 2015

The walk is to raise money to enable women in Gaza to access higher education. This is particularly important following the devastation of the bombardment of last summer. We walk in peace and solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza who are unable to freely leave ‘the Strip’, an area of land that is just 25 miles long (45kms) and 6 miles wide (10km).

We will walk 6.5 miles (10.5km) from Marsden to Uppermill, taking time to stop, enjoy the surroundings and share some short poems.

Walk details from Manchester

We will catch the train from Manchester Victoria at 10.12am
The walk starts at 10.45am from Marsden Train Station. (If you’re driving, you can park near the station, HD7 6DH).
We will be walking over hills, on muddy uneven ground. So please wear sturdy shoes and appropriate clothing. Some parts of the walk will be on small roads, crossing one major road at the beginning of the walk.
Bring some lunch and drinks;
Those joining us do so at their own risk.
The walk ends with a welcome at 7 Saddleworth Fold, Uppermill, OL3 6EQ at about 3-3.30pm.There will be tea! cakes and poems.
If you don’t wish to walk, please collect sponsorship for the other walkers and join us at the end of walk for tea. (If driving, please park on Church Road, Uppermill. Saddleworth Fold has limited parking.)
Lifts will be available to help people return to Greenfield or Marsden station. We should be back at Victoria at 6.05pm.

You can help us raise funds by:

Getting family and friends to sponsor you or give a donation
Sponsoring us to do the walk (if you are not able to join us).

Please confirm your participation in the walk from Manchester by e-mailing Pia on piag@talktalk.net . Please e-mail for any more information, too.

You may also want to confirm your place at the end of walk tea and/or sponsorship by emailing saddleworth.pwsf@gmail.com or phone 07975 908409 for more information.

We hope you can join us!!

Saddleworth Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund Sponsored Walk
2015-05-10 10:45 - 15:30 UTC | Marsden Railway Station, Station Road , Marsden , West Yorkshire , HD7 6AX, United Kingdom
Join the Saddleworth Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund Sponsored Walk - Sunday 10 May 2015

We are walking 6.5 miles (10.5km) from Marsden to Uppermill taking time to stop, enjoy the surroundings and share some short poems.

The walk is to raise money to enable women in Gaza to access higher education. This is particularly important following the devastation of the bombardment of last summer. We walk in peace and solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza who are unable to freely leave ‘the Strip’, an area of land that is just 25 miles long (45kms) and 6 miles wide (10km).

The walk starts at 10.45am from Marsden Train Station (train from Manchester Victoria – 10.12, from Greenfield - 10.37) or car park near the station, HD7 6DH.

The walk ends at 7 Saddleworth Fold, Uppermill, OL3 6EQ at 3/3.30 pm where you are welcome to join us even if you are not able to take part in the walk. There will be tea, cakes and poems. Please park on Church Road as Saddleworth Fold has limited parking.

The end of the walk is a mile away from Greenfield Station – lifts will be available to help people return to their cars at Greenfield or Marsden.

You can help us raise funds by:

Getting family and friends to sponsor you or give a donation (see form attached);
Sponsoring us to do the walk (if you are not able to join us);
Taking out a monthly Standing Order for £5, £10 or another amount (details below).

Description of the walk:

Our walk will take in a variety of landscapes reflecting the essential character of the Marsden and Saddleworth moors, canals, railways and the industrial heritage of the mill towns. It also takes in the first of Simon Armitage’s 'Stanza Stone' poems, intriguingly called 'Snow'. There is an ascent from Marsden and descent into Diggle, passing through small hamlets down to the canal.

Please note:

There are hills, muddy uneven ground and we will be walking in some parts on small roads and crossing one major road at the beginning of the walk;
Please wear sturdy shoes, appropriate clothing and bring a packed lunch and drinks;
Those joining us do so at their own risk.

We hope you can join us.

Please confirm your participation in the walk and/or post-walk refreshments by emailing saddleworth.pwsf@gmail.com or phone 07975 908409 for more information.

Freedom Theatre UK Tour
2015-05-13 00:00 - 2015-06-20 00:00 UTC
The Tour
In the spring of 2015 The Freedom Theatre will premiere a brand new production across the West Bank and then embark on its first ever tour of Britain and Ireland. The Siege is inspired by the real stories of a group of fighters who during the height of the second Intifada took refuge in the Church of the Nativity. The play uses both theatre and visual arts to portray an event that with time has taken on almost mythical proportions.

The Siege
May 2002. Spring in Bethlehem. A group of armed men seek sanctuary in one of the world’s holiest sites as the Israeli army closes in with helicopters, tanks and snipers. Along with the fighters are some 200 priests, nuns and civilians. The siege lasts for 39 days, paralyzing the center of Bethlehem and keeping tens of thousands under curfew. Inside the Church of Nativity the besieged are hungry and weakening. The smell of unwashed bodies and broken lavatories is mixed with the stench from the suppurating wounds of the injured. Two dead bodies are decomposing in a cave below the church. While the world is watching, the fighters are faced with the question of whether to struggle to the end or to surrender. No matter what they choose, they will have to leave their families and their homeland behind forever.
While some might call the siege a desecration of a holy place, others view it as a continuation of the church's ancient tradition of offering sanctuary to those who ask for protection. The production raises important questions about strategies of resistance against military might and gives a unique insight into the Palestinian armed resistance and the struggle for freedom.
The Siege will be directed by Palestinian theatre director Nabil Al-Raee and British theatre director Zoe Lafferty, who
previously collaborated on Sho Kman?, a critically acclaimed production that opened in Jenin and went on to tour to Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria. The piece will be developed and devised by The Freedom Theatre actors, a unique ensemble who use culture as a form of resistance and who have grown up during the second Intifada and lived under occupation their whole lives.

Tour Dates
THE LOWRY (Manchester) 13th - 14th May
LAKESIDE THEATRE (Colchester) 16th May
BAC (London) 19th - 23rd May
THE HUB (Leeds) 26th May
ST MARY IN THE CASTLE (Hastings) 28th May
THE MERLIN (Frome) 30th May
BIRMINGHAM REP (Birmingham) 4th - 6th June
NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE (Nottingham) 10th - 11th June
THE CUT (Halesworth) 13th June
THE TRON (Glasgow) 17th - 20th June
For more information and to book tickets please visit:
http://www.thefreedomtheatreukfriends.com/#!about2/c2448

Commemorating the 67th Anniversary of The Nakba
2015-05-16 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Old market square Nottingham, Old market Square Nottingham , Nottingham , NG1 2BY, United Kingdom
Join Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign to protest commemorating the 67th anniversary of The Nakba

London Nakba commemoration
2015-05-16 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington, W8 4QB, London , United Kingdom
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), supported by PSC, are organising a London Picket to Commemorate 67th Nakba Anniversary. Come to commemorate those ethnically cleansed in 1948 and support rights and justice for Palestinians who are still refugees today.

In front of the Israeli embassy in London on the 16th of May 2015 from 5:30pm to 7:30 pm

For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/668695156569740/

Palestine at Official International fringe meeting at PCS Conference
2015-05-20 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Syndicate 2, Brighton Conference Centre, BN1 2GR, Brighton, South East, United Kingdom
CHAIR: SUE BOND, National Vice President PCS

Featuring Palestine Solidarity Campaign and War on Want

Freedom for Palestine: the case against Hewlett Packard

Speaker: Amena Saleem, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, working on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activities.

Hewlett Packard sells printers and photocopier paper, so how can it be involved in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people? Amena Saleem explains the corporation’s deep complicity in the occupation and shares ideas on how union members can be part of the boycott campaign.

www.palestinecampaign.org

AND

From tax dodging to tax justice

Speaker: Owen Espley - War on Want, Campaigner for Tax Justice

Tax dodging has been making the headlines, and featured highly in the election campaign, but it’s easy to forget what’s at stake. Why do we fight for tax justice? Why must unions be involved? Come and hear how War on and Want and PCS are leading the union fightback on this crucial issue.

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Brighton to Palestine with Love 2015
2015-05-21 10:00 - 21:30 UTC | Brighthelm Church & Community Centre, North Road, , Brighton, BN1 1YD, United Kingdom
Brighton & Palestinian Artists Together presents

Brighton to Palestine with Love 2015
Thursday 21 May 2015
A day of celebration of Palestinian culture, culminating in a ticketed concert at 7.30pm - book now!

at Brighthelm Church & Community Centre
North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD

Programme

From 10am: Exhibition of photographs by Palestinian children.

11.30am & 1.00pm: ‘Seven Jewish Children’ – A short play by Caryl Churchill (KWProductions)
Playwright Caryl Churchill, a Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, wrote this 10-minute play in response to the 2008-09 Israeli military strike on Gaza. It was first produced at The Royal Court Theatre in 2009. The play is divided into seven scenes spanning approximately 70 years. In each scene, Jewish adults discuss what should or should not be told to their children, about events in recent Jewish history during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
No charge: donations to Medical Aid for Palestinians.

2pm till 4pm: Short films with Sarah Wood
Film-maker Sarah Wood will introduce her film, ‘For Cultural Purposes Only’, together with some of the surviving film fragments that have inspired her work on lost Palestinian cinema. The Palestinian Film Archive contained over 100 films showing the daily life and struggle of the Palestinian people. It was lost in the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982. Here interviewees describe from memory key moments from the history of Palestinian cinema.
There is no charge for the film show and talk but donations to support the Palestinian people are always welcome.

All day: Sale of Fairtrade products and craft from Palestine.

5.30pm till 7pm: Palestinian food by Zaytoon Café

Concert at 7.30pm: ‘Duo Sabîl’
Virtuoso Oud player Ahmad Al Khatib and wizard Oriental Percussionist Youssef Hbeisch with Fadia AlSoukhni (Voice). The rich sound of Mohamed Najem on Clarinet with accordionist Manfred Leuchter in an exceptional concert of contemporary and traditional Arabic music. Exciting harmonies, lightning fast finger work. Helping bring children from the Gaza Music School to perform in next year’s Brighton Festival.

Tickets for 7.30pm concert £10 (£7 concessions) from Brighton Fringe Box Office
Online: (www.brightonfringe.org)
By phone: 01273 917272
In person: Fringe Box Office, 1 Stop Travel Shop, 26 North Street, Brighton, BN1 1EB

Women in Hebron: Talk by Nawal Slemia
2015-05-21 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Sutton Memorial Hall, Old Post Office Lane, , Sutton, , Suffolk, , IP12 3JQ, United Kingdom
Talk by Nawal Slemia, founding member of 'Women in Hebron'

Women in Hebron is a Palestinian women's embroidery cooperative promoting the independence for women in Hebron through the sale of local crafts.

Come and listen to the talk, browse the stalls, and show your support to the Women in Hebron.

Thursday 21st May 2015, 7-9pm

Sutton Memorial Hall

Artisans/Artists who would like a stall, please contact:

Trish Hurley: 01394411735 OR hurleytrish@hotmail.com

Israel and Palestine - A Historical Conflict Q&A
2015-05-29 18:30 - 20:45 UTC | Tesco Extra Community Room, Wellington Road, Slough, Berkshire, Sl1 1xw, United Kingdom
Following the success of our previous discussion evening we are pleased to announce our next event:

Israel & Palestine: A Historical Conflict Q&A

Join us for an evening of informative open discussion and factual education about the history of the conflict in the Middle East.

Find out about the sequence of events that has lead to the modern day State of Israel being one of the most dominant and destructive powers in the world.

Prepare your questions to put to our panel of knowledgeable committee members, learn more about the conflict and have your views and thoughts heard.

RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW!!

(Places are limited so reply to this message now to guarantee yourself a place at our discussion).

Slough PSC

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SloughPSC

Public Meeting: Hearing the voice of Israel’s Bedouin Citizens
2015-05-31 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | St Mary’s Church Hall, GU10 3EA, Frensham, South East, United Kingdom
Hearing the voice of Israel’s Bedouin Citizens

As the dust settles after the Israeli election, where can the new coalition lead their people? If Israel becomes the State of the Jews, what future faces its other citizens? And are there particular difficulties for Bedouin communities?

On Sunday May 31st, Khalil Alamour will visit Frensham, to talk about the Bedouin in the Negev. A father of seven, from the village of Al-Sira, he is qualified in computer science and law, and teaches mathematics. A field researcher for Adalah, a human rights NGO, he is also a Board Member of the Negev Coexistence Forum for civil equality - a grass roots Arab Jewish NGO. Khalil has worked alongside ICAHD in lobbying at the UN, has hosted visits during ICAHD’s rebuilding camps and the ETT study tours.

Please come and hear what he has to say.

A Palestinian welcome awaits you!

7pm in St Mary’s Church Hall.

Tickets £5 from Mayonne or Tim Coldicott

01252 792609 or tim@coldicott.me.uk

Proceeds will be divided between Khalil’s costs and the Church Tower appeal. Additional donations welcomed.

Hearing the Voice of Israel's Bedouin Citizens
2015-06-02 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
MKPSC is delighted to host a presentation by

Khalil Alamour

“Hearing the voice of Israel’s Bedouin Citizens”

Tuesday 2nd June 2015, 7.30pm – 9.00pm
MKPSC’s AGM will follow from 9.00pm to 9.30pm

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open 7.15 pm

This is a special opportunity to meet Khalil Alamour, who works with Adalah, the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, and is on the board of the Negev Coexistence Forum.
Khalil regularly attends meetings in Geneva and Brussels to advocate for the Israeli Bedouin.
His own home village has recently celebrated after the courts overturned demolition orders placed on every house.
Don't miss this chance to hear the latest news about the
Bedouin unrecognised villages of the Negev

All members, supporters and friends of MKPSC are welcome
Free admission
Free refreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval
There will be stalls selling Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts
email miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com for more information
*602 North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices. Centrecom is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ

Hearing the voice of Israel’s Bedouin Citizens
2015-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
PSC’s Northern Groups are proud to welcome Khalil Al-Amour (from the NGO Adalah)
presenting

‘Hearing the voice of Israel’s Bedouin Citizens’.

As the dust settles after the Israeli election, where can the new coalition lead their people? What future faces its other Palestinian citizens? And are there particular difficulties for Bedouin communities?

Khalil Al-Amour, a father of seven from the village of Al-Sira, is qualified in computer science and law, and teaches mathematics. A field researcher for Adalah (a human rights NGO), he is also a Board Member of the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (a grass roots NGO). Khalil has worked alongside ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions) in lobbying at the UN, and has hosted visits during ICAHD’s rebuilding camps. Khalil regularly attends meetings in Geneva and Brussels to advocate for the Bedouin community.

https://www.facebook.com/events/484406295056061/

Rays of hope in the Israel-Palestine conflict? With Richard Kuper from Jews for Justice for Palestinians
2015-06-03 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | White Rock Hotel, (opposite pier), Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JU, United Kingdom
Richard Kuper is a founder member and former chair of Jews for Justice for Palestinians. An active campaigner, he will talk both about the situation in Israel-Palestine and about the question of antisemitism, real and imagined, in the world today. Antisemitism is a worrying reality but also a weapon in the struggle to prevent criticism of Israeli policy.

More information: Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign
HPSC facebook page

Freedom Theatre presents: The Siege
2015-06-05 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Centenary Square,, Broad Street, , Birmingham, , B1 2EP, United Kingdom
Showing at The Birmingham Rep, The Door, on Friday 5th June at 8pm

Directed by Palestinian theatre director Nabil Al-Raee and British theatre director Zoe Lafferty, developed and devised by the Freedom Theatre actors, a unique ensemble who use culture as a form of resistance and who have grown up during the second Intifada and lived under occupation their whole lives.

May 2002, The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. A group of armed men seek sanctuary in one of the world’s holiest sites as the Israeli army closes in with helicopters, tanks and snipers. Along with the fighters are some 200 priests, nuns and civilians. The siege lasts for 39 days, paralyzing the center of Bethlehem and keeping tens of thousands under curfew. While the world is watching, the fighters are faced with the question of whether to struggle to the end or to surrender. No matter what they choose, they will have to leave their families and their homeland behind forever.

Based on the collected and untold accounts of the fighters who are now exiled across Europe the story tells of an event that over time has taken on almost mythical proportions.

Tickets for the performance cost £9.60 (Group concessionary price) to book email: ericfrankham@hotmail.co.uk or txt / phone 07903 403057

For more information and details of the venue go to: http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/event/the-siege/

The Freedom Theatre is a Palestinian community-based theatre and cultural center located in Jenin Refugee Camp in the northern part of the West Bank. Established in 2006, the theatre aims to generate cultural resistance through the fields of popular culture and art as a catalyst for social change in the occupied Palestinian territories. The theatre’s goals are to “develop a vibrant and creative artistic community that empowers children and young adults to express themselves freely and equally through art while emphasizing professionalism and innovation."] The theatre teaches courses in film, photography, creative writing, and theatre.

Walsall Kobar Friendship Association – www.walsallkobar.org.uk - walsall.kobar@gmail.com - www.facebook.com/walsallkobarfriendshipassociation

Brighton & Hove PSC 2015 Annual General Meeting with Ghada Karmi
2015-06-06 14:00 - 17:30 UTC | Brighthelm Centre (close to Brighton Railway Station), North Road, Brighton , BN1 1YD, South East , United Kingdom
Supporters of Brighton & Hove PSC are welcome to attend this year’s AGM. Only paid-up members are able to vote in elections and motions, but anyone supporting our work and our values may attend. There will be an opportunity at the meeting to join as member if you wish. The meeting will be an opportunity to review our achievements over the past year, and to look ahead at future campaigning in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Ghada Karmi – Keynote Speaker We are especially pleased that Ghada Karmi will be joining us as keynote speaker at the AGM. Ghada is a hugely influential Palestinian-British writer, medic, academic and campaigner, and a Patron of PSC at national level. Ghada will be talking about her new book, Return: A Palestinian Memoir, published by Verso Books (www.versobooks.com/books/1891-return), and she will also be sharing with us her analysis of the current situation in Palestine and the prospects for international solidarity work. Outline programme for the AGM 2.00pm – Registration (including membership renewal)

2.15pm – AGM (including officers’ reports, election of officers & committee, motions)

3.15pm – refreshment break 3.45pm – Ghada Karmi, Keynote Speaker

Film Night: 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat
2015-06-12 18:15 - 20:45 UTC | Tesco Extra Community Room, Wellington Road, Slough, Berkshire, Sl1 1xw, United Kingdom
Slough PSC are delighted to announce the screening of the brilliant film, 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat.
Injustice, hazard and hope are vividly captured in this defiant one-man chronicle of life in an embattled Palestinian village
'An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later given to Israeli co-director Guy Davidi to edit. Structured around the violent destruction of each one of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of village turmoil. Burnat watches from behind the lens as olive trees are bulldozed, protests intensify, and lives are lost. "I feel like the camera protects me," he says, "but it's an illusion." - IMdB
'5 Broken Cameras is a polemical work and in no sense analytical. It presents with overwhelming power a case of injustice on a massive scale, and gives us a direct experience of what it's like to be on the receiving end of oppression and dispossession, administered by the unyielding, stony-faced representatives of those convinced of their own righteousness'. - The Guardian
To book your place email: sloughpsc@gmail.com
For more information visit Slough Palestine Solidarity Campaign on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SloughPSC

PSC Fringe at UNISON NDC: The way forward for solidarity with Palestine
2015-06-17 17:15 - 18:30 UTC | Crowne Plaza, G3 8QT, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Chair: Tom Jones, Partner Thompsons Solicitors

Speakers:

Jean Butcher, Chair UNISON International Committee

Ala Khatib, Director Kav LaOved (Workers Hotline)

Sarah Colborne, Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The solidarity movement for Palestine is at a turning point, following the huge wave of support against Israel’s attacks on Gaza last summer. Join us to hear about the current situation in Palestine and how you can become involved in taking action for Justice for the Palestinian people. This meeting will feature an update of UNISON’s solidarity work with Palestine, including the launch of a Pension Fund Divestment campaigning pack.

Refreshments will be provided.

Please visit the PSC stand in the exhibition area for more information. www.palestinecampaign.org

Supported by Thompsons Solicitors.

Film Screening: THIS IS MY LAND
2015-06-22 18:30 - 2015-06-25 20:30 UTC | Bertha DocHouse Screen, Curzon Bloomsbury, Curzon Bloomsbury, Brunswick Centre, , London, London, WC1N 1AW, United Kingdom
Bertha DocHouse, the UK's first cinema screen dedicated to documentary, is screening critically acclaimed new documentary THIS IS MY LAND on 22nd June at 6.30pm, 23rd June at 4.30pm and 25th June at 5.15pm.

To book visit: http://www.dochouse.org/cinema/screenings/2015/06/23/my-land

"... this fascinating documentary observes how young minds are shaped by what is said and what is unspoken." - Hamptons International Film Festival

Director Tamara Erde visits six independently-run Israeli and Palestinian schools to investigate how the disputed history of this contested region is taught.

Tickets are only £9 (£6 concessions)

Lobby of Parliament for Palestine
2015-06-23 14:00 - 18:00 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
The Lobby of Parliament for Palestine will take place on Tuesday 23 June from 2-6pm at the UK Parliament, London. Please support this important event.

*Read the Lobby of Parliament briefing*

If you can attend the Lobby of Parliament, please write to your MP to let them know.

Send a letter to your MP asking them to meet you on 23 June>

If you can’t attend the Lobby of Parliament, but still want to support the event, please send this letter:

Send a letter asking your MP to meet campaigners>

Find out more>

*Read the Lobby of Parliament briefing*

Evening rally after the Lobby
2015-06-23 18:15 - 20:30 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
Join us for an evening rally in Parliament. Hear from some of Parliament's greatest champions for human rights for Palestine.

The line-up so far includes Hugh Lanning (PSC), Sir Alan Duncan MP, Richard Burden MP, Philippa Whitford MP, Stewart McDonald MP, Grahame Morris MP, Dr Tania Mathias MP, Writer - David Wearing, Debbie Abrahams MP, Andy Slaughter MP, Sir Gerald Kaufman MP - more to come!

Priority for the audience given to those attending the lobby. Please pick up your tickets at the Lobby from the registration team.

Film Screening: BORN IN GAZA
2015-06-23 18:30 - 2015-06-25 20:30 UTC | Bertha DocHouse Screen, Curzon Bloomsbury, Curzon Bloomsbury, Brunswick Centre , LONDON, WC1N 1AW, United Kingdom
Please click on the link below for more information:

http://www.dochouse.org/cinema/screenings/2015/06/25/born-gaza

PREVENT: tackling extremism or criminalising dissent?
2015-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Speaking out for justice and human rights: challenging the government’s Prevent strategy and the Counter-terrorism and Security Act.

Listen to the event here: https://soundcloud.com/psc-10/prevent

Prevent was introduced as part of the government's post-9/11 counter-terrorism strategy. Instead of being an effective way of genuinely countering extremism, it is rightly perceived as what Baroness Warsi called a "Cold War against British Muslims." Now it has been given added legitimacy as part of the Counter-terrorism and Security Act (CTS), passed in 2015.

Now CTS is being used to criminalise legitimate dissent. Under the new government this is only going to get worse. Only a few days after the election, David Cameron announced even more sinister powers under this Act - a taste of what's to come if we don't challenge this legislation.

This public meeting brought together a broad range of speakers from different sectors – journalism, politics, arts, education, health. It is the start of a process of coalition-building across organisations and sectors to engage people in this issue and start challenging the new and serious threats we face.

Speakers (in speaking order):

Karma Nabulsi, Professor of Politics and International Relations at University of Oxford

Peter Oborne, Associate Editor of the Spectator

Jenny Jones, Green Party Assembly Member and Peer

Azad Ali, Head of Community Development and Engagement at MEND

Sally Hunt, General Secretary of UCU

Rosamund McNeil, Head of Education and Equality at NUT

Simon Natas, leading Criminal and Human Rights lawyer at ITN Solicitors

Chaired by Hugh Lanning, Chair, Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Street Stall outside Sainsburys, Kettering
2015-06-27 11:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join us outside the Newland Centre, Kettering, Northamptonshire where we will have a stall and be handing out "Boycott Israeli Goods" leaflets.

All welcome.

For further information contact Northamptonshire PSC; northantspsc@gmail.com

Talk; Gaza under siege with Professor Colin Green
2015-07-02 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Nicolas Church Hall, Bury Street , Guildford, United Kingdom
Professor Colin Green is a distinguished surgeon and academic who has devoted many years to supporting the development of medical services in Palestine. One year after the horrific Israeli attack on Gaza, he will be reporting on the aftermath of the attack and the humanitarian situation in Gaza as well as the actions of the Israeli military in relation to international law.

For further information contact West Surrey PSC; westsurreypsc@gmail.com

POSTPONED - PSC Trade union Conference
2015-07-04 10:30 - 16:30 UTC
Change of date: PSC Trade Union conference

Palestine Solidarity Campaign has taken the decision to reschedule the conference Palestine: Next Challenges for UK trade unions, originally advertised as taking place on Saturday 4th July.

PSC took this decision as we wanted to enable all unions to participate in the discussion, and facilitate their engagement in our campaigning work. Given that the 4th July unfortunately clashes with a number of other trade union events, PSC is therefore rescheduling the conference. This will ensure that discussion involves and engages the strength of the trade union movement, which is committed to justice, peace and human rights for Palestinians.

A new date for the conference will be circulated as soon as possible.

Sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused to those delegates who have already made plans to attend. We will refund all registration fees, or if you prefer, we will carry your registration forward to the rescheduled date.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any further enquiries.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Eyewitness account: Palestine Trauma Centre (UK)
2015-07-07 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Lambeth & Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign

You are welcome to hear David Harrold from the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK).

Palestinians in Gaza are suffering unprecedented trauma and distress after three devastating wars in the previous seven years. A generation of children is growing up knowing nothing else but war and destruction.

PTC(UK) is working with partners in Gaza to support psychological services. David will talk about his recent visit to Gaza.

Location: SCRSS 320 Brixton Road, London SW9 6AB

Gaza one year on: County Durham PSC
2015-07-08 16:00 - 18:30 UTC | Durham Market Place, Market Square, Durham City, Co DUrham, DH1, United Kingdom
Vigil and leafleting for Gaza with County Durham PSC.

Meet at Market Square, Durham Market Place.

Gaza Vigil in Nottingham
2015-07-10 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | BBC Centre, London Road, NG2 4UU, Nottingham, Midlands, United Kingdom
www.facebook.com/events/133803290284306/

It is almost a year since israels main bombing campaign, when they murdered over 2,500 Palestinians, over 1,500 of them Children, an example israels barbarism
Join the protest remember those Innocent Palestinians killed because Israel can.
Names of the Children killed will be read out

Please invite family, friends bring placards, noise and Yourself

www.facebook.com/pages/Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign-Nottingham/134811619921263

Vigil for Gaza: Stoke-on-Trent
2015-07-10 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | , ,
Vigil to mark one year since Israel’s attack on Gaza and to remember those who died.

Join us at Hanley Town Hall, Albion Street, Stoke-on-Trent.

Walk with County Durham PSC banner at the Miners' Gala
2015-07-11 | Claypath, bottom Claypath, Durham City, Co Durham, DH1, North, United Kingdom
Walk onto the field with County Durham PSC banner. Meet at the bottom of CLaypath (by the Market Place) at 10.30 am.

Our stall will be on the field, on the left by the refreshment marquee - theme: Gaza one year on. Also a fundraising tombola stall.

March: Durham Miners' Gala
2015-07-11 | , ,
The main assembly point is the city centre Market Place and bands and banners start to march from there to the Racecourse from about 8.30 am. Other assembly points are the Miners’ HQ at Red Hill near the railway station and the New Inn on the west of the city.

For more information visit: http://www.durhamminers.org/Gala.html

Street Stall at the Triangle, Palmers Green
2015-07-11 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | , ,
Come and visit Enfield PSC's street stall at the Trianlge in Palmers Green, London, N13

For more information visit; http://enfieldpsc.btck.co.uk/ or email; enfieldpal@gmail.com

Dinner and fundraiser with Tony Clarke, Northampton PSC
2015-07-20 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | , ,
Northamptonshire PSC is holding a fundraising dinner with guest speaker speaker Tony Clarke, ex-MP for Northampton South and Green Party candidate in the general election who is a long-standing supporter of Palestinian rights.

There will be a three course Indian meal at Kohinoor Restaurant, with a raffle at the end.

Tickets: £20.00

For further information please email; northantspsc@gmail.com

Film: 'Where Should the Birds Fly' by Fida Qishta
2015-07-22 18:45 - 20:30 UTC | , ,
As the anniversary of the massacre in Gaza last summer is upon us we ask that you remember the people of Palestine, their struggle and their losses. Your support and solidarity is just as important today as it was last year.

Slough PSC are hosting an evening of remembrance and will be showing the brilliant film 'Where Should The Birds Fly?' by Fida Qishta, reserve your place now.

Where Should The Birds Fly is the first film about Gaza made by Palestinians living the reality of Israel’s siege and blockade of this tiny enclave. It is the story of two young women, survivors of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead. Mona Samouni, now 12 years old and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta, now 27, represent the spirit and future of Palestinians. The film is a visual documentation of the Goldstone Report. But it is so much more. It reveals the strength and hope, the humanity and humour that flourishes among the people of Gaza. Few films document so powerfully and personally the impact of modern warfare and sanctions on a civilian population.

The film itself breaks the blockade. Filmmakers in Gaza have never had the opportunity to make a full length, professional documentary of their reality. Fida Qishta, born and raised in Rafah, Gaza, began her filmmaking career as a wedding videographer, and soon moved on to working with international human rights observers in Gaza, documenting day to day life under siege. Her commentary on the siege was published in The International Herald Tribune. Her video reports of Operation Cast Lead were published widely including in the UK newspaper The Guardian and in their weekly news magazine, The Observer.

"Just returned a few days ago from a visit to Gaza. A memorable, in fact shattering, experience. And reveals graphically much of what your film describes.” Noam Chomsky

"There was a film showing, Where Should The Birds Fly. I thought I knew what was going on. Shocked as anybody could be at the appalling situation. We've heard a lot about the appalling situation, but the film says it all." Michael Mansfield at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.

View the trailer here: http://stopwar.org.uk/videos/where-should-the-birds-fly-film-trailer-documentary-about-gaza-made-by-palestinians

For more information and to book contact Slough PSC: sloughpsc@gmail.com and https://www.facebook.com/SloughPSC

Solidarity for Palestine - an evening of fundraising for PSC
2015-07-23 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | London Muslim Centre, 46-92 Whitechapel Road, E1 1JX., London, London, United Kingdom
Tickets sales for this event have now closed.

Come and share a three course meal, listen to speeches, and be inspired to donate to our fundraising appeal

Speakers include:

Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Salim Alam, PSC
Prof Manuel Hassassian, Ambassador from Palestine to London
Diana Neslen, Jews for Justice for Palestinians

With an appeal by Ajmal Masroor

Tickets sales for this event have now closed.

However, if you still wish to donate you can do so using the form below. If any more tickets become available we will let you know here

Workshop, Oxford: Palestinian refugees and Article 1D
2015-07-27 08:45 - 17:30 UTC | Oxford Quaker Meeting House, 42 St GIles, Oxford, OX1 3LW, United Kingdom
Palestine refugees and the interpretation of Art 1D

This workshop will focus on legal issues relating to Palestinians who seek asylum in the UK. This workshop will examine:

1) The historical situation of Palestine refugees

2) International law of Palestine refugees and Article 1D’s interpretations

3) Litigating asylum claims in the UK and interpreting the ECJs El Kott decision and UNHCR interpretive notes under UK asylum law and practice.

Venue: Oxford Quaker Meeting House 43 St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LW

Register at: http;//www.oxfordrightsworkshops.co.uk/product/Palestine-refugees/

Fee: £350. The fee includes tuition, workshop materials, lunch and refreshments.

This course is suitable for: legal professionals and researchers

This refugee law workshop offers 6 hours CPD.

LEVEL: Update

Oxford Rights Workshops offers unaccredited CPD points under the new continuing competency approach.

Guest speakers and tutors:

Susan M Akram, Clinical Professor, Boston University School of Law

Professor Susan M. Akram teaches immigration law, comparative refugee law, and international human rights law at Boston University. she is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington DC (JD) and the Institut International des Droits de l’Homme, Strasbourg (Diploma in international human rights). She is a past Fulbright Senior Scholar in Palestine, teaching at Al-Quds University/ Palestine School of Law in East Jerusalem

Professor Dawn Chatty, Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration; Former Director, RSC

Professor Dawn Chatty is a social anthropologist and has conducted extensive research among Palestinian and other forced migrants in the Middle East. Some of her recent works include Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced Migration in the Middle East (ed. with Gillian Lewando-Hundt), Berghahn Press, 2005, and Dispossession and Displacement in the Modern Middle East, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Elizabeth Ruddick, Solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP

Elizabeth is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP, a firm with a leading role in personal immigration law in the UK. Her current practice covers a broad range of cases, but focuses on asylum and applications based on human rights and family relationships. She is qualified as a solicitor as well as an Attorney-at-Law in the State of New York.

PSC Fundraising Barbecue: Portsmouth
2015-08-15 15:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Portsmouth & South Downs PSC will beholding a fundraising barbecue.

Tickets are £10.

Price includes salad, desserts, BBQ fuel, disposable BBQs.

For tickets email: flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk or tel 023 9241 3358.

Location: 6 St John's Avenue, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 5PG

Tower Hamlets PSC- fundraising garden party
2015-08-22 18:30 - 23:00 UTC
Fundraising Party with delicious Palestinian food (halal)

Bring your own drinks

For further information and to book tickets contact us at: thpalestinesolidarity@gmail.com

Closest station Bow Road - exact address will be sent on receipt of payment

Gaza one year on, remembering the children- Slough PSC
2015-08-29 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | , ,
Remembrance of Gaza one year on and the 556 children killed last summer by Israeli forces.

Flowers will be laid around the town centre with a card stating the name, age, date, and place of death as well as the #IREMEMBERTHECHILDREN message.

If you would like a list of names and ages of those who lost their lives to create your own tributes please email us at: sloughpsc@gmail.com

If you cannot bring flowers and/or name cards, please joins us anyway to support those of us who will be putting our tributes to the children around the town.

We hope that many of you will attend this important act of remembrance and opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of Palestine and the Palestinian people.

Meet outside Landmark place, Slough High Street.

Flower tributes will look like the image below:

Red card Israeli racism: Cardiff rally - coach bookings
2015-09-06
The Israeli national football team is playing Wales in Cardiff on 6 September in the qualifying round of the men’s EURO 2016 competition.

Israel uses sport as a way to present itself as a "normal" European state. It uses sport to whitewash its racism against the Palestinians, just as South Africa did under apartheid. And just as people in South Africa did, activists are taking a stand.

Sporting events have become a key battleground - the Israeli state is losing its legitimacy and it knows it. The sporting boycott is gaining ground and we have the power to keep the momentum going.

People are already mobilising for a major rally in Cardiff. Let's make this as big as possible to send the message that Israeli racism should not be tolerated. Join the rally and book a seat on one of our coaches before they sell out!

Coaches are departing from the following locations:

Liverpool:

Departing: 8am, from Hardman St, in front of the Old Blind School

Returning: from the football stadium in Cardiff at 5.30pm

Tickets cost: £16.50 return and can be bought from News from Nowhere bookshop, 96 Bold St, L1 4HY

For further information contact: 0151 708 7270 or email Helen; helencmmarks@yahoo.co.uk

Cheques should be made payable to Liverpool Friends of Palestine. Please book asap as the coach can only take 49 people.

Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton:

Leave Brighton 8.30, Havant 10.00 Southampton 11.00.
Tickets £25/£15
Details and Booking here.

https://www.facebook.com/events/857815810933480/

West Midlands:

Departing: Walsall at 10 am, Birmingham by Carrs lane Church 10:30am and Halesowen 11am

Please sign up for this if you are going on the protest to help us raise money for it: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/fair-play-for-palestine-protest-cardiff

Email West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign: pscwm@yahoo.co.uk

London:

Book tickets on the form below!

Departing: 10am, from Kings Cross Station

Returning: from the football stadium in Cardiff at 5.30pm

Stop Arming Israel action at Arms Fair
2015-09-07 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | ExCel Centre, East End of ExCel Centre, Prince Regent DLR, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
The DSEI arms fair is where arms companies showcase their weapons and make deadly deals with buyers from across the world, including those from countries with serious human rights problems. The arms fair, due to take place on 15-18 September, involves more than 1000 companies and 30,000 attendees.

Israel will host a national pavilion, where it will display its ‘combat-proven’ weapons to military buyers from around the world.

Join a day of creative action to Stop Arming Israel. Together we will transform the space outside ExCeL into a place for hope and freedom to challenge the Israeli and international arms companies’ pursuit of colonialism and death for profit.

Bring creativity, energy, banners, flags & drums!

PSC is supporting this event.

Find out more.

September 7th will kick off a week of action in the run up to the arms fair, to make it as difficult as possible for DSEI to go ahead. Find out about other protests planned.
Let us know you’re coming: email stoparmingisrael[@]riseup [.] net
Spread the word on Facebook.
Come to the Stop the Arms Fair Action Planning Day on Saturday 22nd Aug

Protest - Netanyahu in London
2015-09-09 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | opposite 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be in London to meet David Cameron on Wednesday 9 September.

Join the protest outside Downing Street to oppose his visit.

PROTEST: 11am to 1pm

Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be providing protest banners and other materials to make the point that this war criminal is not welcome here.

PLEASE JOIN THE PROTEST

And please sign PSC’s letter to David Cameron – tell the Prime Minister he should be imposing sanctions and an immediate arms embargo on Israel, not welcoming its war criminal leaders to the UK.

Click here to sign the letter: https://palestinecampaign.org/keep-netanyahu-out-of-the-uk-sign-the-letter-to-david-cameron-now/

We will be delivering it to Downing Street before Wednesday

Protest organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Supported by: Palestine Forum in Britain, CND, Stop the War, British Muslim Initiative, Friends of Al Aqsa, IFE, FOSIS

https://www.facebook.com/events/1468943870075825/?action_history=null

PSC Fringe at TUC Congress 2015 - Justice for Palestine: The way forward for UK Trade Union Solidarity
2015-09-15 17:45 - 19:15 UTC | The Restaurant, Inside the Brighton Conference Centre, Kings Road, BN1 2GR, Brighton, United Kingdom
PSC Fringe at TUC Congress 2015

JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE - The way forward for UK Trade Union Solidarity

Tuesday 15 September 17.45pm

In the Restaurant, 3rd Floor, Inside the Conference Centre

Speakers:

Christine Blower, General Secretary NUT

Manuel Cortes, General Secretary TSSA

Hugh Lanning, Chair PSC

Liz Lawrence, President UCU

Karma Nabulsi, Palestinian academic and professor at Oxford University

Peter Pinkney, RMT President

Owen Tudor, TUC

Mick Whelan, General Secretary ASLEF

Chair: Stephen Cavalier, Chief Executive Thompsons Solicitors

Refreshments will be provided.

Supported by ASLEF, BFAWU, FBU, GMB, NUT, PCS, RMT, Thompsons Solicitors, TSSA, UCATT, UCU, UNISON, UNITE the Union.

Labour Party fringe : Developing Labour Party policy together
2015-09-27 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Waterfront Hotel (formerly the Thistle), Kings Road, Brighton , BN1 2GS, South East, United Kingdom
Please come to our first fringe event, 'Developing Labour Party policy together'. This is open to all Palestine supporters as it is held in the Waterfront Hotel (formerly the Thistle) in the Renaissance North.

The meeting will be chaired by Hugh Lanning, Chair, PSC

Speakers include:

Mick Whelan, General Secretary, ASLEF
Manuel Cortes, General Secretary, TSSA
Cat Smith, MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood
Grahame Morris MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East
Richard Howitt MEP, Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament
Karma Nabulsi, Palestinian academic and Professor at Oxford University

You can also attend our meeting on Monday with a panel including shadow Foreign Secretary, Hilary Benn>

Labour fringe: A Just policy for Palestine
2015-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Waterfront Hotel (formerly the Thistle), Kings Road, Brighton , BN1 2GS, South East, United Kingdom
Join us for 'A just policy for Palestine?' - a panel discussion in association with Palestine Solidarity Campaign at this year's Labour Party Conference.

Peace and stability between Israel and Palestine is a top foreign policy priority for the UK. This event seeks to address the state of the debate in the UK and undersand how policy needs to change to address the current crisis. The discussion will highlight a political way forward, focusing on the use of economic solutions and diplomacy as tools to resolve the conflict.

Chaired by former Deputy Editor of the New Statesman, Jon Bernstein, the panel includes:

Hilary Benn MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary
Jo Cox MP, Member for Batley and Spen
Vera Baboun, Mayor of Bethlehem
Hugh Lanning, Chairman of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The event is free to attend. The event will be held outside the secure zone and does not require a conference pass. There will be complimentary food and refreshments.

Book ticket>

You can also attend our event on Sunday>

Conservative Party fringe: A just policy for Palestine?
2015-10-06 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Jury's Inn, Great Bridgewater Street , Manchester, M1 5LE , North West , United Kingdom
Join us for 'A just policy for Palestine?' - a panel discussion in association with Palestine Solidarity Campaign at this year's Conservative Party Conference.

Peace and stability between Israel and Palestine is a top foreign policy priority for the UK. This event seeks to address the state of the debate in the UK and undersand how policy needs to change to address the current crisis. The discussion will highlight a political way forward, focusing on the use of economic solutions and diplomacy as tools to resolve the conflict.

Chaired by former Deputy Editor of the New Statesman, Jon Bernstein, the panel includes:

Dr Tania Mathias, MP for Twickenham
Dr Kamel Hawwash, Vice Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Arthur Goodman, Jews for Justice for Palestinians

The event is free to attend. The event will be held outside the secure zone and does not require a conference pass. There will be complimentary food and refreshments.

Please bring your ticket with you to the event as proof of registration.

You can book tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-just-policy-for-palestine-tickets-18291980807

Jury's Inn
Bridgewater Suite
Great Bridgewater Street
M1 5LE Manchester
United Kingdom

The Palestinian History Tapestry Project
2015-10-06 19:15 - 21:15 UTC | Centrecom Building, 602, North Row, Milton Keynes , MK9 3BJ, South East, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes PSC will be hosting a presentation on 'The Palestinian History Tapestry Project' with Jan Chalmers.

Jan Chalmers has had an interest in Palestine since the late 1960s, when she and her husband lived in Gaza for two years, where they worked for the United Nations maternal and child health programme. Jan is one of two British women who recently taught embroidery to South African village women, and assisted in supporting them in creating a successful South African History Tapestry. These experiences led Jan to hope that a Palestinian History Tapestry could be made, and that it might be equally successful.

The Palestinian History Tapestry Project is a not for profit organisation established to support Palestinian embroiderers in telling their stories.

Find out more here:https://pht2012.wordpress.com/

All members, supporters and friends of MKPSC are welcome

Free admission, Free refreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval

There will be stalls selling Palestinian foodstuffs and crafts

Doors open at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start

'PREVENT' The criminalisation of dissent
2015-10-10 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | , ,
Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign is holding a public meeting on the government's counter extremism strategy PREVENT and the CTS act and its implications.

For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=451427655044235&set=gm.1463033064027550&type=3&theater

JfJfP counter-protest
2015-10-13 16:30 UTC | the lyric hammersmith, kings mall shopping centre, hammersmith, w6 0ql, United Kingdom
DEMONSTRATION, TUESDAY 13TH OCTOBER AT 4.30pm
STATEMENT FROM THE JFJFP EXECUTIVE
October 11, 2015
The Board of Deputies is organising a ‘vigil’/protest outside the Palestinian Mission (Embassy) on Tuesday 13th. Oct. at 5.00pm, to protest that the Palestinian Authority is not condemning the reactions to the increasingly harsh and violent repression of the Palestinians. We, together with other Jewish groups, will be there to demonstrate our opposition to the Occupation. It is important that as many of us as possible are there. We are liaising with the police.
We will be meeting at 4.30pm outside The Lyric, Hammersmith. Our placards will read “Stop the killing – End the Occupation” and “End the Occupation – Stop the killing.

Protest for Palestine: Israeli Embassy London
2015-10-17 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
Together for Palestine/Fly the flag for Palestine

This Protest for Palestine has been organised by Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Muslim Association of Britain, Islamic Forum of Europe, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, FOSIS and Stop the War Coalition.

We have come together to unite for Palestine. We have come together to unite for peace, freedom, and justice. To unite against hatred, intolerance and racism.

Palestinians are living under a brutal military occupation. Al-Aqsa mosque is under attack. Israeli soldiers are firing live bullets at unarmed protesters and executing Palestinians in the street. Israeli mobs are marching through the streets of Jerusalem chanting “death to Arabs”. Israeli police are sealing off Palestinian areas of Jerusalem. Armed settlers, living on land stolen from Palestinians are on the rampage, attacking Palestinian men, women and children. Israeli politicians have openly called for their citizens to carry weapons. And Palestinians in Gaza are being bombed and killed in their homes.

We have come together to oppose this escalating attack on Palestinians. We welcome all who stand with us in our opposition to all forms of racism, including antisemitism and Islamophobia. Supporters of Palestinian rights encompass all faiths and none. Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Atheist, religious and non-religious people all stand together on this protest.

We condemn antisemitism, Islamophobia or any form of racism. Palestinians have seen their lives destroyed by the horrific scourge of Israeli racism, colonialism and apartheid. We stand with Palestinians in their struggle for a future free of racism, colonialism and apartheid. There is no place for racism in a progressive movement fighting for justice and human rights.

The organisers ask that those present respect the Palestinian national flag, and use only this flag, showing our steadfastness, unity and solidarity with Palestine.

For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/485525934982604/

Palestinian Fundraising Dinner- Portsmouth PSC
2015-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Join Portsmouth & South Downs PSC for a Palestinian meal and fundraising evening.

Tickets £15, advance booking only.

Please contact Jennifer Flintoft: flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk for further information.

Stop Arming Israel: Public meeting with Hastings PSC
2015-10-29 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | White Rock Hotel, TN34 1JU, Hastings, South East, United Kingdom
Hasting's PSC public meeting
The UK approved £7 million worth of military licences to Israel during the six months leading up to the recent bombing of Gaza, including components for drones, combat aircraft, targeting equipment and weapon sights. The UK also spends millions of pounds each year on purchasing 'battle-tested' weapons from Israeli arms companies.

With Jessie Normanschild from the Campaign Against Arms Trade CAAT
For more informaiton visit: Hastings PSC facebook page and Hastings PSC website

Conference: The Gaza Strip: History, Future and New Directions for Research
2015-10-31 09:00 - 18:00 UTC | Centre for Palestine Studies, London Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London, MBI Al Jaber Building,, 21 Russell Square, London , WC1B 5EA, United Kingdom
Register for this one-day Conference at SOAS, University of London.

Organised by the SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies, London Middle East Institute.

It has been almost eight years since Israel’s military blockade of the Gaza Strip began in mid-2007. During this time, repeated aerial and ground invasions have killed thousands of Palestinians – including over 2100 people in the latest onslaught of July/August 2014. These assaults, and the ongoing closure of the Strip, have generated a humanitarian disaster on a scale unprecedented since Israel’s occupation began in 1967. Nonetheless, despite these enormous difficulties, Gaza remains an inseparable and integral part of future trajectories in Palestine.

In this context, the SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies will be holding a one-day conference on Saturday 31st October, which aims to address various aspects of academic research related to the Gaza Strip.

The organisers welcome proposals for conference papers on topics, not restricted to the following:

Political representation in Gaza and its relationship to the Palestinian national movement.

The characteristics, practices and tensions of Hamas as both government and political movement.
The politics of Gaza and future directions of Palestinian state formation
Class and other social structures in the Gaza Strip and their linkages with wider Palestinian society.
The impact of closure and blockade on Palestinian society.
New directions in historical research on Gaza.
Gender and emerging feminist movements in the Gaza Strip.
New youth and other social movements in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s political economy and economic relations with neighbouring countries
The regional significance of Gaza to the politics of the contemporary Middle East.
Media and cultural production in the Gaza Strip.
Questions and debates in international law.
International and regional solidarity with Gaza.
Media coverage of Israeli assaults on Gaza.
The health crisis in Gaza

Conference participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

Further details available from the Centre for Palestinian Studies website at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cps/events/31oct2015-the-gaza-strip-history-future-and-new-directions-for-research-.html

Contact information:Telephone: 020 7898 4330E-mail: lmei@soas.ac.uk

Palestine Fundraising Supper- Norwich PSC
2015-10-31 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | , ,
Palestine Fundraising Supper at Chapelfield Methodist Church

Join Norwich PSC for an authentic Middle Eastern buffet supper which will be prepared by the Neesa Project. Our guest speaker will be Saber El-Shunnar, a Palestinian living locally, active in campaigning for justice for Palestinians.

Book early to avoid disappointment

Ticket Prices are: £16 full price, £11 unwaged and £6 children under 16

Tickets can be purchased from -The Greenhouse, Bethel Street, Norwich or online via: www.greenhousetrust.co.uk or telephone; 01603 631007

Book early to avoid disappointment

Organised by Norwich Stop the War Coalition and Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign & the Neesa Project

Bedouin Displacement in the villages of the Negev: Special report
2015-11-02 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | BPP Law School, 68 - 70 Red Lion St, LONDON, WC1R 4NY, United Kingdom
Israeli human rights campaigner Haia Noach will be presenting the issue of Bedouin land rights and displacement in the Negev, with a Q&A session. Please don't miss this important opportunity to hear from the Director and Co-Founder of the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality.
Doors open at 1830 for an 1845 start. Presentation and then Q & A until 2000 followed by further informal discussion. The event is free and open to all, but please RSVP
Haia Noach and the Negev Coexistence Forum (NCF) have been tirelessly working for “an Israel in which Palestinians and Jewish people can exist as equals” . The NCF has been campaigning for many years on behalf of the Bedouin villages of the Negev, which are not recognised by the State. The villagers are disadvantaged: they are not provided with paved roads, connection to water or electricity grids, even though they are citizens of the Israeli state. Their houses are refused planning permission, leading to many house demolitions. The village of Al-Araqib has been demolished over 80 times since 2010; the village of Um el Hiran is still currently threatened with imminent demolition so that a new Jewish village may be built instead.

The Negev Coexistence Forum was awarded Special Consultative status by the UN Economic and Social Council in 2013 and has submitted many documents to UN committees.

Working with carers for disabled people in Palestine
2015-11-03 19:00 UTC | , ,
Hanna Kienzler, from Kings College London, will talk about a project based at Birzeit University in Palestine involving the Institute of Community and Public Health and the War Trauma Foundation.

Introducing a community based, psycho-social approach, working with female carers for people with disabilities in Palestine.

All welcome.

Organised by Lambeth and Wandsworth PSC

A Brief History of The Holy Land: Milton Keynes PSC
2015-11-03 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Milton Keynes PSC will be hosting a presentation on

A Brief History of The Holy Land with Marcus Armstrong

At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes

A presentation with a selection of short films and slides - followed by a discussion

All members, supporters and friends of MKPSC are welcome

Free admission

We will be selling Christmas cards from War on Want, The Amos Trust and PSC together with decorations, embroidery and olive wood items from Hadeel, and produce from Zaytoun. We will also have our usual bookstall.

Come and see our ‘Bethlehem Today’ Christmas display

Free refreshments will be served on arrival and during the interval

*602 North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices and the Centrecom building is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Palestine Film Festival, Leeds: "The Wanted 18"
2015-11-15 20:30 UTC | Albert Room, Leeds Town Hall,, Leeds Town Hall, , LEEDS, West Yorks, LS1 3AD., West Yorks, United Kingdom
Welcome to the first Leeds Palestinian Film Festival
We are proud to bring you a selection of films from and about Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora. Ranging from documentaries to dramas to our favourite – a Claymation – we hope these will illuminate the darkness of troubled times.

We are pleased to have Richard Burgon (MP for East Leeds and newly appointed Shadow Treasury Secretary) opening the festival on 15 November, given his longtime interest and commitment to Palestine
Film showing: The Wanted 18.
This winning mix of documentary and clay-animation offers an unexpectedly humorous account of a West Bank town's experience of the first Intifada, a subject that doesn't usually generate a lot of laughs in cinema. It recounts the true story of how the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Sahour near Bethlehem acquired a herd of 18 dairy cows and then had to hide them from the Israeli security forces when their existence was absurdly deemed a threat to national security.
Directors: Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan.
Tickets £5 / £6
For more information visit: http://www.leedspsc.org.uk/filmfestival/

Silent Voices - Children's photos from Bi'lin (16th-22nd November)
2015-11-16 - 2015-11-22 | Leamington Spa Library, Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, , Leamington Spa, WARWICKSHIRE, CV32 4AA, United Kingdom
Elaine Stapleton, a photographer from Liverpool, introduced children and young people in Bi'lin to a basic camera and gave them the freedom to take images that told their story and focussed on their experience. For most of them this was their first opportunity to use a camera and take ownership of their images.

Legal Accountability Following the UN Commission of Inquiry report into Gaza
2015-11-17 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Seminar Room, Garden Court Chambers - 57- 60 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LG, 57- 60 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LG, London, United Kingdom
The commission is concerned that impunity prevails across the board for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law allegedly committed by Israeli forces... Israel must break with its recent lamentable track record in holding wrong-doers accountable, not only as a means to secure justice for victims but also to ensure the necessary guarantees for non-repetition.”

So concludes the very significant report of the independent UN Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict. An exceptional event hosted by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights provides the opportunity to hear distinguished legal experts discuss the recently published report. As well as its substantive findings, they will consider the questions the report raises about the independence and effectiveness of the domestic mechanisms investigating alleged serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law during the military attacks last summer, and the prospects for securing legal accountability through the international avenues of universal jurisdiction and the International Criminal Court.

Speakers:
 Professor William Schabas – Professor in international law at Middlesex University in

London, and holder of a number of other senior academic positions. Originally appointed as Chair of the Commission of Inquiry, he resigned in February 2015 following allegations of bias which many consider unjustified. The meeting provides an important opportunity to hear his commentary on the substance of the report.

 Daniel Machover – Head of Civil Litigation at Hickman & Rose Solicitors, and co-founder of

LPHR.

Chair:
Salma Karmi-Ayyoub – Co-Chair, LPHR

Location:
Seminar Room, Garden Court Chambers - 57- 60 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LG

To book,

email us at eventsLPHR@gmail.com

Palestine Film Festival, Leeds: "Amreeka"
2015-11-17 19:30 UTC | Seven Arts Centre, Severn Arts Centre, LEEDS, West Yorks, LS7 3PD, United Kingdom
Welcome to the first Leeds Palestinian Film Festival
We are proud to bring you a selection of films from and about Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora. Ranging from documentaries to dramas to our favourite – a Claymation – we hope these will illuminate the darkness of troubled times.
We are pleased to have Richard Burgon (MP for East Leeds and newly appointed Shadow Treasury Secretary) opening the festival on 15 November, given his longtime interest and commitment to Palestine.
'Amreeka' This lighthearted film chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. Told with heartfelt humor, "Amreeka" is a universal journey into the lives of a family of immigrants and first-generation teenagers caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live and the bittersweet search for a place to call home.

Director and writer: Cherien Dabis, released 2009, running time: 96 minutes, cast includes Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem and Alia Shawkat

Tickets £5 / £3.50 concessions
For more information visit: http://www.leedspsc.org.uk/filmfestival/

Israel / Palestine: The Bullet, The Ballot and The Boycott - In East London
2015-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St John's Church Hall, Leytonstone High Street, E11 1HH, London, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/1048662801832432/

Canadian-Israeli independent journalist and film maker, David Sheen, will give a lecture and slideshow on Israel / Palestine - The Bullet, The Ballot and The Boycott. The presentation will deal with Israeli incitement to racist violence, the focus of his on-the-ground reporting for the past five years.

The core of the presentation concerns the dehumanizing discourse towards Palestinians, Africans and other ethnicities by top Israeli political and religious leaders and the vigilante attacks they inspire, spiking recently during the assault on the Gaza Strip in summer 2014. It will include some material Sheen presented at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in Brussels, as well as new information that has never been made public anywhere else in English.

Please arrive at 7pm for a prompt presentation start at 7.30pm.

The venue is on the corner of Church Lane, Leytonstone and the High Street. Nearest station: Leytonstone (Central Line).

Refrehsments will be available, and stalls with information on Palestine. Free entrance, with a collection towards campaigning expenses.

Feed a Village in Palestine
2015-11-22 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | Dale Street Methodist Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, WARWICKSHIRE, CV32 5HL, United Kingdom
Lisa Dundas from Coventry Friends of Palestine will give an illustrated talk about her project to Feed a Village in Palestine.

Lisa who works in Leamington has developed this project herself and in doing so has visited a number of villages in the West Bank and will be returning in December to reinforce, extend and witness the benefits of this project. She will explain how it works and benefits the villages – one of which is Bi’lin - and particularly the project’s sustainability. She terms it ‘the gift that keeps on giving’.

During the evening there will be another opportunity to view the Silent Voices exhibition, buy Palestinian produce and talk to members of Justice for Palestinians, many of whom have visited the West Bank. This is a free event although donations towards Lisa’s project will of course be very welcome.

David Sheen - The Bullet The Ballot and the Boycott - Richmond meeting
2015-11-25 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | The Richmond and Putney Unitarian Church, Ormond Road, Richmo, TW10 6TH, United Kingdom
https://www.facebook.com/events/504159446418287/

After his incredibly insightful and popular presentation earlier in the year about racism inside of Israel, David Sheen returns to the UK with an updated presentation and talk on this highly sensitive and rarely discussed topic.

Israel's institutional, systemic, governmental, societal and religious racism is a topic it tries to hide behind a facade of 'democracy' hoping that people don't ask any questions.

David Sheen, who has reported and appeared on media ranging from Al Jazeera English to Haaretz, The Electronic Intifada to the BBC News, AlterNet to Russia Today TV, has made this his special area of research and reporting, and when he last presented to us in Richmond, he received a well-earned standing ovation for his impassioned and informative talk

Talk: Israel as a 'Jewish state'- obstacle to peace?
2015-11-26 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Israel as a 'Jewish state': obstacle to peace?

A talk by Ben White, writer, journalist, researcher and activist specialising in Palestine/Israel in Watford.

Ben has been visiting the region since 2003 and his articles have been published in Al Jazeera, Middle East Monitor, The Guardian’s “Comment is Free”, Electronic Intifada, New Statesman, Salon, Christian Science Monitor, Middle East Eye, The National, and many others.

He has worked as a researcher and writer for the Journal of Palestine Studies, and currently does editing work with the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies.

Ben has appeared as an analyst on Al Jazeera English and the Islam Channel, and spoken on BBC local radio and London’s LBC.

He has published two books, ‘Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide (2009, 2014), and ‘Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy’ (2012), which have received endorsements from Desmond Tutu, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ahdaf Soueif, Professor Ilan Pappé, Ali Abunimah and many others.

There is further information on Ben and his publications at http://benwhite.org.uk.

Admission: Free, though there will be a collection to cover event expenses.

Refreshments will be available

For further information, please visit: www.watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk or email john@watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk.

Film screening of 'Open Bethlehem'
2015-12-01 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
MKPSC is delighted to announce a seasonal get-together with a film screening of
Open Bethlehem by Leila Sansour

“OPEN BETHLEHEM is a story of a homecoming to the world’s most famous little town. The film spans seven momentous years in the life of Bethlehem, revealing a city of astonishing beauty and political strife under occupation. The film draws from 700 hours of original footage and some rare archive material. In fact the making of this film has led to the creation of the largest visual archive of Bethlehem in the world and plans are currently being discussed with University College London (UCL) to turn the collection into a museum.”
http://www.openbethlehem.org/the-film.html
All members, supporters, guests/friends of Milton Keynes PSC are welcome (12+ years advised)
Free admission - entry available on the door but please email miltonkeynespsc@gmail.com to reserve places as admission is limited
A £5 donation will be requested at the event to help pay for screening costs
We will be serving free festive refreshments – food and soft drinks
Come along for a great get-together.
*602 North Row, Central Milton Keynes. North Row runs behind the Library and Civic Offices. Centrecom is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Bethlehem: the Cold Reality
2015-12-03 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Nimala Karoufeh, who is from Bethlehem, will give an illustrated presentation covering the situation in Bethlehem since 1948 & an analysis of the current situation.

For more information visit: http://portsmouthpsc.weebly.com/about-us.html

Leeds Palestinian Film Festival: 'Divine Intervention'
2015-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Divine Intervention

This film, by the Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, is a surreal black comedy. The film records a day in the life of a Palestinian living in Nazareth, whose girlfriend lives several checkpoints away in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

One lyrical section features a beautiful sunglasses-clad Palestinian woman (played by Manal Khader) whose passing by not only distracts all eyes, but whose gaze causes Israeli military checkpoint towers to crumble. The director features prominently as the film's silent, expressionless protagonist in an iconic and powerfully moving performance that has been compared to the work of Buster Keaton, Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Tati.

Director and writer: Elia Suleiman, released 2002, running time 92 minutes, cast include Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader and George Ibrahim.

Tickets £5 / £3.50 concessions

Hastings PSC: Film screening of ‘Open Bethlehem’
2015-12-08 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign hosts the first screening of 'Open Bethlehem' in Hastings.

Open Bethlehem is a 90 minute documentary first released last Christmas. Film maker Leila Sansour returned to Bethlehem, the town of her childhood, to make a film about her home town. Her short stay stretched to 5 years of filming – and includes the building of the apartheid wall.

The wall and the Israeli occupation undermine the multi-faith town in which Leila’s Christian community had lived side by side with its Muslim neighbours for centuries. The film is about the director’s personal journey: it is also about the destruction of whole communities.

HPSC Facebook page

To help fund this event, we have started a fundraising appeal.

More information on our website.

More information about the Open Bethlehem project.

Talk: A Personal Political Tour. Palestine at a Time of Increasing Tension
2016-01-05 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom Building, Centrecom, Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ., United Kingdom
MKPSC is delighted to announce a presentation by
Kate Scott
A Personal Political Tour
Palestine at a Time of Increasing Tension

Tuesday 5th January 2016
7.30pm – 9.30pm
At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open at 7.10 pm for a 7.30 pm start
Following her first visit to the West Bank and Israel in 2011, Kate co-founded Northampton Al-Bireh (Palestine) Friendship Association (NABPFA).
At home in the UK she is active with NABPFA, the Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network, PSC and campaigning for justice and freedom for Palestinians
This presentation follows her fourth visit in October-November 2015.

All members, supporters, guests/friends of MKPSC are welcome
Free admission
Free refreshments served on arrival and during the interval
Stalls selling books, Palestinian foodstuffs and FairTrade crafts
PSC literature available
*602 North Row, Central Milton Keynes. Centrecom is between North 9 and North 10 Streets. The post code is MK9 3BJ.

Film screening: Regarding Palestine
2016-01-16 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Film screening and talk, showing 'In Working Progress' by Alexandre Goeschmann & Guy Davidi who also directed the award winning film "5 broken cameras".

This is the story of construction workers, who are the laborers being used to build the infrastructure, to reinforce the occupation.

Campaigning in 2016
2016-02-02 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Centrecom, 602, North Row, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ United Kingdom, Milton Keynes, South East, United Kingdom
MKPSC is delighted to announce a presentation by
Steve Bell
"Campaigning in 2016"
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
7.30pm – 9.30pm
At Centrecom*, Central Milton Keynes
Doors open at 7.10 pm for a 7.30 pm start

Steve is currently a member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Executive Committee and is due to take up the position of Campaigns Officer shortly.
He will talk about the PSC’s Annual Plan as approved at the forthcoming AGM and how our branch can help to support this
Opportunities for Q and A about current and future campaigns

All members, supporters, guests/friends of MKPSC are welcome
Free admission
Free refreshments served on arrival and during the interval

Stalls selling books, Palestinian foodstuffs and FairTrade crafts
PSC literature available

Covering the Conflict with James Rodgers (former BBC)
2016-02-10 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Covering the Conflict

The changing face of the Israel/Palestine conflict in the media & how it’s reported

Former BBC correspondent in Gaza, James Rodgers, discusses the issues raised in his new book Headlines from the Holy Land (Palgrave 2015)

James Rodgers - his earlier book' No Road Home' described his time in Gaza during the 2nd Palestinian intifada. He also served in Moscow and in Washington during 9/11. He now lectures at City University and is a local resident.

“The challenges which the Israeli- Palestinian conflict represents for diplomats, and for the news media, are changing. Addressing them is complicated by a lack of political will, and, as always, the absence of obvious solutions” James Rodgers

Free admission (doors open 6.30pm)

Presented by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Contact: pscwestlondon@googlemail.com or visit: www.palestinecampaign.org

Concert: Brighton and Palestinian Young Musicians Together
2016-02-14 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | , ,
Presented by 'Brighton and Palestinian Young Musicians Together' and Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign

A concert to raise funds to bring young musicians from Palestine to Brighton Fringe 2016

Tickets £10, concessions £7
Children under 16 free

Young Musicians from:

Brighton Youth Orchestra String Ensemble
Royal Academy of Music
Yehudi Menuhin School
Purcell School of Music

Andrew Sherwood, Conductor

This extraordinary fundraising concert will bring together and showcase outstanding young musicians aged from 11 to 19, studying at centres of musical excellence in the UK. You will hear a selection of concertos and chamber music, from Bach to Mendelssohn, Haydn and Vivaldi. Three of the players in this concert are through to the String category finals of this year’s BBC Young Musician Competition.

Further details at http://www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org/event/a-concert-to-raise-funds-to-bring-young-musicians-from-palestine-to-brighton-fringe-2016

Hamed Qawasmeh speaking tour
2016-03-09 - 2016-03-16
Come and hear the inspirational nonviolent peace activist Hamed Qawasmeh from Hebron speak at Friends House about the current situation in Palestine and the work he and his organisation - HIRN - are doing to sustain communities living under occupation.

The Hebron International Resources Network (HIRN) was established to serve Palestinians most adversely affected by the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. The organisation specifically targets communities that are under served by support from aid agencies and NGOs as a result of their fragile and temporary status.

Tour dates:

Wednesday, 9 March: 19:00 Friends House –Euston Road.
Thursday, 10 March: 20:00 Trinity United Reformed Church, Wimbledon
Friday, 11 March: 19.15 United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham
Sunday, 13 March: 15:30 Nailsworth Quaker Meeting House , Stroud
Monday, 14th March: 1900: talk to Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Abergavenny.
Tuesday, 15 March: 1830: Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Wed 16 March: Skydive in Honiton, Devon.

Talk and Display: A Palestinian History Tapestry
2016-03-12 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Square Chapel, ,
Talk and Display: A Palestinian History Tapestry

Supported by Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The story of the indigenous people of Palestine. A talk about the Tapestry Project and the artwork of traditional Palestinian embroidery.

There will be a tea break with time to view, and Palestinian Fair Trade produce available.

Learn more about the project here: www.pht2012.wordpress.com and http://www.campalsoc.org/

Palestinians Refugees from Syria – The Forgotten People
2016-03-21 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | House of Commons , Parliament , London , SW1A 0AA , London , United Kingdom
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) & SNP Friends of Palestine invite you to 'Palestinians Refugees from Syria – The Forgotten People'.
This seminar in the House of Commons will explore the issues faced by the Palestinian refugees in Syria, in light of the 5th year anniversary of the Syrian crisis. The discussion will explore how Palestine refugees remain particularly vulnerable and have been disproportionately affected by the conflict.

Exhibition: 'Silent voices' created by Palestinian children
2016-04-04 10:00 - 2016-04-10 14:00 UTC | United Reformed Church, ,
Photography exhibition

Children from the ages of 8 to 18 took a camera home from school and shot their own pictures of family and village life under the guidance of Liverpool community photographer Elaine Stapleton. The result is an eloquent and moving exhibition of some 24 images. Additionally, there are 10 photos taken by Elaine putting the photos in perspective to be understood as lives lived under a harsh military occupation which has taken much of the village land in order to build a vast illegal settlement on it and which denies Bil’in and Palestinians in general their most fundamental human rights. The exhibition was commissioned by the small group, Liverpool Friends of Bil’in, as part of a twinning project between schools in Liverpool and Bil’in.

Please do take the opportunity to visit the exhibition and take a look at the sad, but evocative photographs created by these young Palestinians, depicting the reality of their daily life.

Organised by Southampton PSC: http://www.pscsoton.org.uk

Eyewitness reports -Israeli Settler violence
2016-04-05 19:30 UTC | Room 4, Somerstown Community Centreum, ,

Drone manufacturers off our doorstep! Crawley demonstration
2016-04-08 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Hamilton House Gallery, ,
Sussex Stop Arming Israel has put out this call for a peaceful, non-confrontational demonstration. Palestine Solidarity Campaign has endorsed the call-out, as have over 20 other groups including numerous PSC branches.

DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE THALES ARMS FACTORY
Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex
Friday 8 April 2016, 11am

20-minute walk from Three Bridges station
(London-Brighton mainline near Gatwick Airport)

Thales (UK) works with the Israeli arms company Elbit Systems to develop the Watchkeeper drone, modelled on Elbit's Hermes 450 drone used extensively over Gaza. Thales is therefore a major target in the STOP ARMING ISRAEL campaign.

We are calling on campaigning groups in London and the South East to endorse, publicise and come along to this demonstration to give a clear message to Thales that:

they are complicit in Israel's war crimes against the Palestinian people through their joint enterprise with Israeli arms company Elbit Systems
arms manufacturers are not welcome in our communities.

Why Thales?

The UK’s Watchkeeper drone has been developed under a £1 billion joint venture contract awarded by the Ministry of Defence to Thales UK and Israel’s Elbit Systems, allowing the UK military to benefit from technologies that have been ‘field tested’ on the Palestinians.

The Crawley factory is one of Thales’s largest facilities in the UK.

The Watchkeeper drone project illustrates the collaboration between the UK government and Israel, and the joint working between private arms companies from both countries.

The demo outside the Thales arms factory in Crawley on April 8th will be an important part of the campaign for a two-way arms embargo against Israel, as called for by the Palestinian BDS National Committee:

“A comprehensive military embargo on Israel is long overdue. It would form a crucial step towards ending Israel’s unlawful and criminal use of force against the Palestinian people and other peoples and states in the region and would constitute an effective, non-violent measure to pressure Israel to comply with its obligations under international law.” http://bdsmovement.net/activecamps/military-embargo

We’re relaying the call-out to all affiliated networks, especially in southeast England – trade unions, faith groups, students, human rights and antiracist groups. We’re hoping for a great turnout.

These are critical times for Palestinians.There is evidence that Israel, supported by its ever-belligerent US backers, is planning another murderous attack on defenceless Gaza civilians, in tandem with its brutal attacks on Palestinian resistance in the Occupied West Bank.

Bring banners and other displays for a lively visual impact at the factory’s surrounding fence!

Stay tuned to the Sussex Stop Arming Israel website for further details and thanks for your support.

Mohammed Assaf in London
2016-04-10 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Barbican Centre, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS, London, London, United Kingdom
Mohammed Assaf Barbican 10.04.16

Palestine’s biggest pop star sings material from his newest album alongside familiar favourites from his time on TV talent show, Arab Idol.

Produced by the Barbican in association with Marsm

His songs vary from ballads of faith and freedom – effortlessly sung with immense power, to syncopated, shuffling pop, heavily influenced by the Egyptian dance music scene and backed by swirling strings and percussion.

His rags-to-riches story, reminiscent of a Hollywood block buster, has been made into a film, The Idol, released in 2015, but it’s his raw talent and sincerity which really makes his appeal international.

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Talk: Apartheid South Africa and Palestine
2016-04-12 18:30 UTC | duke's @ komedia, ,
Hear first hand accounts from UNITE and PSC's recent delegation to Palestine.

Palestine Prisoners' Parade
2016-04-16 12:30 - 16:00 UTC | Friends meeting house, ,
On the occasion of Prisoners’ Day, we invite you to join us marching in solidarity with all Palestinians currently languishing in Israeli
jails. Since the occupation of 1967, an estimated 800,000 Palestinians, roughly 20% of the population, have been imprisoned by the occupying authorities. They have been systematically denied the right to a fair trial, as well adequate health care, access to education, and the right to family visits. Israeli torture of Palestinian political prisoners has historically been endemic and various forms of physical and psychological torture continues to date. On this year’s Prisoners’ Day, Israel holds approximately 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners, among them 406 children and 60 women, as well as 670 so called administrative detainees, who are held for months and years without charge or trial.
Israel has ramped up arrests since October 2015, following the renewal of large-scale demonstrations across the Occupied Territories. The latest escalation in violence unfolds against the backdrop of unrelenting Israeli land confiscation and settlement construction, accompanied by ongoing violence and intimidation by Israeli soldiers and armed settlers. In an outrage that reverberated across Palestinian society, Israeli settlers in July 2015 brutally burned an entire family in their home, the Dawabshehs, in the West Bank village of Duma. A badly burnt 4 year old son was the only survivor.
Israel’s mass incarceration of Palestinians is an inextricable part of the ongoing violence of occupation. Tearing at the fabric of Palestinian society, recent arrest campaigns seek to quash Palestinian ability to endure in their struggles against the occupation. It is important that on Palestinian Prisoners’ day, we all stand united to call for an end to Israeli violations of Palestinian rights. As Israel acts with ever growing contempt for international law and the will of the international community, action is now needed more than ever. We demand that our Government puts pressure on Israel to refrain from abuses against Palestinians, including sweeping arrest campaigns and violations of prisoners’ rights, and to hold Israeli government accountable for its violations of international law.
We encourage as many people as possible to come dressed as clowns or with circus/ musical instruments, in keeping with the campaign for Abu Sakha, a Palestinian clown who is being held in administrative detention - and to have a louder/ more dramatic impact!

Film screening: 'The Gatekeepers' Slough PSC
2016-04-16 19:00 UTC | St Andrews URC Church, ,
Slough PSC are pleased to announce the showing of the film; 'The Gatekeepers'.

Six former heads of Israel's secret service agency, the Shin Bet, discuss their organization's successes and failures since the Six Day War in 1967.

Released date: April 12, 2013 (United Kingdom)

Director: Dror Moreh

Screenplay: Dror Moreh

Awards: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

Check our Facebook page for information, meetings and events.

Follow us on twitter @sloughpsc

Boycotting Israeli Apartheid
2016-04-20 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Duke's @ Komedia Cinema, ,
WALTHAM FOREST PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN HOSTS DISCUSSION WITH JEWISH CAMPAIGNERS FOR THE BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI APARTHEID

· French and British Jews stand up for Palestine at public meeting in Leytonstone, April 20

· A chance to find out the truth about the Boycott Israel campaign

· Pro-Palestine activists refute allegations of antisemitism

April 4 – Supporters of the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign, inspired by the boycott which helped end apartheid in South Africa, are facing a witch-hunt of increasing intensity as the UK, US and some European governments attempt to silence them. Supporters of Israel are using hysterical accusations against BDS, alleging that it spreads antisemitism and promotes terrorism. These smears are refuted by boycott campaigners, including the many Jews who hold leading positions in the movement.

Waltham Forest Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) invites everyone interested in learning more about this growing, non-violent campaign to achieve justice for the Palestinian people to hear Jewish representatives of major BDS organisations in Britain and France speaking about their work, in Leytonstone on Wednesday April 20.

Jean-Guy Greilsamer of BDS France was until recently co-president of the French Jewish Peace Union. He will speak about the boycott campaign in France where draconian government measures have led to activists being arrested for wearing pro-BDS T-shirts.

Mike Cushman, activities organiser of Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods (J-Big) and a prominent member of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) will report on an academic delegation to Palestine last year which uncovered gross discrimination against Palestinian students and lecturers.

The meeting will be chaired by Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, secretary of J-BIG and a member of the organising collective of Artists for Palestine UK. APUK has enlisted support from more than 1,100 writers, filmmakers, musicians, playwrights, actors and other artists for the cultural boycott of Israel.

The public meeting, organised by the Waltham Forest branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will be held on 20 April, 2016 from 7.30 pm at St John’s Church Hall, High Road Leytonstone, London E11 1HH
Entrance is from the Matalan side. The venue is three minutes’ walk from Leytonstone Underground station.

Enfield PSC stall- Fore Street
2016-04-23 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | St John's Church Hall, ,
Enfield PSC will be holding a street stall where we will have a petition on Palestinian child prisoners for Kate Osamor the local MP.

We will meet opposite the Asda store on Fore Street

If you can help on the day please get in touch.

For more information please contact Brendan via email: enfieldpal@gmail.com

House of Commons Seminar: The plight of Christians of Palestine
2016-04-25 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA, London , United Kingdom
The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) invites you to House of Commons Seminar on The plight of Christians of Palestine.

The meeting will explore the issues faced by the Christians who still live in Palestine today. We will explore what a life under occupation means for the Christian population, and discuss the historical and practical challenges that have led to an ever-shrinking Christian population in Palestine.

Hosted by Geraint Davies MP, Panel Includes:

Baroness Jenny Tonge

The role of EU and UK

Jeremy Moodey

Chief Executive of Embrace the Middle East

Topic: Examining Israeli discriminatory policies against Christians in Palestine

Leila Sansour

Award-winning Producer of Open Bethlehem

Speaking of the separation wall and the encirclement of Bethlehem

and H.E. Ambassador Manuel Hassassian

Palestinian Ambassador to the UK

With a special video message from Reverend Bishop Riah Abo El-Assal in Nazareth

Dr. Adeeb Ziadeh

Researcher in EU-ME relations and associate Fellow in the Higher Education Academy in the UK

Christians of Palestine. Historical approach

House of Commons

Portcullis House - Wilson Room

Register by email: info@prc.org.uk

http://www.prc.org.uk/portal/index.php/

Test event this month
2016-04-28 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | University of London Union - ULU, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY London, United Kingdom, London, London, United Kingdom
From troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections.

His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small.

Nakba Week of Action: All Events
2016-05-03 - 2016-05-15
Events across the country to commemorate the Nakba

Talk: A Surgeon in the Siege of Shatila
2016-05-03 19:00 UTC | United Reformed Church, ,
A Surgeon in the Siege of Shatila - Dr Christos Giannou

Dr Chris Giannou, a leading Greek-Canadian battle-surgeon expert, was Director of the Palestine Red Crescent Hospital in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut during its siege in 1985/8 by Shiite militias. His book “Besieged” gives a detailed account of its apocalyptic horror.

Isolated from the rest of Beirut, Shatila was soon deprived of its regular electricity, water and medical supplies. Crowded into a space the size of four football pitches, 3,500 refugees had to survive not only constant bombardment but diminished rations of food and drink.

He is the only non-Palestinian who has sat as a member of the Palestine National Council. He went on to work with the International Committee of the Red Cross, becoming its Head Surgeon, until 2006.

He received the Star of Palestine from the PLO in 1987 and was inducted a Member of the Order of Canada in 1990.

Chris will give an illustrated talk about his experiences in these spheres.

For more information contact: info@WestSurreyPSC.org.uk / www.WestSurreyPSC.org.uk

Mahmoud Zawahra, Cardiff
2016-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Temple of Peace, King Edward VII Ave , Cardiff, CF10 3AP, United Kingdom
Cardiff PSC & Cardiff United Nations Association

Mahmoud Zawahra is a Palestinian activist and PhD student at Coventry University Department of Peace Studies, one of the founders of the popular struggle co-ordination committee in the Occupied West Bank as well as the local co-ordinator of the popular committee of Al-Ma’sara village, south of Bethlehem.

Friday 6th May, 7pm

Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship Association Stall for Nakba
2016-05-07 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | Roman Road Market, Roman Road Market, London, E3 5ES, United Kingdom
Nakba Week
Stall at Roman Road Market on Saturday 7th May

Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship Association Stall
Roman Road Market, Bethnal Green, 9am-4pm
We will be selling delicious Palestinian produce and giving out information all about our campaign!

Come and join us on the stall or stop by and support Palestine by picking up something fair trade from the Zaytoun range.

Map: http://romanroadlondon.com/visit/

Vigil to mark Nakba week- High Town, Hereford
2016-05-07 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | High Town, Hereford, Hereford, United Kingdom
Join Hereford PSC who will be commemorating Nakba week with a Vigil in High Town, Hereford.

Meet near the Bull at 11 am.
High Town, High Street, Hereford

Organised by Hereford Palestine Support Group herefordpsc@gmail.com

Talk: Karma Nabulsi - Palestine, Freedom of Speech and Prevent
2016-05-07 19:00 UTC | Bury Park Community Centre, 161-161B Dunstable Road, Luton, United Kingdom
Public meeting: 'Palestine, Freedom of Speech and Prevent'

Join Luton PSC, with guest speaker Professor Karma Nabulsi from Oxford University, who will be speaking on the topic "Palestine, Freedom of Speech and Prevent".

Bristol sponsored walk for Palestine
2016-05-08 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | The Centre, Bristol, The Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom
Sunday 8th May 2016

Bristol sponsored walk for Palestine

Circular FIVE miles walk via Ashton Court Estate, Suspension Bridge, Clifton and around the Harbour. Meet 10.00am on the Centre by the Fountains and depart 10.30am. Bring food-to-share for lunch-stop. Money raised will be split 50/50 between: –

Palestinian Early Childhood Education Programme PECEP. http://www.gcmhp.com/en/Default.aspx and Palestine Solidarity Campaign. www.palestinecampaign.org/.

For a sponsorship form electronically or by post, contact BristolPSC@gmail.com.

Please promote via http://tinyurl.com/jxjs5rb

Nakba Week stall in Peterborough
2016-05-08 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Bridge Street, Bridge Street, Peterborough, United Kingdom
Peterborough branch PSC are holding a Nakba street stall and event in Bridge Street Peterborough at noon on Sunday May 8th

Palestine: A Journey Through The Culture
2016-05-08 16:00 - 19:00 UTC | 2 Bridge Avenue, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
Olive & Palestine Solidarity Campaign present

Palestine: A Journey Through The Culture

With traditional Palestinian dance, song, music and delicious food.

Free entry | 4pm – 7pm

2 Bridge Avenue, Hammersmith W6 9JP

(5m walk from Hammersmith tube)

Eat for Palestine- Norwich PSC fundraiser
2016-05-09 18:00 - 23:00 UTC | Ali Tandoori, 9-11 Magdelen Street, Norwich, United Kingdom

Film screening: Nakba
2016-05-09 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Art House Cafe, Stokes Croft, Bristol, United Kingdom
Monday 9th May

FILM: Nakba

In 1948 around 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes and over 500 villages were destroyed and their inhabitants never allowed to return.

Please promote https://www.facebook.com/events/219295578440848/

Truthout Cinema every Monday 6.00-8.00pm at the Arts House Café, 108A Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU.

Free entry but donations appreciated.

For details see www.theartshousecafe.org/cinema.html

Live music, poetry and film screening at Tatreez
2016-05-09 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Tatreez Cafe, 188 Stoke Newington Road , London, N16, United Kingdom
Yaz Fentazi playing Oud
Screening of short film Resistance Recipes
Live poetry from Joshua Virasami
Speaker from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Food and drink
Free entry!

Monday 9th May, 7pm, Tatreez Cafe, 188 Stoke Newington Road N16

Mahmoud Zawahra and Tim Sanders- Tower Hamlets PSC
2016-05-09 19:00 UTC | Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London, United Kingdom
Join our public meeting at Oxford House, Derbyshire St, E2 6HG, with Tim Sanders and Mahmoud Zawahra

For more information visit: https://towerhamletspalestinesolidarity.wordpress.com/get-involved/

Miko Peled 'The General's Son'- Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC
2016-05-10 19:00 UTC | SCRSS, 320 Brixton Road, London, United Kingdom
Organisers: Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC

NAKBA Week of Action May 7th – 15th 2016

Screening of presentation by Miko Peled ( 'The General's Son' ) which was delivered in Seattle

MIKO PELED

The son of an Israeli General but also prominent campaigner for Palestinian rights.

At this Nakba week meeting we are delivering a revealing presentation Miko gave in Seattle.

Don’t miss this riveting account of the historical background to the current crisis.

All welcome

For more information contact: lwpsc2013@gmail.com

Film 'Jaffa - The Orange's Clockwork'
2016-05-10 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St Michael & All Angels Parish Hall, The Avenue, Bedford Park, Chiswick W4 1TX, London, London, United Kingdom
Screening of acclaimed documentary by Israeli director Eyal Sivan

This award-winning film narrates the visual history of the famous citrus fruit that originated from Palestine and known worldwide for centuries as "Jaffa oranges". The history of the orange is the history of this land.

Jaffa’s orange is one of the symbols that helped build the Zionist discourse about Palestine: a “desert we have made bloom”.

For Palestinians however, it holds a very different sentiment, and represents a powerful symbol of the loss and destruction of their land.

This 90’ version of the film made for TV is being shown to mark Nakba Day when Palestinians remember the dispossession of their land and homes by Israel in 1948. There will be a short discussion after with a Palestinian speaker.

presented by

West London PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)

Admission Free – (donations gratefully accepted) - Doors open 6.30pm

(Nearest Underground: District Line –Turnham Green is adjacent to church)

Nakba, Round Table Discussion with Prof Karma Nabulsi, Parliament
2016-05-10 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
SNP Friends of Palestine (SNPFoP), Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME), Liberal Democrats Friends of Palestine (LDFP) and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) are pleased to invite you to:

68 Years of Palestinian (Nakba) Diaspora:
Israel’s failure to comply with International law; What is the mechanism of discipline?

This will be a round table discussion to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict in light of the 68th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba. Speakers will discuss the role of the international community and mechanisms of Independence and self-determination for the Palestinian people.

The event will take place on Tuesday May 10th 2016 in the Houses of Parliament, Committee Room 9, from 7.00pm till 8.30pm.

Event hosted and chaired by:

Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP)

Speakers include:

Karma Nabulsi
Oxford University professor

Jonathan Fryer
Chair of Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine

Sameh Habeeb
Head of Media & PR at PRC

Other speakers to be announced.

To book your seat email us at: info@prc.org.uk

Mahmoud Zawahra, Oxford PSC AGM
2016-05-10 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX, United Kingdom
Mahmoud Zawahra is a Palestinian activist and PhD student at Coventry University Department of Peace Studies, one of the founders of the popular struggle co-ordination committee in the Occupied West Bank as well as the local co-ordinator of the popular committee of Al-Ma’sara village, south of Bethlehem.

Join us for Oxford PSC’s AGM

Talk: Awad Abdel Fattah of Palestinian National Democratic Assembly
2016-05-11 19:00 UTC | St John Vianney Church Hall, 386 West Green Road, London, N16 3QH, United Kingdom
We are pleased to announce that Awad Abdel Fattah, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly (NDA) is visiting the UK.

The NDA is part of the Joint List of Palestinians in the Israeli Parliament (The Knesset). Awad comes here at a critical moment. Haneen Zoabi MK and one other NDA member of the Knesset have been accused of supporting terrorism and banned from sitting in the Knesset. These are representatives of one and a quarter million Palestinians living inside Israeli borders. The Zionists clearly have the Joint List of Palestinians in their sights. Many fear that they will wield their majority vote to expel the entire Joint List, ending any Palestinian presence in the Israeli parliament.

The Zionists’ attempts to ban the political representatives of 20% of the people inside their state, show their claims that Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East to be patently false.

Awad will explain the background to this parliamentary crisis and the brutal reality for Palestinians living within the borders of Israel. The British government is complicit in this situation. Its role in supporting the Israeli state in the oppression of the Palestinian people is well known: it buys, sells and develops the weapons that are then tested on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as others throughout the Middle East.

Awad represents a number of committed, brave people who are determined to fight back. They need our support.

This meeting is hosted by North London PSC branches in Hackney, Walthamstow, Enfield and Haringey

Talk: Dr Khader Abu-Hayyeh, Nakba survivor, Hastings
2016-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | White Rock Hotel, 1-10 White Rock, Hastings, United Kingdom
Nakba – ‘the Catastrophe’.

A talk by Doctor Khader Abu-Hayyeh, Nakba survivor.

The Doctor’s Story.

Khader was a little boy living in Lydda in 1948 when his family fled from the Israeli 89th Commando Battalion which was carrying out widespread massacres including the machine-gunning of 80 people sheltering in the Dahmash Mosque. Khader and his family were forced to walk miles during the summer heat, an event referred to as the ‘Lydda death march’. Hear Khader’s tory – how he became a doctor working in Tunbridge Wells – and his views on “What is the solution?”.

Wednesday 11th May 7pm.

White Rock Hotel (opposite pier), Hastings, TN34 1JU.

Living Under Military Occupation- Norwich PSC
2016-05-11 19:30 UTC | Kingston Quaker Centre, ,
Living under military occupation – An eye-witness account of life in Palestine

A talk by Kate Cargin recently returned from Jerusalem as part of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

Kate will talk about the forcible transfer of Bedouin in the Jerusalem periphery to make way for expansion of illegal settlements in Israeli-occupied Palestine and its political implications.

For more information contact Kate 07751 453370 or Rita 01986 897082

Email secretary@norwichpsc.org.uk

Visit: http://norwichpsc.org.uk/events/living-under-military-occupation/

Film: 5 Broken Cameras
2016-05-11 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Wellingborough Afro Caribbean Centre, 27 Rock Street, Wellingborough, United Kingdom
Organised by Northamptonshire PSC as a contribution to the commemoration of the Nakba.

5 Broken Cameras (Arabic: خمس كاميرات محطمة Khamas Kamīrāt Muḥaṭṭamah; Hebrew: חמש מצלמות שבורות Hamesh Matslemot Shvurot) is a 94-minute documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi. It was shown at film festivals in 2011 and placed in general release by Kino Lorber in 2012. 5 Broken Cameras is a first-hand account of protests in Bil’in, a West Bank village affected by the Israeli West Bank barrier.

Meeting: SOAS Palsoc with Awad Abdel Fattah
2016-05-12 18:00 UTC | Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street , London, United Kingdom
This meeting is organised by SOAS PalSoc in conjunction with ODS (One Democratic State)

Speakers: Awad Abdel Fattah Awad Abdel Fattah, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly (NDA) and Karl Sabbagh.

Chair: Ramzi Nasir

Brunei Gallery, SOAS

Film screening: Life in Occupied Palestine, Exeter
2016-05-12 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Newtown Community Hut, Belmont Park, Exeter, United Kingdom
We are showing the documentary “Life in Occupied Palestine” by Anna Baltzer (Jewish Voice for Peace). It will be shown in Newtown Community Hut, Belmont Park, Exeter, at 7 pm on Thursday 12th May.

This event is part of Nakba Week of Action, commemorating the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. For more information please see here.

Haya al Farra, Palestinian Mission, Darlington
2016-05-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Friends Meeting House, 6 Skinnergate , Darlington, United Kingdom
Supporters of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign have organised a public meeting in Darlington to raise awareness of the issues facing Palestinians. The event is part of the Nakba week of action that commemorates the 68th anniversary of the Palestinians’ loss of land when the state of Israel was created in 1948. This loss, known by Palestinians as the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’, involved the dispossession and removal of the native Palestinian population from their towns and villages.

Speakers will include Haya al Farra from the Palestinian Mission in the UK and Professor Bill Williamson, a Trustee of the Durham Palestine Educational Trust at Durham University and Chairperson of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, County Durham.

Professor Williamson said, “For most Palestinians the Nakba has continued. In 1967 Israel occupied the rest of Palestine, annexing East Jerusalem and Syria’s Golan Heights and Palestinians continue to suffer through Israeli violence and their development of illegal settlements. A UN report, for example, documented how Israel’s activities in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem resulted in the deaths of 2,314 Palestinians and 17,125 injuries in 2014 alone. Up-to-date figures for this year suggest almost 70 deaths so far alongside the demolition of 600 homes.”

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign includes people from all faiths and political parties, campaigns for peace and justice, supports international law and human rights and opposes all forms of racism including anti-Jewish prejudice and Islamophobia.

The meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday 12 May at The Friends Meeting House (Quakers), 6 Skinnergate, Darlington, DL3 7NB.

There will also be a Fairtrade stall selling Palestinian produce.

More information is available at www.palestinecampaign.org

Talk: 'The catastrophe that is Palestine'
2016-05-12 19:30 UTC | Sarum College 19, The Close , Salisbury , SP1 2EE, United Kingdom
Jafar Ramini, Palestinian writer and political analyst will speak on The Catastrophe that is Palestine.

Palestinian produce on sale.

See more at: www.sarumconcern.org

Hands up test event
2016-05-13 | St Dunstan's Wharf, 142 Narrow Street, London, E14 8BP, United Kingdom
A test event to check the formatting of form fields

The Israel lobby and the European Union Report Launch
2016-05-13 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW11JD, United Kingdom
The influence of the Israel lobby in the US is well-known. Most presidential hopefuls have competed with each other in recent weeks to see who can carry the most favour with this lobby.

By contrast, there has been little scrutiny of the pro-Israel network in Brussels, despite its considerable growth over the past decade.

A new report, The Israel Lobby and the European Union, challenges the secrecy surrounding this network. It identifies where pro-Israel groups receive their funding and how some of their donors have facilitated Israel’s illegal colonisation of the West Bank. It examines how the lobby has persuaded law-makers to refrain from sanctioning Israel over its human rights abuses. And it analyses how Israel’s supporters have been trying to undermine grassroots campaigning for justice in Palestine.

You are cordially invited to attend the launch of this timely and detailed report.

The report is published by Spinwatch (www.spinwatch.org), in cooperation with EuroPal Forum (www.europalforum.org.uk). Its authors, David Cronin, Sarah Marusek and David Miller, will speak during the launch.

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WHENFriday, 13 May 2016 from 11:00 to 12:30 (BST)WHEREP21 Gallery – 21 Chalton Street, London, NW11JD

Film screening: The time that remains
2016-05-13 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | SOAS, SOAS, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Join us on Friday 13th May at SOAS, for a special screening of Elia Suleiman’s award-winning film The Time That Remains – a beautiful, unique, and deeply personal depiction of Palestine since 1948 from the internationally acclaimed director of Divine Intervention.

“Elia Suleiman has the political rigour of Edward Said and the comic genius of Buster Keaton” Sukdev Sandhu, The Daily Telegraph

“A deeply funny, deeply heartfelt and deeply outraged film that is nothing short of a masterpiece.” Jimmy Johnson, Electronic Intifada

“The Time That Remains is a semi-autobiographical film, in four episodes, about a family, my family, from 1948 until recent times. The film is inspired by my father’s private diaries, starting from when he was a resistance fighter in 1948, and by my mother’s letters to family members who were forced to leave the country. Combined with my intimate memories of them and with them, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained and were labelled “Israeli-Arabs”, living as a minority in their own homeland.” – Elia Suleiman

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUPHXAC3Lk

With a speaker from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Palestinian food for sale from Zaytoun.

Film starts 6.30pm. Afterwards Samir Eskanda will be in discussion with Ronnie Barkan.

This event is part of Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Nakba Week of Action, a series of events and actions taking place around the UK commemorating the 68th anniversary of the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. For more information please see http://www.palestinecampaign.org/nakbaweek

Film: Palestine Blues, Hereford PSC
2016-05-13 19:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford, United Kingdom
“Palestine Blues”

This film tells the story of a Palestinian village’s confusion, desperation & resistance. Exposing the motive behind Israel’s wall.

Filmed at times with a hidden camera & at times under extreme duress. Palestinian-American filmmaker Nida Sinnokrot gives us a lasting chronicle of a people and their ancient life-giving orchards, ever threatened by destruction.

Light refreshments

All welcome

Donations appreciated

Organised by: Hereford Palestine Support Group

Light refreshments; All welcome; Donations Organised by Hereford Palestine Support Group herefordpsc@gmail.com or 01432 274118

Nakba: then and now - Day-School Conference
2016-05-14 10:30 - 16:30 UTC | , ,
Background | Day-School Conference | All Events | Resources

PLEASE NOTE: Online registration for this event has now closed. However this event has not sold out, you will be able to buy tickets on the door.
Nakba: then and now – Day-School Conference – Saturday 14th May 2016

Join us at London’s Mander Hall for a Day-School Conference on the Nakba: Then and Now.

Speakers include Prof. Nur Masalha, Awad Abdelfattah and Ahmed Masoud, with more to be announced and interactive workshop sessions held throughout the day.

Prof. Nur Masalha, a Palestinian historian currently based at SOAS University of London, will speak about the history and meaning of the Nakba. Masalha was formerly Professor of Religion and Politics and Director of the Centre for Religion and History, St Mary’s University, London. He is the author of many books on Palestine-Israel.

Dr. Aimee Shalan will chair the plenary session. Shalan is Director of Friends of Birzeit University and Co-Director of Pressure Cooker Arts. Previously, she was Director of Advocacy at Medical Aid for Palestinians and Head of Education at the Council for Arab British Understanding. She has a doctorate in the Politics of Palestinian Literature.

Awad Abdelfattah is the General Secretary of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly, or Balad, who represent Palestinians with Israeli citizenship in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. Balad suffer ongoing political repression from the Israeli government.

Ahmed Masoud is an award-winning writer, director and academic. Born in Gaza, Masoud is now based in the UK, and has written a number of plays and books, including the novel Vanished – The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda.

Workshops will be held on the following subjects:

Education (with Kiri Tunks of the NUT), Media, BDS and Refugees.
PLEASE NOTE: Online registration for this event has now closed. However this event has not sold out, you will be able to buy tickets on the door.

Street stalls – Northampton PSC, 14th & 15th May
2016-05-14 11:00 - 2016-05-15 13:00 UTC | Kettering Town Centre, Gold Street, Kettering, NN16 , United Kingdom
Join Northampton PSC’s street stalls:

Kettering town centre on Saturday May 14th(outside the Newlands Shopping Centre/pedestrian zone) between 11.00 and 1.00pm

Northampton town centre (by Cobbler’s Last) on Sunday May 15th between 11 and 1.00pm

Remembering the Nakba in quiet contemplation
2016-05-14 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | Cornerstone Cafe, Sulyard Street, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Remembering the Nakba in quiet contemplation

Saturday, May 14th 11am to 4pm
Cornerstones, Dalton Square. (Sulyard St.) “ thru the café ”

FIND OUT, KNOW MORE
– AN INSTALLATION TO PROVOKE THOUGHT AND FEELING IN A QUIET SPACE –

Every year Palestinians mark the Nakba – “catastrophe” in English – when in 1948 around 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel. Some 500 villages were destroyed in a premeditated campaign, and their inhabitants never allowed to return. Zionist militias, who later became the Israeli Defence Force, committed massacres in Deir Yassin, Lydda, Tantura and dozens of other Palestinian communities.

A critical understanding of the Nakba is essential as it continues to shape Palestinians’ experience. Palestinian society was all but destroyed, with refugees scattered around neighbouring states and across the world. These refugees and their descendants number over 5 million people today, and are divided between Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, The West Bank, Gaza and internally in Israel.

Jordan 2 million
Lebanon 427,057
Syria* 477,700
The West Bank 788,108
Gaza 1.1 million
with at least another 250,000 internally displaced Palestinians in Israel.
*Many Syrian refugees are in fact Plaestinian – displaced once more by the war in Syria
The displacement, dispossession and dispersal of the Palestinian people is known to them as an-Nakba, meaning “catastrophe” or “disaster”.

Israel continues to deny Palestinians their fundamental rights, including, crucially, the right of return. While Israel’s Law of Return entitles automatic citizenship to Jews born anywhere in the world, Palestinian refugees are denied the right to return to their homes and land, from which they were expelled

There will be a collection for MAP

We will be selling some Hadeel Palestinian made crafts – and other crafts made to raise funds for MAP

Friends of Al Aqsa - Exhibition and Fun day
2016-05-14 12:00 - 18:00 UTC | Iqra Academy, 10 East Suffolk Road , Edinburgh, United Kingdom
FOA Edinburgh: Palestine Exhibition and Fun day 14th May

The brothers and sisters of Gaza have suffered generation after generation !

The majority of kids there are suffering from Post-traumatic stress and 70% suffer from regular nightmares, after seeing their families murdered in from of them.

We at Friends of Al Aqsa-Edinburgh want to do a small act of kindness, even if it’s just for a couple of hours, we want them to be kids again and forget their suffering for a small moment in time.

So we are organizing a Palestinian Exhibition and Fun day, and we want you to be a part of this. We hope to raise money, and that money will go towards providing the Kids of Gaza an Eid party (transport, venue, food, entertainment and gift, Insha Allah).

Come and learn about the history, culture, traditions and struggles of Palestine at our exhibition. With presentations and a very special guest speaker not to be missed. At the same time, come and enjoy our funday. With workshops, food, stalls and games. Come and do your eid shopping and pick up bargains at our bric-a-brac stall or come and write a message to the children of Gaza.

Join us and spread the word invite others.

Nakba commemoration, Sheffield
2016-05-14 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Join Sheffield PSC on the steps of the town hall on at noon on Saturday 14th May to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This event is part of Nakba Week of Action. For more information please see here.

Mahmoud Zawahra, Portsmouth
2016-05-14 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Portsmouth Friendship Centre, Elm Grove, PO5 1JT, Southsea, United Kingdom
Portsmouth and South Downs PSC

presents

THE STORY OF THE NAKBA

SATURDAY 14th MAY from 2pm – 4pm

at Portsmouth Friendship Centre, Friendship House, Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1JT

Speaker Mahmoud Zawahra

co-ordinator of the Al Mas’ara Popular Committee Against the Wall & Settlements

Free entry, all welcome

Collection for medical Aid for Palestinians

For further info contact Jenny Flintoft, flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Nakba anniversary protest in London
2016-05-14 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London, W8, United Kingdom
Protest to Commemorate 68th Nakba Anniversary in London
• Join us to commemorate 68th Nakba Anniversary.
• Support the Palestinian rights and justice for those made refugees since 1948.
• Up to date, the indigenous Palestinians can’t return to Palestine as the Israeli occupation state deprive them while it allows to Jews from all over the world to come to Palestine unconditionally but for being a Jewish.
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Join us In front of the Israeli embassy in London
Saturday the14th of May 2016 from 5:30pm to 7:30 pm
Nearest Station: High Street Kensington

Bring Palestine flag with you and any other posters to indicate the Palestinian suffering.

Event called by:
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB), Muslim Association if Britain (MAB) and Olive.
Supported by:
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
Friends of Alaqsa (FoA)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1870830096477199/

The Nakba: Palestine Exodus 1947-49
2016-05-14 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Palestine Museum & Cultural Centre, 27 Broad Street, Bristol , BS1 2HG, United Kingdom
Survivors from Al-Falujia village, now living in Gaza, will be on video conference talking about his experience in 1949 when his village was evacuated. His son, Emad, will be present in the Museum to answer questions.
For tickets visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/commemorate-the-nakba-1948-2016-tickets-25172634026

Nakba Day, “Registered Alive” with Maxine Peake, Ahmed Masoud & more
2016-05-15 00:00 UTC | Courtyard Theatre, Pitfield Street, London, United Kingdom
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre would like to invite you to a special evening on Sunday 15th May to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Nakba curated by Palestinian writer and director Ahmed Masoud and entitled على قيد الحياة (registered alive).

The evening will feature the renowned actor Maxine Peake reading from Masoud’s latest play, The Shroud Maker, dabke dance by Al Zaytouna in a special appearance, a reading from British Egyptian poet Sabrina Mahfouz, and a live score from musician and composer Dave Randall.

The event is an opportunity for all of us to come together and pause to reflect on the vivid culture of the resilient Palestinians whose Nakba still lives in each corner.

Afterwards we will be joined by John Doran (The Quietus) who will DJ Middle Eastern music.
Doors open 6pm. The show will begin at 7pm.

Entry is free, please reserve your place using the form below.

Bookings

Interpal: Nakba Tube Trail
2016-05-15 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Walthamstow Central, Selborne Road, Walthamstow, United Kingdom
EVENT DETAILS

Nakba Tube Trail : 15 May 2016

Join Interpal to walk the length of the Victoria Line and revisit the catastrophic events of the longest running refugee crisis in the world.

Sunday 15 May 2016 | 10am – 6pm

Starting at Walthamstow Central

Length: 15 miles | Duration: 8 hours

Ideal fundraising target: £100

Make your own online fundraising page now: http://tinyurl.com/nakbatubetrail

Sign up today: http://nakba-tube-trail.eventbrite.co.uk/

For more information: 0208 961 9993 | challenges@interpal.org

Nakba Day Commemoration, Manchester
2016-05-15 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Piccadilly Gardens, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, United Kingdom
REMEMBER NAKBA DAY IN MANCHESTER

15 May

In 1948 the Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their land, many never to return.

A total of 750,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes between 1947 – 1949 to make way for the state of Israel.

Their descendants remain refugees to this day across the Middle East and around the world.

Please join Manchester Palestine Action to remember the Nakba over 14 – 15 May at the camp in Piccadilly Gardens, with speakers, live link to Gaza, activities and film showings.

Vigil, 12pm – 2pm, Sunday 15th May, Piccadilly Gardens.

Nakba Day: Lest we forget
2016-05-15 13:30 - 16:30 UTC | Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
‘Nakba Day’ (‘Day of the Catastrophe’) commemorates the suffering of Palestinians in May 1948 when thousands were driven from their homes and land by Israeli armed forces to become refugees. Many still are to this day.
Join Richmond and Kingston Palestinian Solidarity Campaign for an afternoon of food, music, film and poetry as local Palestinians tell their stories of how they and their families continue to be affected by the Nakba.

Antione Raffoul from 1948 lest we forget will speak, plus Palestinian members of the branch relating their family experiences of the Nakba.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1678559289063778/

Rafeef Ziadah – We Teach Life Sir
2016-05-15 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | West Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park , Birmingham , United Kingdom
Rafeef Ziadah is an acclaimed Palestinian refugee poet and activist. Her poem ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ – an impassioned attack on media misrepresentation of the Palestinian cause – went viral within days of its release. This live show offers an exciting blend of poetry and music from Rafeef’s new album We Teach Life, which she brings to the stage with Australian guitarist/musician and producer Phil Monsour.

“Rafeef ’s poetry demands to be heard. She is powerful, emotional and political. Please read her work and see her perform. You cannot then be indifferent to the Palestinian cause” filmmaker Ken Loach.

“Sometimes anger provokes truth: bare, free, not to be stifled or evaded. Sometimes anger, indignation, despair, full blown love of the life of one’s people, one’s own land and planet, can bring fierce flower to the poet’s heart. Then we are blessed with passionate words of resistance that can become the foundation of prophecy. A change for which there is no turning back. Such is the case of Rafeef Ziadah” Author Alice Walker

“The words that she says with such beauty and grace hit you right in the heart. They are more powerful than any weapon.” scholar, civil rights activist Angela Davis

Tickets 12.00
Concession 10.00

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKucPh9xHtM

Meeting: ODS with Awad Abdel Fattah
2016-05-15 19:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
This meeting is organised by ODS (One Democratic State)

Speakers: Awad Abdel Fattah, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly (NDA) and Karl Sabbagh

Chair: Selma Karmi

Book Launch & Seminar “Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir”
2016-05-16 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS , Thornhaugh St, London, WC1H 0XG, London , United Kingdom
Book Launch & Seminar:“Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir” by Dr Salman Abu Sitta

Invited speakers:
Selma Dabbagh
Ambassador Afif Safieh
Professor Ilan Pappe
Victoria Brittain (chair)
By Dr Salman Abu Sitta

An event hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Palestinian Return Centre.

Book your tickets

Salman Abu Sitta, who has single-handedly made available crucial mapping work on Palestine, was just ten years old when he left his home near Beersheba in 1948, but as for many Palestinians of his generation, the profound effects of that traumatic loss would form the defining feature of his life from that moment on. In this rich and moving memoir, Abu Sitta draws on oral histories and personal recollections to vividly evoke the vanished world of his family and home from the late nineteenth century to the eve of the British withdrawal from Palestine and subsequent war. Alongside accounts of an idyllic childhood spent on his family’s farm estate Abu Sitta gives a personal and very human face to the dramatic events of 1930s and 1940s Palestine, conveying the acute sense of foreboding felt by Palestinians as Zionist ambitions and militarization expanded under the mandate. Following his family’s flight to Gaza during the 1948 mass exodus of Palestinians from their homes, Abu Sitta continued his schooling and university education in Cairo, where he witnessed the heady rise of Arab nationalism after the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952 and the momentous events surrounding the Israeli invasion of Sinai and Gaza in 1956. With warmth and humor, he chronicles his peripatetic exile’s existence, as an engineering student in Nasser’s Egypt, his crucial, formative years in 1960s London, his life as a family man and academic in Canada, and several sojourns in Kuwait, all against the backdrop of seismic political events in the region, including the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli wars, the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and the 1991 Gulf War. Abu Sitta’s narrative is imbued throughout with a burning sense of justice, a determination to recover and document what rightfully belongs to his people, an aim given poignant expression in his painstaking cartographic and archival work on Palestine, for which he is justifiably acclaimed.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-seminar-mapping-my-return-a-palestinian-memoir-by-dr-salman-abu-sitta-tickets-24423732040

Mon 16 May 2016
18:30–20:30
Khalili Lecture Theatre,
SOAS University of London,
Thornhaugh Street,
Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG

Meeting: Cambridge PSC with Awad Abdel Fattah
2016-05-16 19:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane , Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge PalSoc and Cambridge PSC event.

with ODS (One Democratic State), Awad AbdelFattah General Secretary of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly (NDA) and Karl Sabbagh.

Chairperson of the event is Ruba Salih, Reader at SOAS, University of London

Talk: Awad Abdel Fattah
2016-05-17 19:00 UTC | Kennington Park Community Centre, Harleyford Road , London , United Kingdom
Nakba week talk with Awad AbdelFattah, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly and Philipa Harvey (Ex-President NUT). Hosted by Lambeth and Wandsworth PSC Groups

Meeting: Manchester PSC and Awad Abdel Fattah
2016-05-19 19:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
Meeting with Awad Abdel Fattah, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Democratic Assembly (NDA), hosted by Manchester PSC, with Bernard Regan.

Meeting & Book Launch: The Son Of An Israeli General Speaks Out For Justice
2016-05-23 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
This is a public meeting.

Miko Peled is a Jewish Israeli peace activist. His grandfather was a Zionist leader and signatory on the Israeli Declaration of Independence. His father, Matti Peled was a young officer in the war of 1948 and a general in the war of 1967.

Miko Peled followed his father’s footsteps at first, joining Israel’s Special Forces and earning the red beret, but he soon grew to regret his decision. He surrendered his status as soon as he had earned it, becoming a medic, and finally, disgusted by the 1982 Lebanon invasion, buried his service pin.

In 1997 Miko lost his beloved Smadar, 13, the daughter of Miko’s sister Nurit and her husband Rami Elhanan to a suicide bomber in Jersualem. This tragic event propelled him on a painful journey of discovery to understand the Israel – Palestine conflict that had dominated so much of his and his family’s lives.

There will be a minimum entrance fee of £4 per person, but we hope you will be able to give more to help us cover the costs of staging this important event. Please arrive early to secure a seat.

An Evening with Garth Hewitt
2016-05-24 19:00 UTC | Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Waterford Road , Bristol , United Kingdom
Garth Hewitt, renowned troubadour, Gospel Singer and founder of the Amos Trust, will entertain us with his music and inform and inspire us with his commitment to bring justice to the Palestinian people.

Palestinian snacks will be served in the interval.

Book free tickets on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-garth-hewitt-tickets-21035135657

Boycott Hewlett Packard National Day of Action
2016-06-04 08:00 - 20:00 UTC
Join us and take part in the PSC National Day of Action on Hewlett Packard on Saturday 4th June, as part of a co-ordinated day of activities across the UK, with a common message and a common approach. The key focus is to raise public awareness of the Occupation and HP’s role.

The objective of the Day of Action is to highlight HP’s deep participation in Israel’s brutal Occupation and its apartheid system and to encourage more and more people to sign the pledge not to buy HP products.

Join the PSC’s national Day of Action on Hewlett Packard (HP) on Saturday 4th June 2016.

People around the UK are holding events and actions to protest HP’s involvement in Israel’s occupation.

Is there one near you?

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Cardiff, John Lewis, Cardiff town centre, 1300-1430 hrs

Durham, congregate between Dunelm House and ER2, 1100-1300

Edinburgh (details to follow)

Faversham & Whistable, Faversham Market, 930-1300 hrs

Liverpool, Central Liverpool, 1200-1400 hrs

London: Central, PC World, 145-149 Tottenham Court Road, 1100-1400 hrs

London: Hackney, Stoke Newington Church Street, near Abney Park, 1100-1300 hrs

London: Haringey, Junction of Wood Green High Road and Turnpike Lane, 1230-1430 hrs

London: Enfield, Argos store, Cecil Road Enfield EN2 6TR, 1000-1300 hrs

London: Richmond & Kingston, George Street, Richmond, 1200-1400 hrs

London: Waltham Forest (details to follow)

London: West London, Shepherd's Bush Underground Station, 1100-1300 hrs

Norwich, Jarrold the stationers, London Street, 1000-1330 hrs

Northampton, Currys PC World, 23 Fairground Way, Riverside Business Park, 1100-1300 hrs

Nottingham, Market Square, 1230-1400 hrs

Oxford, Cornmarket, Central Street, 1130-1330 hrs

Portsmouth, John Lewis, Knight & Lee, Southsea, 1200-1330 hrs

Sheffield, Outside John Lewis, opposite City Hall, 1200-1330 hrs

Southampton, WH Smith, Bar Street & John Lewis, West Quay Retail Park, 1000-1200 hrs

West Midlands, Currys PC World, 79-84 High Street, Birmingham, 1300-1500 hrs

West Surrey, Lion Retail Park, 151 Oriental Road, Woking GU22 8BD, 1030-1200 hrs

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Sign the pledge now: www.palestinecampaign.org/hp-pledge/

Background

HP is the second largest investor in Israeli Information Technology (IT). Its technology and equipment facilitate both the illegal Israeli occupation and apartheid, especially through the development of its biometric system used for population and territorial control and surveillance of Palestinians both inside Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The Checkpoints – HP’s Basel system is installed at the Israeli military checkpoints in the occupied West Bank. This deprive Palestinians of freedom of movement in violation of international law. When the Presbyterian Church wrote to the company about this, it replied saying that this: ‘reduc(es) friction between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers at barrier checkpoints while expediting the passage process’.[1]
The Israeli Military – HP provided the IT infrastructure for the Israeli Navy, thereby helping to enforce the blockade of Gaza, and supplies the computer systems for the Ministry of Defence.
The settlements – HP employs settlers in Beithar Illit and provides services and technologies to two of the largest in the occupied West Bank (Modi’in Illit and Ariel).
Biometric ID cards – occupied territories – HP facilitates Israeli control of the Palestinian population of the occupied West Bank with its biometric identification of Palestinian civilians. The ID numbers for these Green cards that bear the PNA insignia are assigned by Israel, which controls the Palestinian population registry.
Biometric ID cards – citizens of Israel – HP facilitates Israeli apartheid with the development of its biometric system that differentiates between Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel, among other ethnicities and religions. In other words, “this system takes to a new level of technology the stratification of citizenship rights.”
Certainly in 2012, the HP Labs based at Technion University (Haifa) was its largest centre for research and development. (Technion itself is considered highly complicit in the Occupation and the Siege and attacks on Gaza being a base for research and development for a wide range of military equipment, with close links to Rafael Advanced Defence Systems and Elbit Systems. (working mainly on surveillance and attack drones.[2]Further information is available from ‘Who Profits’.[3]

[1] https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/adri-nieuwhof/hp-spins-israeli-checkpoints-role-reducing-friction-Palestinians

[2] http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/features/2014/11/9/the-technion-an-elite-university-for-israeli-student-soldiers

[3] http://whoprofits.org/company/hewlett-packard-hp

Justice for Palestinian children
2016-06-04 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Hackney Town Hall, Hackney Town Hall, London, United Kingdom
We are holding an event to raise awareness about the fact that Palestinian children can be sentenced to 10 years in prison for throwing a stone. Join us at Hackney Town hall, from where we we roll a 6ft papier-mache stone along the streets to Whitechapel.
Please feel free to dress either like a clown or like a child - be creative, the more colourful we are, the more impact we will make! If anyone has musical instruments or circus tricks or any performance acts, bring them along!

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"From Palestine to Brighton" Our concert featuring young musicians from Gaza
2016-06-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St Michael and All Angels Church, Victoria Road, Brighton , United Kingdom
Brighton and Palestinian Artists Together
present
“From Palestine to Brighton” Our concert featuring young musicians from Gaza
Part of Brighton Fringe 2016

A unique opportunity to hear some of the best young musicians from the Gaza Music School, part of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. They will perform classical and contemporary Middle Eastern music with the support of the Oriental Music Ensemble.

Tickets £10 (concessions £8).

For further information and booking details go to the Brighton Fringe website.

Free parking available for this concert: contact Adam Leclercq via www.saintmichaelsbrighton.org

Supported by Brighton & Hove PSC

Marwan Darweish, Wolves
2016-06-07 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom
Speaker: Marwan Darweish, Principal lecturer in Peace Studies at Coventry University.

Date: Tuesday 7th June

Time: 7:30 – 9:00

Venue: University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1LY, Millennium City Building (Room MC001)

Marwan Darweish talks about his recent book, co-authored with Andrew Rigby, which examines the role of the unarmed civil resistance movement in the Palestinian liberation struggle. Marwan and his colleagues work informs a contemporary readership about this under-emphasized dimension of the Palestinian struggle, arguing that at the present juncture the popular resistance movement, especially in the West Bank, is the most significant form of struggle against the ongoing occupation.

Popular Protest in Palestine also addresses the international dimensions of the Palestinian struggle, focusing in particular on the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) campaign, the role of international solidarity activists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and beyond, and the changing forms of engagement developed by international agencies seeking to work on the roots of the conflict whilst fulfilling their humanitarian aid mandates.

This event is open to members of the public, no booking required.

Supported by Wolverhampton University UNISON Branch and Wolverhampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Transformative Research Legacies: Joseph Rotblat
2016-06-08 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | University of Liverpool, Leslie Hearnshaw Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Transformative Research Legacies: Joseph Rotblat

Wednesday 8th June 2016, 5pm-7pm

Venue: Leslie Hearnshaw Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool

Joseph Rotblat, alumnus of the University of Liverpool, was a physicist who became known for his conscientious objection to the development of nuclear weapons and was a prominent critic of the use of science for military purposes. This Legacies talk will feature a range of speakers exploring Rotblat’s commitment to the use of science and technology for peaceful purposes – a commitment that won him the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for his lifelong campaign against nuclear weapons – in the context of the University’s relationship with the arms industry.

The session will be chaired by Professor David Whyte. Speakers include:
Greg Dropkin (author of "Get Your Bombs Off Our Lawn"),

Riya Hassan (Palestinian BDS National Committee) and

Professor Jonathan Rosenhead (London School of Economics).

Register for this event here

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transformative-research-legacies-joseph-rotblat-tickets-21825599957

Speaker Tony Greenstein on the Labour Party and antisemitism
2016-06-15 19:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Is the Labour Party 'riddled' with antisemitism?

Has there been an upsurge in antisemitism in the Labour Party?
Why now?
What lies behind the recent controversies over antisemitism?
Is anti-Zionism being re-defined?
Is Jeremy Corbyn under attack?

The Labour Party have suspended Jewish activist, Tony Greenstein, over accusations of antisemitism without allowing him to see the evidence against him. However, the accusations were leaked to the Daily Telegraph & The Times!!!

Tony Greenstein is a co-founder of Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Britain, a suspended member of the Labour Party and a socialist activist. He is author of the book Fighting Fascism in Brighton and on the South Coast and has been an anti-fascist activist since the 1970’s.

Visit us at: www.psc-manchester.org.uk

Watching Hebron
2016-06-16 00:00 UTC | , ,
Flyer for EAPPI Hebron draft 1Public meeting on the work of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine (EAPPI)

Speakers: Hannah Griffiths and Veronica Pasteur

Both speakers spent three months as human rights monitors in the West Bank from September to December 2015. As part of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) they offered protective presence to vulnerable Palestinian communities, reported on human rights violations and worked with Palestinian and Israeli peace activists. Hannah was based in Hebron and Veronica in the South Hebron Hills. They will talk about daily life for Palestinians living under occupation in the West Bank, tell stories about the people they met and discuss how to help end the occupation.

“I’ve never met an honest human being who went to Hebron and didn’t come back shocked,” Gideon Levy, journalist and columnist for the Israeli paper HAARETZ speaking at the National Press Club, Washington D.C. 18/3/16
Admission Free
Presented by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign pscwestlondon@googlemail.com/www.palestinecampaign.org

Palestine and the EU: In? Out?
2016-06-18 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
Interim Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sara Apps, will analyse the history and politics of the EU, focusing on its relationship with Palestine and Palestinian human rights.

This is ahead of the referendum on Thursday 23 June when you as voters will decide if the UK remains in or leaves the EU. It is an important decision - make sure you have all the facts!

Remi Kanazi live in London
2016-06-28 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston E8 4AA, London, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston , London, E8 4AA, London, United Kingdom
Catastrophe Club with Remi Kanazi
Tuesday 28th June | 7pm | #EEFF2016

Join Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign and East End Film Festival for an evening with Palestinian American performance poet Remi Kanazi, touring his latest collection of poetry, Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up From Brooklyn to Palestine. A programme of contemporary Palestinian short films will screen from 7pm, before Remi's show.

Remi is a poet and writer based in NYC, whose political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world. His poetry has taken him across the US, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East, and he has appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is an Advisory Committee member for the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

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Lawyers For Palestinian Human Rights :Film Screening : 5 Broken Cameras
2016-07-06 18:15 UTC | BPP Law School, 68 - 70 Red Lion St, LONDON, WC1R 4NY, United Kingdom
Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights Student Network are hosting a film screening of 5 Broken Cameras followed by a talk and Q&A on the impact of Israel's occupation on life in the West Bank. Following the event there will be a drinks reception.

Nominated for an Oscar, 5 Broken Cameras is a first hand account of a life and non violent resistance in Bi'in, a West Bank village where Israel is building a security fence. The film follows a childs growth from newborn into a young boy, observing the world around him.

Speaker:
Sabrina Tucci worked as a human rights monitor in Hebron from December 2015-February 2016 where she witnessed the effect of the annexation wall and illegal settlement on the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank.

Rally: End the Siege on Gaza
2016-07-08 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | , ,
We are calling for an end to Israel's near-10 year siege on Gaza, and an end to the UK's arms trade with Israel.

Join PSC opposite Downing Street on Friday 8th July at 5pm.

For the last ten years, the densely populated Israeli occupied Gaza Strip has been besieged by Israel, by land, sea and air. 1.8 million Palestinians, the vast majority of whom are refugees, are effectively trapped.

After three major military assaults by Israeli forces in the last eight years, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Palestinians, and very little reconstruction, Gaza is now virtually unliveable.

Two years after Israel's last major assault, which killed over 2,220 Palestinians including 500 children, the siege remains firmly in place.

The siege of Gaza amounts to collective punishment, illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention. As the occupying power, Israel has obligations to the people of Gaza, under international law.

End the siege on Gaza | End the arms trade with Israel | Free Palestine

Nearest Tube: Westminster
Time: 5pm to 7pm
Address: Richmond Terrace, opposite Downing Street
London SW1A

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Public Meeting: "Palestinian Children Under Threat: Reports from the West Bank and Gaza"
2016-07-13 19:30 - 21:15 UTC | , ,
We are pleased to announce that Ayed Abu Eqtaish from Defence of Children International (Palestine) will be speaking in Brighton as part of his UK tour.

Also speaking will be Victoria Brittain from the Institute of Race Relations. Victoria is a long-standing campaigner for Palestine in the UK. She has recently returned from a trip to Gaza, and she will be sharing some of her observations with us.

Ayed Abu Eqtaish's work focuses on child detention—documentation and both local and international advocacy for cases involving the ill treatment and torture of children. His organisation, Defence of Children International Palestine (DCIP) is committed to securing a just and viable future for Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

For more than twenty years, DCIP have supported and advocated for this child population: investigating and documenting grave human rights violations, and providing legal services to children in urgent need. "We will continue to demand national and international bodies enact stronger measures to safeguard this vulnerable demographic of Palestinian society."

Victoria Brittain has worked as a journalist in Vietnam, Southern Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Palestine for the Guardian, BBC, ITN and various French publications. In the last dozen years her work has been mainly concerned with Palestine, and with the fallout of the ‘war on terror’ and the impact on civil liberties. She has written a number of books about Southern Africa in the Cold War period, was co-author of Moazzam Begg’s Guantánamo memoir, Enemy Combatant (2006) and of two verbatim plays on Muslim families in Britain who have had members in Guantánamo or in UK prisons. Her most recent book is Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror. She is a trustee of Prisoners of Conscience and of the Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn trust.

Free admission (donations welcome)

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC at Lambeth Country Show
2016-07-16 12:00 - 2016-07-17 20:00 UTC | , ,
Come and visit Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC at the Lambeth Country show.

PSC's stall will be in the Lambeth Trades Council marquee, near the Herne Hill gate.

Palestine Youth Orchestra UK Tour: 18 July-1 August, 2016
2016-07-18 00:00 - 2016-08-01 00:00 UTC
In August 2013, the Palestine Strings performed at the BBC Proms with world-renowned violinist Nigel Kennedy to a sell-out audience and unanimous acclaim in the British press. In summer 2016, its sister ensemble, the Palestine Youth Orchestra(PYO) is touring the UK, performing at world famous venues as they travel across the island from North to South.

Talented Palestinian and British youth are coming together on stage for the first time, showcasing their wonderful cultural achievements and carrying an important message of love, hope and peace.

Dates and links below, for more information visit: http://www.palmusic.org.uk/the-pyo/

25 July 2016 Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Scotland

26 July 2016 The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (As part of the
International Society of Music Education Conference)

27 July 2016 Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, England

29 July 2016 Birmingham Town Hall, England

30 July 2016 St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales

1 August 2016 Royal Festival Hall, London, England

Palestine: Key for Stability and Peace in the Middle East
2016-07-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
EuroPal Forum is pleased to invite you to Across-party Reception and Seminar attended by a delegation of MPs from Arab and Muslim countries to the UK.
Hosted and chaired by Dr Paul Monaghan SNP MPPanel includes:
- Grahame Morris MP (Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East)
- Haneen Al Zoubi (Palestinian Arab Member of the Israeli Knesset)
- Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrats Member of the House of Lords)
- Mohd Rafizi Ramli MP (Member of the Parliament of Malaysia)

Free event

**Registration is essential**

Please follow the link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-key-for-stability-and-peace-in-the-middle-east-tickets-26279001200

Wanstead Tap: Human rights abuses in East Jerusalem
2016-07-19 19:30 UTC | Wanstead Tap 352, Winchelsea Road , London, United Kingdom

Talk on Palestine by Steve Pound MP
2016-07-21 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Pauls church hall, Ridley Avenue, London, W13 9XW , United Kingdom
Steve Pound, Labour MP for Ealing North, will talk about his recent visit to Palestine, followed by refreshments and discussion.

Space is limited, so to reserve a place or for information contact Colin Lomas 07909 896 541 or email colinlomas83@gmail.com

Talk and Film Show: End the Siege of Gaza.
2016-07-27 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Film: "Where Should the Birds Fly" (58 minutes). This is the story of two young women, survivors of Israel's Operation Cast Lead. Mona Samouni, now 12 years old and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta, now 27, represent the spirit and future of Palestinians. More info here.

Speaker: Ahmed Masoud, writer and director. Ahmed grew up in the Gaza Strip and moved to the U.K in 2002. He helped form the theatre & dance group Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre. Ahmed has written and produced plays for theatre and radio, including “Escape from Gaza” for BBC Radio 4. Last year Ahmed published “Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda” -”a fictional story set against the political unrest in Palestine.” A chapter of Ahmed's PhD research has been published in the “Britain and the Muslim World: Historical Perspectives” by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. More info.: http://www.ahmedmasoud.co.uk/

Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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MKPSC Film screening: "Balls, Barriers and Bulldozers"
2016-08-02 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Balls, Barriers and Bulldozers is a 40 minute documentary film made by Harriet Hoare, a camera operator, footballer, and editor from Bristol. The film follows players from the Easton Cowgirls and Republica Internationale football (soccer) teams in Bristol, England as they travelled to Palestine in October 2014. With the support of Hebron International Resource Network (HIRN) the women made links with Palestinian communities in the West Bank, playing football in Hebron, Ramallah, and Bethlehem. Alongside the unique experience of playing football with a wide variety of women from across the West Bank, the team heard stories and witnessed some of the daily realities for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.

Tamsin Cullum, one of the ladies from the team, will introduce the film and answer questions afterwards. Admission is free- all members, supporters and guests/friends of MKPSC are welcome. There will be free refreshments on arrival and at the interval, as well as stalls selling books, Palestinian foodstuffs and Fairtrade crafts.

More information about the film can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/ballsbarriersandbulldozers/

The Big Ride
2016-08-06 - 2016-08-08
Welcome to THE BIG RIDE
4 Rides, 1 Weekend
Raising awareness and solidarity with Palestine.

To take part book here: http://www.redspokes.co.uk/thebigride/

For a bus place to Shenstone arms factory book here>

The Big Ride is an initiative by supporters of the Palestinian people which combines a love of cycling with practical solidarity and awareness raising, especially around the plight of children in Gaza.

In 2015 we were motivated to organise a marathon 450 mile, nine day cycle ride from Edinburgh to London, involving more than 200 participants and supporters which raised £65,898 for the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance.

Along the length of the route we were greeted by a wave of support and many, many people who wanted to learn more. We highlighted the consequences of the 51-day Israeli bombardment of Gaza in 2014, which killed 547 children under the age 12 and caused trauma to another 400,000 according to the United Nations.
NEW WAVE OF SOLIDARITY IN 2016
In 2016 we are again setting out on the road for Palestine solidarity. This year we want to focus on the UK arms trade with Israel. There are now no restrictions on arms exports from the UK to Israel. This growing market is seen as business as usual, just another opportunity to make money out of human suffering.

We will organise a series of regional bike rides over two or three days in early August from

London and the South East
Manchester and North West England
Sheffield and North East England and
Bristol and the West

All roads will lead to Birmingham where Palestine supporters will stage a major public event, with music and other entertainment, food, stalls and speakers from the growing solidarity movement.

From Birmingham we propose a mass cycle ride of about 15 miles to Shenstone in Staffordshire where UAV Engines, a firm which is manufacturing military drones used to attack Gaza, is based. It has already been the focus of activists seeking to end this trade in death.

For a bus place to Shenstone arms factory book here>

End the siege of Gaza: Stall in Brighton
2016-08-13 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | The Clock Tower, 41-43 North Street, Brighton, BN1 1RH, United Kingdom
We've been trying out a few different locations for our weekly stall, but have now returned to the Clock Tower, where we intend to remain for the foreseeable future. We're there every Saturday from 1pm till 3pm, and always welcome help from our supporters, or even a friendly visit.

On Saturday August 13th, we'll be running a themed stall to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the siege of Gaza. This will be our local commemoration to mark ten years of the brutal seige of Gaza, including the assault in 2014. We'll have special banners, leaflets, visual displays etc. It would be great to have an especially good turnout on the 13th of August.

Haringey PSC: Palestine is People
2016-08-14 14:00 - 19:00 UTC | , ,
A free community event based around life in Palestine- featuring talks, films, food, dance workshops, music and photography.

Discussions about everyday life in Palestine will take place from 14:15, led by Sue Beardon from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme.

There will also be an opportunity to hone your Dabke dancing skills at a workshop, as well as an oud player and Middle Eastern food.

Films will include SkatePal, a film about a charity providing skateboarding facilities and lessons in Palestine, alongside Slingshot Hip Hop, a moving documentary about the development of hip-hop music in Palestine and how young Palestinians have used music to overcome adversity.

Portsmouth & South Downs: Fundraising Barbecue
2016-08-20 15:00 - 20:00 UTC | Purbrook, Nr Portsmouth, St John's Ave, Portsmouth, Hants, SE, United Kingdom
An opportunity to meet like-minded people in the wonderful setting of a private garden in Purbrook. Please share the event details with friends/family, but remind them to confirm numbers in advance and to reserve tickets in advance - the capacity is limited as it is a residential home/garden. For more information and tickets (£10), please contact:

Jenny Flintoft,
023 9241 3358
flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Join the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1388273107854633/

Film screening: Ambulance by Mohamed Jabaly
2016-08-31 13:30 - 2016-09-01 18:30 UTC | Bertha Dochouse, Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick Centre, London, WC1N 1AW, United Kingdom
“Ambulance tracks the harrowing chaos amidst a state-run military operation on civilians.” – Sheffield Doc/Fest

The latest DocHouse First release is a raw, first-person account of the Gaza war in the summer of 2014.

Mohamed Jabaly, a young man from Gaza City, is given permission to join an ambulance crew and films his experiences. As war approaches, he is searching for his place in a country under siege, where at times there seems to be no foreseeable future.

The resulting footage is unflinching in its depiction of the effects of war and tells a story that goes beyond the headlines, to the reality of life in Gaza.

Following the screening will be a Skype Q&A with Director Mohamed Jabaly, hosted by filmmaker and journalist Jenny Kleeman.

Film: Firefighters Under Occupation
2016-09-14 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Jim Malone, from the Fire Brigade Union, has been facilitating the training of Palestinian firefighters since 2009. Jim, an ex official from Region 1, based in Nablus' twin city of Dundee, was accompanied by fellow FBU member and filmmaker Ciaran Gibbons, currently serving in South Wales. Following the trip in late 2015, the film 'Firefighters under Occupation’ was produced.

The film was premiered in Dundee last month and will be shown at Westminster on September 13th. Filmmaker Ciaran Gibbons investigates what it is like to be a firefighter working and living under a military occupation. In this documentary Ciaran travels to different cities in the West Bank speaking to Palestinian firefighters and their families, finding out how the Israeli military occupation affects them on a daily basis. Ciaran captures the Palestinians firefighters' frustration and anger at having to face two enemies- fire and the Israeli occupation forces.

Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/173465574

This event is free and refreshments will be provided.

For further information and to hold a screening of the film please contact: jim.malone@fbu.org.uk and joem@fbu.org.uk

Iyad Burnat UK and Ireland Book Tour
2016-09-15 - 2016-10-10
Iyad Burnat will be touring the UK and Ireland from the 15/09/16 until 10/10/16 with his new. new book Bil'in and The Nonviolent Resistance

Iyad leads Bilin's non-violent struggle in the occupied West Bank. He is the head of the Bil'in Popular Committee against the Wall, and has led non violent weekly demonstrations since 2005 against the Israeli West Bank barriers. Iyad is also head of Friends of Freedom and Justice in Bil’in, a pro-Palestinian organisation with the stated aims of building a "wide network of people from all over the globe who support Freedom and Justice for all"

Iyad described his choice of nonviolent protest, saying "The belief in one's rights is more important than anything else. If I am confident about my rights, nothing will make me despair...When you resist an Israeli soldier by peaceful means, their weapons become irrelevant. The strategy paid off when Israel's Supreme Court issued a ruling on the path of the fence around Bilin. Iyad and Bilin's residents proclaimed partial victory in their protests. Per the Israeli court ruling, Israel had begun preparations for the construction of the wall's new route which returns to the village 30 percent of its land.

One of Iyad's greatest achievements was the recipient of the James Lawson Award for Achievement in the Practice of Nonviolent Conflict 2015, Iyad, the community of Bilin, Israelis and international peace activists continue their weekly peaceful demonstrations and will do until justice, freedom and peace has been achieved.

If you would like Iyad to visit your community please message the organisers via Facebook

Safar Festival: Love, Theft and other Entanglements
2016-09-15 18:15 - 20:15 UTC | ICA, The Mall, London SW1, SW1 5AH , United Kingdom
Structured as a noir thriller, Love, Theft and other Entanglements is thoroughly infused with an absurdist humour that focuses intelligently on the bitter reality of Palestinian life in Jerusalem. For this low-budget indie, director Muayad Alayan was inspired by real events and by the grassroots approach that directors Robert Rodriguez and Christopher Nolan advocated at the beginning of their careers, to breakthrough and make films in spite of a lack of funds. Elegantly shot, the director’s black and white cinematography is a bold artistic choice that reinforces the film’s dramatic coherence and mediates emotions with sharp precision.

This screening is followed by a Q&A with curator Rasha Salti and director Muayad Alayan.

Love, Theft and other Entanglements (Al-Hob Wa Al-Sariqa Wa Mashakel Ukhra).

Dir. Muayad Alayan, Palestine 2015, 93 mins. Arabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles.

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Stop HP: UK Webinar
2016-10-17 19:30 - 20:30 UTC
Palestine Solidarity Campaign is hosting a Stop Hewlett Packard webinar to explain the campaign and what you can do to get involved.

Public Meeting: Watford Friends of Salfeet
2016-10-27 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Free Palestinian Children - End Illegal Arrests

Haya Al Farra - Diplomat and First Secretary to the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom - will be speaking on the subject of the illegal Zionist detention of Palestinian child prisoners and the campaign to get them freed. Following the presentation and a short refreshment break, time will be allocated for a Questions & Answer session.

Organised by Watford Friends of Salfeet

For more informaiton visit: http://www.watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk and https://www.facebook.com/groups/71204777024

Film screening: Where should the birds fly
2016-11-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4PR, United Kingdom

Open Bethlehem screening and Q&A with the film director
2016-11-06 18:30 - 20:45 UTC | Dale Street Methodist Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, WARWICKSHIRE, CV32 5HL, United Kingdom
Film director Leila Sansour returns to Bethlehem to make a film about her home town, soon to be encircled by a wall.

Join this special screening at Leamington Spa followed by a Q&A with the film director.

Selected "Film of the Week" by The Guardian

“One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries I have seen, about this unreported story. The tragedy of the Palestinians encapsulated in the life of one family and one town- Bethlehem. See the film, then go to Bethlehem and see for yourself.”
Jon Snow

"A ninety-minute epic that transcends politics and normal cinema"
Daoud Kuttab - Middle East Monitor

"Undeniably Potent and Poignant"
Radio Times

"Powerful"
Time Out London

Kings College London screening of Open Bethlehem
2016-11-07 18:30 - 20:45 UTC | Franklin-Wilkins Building (B5 auditorium), Stamford Street, London, SE1 8WA, London, United Kingdom
Screening of Open Bethlehem (90 mins), followed by a discussion between acclaimed Palestinian film-maker Leila Sansour and the Dean of King's College London, Revd Canon Prof. Richard Burridge.

Co-sponsored by the Departments of Theology and Religious Studies and Middle Eastern Studies.

http://www.openbethlehem.org/the-film.html

Book here:
http://estore.kcl.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=13&catid=178&prodid=709

£5 full cost or £4 students/unwaged.

You can't build peace with concrete: event in Parliament
2016-11-15 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Committee room 12, Houses of Parliament, London, United Kingdom
Please join us for the evening event in Parliament hosted by Tommy Shepard MP on the 15th of November from 6:30pm to 8pm. The rally will immediately follow our National Lobby of Parliament for Palestine, where we have asked you to meet with your MP to talk to them about taking action against Israel's illegal settlements.

This event will be an opportunity for supporters of Palestine to hear a number of prominent MPs, faith leaders and trade union representatives speak about Palestinian rights. Speakers include Philippa Whitford MP, Andy Slaughter MP, Richard Burden MP, Salma Karmi-Ayyoub, Karma Nabulsi, Ben Jamal, Hugh Lanning and others.

Priority for attending the rally is given to those who have attended the lobby in the day on the 15th. For more information about the lobby and to arrange to meet your MP on the 15th please see here.

Registration for the rally is essential.

Filling in the registration form below does not guarantee entry to the event, you will receive an email confirming your place and how to pick up your ticket on the day.

Public Meeting with Ben White: The 2014 Gaza War – 21 Questions and Answers
2016-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
The well-known writer, journalist and activist, in this new book examines 21 key questions and provides answers. Is Gaza still occupied? Why did Israel launch ‘Operation Protective Edge’ in 2014? These and other questions will be analysed and discussed and Ben White will go on to assess the current situation in Gaza that has remained under siege since 2014 and how he sees present and future Israeli policy towards Gaza and Palestinians in general.

“These 21 answers .... will serve anyone who is an activist, a scholar, or simply a person who does not close their eyes or shut their heart when grave injustice is committed ...” Prof. Ilan Pappe, University of Exeter.

Thursday 17th November at 7pm,

Rivercourt Methodist Church,

King Street, Hammersmith W6 9JT

(5 minutes walk from Ravenscourt Park Tube District Line or 10 minutes walk from Hammersmith Tube)

Link to google maps https://goo.gl/a5T6zh

Admission Free

Presented by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign pscwestlondon@googlemail.com/www.palestinecampaign.org

International Week of Action on HP
2016-11-25 00:00 - 2016-12-03 00:00 UTC
Hewlett Packard may be best-known for their laptops and printers, but they also profit from Israel's illegal occupation and oppression of Palestinians.
HP provide imaging for Israel’s discriminatory checkpoint and ID card systems; enable Israel’s deadly blockade of the Gaza Strip; provide services to Israel's illegal settlements; and profit from Israeli prisons where the use of torture is systematic.

We know it is high time HP withdrew from their contracts with Israel - and stopped profiting from discrimination, occupation and human rights abuses - so we are taking action.

With our friends and partners from across the globe we are organising against HP. Here's how you can get involved:

Sign the pledge. You can take action now by committing not to buy any HP products until they stop profiting from Israeli human rights abuses and state sanctioned discrimination.
Join our international week of action from 26th November - 3rd December

International Week of Action against HP
To take on this major international corporation we need a truly global campaign. So we are working with our friends from around the world to take action against HP.
In the UK we will be playing our part with actions throughout the country on Saturday 26th November. We'll send you all the details of events near you closer to the time, but for now keep the date free and watch this space.

And if you're in London on Tuesday 29th November we'll be marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People by protesting at HP's trade fair at the Excel Centre in East London.
We'll be there from 9.30am making sure everyone that attends know of HP's role in Israel's oppression of Palestinians. Join us!

Film: Speed Sisters
2016-11-30 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | White Rock Hotel, White Rock, TN34 1JU, Hastings, United Kingdom
Meet the first all-female racing team in the middle east. The "Speed Sisters" explores the gritty, male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene. The film breaks down stereotypes about Palestinian women.

Finding places to practice is difficult, with the team forced to train in a car park located next to an Israeli detention centre. Simply getting around is a logistical nightmare, with Israel's illegal apartheid wall and military checkpoints everywhere.

Documentary. 78 minutes. Director: Amber Fares. Admission free. Contributions welcome.

Speed Sisters Official trailer: https://youtu.be/GNC9FAtHkyU

Hastings PSC website: www.hastingspalestinecampaign.org/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Hastings-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign-618273321571713/

Fairplay for Palestine- Say No to Israeli Teams in UEFA
2016-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | , ,
On December 8th Southampton play Hapoel Be'ersheva in the champions League. The match is hosted by Southampton at St Marys Stadium. We will gather at the Old King Alfred Pub, Northam Road,(by the Fish Sculpture)at 6.30pm. We will march to St Marys Stadium from 7pm.

Please support if you can. Please bring banners and Palestinian flags.

This is a peaceful protest. Our aim is to give a clear message. Israeli teams should not be playing in UEFA. We will also be leafleting at the ground.

Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2016
2016-12-09 13:00 - 2016-12-12 22:00 UTC | Watershed Cinema, 1 Canons Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX, United Kingdom

Bethlehem comes to Faversham
2016-12-10 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | faversham market faversham kent, Abbey street , faversham, kent, United Kingdom
The Palestinian Woodcraft Co-operative are finding it increasingly difficult to sell their products in Bethlehem.

Good news - Two Palestinian Christians from the Cooperative have been invited to Canterbury to sell their goods at the Canterbury Christmas market from November 26th to December 23rd.

We have also offered to sell their goods at our stall on Saturday 10th December. This will be a very practical way in which we can come to the aid of the Bethlehem Palestinians in their time of need. A great opportunity for us all.

Film Bethlehem Hidden from View
2016-12-12 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Arts House (basement), Stokes Croft, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
Film Bethlehem Hidden from View

As part of the Bristol Palestine Film Festival http://www.bristolpff.org.uk/ we'll be showing this powerful film about the strangling and imprisonment of the 'Little Town' of Bethlehem and its impact on the local Christian community. Presented by Amos Trust's Founder Garth Hewitt, the film also includes interviews with Jeff Halper, Naim Ateek, Yehuda Shual and Mitri Raheb. Evening will include Q&A with speaker from Bristol Kairos Iniative.

Time: Two showings at 6.00pm and repeated at 7.00pm

Watch trailer HERE

Please promote on Facebook

Truthout Cinema Every Monday 6.00-8.00pm at the Arts House Café, 108A Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU.

Free entry but donations appreciated. For details see www.theartshousecafe.org/cinema.html

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Stop Arming Israel Seasonal songs
2016-12-17 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Outside, Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham, OL1 1HD, United Kingdom
Seasonal songs for Ferranti / Elbit

UPDATE ON FERRANTI/ELBIT CAMPAIGN IN OLDHAM

The Oldham based ‘Ferranti|Elbit - Stop Arming Israel’ campaign is going from strength to strength. Starting with a demonstration outside Ferranti/Elbit factory in September, since then, there are have been four stalls in Oldham town centre.

Elbit is Israeli’s largest arms manufacturer and owns four factories in the UK manufacturing components and software for its weapons and oppressive technologies. Ferranti Oldham manufactures electronics and software for all types of military vehicles.

The campaign supports the call for a two way arms embargo on Israel, is aimed at Oldham’s Ferranti Technologies, which is now owned by Israel’s largest arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. Local people who have been massively supportive of the campaign have been surprised and upset to discover that they have an arms factory on their doorstep.

The campaign has three aims:

A call to stop arming Israel because of Israel’s human rights abuses against Palestine. These abuses are many, the occupation of the West Bank, the attacks on Gaza, the stealing of Palestinian land, the restrictions on movement by checkpoints and the Wall, the house demolitions, the imprisonment without trial and many more.
Welfare not warfare The end to the huge spending and subsidies on the arms trade at a time when vital local services are being cut. We want spending on the NHS and homes and apprenticeships not bombs and armaments.
Protection of local jobs by supporting a ‘Green jobs’ not bombs policy.

For more information contact ferrantistoparmingisrael@gmail.comor call Sandy on 07594596905.

Oldham Stop Arming Israel is supported by Manchester PSC, Manchester Palestine Action, Manchester Jewish Action for Palestine, the Campaign Against The Arms Trade and Manchester & District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament .

"The Rise of Political Zionism 1897 – 1948" by Kathy Brooks.
2017-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Starting on the 19th Jan. Manchester PSC are presenting a series of six talks covering the history and politics of Israel and Palestine called "Palestine: Past, Present, Future". The first talk will be " The Rise of Political Zionism 1897 – 1948" by Kathy Brooks.

The specially commissioned film, 'Episodes of Trauma in Gaza and the West Bank', is the starting point from which Kathy invites us to consider the rise of Zionism. We will discover how this political philosophy, aided by successive world powers, led to the 1948 creation of the State of Israel, the dispossession of the Palestinian people, and the ongoing Nakba (Catastrophe) that we see today.

Kathy Brooks is a member of Northern Women for Palestine, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and is secretary of the Saddleworth Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund. In 2013 she went on a fact-finding trip to Palestine which changed her life.

Protest Netanyahu’s visit - Justice now – Stand up for Palestine
2017-02-06 11:30 - 13:30 UTC | , ,
Justice now – Stand up for Palestine

Protest Netanyahu’s visit

Opposite Downing Street, Whitehall, London

Monday 6 February

11.30am to 1.30pm

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be in London to meet PM Theresa May on Monday 6 February. Join the protest opposite Downing Street to oppose his visit 11.30am to 1.30pm.

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The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be in London to meet PM Theresa May on Monday 6 February

Join the protest opposite Downing Street to oppose his visit 11.30am to 1.30pm

Meeting: Is Criticism Of Israel Anti-Semitism?
2017-02-11 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | White Rock Hotel, (opposite pier), Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JU, United Kingdom
Public meeting

Are the allegations of anti-semitism by Israel and its supporters part of a strategy to quash all legitimate criticisms of Israel and its occupation of Palestine?

Presented by a local member of ‘Jews for Justice for Palestinians’ jfjfp and Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign

For more information visit:

http://www.hastingspalestinecampaign.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Hastings-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign-618273321571713/

email: info@hastingspalestinecampaign.org

Film Screening: 'Where Should the Birds Fly?'
2017-02-21 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | St Alphege Church Hall, Oxford Street, Whitstable, CT5 1QR, United Kingdom
This film documents the separate stories but shared experiences of two women in Gaza.

Public Meeting: Zaytoun update from Palestine
2017-03-02 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St. Mary's Church Centre, (Entrance from Church Street), Watford, Herts., WD18 0EG, Eastern, United Kingdom
During Fairtrade Fortnight 2017, Watford Friends of Salfeet - in conjunction with Zaytoun - is delighted to host a presentation featuring Taysir Arbasi, Zaytoun’s Palestinian Director.
Doors open at 7.20pm for a 7.30pm start. Admission is free, though a collection will be taken to cover hall hire costs and the speaker’s travelling expenses.

There will be a refreshment break, during which time donations will be gratefully accepted.

The donations are needed to refurbish a secondary school library in the village of Farkha.

Members and supporters of Watford Friends of Salfeet and supporters of Fairtrade are all welcome. People wanting to know more about problems of farming in Palestine welcome.
We are arranging for a stall selling Zaytoun produce.
Further information is available at: -
http://www.watfordfriendsofsalfeet.org.uk
and
https://www.facebook.com/groups/71204777024

SOAS Rally: Apartheid Off Campus- Mark Regev not welcome!
2017-04-27 17:30 UTC | SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG, London, United Kingdom
Rally at SOAS.

Unite against apartheid and join the rally to oppose Mark Regev as a speaker at SOAS

On Thursday, April 27, a talk will take place on our campus by Israeli Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev. For people of conscience around the world, Mark Regev is the public face of Israeli barbarism - using his appearances in the media to defend Israeli war crimes and brutality against Palestinians. In his television interviews, he was notorious for justifying Israeli crimes to the world’s press. In two major bombardments in 2009 and 2014, Israel killed over 3,418 Palestinians and injured a further 16,531.

Join the rally!

For more details see here: https://www.facebook.com/events/235857413560587/

Terror State; How Terrorism Created Modern Israel
2017-04-27 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Portsmouth Friendship Centre, Elm Grove, PO5 1JT, Southsea, United Kingdom
A talk by Tom Suarez

Vigil: solidarity with Palestinian political prisoner’s hunger strike
2017-04-29 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
It’s time to take a stand for Palestinian prisoners!

Join a vigil in London in solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoner’s hunger strike

Over 1500 Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli jails started a hunger strike, in protest against conditions at prisons and detention centers. Their demands include more contact with relatives, better medical treatment, an end to solitary confinement, to detentions without trial, and to abuse by prison guards.

The Palestinian Community in UK, Palestine supporters, and human rights defenders are gathering outside the embassy of Israeli in London to express solidarity with Palestinian prisoners who have launched a mass hunger strike since 17 April to press for basic rights.

Organized by:
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
General United of Palestinian Associations in Europe (GUPCE),
Friends of al-Aqsa (FoA)
Fatah Committee in Britain,
General Union of Palestinian Students in Britain
Olive

Supported by:
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
Muslim Association of Britain (MAB)

For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1703123046370362/?notif_t=plan_user_joined&notif_id=1493201469995287

Talk: Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching under Occupation
2017-05-05 18:30 UTC | United Church, St Margaret’s Hill, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DT, United Kingdom
In Bradford on Avon on Friday 5th May
"Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching under Occupation."
Talk, discussion and book-signing by Tom Sperlinger. Tom is an excellent speaker, and recounts his experience teaching English, and Shakespeare in particular, at Al Quds university near Jerusalem. "Romeo and Juliet in Palestine has a visionary force and quality" - Tom Paulin.

6.30 for 7pm start, admission free

Solidarity with Hunger Strikers - Events around the country
2017-05-06 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
This page will be regularly updated with events listings.

Show Support and Solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoner’s hunger strike

Vigils and other events are taking place around the country including Birmingham, Brighton, York, Bristol, Norwich, Sheffield, Liverpool, Exeter, Hastings, Bradford, Oxford, Whitstable, Halifax, London (at the Israeli Embassy and in Lewisham), and more..

On April 17th over 1500 Palestinian political prisoners held in Israel jails, many without charge began a hunger strike to protest at their unlawful and cruel treatment. This includes the use of torture during interrogation, solitary confinement, numerous cases of gross medical negligence in cases of acute health issues, alongside the routine denial of family visits

On May 6th as the strikers enter the 19th day of the strike a day of solidarity will be taking place with vigils and demonstrations across the UK.

Join an event near you!

London - Solidarity Vigil with the Hunger Strikers

Vigil supporting Palestinian Hunger strikers
2017-05-06 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | High Street Birmingham B4 7TE, High Street, Birmingham, B4 7TE, United Kingdom
Vigil for Palestinian Political Prisoners with West Midlands PSC

Over 1500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have gone on hunger strike since the 17th of April demanding improvement in the treatment they receive in the prisons. They are demanding two monthly visits and an extension of the visits from 45 minutes to 90 minutes and allow children to visit their mothers without barriers so they can hug and kiss them.

The prisoners demand proper health treatment for sick prisoners. Ramla prison hospital where they are currently taken is unfit for medical care. It has been described by patients as “a slaughterhouse, not a hospital, with jailers wearing doctors’ uniforms.”
The prisoners demand prisoners not be charged for their medical care.
The prisoners demand humanitarian treatment of prisoners during transportation and transfer, returning the prisoners promptly to prison from clinic and courts. At present prisoner are held shackled in an iron box on the transportation vehicle, the journey of a few miles from the prison to the court can take a full day with no access to a toilet and sometimes no food. political prisoners during the transport.

For more information visit: West Midlands PSC website and Facebook pages.

Faversham Vigil: The Freedom and Dignity Hunger Strike
2017-05-06 14:00 UTC | Peace Bench, Whitstable beach, The beach at Keam's Yard Car Park, Whitstable, CT5 1EP, United Kingdom
The Freedom and Dignity Hunger Strike

There will be short vigil to support the 1500 Palestinian prisoners who are on hunger strike.
Date - this coming Saturday - 6th May
Place - Whitstable beach near *Brian Hawes Peace Memorial Bench.
Time - 2pm

*Reminder about Brian Hawes. He and the other protesters occupied Parliament Square in London for over 10 years. In protest against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Faversham and Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Website link www.fwpsc.wordpress.com
facebook link www.facebook.com/fwpsc
twitter link www.twitter.com/fwpsc

Talk: 'The Violation of Palestinian Rights' with Salma Karmi-Ayyoub
2017-05-09 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | , ,
From Balfour to the Nakba. Week of Action

'The violation of Palestinian rights: a necessary condition for the creation of a 'Jewish state' in Palestine''

Salma Karmi-Ayyoub, barrister and legal consultant for the Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq

Salma will explain Israel's establishment and the policies it has had to enact to maintain itself as a so-called Jewish state has necessarily resulted in the denial of Palestinian human rights. Israel as a 'Jewish state' is incompatible with Palestinian rights. Salma will also provide an overview of the idea of a Jewish 'national home' in Palestine, which evolved into a Jewish state, the Nakba (expulsion of Palestinians) and Israel's policies today which constitute a continuing Nakba'

Venue: SCRSS, 320 Brixton Road, SW9 6AB. This is on the corner of Wynne Rd, just before JAMM if you are travelling from Brixton town centre. Many buses stop outside, including the 3, 59, 133 and 159.

Organised by Lambeth and Wandsworth PSC

From Balfour to the Nakba: All Events Around the Country
2017-05-12 - 2017-05-18
PSC is launching a series of events to mark the 69th anniversary of the violent dispossession and displacement of Palestinians when the state of Israel was created in 1948, known as the Nakba or ‘Catastrophe’.

Market Stall
2017-05-13 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | Roman Road Market, Roman Road Market, London, E3 5ES, United Kingdom
Please join us selling Palestinian produce, chatting with lots of passers by, giving out information about Palestine and collecting signatures for the Child Prisoners Campaign. Our stall should be about 30 metres into the market on the left if you are approaching from the city end.

We will be at the market all day, please come along and show your support.

The Balfour Declaration: 100 years of betrayal of the Palestinian People
2017-05-14 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | The Melville Theatre, Pen-y-Pound,NP7 5UD, Abergavenny, Wales, United Kingdom
The Balfour Declaration: 100 years of betrayal of the Palestinian People.

An Afternoon of Film, Food and Discussion exploring the background to the British Balfour Declaration, how it continues to oppress the Palestinian people, and why our Government should apologise and acknowledge their current responsibility to recognise the state of Palestine.

2.00 pm: Film: “The Balfour Declaration” followed by discussion of the issues raised

3.00 pm: Break: Palestinian Refreshments and Zaytoun stall

3.30 pm: Main speaker: Bernard Regan

(author of a book on Balfour)

4.00 pm: Q & A followed by discussion of what we can do to support humanitarian law and human rights for the Palestinian people.

Contact: Abergavenny.psc@gmail.com

Film: Palestine and the Nakba
2017-05-15 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Truthout Cinema, Arts House, 108A Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3RU, United Kingdom
Film: Palestine and the Nakba

An evening of historical documentary films on the Palestinian "Nakba" when in 1948 the indigenous population was systematically ethnically-cleansed from their country.

For more informaiton see here.

Truthout Cinema every Monday 6.00-8.00pm at the Arts House, 108A Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU.

Free entry but donations appreciated.

For bookings see www.theartshousecafe.org/cinema.html

Film: Oceans of Injustice - free online viewing
2017-05-16
The Palestine advocacy film, Oceans of Injustice, is being released on May 16 for FREE online.

It's an important short film, endorsed by Noam Chomsky to mark World Refugee Day.

You have to visit Occupied Palestine to truly understand the oceans of injustice that have gone on for so long. But if you can't go, then let the short 10 minute film Oceans of Injustice take you on a metaphorical journey.
The film will be released online for FREE on May 16 and using Thunderclap for as many viewings as possible.
For more information visit: http://www.oceansofinjustice.com/en/the-film

Film Screening - This is my Land Hebron
2017-05-17 19:30 UTC | Rojo's Cocktail Bar, 10 Bond Street, Jersey, JE2 3NP, United Kingdom
To commemorate the 69th Anniversary of the continuing Nakba (catastrophe) of the Palestinian people, there will be a film screening of ‘This is my Land Hebron’.

Hebron is the largest city in the middle of the occupied West Bank, 30 kilometers south of Jerusalem. Hebron is famous as a holy city, a place of pilgrimage for the Jews, Christians and Muslims because Abraham, the forefather of the three most important monotheistic religions, is buried there. Today Hebron is a city of violence and hate.

More information available here.

All are welcome

A trailer for the Award Winning documentary can be viewed here:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMrUIBBbtPk

Film: The Village Under The Forest
2017-05-18 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Genesis Cinema, 93 Mile End Road, London, E1 4UJ, United Kingdom
Hackney PSC present the Village Under the Forest a flim by Mark J Kaplan and Heidi Grunebaum to mark NAKBA week, commemorating the violent eviction of Palestinians from their land in 1948, and the occupation that continues to this day.

Events include a showing of the documentary “The Village Under the Forest” and discussion. The film depicts the disillusion of a diaspora Jewish woman on discovering that the forestation project her family has contributed to over many years is, in reality, the means by which the evidence of the destroyed Palestinian village of Lubna has been covered up. Such efforts to hide and distort the truth have been systematic in the history of Israel/ Palestine.

Free event - all welcome

For more information email: contact@hackneypsc.org

From Balfour to the Nakba Public Meeting
2017-05-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Carrs Lane Church, Carrs Lane, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Speakers include Bernard Regan whose book The Balfour Declaration Empire the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine examines the hundred year history which saw the creation of the state of Israel, the Nakba and the dispossession and occupation of Palestine.

Bernard will be joined by Kamel Hawwash who was refused entry to his own country by the occupying forces. He was forcefully separated from his family. They were returning to Jerusalem to spend the Easter break. Kamel’s both parents were born in Jerusalem. Many of his family still live in the city. Now he faces the prospect of not seeing some of his elderly relatives. Kamel Hawwash plays a very active part in campaigning for the Palestinian rights.

For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1673988039562701/

Balfour Centenary – A British Betrayal ?
2017-05-19 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | , ,
Balfour Centenary – A British Betrayal ?

Come and hear historian Dr Peter Shambrook explain how the Balfour declaration came about and how it has not been implemented in its entirety.
Guest speakers: Steve Pound MP for Ealing and Ruth Cadbury MP for Brentford and Isleworth.

Free entry but there will be a collection to cover cost and raise funds for HAFSA (Hanwell Friends of Sebastiya).

There will also be a Zaytoun stall selling Palestinian products. Refreshments provided.

Venue:

Visit Hanwell / Sebastiya twinning website: http://hafsa.org.uk

Palestine, 50 years on – what can YOU do now?
2017-05-24 18:15 - 19:30 UTC | Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, Marylebone, London, W1B 2HT, United Kingdom
Palestine, 50 years on – what can YOU do now?

University of Westminster

Speakers: Eric Appleby, Encompass Trust / Abdulhakim Sabbah, Project Hope

Venue: Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London

Want to learn about the modern day Palestine after 50 years of military occupation? Want to hear about how you can volunteer at the largest international volunteer organisation in the Northern West Bank by providing

educational support to some of the most marginalised communities in the world? Want to join artists and musicians from across the world to participate in the yearly Nablus Festival for Culture and Arts?

The University of Westminster and Encompass Trust are co-hosting an event, with guest speaker Abdulhakim Sabbah from the Palestinian charity Project Hope, to discuss opportunities for social activism in education.

Speakers will speak about the power of education and grass-roots work to empower today's youth and bring communities together. Abdulhakim Sabah will talk about his work in Palestine to rebuild a failing education system and to combat widespread apathy in the context of a stalemate peace process.

Further information and registration via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-50-years-on-what-can-you-do-now-tickets-34242527321

Public Meeting: What Future for Palestine & Kashmir
2017-05-26 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | St. Mary’s Centre, Church Road, Watford, WD18 0EG, United Kingdom
On May 15, 2017, in Palestine, Watford and around the world we mark Nakba Day.

Consequences of expelling 750,000 people from their homes echoes down the decades. Showing solidarity in the UK is more important than ever. It is arguably high time that the British United Kingdom – which abandoned Palestine 69 years ago – took on some kind of responsibility for the future and people of Palestine.

British withdrawal from India at around the same time created a similar problem in the India-Pakistan border region of Jammu and Kashmir. Britain has responsibility here too.

We are holding a public meeting on “What Future for Palestine & Kashmir” to provide an opportunity to the main governmental parliamentary candidates to speak on this subject, and answer questions on other topics of interest from members of the public.

Prior to the public meeting – from 7.00 to 8.00 p.m. – we are holding a fund-raising meal to raise funds for a new school library in Farkha Primary School – near Salfeet – having already raised funds for a trauma recovery play room for the very youngest school children in Farkha to recover from the brutal military tactics of the Occupation Israel Army.

For more details contact: dowdle@virginmedia.com.

Refreshments will also be available, suggested donation of £10 per meal to cover costs.

It is time for a change from all the failed policies of the past. Let us hear some new ideas!

Watford Friends of Salfeet

Solidarity Vigil for the Palestinian Hunger Strikers
2017-05-30 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | BBC Wales, Llantrisant Road, Llandaff, CF5 2YQ, United Kingdom
Please join Cardiff PSC Solidarity Vigil for the Palestinian Hunger Strikers outside BBC Wales.

The strike has been ongoing for over a month and prisoner health is failing, the Israeli state still refuses to open negotiations – whilst the international community and media remain silent.

For more information contact Cardiff PSC: Cardiffpsc@gmail.com

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Solidarity fast with hunger strikers
2017-05-30 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | The Mailbox, Mailbox Square, 7 Commercial Street, Brimingham, B1 1RS, United Kingdom
Join us in an all-day solidarity fast with the Palestinian political prisoner’s in Israeli jails currently on hunger strike.

There will also be a Solidarity Vigil for the Hunger Strike taking place outside the Mailbox, where BBC has its regional offices for it's biased media coverage.

For those already fasting for Ramadan, and all others joining the solidarity fast, please join us and share graphics and messages with the world!

Participate in the #Saltwaterchallenge on Tuesday. Saltwater is the only thing the hunger striking prisoners have survived on since April 17. Make a video of yourself drinking a glass of saltwater and upload it to your social media channels, including the hashtags #saltwaterchallenge and #dignitystrike.

Over 1500 Palestinian hunger strikers are putting their lives at risk to demand an end to a number of illegal practices, including the denial of family visits, appropriate medical care for sick prisoners, and the end of solitary confinement and administrative detention – the imprisonment without charge or trial. There are currently over 6,000 Palestinian prisoners detained by Israel, of which 53 are female and 300 are children – some as young as 12 years old, 7 are elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council and 536 administrative detainees are held without charge or trial. As documented by numerous human rights organisations, prisoners are systematically subjected to unacceptable and illegal practices. This includes the use of torture during interrogation, solitary confinement, numerous cases of gross medical negligence in cases of acute health issues, alongside the routine denial of visits.

Organised by Birmingham PSC.

Stop Arming Israel - Protest outside HSBC New Street
2017-06-01 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | HSBC, 130 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4JU, United Kingdom
Arms companies around the world are profiting from Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. Along with the banks that invest in them, these companies are on our doorsteps. The Stop Arming Israel campaign has call a week of action from 1st to 7th July 2017, which is the third anniversary of Israel’s 2014 attacks on Gaza.

West Midlands PSC will be participating in the national week of action.

Palestinian civil society has called for a comprehensive military embargo on Israel. Now is the time to heed the call for effective solidarity.The UK and Israel have a close and profitable military relationship. The UK government provides Israel with military and political support to continue with its repression of Palestinians and acts as a green light to further war crimes.

UK based banks, like HSBC, hold shares and provide loans to military and technology companies that sell weapons and equipment to Israel. HSBC’s complicity includes Elbit shares worth £3.64m

for more details see here.

Film: Disturbing the Peace
2017-06-02 18:30 - 2017-06-09 18:30 UTC | The Bertha DocHouse Screen, Curzon Bloomsbury The Brunswick, London , WC1N 1AW, United Kingdom
Critic's Pick "Their stories are compelling — and persuasive." - New York Times

Following activist group The Combatants for Peace, Disturbing the Peace tells the story of former enemies from both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict who have joined together to work towards a resolution and to stand up for what they believe in.

The group is made up of former enemy combatants, both Israeli soldiers from elite units and Palestinian fighters, many of whom served years in prison. They all share a common goal and commitment; to challenge the status quo and stand for their dream of a free and secure world for all.

Overcoming their differences and learning to work together, Disturbing the Peace reveals their transformational journeys from armed soldiers to nonviolent peace activists.

Director: Stephen Apkon & Andrew Young

For more information visit: Bertha DocHouse

The Galilee Quartet - Strings of Life
2017-06-04 19:00 - 2017-06-06 19:00 UTC
Palmusic UK in association with the Amos Trust present:

The Galilee Quartet - Strings of Life

We are delighted to announce the second concert in a series of performances in association with Amos Trust to launch the Just Walk.

Following their monumental UK Tour with the Palestine Youth Orchestra last summer, the four young musicians from Galilee return to the UK with their family quartet for two special concerts in London (4th June) and Oxford (6th June).

The Saad brothers, Omar (viola), Mostafa (violin) and Gandhi (violin), shot to international prominence at the 2013 BBC Proms, appearing with Nigel Kennedy and the Palestine Strings, and winning the hearts of audience and critics alike. Their 18-year old cellist sister Tibah completes the Galilee Quartet, which has been praised for its richly diverse and soulful programme of Oriental and Western music for strings and voices.

With charismatic flair and poise, these dynamic teenage musicians from Meghar village, near Nazareth, will perform an exciting music programme, featuring music by Beethoven, Fairuz, Mohammed Abdel Wahab as well as their own compositions.

The Quartet will be joined by the Palestinian jazz and Arabic singer Maya Khaldi (London concert only).

For more information, click here.

Dates and venues

London, Sunday 4th June, 7:45 pm.

St James's Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

Book your tickets here.

Oxford, Tuesday 6th June, 7:00 pm

St Margaret’s Church, 19 St Margaret’s Road, Oxford OX2 6RX

Book your Tickets tickets here.

Friends of Sabeel UK Conference 2017
2017-06-06 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | The Cafe, St Martin in the Bull Ring, Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, B5 5BB, United Kingdom
Friends of Sabeel UK Conferences 2017

Hope in the midst of Hopelessness

Hear about the reality of life in Occupied Palestine from Omar Haramy, one of the leaders of Sabeel Jerusalem and a driving force in sustaining Hope in a situation that to so many seems Hopeless

Omar leads the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre in Jerusalem and is raising a young family amidst the uncertainty of the future.

There will also be:

An opportunity to watch the Balfour Project film, ‘Britain in Palestine 1917-1948’ and consider an alternative to the UK Government’s plans to ‘celebrate’ 100 years since the Balfour Declaration in November of this year.

Information about Kairos Britain’s advocacy programme to encourage a Morally Responsible Investment strategy for the various Church denominations in the UK.

An opportunity for members of Friends of Sabeel UK to share their views and thoughts in advance of the AGM on 17th June.

To book a place or for further details please contact:

Renate Wilkinson

Email: renatewilkinson@yahoo.com / tel: 0121 434 3526

For further information contact us at info@friendsofsabeel.org.uk

small park BIG RUN
2017-06-10 12:00 - 2017-06-11 12:00 UTC | Meersbrook Hall, Meersbrook Park, Sheffield, S8 9BE, United Kingdom
It is well known that Palestinians cannot move freely in their own land, held up by checkpoints, harassed by Israeli soldiers and settlers, and hindered by poor infrastructure.

The Palestine Marathon, held in Bethlehem, is over repeat laps and acts as a powerful image of this lack of freedom. The resilience required to get through each day is immense.

To both honour their resolve and raise awareness locally, members of Sheffield PSC have teamed up with local community groups and individuals to organise a 24-hour non-stop group run. It will also raise vital funds for children’s educational and play projects in Gaza and for Palestinian women to study at University.

Entrants can run, jog or walk in half hour shifts doing kilometre circuits of Meersbrook Park, Sheffield, coincidentally the same size as Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem.

We are hoping that Diyar, a Palestinian Women's football team touring the North at the time, will be opening the run.
A run will take place in Gaza which will start just as we finish – we plan live video link up.

Families and friends of runners will be able to visit Meersbrook Park Community Walled Garden to view an acclaimed photographic exhibition of Palestinian life, listen to live music and poetry, and enjoy tea and cake.

We are really keen for members of the solidarity network in the North take part if you can.

Read more on http://spbr.sheffieldpsc.org.uk and sign up here - https://s-p-b-r.eventbrite.co.uk

Concert: Sama ensemble-Welcome to Palestine
2017-06-11 16:00 UTC | United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4BS, United Kingdom
View full flyer here.

For more information visit: http://www.westsurreypsc.org.uk/

Plant sale for Palestine
2017-06-13 11:00 - 16:30 UTC | The Metro Cafe, 4 Junction Road, Archway, London, N19 5RQ, United Kingdom
Plant sale at The Metro Café

Flowering plants–herbs–veg-house plants

All plants £1

Proceeds will be split between the palestine trauma centre , a charity (reg no 1133560) for

Gaza for children & their families & the olive harvest trust (reg, no. 1165662) which raises

Funds to help vulnerable & impoverished schools in the occupied Palestinian west bank

Sama ensemble concert at Sarum College
2017-06-13 12:30 UTC | , ,
Sarum Concern for Israel / Palestine presents:

Sama'

In a lunchtime concert of classical and contemporary Middle Eastern Music at Sarum College

Followed by Palestinian refreshments
All four musicians are current or past teachers at the renowned Edward Said National Conservatory of Music with branches in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.

TICKETS - £10
Phone - 01722 349740
More information - www.sarumconcern.org

See more here.

Sama' Palestinian Musicians come to Frome
2017-06-14 19:30 UTC | Christ Church, Christchurch Street West, Frome , BA11 1EH, United Kingdom
Top Palestinian Musicians come to Frome

Sama', a quartet of the finest Palestinian classical musicians, are on tour in the UK this month and Frome Friends of Palestine are delighted to say that they'll be coming to Frome.

"Sama" literally means 'listening deeply, intently'. As is the tradition in Palestine and in the wider Middle-East, the music takes us on a journey through instrumental dialogues and improvisations. The Sama' Quartet's playful flute and Arabic percussion weave between the moody buzuk and the resonant qanun, within the rhythm set by the bass guitar. With serenity and artistic integrity, Sama's rich sound will evoke an array of sensual enchantments.

The leader is Ibrahim Atari, coordinator of Arabic music at the Edward Said National Conservatoire of Music.

Tickets: £8.00 / £5.00 concessions.
Tickets on the door, or in advance from the Cheese and Grain, cheeseandgrain.com
01373 455420. Refreshments and Palestinian products available.

Sama' Quartet in Bristol
2017-06-15 19:00 UTC | St Stephen's Church, St Stephen's Avenue, Bristol, BS1 1EQ, United Kingdom
Concert with Palestinian music, played by the Sama Quartet from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, in Bethlehem.

Organised by Palestine Museum Bristol and the Bristol PSC

Tickets: £10, or £5 Low income concessions

For bookings visit: Bristol ticket shop

Talk: Michael Mansfield QC
2017-06-17 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | All Saints Church, Priory Terrace, Leamington Spa, CV31 1AA, United Kingdom
Two Sides of Conflict – Personal and Political.

A new perspective on Palestine.

Talk with Michael Mansfield QC and his partner Yvette Greenaway, Founders of Silence of Suicide.

Michael Mansfield, the leading human rights lawyer (IRA Bombing trials; Bloody Sunday and Hillsborough inquiries; and many other high profile cases) is an outspoken supporter of Palestinian rights. He recently defended Ken Livingstone against charges of anti-semitism that led to his suspension from the Labour Party. Michael Mansfield founded Silence of Suicide together with his partner Yvette Greenway, shortly after his daughter took her own life. In his talk he will explore the links between personal conflict and political conflict. Both can lead to death whether though suicide or unlawful killing. Both require greater understanding and discourse.

This event is free - although donations will be welcome.

Organised by Justice for Palestinians - Leamington Spa. Soft drinks will be provided.

Sama's Palestinian Musician in London
2017-06-18 18:30 UTC | Park View School, West Green Road, West Green, London, N15 3QR, United Kingdom
Haringey Justice for Palestinians presents Sama' : A concert of classical and contemporary Arabic music.

Book tickets here.

Mourid Barghouti - 'I saw Ramallah'
2017-06-26 | Five Leaves Bookshop, 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2DH, United Kingdom
'I saw Ramallah' by Mourid Barghouti - a discussion of his book about being exiled from Ramallah for 30 years.

Organised by Nottingham PSC

Contact: info@nottmpsc.co.uk

Stop Arming Israel: Week of Action 1 to 7 July
2017-07-01 - 2017-07-07
Stop Arming Israel Week of Action 1st – 7th July 2017

Arms companies around the world are profiting from Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. Along with the banks that invest in them, these companies are on our doorsteps. We can take action to stop them; join us for a week of action from 1st to 7th July 2017, on the third anniversary of Israel’s 2014 attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian civil society has called for a comprehensive military embargo on Israel. Now is the time to heed the call for effective solidarity.

Events include:

Monday 3rd July - A protest at Ferranti/Elbit in Oldham

Tuesday 4th July - A public meeting in London

Wednesday 5th July - Meeting with Merton PSC & CAAT

Thursday 6th July - Protest at the Elbit/UAV factory in Shenstone

Friday 7th July in Halifax at the HSBC branch 12.30 - 1.30

Saturday 8th July - Cardiff HSBC Queen St. from 12.00

Saturday 8th July - Stall at Durham Miners Gala

Saturday 8th July - Faversham - in Faversham market

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Actions outside branches of HSBC took place on Saturday 1st July:

Brighton: Stall outside HSBC (153 North St) from 12 noon.

Bradford: Stall outside HSBC (47 Market St)

Sheffield: 11 a.m. Outside HSBC bank, Fargate, Sheffield city centre S1 2JS

Hastings

Swansea

Manchester: Protest outside HSBC (St Anne's Square) at 12 noon

Enfield

Kingston: Protest in the Town Centre between 12 and 2 pm

Oxford: Protest outside HSBC (Cornmarket) at 11.30 am

York: Protest outside HSBC (Parliament St) at 10 am

Tower Hamlets: Roman Road Market Stall from 10 am

Birmingham: Protest outside HSBC New Street

Merton: 11am-1pm outside Centre Court - the HSBC outlet on the corner of Alexander Rd

Liverpool

Bristol: Flashmob - meet 12 noon at The Podium, Broadmead Shopping Centre for a march

Haverfordwest: Protest outside HSBC (41 High Street)

Events on other days:

Bangor (on 3rd July)

Norwich: Protest outside HSBC - 18 London Street (at 10 am on 4th July)

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And Here I am: Shubbak Festival and all events
2017-07-03 - 2017-07-22 | Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, London, E8 3DL, United Kingdom
AND HER I AM

by Hassan Abdulrazzak
Based on Palestinian Ahmed Tobasi’s extraordinary coming of age story, And Here I Am is an epic voyage of identity and self-discovery in the first and second Intifada.
Combining fact and fantasy, this is an extraordinary tale of occupation and resistance, fear and heroism. It follows Ahmed’s journey from the West Bank to political exile in Norway and back again, and his transformation from armed resistance fighter to established artist.
Award-winning writer Hassan Abdulrazzak (Love, Bombs & Apples) and the team behind the critically-acclaimed 2015 tour of The Siege (The Freedom Theatre, Palestine) join forces for this unforgettable tale of one boy’s struggle for self-determination in a violent world.
2017 TOUR DATES
3 - 8 JULY
Arcola Theatre (As part of the Shubbak Festival)
BOOK TICKETS
10 - 11 JULY
The Lowry, Salford
BOOK TICKETS
12 JULY
Unity Studio Theatre, Liverpool (As part of the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival)
BOOK TICKETS
14 - 15 JULY
Boat Shed Festival (Bike Shed Theatre), Exeter
BOOK TICKETS
17 - 18 JULY
Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
BOOK TICKETS
19 JULY
The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
BOOK TICKETS
20 - 21 JULY
Corpus Playroom (ADC Theatre, Cambridge)
BOOK TICKETS
22 JULY
The Cut, Halesworth
BOOK TICKETS
SEPTEMBER 2017
Touring Palestine, opening in Jenin Refugee Camp
For more details see here.and here

Merton PSC film screening and meeting
2017-07-05 19:15 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway,, Wimbledon, London , SW19 1SD, United Kingdom
Screening of the Lab

An investigative documentary revealing how the Israeli military occupation in Palestine has become a business rather than a burden.

Meeting: Stop Arming Israel

Speaker: Jessie Normaschild is a CAAT activist and Stop the Arms fair campaigner, she has worked as part of the anti-militarist movement for many years.

This September DSEI, one of the world's largest arms fairs, will be coming to London. Last time the arms fair took place, Israel hosted a national pavilion to promote it's "battle tested" weapons. Join Jessie and Merton PSC to find out more about the UK-Israeli arms trade and how you can take action

Updates on campaigns

Zaytoun Palestinian Food Products on sale

RSVP & More Information contact mertonpsc@mail.com 07543858653

Stop Arming Israel - Protest at the Elbit/UAV factory in Shenstone
2017-07-06 | Elbit Factory, UAV Engines, Lynn La, Lichfield, Shenstone, WS14 0DT, United Kingdom
Arms companies around the world are profiting from Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. Along with the banks that invest in them, these companies are on our doorsteps. The Stop Arming Israel campaign has call a week of action from 1st to 7th July 2017, which is the third anniversary of Israel’s 2014 attacks on Gaza.

West Midlands PSC will be participating in the national week of action.

Palestinian civil society has called for a comprehensive military embargo on Israel. Now is the time to heed the call for effective solidarity.The UK and Israel have a close and profitable military relationship. The UK government provides Israel with military and political support to continue with its repression of Palestinians and acts as a green light to further war crimes.

The UK is home to a number of arms factories that export weapons to Israel including four Elbit Systems factories: UAV systems in Shenstone; Instro Precison in Broadstairs, Ferranti in Oldham and Elite KL in Tamworth. Elbit Systems markets its weapons as ‘field-tested’ on Palestinian. UK based banks, like HSBC, hold shares and provide loans to military and technology companies that sell weapons and equipment to Israel. HSBC’s complicity includes Elbit shares worth £3.64m

for more details see here.

Palestine: From Balfour to Apartheid - PSC Event at Palexpo
2017-07-08 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Palestine Solidarity Campaign is proud to host the opening event at Palestine Expo

Palestine: From Balfour to Apartheid

Saturday 8 July

10am

Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster, London

In the year of the centenary of the Balfour declaration we examine the legacy of Balfour. The UK government has announced that it will mark the anniversary with pride whilst acknowledging some regrets that the declaration did not acknowledge the political rights of Palestinians. But the reality is that Balfour set the frame for Palestinian dispossession and exemplified 100 years of policy that has disregarded Palestinian voices and rights.

The panel will consider what Balfour means to different generations of Palestinians, how Israel has established a system of rule over Palestinians that meets the definition of apartheid and what, in 2017, are the current responsibilities of the UK government.

Speakers include:

Prof Virginia Tilley, Co-author of the recent UN report on Israel Apartheid

Dr Ghada Karmi, Palestinian author and academic

Mariam Barghouti, Palestinian writer and commentator

Ben Jamal, Director PSC

Chaired by Hugh Lanning, PSC Chair

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To attend this event you will need to purchase a ticket from https://www.palestineexpo.com/ which will allow you to access the full two days of Palestine activities on the 8th and 9th July in London.

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Speakers Biographies

Virginia Tilley is a Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a long-standing scholar of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She is author of The One-State Solution (2005) and editor of Beyond Occupation: Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (2012). With Richard Falk, she co authored the March 2017 report for the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia finding that Israel is imposing an apartheid regime on the Palestinian people as a whole. She specializes in racial and ethnic studies and has spent years researching conflicts in North America, Central America, South Africa, and Oceania.

Ghada Karmi was born in Jerusalem and was forced to leave her home with her family as a result of Israel’s creation in 1948. The family moved to England in 1949, where she grew up and was educated, and practised as a Doctor. She held a number of research appointments on Middle Eastern politics and culture at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and in the Universities of Durham and Leeds.

From 1999 to 2001 she was an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, where she led a major project on Israel-Palestinian reconciliation. In 2009, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She is the author of the acclaimed autobiography In search of Fatima.

Currently Ghada Karmi is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. She is a patron of the Palestine Solidarity campaign

Mariam Barghouti is a Palestinian-American writer and commentator, based in Ramallah. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Al-Jazeera English, Huffington Post, Middle East Monitor, and more. Maryam has faced a number of challenges living under occupation and has documented these injustices that she and all Palestinians face daily.

Ben Jamal was appointed as Director of PSC in October 2016 becoming the first Palestinian to hold that role. Prior to becoming Director Ben had served as a member of PSC’s executive committee for a number of years and also chaired a PSC branch for 13 years. He is a member of the British Palestinian Policy Council. Prior to his appointment at PSC Ben was the CEO of a Charity working in the field of Domestic Violence.

Hugh Lanning is Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and has worked for the civil service trade union movement for over 30 years, and now retired from his latest position as Deputy General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union. He has visited Palestine on several occasions, until March 2017 when he was denied entry by the Israeli authorities for his Palestine activities. He has been active in the anti-racist movement and campaigns for many years and is also Vice-Chair of Unite Against Fascism.

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Talk: Iyad Burnat in Cardiff
2017-07-11 19:00 UTC | Temple of Peace, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff , CF10 3AP, United Kingdom
Iyad Burnat will be speaking in Cardiff.

Jointly organised by Cardiff PSC and Cardiff & District United Nations Association.

Film: Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory
2017-07-12 18:15 UTC | Home, Arts Centre, 2, Tony Wilson Place,, Manchester, M15 4FN, United Kingdom
FILM

"Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory" at Home Arts Centre, Manchester

Director Mohanad Yaqubi draws on recently-discovered and archival found footage to explore the tumultuous history of Palestine and Palestinian film making in this timely and insightful documentary.

Click here For more information

Public Meeting with Iyad Burnat
2017-07-14 19:00 UTC | Wellingborough African Caribbean Association, 27 Rock Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4LW, United Kingdom
We are delighted that Iyad Burnat, who had to shorten his May UK book tour and therefore didn't get to Northamptonshire, is returning for a July tour.

Iyad is a prominent leader of the non-violent civil resistance in Bil'in, West Bank. Palestine.

He will be speaking about the resistance, life in Palestine.

Iyad will be signing copies of his book, "Bil’in and The Non-violent Resistance", available to purchase (£20, £15 unwaged - cash only).

Lifts from Northampton can be arranged - please get in touch if you would like a lift or can offer a car seat.

Iyad Burnat Northampton

All Welcome - No booking needed

Admission Free - Donations at the Meeting

Iyad will be signing copies of his book, Bil'in and The Non-violent Resistance

Enquiries: 01933 681522

Susan Abulhawa in conversation with Gillian Slovo
2017-07-16 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Knowledge Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB, United Kingdom
Part of Shubbak Festival at the British Library

Palestinian-American novelist Susan Abulhawa is one of the most commercially successful Arab authors of all time. Her 2010 debut novel Mornings in Jenin, a multigenerational family epic spanning five countries and more than sixty years, looks unflinchingly at the Palestinian question – and became an international bestseller translated into thirty-two languages.

In 2015 The Blue Between Sky and Water, a novel of family, love and loss centred on Gaza, also met a vast global readership and huge critical acclaim from across both the mainstream and literary media. Her powerful, political and romantic fiction is written in English, yet it is deeply rooted in the land and language of her ancestors. Her work has earned her The Leeway Foundation Edna Andrade award for fiction and creative non-fiction, USA Book News Best Books Award for Historic Fiction, MEMO Palestine Book Award and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award and she is the founder of the charity Playgrounds for Palestine.

In this special appearance, Susan Abulhawa is hosted by South Africa born British novelist, playwright and memoirist Gillian Slovo, recipient of the 2013 Golden Pen Award for a lifetime’s distinguished service to literature. Susan Abulhawa will read from her books and discuss her themes and her craft – from the historically specific and the politically engaged to the timeless and the universal.

For more information visit.

Palestine Jazz: Nai Barghouti, Mohamed Najem & Friends -UK concerts
2017-07-26 - 2017-08-01
Palestine Jazz: Nai Barghouti, Mohamed Najem & Friends

Two performances. One night. One stage. Two of the most exciting musicians to emerge from Palestine in recent years join a talented line-up of young Palestnian and International jazz musicians.

BOOK TICKETS

26 July
Manchester | RNCM Concert Hall
Box Office
https://www.rncm.ac.uk/production/palestine-jazz/
0161 907 5555

27 July
Leeds | Howard Assembly Room
https://www.operanorth.co.uk/productions/sounds-of-palestine-nai-barghouti-mohamed-najem-friends
0844 848 2720

28 July
Birmingham | Town Hall
https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/palestine-jazz-nai-barghouti-mohamed-najem-friends
0121 780 4949

29 July
Edinburgh | St Mary’s Cathedral
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2915418

1 August
London | Union Chapel, Islington
http://store.unionchapel.org.uk/events/1-aug-17-palestine-jazz-nai-barghouti-mohamed-najem--friends-union-chapel/

On Youtube:
Nai Barghouti - Za3ali Tawwal (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrZDKzr2G0w

Mohamed Najem & Friends - If You Want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbKGy7BQy4

Film: Ghost Hunting + Director Q&A
2017-08-05 18:00 UTC | The Bertha DocHouse Screen, Curzon Bloomsbury The Brunswick, London , WC1N 1AW, United Kingdom
Ghost Hunting

Director Raed Andoni seeks out former detainees of an infamous Israeli interrogation centre to help him construct a replica of their former prison as the backdrop to a cathartic and challenging roleplay where the men re-enact their real-life experiences.

The layout of the set is based on the men’s sketchy memories of the interrogation rooms and cells where they spent most of their time blinfolded. As the walls of the prisons are raised, they force long repressed emotions and trauma to the fore, confronted again with the humiliation they experienced while detained. The men start to lose trust in Andoni as they are pushed to extremes and his motives for the method are called into question.

A visceral exploration of memory, trauma and the role of power.

Director Raed Andoni will join us for a Q&A via Skype, following the screening.

WINNER: Best Documentary, Berlin Film Festival

Trailer and more info: http://dochouse.org/cinema/screenings/docfest-presents-ghost-hunting

Balfour's Shadow – A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel.
2017-08-08 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Mary's Church, Church Street, Watford, WD18 0EG, United Kingdom
BOOK REVIEW
David Cronin
BALFOUR’S SHADOW – A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel.
The Balfour Declaration, issued in 1917, led to the creation of the Zionist state of Israel.

In his book, David Cronin reveals the extent of British and other powers’ complicity in denying Palestinians their rights to their homes, their lives, their lands and their futures.

“The most dramatic century account of Balfour”, Robert Fisk.

A joint public meeting of Watford Left Book Club and Watford Friends of Salfeet.

This meeting provides a unique opportunity to understand the extent to which British complicity in aiding Zionism has led to the greatest unresolved conflict in the Middle East.

THIS IS A MEETING NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

On-site parking is not available but there is a public car park nearby – Church Car Park – which is accessible from Exchange Road. There may be parking available on George Street or Church Street on single yellow lines after 6.30 p.m.

There is no admission charge, though a collection will be taken to cover hire of the meeting hall.

If you would like to buy a copy of the publication before the meeting, please visit Pluto Books.

FILM SCREENING: AMBULANCE
2017-08-10 18:15 UTC | HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, M15 4FN, United Kingdom
Cinema Palestino Manchester and HOME present-

FILM SCREENING: AMBULANCE

"It was the first time for me, being in an ambulance, moving so fast. ... I was scared. I was nervous. I couldn’t focus. I could only press the RECORD button on the camera. The camera was my friend throughout the war."

Director, Mohamad Jabaly

August 2017 will mark the third anniversary of the bombing of Gaza. Ambulance is a raw, first-person account of the bombing of Gaza in July 2014. We experience the war through Mohamed’s eyes, watching directly from the passenger seat of an ambulance, as he comes of age among dead bodies, terrified families, and the constant risk of sudden death. Ambulance is a film that rises above the ‘noise’, of the international media. A film that expresses both the trauma and hope of the too-often invisible citizens of Gaza. (80mins, Arabic/English)

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Norma Turner, Chair of Manchester PSC and retired nurse who has worked in Gaza with the Red Crescent Society.

https://www.facebook.com/events/153395371888159/

Art, Documentary and more: We All Live in Gaza
2017-08-18 11:00 - 2017-08-28 21:00 UTC | OXO Tower courtyard, OXO Tower Courtyard, Southbank, , London, SE1 9GY, United Kingdom
Original artwork, Documentary screenings, Palestinian street food, Live video conversations with the artists directly from inside the blockade...a multimedia, multicultural experience.

Different events every evening, all about Gaza.

Everyday from the 18th-28th August, from 11am-9pm.

At OXO Tower Courtyard, Southbank, SE1 9GY.

Free admissions, everyone welcome.

For more information please visit our official website: http://www.we-gaza.com/

Gaza Crisis Actions Around the UK
2017-08-19 - 2017-08-26
PSC Branches are organising activities to mark the 3 years since the end of the Israeli assault on Gaza in the summer of 2014, and to highlight the urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza now.

Find more info HERE

Saturday 19 August

Chester 1pm The Cross/City Centre

Saturday 26 August

Birmingham 1-3pm, HSBC, New Street

Northampton 12-2pm, Town Centre

Nottingham 1pm Brian Clough Statue

Bristol 11-1pm, Street Stall

Halifax 1-3pm, Vigil for Gaza

September

Monday 4 September

London, STOP Arming Israel- Arms Fair

Gaza in Crisis
2017-08-26 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
GAZA IN CRISIS

All welcome to help us on a street stall to promote the Gaza-in-Crisis petition.

The world knows Gaza is in crisis. No clean water, only 3-4 hours electricity a day and not enough medicine. Nearly 2 million people live besieged in conditions the UN describes as a human dignity crisis. But this is not a natural disaster – it is a political choice to punish the Palestinian people. A decision made by Israel with the support of the governments of the US, UK and EU. Join us in calling for an end to the illegal blockade of Gaza by signing this petition HERE

Share on facebook HERE

Organised by Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Gaza in crisis - Northampton street stall
2017-08-26 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Grosvenor Centre, 2 Union Street, Northampton , NN1 2EW, United Kingdom
Northampton PSC will be holding a street stall in Northampton town centre to highlight the on-going tragedy in Gaza. We will be outside the Grosvenor Centre near the Cobbler's Last between 12.00 and 2.00.

Email: northantspsc@gmail.com

Join us on Facebook

Protest outside HSBC - Gaza Crisis
2017-08-26 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | HSBC, 130 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4JU, United Kingdom
On 26th August 2014, Israel agreed to end the bombing of Gaza. In the previous 50 days, Israel's elaborate bombing of Gaza had resulted in over 2,200 Palestinians were killed, over 500 of them were children. Over 20,000 Palestinian homes were destroyed during the 50 days of bombing of Gaza by Israel, the most heavily armed state in the region. While, Gaza was bombed Britain contnued to supply military equipment to the Israeli regime despite public protest against Arms trade with countries in violation International law. UK government since 2008 has granted licences .worth £434 million. HSBC owns shares in military and technology companies that sell weapons and equipment to Israel worth £ 831 million. The companies include BAE and Rayheon. Additionally, HSBC provides loans to companies like Caterpillar that supplies Israel speical caterpillars used to destroy Palestinian homes in Israel.

West Midlands PSC will be outside HSBC, remembering the 2,200 Palestinians killed during the 50 day attack on Gaze that HSBC investments facilitated British Companies supplying some of the weapons used during the 50 days.

We will be demanding the end of British complicity in the Israeli crimes against Palestinians.

Please Join us and invite your friends to be there, visit our Facebook page.

Vigil for Gaza- Halifax
2017-08-26 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Piece Hall (Westgate entrance), Blackledge, Halifax, HX1 1RE, United Kingdom
There will be a vigil for Gaza in Halifax, West Yorkshire

Please gather outside the Westgate entrance of the recently re-opened Piece Hall, right in the centre of town.

We will be petitioning and leafleting for the Gaza crisis.

Organised by Halifax PSC

Facebook

email: info@halifaxfriendsofpalestine.org.uk

Pedal for Palestine- Cycle ride in Derby
2017-09-02 11:00 UTC | Cathedral Quarter, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AF, United Kingdom
Pedal for Palestine. Short cycle ride in Derby. Support Palestine by joining us on a leisurely 10 mile return cycle ride from Derby to Elvaston Castle. Setting off from Cathedral Green. The ride will all be on traffic free cycle paths. We'll stop for a rest and refreshments at Elvaston Castle and return for a Palestinian picnic Anyone unable to take part in the cycle ride is welcome to join us for the picnic.

Sponsorship or donations will go to Medical Aid for Palestine.

For further details and to confirm you would like to join us please email adrianperry8@gmail.com

Screening: Gaza Surf Club+Q&A
2017-09-08 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London, W2 1QJ, United Kingdom
Gaza – A strip of land with a population of 1.7 million citizens, wedged between Israel and Egypt and isolated from the outside world. 26 miles of coastline with a harbour that no longer services ships. Hardly anything gets into Gaza and even less gets out. The young generation is growing up with very little perspective – occupied and jobless. But against this background there is a small movement. Our protagonists are part of the surf community of Gaza City. Round about 40 surfboards have been brought into the country over the past decades with great effort and despite strict sanctions. It is those boards that give them an opportunity to experience a small slice of freedom – between the coastal reminder of a depressing reality and the Israeli-controlled three-mile marine border.

Taking four years to complete (including the harrowing war in Gaza in 2014), Gaza Surf Club shows an incredibly engaging and enlightening story of a group of people whose similarities with our ‘human condition’ bring out the wrangling contrasts of our differences.

Director Philip Gnadt and Producer and Co-Director Mickey Yamine will be present post-screening for a Q&A with the audience.

Read more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1899011667023506/

Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/185917266

Conference: Palestine 1917 to Present
2017-09-10 00:00 - 19:30 UTC | The Studo, Questors Theatre, 12 Mattock Lane , Ealing , London, W5 5BQ, United Kingdom
2017 marks the centenary of the UK Government’s Balfour Declaration, and 50 years since Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.

West London PSC has arranged a day conference on 'Palestine 1917 to Present' to explore the issues of Palestine and Palestinian rights.

There is a great panel of Palestinian and international speakers.

The Conference is arranged into three sections – with time for discussion built into the timetable.
1. The Balfour Declaration to the Nakba (Catastrophe) : Ghada Karmi
2. The Ongoing Nakba: Yara Hawari -Settler Colonialism, Ronnie Barkan -Citizenship, Nationality & Discrimination, Marwan Darweish -Popular Unarmed Resistance
3. What Is To Be Done? : Haneen Zoabi and Ben Jamal

Tickets are £15 available on line from the Questors Theatre booking Office

Click here or order by phone on 020 8567 5184

Palestine Picnic at Seasalter Beach
2017-09-10 14:00 UTC | Meet near the Sportsman Pub, Seasalter, Whitstable, CT5 4BP, United Kingdom
Palestine Picnic organised by Faversham and Whitstable PSC

For more informaiton contact: Email / Twitter:@fwpsc / Facebook page

Open Bethlehem screening and reception
2017-09-12 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ, London , United Kingdom
The Open Bethlehem team are delighted to announce that we will be screening Open Bethlehem at Friends Meeting House, Euston. This is an opportunity to see this critically acclaimed film, hear from prominent supporters, become an ambassador and get involved. Leila Sansour will be talking about her film. The screening will be followed by a reception with light refreshments.

This is also a chance to thank our ambassadors. All Bethlehem ambassadors attending the screening who bring their passports with them will receive a DVD of Open Bethlehem - a wonderful resource to share. In addition, a special event stamp for your passport will be available!

Buy your tickets here:
http://www.openbethlehemcampaign.org/open_bethlehem_at_friends_meeting_house_london

What others say

“One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries I have seen, about this unreported story. The tragedy of the Palestinians encapsulated in the life of one family and one town- Bethlehem. See the film, then go to Bethlehem and see for yourself.” Jon Snow

"Open Bethlehem is a fierce and poignant plea against the incarceration of a city" Film of the Week - The Guardian ​

“Powerful” Time Out London

“Absolutely Essential Viewing” Edinburgh Reporter

“Undeniably Potent and Poignant” Radio Times

"Open Bethlehem is an admirable project" President Jimmy Carter

Buy your tickets here:
http://www.openbethlehemcampaign.org/open_bethlehem_at_friends_meeting_house_london

FAQs

What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?

Friends House is located in the heart of Euston, directly opposite Euston Station, and a stone throw away from King's Cross and St Pancras International Stations.

By tube: The nearest tube stations are Euston and Euston Square, which are on the Northern, Victoria, Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City lines and overground.

By rail: From its position opposite Euston’s rail and tube stations, it is a ten minute walk from King’s Cross Station and St Pancras InternationalTerminus. All major rail terminals are easily reached by tube.

By bus: Numbers 10, 18, 30, 73, 205 and 390 pass the door whilst 59, 68, 91, 168, and 253 stop nearby.

By car: Friends House is within a meter parking zone. There are alternative, longer-term parking facilities under Euston Station. Please note that Friends House is within the congestion charge zone.

International visits: St Pancras International Terminus is a ten minute walk away. Nearby Paddington Station offers a frequent shuttle service to Heathrow Airport. All London airports are easily reached from Euston.

What can I bring into the event?

If you are a Bethlehem Ambassador please bring your Bethlehem passport so we can stamp it on the evening, and so you can claim your free DVD.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please contact us by email:

Enquiries@OpenBethlehem.org

Phone: +44 (0) 20 8 144 1922

Buy your tickets here:
http://www.openbethlehemcampaign.org/open_bethlehem_at_friends_meeting_house_london

“World Politics, Middle East Politics and the Future of Palestine” - Public meeting with guest speaker Abdel Bari Atwan
2017-09-14 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Abdel Bari Atwan is a well-known journalist and commentator on Middle East affairs. Born in Gaza, he is the editor of the London-based on-line news site Rai al-Youm. He’s the author of many books including Islamic State: Digital Caliphate (2015), and he contributes regularly to UK, US and Middle Eastern papers, including The Guardian and Gulf News. He’s also a frequent guest on radio and TV, including BBC’s Dateline London, and the BBC Overseas Service (though he is very critical of BBC bias). In a recent interview he said ‘The Middle East is on the threshold of changes that could weaken the hegemony of the US if not end it entirely, and tip the balance in favour of the winning axis’. He has also said ’Palestinians tried the “peace process”…now we should go back to square one, which means resistance’.

Free admission - Donations welcome.

We are pleased and honoured to be able to welcome Abdel Bari Atwan to Brighton on the 14th of September, and look forward to a stimulating evening. Please circulate information about the event widely.

V&A Installation: While We Wait
2017-09-16 10:00 - 2017-09-24 17:30 UTC | V&A, Cromwell Road, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
V&A · While We Wait

While We Wait is a meditative installation by Bethlehem-based architects Elias and Yousef Anastas about the cultural claim over nature in Palestine.

The towering structure consists of elements of stone from different regions of Palestine, fading upwards from earthy red to pale limestone. The stone elements are shaped by both innovative and traditional techniques: they are designed on a computer, cut by robots and hand-finished by local artisans.

The process of ‘stereotomy’, the art of cutting stones so they can be assembled into a larger configuration, enables the lace-like structure to support itself. Moreover, lace-like gaps between the stones allow the viewer to look out, while being encouraged to imagine the installation’s eventual, natural surroundings through evocative sound and video components.

While We Wait is inspired by the Cremisan Valley, near Bethlehem, where the separation wall is currently being built, threatening to sever the historic link between the valley and its monastery. In contrast to wall, which divides the landscape, this installation will venerate extreme natural beauty and evoke the Cremisan Valley itself, its eventual home.

Following its unveiling as part of London Design Festival, the installation will tour to Concrete, a multi-disciplinary space in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai from 6-18 November 2017, where it will be on display as part of Dubai Design Week and then move permanently to the Cremisan Valley. To activate its function a cultural programme will be co-created with the local community in the Cremisan Valley exploring some of the themes of the installation, and acting as a lived monument and gathering space owned by the community.

Free Event. More details here: V&A · While We Wait

Medieval & Renaissance, Room 64b, The Simon Sainsbury Gallery , Level 2

Book Tour: Balfour's Shadow- A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel
2017-09-18 19:00 - 2017-09-22 19:00 UTC
Public Meeting and Book Launch

Balfour's Shadow- A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel by David Cronin
Britain’s support for the Zionist project is arguably far more tangible today than it was 100 years ago.

When Arthur James Balfour issued his 1917 promise to support the establishment of a ‘Jewish national home’ in Palestine, there was much uncertainty about what would happen next.

In 2017, however, the consequences of the Zionist project are well known. Israel has been established as a state following the mass expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians. Those Palestinians who remained within the new state face systematic discrimination. A brutal military occupation persisted in the West Bank and Gaza for five decades.

Having sponsored the Zionist project in its formative period, Britain now gives considerable assistance to Israel. During this tour, David Cronin will trace how Britain has gone from giving declaratory backing to the Zionist movement to becoming actively complicit in Israel’s crimes.

Author and journalist David Cronin will be presenting his new book Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel , reviewed by Robert Fisk in the independent.

This meeting is part of a tour organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Northern Branches with meetings in Halifax, Newcastle, Sheffield and York as well as Manchester (Book Launch Tour leaflet).

David Cronin is a contributing editor with The Electronic Intifada, a website focused on Palestine. His new book is Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel (Pluto, 2017). His previous books include Europe’s Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation (Pluto 2010)

See flyer here.

HALIFAX - MON 18TH SEPT AT 7:00PM
Orange Box Youth Centre, 1 Blackledge,
Halifax HX11AF

YORK - TUE 19TH SEPT AT 7:30PM
Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York,
YO1 9RL

SHEFFIELD -WED 20TH SEPT AT 7:30PM
Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James' St,
Sheffield S1 2EW

MANCHESTER -THU 21ST SEPT AT 7:00PM
Friends Meeting House, Mount St,
Manchester M2 5NS

NEWCASTLE - FRI 22ND SEPT
Contact Newcastle PSC for details contact
branch [newcastlepsc@gmail.com]

David Cronin Book Tour: Balfour's Shadow- Halifax
2017-09-18 19:00 UTC | Orange Box Youth Centre, 1 Blackledge, Halifax, HX1 1AF, United Kingdom
In the Centenary Year of the Balfour Declaration

BALFOUR’S SHADOW

A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel

Speaker – David Cronin

David Cronin is a contributing editor with The Electronic Intifada, a website focussed on Palestine. His new book is Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel (Pluto Press 2017)

“Perhaps the most dramatic centenary account” ROBERT FISK

Britain’s support for the Zionist project is arguably more tangible today than it was 100 years ago.

When Arthur Balfour issued his 1917 promise to support the establishment of a “Jewish National home” in Palestine, there was much uncertainty about what would happen next.

In 2017, however, the consequences of the Zionist project are well known. Israel has been established a state following the mass expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians. Those Palestinians who remained within the new state face systematic discrimination. A brutal military occupation persisted in the West Bank and Gaza for five decades.

Having sponsored the Zionist project in its formative period, Britain now gives considerable assistance to Israel.

David Cronin will trace how Britain has gone from giving declaratory backing to the Zionist movement to becoming actively complicit in Israel’s crimes.

Organised by Halifax PSC

For more information email: info@halifaxfriendsofpalestine.org.uk, Facebook

see tour flyer here

Palestine Thoughts and Reflections
2017-09-19 11:00 - 2017-09-30 16:00 UTC | Bunyan Meeting Church, Mill Street , Bedford, MK40 3EU, United Kingdom
Palestine Thoughts and Reflections

Work from Palestinian and National artists, some of whom have lived and worked in Palestine itself. Also, the first public showing of collaborative work from Central St Martins textile students and the Women in Hebron embroiderers.

Click here for more details

David Cronin Book Tour: Balfour's Shadow- York
2017-09-19 19:30 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York, YO1 9RL, United Kingdom
In the Centenary Year of the Balfour Declaration

York Public Meeting

BALFOUR’S SHADOW

A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel

Speaker - David Cronin

David Cronin is a contributing editor with The Electronic Intifada, a website focussed on Palestine. His new book is Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel (Pluto Press 2017)

“Perhaps the most dramatic centenary account” ROBERT FISK

Britain’s support for the Zionist project is arguably more tangible today than it was 100 years ago.

When Arthur Balfour issued his 1917 promise to support the establishment of a “Jewish National home” in Palestine, there was much uncertainty about what would happen next.

In 2017, however, the consequences of the Zionist project are well known. Israel has been established a state following the mass expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians. Those Palestinians who remained within the new state face systematic discrimination. A brutal military occupation persisted in the West Bank and Gaza for five decades.

Having sponsored the Zionist project in its formative period, Britain now gives considerable assistance to Israel.

David Cronin will trace how Britain has gone from giving declaratory backing to the Zionist movement to becoming actively complicit in Israel’s crimes

Organised by York PSC

For more information email: info@yorkpsc.org.uk or visit York PSC facebook page

see tour flyer here

Balfour Declaration - Talk by Peter Shambrook
2017-09-19 19:45 - 21:30 UTC | St Swithuns Church Hall, 105 Waverley Road, Portsmouth, Southsea, PO5 2PL, United Kingdom
What was promised to whom?

THE BALFOUR DECLARATION

Its historical context, implementation and legacy

Film and talk

by

Historian Peter Shambrook

For more information contact: Portsmouth & south Downs PSC or email - flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

David Cronin Book Tour: Balfour's Shadow- Sheffield
2017-09-20 19:30 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James' Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW, United Kingdom
In the Centenary Year of the Balfour Declaration

BALFOUR’S SHADOW

A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel

Speaker – David Cronin

David Cronin is a contributing editor with The Electronic Intifada, a website focussed on Palestine. His new book is Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel (Pluto Press 2017)

“Perhaps the most dramatic centenary account” ROBERT FISK

Britain’s support for the Zionist project is arguably more tangible today than it was 100 years ago.

When Arthur Balfour issued his 1917 promise to support the establishment of a “Jewish National home” in Palestine, there was much uncertainty about what would happen next.

In 2017, however, the consequences of the Zionist project are well known. Israel has been established a state following the mass expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians. Those Palestinians who remained within the new state face systematic discrimination. A brutal military occupation persisted in the West Bank and Gaza for five decades.

Having sponsored the Zionist project in its formative period, Britain now gives considerable assistance to Israel.

David Cronin will trace how Britain has gone from giving declaratory backing to the Zionist movement to becoming actively complicit in Israel’s crimes.

Organised by Sheffield PSC

For more information email: enquiries@sheffieldpsc.org.uk, Facebook

see tour flyer here

David Cronin Book Tour: Balfour's Shadow- Manchester
2017-09-21 19:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester , M2 5NS, United Kingdom
In the Centenary Year of the Balfour Declaration

BALFOUR’S SHADOW

A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel

Speaker – David Cronin

David Cronin is a contributing editor with The Electronic Intifada, a website focussed on Palestine. His new book is Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel (Pluto Press 2017)

“Perhaps the most dramatic centenary account” ROBERT FISK

Britain’s support for the Zionist project is arguably more tangible today than it was 100 years ago.

When Arthur Balfour issued his 1917 promise to support the establishment of a “Jewish National home” in Palestine, there was much uncertainty about what would happen next.

In 2017, however, the consequences of the Zionist project are well known. Israel has been established a state following the mass expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians. Those Palestinians who remained within the new state face systematic discrimination. A brutal military occupation persisted in the West Bank and Gaza for five decades.

Having sponsored the Zionist project in its formative period, Britain now gives considerable assistance to Israel.

David Cronin will trace how Britain has gone from giving declaratory backing to the Zionist movement to becoming actively complicit in Israel’s crimes.

Organised by Manchester PSC

For more information email: contact@psc-manchester.org.uk, Facebook

see tour flyer here

David Cronin Book Tour: Balfour's Shadow- Newcastle
2017-09-22 19:00 UTC
In the Centenary Year of the Balfour Declaration

BALFOUR’S SHADOW

A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel

Speaker – David Cronin

David Cronin is a contributing editor with The Electronic Intifada, a website focussed on Palestine. His new book is Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel (Pluto Press 2017)

“Perhaps the most dramatic centenary account” ROBERT FISK

Britain’s support for the Zionist project is arguably more tangible today than it was 100 years ago.

When Arthur Balfour issued his 1917 promise to support the establishment of a “Jewish National home” in Palestine, there was much uncertainty about what would happen next.

In 2017, however, the consequences of the Zionist project are well known. Israel has been established a state following the mass expulsion of the indigenous Palestinians. Those Palestinians who remained within the new state face systematic discrimination. A brutal military occupation persisted in the West Bank and Gaza for five decades.

Having sponsored the Zionist project in its formative period, Britain now gives considerable assistance to Israel.

David Cronin will trace how Britain has gone from giving declaratory backing to the Zionist movement to becoming actively complicit in Israel’s crimes.

More details to follow.

Organised by Newcastle PSC

For more information email: newcastlepsc@gmail.com, Facebook

see tour flyer here

Film Evening: Britain in Palestine & The Occupation of the American Mind
2017-09-22 19:15 UTC | Wellingborough African Caribbean Centre, 27 Rock Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4LW, United Kingdom
For more information contact: northantspsc@gmail.com

Boycott Israel Network: Day Workshop
2017-09-23 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | Unite The Union Offices, 6 Heneage Street, Birmingham, B7 4AZ, United Kingdom
Boycott Israel Network will be hosting a one day workshop to organise and plan for the ongoing and sucessful BDS movement This is an opportunity for activists to come together to exchange ideas, discuss progress, develop new projects and share best practice for Boycott Divestment and Sanction campaigning. There is no charge and light lunch is provided.

If you wish to register please email Norma normaturner1234@btinternet.com
mobile chris 07817986570

If anyone wants to attend but has financial difficulties please contact Norma as we want everyone to come and not to be excluded because of lack of money. We can help by asking local branches or individuals to pay for places.

More details on facebook

Bedford PalFest
2017-09-23 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | The Basement at Bunyan Church, Mill Street, Bedford, MK40 3EU, United Kingdom
A Palestinian cultural event with:
• Food
• Zaytoun goods
• Palestinian embroidery
• information and more…
1pm – 4pm; entry free

Click here for more details

Protest and Boycott of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Concert
2017-09-28 18:00 UTC | Nottingham Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, NG1 1LA, United Kingdom
Join the protest and call for a boycott of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds concert at the Nottingham Arena because they have agreed to play in apartheid Israel.

Organised by Nottingham PSC For more information email: louise.regan@ntlworld.com

Film: Sheerin of Al Walaja
2017-09-29 19:30 UTC | The Place Theatre, Bradgate Road, Bedford, MK40 3DE, United Kingdom
A short film about Sheerin, an activist from Al Walaja, who has now had to flee Palestine. It tells of her fight for her village and her life over four years. We will have a Skype interview with her and also hope to have the Director, Daz Chandler, and local people who have recently visited Al Walaja.

Click here for more details.

Palestinian refugee event: Palestine Museum, Bristol
2017-09-30 14:00 - 18:00 UTC | Palestine Museum & Cultural Centre, 27 Broad Street, Bristol , BS1 2HG, United Kingdom
Palestinian refugee event: A pledge by them for their protection and safety

As the world and Britain look toward the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, and worry about how to respond to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean; the Palestine Museum and Cultural Centre will join organisations and individuals, across both Britain and Palestine, to remember:

- The Palestinian exodus (a.k.a the ‘Nakba’) of 1948/49, and
- The origin and current situation of Palestinian refugees – both within the Palestinian refugee camps and here in Britain.

We will discuss the current situation of Palestinian refugees, learn more about their experiences in Palestinian refugee camps and in Britain, and also about their Right to Return to Palestine.

We will also remember the Palestinian exodus, and the challenges and barriers they are still facing - either to be able to settle here, or to return home to Palestine.

- There will be a short break in the middle, where there will be food and non-alcoholic drinks available -

Main speakers include:

Gahda Karmi - Palestinian author and doctor. 'A Palestian Talk About the Nakba' (documentary film).
Dr Swee Chai Ang - Founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), and author of the book, From Beirut to Jerusalem. (See below for link to her recent article on the survivors of Sabra and Shatilla massacre)
Ahmad Latham - BADIL Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Skype from Palestine
Cynthia Orchard - Legal policy officer of Assulum Aid / Migrants Resource Centre, and member of the advisory committee of the European Network of Statelessness
Johanna Bezzano - University of Liverpool Law Clinic solicitor, specialising in statelessness
Pietro Stefanini - Researcher and advocacy coordinator and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), London

Free entry

For more information visit: Palestine Museum and Cultural Centre, Bristol.

Bernard Regan Book Tour: The Balfour Declaration- Wimbledon
2017-10-04 19:15 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD, United Kingdom
The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine

Speaker/Author: Bernard Regan

Visiting Research Fellow at St. Mary’s University, Executive Member of Palestine Solidarity Campaign and former Member of the Executive of the National Union of Teachers

A hundred years after its signing, Bernard Regan recasts the history of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the story of the Middle East.

Update on action re: this centenary’s celebrations and updates on current campaigns

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins. from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57,93,131 and 219 stop outside.

RSVP & More Information contact mertonpsc@mail.com call: 07543858653

Portrait of Palestine - Food and Art as Resistance
2017-10-05 18:30 - 2017-11-06 20:30 UTC | Bromley by Bow Centre, St Leonard's Street, Bromley by Bow, London, E3 3BT, London, United Kingdom
An exhibition of prints by renowned cartoonist and illustrator Tim Sanders.

SPECIAL OPENING NIGHT

Meet the artist and hear about the tour with the Freedom Theatre Jenin, that inspired his images.
Enjoy food, drink and music.
Stall with Palestinian products.

Free exhibition until 6th November.

More details here.

Nottingham PSC Annual Garden Party
2017-10-08 18:00 UTC | 4 Burlington Gardens, 4 Burlington Gardens , Nottingham, NG5 2GT, United Kingdom
Nottingham PSC Annual Garden Party.

Music, Middle Eastern food, bar & great company. Suggested entry fee £10 & £5 concessions.

(entrance at gate at top of Victoria Rd opp Fox Hollies Gr).

For more information email: louise.regan@ntlworld.com or visit Nottingham PSC

Bernard Regan Book Tour: The Balfour Declaration- Brent PSC & Stop the War
2017-10-09 19:30 UTC | , ,
100 years on from Balfour: What now for Palestine and Israel?

Brent Stop the War/ Brent & Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Public Meeting

Bernard Regan (author of "The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine" ; Executive member of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Sahbi Benzid (Hertfordshire NUT - Membership Secretary and a recent visitor to Palestine)

A hundred years after its signing, Bernard Regan recasts the history of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the story of the Middle East, which have polarised the region and the entire world.

How can we help bring peace and justice to Palestine?

Israel is the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes children in military courts – between 500 and 700 each year.

Sahbi Benzid will report back on his recent visit, during which he visited several schools in Palestine and saw first- hand the effects of Israeli policies.

For more details email: Brent & Harrow PSC

Play: My name is Rachel Corrie
2017-10-10 - 2017-10-21 | The Other Room at Porter's, Porter's Cardiff,, Harlech Court, Bute Terrace, Cardiff, CF10 2FE, United Kingdom
My Name is Rachel Corrie
From October 10-21 a play based on the writings of activist Rachel Corrie who was killed in Gaza in 2003 while protesting house demolitions, will be showing at The Other Room Theatre.

"You understand none of this really true, because what I wrote today is true, but you'll read it by tomorrow, or the next day, and my whole life will be different. Is that how life is, a new draft for every day, a new view for each hour?"

My Name is Rachel Corrie follows an impassioned American student from her safe childhood bedroom in Washington to the moment she stood between a civilian house and an armoured bulldozer in The Gaza Strip. Curated from Rachel Corrie's own writings, her words sing with idealism, eloquence and most of all hope.

Premiered in 2005 at London's Royal Court Theatre and edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, My Name is Rachel Corrie is the first offering from new Cardiff based company Graphic, working in association with The Other Room to present the Welsh premiere of this brilliant and important play.

Showing at The Other Room Theatre

Talk: Israel- The New Model Warrior State
2017-10-10 19:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge , CB5 8BA, United Kingdom
Israel: The New Model Warrior State

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in which the British Government promised to create a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. However, the new Israeli state was created at the expense of Palestinian human rights.

Israel is now a modern warrior state with a military-security-surveillance-cyber-industrial complex rivalling any in the world. Professor Colin Green analyses the repercussions of this power dynamic.

Colin Green is Emeritus Professor of Surgical Sciences at University College London, and a founder member of the International Medical Education Trust

Organised by Cambridge PSC.

Calderdale Palestine Film Festival: Five Films 12 Oct- 11 Nov
2017-10-12 - 2017-11-11
The five screenings are:

Flying Paper (2013) - 12 October, Hollins Mill, Sowerby Bridge

Speed Sisters (Palestine-Canada 2015) - 18 October, Hebden Bridge Picture House

Villa Touma (2014) - 20 October, Fielden Centre Todmorden

3000 Nights (2015) - 22 October, Square Chapel Halifax

The Idol (2015) - 11 November, Pellon Community Centre, Halifax

See here the flyer for full details: Calderdale Palestinian Film Fest info

P21 Gallery-Turning the page on the Balfour Declaration
2017-10-12 - 2017-10-30 | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
Palestinian Society in the British Mandate Era

Thursday Autumn series 6:30pm at the P21 Gallery

12 October - Dr Sheilagh Weir (British Museum)

The Language of Embroidery and Dress in Rural Palestine - 6.30pm £3. ​

​26 October - Rachel Beckles Willson (Royal Holloway)

Musical Journey through Palestine ~ 6.30pm £3.

2 November - Dr. Ellen L. Fleischman (University of Dayton)

Women's Movements in Palestine during the Mandate - £3.

9 November - Dr. Issam Nassar (Illinois State University)

Early Palestinian Photographers £3.

30 November - Dr. Ghada Karmi (Exeter University) & Bernard Regan (PSC)

The Balfour Declaration's Backstage Story - £3.

Visit: p.21.org.uk​

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Bernard Regan Book Tour - Counterfire London
2017-10-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6AQ, United Kingdom
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Hosted by London Counterfire

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. A formative document in the modern history of the Middle East, it was the cornerstone of the Zionist project to transform Arab Palestine into a ‘Jewish state’.

The Declaration and subsequent events changed not only the demographic map of the region but also its political, social and military configuration as well.

Bernard Regan, author of a new book on the subject will be looking at how this document came about, and what the far-reaching consequences were.

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Talk on the partition of Palestine
2017-10-12 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Room 4 Somerstown Community Centre, River's St, Portsmouth, Southsea , PO5 4EY, United Kingdom
Talk: Why was Palestine Partitioned? Speaker: Tony Greenstein

For more information contact Portsmouth & South Downs PSC

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Palestinian Dress: Culture, Identity, Resistance
2017-10-13 19:30 UTC | Labour Club, 12 Belmont Road, Whitstable, CT5 1QP, United Kingdom
Evening event - Palestinian Dress: Culture Identity Resistance

An unmissable, one-off display of stunning, hand-embroidered Palestinian costume.

With a presentation by Rayya Ghul on the meaning and history of each style of dress and how this living tradition resists attempts to erase Palestinian culture.

Free entry- donations welcome

This special event also launches our programme of open planning meetings for Faversham & Whitstable PSC –all supporters of Palestine are welcome to ask questions and help shape our future work.

David Cronin: Balfour's Shadow
2017-10-14 11:00 UTC | Friends’ Meeting House, 8b Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4PR, United Kingdom
Hear author, David Cronin, discuss the history of British support for Zionism and Israel.

David Cronin offers a trenchant critique of Britain’s dealings with Palestine, including its often brutal rule of that land between the world wars and its lasting support for the Zionist project of colonisation – an intriguing alliance, he says, with lethal consequences. His new book, Balfour’s Shadow, has been praised by Robert Fisk as ‘perhaps the most dramatic centenary account’.

Collection for Expenses. Refreshments.

Organised by: Wolverhampton PSC

Bernard Regan Book Tour- Haringey Justice for Palestinians
2017-10-16 19:30 UTC | The Garden House, 410 High Road, Tottenham, London, N17 9JB, United Kingdom
Bernard Regan with Haringey Justice for Palestinians

Bernard Regan completed his PhD at St Mary’s University and Surrey University in 2016 having studied with Professor Nur Masalha and Dr Claire Norton. His research focussed on Palestine and the British Mandate between 1917 and 1936. He is the author of “The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine”. (Publication November 2017. Publisher Verso).

He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary’s University

He returned to academic study after a career teaching in Primary, Secondary and Special Education. He has also taught in Further, Adult and Higher Education and run education courses for trade unionists on international questions especially related to Palestine and Cuba.

Whilst teaching Bernard Regan was a member of the National Union of Teachers Executive Committee for 25 years and during that time took an especial interest in Government Education policies and in the Union’s international work. His international work in the Union centred on Palestine and Cuba and the development of Education within these countries.

He has written on the impact of Neoliberalism on Education policies in the national press and numerous journals.

He has led trade union delegations to Palestine and Israel, visiting schools, meeting students, teachers and Educational administrators. He co-authored the 2006 policy of the Trade Union Congress on Palestine. In 2008, along with Michael Kustow (former Commissioning Editor Channel 4 and director of ICA), he developed a series of initiatives entitled Another Israel aimed at giving space to the voices of dissident Israeli intellectuals and activists.

He is one of the Co-organisers and a contributor to the annual Latin America Conference which has now been held in London for the last 12 years. The conference is recognized as the largest of its type in Europe and brings together contributors from Latin America, intellectuals, academics, activist/campaigners, students and trades unionists. Amongst its contributors over the last 12 years have been Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter, Ernesto Laclau, Aleida Guevara, Tariq Ali and ambassadors from Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela.

He was the first recipient of the NUT’s Steve Sinnott Award for international work in 2015.

In 2016 he was the first foreigner to receive the Frank País medal of the SNTECD (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, la Ciencia y el Deporte – Cuban Education Union).

Talk by Nawal Slemiah from Hebron
2017-10-17 14:30 - 16:00 UTC | Havant United Reformed Church, 37 North Street, Havant, PO9 1PP, United Kingdom
Talk by Nawal Slemiah, who has set up a women's co-operative in Hebron, making traditional Palestinian goods, embroidered items. She will be bringing items to sell.

Organised by Portsmouth & South Downs PSC, for more details contact:

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Talk: The Lost Jewish Voices of Dissent Against Balfour
2017-10-17 19:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge , CB5 8BA, United Kingdom
The Lost Jewish Voices of Dissent Against Balfour

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in which the British Government promised to create a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. However, the new Israeli state was created at the expense of Palestinian human rights.

Robert Cohen is a leading dissident voice within the UK Jewish community and will present some of the ‘lost voices’ of Jewish dissent against Balfour 100 years ago and opposition to Zionism today.

Organised by Cambridge PSC.

Exhibition: Frome in Palestine 1917-1948.
2017-10-18 11:00 - 2017-10-31 19:00 UTC | The Silk Mill, Saxonvale, Merchants Barton, Saxonvale, Frome , BA11 1PT, United Kingdom
Frome in Palestine 1917-1948. Important exhibition opens on October 18

Frome Friends of Palestine are proud to announce the opening of an important and innovative exhibition that puts the town at the heart of history.

The exhibition will be at the Silk Mill Gallery, and will run from Wednesday October 18 until Tuesday October 31. Hours 11am - 7pm, admission free.

There will be a simple cafe, and a range of interesting things to do as well as things to look at.

"From our next bivouac we could look across miles of ground and see the town of Gaza in the distance. This looked a very nice place, there was plenty of green about it. The houses painted white showed up with the tall mosque in the centre of it. We were near and yet so far from it, and in the space between some thousands of lives were to be lost. We were in the second battle of Gaza, and it was pretty hot stuff. The guns were going at it all day long, and it was a perfect din. But still Gaza remains in the distance."

These words were written 100 years ago by a Frome man called Corporal Frank Phillips. He grew up at Badcox, where his parents ran the Swan Inn, and before he went to war he'd been a printers' reader at Butler and Tanner. In 1917 he was a medical assistant, serving with the [SLI] in Palestine, and in November he was killed by a direct hit from a shell.

Frank was one of many people with Frome connections who were caught up in Britain's thirty-year occupation of Palestine. Huge numbers of British people served there - well over 100,000 in 1946. A lot of peoples' lives were touched by the experience. This autumn marks the centenary of two major events: the signing of the Balfour Declaration, and the British conquest of Jerusalem. We're using these anniversaries to tell the story of Britain's time in Palestine, with the emphasis on the lives and memories of people who had relatives that were involved in it. As well as photographs we'll be displaying some interesting family heirlooms.

Special Evening Events:

Wednesday October 18 - ‘A fateful enterprise: the “Balfour” letter and its consequences’

After the formal opening of the Frome in Palestine exhibition by Lord Oxford, whose father served in Palestine and features in the display, we'll be having a talk by Dr Peter Shambrook. A specialist in Modern Middle Eastern history, Peter's current research is focused on British government policy regarding the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence. He is Historical Consultant to The Balfour Project.

The 1917 Balfour Declaration is widely regarded as one of the most formative and far-reaching documents in the modern history of the Middle East. For Israelis, the Declaration was the foundation stone upon which the Jewish State was established in 1948, following the Holocaust. On the other hand, for Palestinians the Declaration was an immoral, colonial document which led directly to the destruction of Palestinian society and their dispossession in 1948. Dr Shambrook’s talk will cover the war-time context that led to the Declaration, the key players involved, the importance of the Declaration in British mandatory policy between 1923-1948, and the connection between the Declaration and Britain’s contemporary role in the ongoing crisis in Israel/Palestine.

Saturday October 21 - A Palestinian feast

Frome Friends of Palestine are renowned for their food so make sure you make this one. Music by Vicki Burke. More entertainment is promised.

7:30 pm. Tickets strictly in advance, £7 a head and limited to 60, so grab them quick. Available from Frome Wholefoods, 8 Cheap St, Frome BA11 1BN.

Balfour Declaration with speakers Kamel Hawwash and Avi Shlaim
2017-10-18 19:00 UTC | , ,
The 100th anniversary of the controversial Balfour Declaration is soon to be marked in Cardiff by expert presentations on its legacy for Palestine and Israel. They will focus on current issues triggered by Britain’s role in the Middle East.
Historian and author Avi Shlaim is Emeritus Professor of International Relations in the University of Oxford, and a fellow of the British Academy. He was born into a Jewish family in Baghdad and has lived in Israel. His wife is a great granddaughter of David Lloyd George who was the Prime Minister when, in 1917, the British Government first endorsed the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Professor Kamel Hawwash of Birmingham University, is a Palestinian commentator on the Middle East. His parents were born in Jerusalem and members of his family still live in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, areas conquered and occupied by the Israeli army in 1967. Prof. Hawwash was recently prevented from visiting his family when the Israeli authorities refused him entry at Tel Aviv airport because of his opposition to Israeli policies and breaches of international law, and his support for the peaceful Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
This public meeting has been jointly organised by the Cardiff branches of the United Nations Association and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Book your place HERE

Bernard Regan Book Tour- Nottingham
2017-10-19 19:00 UTC | Mechanics Institute, 3 North Sherwood Street , Nottingham, NG1 4EZ, United Kingdom
The Balfour Declaration
Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard Regan

The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the
fate of Palestine. On November 2, 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared that they were in favor of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This short note would be one of the most controversial documents of its time. A hundred years after its signing, Bernard Regan recasts the history of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the story of the Middle East. Offering new insights into the imperial rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans,Regan exposes British policy in the region as part of a larger geopolitical game. Yet, even then, the course of events was not straightforward and Regan charts the debates within the British government and the Zionist movement itself on the future of Palestine. The book also provides a revealing account of life in Palestinian society at the time, paying particular attention to the responses of Palestinian civil society to the imperial machinations that threatened their way of life. Not just a history of states and policies, Regan manages to brilliantly present both a history of people under colonialism and an account of the colonizers themselves.

Organised by Nottingham PSC: Email
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Public Event; with David Sheen and Asa Winstanley
2017-10-20 19:15 - 21:30 UTC | , ,
Join Luton PSC for this event with David Sheen, an independent journalist and film maker born and raised in Canada, now living in and reporting from Israel. Sheen began blogging when he first moved to Israel in 1999, and he later went on to work as a reporter and editor for the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz.

Asa Winstanley, associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, an investigative journalist who lives in London. He first visited Palestine in 2004.

Organised by Luton PSC: Email, Facebook page

Conference: Britain and Palestine 19I7-20I7 (Liverpool)
2017-10-21 10:00 - 16:15 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT, United Kingdom
Britain and Palestine 19I7-20I7: One hundred years of broken promises

This free conference will explore the history and lasting legacy of Britain's role in Palestine
/ Israel since the Balfour Declaration, 1917. lt will be for all those who would like to
know more about Britain's role, both in its promised support for a national home for Jews
on land belonging to the Palestinian people, and in how we arrived at the current situation.

Everyone is welcome.

Speakers:

llan Pappe - lsraeli citizen, historian, Professor at Exeter University, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, author of many books on Palestine
Ben Jamal - British born Palestinian, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign
David Cronin - Journalist, Deputy Editor of Electronic lntifada and author of several books on lsrael/Palestine
Chair: Rev. Nicholas Frayling formerly Rector of Our Lady and St. Nicholas, Liverpool and Dean of Chichester. Member of The Balfour Project.

There will be a bookstal! courtesy of News from Nowhere and other stalls.

Coffee, tea, biscuits and lunch provided.
Further details to be announced when available at: http://liverpoolfriendsofpalestine.co.uk/

(arrive from 9.30am for prompt start)

Liverpool Friends of Palestine facebook page:
or phone 0151 709 2447

Netanyahu's new normal - Ramping up Israel's racist attacks
2017-10-21 18:45 - 21:15 UTC | , ,
With far-right governments in power in both the US and Israel, it's time to examine the latter's racist attacks against indigenous Palestinians and African asylum-seekers.

An unflinching look at Israel under Netanyahu serves as a primer on his racist playbook - one which reactionaries on both sides of the Atlantic seem keen on copying.

Can people of conscience help roll back the rise of the racist right, around the world and in Israel and Palestine?

Independent journalist David Sheen has been reporting from inside Jewish Israeli society since 2010, focusing on racial conflict and religious extremism.

Sheen's articles and videos for Ha'aretz, Alternet, Electronic Intifada and other news sites have been critical to exposing the sad situation on the ground,while his presentations at dozens of college campuses and European parliaments have helped communities mobilize in response.

Google Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/LE6z1S1p4qG2 Closest tube stations: Warren Street (3 min walk) Euston Square (5 min walk)

RECOMMENDED ENTRANCE FEE: £4 minimum

Organised by London Branches of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

for more details contact: pscwestlondon@googlemail.com

Film: The Occupation of the American Mind
2017-10-26 19:15 UTC | Park View School, West Green Road,, London, N15 3R, United Kingdom
Screening of "The Occupation of the American Mind."

Date: NOTE - NEW DATE OF 26 OCTOBER

Doors open 7:00pm film 7:15pm

Ken Loach writes: "It shows, with devastating precision, how effective propaganda can hide crimes that are epic install and have catastrophic consequences."

Screened by Haringey Independent-Cinema in conjunction with Haringey Justice for Palestinians.

Naji al-Ali: A Tribute
2017-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | , ,
Naji al-Ali (1938–87) was a Palestinian political cartoonist. He drew over 40,000 cartoons, from sharply critical commentaries on Palestinian and Arab politics and political leaders to visionary symbols of inhumanity and the pity of war, which transcended the divides. This event explores the remarkable power and influence of his work, and a legacy which continues to the present.

Participants include The Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell and Karma Nabulsi (University of Oxford), with live music by Palestinian singer Reem Kelani. Other participants to be announced soon.

Hosted by Omar Al-Qattan, Chairman of the A M Qattan Foundation.

Details and tickets here.

Coffee Morning with Scottish Medical Aid for Palestinians
2017-10-28 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Christ Church, Holy Corner, 6a Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4DD, United Kingdom
Join SMAP's Coffee Morning on Saturday 28th October at Christ Church, Holy Corner, Edinburgh.

More details to follow.

Annual Fundraising Day for Scottish Medical Aid for Palestinians
2017-10-28 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | Christ Church Hall, Morningside Road (Holy Corner) , Edinburgh , EH10 4DD, United Kingdom
Annual Fundraising Day for Scottish Medical Aid for Palestinians

Talks at 12 noon

Aimee Shalan - Chief Executive of SMAP

And Alison Waugh - Daily life in the West Bank

Palestinian Food
Palestinian Embroidery and Crafts
Arabic Coffee
Tea/Coffee and Home Baking
Books and Plants

(donations for stalls and auction will be most welcome)

SMAP fundraising day 2017

Conference- Broken Promises: Keeping Hope Alive
2017-10-29 12:30 - 17:30 UTC | Equality Hall, 77 Raymond Street , Hanley, ST1 4DP, United Kingdom
Broken Promises: Keeping Hope Alive
Conference on the Balfour Declaration and its continuing impact on the lives of Palestinians

Join Sumud Palestine for food, talks, film, stalls and discussion to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

Speakers include-
Bernard Regan: Visiting Research Fellow, St Mary’s University. Author of The Balfour Declaration: Mandate & Resistance in Palestine. As an Executive Committee member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign he led many delegations to Palestine and for 25 years was on the executive of the National Union of Teachers.

Haim Bresheeth: retired from the University of East London in 2002 and is now Professorial Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies. Scholar, filmmaker, photographer and activist, his books include Introduction to the Holocaust (with S. Hood) and Conflict and Contemporary Visual Culture in Palestine and Israel (with H. Hammami).

Brian Brown: was administrative director of the Christian Institute of Southern Africa when he and it were banned in 1977 by the apartheid regime. A Methodist minister and member of Kairos-Britain, his autobiography Born to be Free contrasts apartheid in South Africa and the ongoing search for freedom of the Palestinian people.

Stalls: including Palestinian produce, pottery and textiles, books, leaflets and information.

No need to book. Suggested donation on the day is £5

Organised by Manchester PSC

Broken Promises: Samud Palestine- Balfour Anniversary Conference
2017-10-29 12:30 - 17:30 UTC | Equality Hall, 77 Raymond Street , Hanley, ST1 4DP, United Kingdom
Join Sumud Palestine for food, talks, film, stalls and discussion to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

Speakers include:

Bernard Regan: Visiting Research Fellow, St Mary’s University. Author of The Balfour Declaration: Mandate and Resistance in Palestine. As an Executive Committee member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign he led many delegations to Palestine and for 25 years was on the executive of the National Union of Teachers.

Haim Bresheeth: retired from the University of East London in 2002 and is now Professorial Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies. Scholar, filmmaker, photographer and activist, his books include Introduction to the Holocaust (with S. Hood) and Conflict and Contemporary Visual Culture in Palestine & Israel (with H. Hammami).

Brian Brown: was administrative director of the Christian Institute of Southern Africa when he and it were banned in 1977 by the apartheid regime. A Methodist minister and member of Kairos-Britain, his autobiography Born to be Free contrasts apartheid in South Africa and the ongoing search for freedom of the Palestinian people.

Mohammed Mukhaimar: Palestinian-British psychologist, born and raised in Gaza, member of the steering group of the UK-Palestine Mental Health Network. With Angela Glendenning he established Sumud Palestine and also initiated and now mentors the Palestinian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies.

Stalls: including Palestinian produce, pottery & textiles, books, leaflets and information.

Suggested donation: £5

Visit Samud Palestine Facebook page.

Talk and Film Screening: Sir Vincent Fean
2017-10-29 18:15 - 20:30 UTC | Dale Street Methodist Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, WARWICKSHIRE, CV32 5HL, United Kingdom
Justice for Palestinians - Leamington Spa are pleased to announce that Sir Vincent Fean KCVO will be giving a talk and showing a short film about The Balfour Project at 18:15 on Sunday 29th October.

This year is the centenary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration, in which the British Government promised its support for a homeland for Jewish people in Palestine as long as the rights of the Palestinian Arabs would not be prejudiced.

The Balfour Project, a group of academics, religious leaders and others including Sir Vincent Fean was formed to raise awareness of Britain’s responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, spread its message to Parliament recently. The event was sponsored by Parliamentarians from all four of Britain’s main political parties.

Sir Vincent Fean was Consul-General, Jerusalem (2010-14) and now retired from the Diplomatic Service, he focuses on the Middle East and North Africa region, particularly the Israel/Palestine conflict and Libya's future. He is a trustee of Medical Aid for Palestinians and patron of the Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network

For more information on Justice for Palestinians see Facebook Justice for Palestinians - Leamington Spa, or www.justice4palestinians.com. Alternatively email - justice4palestinians@gmail.com

All welcome - Admission Free.

Film Screening: The Balfour Declaration
2017-10-30 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Arts House (basement), Stokes Croft, Bristol, South West, United Kingdom
With an eye on the oil and other assets of Middle East the British made a number of duplicitous deals during WW1. The Balfour Declaration paved the way for the colonisation of Palestine signing away the rights of the indigenous people to their own country. Yet on the centenary of this perfidious deal the Government asks us to be proud? This event will include historical documentaries as well as the newly released video "100 Balfour Road" produced by the Palestine Return Centre https://prc.org.uk/

Please promote the facebook event.

Truthout Cinema every Monday 6.00-8.00pm at the Arts House, 108A Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU.

Free entry but donations appreciated.

For details see www.theartshousecafe.org/cinema.html

“Like” us on facebook at “Truthout Cinema”

Britain's Broken Promise: Time for a New Approach
2017-10-31 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
The Balfour Centenary

Britain's Broken Promise: Time for a New Approach

Please join us at this unique event marking the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. In words, film and music, it will acknowledge Britain’s historic responsibilities in the Middle East. It will offer an opportunity to commit ourselves to support Palestinians and Israelis in building a peaceful future based on equal rights for all.

Among the speakers will be:

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Principal, Mansfield College, Oxford University
Rt Hon Tom Brake MP
Richard Burden MP, Chair Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group
Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, Anglican Bishop of Southwark
Rt Revd Declan Lang, Roman Catholic Bishop of Clifton
Leila Moran MP
Dr Philippa Whitford MP
Sir Vincent Fean, former UK Consul-General, Jerusalem.
Rabbi Danny Rich, Senior Rabbi, Liberal Judaism;
Dr Imad Karam, award-winning film-maker

There will also be music from Chai for All of Longing Belonging and Balfour

Britain’s Broken Promise: Time for a New Approach

The 1917 Balfour Declaration was a first step towards the creation of a sanctuary for a persecuted people, the Jews.

It was also the start of a process which has rendered Palestinians stateless, living under occupation in their own land, in refugee camps, or scattered throughout the world.

CONTRADICTORY PROMISES

The Declaration pledged Britain’s support for a ‘national home’ in Palestine for the Jewish people on theunderstanding that the rights of 'existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine’ would not be prejudiced. The failure to uphold this second clause, for which Britain bears much responsibility, has caused conflict between Palestinians and Israelis ever since.

This was just one of Britain’s contradictory promises during the First World War. After the War we secured a mandate from the League of Nations which included a ‘sacred trust’ to prepare the people of Palestine for independence. But in the end Britain walked away.

The British Government recognises the right of both Israelis and Palestinians to self-determination. Israelis have achieved this. Now is the time to help Palestinians achieve this, in cooperation with both peoples and the rest of the international community.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND COMMITMENT

It will mean committing ourselves to work for peace with justice in the region on the basis of equal rights for both Israelis and Palestinians. It entails upholding international law, including the Geneva Conventions, without fear or favour. This is a huge, long-term challenge. Governments will only take it on if their citizens do so first. If Britain gives a lead, others will follow.

This Centenary event is an opportunity to acknowledge Britain’s legacy, consider our individual and collective responses, and make ourselves heard.

BOOK tickets via Eventbrite

Organised by The Balfour Project

See more here.

Play: Consequences, The Trial of Arthur James Balfour
2017-11-02 19:30 UTC | Marple Methodist Church, Church Lane, Stockport, SK6 7AY, North West , United Kingdom
CONSEQUENCES:
The Trial of Arthur James Balfour a new play by Warren Bardsley
ADMISSION FREE

How did a 67-word document written by a British politician exactly 100 years ago have implications for the Middle East which reverberate even today?

performed as a staged reading. More info: gerardcrawshaw@hotmail.com

See poster here.

Coaches to the National March and Rally in London Sat 4 November
2017-11-04
Coaches from around the country going to the National March and Rally in London – Justice Now: Make it Right for Palestine
Saturday 4 November 2017
Details: www.palestinecampaign.org/events/national-rally-central-london/
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From: BIRMINGHAM

Coaches will be arranged to take us from Birmingham to the National Protest.
Coaches leave Birmingham around 8 am.Full details of the pickup points and times to be announced nearer the time.
Please indicate your interest as soon as possible so we can make appropriate transport arrangements.
nmalik50@yahoo.com
www.facebook.com/events/136204750331105

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From: BRADFORD

The Bradford Palestine Solidarity coach will leave Bradford at 7am on the dot (please arrive by 6.45am) from opposite the Bradford Hotel on Hall Ings. We plan to be back in Bradford by 9.30pm.

If you are coming you need to buy a ticket beforehand and give us your name and mobile number. You can either pay with cash via emailing Bradford PSC at palestinesolidaritybradford@gmail.com and Deb will arrange to meet you in the city centre at a mutually convenient time.

Or send a cheque with name , address and mobile number(s) - to arrive no later than Saturday 28th October - made payable to our Bradford Palestine Solidarity Campaign to Jane at 23 Airedale College Mount, Bradford BD3 0JU and she will post out tickets.

We know from our previous mail out that there are many of you who are prepared to support others to go on the march but are unable to come yourselves. If you have pledged some money, send a cheque to Jane as above but make sure you write clearly on the back that it is a donation and you do not want a ticket for yourself. Or you can email me (Deb) on this address and arrange to give me cash. PLEASE DO THIS VERY SOON.

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From: BRISTOL - CARDIFF

Bristol PSC & Cardiff-PSC are sharing a coach to the demo.
Pickups: CARDIFF 7.30am, National Museum, Cathays Park, CF10 3NP - Costs £16 with £12 concessions. contact cardiffpsc@gmail.com to book your place.
BRISTOL 8.30am outside @Bristol (now called "We The Curious") on Anchor Road, BS1 5DB - followed by outside Tesco car-park, Eastgate Road, Junction-2 of the M32 BS5 6XU. (Don't leave your car in the Tesco car-park) PLEASE BE PROMPT
Return from London 5pm arriving Bristol about 8.30pm.
Bring banners, flags, musical instruments, whistles, etc.
Book your tickets HERE:
http://cardiffpsc.weebly.com/nov-4th-coach-to-london.html
If you're unable to come but would like to send a donation do this either via the site or by posting a cheque (payable to Bristol PSC) to BPSC c/o Hydra Books, 34 Old Market, Bristol BS2 0EZ. Many thanks!
Spread-the-word via facebook event HERE www.facebook.com/events/120081692019299

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From: CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge PSC/Stop the War Coach Leaving from Queen's Road 9.30 am (near Silver St – please arrive by 9.15)Returning from London Eye 4.50 pmTickets: £10.00/ Concessions: £5.00
Please contact Jenny jenny.hardacre@btinternet.com to reserve your place.

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From: Coventry

Coventry Friends of Palestine are putting on a coach to London for the national Rally, Justice Now: Make it right for Palestine.

There will be limited seats available on a first come first served basis.

£10 waged, £5 unwaged and children under 14 (unless can sit on a lap, then free)
Pick up will be from Coventry Swimming Baths, Pool Meadow. 9am and we will return approx 6/7pm to the same place.

Please share and book and pay for your seat through the ticketing links below.

Full price, £10. https://www.wegottickets.com/event/416787
Unwaged/under 14 https://www.wegottickets.com/event/416788

www.facebook.com/events/136279633657827

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From: HEBDEN BRIDGE - HALIFAX

Coach for the Halifax Friends of Palestine to travel to London for the November 4th march.
The details for anyone interested in coming with us are as follows: The cost is £20, or £10 unwaged.
The coach will pick up from Hebden Bridge and Halifax.
For further information and tickets, please contact Angus at 07825 346 224.

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From: LIVERPOOL

Coach from Liverpool

Get your tickets form the News from Nowhere bookshop in Bold street: £25 (waged) or £ 10 (unwaged).

The coach will be leaving from Hardman street (by the old Blind School) at 7am sharp in the morning. And leaving London at 5pm.

Book now to avoid disappointment.

Please consider making a donation.

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From: NEWCASTLE - DURHAM

Leaving Newcastle at 6.00am meet outside Central Station
Cost: £30 for waged and £10 for unwaged
Pick ups at Durham and Darlington on the way.
Seats must be booked in advance. To book email: toe.knee.dowling@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/events/502945976716263

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From: NORWICH

The Norwich PSC Executive Coach (with toilet) will depart from Theatre Royal 07:55 am in the morning, returning from London at 5pm to arrive back in Norwich at approximately 8:10 pm.Seats are available for £12 or £6 for unwaged, students or children please email secretary@norwichpsc.org.uk to book a seat on the coach.In order to guarantee your seat on the coach, payment must be made by cheque (Payable to "Norwich Credit Union") or cash, in a sealed envelope addressed to Treasurer Norwich PSC and dropped off at The Green House on Bethel Street in Norwich.

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From: NOTTINGHAM

The coach is leaving at 8am from the Forest Recreation Ground , NG7 6HB Nottingham.
Book your seat here: https://billetto.co.uk/e/nottingham-coach-to-national-demonstration-make-it-right-for-palestine-tickets-208193

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From: SHEFFIELD

Buy your coach tickets from Sheffield and join us on the national rally, 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, Justice now for Palestine in London.

Coaches from Shefield leave 8am Paternoster Row S1 2LW

Buy tickets tel: 07415251055 or tel: 07804039431

Coach ticket prices: £20 waged/ £5 unwaged.

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The coach for this event leaves Medina Masjid, 213 Newhampton Road East (corner of Fawdry Street), Wolverhampton8.00am sharp - Back 8.30-9.30pm
To book: wolvespsc@gmail.com or 01902 450640 (early evening best)
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Palestine Now- Documents of a Disappearance 1917-2017
2017-11-04 11:30 - 18:00 UTC | Zilkha Auditorium, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London, E1 7QX, United Kingdom
Marking 100 years since the Balfour Declaration took Palestinians’ fate out of Palestinian hands, this day-long event traces the legacy of colonialism – through films, readings, and special guest presentations. Sessions feature writers Ghada Karmi, Karma Nabulsi and artist Larissa Sansour among other guests, the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, screenings of Infiltrators(2012) by Khaled Jarrar, Beyrouth, Ma Ville (1982) by Jocelyne Saab and revolutionary film from the PLO film unit in exile (1974), as well as colonial films produced during the British Mandate in Palestine. The day aims to give a perspective on anti-colonial resistance past and present, culminating in a discussion of questions of responsibility and the role of the imagination in creating a shared future, from Britain to Palestine and beyond.

Curated by Miranda Pennell, in consultation with Jenny Morgan and Sarah Beddington.

In association with Artists for Palestine UK

For bookings visit: http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/palestine-now/

National March and Rally - Justice Now: Make it right for Palestine
2017-11-04 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London , W1K 6LF , United Kingdom
National March and Rally

Saturday 4 November 2017

Justice Now: Make it right for Palestine

#Balfour100

Assemble 12noon Grosvenor Square W1K 6LF London

Speakers will address the crowds at Grosvenor Square (by the US Embassy) before the march through central London (via Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square) from 1pm. The rally will be taking place in Parliament Square, where the main speakers will address the crowds from 2.15pm to 4pm approx.

For coaches coming from around the country please click here.

For the past 100 years Palestinian rights have been disregarded. As we approach the centenary of the Balfour Declaration – on the 2nd November – which built the path for their dispossession, we are demanding justice and equal rights for Palestinians now.

Join us on Saturday 4 November to make it right for Palestine!

Speakers at the rally will include:

Dr Mustafa Barghouti / Ken Loach / Andy Slaughter MP / Leanne Wood AM / Mick Whelan General Secretary ASLEF / Gail Cartmail TUC / Matt Wrack General Secretary FBU / Margaret McKee President Unison / Lowkey / John Pilger / Senator Paul Gavan Sinn Fein / Leanne Mohamad / Hugh Lanning PSC / Asad Rehman War on Want / Reem Kelani / Philipa Harvey NEU-NUT Section / Glyn Secker JFJFP / Daoud Abdalah MAB / Ajmal Masrour Imam & broadcaster / Prof Manuel Hassassian / Tariq Ali / Salma Yacoub / Lindsey German STW / Ismael Patel FOA / Walter Wolfgang CND / Dave Randall / Jenny Tonge / Hawiyya Dance Company / John Nicolson SNP / Leah Levane JVL / Rajab Shamlakh APCUK.

Organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB), Friends of Al Aqsa (FOA), Stop the War Coalition (STW), Muslim Association of Britain (MAB).

Supported by Unite the Union, UNISON, National Education Union- NUT Section, GMB, ASLEF, RMT, FBU, UCU, PCS, CWU, Europal Forum, CND, Pax Christi, APCUK, Kairos UK, Friends of Sabeel UK, ICAHD UK, Olive, Amos Trust, APCUK, Muslim Voice.

#Balfour100

www.palestinecampaign.org

Here There Everywhere: Gaza to London at the P21 Gallery 7-11 November
2017-11-07 - 2017-11-11 | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
Here There Everywhere: Gaza to London
a series of events at the P21 Gallery

"Gaza is a microcosm of our world of cruelty and barbarism but, no less, of courage, creativity and resilience." Noam Chomsky

LIVE VIDEO CONVERSATIONS WITH GAZA

writers, artists, theatre-makers, parents, teachers, filmmakers, community activists, lawyers, justice-seekers, Shakespeare students, public health experts, environmentalists, psychotherapists, young creatives and paramedics. Plus exchange between community activists in Gaza and Rojava, in Syria.

FILM

AMBULANCE by Mohamed Jabaly about the 2014 war and VOICES FROM GAZA (1989), groundbreaking documentary screened to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the First Intifada

EXHIBITION OF WORK

art-work by Hazem Harb, photographs by Tanya Hasbouqa, selection of work from Art Under Siege, Palestine Regeneration Team, Palestine History Tapestry Project.

See the full programme online HERE

http://www.aztheatre.org.uk fb: @Aztheatre twitter: @AZtheatreorg

Bernard Regan Book Tour- Coventry
2017-11-08 19:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Hill Street, Coventry , CV1 4AN, United Kingdom
The Balfour Declaration
Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard Regan

The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the
fate of Palestine. On November 2, 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared that they were in favor of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This short note would be one of the most controversial documents of its time.

A hundred years after its signing, Bernard Regan recasts the history of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the story of the Middle East. Offering new insights into the imperial rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans,Regan exposes British policy in the region as part of a larger geopolitical game. Yet, even then, the course of events was not straightforward and Regan charts the debates within the British government and the Zionist movement itself on the future of Palestine. The book also provides a revealing account of life in Palestinian society at the time, paying particular attention to the responses of Palestinian civil society to the imperial machinations that threatened their way of life. Not just a history of states and policies, Regan manages to brilliantly present both a history of people under colonialism and an account of the colonizers themselves.

Organised by Coventry Friends of Palestine

Talk: John McCarthy - You Can't Hide the Sun
2017-11-10 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | , ,
Journalist John McCarthy was kidnapped and held in Beirut for over 5 years from 1986 to 1991. Despite this, he returned to Palestine and Israel, and journeyed across the country to uncover the hidden story of the Palestinian struggle.

He comes to Richmond to talk to us about his experiences and observations. Join us - it will be a fascinating and riveting talk.

The venue is within 3 to 5 minutes walk from Richmond station, which is on the District and the Overground lines, and on South Western Rail. There is also parking behind the venue in Old Deer Park.

Bookings via Evenbrite

Bernard Regan Book Tour- Kent
2017-11-11 16:00 UTC | Rainham School for Girls, 8 Derwent Way, Gillingham, ME8 0BX, United Kingdom
The Balfour Declaration
Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard Regan

The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the
fate of Palestine. On November 2, 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared that they were in favor of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This short note would be one of the most controversial documents of its time.

A hundred years after its signing, Bernard Regan recasts the history of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the story of the Middle East. Offering new insights into the imperial rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans,Regan exposes British policy in the region as part of a larger geopolitical game. Yet, even then, the course of events was not straightforward and Regan charts the debates within the British government and the Zionist movement itself on the future of Palestine. The book also provides a revealing account of life in Palestinian society at the time, paying particular attention to the responses of Palestinian civil society to the imperial machinations that threatened their way of life. Not just a history of states and policies, Regan manages to brilliantly present both a history of people under colonialism and an account of the colonizers themselves.

Leeds Palestinian Film Festival
2017-11-13 00:00 - 2017-12-09 00:00 UTC
Leeds Palestinian Film Festival brings 11 films to Leeds, many for the first time.
Leeds is one of only four UK cities to have a Palestinian Film Festival.

Women from the Leeds Republica football team who visited women footballers in the West Bank will be here to discuss ‘Balls, Bulldozers and Barriers’, the film of their visit.

The Festival films highlight Palestinian history, politics, and resistance.

they offer insights into unexpected aspects of everyday life: women footballers, surfers in Gaza, entering the Arab ‘X-factor’, moving a sofa, and stirring stories of resistance
they are showing at eight different venues in and around Leeds ranging from Leeds Town Hall to the Old Fire Station in Gipton, and from Otley to Wakefield
many events are ‘pay-as-you-feel’ and so accessible to people on low incomes
at three events you can meet and talk to people who have visited Palestine and made films of what they’ve seen
at many events, Palestinian produce such as dates, olive oil, embroidery, ceramics will be on sale, making excellent gifts

The festival launches with;

Gaza Surf Club

Despite strict sanctions, surfboards have been brought into Gaza offering a beleaguered community a small slice of freedom

Other highlights:

Firefighters Under Occupation

“Our first enemy is the occupation – our second enemy is the fire”

The film-maker – a South Wales firefighter who travelled with a delegation of UK firefighters to the West Bank – will attend the showing, which is being held at the newly converted ‘Old Fire Station’ in Gipton.

The Occupation of the American Mind

“One of the most compelling and important documentaries in recent years”

(John Pilger)

Narrated by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, explores Israel’s battle for the hearts, minds and dollars of Americans.

After the film Jewish Labour Party activist and former Reuters journalist Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi will discuss how and why a moral panic about ‘antisemitism’ has taken hold in the UK.

The Idol (with Otley Film Society)

A true, gripping and heart-warming story of a young man from Gaza who dreams of singing. Overcoming many challenges, he enters the Arab ‘X-factor’ – with a nail-biting finish.

Monday 13th November - Saturday 9th December, see details of all 11 showings HERE.

Bernard Regan Book tour: with the London Socialist Resistance
2017-11-14 19:30 UTC | KCBNA Community Centre, 62 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1AB, United Kingdom
The Balfour declaration: The imperialist deal that tore the Middle East apart
Public meeting and discussion

speakers:
Bernard Regan (author)
Roland Rance (Free Speech on Israel)

venue:
Community Centre, 62 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AB
(Kings Cross & Russell Square tubes)

The Balfour declaration

On 2 November 1917, Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Rotschild a very short letter which gave away the land of the Palestinians to establish a “national home for the Jewish people” out of “sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations”. The British government had accepted the Zionist slogan that depicted Palestine as “a land without a people for a people without a land.”

With the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, Britain made a colonial land-grab. In the words of the first British military governor of Jerusalem, “a loyal Jewish Ulster” had been created.

Like many other acts of colonialism, its consequences have been brutal and continue today: Zionist settlers are expelling Palestinians, Israel is occupying much of the West bank, and there are over 6 million refugees and their descendants.

Bernard Regan, author of The Balfour Declaration, Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine, will explain the rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans, expose British policy in the region and explain the resistances of Palestinians.

Roland Rance, from Free Speech on Israel, will explain the intentions then of British government and of the Zionist movement for Palestine, and what is the continuity of their policy within Israel today.

The Balfour Declaration, Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard Regan, Published by Verso, Hardback, £16.99

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Hosted by Socialist Resistance
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london@socialistresistance.org

Talk: Robert Cohen- Balfour, May and the ‘Wrong Kind of Jews’
2017-11-15 19:00 UTC | The Cornerstone, Dalton Square, Lancaster, LA1 1PX, United Kingdom
Balfour, May and the ‘Wrong Kind of Jews’

Speaker: Robert Cohen

November 2017 sees the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in which the British Government promised to create a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. While most Jewish communities around the world will be celebrating the anniversary, Palestinians see it as an historic betrayal of their rights, the implications of which are still being played out today.

Robert Cohen is a leading dissident voice within the UK Jewish community and his talk will present some of the ‘lost voices’ of Jewish dissent against Balfour 100 years ago and discuss the prospect of Jewish opposition to Zionism today.

Robert Cohen’s blog ‘Writing from the Edge’ can be read here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/writingfromtheedge/

Meeting arranged through the Faith and Justice Commission, the Lancaster Methodist Church, Global Link and Three Peaks for Palestine.

Contact Simon Stewart on 01524 840027 with venue queries.

Meeting: Ben White- Rogue State - Israel's Human Rights Violations And Ongoing Impunity
2017-11-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Meeting: Rogue State - Israel's Human Rights Violations And Ongoing Impunity

A Talk by Ben White

Synopsis: Israel is a rogue state - a serial violator of international law and human rights. These systematic violations and abuses are only possible because of the impunity Israel enjoys. Until there is accountability, Israel will continue to consolidate an apartheid one-state reality.

Ben White is a writer, journalist, researcher, and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He has published two books, 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide (2009),and 'Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy'(2012), which have received endorsements from Desmond Tutu, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ahdaf Soueif, IlanPappe, Ali Abunimah, and others.

This talk is the final part of the discussion series Palestine: Past, Present Future and is open to all.

Organised by Manchester PSC

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Talk by Tom Suarez
2017-11-16 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | 16, Unite Office,, 10 Old London Road , Hilsea, Portsmouth , PO2 9RS, United Kingdom
Talk - Israel is A Terror State: How Modern Israel was Founded on Terrorism,

by Tom Suarez

organised by Portsmouth & South Downs PSC

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DCI Palestine Speaking Tour 19 to 25 Nov
2017-11-19 - 2017-11-25
Speaking Tour: Defence for Children International – Palestine Section

Please join us to hear from Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Programme Director at Defence for Children international – Palestine Section (DCI-Pal). The speaking tour is part of PSC's national campaign on child prisoners, and the Lobby of Parliament for Palestine on Wednesday 22nd November.

Israel is the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes children in military courts – between 500 and 700 each year. The Israel Prison Service revealed that an average of 204 Palestinian children have been held in custody every month since 2012.

Ill-treatment in the Israeli military detention system remains “widespread, systematic, and institutionalised throughout the process”. These were the conclusions of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report ‘Children in Israeli Military Detention Observations and Recommendations‘.

Events:

Sunday 19th November Liverpool

Monday 20th November Newcastle www.facebook.com/events/337108770072061/

Tuesday 21st November Nottingham www.facebook.com/events/165228767389115/

Thursday 23rd November Oxford www.facebook.com/events/260237867817180/

Friday 24th November Cardiff www.facebook.com/events/143491822950380/

Saturday 25th November Birmingham www.facebook.com/events/2022902891274530/

More details to follow.

Film: From Balfour to Banksy, SOAS
2017-11-20 19:00 UTC | SOAS University Alumni Lecture Theatre, Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
100 years ago Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour set in motion the vision of Israel his 'Balfour Declaration' had another, disastrous impact: the dispossession of the Palestinian people.

This film looks at other visions -- including a wide range of views from occupied Palestine today, ranging from anger to attempts at envisioning a future.

It also shows the vision of another Englishman: the contemporary artist Banksy, who has created in Palestine a hotel that is also a remarkable satirical art installation

Written and directed by Martin Buckley

Producer Miranda Pinch Camera Alexander Wilks

www.balfourtobanksy.com

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Lobby of Parliament for Palestine 2017
2017-11-22 00:00 - 18:00 UTC | House of Parliament, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
JOIN THE LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT FOR PALESTINE
Wednesday 22nd November 2017
12.00 - 18.00

On Wednesday 22 November, people from around the UK will arrange to meet with their MPs in Parliament to ask them to take action against Israel's illegal settlements and the abuse of Palestinian children under military detention.

https://palestinecampaign.iparlsetup.com/lobby/parliament2017

By doing this together, it shows MPs that there are huge numbers of people across the country who care about Palestine.

We need you to join the lobby! Please send a letter to your MP requesting a meeting (please only do this if you are actually able to travel to London on the 22nd November). We will then register for you to join us in Parliament.

All participants will be briefed in advance of our key parliamentary asks and what to expect when meeting their MP. You will also be invited to join the PSC evening event in Parliament (from 18.00 -20.00) where you can hear from experts and politicians about what they are doing for Palestine.

JOIN THE LOBBY DAY: REQUEST A MEETING WITH YOUR MP

https://palestinecampaign.iparlsetup.com/lobby/parliament2017

The Bethlehem Concert - London
2017-11-23 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | St Paul's Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, London, WC2E 9ED, United Kingdom
Friends of Alrowwad UK present:
The Bethlehem Concert
In Aid of Women and Children in Aida Refugee Camp
Friends of Alrowwad UK have organised the Bethlehem Concert in order to fundraise for The Alrowwad Arts and Cultural Centre for women and children in Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem
The World Harmony Orchestra has put a special musical program together inspired by beautiful resistance against the Israeli occupation, peace , and reconciliation, including pieces by Arian, Roxanna Panufnik, Romain Malan and
special guest Wissam Boustany, flautist and composer
Welcome drinks and canapés, stalls with Palestinian crafts, video from 06:30 - 07:00 pm
Concert 07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Auction and bar open from 08:00 till 09:00 pm
Tickets £25
https://actorschurch.ticketsolve.com/shows/873579816

Open Day: Why do Christians in the Holy Land want Britain to recognise the State of Palestine?
2017-11-25 10:30 - 16:00 UTC | Great Hall, Great Hall, 114 Mount St, Mayfair, London W1K 3AY, London, W1K 3AY, United Kingdom
Living stones of the Holy Land Trust Open Day with AGM

“Why do Christians in the Holy Land want Britain to recognise the State of Palestine?”

See more information here.

State of Terror - How Terrorism Created Modern Israel, with Tom Suárez
2017-11-25 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | White Rock Hotel, (opposite pier), Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JU, United Kingdom
State of Terror - How Terrorism Created Modern Israel.

A talk by Tom Suárez

How did terrorism originate in Palestine and what was its outcome?

Thomas Suárez sheds much new light on those questions in 'State of Terror - How Terrorism Created Modern Israel'. He does this largely by mining previously neglected declassified documents from the British National Archives, covering the period between the Balfour Declaration (1917) and the Suez Crisis (1956).

More information about 'State of Terror - How Terrorism Created Modern Israel:' http://mondoweiss.net/2017/01/terrorism-israeli-state/

Organised by Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

visit Hastings PSC website

and Hastings PSC Facebook page

Festival for Palestine
2017-11-26 13:45 - 18:00 UTC | Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street , London, NW1 1EE, United Kingdom
Camden PSC Festival for Palestine

Celebrate with comedy from

Alexi Sayle, Ian Saville & Ivor Dembina,

Singing by Hadeel Shamlakh & Hadaa,

Oud play by Zaid Sabbubeh

Enjoy informative talks:

Visiting Palestine - Linda Ramsden & Nandita Dowson

From Nakba to exile - Ghada Karmi

Israeli anti-Zionist testimony - Haim Bresheeth

Gaza reading- Ahmed Masoud

Would Balfour be legal today? - Salma Karmi-Ayoub

Football, FIFA, Politics and Palestine - Geoff Lee

Photos from Bi'lin. Palestinian crafts stall

Palestinian snacks by Cafe Palestina

Entry £7, concessions £4

Organised by Camden PSC

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Private Seminar on Palestine Day: How to end 70 years of injustice?
2017-11-29 17:30 UTC | House of Parliament, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Every year since 1977 the United Nations has observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November. EuroPal Forum invites you to a seminar on “the UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: How to end 70 years of injustice?"

Hosted and Chaired by:

Tommy Sheppard SNP MP

Speakers include:

- Professor Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK

- Hugh Lanning- Palestine Solidarity Campaign chairman

- Baroness Jenny Tonge

- Dr Ghada Karmi - Palestinian author and academic

- Zaher Birawi- EuroPal Forum chairman

Wednesday 29th November 2017 from 5.30pm at the The Palace of Westminster - UK Parliament

This is a private seminar, to confirm your registration, please send us an email: events@europalforum.org.uk

Public Meeting: Palestine 100 years after Balfour
2017-11-29 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Sutton Quaker Meeting House, Sutton Quaker Meeting House, Cedar Road, Sutton, SM2 5DA., Sutton, SM2 5DA, United Kingdom
Palestine 100 years after Balfour

100 years ago the Balfour Declaration pledged Britain’s support for a ‘national home’ in Palestine for the Jewish people, on the understanding that the rights of ‘existing non-jewish communities in Palestine’ would not be prejudiced.

The first part of this pledge led to the establishment of the state of Israel. But Britain reneged on the the second part, leaving Palestinians dispossessed and living as refugees or under occupation.

The resulting suffering and conflict has gone on far too long. It is time to acknowledge Britain’s broken promises, and bring justice and equal rights to everyone living in Israel and Palestine. Come and hear first-hand accounts of the plight of Palestinians today, and join the discussion of how we can support Palestinians and Israelis to build a peaceful future based on equal rights for all.

Organised by Sutton for Peace and Justice, see more here.

Please reserve your place by email to sutton4peace@yahoo.co.uk
or by text message to 07740 594496.

Public Meeting and Book Launch with Shir Hever- Birmingham
2017-12-03 14:00 UTC | Unite Building Heneage Street, Heneage Street West, Birmingham , B7 4AZ, United Kingdom
The Privatisation of Israeli Security

Book details

By Shir Hever (Pluto Press Nov 2017)

Abstract Between 1994-2014, Israel’s security service was transformed, becoming one of the most extreme examples of privatised security in the world. This book is an investigation into this period and the conditions that created ‘Occupation Inc.’: the institution of a private military-security-industrial complex.

State sponsored violence is increasing as a result of this securitisation, but why is it necessary, and what are its implications? In this book, Shir Hever considers the impact of the ongoing Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation, the influence of U.S. military aid and the rise of neoliberalism in Israel, to make sense of this dramatic change in security policy.

Through the lens of political economy, this book shows how the Israeli security elites turn violence into a commodity in order to preserve their status and wealth, providing a fresh new perspective on the Israeli occupation.

Author Biography Shir Hever is an economic researcher based at the Alternative Information Centre in Jerusalem and is the author of The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto, 2010).

Review ‘Shir Hever has emerged as one of the most incisive analysts of the critical Israeli Left.’ - Jeff Halper, Director of The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of War Against the People (Pluto, 2015)

Organised by West Midlands PSC

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Public Meeting and Book Launch with Shir Hever- Sheffield
2017-12-05 19:30 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James' Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW, United Kingdom
The Privatisation of Israeli Security

Book details

By Shir Hever (Pluto Press Nov 2017)

Abstract Between 1994-2014, Israel’s security service was transformed, becoming one of the most extreme examples of privatised security in the world. This book is an investigation into this period and the conditions that created ‘Occupation Inc.’: the institution of a private military-security-industrial complex.

State sponsored violence is increasing as a result of this securitisation, but why is it necessary, and what are its implications? In this book, Shir Hever considers the impact of the ongoing Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation, the influence of U.S. military aid and the rise of neoliberalism in Israel, to make sense of this dramatic change in security policy.

Through the lens of political economy, this book shows how the Israeli security elites turn violence into a commodity in order to preserve their status and wealth, providing a fresh new perspective on the Israeli occupation.

Author Biography Shir Hever is an economic researcher based at the Alternative Information Centre in Jerusalem and is the author of The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto, 2010).

Review ‘Shir Hever has emerged as one of the most incisive analysts of the critical Israeli Left.’ - Jeff Halper, Director of The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of War Against the People (Pluto, 2015)

Organised by Sheffield PSC

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Public Meeting and Book Launch with Shir Hever- Manchester
2017-12-06 19:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
The Privatisation of Israeli Security

Book details

By Shir Hever (Pluto Press Nov 2017)

Abstract Between 1994-2014, Israel’s security service was transformed, becoming one of the most extreme examples of privatised security in the world. This book is an investigation into this period and the conditions that created ‘Occupation Inc.’: the institution of a private military-security-industrial complex.

State sponsored violence is increasing as a result of this securitisation, but why is it necessary, and what are its implications? In this book, Shir Hever considers the impact of the ongoing Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation, the influence of U.S. military aid and the rise of neoliberalism in Israel, to make sense of this dramatic change in security policy.

Through the lens of political economy, this book shows how the Israeli security elites turn violence into a commodity in order to preserve their status and wealth, providing a fresh new perspective on the Israeli occupation.

Author Biography Shir Hever is an economic researcher based at the Alternative Information Centre in Jerusalem and is the author of The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto, 2010).

Review ‘Shir Hever has emerged as one of the most incisive analysts of the critical Israeli Left.’ - Jeff Halper, Director of The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and author of War Against the People (Pluto, 2015)

Organised by Manchester PSC

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#handsoffjerusalem All local events
2017-12-08 - 2017-12-09
Dublin Friday 8 December 1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/522915784755200/

London Friday 8 December 5.30pm to 7.30pm

www.facebook.com/events/170537040356273

Manchester Friday 8 December 5.30pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/173708333367924/

Halifax Friday 8 December 5pm Outside the old central library on Northgate

www.facebook.com/HalifaxFriendsOfPalestine

Bristol Friday 8 December 5pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/135659940548935/

Nottingham Friday 8 December 5.30pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/1505996489499037/

Cardiff Friday 8 December 5.30pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/1526738384060970/

Cambridge Saturday 9 December 11.30am

www.facebook.com/events/1669247079763303/

Birmingham Saturday 9 December 2pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/1943494829238119/

Sheffield Saturday 9 December 12noon

https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=e9f7e3f515cf87277529f8b0f&id=7795b9df33

Brighton Saturday 9 December 12noon

https://www.facebook.com/events/469270870139794/

Glasgow Saturday 9 December 12.30m

https://www.facebook.com/events/170537040356273/

Edinburgh Saturday 9 December 12noon

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Manchester protest: Jerusalem Not Trump's To Give Away
2017-12-08 17:00 - 20:00 UTC
Manchester PSC together with Manchester student BDS and Manchester Palestine Action have called a protest to meet at 5pm Friday 8th December at Manchester University (Whitworth Hall entrance) and march to Piccadilly Gardens.

We call on all concerned individuals to take a stand for the Palestinians, still occupied, still violently forced from their land, and still the victims of the shameful support of western governments, from the Balfour Declaration to the US embassy move to Jerusalem. Join the ‘Hands Off Jerusalem’ protest at Piccadilly Gardens.

https://www.facebook.com/events/173708333367924/

London Protest: Hands off Jerusalem!
2017-12-08 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 2LQ, United Kingdom
Emergency protest - Hands off Jerusalem!

Friday 8 December 2017

US Embassy, Grosvenor Square W1A 2LQ, London

5.30pm – 7.30pm

Organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB), Friends of Al Aqsa (FOA), Stop the War Coalition (STW), Muslim Association of Britain (MAB).

Supported by: Muslim Voices, Stand up to Trump, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, War on Want, Association of Palestinian Communities in the UK, Olive, Europal Forum.

Book Tour: Bernard Regan- The Balfour Declaration
2018-01-01 - 2018-03-01
National Book Tour

The Balfour Declaration.

Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine by Bernard Regan

(Event details will updated when further information is available)

Oxford Meeting

February 27th 7.30-9.00pm

Council Chamber, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Central Oxford OX1 1BX

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The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the
fate of Palestine. On November 2, 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour, declared that they were in favor of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This short note would be one of the most controversial documents of its time. A hundred years after its signing, Bernard Regan recasts the history of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the story of the Middle East. Offering new insights into the imperial rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans,Regan exposes British policy in the region as part of a larger geopolitical game. Yet, even then, the course of events was not straightforward and Regan charts the debates within the British government and the Zionist movement itself on the future of Palestine. The book also provides a revealing account of life in Palestinian society at the time, paying particular attention to the responses of Palestinian civil society to the imperial machinations that threatened their way of life. Not just a history of states and policies, Regan manages to brilliantly present both a history of people under colonialism and an account of the colonizers themselves.
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Reviews
“In this major account of the Balfour Declaration, Bernard Regan's timely book sheds
light on the most powerful symbol of the official British-Zionist alliance over the last
century. It deserves to be widely read by those yearning for truth and reconciliation in
the Middle East.”
– Professor Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London

“This is a meticulously researched account of the background and aftermath of a
transaction that launched in 1917 a malignant conflict that has poisoned the Near East
and the wider international arena ever since. Bernard Regan places the Balfour
Declaration in its proper context … It is compelling essential reading to anyone who
wishes to understand the roots of one of our world's most dangerous potential
explosion spots.”
– Moshé Machover, author of Israelis and Palestinians

"Most have heard of the Balfour Declaration, without fully appreciating its history
and consequences. With this meticulous and insightful study, we have a fascinating
and timely guide to British colonial policy in Palestine, and its devastating impacts for
the Palestinian people to this day".
– Professor Karma Nabulsi, Oxford University.

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Bernard Regan completed his PhD at St Mary’s University and Surrey University in 2016 having studied with Professor Nur Masalha and Dr Claire Norton. His research focussed on Palestine and the British Mandate between 1917 and 1936. He is the author of “The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine”. (Publication November 2017. Publisher Verso).

He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary’s University

He returned to academic study after a career teaching in Primary, Secondary and Special Education. He has also taught in Further, Adult and Higher Education and run education courses for trade unionists on international questions especially related to Palestine and Cuba.

Whilst teaching Bernard Regan was a member of the National Union of Teachers Executive Committee for 25 years and during that time took an especial interest in Government Education policies and in the Union’s international work. His international work in the Union centred on Palestine and Cuba and the development of Education within these countries.

He has written on the impact of Neoliberalism on Education policies in the national press and numerous journals.

He has led trade union delegations to Palestine and Israel, visiting schools, meeting students, teachers and Educational administrators. He co-authored the 2006 policy of the Trade Union Congress on Palestine. In 2008, along with Michael Kustow (former Commissioning Editor Channel 4 and director of ICA), he developed a series of initiatives entitled Another Israel aimed at giving space to the voices of dissident Israeli intellectuals and activists.

He is one of the Co-organisers and a contributor to the annual Latin America Conference which has now been held in London for the last 12 years. The conference is recognized as the largest of its type in Europe and brings together contributors from Latin America, intellectuals, academics, activist/campaigners, students and trades unionists. Amongst its contributors over the last 12 years have been Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter, Ernesto Laclau, Aleida Guevara, Tariq Ali and ambassadors from Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela.

He was the first recipient of the NUT’s Steve Sinnott Award for international work in 2015.

In 2016 he was the first foreigner to receive the Frank País medal of the SNTECD (Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, la Ciencia y el Deporte – Cuban Education Union).

Book Tour: Bernard Regan- The Balfour Declaration
2018-01-08 19:00 UTC | The Aaina Centre, Bath Road, Walsall, WS1 3BS, United Kingdom
Bernard Regan completed his PhD at St Mary’s University and Surrey University in 2016 having studied with Professor Nur Masalha and Dr Claire Norton. His research focussed on Palestine and the British Mandate between 1917 and 1936. He is the author of “The Balfour Declaration: Empire, Mandate and Resistance in Palestine”. (Publication November 2017. Publisher Verso).

He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary’s University

He returned to academic study after a career teaching in Primary, Secondary and Special Education. He has also taught in Further, Adult and Higher Education and run education courses for trade unionists on international questions especially related to Palestine and Cuba.

Book Tour: Bernard Regan- The Balfour Declaration
2018-01-09 19:30 UTC | Milton Keynes PSC Centrecom Meeting Place, 602 N Row, Milton Keynes, MK9 3BJ, United Kingdom

Meeting on the Balfour Declaration @ Glossop Labour Club - Sun 14th Jan
2018-01-14 18:30 UTC | Glossop Labour Club, 11-13 Chapel St, Glossop, SK13 8AT, United Kingdom
The author, academic and activist Dr Bernard Regan, will talk about his
recent book on Palestine:

The Balfour Declaration, Empire, The Mandate and Resistance in Palestine

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2586-the-balfour-declaration

He will discuss the implications of the Balfour
Declaration (1917) for peace and politics in the Middle East.

Glossop Labour Club welcomes everyone concerned about the peace and
stability of the Middle East to this unique opportunity to listen to and
question an authority on the topic.

ALL WELCOME

The People's Film Club Presents: 'Epicly Palestine'd' with Q+A
2018-01-17 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Institute of Light, Arch 376, 10 Helmsley Place, London, E8 3SB, United Kingdom
Join us on 17th January for our screening of Epicly Palestine’d: The Birth of Skateboarding in the West Bank, a documentary that follows the rise of Palestine’s skate scene.

This will be followed by a Q+A, focused on the impact the occupation has had on the children of Palestine, ​and the supportive subculture that has emerged through skateboarding. We will be joined by Theo Krish, the director of Epicly Palestine'd, and Dani Abulhawa, a Skatepal ambassador and an academic focusing on skateboarding, gender and politics.

The event will host a photography exhibition, featuring photographs of Palestine by Mouna Kalla-Sacranie, and of its skate culture by Sam Dearden.

This event is organised by The People’s Film C​lub, ​a group ​which unites powerful documentaries with the speakers and activists who understand those issues best.
Doors - 7PM
Screening - 8.15PM

---- ALL MONEY RAISED FROM TICKET SALES AND THROUGH DONATIONS WILL GO TO SKATEPAL ----

SkatePal is a non-profit organisation that works with communities throughout Palestine to enhance the lives of young people and promote the benefits of skateboarding.

Tickets can be purchased here:

https://www.the-institute-of-light.com/tickets/the-peoples-film-club-presents-epicly-palestined-discussion-17118-7pm/.

Public Seminar: Trump's Promise: Time for Europe to Lead for Peace
2018-01-23 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, United Kingdom
Europal forum invites you to a public seminar:

Trump's Promise: Time for Europe to Lead for Peace

Alien Land, Vault Festival
2018-01-24 18:00 - 2018-01-28 19:00 UTC
A DARKLY COMIC SOLO ABOUT AN ALIEN INVASION IN PALESTINE.

Alien Land is a devised solo show inspired by The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist, the first science fiction novel in the Middle East. Performed in Arabic with English surtitles, it is a dark comedy which looks at life under occupation and the contemporary refugee experience from a radical new perspective.

As both a Bedouin and a Palestinian refugee from the 1948 Nakba, the show is built around solo performer Momin Swaitat’s family history and folklore. It draws on his memories of growing up in a world turned upside down by the violence and disruption of the Second Intifada – when his neighbourhood became an overnight battle zone, schools were closed and there was widespread curfew.

Fusing the ancient Arab tradition of the hakawati (travelling storyteller) with hallucinatory physical theatre sequences, it is a tale of love, loss and exile which will leave audiences unsure of which time, place or universe they have landed in.

Tickets and more information here: https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/alien-land/

Film Screening: Where Should The Birds Fly - Friday 26th January
2018-01-26 19:00 UTC | Friends’ Meeting House, 8b Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Where Should The Birds Fly is the first film about Gaza made by Palestinians living the reality of Israel’s siege and blockade of this tiny enclave.

It is the story of two young women, survivors of the three weeks of death and destruction Israel unleashed on Gaza in 2008/9.

Mona Samouni,12 years old, and the filmmaker, Fida Qishta, 27, represent the spirit and future of Palestinians. The film is a visual documentation of the Goldstone Report. But it is so much more.

It reveals the strength, hope, humanity and humour that flourish among the people of Gaza. Few films document so powerfully and personally the impact of modern warfare and sanctions on a civilian population.

All welcome. Admission and refreshments free of charge. Collection for expenses

Book Tour: Bernard Regan - The Balfour Declaration
2018-01-27 | Oxford PSC, 32 Boundary Brook Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4TU, United Kingdom

PSC Annual General Meeting 2018
2018-01-27 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | The London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, London, NW1 9XB, London, United Kingdom
PSC Annual General Meeting 2018

Saturday 27 January, 2018, 10:00am – 5:00pm, The London Irish Centre 50-52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB

The PSC Annual General Meeting is a vital event, discussing our work over the last year, and planning the future of our campaign – including motions and elections to the Executive Committee.

All members of national PSC are strongly encouraged to attend the AGM where important decisions are made. PSC is a democratic organisation managed by an elected board, the Executive Committee (EC). The EC is elected yearly at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and meets at least six times a year.

The AGM sets campaigning priorities for the coming year through an agreed Annual Plan, which the EC oversees the implementation of.

All members of PSC are able to attend and vote at the AGM. Local PSC branches, as well as affiliated organisations are also able to vote.

All PSC members who wish to attend the AGM must register in advance by 20 January 2018.

If you are unsure whether your membership is up to date, please contact info@palestinecampaign.orgor 020 7700 6192.

See individual notice page for AGM regulations including voting eligibility, details on submitting motions and nominations to the EC.

Affiliates please see here for more details

For deadlines and to register, please see the main AGM page here

Book Tour: Bernard Regan - The Balfour Declaration
2018-01-28 15:00 UTC | Enfield PSC, 1 voided, voided, N13 2AS, United Kingdom

Mark Thomas: Showtime From The Frontline - UK Tour
2018-01-30 - 2018-04-21
Lakin McCarthy in association with Theatre Royal Stratford East present

MARK THOMAS
Showtime From The Frontline

With Faisal Abualheja and Alaa Shehada | Directed by Joe Douglas

Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark Thomas and his team set out to run a comedy club for two nights in the Palestinian city of Jenin. Only to find it’s not so simple to celebrate freedom of speech in a place with so little freedom.

Jenin refugee camp, home to Jenin Freedom Theatre and to people with a wealth of stories to tell. Mark tells this story alongside two of its actors and aspiring comics Faisal Abualheja and Alaa Shehada. A story about being yourself in a place that wants to put you in a box.

With sell-out shows, non-stop awards, the highest critical acclaim, his own TV and radio shows, numerous documentaries, published books, Guinness World Records, influencing changes in the law, creating manifestos and exposing arms trade dealers, it’s no wonder that Mark is one of the UK’s most recognised performers and influential activists.

Marks’ book, Liar’s Quartet, is out via September Publishing.

www.markthomasinfo.com / TWITTER: @markthomasinfo

PRESS ON A SHOW THAT GAMBLES ON THE FUTURE
★★★★ “As ever Thomas is quick on his feet” THE TELEGRAPH
★★★★ “An hour of cathartic entertainment” THE INDEPENDENT
★★★★ “Politically astute and very well-informed… thoughtful and intelligent… this is an interesting way of coming at a satirical show” BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
★★★★ “Thomas proves to be an energetic and compelling raconteur which take the audience along with him” BROADWAYBABY
★★★★ ”A supremely convincing sermon…he has fabulous” THE SKINNY
★★★★ “We're treated to the best kind of hilarious political rantings, underscored by some deeply moving memories” THE LIST
★★★★ “As brilliant as ever… an hour’s delightful, uproarious anarchy that left me feeling a lot more cheerful” SCOTS GAY
★★★★ “Had me cackling and laughing yet again” THE EDINBURGH REPORTER
“His passion and the sense of communion he brings are compelling” CHORTLE

TOUR DATES
JANUARY VENUE BOX OFFICE
Tues 30th HOVE, Old Market 01273 201 800
Weds 31st COLCHESTER, Arts Centre 01206 500900

FEBRUARY
Thurs 1st READING, South Street 0118 960 6060
Sat 3rd OXFORD, Old Fire Station 01865 263980
Mon 5th GLASTONBURY, Red Brick 01458 899564
Tues 6th EXETER, Phoenix 01392 667080
Thurs 8th NORWICH, Playhouse 01603 598 598
Fri 9th FOLKESTONE, Quarterhouse 01303 760750
Mon 12th BRISTOL, Old Vic 0117 987 7877
Weds 14th-Sat 17th EDINBURGH, Traverse 0131 228 1404
Weds 21st CARDIFF, Sherman Theatre 029 2064 6900
Thurs 22nd SWANSEA, Volcano Theatre 01792 464790
Fri 23rd OXFORD, North Wall 01865 319450
Mon 26th – Tues 27th NOTTINGHAM, Lakeside 0115 846 7777
Weds 28th-Sat 3rd March BIRMINGHAM, MAC 0121 446 3232

MARCH
Tues 6th BELFAST, MAC 028 9023 5053
Thurs 8th – Sat 10th LIVERPOOL, Playhouse 0151 709 4776
Tues 13th – Weds 14th SALFORD, Lowry 0843 208 6000
Thurs 15th –Sat 17th LEEDS, West Yorkshire Playhouse Theatre 0113 213 7700
Weds 21st – Sat 24th GLASGOW, Tron 0141 552 4267
Weds 28th LANCASTER, Dukes 01524 598500
Thurs 29th-Fri 30th SHEFFIELD, University of Sheffield Drama Studio 0114 2228888
Sat 31st DURHAM, Gala Theatre 0300 026 6600

APRIL
Thurs 5th CANTERBURY, Gulbenkian 01227 769075
Fri 6th MILTON KEYNES, The Stables 01908 280800
Sat 7th CAMBRIDGE, Junction 01223 511 511
Tues 10th-Sat 14th LONDON, Theatre Royal Stratford East 020 8534 0310
Mon 16th – Sat 21st

Book Tour: Bernard Regan - The Balfour Declaration
2018-01-30 | Bookmarks, 1 Bloomsbury St, Fitzrovia, London, WC1B 3QE, United Kingdom

Mark Thomas: Showtime from the Frontline - in Hove
2018-01-30 18:45 - 23:00 UTC | The Old Market, 11a Upper Market Street Hove,, Hove, BN3 1AS, United Kingdom
http://theoldmarket.com/shows/mark-thomas-showtime-frontline/

Name the comedian who might say 'I wonder if I can set up a comedy club… in a refugee camp... in Palestine?' Of course, it’s Mark Thomas. And that is exactly what he tries to do.

Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark and his team set out to run a comedy club and put on two nights in Jenin in the West Bank. Only to find that it is not so simple to celebrate freedom of speech in a place with so little freedom.

Jenin refugee camp, a stronghold for the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade during the Second Intifada, is not a place synonymous with laughs. But it is also home to the Jenin Freedom Theatre and to people with a wealth of stories to tell.

Mark tells this story alongside Faisal Abualheja and Alaa Shehada, two performers, actors and now aspiring comics from the Jenin Club. This is a story about being yourself in a place that wants to put you in a box. Funny, moving and necessary. Mark says, it’s the nearest he will ever get to Alan Parker’s ‘Fame’.

Mark Thomas - Showtime From The Frontline
Date & Time: Tue 30 Jan, 7.30pm (doors 6.45pm)

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
7:30 pm
Book Tickets

Book Tour: Bernard Regan- The Balfour Declaration
2018-02-01 15:00 UTC | UCU London Retired Members University and College Union, Carlow Street, London, NW1 7LH, United Kingdom

12th Boycott Israel Network Weekend Workshop 2-4th Feb : BOOK NOW!
2018-02-02 - 2018-02-04 | , ,
The 12th Boycott Israel Network weekend workshop is an opportunity for activists to come together over a weekend to exchange ideas, discuss progress, develop new projects and share best practice for Boycott Divestment and Sanction campaigning. Given the victories so far this year, rising student action and the increased global solidarity in light of Israel's escalation of its brutal oppression of the Palestinian people, this year's Boycott Israel Network conference promises to provide yet another opportunity to enhance and spread the already burgeoning Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement in the UK.

STUDENTS –NOTE. There will be places available at £5 each, on a first come- first served basis.

Registration fee is £45 (covers all accommodation and meals for the weekend).

Please email Norma to registered at: normaturner1234@btinternet.com

You will then be sent details of how to pay and accommodation details. The programme for the weekend will be finalised and sent out at the beginning of December. If anyone wants to attend but has financial difficulties please contact Norma as we want everyone to come and not to be excluded because of a lack of money. We can help by asking local branches or individuals to pay for places.

Book Tour: Bernard Regan - The Balfour Declaration
2018-02-03 | Portsmouth PSC, 3 Nightingale Close, Rowlands Castle, Portsmouth, PO9 6EU, United Kingdom

Book Tour: Bernard Regan - The Balfour Declaration
2018-02-06 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | Bradford PSC, 2 Ash Grove, Bradford, BD7 1BN, United Kingdom

Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network Annual conference
2018-02-10 | Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Ln, Liverpool, L1 3BT, United Kingdom
The 2018 Annual Conference of the Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network takes place at the Quaker Meeting on Saturday 10 February in Liverpool. The key theme is child prisoners - with Kiri Tunks and Tareq Shrourou as speakers. A chance to find out more about the network and how to develop people to people links in Palestine.

Registration from 9.15. Programme starts at 10.

For more information and to register email us at: palestinetwinning@yahoo.com

Talk: Support for Palestinian Rights is not Anti-Semitism
2018-02-16 19:00 UTC | The Melville Theatre, The Melville Theatre, Pen y Pound, Abergavenny, NP7 5UD, United Kingdom
Support for Palestinian Rights is not Anti-Semitism
Speaker: Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi

Founder member of Jewish Voices for Labour, member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians and Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Public Meeting

See details here.

Organised by Abergavenny PSC

PalMusic Concert
2018-02-17 17:30 - 19:15 UTC | , ,
PalMusic UK makes a real difference to young Palestinians whose life are affected by circumstances beyond their control. It champions the work of the Edward Said National Conservatoire of Music (ESNCM), the leading music institution in Palestine http://ncm.birzeit.edu/en which has branches in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus, Ramallah and Gaza. It offers scholarships to Palestinian children and young people and contributes towards the consolidation of Palestinian identity http://www.palmusic.org.uk/

In October 2014, Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign (BHPSC) hosted the Galilee Quartet during their Amnesty UK tour. Amnesty supported Omar Saad, a Palestinian Druze violist who had spent 9 months in prison for refusing to serve in the Israeli army.

In the summer of 2016, Tibah Saad (cello) and her brother Omar were awarded partial scholarships to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland after the Head of Strings met the talented students while they were on a UK tour with the Palestine Youth Orchestra. Tibah and Omar are playing to raise funds enabling them to continue studying at the Conservatoire in Glasgow. The UK Home Office will not issue a student visa until an applicant can pay their college fees. Tibah and Omar have to raise £10,000 each.

In the concerts they are giving during their reading week in February, they will be accompanied by Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer who is regarded as one of the Middle-East's most promising young artists https://www.facebook.com/iyadsughayerpianist

Also playing in this concert is Lebanese-Palestinian flautist Wissam Boustany whose charismatic stage presence brings tremendous power and subtlety to the music he plays. Wissam is a trustee of PalMusic UK. http://www.wissamboustany.com/

The concert promises to be a real treat. The programme includes music by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Dvořák, Khachaturian, York Bowen and Jordanian-Palestinian contemporary composer Tarek Younis.

www.brightonpsc.org

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Israeli Apartheid Week 2018 at University of Sussex
2018-02-19 18:00 - 2018-02-23 20:00 UTC | Various locations, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RH, United Kingdom
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international series of events that seek to raise awareness of Israel’s apartheid system over the Palestinian people and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The University of Sussex is holding three events for IAW 2018
Main event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/342495052897987/

Monday 19th February - Fulton 113 - 6pm-8pm
BDS Movement: What is it? How do we win?
Join us for a workshop on the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. Find out more about it, and become part of our campaign team for the upcoming Students' Union Referendum on renewing support for the BDS Movement.
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/322427308247504/

Wednesday 21st February - Room 76 - 6pm doors **SOLD OUT**
Remi Kanazi + Guests!
Remi Kanazi is a world renowned poet, writer and organiser based in New York. We are thrilled to announce that he will performing an intimate gig at Sussex as part of Israeli Apartheid Week!
FREE Ticket Link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iaw-2018-remi-kanazi-gig-room-76-university-of-sussex-tickets-41996949005?ref=estw
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/117991559005659/

Friday 23rd February - Room 310, Watts Building, Moulsecoomb Campus, University of Brighton - 6pm-8pm
"From Balfour to Banksy" Film Screening + Producers Q+A
For our last event for Israeli Apartheid Week 2018, we're showing the newly released film "From Balfour to Banksy: Visions and Divisions in Palestine" with the Director Martin Buckley to answer questions.
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/159777434653061/

UNRWA Emergency Fundraiser
2018-02-20 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Shakeshuka Restaurant, 134 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5PH , United Kingdom
London Stands With Gaza presents:
AN EVENING OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GAZA
UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, is in dire straits following severe aid cuts imposed by the Trump administration.

More than 70 international NGOs have warned that the impact of these cuts will 'be particularly grave in the Gaza Strip', which is, as the Israeli military observes, 'on the verge of collapse'. The people of Gaza - a majority of whom are children and refugees - are on the brink.

In 2014, 150,000 people took to the streets of London to stand with Gaza as it came under Israeli assault. Now we must mobilise again, to raise as much money as possible for UNRWA and the people of Gaza in their hour of need.
*ONLY 125 SEATS AVAILABLE*
To reserve your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-stands-with-the-people-of-gaza-an-emergency-fundraiser-for-unrwa-tickets-43109337188
Bring items for auction - Books, paintings, special objects with a story behind them.
Bring your talents - There will be an open mic, so, whether its poetry, singing, music - however you wish to contribute, stop by for 10 minutes and show your solidarity.
Bring your wallets - There will be books and other items for sale & auction - all proceeds go to UNRWA.

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/154807428556153/

"Where are we headed in Israel/Palestine?" by Jeff Halper
2018-02-23 19:30 UTC | The Friends Meeting House, 5 Lansdowne Road, Bedford, MK40 2BY, United Kingdom
Jeff Halper, Director of the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions ( ICAHD) author of "War against the People" - a disturbing insight into the new ways world powers such as the US, Israel, Britain and China forge war today - a war of surveillance and whitewashed terror, conducted through new, high-tech military apparatuses, designed and first used in Israel against the Palestinian population.

Jeff will provide an update us on the involvement of ICAHD in a joint Palestinian-Israeli grassroots initiative.

Organised by Bedford Friends of Al Walaja

A free meeting with a collection for ICAHD.

Book Tour: Bernard Regan - The Balfour Declaration
2018-02-27 19:00 UTC | Oxford PSC, Oxford Town Hall, Saint Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX, United Kingdom

Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-03 - 2018-03-10
International Women’s Day Events 3-10 March 2018

An inspirational series of events, organised by Northern Women for Palestine, for International Women’s Day which take place between 3-10 March 2018.

The first event will be held from 2pm-5pm in the Oxford Place Community Centre, LS1 3AX in Leeds (adjacent to Leeds Town Hall). We will celebrate the resilience of Palestinian women over 70 years through poetry, personal stories, film, photos and a stunning, specially designed, art installation. Entry is FREE for all events, all welcome, with refreshments available and fully accessible. Some events require booking in advance.

We will welcome donations to support our continuing quest to raise awareness and promote action to aid the plight of Palestinian women and their families and friends wherever they are.

Save the dates!
March 3rd - Leeds
March 4th - Uppermill
March 6th - Bradford
March 7th - York
March 8th - Manchester
March 9th - Sheffield
March 10th - Halifax & Huddersfield

More information about the full programme of International Women’s day events from Northern Women for Palestine is available here.

Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-03 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Oxford Palace Centre, Oxford Place, Leeds, LS1 3AX, United Kingdom
Celebrate the resilience of Palestinian women over 70 years through poetry, personal stories, film, photos and
a stunning, specially designed art installation.
An International Women's Day 2018 event.

For more info see FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/150940992293039/

All welcome - Fully accessible - Refreshments available
Entry free (donations welcome) but please book tickets on Eventbrite

hosted by Northern Women for Palestine and Leeds Palestine Film Festival

Click here for more information about the full programme of International Women’s day events from Northern Women for Palestine.

Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-04 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Uppermill, OL3 6AX, United Kingdom
Join us to explore and celebrate the lives of Palestinian women 70 years after the creation of the State of Israel. An afternoon of presentations, poetry, short films, photo exhibition, art installation and accounts of women's personal experiences. With Kholoud al Ajarma from Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem.
An International Women's Day 2018 event.

Full programme with a break for refreshments, stalls and a chance to explore the specially-designed art installation.

Everyone welcome!

Free event - Donations to Scholarship Fund welcome
For full details see FB event page.
For queries please email saddleworth.pwsf@gmail.com

Click here for more information about the full programme of International Women’s day events from Northern Women for Palestine.

Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-06 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Delius Arts Centre, 29 Great Horton Road, Bradford, LS1 3AX, United Kingdom
A rich evening of poetry, presentations, short films, photo exhibition, art installation and accounts of Palestinian women's personal experience of exile. With Kholoud al Ajarma from Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem.
An International Women's Day 2018 event.

All welcome!

6 - 9pm (doors open 5.30pm)
Free entry - Donations welcome - No booking necessary
Food available
For full details see FB event page.
For queries please text to 07471 907969

Click here for more information about the full programme of International Women’s day events from Northern Women for Palestine.

Balfour Declaration Book Tour - Bristol
2018-03-06 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | , ,
An evening for Q&As with Bernard Regan, author of The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine. Come and meet the author Bernard Regan who will be talking about his recent book, described as ‘The true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the fate of Palestine.’

“In this major account of the Balfour Declaration, Bernard Regan's timely book sheds light on the most powerful symbol of the official British-Zionist alliance over the last century. It deserves to be widely read by those yearning for truth and reconciliation in the Middle East.”
– Professor Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London

“Most have heard of the Balfour Declaration, without fully appreciating its history and consequences. With this meticulous and insightful study, we have a fascinating and timely guide to British colonial policy in Palestine, and its devastating impacts for the Palestinian people to this day”
– Karma Nabulsi, Oxford University
Additionally, Bernard will be giving a presentation about his own experiences in Palestine as part of an NUT delegation last October.

Click here for more information and to register for this free event

This event is hosted by the Bristol & South Gloucestershire branch of the National Education Union

Exhibition at Cafe Palestina
2018-03-07 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | Cafe Palestina, 53 Fortress Road, London , NW5 1AD, United Kingdom
Portrait of Palestine Exhibition followed by Grand Auction of framed prints at Cafe Palestina

Food and drink.

Auction on behalf of Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship, Cafe Palestina and Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Book via Eventbrite

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Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-07 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Lower Friargate, York, YO1 9RL, United Kingdom
Celebrate the resilience of Palestinian women over 70 years through poetry, personal stories, film, photos and a stunning, specially designed art installation.
An International Women's Day 2018 event.

The creation of the state of Israel in 1948 was Palestinians' Nakba. In its 70th anniversary year, join us for a cultural evening of film, compelling family narratives, poetry, artworks and photography, to celebrate the lives of Palestinian women as they continue to resist and triumph over colonisation, siege and dispossession.

All welcome!
Free entrance (contribution to costs welcomed)

See here fore more details.
For queries please email mcwusteman@gmail.com

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Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-08 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | People's History Museum, Left Bank, Manchester, M3 3ER, United Kingdom
As part of International Women’s Day 2018, celebrate the resilience of Palestinian women over 70 years through poetry, personal stories, film, photos and a stunning, specially designed art installation that considers the plight of refugees from Palestine and the rest of the world.

11am - 5pm
Visit a stunning installation that considers the plight of refugees from Palestine and the rest of the world.
Free. No booking required

2pm - 4pm
Hear the stories of Palestinian refugee women from 1948 to today through poetry, testimonies, film and photos.
Suitable for ages 15+
Booking required via Eventbrite
Pay what you feel at the event

See here for more details

contact the museum at www.phm.org.uk telephone 0161 838 9190

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Film: Naila and the Uprising
2018-03-08 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Barbican Cinema, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2018
"We can’t be free as women unless we’re in a free country. And even if we are free of the occupation, we can’t know freedom as long as we are subjugated in our own society."
- Sama Aweidah, film subject
When an uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 1987, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the remarkable real-life journey of Naila Ayesh, a key figure in the First Intifada, which forced the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time.

Using evocative animation, intimate interviews, and exclusive archival footage, Naila and the Uprising tells the story the mainstream media missed: of a courageous clandestine women’s movement at the head of Palestinians’ struggle for freedom, bringing out of anonymity the courageous women activists whose contributions and sacrifices changed history, but whose stories have remained untold until now.

Naila and the Uprising marks the opening night of the 2018 Human Rights Watch Film Festival. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Julia Bacha and film subject Naila Ayesh, moderated by Rothna Begum, Researcher (Women's Rights division, HRW)

Book tickets: https://ff.hrw.org/film/naila-and-uprising

A documentary film by Julia Bacha (2017)

Duration: 76m

Language(s): Arabic, English, Hebrew, French
Film website: Naila and the Uprising

Presented in partnership with: Women's March London

Public Meeting: Fair Trade for Palestine - Free Ahed
2018-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Church Centre - Ground Floor, St Mary’s Watford, Church Street, Watford, WD18 0EG, United Kingdom
International Women’s Day
Free event, featuring guest speaker Taysir Arbasi, Zaytoun Palestinian Director
Themes for discussion:

International Women’s Day (IWD)
Ahed Tamimi and Palestinian children prisoners

Organised by Watford Friends of Palestine & Watford Fair-Trade

(IWD) was first celebrated by the Socialist Party of America in honour of the 1908 garment workers' strike, where 15,000 women marched through New York demanding voting rights, better pay and better working conditions.

IWD celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.

We stand in solidarity with Palestinian women who hold families and communities together while challenging the illegal Occupation of Palestine.

FREE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

END ILLEGAL ARRESTS

Ahed Tamimi was arrested for challenging IDF members that invaded her home and assaulted her family with impunity.

Approx. 700 Palestinian children as young as 12 are detained & prosecuted every year in Israeli military courts, in violation of international law.

There is widespread evidence that every month Palestinian child prisoners are:

Arrested at night, forcibly removed from their homes and families without access to legal advice or independent adult supervision.
Hands are tied with plastic ties and they are blindfolded.
Subjected to coercive interrogations, often accompanied by verbal and/or physical abuse and many are shown/sign documents written in Hebrew and detained inside Israel in contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

We call on the UK Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to Israel to demand:

End to Israel’s night time raids, illegal arrests and violence
Lawyers, parents and video cameras present in all interrogations
Stop transferring children to prisons in violation of the Geneva Convention

Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-09 16:30 - 21:00 UTC | Methodist Church Hall, 60 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JB, United Kingdom
Celebrate the resilience of Palestinian women over 70 years through poetry, personal stories, film, photos and a stunning, specially designed art installation - as part of International Women’s Day 2018.

'Nakba' means 'catastrophe' 1948 marks the start of the long process of the ethnic cleansing and colonisation of Palestine.

4.30pm - 6:00pm Open House all welcome - free entry
Browse the photo exhibition and visit a stunning installation that considers the experience of refugees from Palestine and the rest of the world who cannot return to their homeland.

6:30 - 9:00pm Main event for women - free entry
(6:30 refreshments)
7:00 - 9:00pm Presentations
Join us to celebrate and commemorate the remarkable resilience of the women of Palestine during 70 years of oppression. Share in the stories of Palestinian women refugees from 1948 to today, through first-hand testimony. poetry, film, photography and art installation

More details here.

For queries please text to 07586 348 287

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Women of Palestine - the Ongoing Nakba
2018-03-10 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | The Queen’s Road Neighbourhood Centre, Queen’s Rd, Halifax, HX1 4NE, United Kingdom
Celebrate the resilience of Palestinian women over 70 years through poetry, personal stories, film, photos and a stunning, specially designed art installation - as part of International Women’s Day 2018.

2pm - 4pm Presentations and Guests
Women only (children welcome)

4pm - 5pm Exhibition and Traditional Hospitality
All welcome

Free entry. Donations for Palestine welcome

More details here

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Book Launch: Divided World
2018-03-10 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, United Kingdom
Arab Women Artists Now Festival 2018
1-25 March (London)

Divided World: Plays of Occupation & Dispossession is a collection of plays published by Arts Canteen brims with hope, frustration, humour, pathos or disenchantment and provides performance opportunities for actors of any age and gender.

The repercussions of centuries of interference by Imperial powers in the affairs of the Middle East are with us every day; yet we seem to learn nothing from history.

Divided World brings together the work of passionate and award-winning playwrights with their roots in the Middle East, who, like Hamlet’s ‘players’ are ‘‘abstract and brief chronicles of the time’’, clinically exposing the realities of lives lived under illegal occupation or in the shadow and aftermath of conflict, exploitation and destruction.

Join us for a rehearsed reading with actors Waj Ali, Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso, Lara Sawalha, and Nima Taleghani

Hannah Khalil (Playwright),‎ Kate Al Hadid (Playwright),‎ Hassan Abdulrazzak (Playwright),‎ Dr Kenneth Pickering (Editor)

For more information and to pre-purchase a copy:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1975914120

This is a free event but registration with the venue is essential to attend.

Suitable for ages 14+
This event is wheelchair accessible.

AWAN showcases the work of contemporary Arab women artists in the UK, Europe and beyond, providing opportunities for artists and audiences to celebrate, be informed and network. It exposes new audiences to the work of these often marginalised artists by providing a platform to present their work.

AWAN is produced by Arts Canteen who, every year, invite different Arab female collaborators to curate and produce the next edition of the festival. It is supported by Arts Council England, Aramex and Rich Mix London

Film: In the Future they Ate from the Finest Porcelain
2018-03-11 00:00 - 13:30 UTC | Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA, United Kingdom
Arab Women Artists Now Festival 2018
1-25 March (London)

In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain resides in the cross-section between sci-fi, archaeology and politics. Combining live motion and CGI, the film explores the role of myth for history, fact and national identity.

A narrative resistance group makes underground deposits of elaborate porcelain – suggested to belong to an entirely fictional civilisation. Their aim is to influence history and support future claims to their vanishing lands. Once unearthed, this tableware will prove the existence of this counterfeit people. By implementing a myth of its own, their work becomes a historical intervention – de facto creating a nation.

The film takes the form of a fictional video essay. A voice-over based on an interview between a psychiatrist and the leader of the narrative resistance group reveals the philosophy and ideas behind the group’s actions. As the film progresses, the narrative and visuals alternate between the theoretical and the personal. The resistance leader’s deceased twin sister makes a crucial appearance as the story takes the viewer deeper and deeper into the resistance leader’s subconscious.

Larissa Sansour was born in 1973 in East Jerusalem, Palestine, and studied fine arts in London, New York and Copenhagen. Central to her work is the tug and pull between fiction and reality. In her recent body of works, she uses science fiction to address social and political issues in the Middle East. Working mainly with film, Sansour also produces installations, photos and sculptures.

Recent solo exhibitions include Bluecoat in Liverpool, Chapter in Cardiff, New Art Exchange in Nottingham, Mosaic Rooms in London, Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen, Turku Art Museum in Finland and Kulturhuset in Stockholm. A major solo show of her sci-fi trilogy will open At Dar El-Nimr in Beirut in April 2018.

Sansour’s work has featured in the biennials of Istanbul, Busan, Yinchuan and Liverpool. She has exhibited at venues such as Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Queen Sofia Museum, Madrid; Townhouse, Cairo; Galerie Nationale de Jeu de Paume, Paris; Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark and MOCA, Hiroshima.

Sansour currently lives and works between Copenhagen/DK and London/UK.

AWAN showcases the work of contemporary Arab women artists in the UK, Europe and beyond, providing opportunities for artists and audiences to celebrate, be informed and network. It exposes new audiences to the work of these often marginalised artists by providing a platform to present their work.

AWAN is produced by Arts Canteen who, every year, invite different Arab female collaborators to curate and produce the next edition of the festival. It is supported by Arts Council England, Aramex and Rich Mix London

Brent & Harrow PSC Spring Fundraiser
2018-03-11 16:30 - 21:00 UTC | Willesden Green, Willesden Green, address revealed on ticket purchase, United Kingdom
Brent Stop the War and Brent & Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign are jointly organising a Spring Fundraising Party
PERFORMERS INCLUDE
Socialist Magician and MC Ian Saville www.redmagic.co.uk
Satirical singer-songwriter Leon Rosselson www.leonrosselson.co.uk
and Serendipity with Alan Johnson
Price includes all entertainment and food.

Our fundraisers are renowned for the quality and variety of the food on offer and there are plenty of vegetarian options.

There will be a bar and raffle.

Location:
The venue is near Willesden Green station and the address will be revealed when you buy your ticket.

Tickets:
£15 - full price/solidarity,
£12 - low income,
£8 - benefit claimants,
£5 - children 7+ (under 7 free)

Advance booking is strongly advised – numbers are limited and prices will be higher on the door.

To book, pay by electronic transfer putting your name as a reference and email Martin (martinrfrancis@virginmedia.com) with your address and ticket type. Tickets and venue address will be sent by post.

Brent & Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Sort Code: 60-83-01
A/C number: 20363280

Film: Muhi - Generally Temporary
2018-03-11 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Barbican Cinema, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2018

Muhi, a young boy from Gaza, has been trapped in an Israeli hospital for over eight years. Rushed there in his infancy with a life-threatening immune disorder, he and his doting grandfather, Abu Naim, are caught in an immigration limbo and only permitted to reside within the constraints of the hospital walls.

Made by two filmmakers from Jerusalem, Muhi - Generally Temporary lays out the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in human terms, documenting the impact these paradoxical circumstances have on individual lives.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander

Book tickets: https://ff.hrw.org/film/muhi-generally-temporary

A Documentary Film by Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander and Tamir Elterman (2017)

Duration: 87m

Language(s): Arabic, Hebrew

Film website: http://medaliaproductions.com/portfolio-item/muhi

Presented in partnership with:
Arab British Centre
Bertha DocHouse
Medical Aid for Palestinians

Resisting Cybercide: standing up to Israel’s digital occupation
2018-03-13 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Manchester Metropolitan University- Room G.34 - Lecture Theatre, Grosvenor square, Oxford Road , Manchester, M15 6BH, United Kingdom
13th Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture from Dr Miriyam Aouragh
This year’s Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture, will be hosted by RAH (Research in the Arts and Humanities) Manchester Metropolitan University, and the Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture Committee.
Guest Speaker: Dr Miriyam Aouragh - Senior Lecturer and Leverhulme Fellow at CAMRI (Communication and Media Research Institute), Arab Media Centre, Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design, and University of Westminster, London.

Introduced and Moderated by Dr Christian Klesse (Sociology) and Dr Adi Kuntsman (Journalism, Information and Communications) - both Manchester Metropolitan University

Since the second Intifada (2000–2005), it has become clear that the internet has influenced Palestinian political mediation and grassroots activism. It serves to spread textual, visual, and audio narratives beyond the confines of (self-) censorship, caused by certain commercial or political interests in the mainstream media that in themselves come to function as gatekeepers by determining what stories are publicized or properly contextualized.

Bookings via Eventbrite

Venue:
Room G.34 - Lecture Theatre 5,
Business School,
Manchester Metropolitan University.

Nakba 70th Anniversary Talk by Professor Nur Masalha
2018-03-17 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Nakba - 70th Anniversary Talk by Professor Nur Masalha

2018 is the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, when over 750,000 Palestinian were uprooted and forced to flee their homes driven out by Zionist militias during the creation of the state of Israel. Even today, the bitterness and trauma of the Nakba remains raw, and it has become the pivotal event both in the shaping of Palestinian identity and in galvanising the resistance to occupation.

Professor Masalha will present his new book, co-edited with Nahla Abdo An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba. It tells the story of this epochal event through the voices of the Palestinians who lived it. Drawing together Palestinian accounts from 1948 with those of the present day, the book confronts the idea of the Nakba as an event consigned to the past, instead revealing it as an ongoing process aimed to erase Palestinian memory and history.

Organised by Manchester PSC, full details here

Public Meeting: Palestinian Women Speak Out
2018-03-19 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre, 46-92 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1JX, United Kingdom
Palestinian Women Speak out event organised by Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity and Jenin Friendship - an apt way to mark International Women's Month by hearing first-hand from some remarkable Palestinian women themselves.
The women are visiting the UK to raise awareness of the issues faced by Palestinians under the Israeli Occupation. They are guests of Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship and Camden Abu Dis Friendship.

Speakers: Ibaa Abulayya and Hiyam Elayyan, Director of the Saraya Womens’ and Childrens’ Centre in Jerusalem’s Old City
Jenny Manson, Jewish Voice for Labour
Kiri Tunks, NEU (NUT section)
Chair: Christine Shawcroft

More details here.

Film - From Balfour to Banksy
2018-03-22 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Discovery Centre, St John's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh Rd, Portsmouth, PO1 3QA, Hants, United Kingdom
A documentary film by Martin Buckley
Produced by Miranda Pinch

This film looks a wide range of views from occupied Palestine today, ranging from anger to attempts at envisioning a future.

It also shows the vision of the contemporary artist Banksy, who has created in Palestine a hotel that is also a remarkable satirical art installation.

Miranda Pinch will present the film & lead a Q&A session afterwards

Free entry, all welcome

For further info email flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Talk by Ramzy Baroud
2018-04-03 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Discovery Centre, St John's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh Rd, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 3QA, Hants, United Kingdom
Talk by Ramzy Baroud featuring his latest book The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story

Stretching over decades, encompassing bombing campaigns, ceasefires and mass exoduses, The Last Earth tells the story of modern Palestine through the memories of those who have survived it.

Palestinian history has long faced obstacles, first from Orientalist readings of the Middle East, and then by attempts from Zionists to replace Palestinian historical narratives. The Last Earth challenges previous takes on Palestinian history, unearthing the commonalities within the Palestinian narrative, separated through political divisions, geographical barriers and walls, factionalism, military occupation, and exile. Through testimonies and accounts, we come to understand the complexities and contradictions of memory and the telling of history in the midst of conflict.

As well as offering a history of the conflict and the region, The Last Earth also acts as a reclamation of history for the Palestinian people, allowing them to be active participants in shaping the present and the future.

Baroud said that he wrote The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story "to relocate the centrality of the Palestinian narrative from an Israeli perspective to a Palestinian one, especially one that overlooks the typical elitist narrative and focuses instead on retelling the story from the viewpoint of ordinary, poor, underclass and working-class Palestinians.”

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Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, media consultant, author and editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California Santa Barbara. He is the author of My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto, 2009), and The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story (Pluto, 2018), among others books. He has a PhD in Palestine Studies from the University of Exeter.

Protest for Gaza: Stop the Killing
2018-04-07 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | (opposite) 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AA, United Kingdom
On 30 March 2018, Land day, peaceful Palestinian protestors were fired at with live bullets by Israeli snipers that killed 17 people and injured over 1500.

Write to Boris Johnson and urge the Government to take action now, and join us this coming Saturday to call for an end to the siege of Gaza and ask UK government to condemn Israel's actions.

When: Saturday 7 April, from 1pm - 3pm.
Where: Opposite Downing Street, SW1A 2AA.
Nearest Station: Westminster

Please help spread the word by sharing our Facebook event page

#GreatMarchOfReturn
#LandDay

Organised by:
Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK
Stop The War Coalition
Friends of Al Aqsa

Mark Thomas: Showtime from the Frontline - In London
2018-04-10 19:00 - 2018-04-21 23:00 UTC | THEATRE ROYAL STRATFORD EAST, GERRY RAFFLES SQUARE, London, E15 1BN , United Kingdom
Lakin McCarthy in association with Theatre Royal Stratford East present

Mark Thomas: Showtime from the Frontline

By Mark Thomas
With Faisal Abualheja and Alaa Shehada
Directed by Joe Douglas

10 April – 21 April 2018

Theatre Royal Stratford East today announces the only London dates for Mark Thomas:Showtime from the Frontline, a new play from award-winning comedian Mark Thomas. The production will be touring the UK before arriving at Theatre Royal Stratford East, opening on Tuesday 10 April and runs until 21 April.

Name the comedian who might say 'I wonder if I can set up a comedy club… in a refugee camp... in Palestine?' Of course, it’s Mark Thomas. And that is exactly what he tries to do.

Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark and his team set out to run a comedy club and put on two nights in the Palestinian city of Jenin. Only to find that it is not so simple to celebrate freedom of speech in a place with so little freedom.

Jenin refugee camp, a stronghold for the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade during the Second Intifada, is not a place synonymous with laughs. But it is also home to the Jenin Freedom Theatre and to people with a wealth of stories to tell.

Mark tells this story alongside Faisal Abualheja and Alaa Shehada, two performers, actors and now aspiring comics from the Jenin Club. This is a story about being yourself in a place that wants to put you in a box. Funny, moving and necessary. Mark says, it’s the nearest he will ever get to Alan Parker’s ‘Fame.’

Tue 10 - Sat 21 Apr 2018
Book your tickets here.

Mark Thomas is one of the UK’s most effective and best-known political performers. He has won awards for his stage works Bravo Figaro, Cuckooed and The Red Shed including a Special Edinburgh Fringe Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Festival and an Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award. He is a one-time Guinness World Record holder for the most demonstrations in one day. For television his credits include The Mark Thomas Comedy Product and Dispatches. For radio his credits include The Manifesto. He has also recently released a new book Liar’s Quartet.

Faisal Abualheja is an actor and director from Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine. He was part of the first generation to train and graduate from The Freedom Theatre Acting School. He has toured both Palestine and internationally and is project manager of The Freedom Bus, a project that brings cultural resistance to communities across Palestine. Since 2012 he has been a Clown for Red Noses International and in 2016 he spent two months performing in Greek refugee camps. In 2016 Faisal co-founded the Palestinian Laughter Liberation.

Alaa Shehada is a theatre maker who studied at The Freedom Theatre Acting School in Jenin Refugee Camp Palestine. He is now part of Theatre Hotel Courage, an international theatre company that creates tragic comic shows with archetypical masks. He is a Clown for Red Noses International and a founding member of the Palestinian Laughter Liberation. He continues to teach at the Jenin Freedom Theatre.

Joe Douglas directs. He is a multiple Fringe First Award and Critic Award winner and is currently Co-Artistic Director of touring company Utter. Having previously been a Trainee Director at the National Theatre of Scotland (2007-8). As Associate Artistic Director of Dundee Rep his credits The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, Death of a Salesman, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Spoiling and The BFG (Dundee Rep). Other credits include The Red Shed (UK tour), Stand By (The Byre Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), My Friend Selma (Tron Theatre), Letters Home(Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Bloody Trams (Traverse Theatre), Dear Scotland, The Last Polar Bears, Our Teacher’s A Troll, Allotment (National Theatre of Scotland), Our House (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and Black Watch (international tour).

BOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE

The Hands Up Project Conference
2018-04-14 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Westminster University, 309 Regents Street, London, W1B 2HT, United Kingdom
The Hands Up Project is a UK registered educational charity, providing online English language teaching to Palestinian children through storytelling and drama activities.

https://handsupproject.org/the-hands-up-story/

This conference will end with a live performance by the winners of the 2017 Hands Up Playwriting competition - a group of 14 year old girls from Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza, who will be spending a week in the UK.

Full details of the conference are available here..

https://handsupproject.org/2018/03/09/performance-in-language-learning/

To register please make a minimum donation of £15 via bank transfer using the following details and your name as a reference.

Account name : The Hands Up Project

Sort Code: 40 52 40

Account number: 00029718

This will cover the Palestinian lunch that will be provided.

Israel and the Question of Apartheid
2018-04-21 10:00 - 15:30 UTC | , ,
PSC West London Day School is hosting this event, aimed at those who want to (better) understand the framework of Israel’s regime(s) as Apartheid.
Sessions

South African Apartheid
International Law on Apartheid
Israel’s Regime(s) Analysed
Workshop: Israel’s Narrative
Building A Movement For Palestinian Civil and Human Rights

Speakers

Christabel Gurney (Anti-Apartheid Movement Activist)
Salma Karmi-Ayyoub (Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights)
Ronnie Barkan (Israeli Activist)
Ben Jamal (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)

Tickets
Tickets are £5 (£1 for students/unwaged) and must be bought in advance.
Use this link to purchase your tickets
Venue
The meeting venue has excellent public transport links. Nearest tubes are Ravenscourt Park (2 mins walk) or Hammersmith (8 mins walk). There are also frequent buses that stop outside the venue.

Reem Kelani at MFest
2018-04-28 - 2018-04-29 | The Knowledge Centre, British Library, London, United Kingdom
The Knowledge Centre, British Library, London

As part of M Fest, the UK's first ever festival of Muslim literature, cultures and ideas, Reem will be contributing to a panel discussion on The Artistic and Cultural Legacy of the Palestinian Diaspora.

See: Festival of Muslim Cultures and Ideas http://mfest.org

http://www.reemkelani.com/page_calendar.asp

HSBC - End your complicity Protest
2018-04-28 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | HSBC, Queen Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
PROTEST 10am - 12pm APRIL 28TH OUTSIDE HSBC BANK, QUEEN SQ. WOLVERHAMPTON.

HSBC has been identified as one of the companies complicit in Israel’s occupation and violations of human rights. The bank is a major shareholder in companies supplying weapons to Israel, and it also provides arms companies with the loans and other financial services it needs to operates. There is clear evidence that these companies are contributing to human rights violations against Palestinians and to Israel’s illegal occupation. Please take action below and email the CEO of HSBC to request it severs ties with companies selling weapons to Israel.
Join us next Saturday 28th April in Queen Sq. and if you have not done so yet, we are also asking supporters to write to HSBC here:
https://palestinecampaign.iparlsetup.com/lobby/HSBC-StopArmingIsrael

Great March of Return - Sheffield
2018-04-28 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield Town Hall, Sheffield, North, United Kingdom
Help support the Great March of Return in Sheffield

In Sheffield, we have been assembling every Saturday in front of the Town Hall at noon for a few weeks now. We have been doing this to highlight the murderous treatment of the protesters in Gaza; and we will continue to do this until the 15th May, when Palestinians commemorate the Nakba.

Please join us next Saturday, 28th April and on the 5th and 12th May too, at noon in front of the Town Hall.

Programme of Palestinian Shorts
2018-05-02 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | HOMEmcr, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, M15 4FN , United Kingdom
70 Years of Nakba - A Programme of Palestinian Shorts + Post-screening discussion

Join us for a diverse and thought-provoking programme of 9 short films by both young and established Palestinian filmmakers. The first part of the programme reflects directly on the events of the Nakba (the 1948 Catastrophe) and the dream of return through animation, oral testimony and digital technology. The second part explores contemporary experiences, through traditional documentary, docu-drama and the film essay.

The screenings will be introduced by Dr Anandi Ramamurthy, Sheffield Hallam University and followed by a post-screening discussion with Dr Ruth Aburashed, University of Manchester. The event is organised in collaboration with Cinema Palestino Manchester and (Creative Interruptions, AHRC)
Part One: HISTORY AND EXILE
House dir. Ahmed Saleh 2011
For generations, a family lived in a spacious and beautiful house. Guests were always welcome to enjoy a pleasant stay. Until one guest arrived with a different plan in mind. (4mins)

Alyasiini dir. Sahera Dirbas 2012
Mahmad Alyasiini is a Palestinian survivor from Deir Yassin, west of Jerusalem. He recounts his life in the village before the Nakba and tells how he survived the massacre on April 1948. (22 mins)

Your father was born 100 years ago and so was the Nakba dir. Razan Al Slaah 2017
Oum Amin, a Palestinian grandmother, returns to her hometown Haifa through Google Maps Streetview. 7mins
Part Two: CONTEMPORARY DREAMS AND REALITIES
Oslo Syndrome (6 min) dir. Ayman Azraq
Journey of a Sofa (9 min) dir. Alaa Al Ali
Twenty Handshakes for Peace (3 min) dir. Mahdi Fleifel
Message to Obama (7 min) dir. Muhannad Salahat
Interference (11 min) dir. Anim Nayfeh

These five films were produced by Palestinian directors 20 years after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 and are part of a larger collection of short films called Suspended Time. The films present what feels like a suspended reality of unfulfilled dreams to capture feelings of fragmentation, loss, hope and humour in contemporary Palestinian experience. (2014)

Today they Took my Son (8mins) dir. Farah Nabulsi

The story of a mother coping with her young son being taken away by a military system and her helplessness to prevent the inhumane treatment she knows he is experiencing. (2016)

Programme length 77 mins

See Facebook or website for more information.

Nakba at 70: Local events around the country
2018-05-05 00:00 - 2018-05-25 00:00 UTC
Nakba at 70 – Local events around the country

For more info visit the main Nakba @ 70 page: www.palestinecampaign.org/campaigns/nakba70

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5 May in Portsmouth March & Rally for Nakba

5 May in Leeds Sing songs of Hope & Protest

5 May Braford-on- Avon Checkpoint Challenge

5 May Brighton Solidarity with The Great March of Return in Gaza

8 May in Sheffield Programme of Palestinian Shorts

9 May in Birmingham 70 Years of Nakba - A programme of Palestinian Shorts

11 May in Brixton From Balfour to Banksy

11 May in Kensington Protest: Stand up for Gaza - Stop the Killing

12 May Nottingham PSC - Nakba Commemoration

12 May in Nottingham Hawiyya Dabke Dancers

12 May Swansea Support Palestine Event

13 May Southampton Walk to Commemorate the Nakba

13 May in Cardiff The Ongoing Nakba

14-20 May @70: A Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture

15 May in Salisbury Historic Catastrophe Remembered

17 May in Manchester An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba

19 May Portsmouth The Nakba Continues

20 May in London PSC Right of Return Conference

21 May Northamptonshire Public Meeting with Eitan Bronstein

21 May in Hereford Activestills: Photography as protest in Palestine/Israel

22 May in Sheffield Public Meeting: Why the Nakba still matters

23 May in Norwich Talk and Discussion: Eitan Bronstein Aparicio

24 May in Leek Talk by Eitan Bronstein Aparicio

25 May in Hitchin Film Screening and talk: Open Bethlehem

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Checkpoint Challenge
2018-05-05 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | , ,
Checkpoint Challenge
Bradford-on-Avon Friends of Palestine Invite you to commemorate Nakba Day and briefly experience life in the Occupied West Banks via their Checkpoint Challenge.

March for Justice for Palestinians
2018-05-05 11:30 - 15:00 UTC | Guildhall Square, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 2AB, United Kingdom
MARCH FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
Demonstration called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign Portsmouth & South Downs

2018 is the 70th anniversary of the Palestinians’ Nakba (catastrophe), the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

To create the state of Israel, 75% of the Palestinian population were expelled, or prevented from returning if they had fled. Some 200,000 more Palestinians were expelled when Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967.

Now, in recent weeks, hundreds of Palestinians demonstrating for their right of return in the “Great Return March” have been brutally gunned down by Israeli forces and dozens killed, even journalists identified as press corps.

The dispossession of Palestinians continues today in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, with 600,000 illegal Israeli settlers, tens of thousands of homes demolished, checkpoints strangling communities and their economy, and apartheid laws.

Under the 4th Geneva Convention Britain must take action to end Israel’s violations of international law. Instead, the UK government trades weapons with Israel.

But all around the world, Muslims, Jews and Christians, people of all faiths and none, have answered the call from Palestine for BDS - Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions - the non-violent response to Israel’s dispossession and occupation.

Join us on 5th May to show solidarity with the Palestinians, demonstrate support for the BDS campaign, and call on the UK government to take action now to end Israel’s illegal occupation.

Freedom and Justice for Palestine!

Solidarity with The Great March of Return in Gaza
2018-05-05 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | The Clock Tower, 41-43 North Street, Brighton, BN1 1RH, United Kingdom
CALL OUT for Saturday 5 May - continuing our solidarity with The Great March of Return in Gaza
Once again we're calling on all our members and supporters to join us on Saturday to show solidarity with the people of Gaza on their Great March of Return. Thanks to all of you who have taken part since the Great March started in late March.

Last Friday (27 April) Ma'an News reported Israeli army forces killed three Palestinian protesters and left more than six-hundred injured in another deadly day of demonstrations on the Gaza border. Of the 611 injured, 154 were struck by live ammunition from Israeli forces, according to Gaza's health ministry. The demonstrations have left a total of 45 Palestinians dead, with a reported 5,500 injured. There have been no reports of Israeli fatalities.

Israel's response to the demonstrators has come under fierce criticism from the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, who called for into question the Israeli army's use of "excessive force", adding that Israel should be held to account. But the UK government remains silent - its refusal to condemn the killings is tantamount to a full endorsement of war crimes.

Together with supporters of the Palestinians all over the world, we will stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza on Saturday, for a vigil and demonstration at the Clock Tower starting at 12 noon. We need a really strong turnout on Saturday to get the message across.

Let's make Saturday a tremendous show of support for the Palestinians - see you at the Clock Tower at 12 noon

Sing songs of Hope & Protest
2018-05-05 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9DX, United Kingdom
Come and sing Songs of Hope and Protest to mark Palestinian Nakba day.

Learn stirring songs & harmonies - No singing experience needed.
Led by Frances Bernstein

Stalls with Palestinian goods, cakes and refreshments

Tickets: £10 (or pay-as-you-can)
Numbers limited – reserve your place: frances@naturalvoice.net

All proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestinians

Programme of Palestinian Shorts
2018-05-08 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | , ,

70 Years of Nakba - A programme of Palestinian Shorts
2018-05-09 19:00 - 21:15 UTC | West Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park , Birmingham , United Kingdom
70 Years of Nakba - A programme of Palestinian Shorts
Join us for a diverse and thought-provoking programme of 9 short films by both young and established Palestinian filmmakers. The first part of the programme reflects directly on the events of the Nakba (the 1948 Catastrophe) and the dream of return through animation, oral testimony and digital technology. The second part explores contemporary experiences, through traditional documentary, docu-drama and the film essay.

The screenings will be introduced by Dr Anandi Ramamurthy, Sheffield Hallam University (Creative Interruptions, AHRC) and followed by a post-screening discussions with Dr Marwan Darweish, Coventry University. The Event is organised in collaboration with West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Part One:
HISTORY AND EXILE
House dir. Ahmed Saleh 2011
For generations, a family lived in a spacious and beautiful house. Guests were always welcome to enjoy a pleasant stay. Until one guest arrived with a different plan in mind. (4mins)

Alyasiini dir. Sahera Dirbas 2012
Mahmad Alyasiini is a Palestinian survivor from Deir Yassin, west of Jerusalem. He recounts his life in the village before the Nakba and tells how he survived the massacre on April 1948. (22 mins)

Your father was born 100 years ago and so was the Nakba
dir. Razan Al Slaah 2017
Oum Amin, a Palestinian grandmother, returns to her hometown Haifa through Google Maps Streetview. 7mins
Part Two:
CONTEMPORARY DREAMS AND REALITIES
Oslo Syndrome (6 min) dir. Ayman Azraq
Journey of a Sofa (9 min)dir. Alaa Al Ali
Twenty Handshakes for Peace (3 min) Mahdi Fleifel
Message to Obama (7 min) Muhannad Salahat
Interference (11 min) Anim Nayfeh

These five films were produced by Palestinian directors 20 years after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 and are part of a larger collection of short films called Suspended Time. The films present what feels like a suspended reality of unfulfilled dreams to capture feelings of fragmentation, loss, hope and humour in contemporary Palestinian experience. (2014)

Today they Took my Son (8mins) dir. Farah Nabulsi

The story of a mother coping with her young son being taken away by a military system and her helplessness to prevent the inhumane treatment she knows he is experiencing. (2016)

Programme length 77 mins

For more details see Facebook event here.

Protest: Stand up for Gaza - Stop the Killing
2018-05-11 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy in London, Kensington High Street, W8 5NP, London, London, United Kingdom
Protest: Stand up for Gaza - Stop the Killing
70 Years of Nakba - Stand up for Gaza - Stop the Killing
Protest on Friday 11 May - 5.30pm to 7pm
Opposite the Israeli Embassy, London – Closest Underground: High Street Kensington

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain,Olive

Supporting: Muslim Association of Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Stop the War Coalition, EuroPal Forum

Join our protest in solidarity with Palestine after 70 Yeas of Nakba and with the Great March of Return, calling for justice, equality and the implementation of the right of return.

Film screening: From Balfour to Banksy
2018-05-11 19:00 UTC | Effraspace, 21 Effra Parade, London, SW2 1PX, United Kingdom
From Balfour to Banksy: Divisions and Visions in Palestine
A documentary film by Martin Buckley. Producer, Miranda Pinch.

100 years ago Britain's Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour set in motion the vision of Israel... ​His 'Balfour Declaration' had another, disastrous impact: the dispossession of the Palestinian people.

This film looks at other visions -- including a wide range of views from occupied Palestine today, ranging from anger to attempts at envisioning a future. It also shows the vision of another Englishman: the contemporary artist Banksy, who has created in Palestine a hotel that is also a remarkable satirical art installation.

How do today's Palestinians live, behind the 'security wall'? What change must come?

Special showing in Brixton followed by Q&A with the film makers.
Free entry but collection to support the film and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
(1 ticket per named individual)
Please register via Eventbrite

For more info, email lwpsc2013@gmail.com

Event hosted by:
Lambeth & Wandsworth Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Nottingham PSC - Nakba Commemoration
2018-05-12 | Federation House, Claremont Road, Nottingham, NG5 1BH, United Kingdom
Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Annual Nakba event, Sat 12th May at 11am - Come and join our annual commemoration with a stall and food in Market Square.

NPSC Dabke Social, Sat 12th May from 6pm to 10pm - Hawiyya Dabke dancers return to Nottingham, come and join our Dabke social night of dancing, music, food, bar and lots of fun!

Also now also featuring the Nottingham Clarion Choir with a repertoire of songs about Palestine & freedom.

Tickets can also be booked from 0115 721 1430 - includes workshop, music, food & watching the dancing. Do try & book in advance as it helps us estimate numbers coming for catering purposes.

Support Palestine Event
2018-05-12 12:30 - 14:30 UTC | Castle Square, Castle Square, Swansea, SA1 1DW, United Kingdom
Why are unarmed civilians being killed by the Israeli Army? Learn more about what is happening in Gaza currently and how Britain is involved. Find out what is happening locally, nationally and internationally to bring about Justice for Palestine.

A Family Friendly event with Music, Food and Information

Hosted by Swansea PSC
See facebook event for more details

Hawiyya Dabke Dancers
2018-05-12 18:00 - 22:00 UTC | Federation House, Claremont Road, Nottingham, NG5 1BH, United Kingdom
Your chance to see the fabulous Hawiyya Dabke dance group from London perform in Nottingham. You can also learn how to dance dabke yourself as they will also be running a workshop.

If you've never seen them before you're in for a real treat!
Check out their facebook page for videos of their performance in Nottingham Market Square in May 2017. There will also be food and good discussions about Palestine.

Also featuring the Nottingham Clarion Choir with a repertoire of songs about Palestine & freedom.

Tickets can also be booked from 0115 721 1430 - includes workshop, music, food & watching the dancing. Do try & book in advance as it helps us estimate numbers coming for catering purposes.

Event hosted by Nottingham PSC

Walk to Commemorate the Nakba
2018-05-13 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Meet on, Bargate Street, Southampton, SO14 2DA, United Kingdom
Join Southampton PSC on a walk to mark the 70th anniversary of the dispossession of the Palestinian people and to show respect for all the martyrs in Gaza since the Great March of Return protests.

See Facebook event for more details

Palestine - The Ongoing Nakba with Nadia Hijab and Lowkey
2018-05-13 13:30 - 16:00 UTC | Cardiff University,, Cardiff University,, Law Lecture Theatre, Park Place, CF10 3AX , United Kingdom
Palestine - The Ongoing Nakba with Nadia Hijab and Lowkey
Hosted by Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Nadia Hijab and Kareem Dennis (Lowkey) will be speaking at this event to mark the 70th commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba, the catastrophe in 1948 in which 13,000 Palestinians were killed and 750,000 were driven from their homes. More than 500 Palestinian villages were razed to the ground.

Since then the Palestinian refugees, defined as people displaced in 1948 and their descendants, have grown to 7 million. They are in camps in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and scattered around the world. The forced dispossession continues to this day as more and more Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land. Come and hear our speakers discuss the history and the future of the Palestinian people and how we can support them.

Nadia Hijab will speak on Justice without Prejudice, identity without intolerance. She is co-founder and president of Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network. She is a writer, public speaker and media commentator . Her first book, Womanpower: The Arab debate on women at work was published by Cambridge University Press and she co-authored Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel (I. B. Tauris). She was Editor-in-Chief of the London-based Middle East magazine before serving as at the United Nations in New York. She is a co-founder and former co-chair of the US Campaign for Human Rights and now serves on its advisory board.

Kareem Dennis (Lowkey)
rapper, poet, playwright and activist will discuss how the international community should respond

For tickets and more information click here.

@70: A Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture
2018-05-14 18:00 - 2018-05-20 22:30 UTC | RADA Studios, 16 Chenies St, London, WC1E 7EX, United Kingdom
@70: A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY PALESTINIAN CULTURE
Mon 14 May to Sun 20 May 2018

Studio Theatre, RADA Studios, 16 Chenies Street, WC1E 7EX

https://70palestine.comhttps://

www.rada.ac.uk/whats-on/other-events

@70: Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture, taking place from the 14-20 May, is a week-long festival of theatre, dance, films and talks commemorating the Palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of a homeland.

Every year on May 15, Palestinians around the world, numbering about 12.4 million, mark the Nakba. Three artists from Gaza - Ahmed Masoud, Ahmed Najar and Khalid Ziyada, have worked closely with Amnesty International UK, the Hoping Foundation, Amos Trust, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre to bring together this creative response to decades of injustice.

About the events:

The Shroud Maker
A play by Ahmed Masoud
Running time: 70 minutes

Hajja Souad, an 80-year old Palestinian woman living on the besieged Gaza Strip, knows about business. She has survived decades of wars and oppression through making shrouds for the dead. A compelling black comedy, The Shroud Maker delves deep into the intimate life of ordinary Palestinians to weave a highly distinctive path through Palestine’s turbulent past and present. Loosely based on a real life character still living in Gaza, this one-woman comedy weaves comic fantasy and satire with true stories told first hand to the writer, and offers a vivid portrait of Palestinian life in Gaza underscored with gallows humour.

Ahmed Masoud is a writer, director and academic based in the UK and author of Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda. His plays include Camouflage (London, May 2017), Walaa/Loyalty (London, June & November 2014), Unto the Breach (London, November 2012 & Vienna, November 2013) and Go to Gaza, Drink the Sea (London, 2009 & Edinburgh Fringe, August 2009). His radio piece Escape from Gaza was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

Project 51
A dance performance by Al Zaytouna Dance Troupe
Running time: 70 minutes

Al Zaytouna Dance Troupe in collaboration with Hava Dance Group present Project 51, written and directed by Ahmed Najar. Project 51 – the Israeli war on Gaza in summer 2014 lasted 51 days- questions the unequal media coverage of conflicts and terrorism, and critically challenges the given perceptions of the Palestinian struggle through the western media. The play centres on a Gazan man trying to distract his daughter from explosions and the sound of drones and military aeroplanes. Creatively using the power of the traditional Palestinian folk dance ‘Dabke’ and blending it with modern dance and theatre - this typically inclusive, infectious and widely popular dance form is used in a satirical way bringing an eruption of joy and an affirmation of individuality and belonging.

Ahmed Najar is a Palestinian director, playwright, dabke expert and co-founder of the Al-Zaytouna dance troupe. The company fuses traditional Palestinian folk dance (dabke) with contemporary dance, theatre, poetry, music, and digital media to create inspiring pieces of dance theatre to tell powerful stories about Palestine, often focusing on identity and cultural resistance.

As well as a being a regular dancer with the troupe, Najar has also written and directed several productions. He wrote Between the fleeting words, which toured the UK and Europe in 2011.

Najar took dabke teaching abroad when he worked with the Hava dance group in Slovenia (2014), writing and directing Water and Salt (Slovenia 2015) and Project 51 (London 2016).

Sanaa Moussa
A music performance by Marsm
Running time: 90 minutes

Renowned Palestinian singer Sana Moussa’s work is a tribute to Palestinian women’s folklore and a celebration of indigenous traditions in the face of occupation and globalization. Raised in a musical family hailing from Deir El Assad in the Galilee, Moussa could not help but develop a passion for traditional Palestinian sound from a young age. Moussa’s first album Ishraq was released one year ago and she has subsequently toured Palestine, Jordan and Cairo before coming to London. Remarkably, Moussa is simultaneously pursuing her PhD in Microbiology.

Portraits of Palestine: A case study from the British Colonial Archive
A screening by Marsm
Running time: 60 minutes

This 1947 British colonial propaganda film shows how the British government sought to present its role in Palestine at the very end of the Mandate period. Using archival documents to tell the full story of the film's production, this presentation will show the forces at work in the creation of colonial film propaganda at the end of Empire. A rare chance to see fascinating footage from the British colonial era. Presented by writer and researcher Francis Gooding, who will present a close reading of the archival records, in order to unpick the imagery produced, and the motivations behind the making of the film.

Kings and extras: digging for a Palestinian image
A screening
Running time: 60 minutes

Director Azza El Hassan chronicles her journey on the trail of films made by the PLO Media which went missing during the Israeli invasion of in Beirut in 1982. The films were supposed to show a self-determined image of Palestinians from the moment of civilian expulsion in 1967 to PLO activity in Lebanon continuing until 1982. Through the narratives of individuals who El Hassan feels can assist in her search, the film touches on several aspects of contemporary Palestinian life. She travels through Syria, Jordan and Lebanon searching for clues as to where the lost archive might be. The increasingly absurd search leads her to where the films are said to be buried - but no one wants to dig them up.

The film reflects the situation in the Middle East; a failed revolution, the problematic relationship with the Arab neighbours and the question of a Palestinian identity today.

Azza El-Hassan is an award-winning Palestinian filmmaker. Since launching her film career in Ramallah, El-Hassan has now become one of Palestine’s most promising female directors. She has produced several works all of which reflect the different stages of her journey exploring her complex relationship with her Palestinian identity. Her films include Always Look them in the Eyes (2007), Kings & Extras (2004), 3cm Less (2003), News Time(2001), The Place (2000), Sinbad is a She (1999), A Title Deed from Moses (1998) and Arab Women Speak Out (1996).

Timetable:
You can book for single events or for everything on that evening (i.e. a double bill).

Tickets £26 for double bill performances (£23 concessions)

£16 for single performances (£13 concessions)/£20 closing night Sun 20 May (£16 concessions)

Monday 14 May
18:30 The Shroud Maker (followed by 30min Q&A)
20:00 Portraits of Palestine: A case study from the British Colonial Archive

BOOK: THE SHROUD MAKER

BOOK: PORTRAITS OF PALESTINE

Tuesday 15 May
18:30 The Shroud Maker (followed by a free presentation by Amnesty International from 20:00 - 21:30)

BOOK NOW

Wednesday 16 May
19:30 The Shroud Maker (preceded by a free presentation by Amos Trust starting at 18:30)

BOOK NOW

Thursday 17 May
18:30 The Shroud Maker
20:00 Sanaa Moussa

BOOK: THE SHROUD MAKER

BOOK: SANAA MOUSSA

Friday 18 May
19:30 Project 51
21:00 Sanaa Moussa (live music)

BOOK: PROJECT 51

BOOK: SANAA MOUSSA

Saturday 19 May
18:30 The Shroud Maker
20:00 Project 51
21.15 Q&A

BOOK: THE SHROUD MAKER

BOOK: PROJECT 51

Sunday 20 May

09:00 PSC Conference: At 70 - Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return
17:00 The Shroud Maker
18:30 Kings and extras: digging for a Palestinian image (followed by a Q&A at 19:30)

https://70palestine.comhttps://

www.rada.ac.uk/whats-on/other-events

Historic Catastrophe Remembered
2018-05-15 19:00 UTC | , ,
Historic Catastrophe Remembered
A service of lamentation will take place in Salisbury to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe).

Three-quarters of the population of historical Palestine left their homes - never to return - as a result of the founding of the State of Israel. Millions of their descendants still live in refugee camps across the Middle East.

Sarum Concern for Israel-Palestine will commemorate the date with a reflective service in the chapel of Sarum College in Salisbury’s Cathedral Close at 7.30pm on Tuesday, May 15.

The Rev Jeremy Ames will preside and the service will feature readings from the scriptures of the three Abrahamic faiths - read by members of those groups - as well as inclusive prayers.

There will be a retiring collection and time afterwards to meet each other over light (Palestinian) refreshments.

Tickets – which are free but limited in number – can be obtained by calling 01202 693837 or by mailing sharen_eappi@msn.com

An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba
2018-05-17 19:00 UTC | The Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Public Meeting to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba
Book Launch - An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba, by Professor Nur Masalha
On 17th May at 7pm at The Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street Manchester M2 5NS

Professor Masalha will present his new book, co-edited with Nahla Abdo An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba. Born in Galilee, Professor Masalha is an associate member of the Centre for Palestine Studies at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the author and editor of a number of books on the Nakba.

Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign

ICAHD 2018 UK annual conference
2018-05-19 00:00 UTC | Amnesty International UK Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA, United Kingdom
A packed and productive day of learning and sharing. We will be focusing on how to build support for freedom, equality and justice in Palestine/Israel.

Speakers to be announced. Keep the date.

Visit: https://icahd.org/ for more informaiton.

The Nakba Continues
2018-05-19 14:00 - 16:45 UTC | The Discovery Centre, St John's Roman Catholic Cathedral, St Edmund House, Edinburgh Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QA, United Kingdom
Portsmouth & South Downs PSC presents...
A talk by Zubêr Hatia

Zubêr lives locally in Southsea, and has travelled extensively across the Middle East – including to Palestine and several UN Refugee Camps home to those exiled by successive Israeli Governments. He has met with many, many people whose lives have been blighted by the Israeli Occupation of Palestine that they’ve endured for 70 years since the Nakba (Catastrophe) that befell the Palestinians and has continued to grow into a living nightmare.

Free entry, all welcome.
For further info contact Jenny Flintoft, flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

PSC Right of Return Conference
2018-05-20 09:00 - 16:30 UTC | RADA Studios, 16 Chenies St, London, WC1E7EX, United Kingdom
Book your place using the form at the bottom of this page. Online bookings will close on Saturday 19th May at 6pm, however, tickets will be available at the door on the day of the conference.
PSC Conference - @70: Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return
Book your place using the form at the bottom of this page.

This year we are marking 70 years since the Nakba; 70 years of ethnic cleansing leading to the apartheid reality of today. Disparate Palestinian communities experience Israel’s imposition of unjust structures of power: whether living under siege in Gaza, living under direct military occupation in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, living as citizens of Israel denied full equality under the law or expelled in 1948 and 1967 and denied the right of return.

The PSC Right of Return conference - @70: Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return – aims to provide the tools and education for a deeper understanding of the right of return of Palestinian refugees, as enshrined in International law. Thus the conference will include sessions on international law, and the historical background of the displacement of now over 5 Million Palestinians. Further session will hear of the experience of the refugees and the various discourses encompassing the right of return.

Speakers:

Session 1: The Nakba, Refugees and International Law

Salma Karmi-Ayyoub - Lawyer and external consultant for the Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq.

Hazem Jamjoum - Doctoral candidate in Modern Middle East History at New York University and policy member of al-Shabaka.

Session 2: Palestinian Refugees: displacement, dislocation and dispersal

Dr Ruba Salih - Palestinian Social Anthropologist and reader at SOAS University. Specialist in ethnographic research on Palestinian refugees.

Rania Madi - United Nations Legal Advocacy Representative of Badil, the Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights.

Session 3: Palestinian Discourses of Return

Amjad Iraqi - Palestinian citizen of Israel, writer for +972 Magazine, and Policy Member of Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.

Mohamad Fahed - Grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon, and completed his MSC at UCL University, after completing his Sixth form at Eton college.

Session 4: Realising the Right of Return

Dr Ghada Karmi - Leading Palestinian activist, academic and writer.

Eitan Bronstein - Co-founder of De-Colonizer and founder of Zochrot.

Tareq Baconi - Author and journalist, Analyst at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.

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Tickets:
Full price: £12.00 each
Concessions: Unwaged and PSC members: £8.00 each

Tickets can be purchased by completing the form below or by calling 020 7700 6192. There is a maximum of 4 tickets per booking.

Online bookings will close on Saturday 19th May at 6pm, however, tickets will be available at the door on day of conference.

This is event is part of @70: A Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture - you can find more information here.

You can find out more about our campaigns here or why not stay informed by signing up to receive PSC’s regular e-news here.

Northamptonshire Public Meeting with Eitan Bronstein
2018-05-21 19:00 UTC | Wellingborough African Caribbean Centre, 27 Rock Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4LW, United Kingdom
Northamptonshire Palestine Solidarity Campaign - Special Public Meeting
We are delighted to welcome guest speaker Eitan Bronstein who is the founder of Israeli NGO Zochrot (2001) and co-founder of De-Colonizer, set up in 2015 together with political anthropologist and activist Eleonore Merza Bronstein.

The meeting will take place on Monday May 21st, 7.00 pm at Wellingborough African Caribbean Centre, Rock Street, Wellingborough (please park in Jacksons Lane Car car - entrance from High Street).

Eitan Bronstein Aparicio is the founder of Zochrot (2001) and co-founder of De-Colonizer, set up in 2015 together with political anthropologist and activist Eleonore Merza Bronstein.

De-Colonizer is a research and art laboratory that produces materials to expose and challenge the colonial nature of the Israeli regime. Based in Tel Aviv, the work of De-Colonizer is both local and international and all the material are available in Hebrew, French and English. De-Colonizer sees the situation in Palestine / Israel as settler-colonialism and combines research and activism to address it. Its activities include seminars, direct actions, conferences and alternative tours in Israel and Palestine.
De-Colonizer has done significant work on the Nakba in Israel. It produces videos on direct action in the streets of Tel Aviv, such as this one in 2016 to commemorate the Nakba.

In January 2018, Eitan and Eleonore published their book called “Nakba in Hebrew”. It reflects on the political journey that changed the discourse on the Nakba in Israel. A survey among Israeli Jews that was conducted especially for the book found the close to fifth of them support the right of return of the Palestinian refugees. Eitan will offer some insights on this specific research.

Eitan will also present the map “Colonialism in Destru(A)ction that shows the Palestinian, Syrian Jewish localities destroyed since the beginning of Zionist migration until today and into the future.
Northamptonshire Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Email: northantspsc@gmail.com

Activestills: Photography as protest in Palestine/Israel
2018-05-21 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford, HR4 9BX, United Kingdom
Activestills: Photography as protest in Palestine/Israel

A presentation about the decade-long work of Activestills collective and the practice of photography as a form of activism.

Activestills was founded in 2005 and currently consists of 14 Palestinian, international and anti-Zionist Israeli photographers. Activestills members see themselves as part of the struggle against the ongoing settler-colonialism, as well as all forms of oppression, racism, and violations of the basic right to freedom in Palestine/Israel region.

Join us to hear a first-hand coverage experience by Activestills photographer, Ahmad Al-Bazz, who will elaborate on the current situation in Palestine/Israel region and highlight certain issues through photographs, videos and stories. The presentation will be followed by a discussion.

Ahmad Al-Bazz: a Palestinian photographer and documentary film-maker, is currently completing his MA in media studies at the UEA.

Hosted by Hereford Palestine Solidarity Campaign

More info: herefordpsc@gmail.com

Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel with Ben White
2018-05-22 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International UK, London, EC2A 3EA, United Kingdom
Pluto Live and Amnesty International are delighted to host the official book launch for Ben White's new book Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel published by Pluto Press.
After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, the situation on the ground in Palestine/Israel can only be described as a system of apartheid. Peace efforts have failed because of one, inconvenient truth: the Israeli maximum on offer does not meet the Palestinian minimum, or the standards of international law.
But while the situation on the ground is bleak, Ben White argues that there are widening cracks in Israel's traditional pillars of support. Opposition to Israeli policies and even critiques of Zionism are growing in Jewish communities, as well as amongst Western progressives. The election of Donald Trump has served as a catalyst for these processes, including the transformation of Israel from a partisan issue into one that divides the US establishment. Meanwhile, the Palestinian-led boycott campaign is gathering momentum, prompting a desperate backlash by Israel and its allies.
With sharp analysis, Ben White says now is the time to plot a course that avoids the mistakes of the past - a way forward beyond apartheid in Palestine. The solution is not partition and ethnic separation, but equality and self-determination - for all.
Ben White is a journalist and analyst, who has been visiting and writing about Palestine for over a decade. His books include Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide, and Cracks in the Wall: Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel. His articles have been published by the Guardian, Independent, Newsweek Middle East, and many others. Ben is a frequent guest expert on Al Jazeera, and is a contributor for Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.
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Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
Tickets are £3 each (plus fees) and can each be redeemed against a copy of Cracks in the Wall (RRP: £9.99). Ben's other books will also be available to purchase on the night and he will be signing books after the event
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We reserve the right to refuse admission, tickets will be refunded.

Public Meeting: Why the Nakba still matters
2018-05-22 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Central United Reformed Church, S1 2JB, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Public Meeting: Why the Nakba still matters
Eitan Bronstein, Israeli activist and founder member of Zochrot
Eitan Bronstein, Israeli political activist and founding member of Zochrot (Hebrew for ‘Remembering’):

“We envision a future beyond the colonialist and racist regime, in which everyone living here will be equal. Ground zero of the existing regime is the 1948 Nakba, the inevitable result of the effort to create a Jewish State in the Middle East.

Overcoming Zionism requires Israel to acknowledge the expulsion and destruction of Palestinians and their lives, and to redress that by granting refugees the right to return.”

More info: http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/

Talk and Discussion: Eitan Bronstein Aparicio
2018-05-23 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | St Peter’s, Jessop Road Church, Norwich, NR2 3QA, United Kingdom
Talk and Discussion: Eitan Bronstein Aparicio
Eitan Bronstein Aparicio is the founder of Zochrot (2001) and co-founder of De-Colonizer, set up in 2015 together with political anthropologist and activist Eleonore Merza Bronstein.

De-Colonizer is a research and art laboratory that produces materials to expose and challenge the colonial nature of the Israeli regime. Based in Tel Aviv, the work of De-Colonizer is both local and international and all the material are available in Hebrew, French and English. De-Colonizer sees the situation in Palestine / Israel as settler-colonialism and combines research and activism to address it. Its activities include seminars, direct actions, conferences and alternative tours in Israel and Palestine.

De-Colonizer has done significant work on the Nakba in Israel. It produces videos on direct action in the streets of Tel Aviv, such as this one in 2016 to commemorate the Nakba.

In January 2018, Eitan and Eleonore published their book called “Nakba in Hebrew”. It reflects on the political journey that changed the discourse on the Nakba in Israel. A survey among Israeli Jews that was conducted especially for the book found the close to fifth of them support the right of return of the Palestinian refugees. Eitan will offer some insights on this specific research.

Eitan will also present the map “Colonialism in Destru(A)ction that shows the Palestinian, Syrian Jewish localities destroyed since the beginning of Zionist migration until today and into the future.

For more info: Keith 01603 618704
Organised by Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Education, Occupation & Liberation - talk at UCL
2018-05-24 18:30 UTC | Elvin Hall, Institute of Education (UCL), 20 Bedford Way, London, United Kingdom
Fobzu and UCU present The Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme

EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION: Access to Education and Dignity for Palestinian Refugees

with:

Christopher Gunness, Chief Spokesperson, UNRWA
Dr Caroline Pontefract, Director of Education, UNRWA
Chair: Dr Joanna de Groot, President of UCU

When: 6.30pm, Thursday 24th May

Where: Elvin Hall, Institute of Education (UCL), 20 Bedford Way, London

To attend this event please RSVP by signing up on Eventbrite page here.

Established in 1949 to offer relief and work programmes to the 750,000 Palestinians made homeless by the Nakba of 1948, today UNRWA provides relief, human development and protection services to over 5 million Palestinian refugees. UNRWA is largest provider of education to Palestinian refugees, serving over half a million Palestinian children in 700 free schools and educational facilities in its five areas of operation: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank – including East Jerusalem. The US government’s decision to cut its funding to UNRWA announced in January exacerbated the agency’s already chronic underfunding and has led to what UNRWA’s Chief Spokesperson, Christopher Gunness described as ‘the worst financial crisis in UNRWA’s history’. In response, on 22nd January, UNRWA launched the global fundraising campaign #DignityIsPriceless.

The Education, Occupation & Liberation series marks Fobzu’s 40th anniversary and is co-hosted with the University and College Union (UCU). The programme of lectures and seminars brings together Palestinian, UK and international scholars, students and practitioners to explore the challenges facing Palestinian education and its role in creating a free and flourishing Palestine.

Towards Justice in Israel/Palestine
2018-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | United Church, St Margaret’s Hill, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DT, United Kingdom
Towards Justice in Israel/Palestine: One Democratic State
Jeff Halper, Director of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) and is currently involved in a joint Palestinian-Israeli grassroots initiative - the One Deomocratic State Campaign (ODSC) - to formulate a political settlement based on the creation of one democratic state.

Tickets £5 each available via Eventbrinte and from Ex Libris Bookshop.

Further information available from www.boafop.org

Film Screening and talk: Open Bethlehem
2018-05-25 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The Studio, Queen Mother Theatre, Walsworth Road, Hitchin, United Kingdom
Open Bethlehem - a big film about a small town
A documentary feature by Leila Sansour

Come and discover the present-day social and political landscape of the world's most famous small town!

Filmmaker Leila Sansour returns to Bethlehem to make a film about her hometown but, finding it in crisis and about to be completely encircled by a wall, her journey turns into a quest to save her beloved city. While telling a personal story, the film charts the creation of a campaign to compel international action to bring peace to the Middle East.

Philipa Harvey, Former President of the National Union of Teachers, and PSC EC will be giving a short talk at the event.

Online ticket sales: www.hitchinfilms.co.uk
Reservations and cash sales: Erica - 07837 077957

Presentation by Jeff Halper, Director of ICAHD
2018-05-26 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | White Rock Hotel, (opposite pier), Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JU, United Kingdom
As part of a series of meetings to commemorate 70 years since the Nakba, Hastings PSC presents:

From expulsion to demolition - the 70 year Israeli destruction of Palestine.

With Dr Jeff Halper, Co-Founder & Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).

The focus of the meeting will be:

Towards Justice In Israel/Palestine: One Democratic State

Jeff's presentation will include his view that Israel has effectively eliminated the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” and has produced instead a regime of apartheid. He will outline the only just solution that Israel has left us with: a single constitutional democracy: one country, one citizenship, one parliament and one shared civil society in which its people's collective rights are also protected. He will explore in depth how such a solution would work and what we need to do to reach it.

ICAHD website: https://icahd.org/

Hastings PSC website: http://www.hastingspalestinecampaign.org/

Hastings PSC Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Hastings-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign-618273321571713/

Freedom Flotilla Boat To Dock In Brighton
2018-06-05 16:00 - 2018-06-08 19:00 UTC | Brighton Marina, Brighton Marina, BN2 5WA, United Kingdom
Freedom Flotilla Boat To Dock In Brighton

Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign, together with the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition, are very pleased to announce that Brighton will be hosting one of the ships sailing from Scandinavia to Gaza this summer. Please join us at the events we are planning around this momentous occasion.

The Hurriya (Arabic for “Freedom”) is scheduled to arrive in Brighton on Tuesday 5 June and will stay for three nights, departing for its onward journey to Gaza on Friday 8 June.

The Hurriya is one of four ships taking part in the Flotilla, and the only one being brought into UK territorial waters. This will give people in Britain an opportunity to show their support for the Palestinian people of Gaza, and to send a message to the British Government to end its complicity in the ongoing illegal blockade.

During their stay in Brighton, activists and crew from The Hurriya will meet with politicians, campaigners and prominent local people, to convey the message of solidarity at the heart of the Flotilla’s journey and to raise awareness about the 11-year illegal blockade of Gaza.
https://www.brightonpsc.org/local-news-reports/brighton-to-host-a-boat-from-the-2018-freedom-flotilla-to-gaza-5-8-june

We invite you to join us for any of the events we are planning:

Tuesday 5th June
A big welcome on the wall of Brighton Marina, with lots of noise and a strong visual impact, to welcome the Hurriya as it sails into Brighton. We have not yet been advised of the arrival time, but will keep our website regularly updated. We really need a big turnout, so please note the date, and stay tuned for updates.

Wednesday 6th June
A public meeting to welcome the crew from the Hurriya to Brighton, to convey the message of solidarity at the heart of the Flotilla’s journey, and to raise awareness about the 11-year illegal blockade of Gaza. Details:
7.30pm - 9.30pm (programme to be announced)
Friends Meeting House
Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AF
Free Admission - Donations welcome

Friday 8th June
A send-off on the wall of Brighton Marina, as the Hurriya departs for its onward journey to Gaza. We have not yet been advised of the arrival time, but will keep our website regularly updated. We really need a big turnout, so please note the date, and stay tuned for updates.

More information on the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and the 2018 Flotilla:
https://jfp.freedomflotilla.org/
https://freedomflotilla.org/
https://shiptogaza.se/en

Day of Action - Wolverhampton PSC
2018-06-05 16:30 - 17:30 UTC | Wolverhampton Queen Square, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Day of Action - Wolverhampton PSC

For more information, see Facebook page here.

Vigil for Palestine
2018-06-05 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Outside Debenhams, Town Centre, Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Vigil for Palestine
Free Palestine - Stop the Killing - Stop Arming Israel
There has been a call-out by a number of Palestinian organisations for local actions on June 5th. This date marks the 51st anniversary of Israel's occupation of Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank - and the end of the Great March of Return campaign.

Since March 30, 115 unarmed protesters (including children) have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. Some were shot in the back. 13,330 were injured, 32 suffered amputations.

For more information see Hastings PSC Facebook page here.

March for Palestine - Edinburgh Action for Palestine
2018-06-05 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
March for Palestine - Edinburgh Action for Palestine
Join us on this day of solidarity actions for the Great Return March in Palestine, marking the Nakba when over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes by Israeli forces.

Assembling at St John's, Princes St, processing to area outside St Giles Cathedral, High Street for vigil for those killed in Gaza by Israeli forces.

5 June marks the war of 1967 when Israel expelled a further 300,000 Palestinians and occupied the remainder of historic Palestine.

With respect and in line with the decision of the organisers of the Great Return March in Palestine, to demonstrate full unity, we would like to ask everybody to bring Palestinian flags only.

For more information, see Facebook page here.

Solidarity vigil for Palestine
2018-06-05 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | bottom of Sunbridge Rd, Centenary Square, Bradford, BD1, United Kingdom
Join Bradford PSC and friends for a solidarity vigil to mark the Great Return March and the 1967 start of the occupation.

Bring Palestine flags and look for our banners across the road from the green fish and chip shop.

London Protest: Free Palestine - Stop the Killing - Stop Arming Israel
2018-06-05 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | opposite 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
London Protest Tuesday 5th June

Free Palestine - Stop the Killing - Stop Arming Israel

5.30pm. Assemble Opposite Number 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London - March to Old Palace Yard.

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Muslim Association of Britain.

Supported by: Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Europal Forum, Amos Trust, UNISON, Lib Dem Friends of Palestine, The Green Party.

Join us on this day of solidarity actions for the Great Return March in Palestine, with events around the country.

Please bring Keys with you to symbolise the Nakba and the Right of Return.

With respect and in line with the decision of the organisers of the Great Return March in Palestine, to demonstrate full unity, we would like to ask everybody to bring Palestinian flags only.

https://www.facebook.com/events/103692723847506/

More info: www.palestinecampaign.org/great-march-return

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Vigil for Great Return March in Whitstable
2018-06-05 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Brian Haw Memorial Peace Bench, The beach Car Park at Keam's Yard, Whitstable, Kent, CT5, United Kingdom
Vigil for Great Return March in Whitstable
The Faversham and Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign are holding a short vigil at the The Brian Haw Memorial Peace Bench, Whitstable beach at Keam's Yard Car Park, Island Wall at 5.30 pm on Tuesday 5th June

Join us on this National day of solidarity actions for the Great Return March in Palestine, with events around the country.

Please bring Keys with you to symbolise the Nakba and the Right of Return. This will be in line with the decision of the organisers of the Great Return March in Palestine, to demonstrate full unity. Palestinian flags only.

Nottingham: Free Palestine, Stop the Killing, Stop Arming Israel
2018-06-05 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Brian Clough Statue, Speakers Corner, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Nottingham: Free Palestine, Stop the Killing, Stop Arming Israel
Join us on the National day of solidarity actions for the Great Return March in Palestine. There will be events in cities across the country.

Please wear black and bring placards, Palestinian flags and keys to symbolise the Nakba and the Right of Return.

For more information, please see Facebook page here.

Portsmouth & South Downs PSC - Vigil for Gaza
2018-06-05 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Guildhall Squae, Guildhall Square , Portsmouth, PO1 2AB, South East, United Kingdom
Portsmouth & South Downs PSC - Vigil for Gaza
This is to coincide with the start of the 1967 occupation & to mark the end of the Great March of Return campaign. Placards & trade union banners etc welcome. For more information, see here.

Vigil and Protest in Support of Palestine
2018-06-05 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | St. Peters Square, St. Peters Road, Oxford, OX2 8, United Kingdom
Vigil and Protest in Support of Palestine
Free Palestine – Stop the Killing – Stop Arming Israel
The Great Return March is culminating in a huge mobilisation in Gaza on Tuesday June 5th to mark the 51st anniversary of Israel’s occupation of Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West bank.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign have called a national day of action in solidarity with the Great Return Match on that day with Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Muslim Association of Britain. It is supported by the Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Europal Forum, Amos Trust, and Lib Dem Friends of Palestine. In Manchester we are having a vigil.

Join the Vigil & Protest in St Peter’s Square

Bring Flags & Keys

Event supported by Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Manchester Palestine Action, Manchester Palestine Forum, Manchester Jewish Action for Palestine & FRFI

For more information, see Facebook page here.

International Day of Action – Protest to End Arming Israel
2018-06-05 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | HSBC, New Street, Birmingham, B1 1AB, United Kingdom
International Day of Action – Protest to End Arming Israel

On the 14th May Israel massacred 60 Palestinians, among them 8 children, and injured a further 2,400, including 200 children. This came as Palestinians marked the 70th anniversary of Nakba – when they were ethnically cleansed from their land – and protested against the US embassy move to Jerusalem.

For the last 7 weeks Palestinians have been gathering in Gaza to peacefully protest against the inhumane living conditions created by Israel’s illegal decade long blockade of the coastal strip, and also to reaffirm their Right of Return as enshrined by international law.

Israel’s siege on Gaza has triggered major socio-economic and health crises. 80% of the population are dependent on humanitarian aid to survive, and 42% of essential medicines are currently at zero stock. The UN warns that Gaza will be uninhabitable by 2020 unless urgent action is taken. As it stands, 97% of the water is not safe for consumption and there are electrical blackouts for around 16 hours each day. (PSC Gaza factsheet)

Over the last weeks, Israel has responded to Palestinians exercising their right to demonstrate with shocking violence. Having deployed snipers along the border, Israeli forces have been using live ammunition with deadly consequences. Prior to today’s bloody onslaught, Israeli forces had already killed at least 45 Palestinians and injured a further 6,400 since the 30thMarch. (PSC Great March or Return flier)

According to Human Rights Watch, “Israeli soldiers were not merely using excessive force, but were apparently acting on orders that all but ensured a bloody military response to the Palestinian demonstrations. The result was foreseeable deaths and injuries of demonstrators on the other side of a border who posed no imminent threat to life.”

The International Criminal Court prosecutor warned that Israel’s actions could lead to war crimes trials for Israeli leaders. But the international community has so far failed to take effective action, allowing Israel to continue massacring civilians with little or no consequence. Indeed, the UK continues to supply Israel with weapons despite the clear human rights violations being committed against Palestinians.

Amnesty International argue that: “The time for symbolic statements of condemnation is now over. The international community must act concretely and stop the delivery of arms and military equipment to Israel. A failure to do so will continue to fuel serious human rights abuses against thousands of men, women and children suffering the consequences of life under Israel’s cruel blockade of Gaza. These people are merely protesting their unbearable conditions and demanding the right to return to their homes and towns in what is now Israel.”

Join us in writing to Members of Parliament using our template letter, and call on the British government to:

– Use its influence to demand an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council and an independent investigation into Israel’s actions.

– Take immediate action to end the illegal siege of Gaza and alleviate the suffering of its population.

– Immediately implement a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel.

For more information please see WMPSC Facebook page here.

Vigil for Palestine
2018-06-05 20:00 - 21:00 UTC | University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ Norwich, Norfolk, Norwich, East, United Kingdom
Vigil for Palestine - The Great Return March
Palsoc are organising a vigil for the 60 Palestinians killed during the recent Gaza protests. It will be held in the Square. (in front of the Campus Kitchen, the Multifaith center and Red Bar)

Please attend; anyone wanting to read a speech of their own can do so.

The vigil will begin by an opening speech, followed by lighting candles and a minute of silent for the 60 Palestinians recently murdered - but also for the Palestinians who have been murdered due to the forced occupation of their land.

Join us on this National day of solidarity actions for the Great Return March in Palestine, with events around the country.

Please bring Keys with you to symbolise the Nakba and the Right of Return.
With respect and in line with the decision of the organisers of the Great Return March in Palestine, to demonstrate full unity, we would like to ask everybody to bring Palestinian flags only.

Health Under Blockade in Gaza
2018-06-06 19:15 - 21:45 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD, United Kingdom
Merton PSC is presenting a talk by Dr Philippa Whitford MP
(MP for Central Ayrshire)

Philippa was a Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon in Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, for 19 years where she redesigned the service
and established reconstructive breast surgery.

Philippa returned to Gaza in 2016 after a 25 year absence under the auspices of MAP to continue her breast cancer work. She will be reporting on her visit, and discussing the changes that have taken place as a result of war and occupation.

The venue is approx 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station (Northern Line) and 10 mins walk from Wimbledon rail station.
Buses 57, 93, 131, 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products will be on sale.

For more information email mertonpsc2017@outlook.com or call 07543 858 653

Talk: Health under blockade in Gaza
2018-06-06 19:15 - 22:00 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC present Dr Philippa Whitford talking on Health under blockade in Gaza

Philippa was a Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon in Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, for 19 years where she redesigned the service and established reconstructive breast surgery.

Philippa returned to Gaza in 2016 after a 25 year absence under the auspices of MAP to continue her breast cancer work. She will be reporting on her visit, and discussing the changes that have taken place as a result of war and occupation

Welcome the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Crew
2018-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Please join this public meeting to welcome the ship crew of the Hurriya to Brighton, to convey the message of solidarity at the heart of the Flotilla’s journey, and to raise awareness about the 11-year illegal blockade of Gaza.

FREE Admission - Donations welcome

Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign, together with the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition, are very pleased to announce that Brighton will be hosting one of the ships sailing from Scandinavia to Gaza this summer.

The Hurriya (Arabic for “Freedom”) is scheduled to arrive in Brighton UK on Tuesday 5 June and will stay for three nights before departing for its onward journey to Gaza on Friday 8 June.

The Hurriya is one of four ships taking part in the Flotilla, and the only one being brought into UK territorial waters. This will give people in Britain an opportunity to show their support for the Palestinian people of Gaza, and to send a message to the British Government to end its complicity in the ongoing illegal blockade.

During their stay in Brighton, activists and crew from The Hurriya will meet with politicians, campaigners and prominent local people, to convey the message of solidarity at the heart of the Flotilla’s journey and to raise awareness about the 11-year illegal blockade of Gaza.

There will also be a big welcoming event at Brighton Marina on Tuesday 5th June as The Hurriya sails into Brighton.
Details (including timings) will be posted on our website as they are confirmed.

Palestine: Why Britain should not look the other way
2018-06-07 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Vauxhall Community Hub, Johnson Place, Vauxhall Street, Norwich, NR2 2SA, United Kingdom
Palestine: Why Britain should not look the other way
Talk and Discussion: Richard Burden MP

On: Thursday 7th June, 7:00 pm all welcome
At: Vauxhall Community Hub, Johnson Place, Vauxhall Street, Norwich NR2 2SA

Richard has been the Labour MP for Birmingham Northfield since 1992. He has also been Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group since 2002. Richard has spent most of his life campaigning for a just and sustainable peace between Israel and Palestine and was instrumental in securing the historic House of Commons motion calling on the UK Government to recognise the State of Palestine.

Richard will focus on Britain’s responsibility not to look the other way on Palestine. He will provide his views on why respect for international law and a commitment to equal rights for both Palestinians and Israelis must be cornerstones of a new UK proactivity and leadership the pursuit and facilitation of peace.

Get more info: Rita 01986 897082
Organised by Norwich Palestine Solidarity Campaign

South African Apartheid & The Palestinian Struggle for Freedom
2018-06-21 19:00 UTC | The Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Public Meeting to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba
South African Apartheid & The Palestinian Struggle for Freedom, Rev Brian Brown
On 21st June 7pm at The Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street Manchester M2 5NS

Rev Brian Brown was administrative director of the Christian Institute of Southern Africa when he and it were banned in 1977 by the apartheid regime. His talk will compare apartheid in South Africa to that in Israel and consider the ongoing struggle of Palestinian people for freedom.

He was involved in the Institute’s opposition to South African apartheid and civil religion, its engagement with Black Consciousness, and its calls for civil disobedience and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).

Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Classical music concert
2018-06-22 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | United Reform Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4BS, United Kingdom
Following the success of our concert with Palestinian musicians last June, West Surrey Palestine Solidarity Campaign are delighted to be welcoming some further Palestinian musicians to Surrey on Friday 22nd June. They are a group of very talented young musicians who have all won places at prestigious music schools in the UK. The concert is organised in conjunction with Palmusic, which promotes opportunities for gifted young Palestinian musicians to study in the UK and all proceeds from the concert will enable their continued study.

Buy your ticket online from The Little Box Office

http://www.westsurreypsc.org.uk/

Palfest
2018-07-07 15:00 - 22:00 UTC | Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Road, London, E1 6AB, London, United Kingdom
PALFEST x ARTISTS FOR PALESTINE UK: LONDON
We are organising a special mini-festival in London this summer – a day of music, literature and food all revolving around one question: where is Palestine from where we are standing?

From 3pm to 10pm we’ll be hosted by the beautiful Arts Bar and Café on Commercial Street with literary and musical contributions from: Maan Abu Taleb, Asifeh / Stormtrap, Diana Buttu, William Dalrymple, Kassem Eid, Ahmed Masoud, Omar Robert Hamilton, Rachel Holmes, Hannah Khalil, Kareem Samara, Kamila Shamsie, Ahdaf Soueif and William Sutcliffe.

PROGRAMME

3pm – Panel discussion: Palestine & London in 2018
5pm – Artists respond: Where is Palestine from where we’re standing?
8pm – Musical finales

Entrance is free, there will be books and food for sale.

Closest tube: Aldgate East.

For more information, click here.

Non-violent resistance, community cooperation, sustainable development
2018-07-12 19:00 UTC | The Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, United Kingdom
Public Meeting to Mark the 70th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba
Non-violent resistance, community cooperation, sustainable development - The Story of Battir, by Hassan Muamer
On 12th July 7pm at The Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street Manchester M2 5NS

An inspiring and moving story of community cooperation, non-violent resistance and sustainable development in the West Bank village of Battir, told by Hassan Muamer.

The Palestinian village of Battir is located a few kilometres south-west of Jerusalem. It is the second UNESCO world heritage site in Palestine and incredibly, through all of this, stopped the Separation Barrier being built through it.

Battir is an almost entirely self-sustaining community, which has received zero outside funding. It’s heart-warming success is entirely due to the hard-work, resilience and cooperation of its residents!!
Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The Big Ride for Palestine
2018-08-03 00:00 - 2018-08-05 00:00 UTC
The Big Ride for Palestine is an initiative by supporters of the Palestinian people, which combines a love of cycling with solidarity and awareness raising. It’s an initiative that PSC is proud to support, and that we hope you will join this summer.

The Big Ride is an act of solidarity that shows the Palestinian people that they have not been forgotten, and that there are people all around the world - Muslims, Jews, Christians, and people of other faiths or no faith - who are prepared to stand up for them and their rights.

This year, The Big Ride for Palestine will again be raising money for the Middle East Children’s Alliance, which specialises in the rehabilitation of children in Gaza, traumatised by the military occupation and military assaults. Over the 3 years since the first Big Ride in 2015, and with your support, the initiative has raised over an incredible £100,000.

There are a few things you can do to support:

-Come out and support the riders along the route.
-Join the rallies and receptions in Coventry, Northampton, Luton and London.
-Join the ride for 1, 2 or 3 days.
-Cycle the first few miles as The Big Ride leaves Coventry, Northampton or Luton; OR as The Big Ride comes into Northampton, Luton or London.
- Make a donation to support the work of M.E.C.A.

All the information you need is available at www.thebigride4palestine.com

The Big Ride Welcome Rally
2018-08-05 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Old Palace Yard , opposite Parliament , London, SW1P 3JY , London , United Kingdom
LONDON The Big Ride Welcome Rally
Join us to welcome the cyclists at the end of their Big Ride for Palestine which began on 3 August in Coventry!

The Big Ride for Palestine is an initiative by supporters of the Palestinian people that combines a love of cycling with practical solidarity and awareness raising, especially around the plight of children in Gaza.

The Big Ride is an act of solidarity that shows the Palestinian people that they have not been forgotten, and that there are people all around the world – Muslims, Jews, Christians, and people of other faiths or no faith – who are prepared to stand up for them and their rights.

This year, The Big Ride for Palestine will again be raising money for the Middle East Children’s Alliance, which specialises in the rehabilitation of children in Gaza, traumatised by the military occupation and military assaults. Over the 3 years since the first Big Ride in 2015, and with your support, the initiative has raised over an incredible £100,000.

Sunday 5 August, 3pm
Old Palace Yard, Westminster SW1P 3JY

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1739740542741029/

An evening with Palestinian Cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh
2018-08-20 06:30 UTC | Broomhill Art Hotel, Muddiford, , Barnstaple, EX31 4EX, Devon , United Kingdom
North Devon Palestine Solidarity Campaign is hosting an evening with Mohammad Sabaaneh, a world-renowned Palestinian cartoonist, on Monday 20th of August at Broomhill Arts Hotel, Muddiford, Devon.

https://www.facebook.com/events/443928266084685/?active_tab=about

MOHAMMED SABAANEH
Palestinian cartoonist
Author of ‘White and Black’
Broomhill Art Hotel
Monday 20 August at 7pm,
Doors open at 6.30pm

Tickets £7 on the door

Mohammad Sabaaneh is a Palestinian graphic artist living in Ramallah in the West Bank.

Sabaaneh was jailed by Israel and accused of incitement:

http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2017/05/15/palestinian-cartoonist-chronicles-arrest-in-white-and-black/65308

Mohammed Sabaaneh is the principal political cartoonist for Al-Hayat al-Jadida, the Palestinian Authority’s daily newspaper, and has published his work in many other newspapers around the Arab World.

He is a member of the International Cartoon Movement as well as the VJ Movement for visual journalists around the globe.

Sabaaneh’s work has been displayed in numerous collections and fairs in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, and he won third place in the Arab Caricature Contest in 2013.

Sabaaneh has a BA in interior design and he currently works as an administrator at Arab American University’s Ramallah campus.

The Shroud Maker - Ahmed Masoud
2018-08-25 | Greenbelt Festival, Boughton House, Northamptonshire, NN14 3AG, United Kingdom
Greenbelt Festival proudly presents
The Shroud Maker, a play by Ahmed Masoud

What’s the best business one can establish in Gaza?

Hajja Souad, an 80-year old woman living in El Shujaia Neighbourhood, has the right idea. She’s survived decades of wars, deportation and oppression through making and selling shrouds for the dead, profiting from the continuous Israeli attacks.

Loosely based on a real life character still living in Gaza, The Shroud Maker is a dark new satire by Ahmed Masoud, telling Hajja Souad’s story of survival.

Written and directed by: Ahmed Masoud
Performed by: Julia Tarnoky
Set Design by: Dima Karout
Sound Design by: Richard Melkonian

Ahmed Masoud is the author of the debut novel Vanished – The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda.

Ahmed is a writer and director who grew up in Palestine and moved to the UK in 2002. His theatre credits include Camouflage (London 2017) The Shroud Maker (London 2015), Walaa, Loyalty (London 2014, funded by Arts Council England), Go to Gaza, Drink the Sea (London and Edinburgh 2009) and Escape from Gaza (BBC Radio 4, 2011).

Ahmed is the founder of Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre (2005) where he wrote and directed several productions in London, with subsequent European tours. After finishing his PhD research, Ahmed published many journals and articles including a chapter in Britain and the Muslim World: A Historical Perspective (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011). An earlier version of Vanished won the Muslim Writers Awards (London 2011 supported by Penguin Books)

Fundraising Garden Party with Dr Swee Ang & Mizan
2018-08-25 18:30 - 23:00 UTC | Private Location, Bow, London, United Kingdom
Join us for a fundraising summer garden party
With special guests Dr Swee Ang and Mizan the Poet
Swee has just been released after being kidnapped, along with other members of the Freedom Flotilla, by the Israelis.
She will speak briefly about her experiences.
We also welcome Mizan the Poet who will perform.
Delicious Palestinian food - from Cafe Palestina
BYO Drinks
This event will be raising funds for PSC's Emergency Appeal
Solidarity Price £15 via eventbrite
or or email thpalestinesolidarity@gmail.com to book a place

Bow, East London (good transport links)
Exact address supplied on confirmation

Student BDS Conference
2018-09-01 11:00 - 2018-09-02 18:00 UTC | University of Manchester Students Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR, United Kingdom
National Student BDS Conference 2018
Join the National Student BDS Conference for an opportunity to gain key tools and techniques to end your university’s links to Israeli apartheid through powerful and direct Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigning!

TICKETS ARE FREE. REGISTRATION LINK: goo.gl/rbJZJX

Israel’s system of unjust power continues to intensify, and life for Palestinians under occupation is reaching breaking point. Israel’s nation state law officially codifies its long-existing apartheid system against Palestinian citizens of Israel, illegal settlement expansion continues to swallow up Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Palestinians in Gaza have yet again been massacred with impunity during the Great March of Return - all of which is made possible by the complicity and funding of government’s like Britain’s, and of our own institutions and universities.

As Israel seeks to consolidate its grip over Palestinian land beyond the point of no return, the need to accelerate and strengthen our campaigning is more crucial than ever. The Palestinian-led BDS movement has proved the most effective tactic for global solidarity. This conference will provide the tools to build forceful BDS campaigns on campus that can collectively expose and help end UK universities’ complicity with Israeli apartheid.

The weekend in Manchester will provide an opportunity for students across the UK to come together, meet and learn from one other, with workshops covering: the essentials of BDS, research into University investments and collaborations, framing the BDS case on campus, pro-active campaigning, social media workshops and how to produce a winning formula to achieve University divestment.

BDS is a global movement initiated in 2005 following a call from Palestinian civil society for the international community to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel as a non-violent means to pressure Israel into complying with international law and human rights conventions.

Students in the UK have been at the forefront of BDS campaigning for years. UK Universities facilitate and profit from Israel’s militarism, making them complicit in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people. This can occur through their investments, research collaborations, lobbying and selling Israeli goods on campus.

Spaces are limited and registration is mandatory, reserve your place now!

#UniBDS2018

The Architecture of Occupation
2018-09-05 19:15 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC presents a talk by Abe Hayeem

Abe will talk about how architecture is used to define and alter the geography of East Jerusalem & the Occupied Palestinian Territories, to make civilian habitation suit a military and nationalistic agenda.

Israeli architects and planners involved in projects that appropriate land and natural resources from Palestinian territory are complicit in social, political and economic oppression. Their practice of architecture is based on the displacement of Palestinians, and against professional ethical codes, international & humanitarian law
and the Geneva Conventions. The relentless expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the ethnic cleansing of Bedouin from their unrecognized villages in the Negev within Israel and in the occupied West bank are considered as war crimes, and spell the end of the ‘two-state solution.’
Where do we go from here?

Abe Hayeem is an Iraqi Jew born in India and settled in the UK, has been an architect, writer, and peace activist since the 1960s. He is a founder member of Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine, (APJP) which campaigns against the building of the illegal settlements and the Apartheid Wall, and the projects that dispossess the Palestinians under Occupation and within Israel itself.

Palestinian products wil be on sale (Cash Only)
Email Merton PSC for more info: mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
See flyer for more info

Palestinian Architectural Competition Exhibition
2018-09-07 - 2018-09-08 | P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton Street , London , NW1 1JD, United Kingdom
ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION YEAR 2

Jury Decision and Exhibition of Winning Entries

Ceremony: Friday, 7th September 2018, 19:00 - 21:00

Exhibtion: Friday and Saturday, 7th & 8th September 2018 12:00-18:00

The graduating architectural students in 8 Palestinian and Arab universities are competing for the best design. The submissions will be judged by international jury. The first three winners will be announced at P21 gallery and their work will be exhibited for the weekend.

Opening statements by Dr. Salman Abu Sitta and Dr. Nasser Golzari

Speakers:

Dr Salman Abu Sitta
Antoine Raffoul RIBA Architect.
Dr Nasser Golzari RIBA Architect University of Westminster
Dr Yara Sharif RIBA Architect University of Westminster

TICKETS FREE VIA EVENTBRITE or £5 at the door

Welcome Home the British Heroes from the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza
2018-09-10 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
Welcome Home the British Heroes from the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza
Please register here.

Dr Swee Ang (participant/medic/founder of MAP)
Ian Diez Young (journalist)
Richard Sudan (journalist)

Since 2007, an Israeli blockade has denied the Palestinian people of Gaza crucial resources, rendering the territory potentially “unlivable" by 2020, according to a 2017 UN report. In an effort to break this stranglehold, the Freedom Flotilla set sail for Gaza in May, with an international crew of solidarity activists and some medical supplies. More information on the Freedom Flotilla Coalition website, Facebook and Twitter.

On board the final leg from Palermo, Sicily to Gaza were three British citizens: two journalists and a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon based in a London hospital.

In a flagrant breach of international laws, several warships and other vessels of the Israeli Navy hijacked our two boats, one which was sailing under a Norwegian and the other under a Swedish flag, in international waters. They forced the boats and everyone aboard to Ashdod where all of the participants were then 'processed' and taken to Givon prison.

Many of our participants were violently attacked and had most of their possessions stolen. Participants were strip searched repeatedly and many were denied medication and access to lawyers and phone communications. as they were held in prison for several days, before being deported. The boats and the medical supplies which are a gift to our friends in Gaza have been stolen.

Come and hear Dr Swee, Richard and Ian's first-hand accounts of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza and discuss how we can help break the illegal blockade of Gaza, enable freedom of movement and achieve a just future for Palestine.

Light refreshments will be available. To assist with catering, please register here.

Palestine Fringe at TUC 2018
2018-09-11 17:45 - 23:00 UTC | Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St , Manchester, M2 3GX, United Kingdom
SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE

Tuesday 11 September,
17.45/End of session

Exchange 11 / Inside the Conference Centre

Speakers

Salma Karmi-Ayyoub (Palestinian Lawyer and executive committee member of the British Palestinian Policy Council)
Mark Serwotka (General Secretary PCS)
Michelle Stanistreet (General Secretary NUJ)
Mick Whelan (General Secretary ASLEF)
Kiri Tunks (President NEU/NUT)
Gail Cartmail (Assistant General Secretary Unite the Union)
Hugh Lanning (Chair, Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
UNISON President or vice president
Chair: Jo Seery (Thompsons Solicitors)

Join us to hear about the current situation in Palestine and how you and your union can stand up for justice and equality for the Palestinian people. Now more than ever, with Israel’s onslaught on the Palestinian people reaching new proportions, it is crucial that we step up our solidarity, and challenge the companies and institutions complicit with Israel’s war crimes and breaches of human rights.

This event is supported by Thompsons Solicitors

Refreshments will be provided.
Everybody welcome.
Please visit us at the PSC stall in the exhibition area for more information.

Benefit Dinner to Help PSC
2018-09-12 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | Star of India Restaurant, 875 Leytonstone High Rd , London, London, E11 1HR, United Kingdom
A benefit dinner to help PSC fight for ethical investment.

The evening is to raise funds for PSC's legal battle against the Govt over Councils being able to support BDS. PSC won the court case initially but the Govt's appeal has been upheld, which means PSC must now pay large court costs for the fight so far and for the next round in this important struggle.

Star of India Restaurant
875 Leytonstone Hugh Road
E11 1HR

Live Swing jazz by The Mood Swingers
Entrance ticket & Full buffet : £15

Book via email: wforestpsc2018@yahoo.com
Organised by Waltham Forest PSC branch

Falafel Friday Fundraiser
2018-09-14 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
Please join us to raise money for Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

There will be a slideshow of photos and we will also be showing a short film from the most recent delegation.
There will also be food and a raffle.

It will also be an opportunity to catch up with people from previous delegations.

Suggested donation £10
All money raised will go directly to Palestine Solidarity Campaign to support them with their ongoing campaigning activities.

This event is organised by National Education Union & NUT Section

HSBC: Stop Arming Israel - National Day of Action
2018-09-15
Call out to all supporters of Palestinian human rights to take action around the country on 15th September against HSBC’s investments in Israel’s Arms Trade.

Over 35 actions are due to take place around the country to accelerate the campaign for HSBC to end their holdings in arms companies like Elbit Systems, BAE Systems, and Boeing, whose weapons are used in the brutal attacks on Gaza and the rest of Palestine.

HSBC holds over £800m worth of shares in, and is involved in syndicated loans worth over £19bn to, companies that sell weapons and military equipment to the Israeli government.

Israel has intensified its bombing campaigns on Gaza yet again in recent weeks, and HSBC are a part of the chain of complicity. The attacks have been some of the most devastating since Israel’s bombardment of Gaza four years ago, when over 2200 Palestinians were killed in 51 days, including over 500 children. Among those tragically killed in the recent attacks, were best friends Luay Kahil (16) and Amir al-Nimra (15) who took a selfie of themselves playing on an unfinished building in al-Katiba Square on 14 July, shortly before they were hit directly by an Israeli air strike. They had hopes of going to University and were, “Like twin brothers”, their mothers said.

These attacks have been supplementary to the ongoing massacres of Palestinian unarmed protesters in Gaza, where over 160 people have been killed by Israeli snipers in the last few months of the Great Return March, with thousands more shot and seriously injured.

There have been actions and protests up and down the country at HSBC branches and it is important we grow the movement now to pressure HSBC in to ending their investments in companies making billions from the sale of arms to Israel, and to end their holdings in Israeli Arms Companies like Elbit, who develop and sell their weapons based on them being “battle tested” on the besieged Gaza population.

Take action at your local HSBC branch Saturday 15th September, and join the campaign to expose and end HSBC’s investments in Israel’s Arms Trade.

You can also participate in the planned twitter storm for the #StopArmingIsrael National Day of Action. Check out our tweet sheet for inspiration.

Join your local action on the 15th September:

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Protest outside HSBC (12pm start)
St.Andrew's St, Cambridge
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Queen St

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Action outside HSBC in Canterbury

Action outside HSBC (12 to 2pm)
Mare Street, Hackney
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Demonstration at the HSBC Branch in HANLEY (Stoke on Trent city centre)
12 - 1pm

Action outside HSBC in High Town, Hereford
Leafleting at Brixton tube station (11.30am to 1pm)
Campaign outside HSBC Branch (12 to 2pm)
85 Lewisham High Street, Lewisham, London, SE13 6BE
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Action outside HSBC in Hitchin (10am to 12pm)
1 Market Pl, Hitchin, SG5 1DR
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Action outside the Kingston HSBC branch (12pm to 2pm)
90 Eden St, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1DJ

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Talk & Q&A: 'No Way To Treat a Child'
2018-09-15 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St. John and St. Stephen's Church, Orts Road, Reading, RG1 3JN, United Kingdom
A talk presented by Salim Alam (Palestine Solidarity Campaign) about the injustice of the hundreds of Palestinian child arrests by the Israeli military, followed by a Q&A. There will also be an open discussion about what we can do to help.

Free entry.
Snacks available.

Event hosted by Sabeel-Kairos in Reading
For more information contact sabeelkairosinreading@gmail.com

Collecting donations to Defence for Children International

Resisting occupation, creating a future
2018-09-26 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, The Mint, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HB, United Kingdom
Mahmoud Kawasmeh, Director of the Hebron International Resource Network, will report on the wide range of projects in the area of the South Hebron Hills which support local communities struggling under the impact of the Israeli occupation.

Public Meeting: Solidarity with the Palestinian People
2018-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Learie Constantine Centre, 43-47 Dudden Hill Lane, Willesden, NW10 2ET, United Kingdom
Public Meeting organised by Brent Trades Council and Brent & Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).

Join key speakers for a discussion on providing effective solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality.

Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Hugh Lanning: Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Kiri Tunks: NUT President, National Education Union

Salma Karmi Ayyoub: Criminal Barrister and external consultant for the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq

David Rosenberg: speaker from Jewish Socialists' Group

Travel:

Nearest Tube: Dollis Hill (Jubilee Line)

Buses: 460, 302, 297, 266, 260, 206, 98, 52, 6- Pound Land Stop

Solidarity with the Palestinian People
2018-09-27 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Learie Constantine Centre, 43-47 Dudden Hill Lane, Willesden, NW10 2ET, United Kingdom
Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Public Meeting: Jointly organised by Brent Trades Council and Brent & Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
Thursday 27th September, 7pm
Speakers:

Hugh Lanning, chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Kiri Tunks, NUT President, National Education Union
Salma Karmi Ayyoub, criminal barrister and external consultant for the Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq
David Rosenberg, speaker from Jewish Socialists’ Group

Venue:

Learie Constantine Centre, 43-47 Dudden Hill Lane, Willesden NW10 2ET,
Nearest Tube: Dollis Hill (Jubilee Line)
Buses: 460, 302, 297, 266, 260, 206, 98, 52, 6—Pound Lane stop.

TAKE ACTION to ensure our UK government:
1) Stops arming Israel: call on HSBC to stop sup-porting the arms trade with Israel
2) Puts pressure on the Israeli government to stop illegal settlements built on stolen Palestinian land
3) Intervenes to ensure an end of the bombing of the people of Gaza
4) Negotiates the release of child prisoners: an av-erage of 204 Palestinian children have been held in custody every month since 2012
5) Supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign until the Palestinian are granted citizenship and the right to return to their land

The Palestinian Right of Return
2018-10-02 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | , ,
The Palestinian Right of Return
On Tuesday 2nd October Richmond and Kingston PSC present a public talk: The Palestinian Right of Return.
Given by Hazem Jamjoum, Doctoral candidate in Modern Midlde East History at New York University.
The talk will be at 7.30pm Tuesday 2nd October, Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond TW9 1SA.

Admission is free.

Hazem is a policy member of the Palestinian Policy Network, al-Shabaka, and was a key speaker at the PSC conference, in May of this year, on Palestine Refugees and the Right of Return.

Vestry Hall is close to the center of Richmond and about 5 minutes walk from the Richmond Station.

Fundraising Gig with the John Meriton Band
2018-10-06 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Eastney Community Centre, Bransbury Rd, Southsea, Hants, PO4 9SU, SE, United Kingdom
Fundraising Gig with the John Meriton Band
Concert for Palestine with the John Meriton Band. Free entry with suggested minimum donation of £6.

Venue: Eastney Community Centre, Bransbury Road, Southsea, Hants. PO4 9SU

A Modest Proposal
2018-10-07 18:15 - 20:00 UTC | Leamington Spa Methodist Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
A Modest Proposal To solve the Palestine Israel
conflict
Date and Venue: Sunday, October 7th, 6.15pm
Methodist Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa

A talk by Karl Sabbagh

Karl is a local British-Palestinian author who has written extensively about Palestine. He will be talking about his latest book which explores the idea of a one-state solution. It is time, he says, to look at what this would mean, politically and practically, for all those involved.

Sponsored Walk 2018
2018-10-21 10:30 - 15:00 UTC | Putney Embankment, 1 Embankment, London, SW15 1LB, United Kingdom
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THIS WALK HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, BUT YOU CAN STILL SPONSOR ANY OF THE WALKERS LISTED BELOW
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Richmond & Kingston and West London PSC Fundraising Walk: Thames Path Putney to Richmond
The walk is approximately 8.5 miles (13.5km) long and, apart from the final 3 miles, there are plenty of stopping points along the route with good transport links to Central London or Richmond.

The route traverses east alongside the River Thames from Putney Bridge, passing Hammersmith Bridge, Barnes Bridge, Chiswick Bridge, Kew Bridge, Twickenham Bridge, and ending just after Richmond bridge, where much needed refreshments will be provided by Richmond & Kingston PSC! The path is generally well surfaced but may be muddy in places, so 'sensible' shoes are recommended. The walk should take a reasonably fit person 3-4 hours. You may want to bring a packed lunch.

Assembly will be at 10.30am at the start of Putney Embankment, west of Putney Bridge (on the south side of the river). You can download this PDF with full details and a map of the route.

Click here to register for the walk.
Palestinian Guest Walkers
This year we are proud to be joined by two Palestinian guest walkers whom you can sponsor by clicking on the name. You can read a little about them here:

Omar Mofeed- A Palestinian living in London
I will be walking to raise money for PSC emergency appeal. PSC is the biggest organisation in the UK dedicated to securing Palestinian human rights and justice. Being a Palestinian living in the UK, I feel the responsibility to do something to support PSC campaign, Please sponsor my walk to make PSC able to continue its unique work, for peace, equality, and justice and against racism, occupation, and colonisation.

Ayman Abuawwad - A Palestinian Librarian based in London
As a Palestinian whose extended family is living in Gaza under and illegal blockade imposed by Israel for the 11th year, you can imagine why I am doing this. PSC has so far done a great job to shift the public opinion on Palestine and counter the Zionist narrative and propaganda machine. Comes the time where PSC is having to take on costly legal battles as a result of attempts to suppress its support for Palestinians. I urge you to donate generously and sponsor my walk to enable PSC to carry on its great work in advancing the struggle for Palestinian rights and justice. If you can, please spread my word among your network of friends and encourage them to sponsor me on this walk as well. Thank you.

Sponsor our walkers
You can sponsor walkers by clicking on the name.

Omar Mofeed
Ayman Abuawwad
Ben Jamal - Director, PSC
Salim Alam - West London PSC
Simon Quinn
Padraic Finn
Rukeya Khatun
Graham Noble
Imran Khan
Sarah Pickersgill
Abdul Afghan
Flora Thomas
Bella Speaight
Clare Kooy-Lister
Lynne Foster
Katie Raw
Jane Wess
Laila Tibi
Sarah Alhamad
Matthew Bishop
Dominique Romon
Marcus Bates
Mandy Bulloch
Marina Othman
Brian Durrans
Mendi
Zeitouni
Isabelle Araj
Victoria Araj
Uzma Hassan
Koo Constantinou
Martin Francis
Patricia Fairey
Tom Fairey
Peter Kirker - In memory of Peter Harvey
Lilia Bonacorsi
Dennis Charman
Fiona Leach
Parvin Ahmed
Lucy Casson
Nada A
Khawer Ghouse
Ghazalah Kiani
Yousef Mofeed
Khalid Al Hamadi
Shireen Lawrence-Wooldridge

Registration:

Rebecca Vilkomerson: Standing with Palestine in the Era of Trump
2018-11-01 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | The Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6AQ, United Kingdom
Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Free Speech on Israel Public Meeting:

Standing with Palestine in the Era of Trump: with Rebecca Vilkomerson

Rebecca Vilkomerson, Executive Director of US-based Jewish Voice for Peace, will discuss the challenges faced by Palestine solidarity activists in the United States. She will address how Jewish Voice for Peace work to overcome them, providing insights into how we stand with Palestine in the UK.

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a national organisation in the United States that campaigns for justice, equality and dignity for all in Palestine/Israel. They seek an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem; security and self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians and a just solution for Palestinian refugees based on principles established in international law. JVP has over 200,000 online supporters, over 70 chapters, a youth wing, a Rabbinic Council, an Artist Council, an Academic Advisory Council, and an Advisory Board made up of leading U.S. intellectuals and artists.

Location: M.G Hall, Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square

Doors open at 6.30pm

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/326704384782950/

PSC Apartheid Conference: Justice in Palestine
2018-11-03 09:00 - 16:30 UTC | Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA, United Kingdom
*BOOKINGS ARE NOW CLOSED*
Justice in Palestine: Ending Apartheid, Achieving Freedom and Equality
Saturday 3 November in London

Conference Agenda: Conference Agenda Final

It is no longer controversial to draw parallels between Israel and the former apartheid regime in South Africa. In July of this year Israel passed the clearly discriminatory ‘Jewish Nation State’ law. Since then, the use of the term ‘apartheid’ to describe Israel has burst into the public consciousness.

But the institutionalised discrimination that the Palestinian people face did not begin in July 2018. Instead, it has been central to the foundation and maintenance of the State of Israel from the start.

The longevity of Israel’s apartheid system has been recognised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), who produced a comprehensive report that concluded “Israel has established an Apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole.”

Taking the ESWCA report as its foundation, on 3 November 2018, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be hosting a conference in London bringing together experts from around the world to examine how the system of apartheid is imposed upon Palestinians. We will look at the response required from activists to support the Palestinian struggle, principally through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Join us at this unique conference to learn from leading experts about Israel’s system of apartheid, and help us organise against it, standing with Palestinians in their fight for freedom and equality.
Speakers
Rebecca Vilkomerson: Rebecca is the Executive Director of the US-based organisation Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). Since its foundation in 1996 JVP has been central in supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality. Recently, JVP was one of over 40+ Jewish organisations from across the world, who signed a ground breaking statement opposing the equation of antisemitism and criticism of Israel.

Rima Khalaf: Rima is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, who served as the Executive Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) from 2010-17. Under her lead, the ESCWA authored a report confirming that Israeli practises towards the Palestinian people met the definition of Apartheid under International Law.

Virginia Tilley: Virginia is a Professor of Political Science at the Southern Illinois University in the United States. She specializes in the comparative and international politics of ethnic and racial conflict. Having wide ranging research experience, she has authored numerous policy papers and book-length studies, including The One State Solution. She also edited Beyond Occupation: Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a co-authored legal study of Israel’s policies in the OPTs.

Nadia Hijab: Nadia is an author, policy analyst and public speaker. She is the co-founder and board director of Al Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. Further, she is a co-founder and former co-chair of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, currently sitting on its advisory board. She is the author of Womanpower: The Arab debate on women at work and co-author of Citizens Apart: A Portrait of Palestinians in Israel.

Diana Buttu(via Skype): Diana is a Palestinian-Canadian Lawyer specializing in negotiations and international law. She is a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization, and served as negotiator in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. She was also part of the Palestinian negotiating team that assisted in the successful litigation of Israel’s Apartheid Wall before the International Court of Justice.

Other Speakers and Facilitators Include:

Hazem Jamjoum: Hazem is an academic and activist, whose work focuses on political- economy approaches to Israeli colonialism and Palestinian elite formation.

Alys Samson Estapé: Alys is the Europe Co-ordinator for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC).

Ryvka Barnard: Senior Campaigns Officer, on Militarism and Security at War on Want.

Huda Elmi: Huda is an activist, who currently serves as a CLP representative on the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee.
Location
Venue: Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA
*Please note: The venue is fully wheelchair accessible

Directions: Nearest Tube Station is Holloway Road (Zone 2, Piccadilly Line) Exit the station on to Holloway Road, turn left and walk straight for around 400m - it's on the other side of the road.

Buses 43, 153, 263, 271, and 393 serve the Holloway Road area.
Tickets
Tier 1 (Waged/Standard Ticket): £18

Tier 2 (PSC Members and Concessions): £12

Tier 3 (Students): £3
*Please note: this price is heavily subsidised. Paying the higher price allows us to ensure the conference is accessible to all regardless of income.

Please use the booking form below to register your place before midday on Friday 2nd November. Once you have completed the registration form you can can either choose to pay online, or call us on 020 7700 6192 between 11am - 5pm to pay over the phone.

If you have no means to pay, we will try and help you. E-mail: lewis.backon@palestinecampaign.org

Lobby Day of Parliament 28/11/2018
2018-11-28 00:00 - 20:00 UTC
We need your help in bringing Palestine to Parliament! Our 2018 Lobby Day will take place on Wednesday 28th November, and you can support it in a number of ways:

1) Follow this link to request a meeting with your MP and register to join us in Parliament. (only do this once)

OR

2) Follow this link if you can’t attend the Lobby Day, but would still like to ask your MP to meet with the PSC team for a briefing.

Join the hundreds of PSC supporters who will be arriving in Westminister to deliver a clear message on Palestine. All participants will be briefed in advance of our key parliamentary asks and what to expect when meeting their MP. This is a great opportunity to get together with those who share your passion for Palestine and to make a real difference!

This year’s Lobby Day will focus on two of PSC’s core campaigns; the treatment of Palestinian Child Prisoners (info factsheet), and the demand for the UK to Stop Arming Israel (info factsheet).

The Lobby Day will take place on Wednesday 28th November from 12.00-18.00, with all participants also invited to attend a special rally meeting in the evening from 18.00 – 20.00. At this rally we will hear from experts and politicians on how to secure justice for Palestine.

Don’t miss this opportunity to have your voice heard in Parliament!

Frequent Questions:

Who can take part?

If you’re eligible to vote in General Elections you can lobby your local MP.

Do I need to be an expert?

No! You don’t need to be an expert. We will provide you with all the information you need in advance, and will have experts on hand on the day itself for last-minute preparation and questions. Your MP will be used to meeting local people who care passionately about an issue, but they shouldn’t expect you to know everything.

How long will my meeting last?

The meeting will normally last about half an hour, sometimes more, sometimes less. There are likely to be other people meeting your MP at the same time – MPs like to see everyone together. So you won’t be alone.

What is it like?

Coming to the Lobby is one of the best ways to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, and we’re sure you will get a lot out of the day. You’ll meet lots of like-minded people; our preparation talks are interesting and informative; and it’s also a great way to visit Parliament. As a final bonus – all participants are invited to attend an evening rally with MPs, Lords, and key note speakers.

Can’t come but still want to support the lobby?

You can still support the Lobby of Parliament even if you can’t be there on the day. Simply follow this link to send a message to your MP asking them to meet with the PSC briefing team on your behalf.

Check this page for details and updates about the lobby or contact patricia.banke@palestinecampaign.org if you have any questions.

Apartheid Off Campus - National Day of Action
2018-11-29
Join the Apartheid Off Campus - National Day of Action
On the UN Solidarity Day with Palestine (29th November), 30 student groups will take action on their campus as part of a National Day of Action. This is part of our ongoing response to the call from the Palestinian civil society in 2005 for the international community to Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) Israel as a non-violent means to pressure Israel into complying with international law and the basic principles of human rights. It follows the agreement from students to take collective action to calling for Apartheid Off Campus, which was decided at the BDS Student Conference on the 1st and 2nd September 2018.

UK universities remain deeply complicit with Israel’s apartheid regime through their investment and institutional links, despite many holding “social responsibility policies”. These policies often include restrictions on investing in companies who conduct business which leads to human rights violations. One example includes University of Manchester, who invest millions in the company Caterpillar. Caterpillar supplies the armoured bulldozers for the Israeli army to demolish Palestinian homes, schools olive groves and communities.

This call comes at a time where international solidarity is needed more than ever for the Palestinian people. Since the 30th March, Palestinians in Gaza have been marching to demand their basic rights to freedom. In response, Israel is meeting the protests with live fire, massacring over 180 Palestinians to date. Most recently, on the 28th September, 6 Palestinians were killed, including 2 children.

In the West Bank the Palestinian village of Khan Al-Ahmar is due to be demolished by Israel, in order to build the ever expanding illegal Israeli Jewish-only settlements. This is another extension of Israel’s apartheid regime and continued ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

Students in the UK have been at the forefront of BDS campaigning for years. Palestinians need our solidarity to accelerate the BDS campaign, to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes, and to hold UK universities to account for their complicity.

Join the Apartheid Off Campus - National Day of Action here!

Join the Twitter Storm: #ApartheidOffCampus #DivestforPalestine

Click here for more info on the Apartheid Off Campus campaign

BBC Protest: Boycott Eurovision in Israel 2019
2018-12-01 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place , London, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom
BBC Protest: Boycott Eurovision in Israel 2019
Date: 01/12/2018
Time: 3pm-5pm
Location: BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA
Join the protest calling on BBC to withdraw from the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel, to avoid being complicit in Israel's ongoing violations of Palestinian human rights.

We are also urging songwriters and performers to boycott the contest hosted by Israel, just as many once boycotted the South African apartheid regime.

Just days after Israel's Eurovision win, Israeli forces massacred 62 Palestinians in Gaza, including six children, as they demonstrated for freedom and refugee rights. Since the Great Return March protests began on March 30th 2018, at least 205 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip. More than 18,000 others have been injured, including thousands shot with live fire.

Israeli lawmakers recently formalised apartheid in Israel's basic laws, with the “Jewish nation state law” giving the system of racial discrimination against Palestinians a constitutional mandate. Meanwhile, Israel's apartheid regime works to present Israel's “prettier face” by art-washing its decades-old oppression and dispossession of Palestinians.

Support the Palestinian call for broadcasters to refuse to show Eurovision 2019, to prevent complicity in Israel's artwashing of apartheid.

Organised by:
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
Stop The War Coalition
Palestinian Forum UK

Invite Friends and RSVP: Facebook Event Here

Medway PSC Launch
2019-01-11 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Rochester Baptist Church, The Moat House, 8 Crow Lane, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1RF, United Kingdom
Medway Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Launch Event
Speakers:
Hugh Lanning, National Chair PSC
Jessica Leschinkoff, Jewish Voice of Labour
Mahmoud Zwahre, Leading West Bank Palestinian Activist
Palestinian Produce & Cuisine will be available on the night.
Movies on Palestine will be shown.

PSC AGM 2019
2019-01-26 09:30 - 17:00 UTC | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1 4RL, United Kingdom
PSC Annual General Meeting 2019
Saturday 26th January 2019, 9:30am - 5pm,
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1 4RL

The PSC Annual General Meeting is a vital event, discussing our work over the last year, and planning the future of our campaign – including motions and elections to the Executive Committee.

All members of national PSC are strongly encouraged to attend the AGM where important decisions are made. PSC is a democratic organisation managed by an elected board, the Executive Committee (EC). The EC is elected yearly at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and meets at least six times a year.

The AGM sets campaigning priorities for the coming year through an agreed Annual Plan, which the EC oversees the implementation of.

All individual members of PSC are able to attend the AGM, and can vote provided their membership is in good standing from Friday 26th October 2018.

All PSC members and delegates wishing to attend the AGM must register in advance, no later than 18 January 2019.

For more information on how to register, please visit the AGM registration page

If you would like to become a member, you can join PSC here.

Divest for Justice Student Conference
2019-03-02 09:00 - 18:30 UTC | Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, United Kingdom
Palestine Solidarity Campaign and People & Planet are teaming up for the first divest for justice student conference!

Become a student member of PSC and attend the conference for free

Join us for an opportunity to gain key tools and techniques to build powerful divestment campaigns to end your university’s investments in wrecking the climate, Israeli apartheid and the arms industry.

Israel’s system of unjust power continues to intensify, and life for Palestinians under occupation is reaching breaking point. Israel’s nation state law officially embeds into the constitution its system of laws and policies that discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel, illegal settlement expansion continues to swallow up Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Palestinians in Gaza remain under a crippling siege. Since March Israel has responded with live fire to protesters in Gaza demonstrating against the siege and asserting their right to return to the lands from which they were expelled in 1948 and 1967, killing over 250 and maiming more than 26000. Despite all of this Israel continues to receive financial support from governments like Britain’s, and from our own institutions and universities.

Climate change is already having massive effects on some of the most vulnerable people on the planet. No one wants to flee their home because of famine or conflict caused by extreme weather. Yet since 2008, climate-related disasters displaced 22 million people yearly across the world. Communities on the frontline of fossil fuel extraction are also seeing their land and ways of living destroyed. Indigenous communities across the globe are resisting the expansion of extraction projects across the world and we support their struggle.

UK universities continue to invest 100's of £millions to facilitate and profit from wrecking the climate, Israeli apartheid and the arms industry, despite many holding “ethical investment policies”. This event will provide an opportunity for students fighting back and striving for divestment on their campus across the UK to come together, skill up, meet and learn from one another, with workshops covering: creative action, time-lining an effective campaign, using the media as a campaign tool and more.

Universities have a public responsibility to clean up their investments. They should be setting the precedent for wider society to follow, divesting for justice is imperative to the liberation of all people and the just world we'd like to see. Join us in our united movement for freedom, justice and equality to create a better world that respects the rights of all.

Tier 1 (Standard Ticket): £10

Tier 2 (PSC Members and Concessions): £5

Please use the booking form below to register your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you have no means to pay, we will try and help you. E-mail: huda.ammori@palestinecampaign.org
Registration:

Talk by Laila Hasan: Hebron under Occupation
2019-03-06 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC on Wednesday 6th March 2019 at 7.15pm for 7.30pm

will present a talk by Laila Hasan titled

Hebron under Occupation

Laila and her sister Nawal set up the Women in Hebron non-profit Fair Trade cooperative in 2005 in an effort to provide women in the Hebron district the resources to provide for themselves and their families through the production and sale of Palestinian handicrafts.

Women in Hebron Co-operative - Faversham and Whitstable PSC
2019-03-07 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Faversham Assembly Rooms Room.66, Preston St, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8PG, United Kingdom
Hosted by Faversham and Whitstable Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Come and meet Leila who will talk about how the co-op’s works. Bringing self-reliance to women in Hebron.
Much of Hebron town is occupied by extremist Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians. This situation has intensified with Israel's expulsion of international observers. She will give us an update on the latest situation.
You will be able buy handicrafts made by the Women In Hebron co-operative.
Entry is free.

Talk by Sundus Al Azza from Hebron
2019-03-08 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Room 4 Somerstown Community Centre, River's St, Portsmouth, Southsea , PO5 4EY, United Kingdom
Open Shuhada Street: Life and Resistance in Occupied Hebron

Speaker: Sundus Al Azza, from ‘Youth Against Settlements’

With Netanyahu making the decision to expel the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) releasing a statement that they were indefinitely withdrawing EAs (human rights monitors) serving in the city with EAPPI due to security concerns, putting the focus on the city of Hebron has become more important than ever.

8pm Fri March 8th, Room 4, Somerstown Community Centre, Rivers Street, Southsea, PO5 4EY

Free entry, all welcome.

For further info email flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Women in Hebron
2019-03-09 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | St Mary's Church, The Street, Frensham, Surrey, GU10 3EA, United Kingdom
A meeting with Laila Hasan, co-founder of the Women in Hebron co-operative which produces beautiful hand-woven and hand-embroidered traditional textiles. Laila will speak about the work of the co-operative providing employment for 120 women. Some of their products will be available to purchase. She will also provide insights into the difficulties faced by Palestinian families living in the tense atmosphere of an occupied city.

St Mary's Church, Frensham, GU10 3EA

A West Surrey PSC event

Children Unchained: Palestinian Children under Occupation
2019-03-17 14:30 - 17:30 UTC | Waltham Forest Community Hub, Orford Road, London, United Kingdom
Children Unchained Event - Walthamstow

A peaceable, multi-participatory, inclusive, FREE event in Walthamstow will take place on Sunday 17 March 2019, 2.30pm-5.30pm.

Come and hear British, Palestinian and Israeli speakers on the subject of Palestinian children under occupation.

We are delighted that Ahed Tamimi will address the event via a video message or in person.

The list of speakers will include Leanne Mohamed, a London teenager who suffered appalling online abuse after winning an award for her speech about Palestine as a 15 year old schoolgirl in the London Borough of Redbridge as well as speakers from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, NEU and UNITE trade unions, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Free Speech on Israel, Mend and Waltham Forest Trade Council.

The visitors will be able to browse information and produce stalls by local organisations and enjoy authentic Palestinian & Middle Eastern food at the Hiba's Pop Up stall.

All welcome! Bring your friends and family!

For more info see the attached poster or contact the organisers on childrenunchained@gmail.com

Apartheid Off Campus: Day of action
2019-03-20
Register your action

We are calling on student supporters of the Palestinian cause to take creative action on their UK campus as part of a national day of action on the 20th March 2019, during Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). This is part of an ongoing response to the call from the Palestinian civil society in 2005 for a campaign of Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as part of a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity. IAW is a crucial part of building this movement.

UK universities remain deeply complicit with Israel’s apartheid regime through their investment and institutional links, despite many holding “social responsibility policies”. These policies often include restrictions on investing in companies who conduct business which leads to human rights violations. One example includes University of Glasgow, who invest over £17 million worth of shares in companies arming Israel. This includes investments in Caterpillar, who supply armoured bulldozers for the Israeli army, used to demolish Palestinian homes, schools olive groves and communities.

This call comes at a time where international solidarity is needed more than ever for the Palestinian people. Since the 30th March, Palestinians in Gaza have been marching to demand their basic rights to freedom. In response, Israel is meeting the protests with live fire, massacring over 240 Palestinians to date.

In the West Bank, Palestinian communities continue to be demolished by Israel, in order to build ever expanding illegal Israeli Jewish-only settlements. Palestinians living in Israel continue to be denied the right to live as equal citizens under the law, with Israel’s Nation State law, introduced in 2018, giving a constitutional foundation to a system of entrenched discrimination. 2018 also saw systematic attempts to downgrade the rights of the more than 7 million Palestinian refugees, those expelled by Israel in 1948 and 1967 and their descendants. Israel is seeking, with the support of the US, to remove their refugee status, with Donald Trump preparing a “deal of the century” which seeks to ignore their inalienable right, grounded in international law, to return to the lands and homes from which they have been expelled.

Students in the UK have been at the forefront of BDS campaigning for years. Palestinians need our solidarity to accelerate the BDS campaign, to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes, and to hold UK universities to account for their complicity. This IAW, let’s collectively call for Apartheid Off Campus!

If you and your group are taking part in the National Day of Action calling on UK universities to get apartheid off campus, please fill in the following form. We will then be able to send you media packs, resources, useful tips and will also be able to collate all the actions across the country for the national media.

To take inspiration for your creative action, click here to see pictures from the previous Apartheid Off Campus Day of Action.
Register your action

Manchester Public Meeting: Report Back From Gaza with Musheir El-Farra
2019-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Report Back from Gaza with Musheir El-Farra

Musheir El-Farra (Chair of Sheffield PSC) has just returned from the Gaza Strip. He will give an illustrated talk about his visit focusing on the ways in which popular resistance to Israeli’s siege is developing despite the severe hardship people are experiencing.

Since the peaceful protests began along the Israeli-Gaza border on March 30, 2018, Israeli forces have killed over 200 Palestinians and wounded more than 7,000 people with live ammunition.

He will talk about the children projects that Sheffield PSC supports in partnership with local Palestinian grass root organisation in Gaza, which includes the Healing Centre in Khuza’a that provides much needed support for the many children traumatised by Israeli attacks and siege.

Where: Friends Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS When: 7pm-9pm

Wolverhampton PSC - 'Imprisoning a Generation' Film Screening
2019-03-22 19:00 - 21:45 UTC | Friends Meeting House, 8b Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4PR, United Kingdom
Film Screening - Imprisoning a Generation - Wolverhampton PSC

Join Wolverhampton PSC for a screening of the documentary film 'Imprisoning a Generation' which follows the life of four young Palestinians detained and imprisoned in the Israeli military system.

Where: Friends Meeting House, 8B Summerfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4PR

When: Friday 22nd March, 7pm for 7.30pm start.

RVSP: wolvespsc@gmail.com

Wolverhampton PSC - HSBC: Stop Arming Israel
2019-03-23 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | HSBC, Queen Street, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
HSBC: Stop Arming Israel! Wolverhampton PSC

Join us in Wolverhampton to tell HSBC to cut ties with companies that trade weapons or weapons technology with Israel. This picket is part of the national 'Stop Arming Israel' campaign targeting HSBC over its investments and loans in companies complicit in the oppression of Palestinians, such as Caterpillar, which produce militarised bulldozers use to destroy Palestinian homes.

Where: Corner of Queen Square and Lichfield Street

When: 10am till 12 noon.

Let us know your coming! RVSP: wolvespsc@gmail.com

CADFA and Merton PSC present an evening of Palestinian Culture
2019-03-27 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Tunnel 267, 267 The Broadway, , Wimbledon, , SW19 1SD, United Kingdom
CADFA & Merton PSC Invite you to come and celebrate an evening of Palestinian Culture on Wednesday 27th March 7.30pm—10pm

Guests Include:

Hiyam Elayan & Ruba Iman (speakers from Jerusalem)

Julia Aaisha (‘oud) and others

Palestinian Food & Music

Palestinian Crafts and Goods (cash only)

Entry on door £5

Plus all donations going to CADFA and Palestinian girls football team visit

Venue: Tunnel 267
267 The Broadway, Wimbledon SW19 1SD

mertonpsc2017@outlook.com

Tickets on Eventbrite or door: https://tinyurl.com/y6jcvtgx

30 March National Day of Action: Exist, Resist, Return
2019-03-30
Palestinians have issued a global call for solidarity on the 1st anniversary of the start of the Great Return March. We are responding by coordinating a series of events, including a rally and national day of action, on March 30th 2019.

Get involved to show support for the Palestinian struggle, and demand that Palestinians’ fundamental rights to exist, resist and return are respected.

This page will feature all UK events, protests and activities taking place on Saturday 30 March. More soon..

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=> London - Rally opposite the Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington 1pm Facebook event

=> Newcastle - Grey's Monument 11am Facebook event

=> Carlisle - City Centre 1pm Facebook event

=> Jersey - Liberation Square 11.30am Facebook event

=> Cardiff - Queen Street 12noon Facebook event

=> Manchester - Piccadilly Gardens 12noon Facebook event

=> Slough - 12noon Facebook event

=> Birmingham - New Street 1pm Facebook Event

=> Hitchin - Market Square 10am Facebook event

=> Oxford - Cornmarket 11.30am Facebook event

=> Norwich - Haymarket 2pm Facebook event Website event

=> Cambridge - Market Square 12noon Facebook event

=> Exeter - Bedford Square 12noon Facebook event

=> Halifax - Piece Hall 12noon Facebook event

=> Southampton - High Street 11am Facebook event

=> Nottingham - Brian Clough Statue 12.30pm Facebook event

=> Brighton - Clock Tower 12noon Facebook page

=> Hastings - Town Centre 1pm Facebook event

=> Edinburgh - Foot of the Mound 2pm Facebook event

=> Plymouth - Sundial, Armada Way 11am Facebook event

=> Leamington Spa - Outside the Town Hall, 11:30am Facebook event

=> Peterborough - Bridge Street, 11am, Facebook event

=> Coventry - Fountain in the Lower Precinct of City Centre, Facebook event

=> Leicester - Clock tower city centre, 12noon

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On FRIDAY 29 MARCH:

=> Bristol - Cascade Steps 3.30pm Facebook event

=> Liverpool - Lime Street Station 4pm Facebook page

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Resources:

Palestine Exist! Resist! Return! A5 Leaflet

Graphics to download

Coventry: Demo for Palestine
2019-03-30 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Fountain in Presinct, Lower Precinct, Coventry, United Kingdom
11.30am - for an hour - on Saturday March 30th 2019

We will gather by the fountain on the Lower Precinct in Coventry City Centre.

Bring flags, banners and your voices.

March 30th is Palestinian Land Day, a day to commemorate those killed and injured in protests against mass land theft in 1976.

Last year, the first of the Great Return marches in Gaza was held on Land Day.

Whitstable Vigil for Palestine
2019-03-30 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Peace Bench, Beach at Keams Yard Car Park Whitstable CT5 1EP, Address The Peace Bench on the beach at Keam's Yard , Whitstable , Kent, CT5 1EP, United Kingdom
Faversham and Whitstable PSC are holding a short vigil at the Brian Haw Peace Memorial Bench, Keam's Yard Car Park Whitstable CT5 1EP to recognise the Palestinian People's Existence, Resistence and Right to Return.

Liverpool Public Meeting: Jewish National Fund UK - complicit in ethnic cleansing
2019-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT, United Kingdom
Kholoud al Ajarma is a Palestinian refugee who lives in Aida Camp, Bethlehem. Her home village, ethnically cleansed in 1948, Ajjur, just 25 miles away. It now lies under British Park, funded by the JNF UK, a Charity.

Kholoud’s family still have the title deeds to their land in Ajjur, now “owned” by the JNF UK. She will challenge its charitable status with a Tribunal hearing and a speaking tour.

The giant key at the entrance to Aida Camp symbolises the house keys Palestinians took with them when fleeing ethnic cleansing in 1948. Palestinians demand the
Right of Return to the areas from which they were forced out, or compensation if they choose, as enshrined in UN Resolution 194.

The JNF continues to support ethnic cleansing, constructing housing reserved for Jewish settlers on lands from which Palestinians have been evicted.

WHEN: 3rd April 2019 - 7pm to 9pm

WHERE:

Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT

Manchester Public Meeting: Jewish National Fund UK – Complicit In Ethnic Cleansing
2019-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friends Meeting House, Mount Street , Manchester , M2 5NS, North West, United Kingdom
Jewish National Fund UK - Complicit in Ethnic Cleansing. Manchester Public Meeting

Part of PSC national speaking tour in support of those challenging the JNF’s charitable status.

Speaker: Kholud al Ajarma

In 2018, she appealed to the Charity Commission that the JNF UK should not be recognised as a charitable organisation. Kholoud’s family still have the title deeds to their land in Ajjur, now “owned” by the JNF UK, but the Commission rejected her claim.

At a tribunal in Manchester on Tuesday 2nd April 2019, the campaign will be contesting the Charity Commission’s decision.

Come and hear the case for de-registration of the JNF UK .

Biography Kholoud al Ajarma belongs to one of the families ethnically cleansed from Ajjur in 1948. Today, they live in Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, only about 25 miles from their village. The family still have the title deeds to their land in Ajjur. Kholoud has studied in England, Holland, Norway and Morocco, but says the Right of Return is the real work of her life.

Background The Jewish National Fund (JNF), set up in 1901, has played a key role in systematically taking over the land of the Palestinian people. Before the Nakba of 1948, Palestine’s Arab population owned 93% of the land on which the state of Israel was set up. During the Nakba, two-thirds of the Palestinian population were driven from their homes and their land seized, much of which was transferred to the Jewish National Fund. Once land is in the ownership of the JNF it cannot be sold to Palestinians. Today, Palestinians owns just 3%.

As registered British charity, the JNF UK receives all the associated financial and reputational benefits of this status. Funds from JNF UK have been used to furhter the dispossession the indigenous people of Palestine. The campaign to persuade the Charity Commission to withdraw the charitable status of the JNF UK began in 2013 and a new appeal was lodged in 2018.

The appeal highlights the case of a Kholoud al Ajarma’s family, whose land in Ajjur was taken from them by force in 1948. No longer accessible to its rightful owners, it is now used a leisure facility for Israelis called the British Park, an example of JNF UK green wash of Israel’s ethnic cleansing.

Eastbourne PSC and Palestine UK Social Work Network Public Meeting: The Experiences of Palestinian Child Prisoners
2019-04-04 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | St Saviour's Church Hall, South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4UT, United Kingdom
Voices from Palestine - St Saviour's Church Hall, South Street, Eastbourne, BN21 4UT - 7pm-9.30pm

Nihaya Aburayyan, a social worker, therapist, and campaigner will talk about her work with Palestinian child prisoners at the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture in the West Bank. There will also be a screening of 'Detaining Dreams' following four Palestinian children detained and prosecuted by the Israeli military.

After Nihaya will be joined by James Tuite, Campaigns Officer at PSC, and Marwan Kishawi, a Gazan who has experienced detention as a child prisoner. The panel will address the treatment of child prisoners, and what we can do in the UK to promote Palestinian children's human rights.

Facebook Event Here

London Public Meeting: Stop the Jewish National Fund UK
2019-04-12 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | , ,
Public Meeting: Stop the Jewish National Fund! Complicit in ethnic cleansing in Palestine

Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Pl, Kings Cross, WC1H 9BD

6.30pm for a 7pm start

Join Kholoud al Ajarma, who belongs to one of the families ethnically cleansed from Ajjur in 1948. Today, they live in Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem, only about 25 miles from their village. Her family still have the title deeds to their land in Ajjur, now owned by the Jewish National Fund.

With supporters, she lodged a formal complaint to the Charity Commission, asserting that the JNF UK should not be recognised as a charitable organisation. The initial response of the Charity Commission was to say that she has “no standing” to argue the case in a British court.

***Update*** We are thrilled to announce that Kholoud will be joined by philosopher and activist Moshé Machover, and veteran anti-Apartheid activist, and former member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) Ronnie Kasrils.

Stop the JNF Campaign:

The JNF owns 13% of the state land in Israel. It maintains these lands for the sole settlement of Jewish Citizens of Israel. These lands were obtained by forced sale and displacement. JNF projects in the Naqab continue to forcibly displace Palestinians as part of their ongoing ethnic cleansing. JNF-UK maintains strong organisational links with the JNF in Israel.

JNF-UK enjoys official charitable status, despite having organisational links with the JNF-KKL in Israel. Campaigners are supporting a renewed appeal to the Charity Commission, by a dispossessed Palestinian family, which aims to get its charity status, and subsequent financial benefits revoked. The case highlights the plight of a Palestinian refugee, ethnically cleansed from their home in 1948, who still has the deed to the land now owned by the JNF.

Facebook Event Here

Durham Public Meeting: Build the National Demonstration on May 11th
2019-04-16 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Durham Miners Hall, Flass Street, Durham, DH1 4BE, United Kingdom
Durham Public Meeting: Justice for Palestine in the Age of Trump
On 11th May, there will be a national demonstration London to demand justice for Palestine. Join us at this public meeting hosted by Stop the War Coalition, County Durham PSC, and Durham University Friends of Palestine Society to build for the national demo.

Facebook Event

Tuesday 16th April | 6.00pm - Redhills – Durham Miners Hall, Flass Street, DH1 4BE,

Speakers:
Halla Alsafadi (President, Durham University Friends of Palestine and former journalist in Gaza)

Bill Williamson (Emeritus Professor in Continuing Education, Durham University and Chair, Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign)

Charlotte Austin (Labour National Policy Forum, International Commission)

Facebook Event

Manchester Public Meeting: Build the National Demo for Palestine on May 11th
2019-04-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | TUC Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6DD, United Kingdom
Manchester: Mobilising Rally for National Demo for Palestine on May 11th
The Palestinian people need our solidarity more than ever, and are calling for global protests to protect their collective rights. As Israel continues to flout international law and violate human rights, there is a responsibility on the global community to hold it to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.

Facebook Event

No New Nakba! – Defend the Right of Return!

Speakers:

Shelly Asquith (STW Nat. Committee & former NUS VP)
Yasmine Dar (M/cr City Councillor & Labour NEC Member
Kamel Hawwash (Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign)

Nottingham Public Meeting: Build the National Demonstration for Palestine
2019-04-25 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG1 3FN, United Kingdom
Nottingham Public Meeting:

Thursday 25th April | 7pm | International Community Centre, 61b Mansfield Road, NG1 3FN

Facebook Event Here

Find out why you should be marching on May 11th, and find out how you can get involved in building the demonstration!

The Palestinian people need our solidarity more than ever, and are calling for global protests to protect their collective rights. As Israel continues to flout international law and violate human rights, there is a responsibility on the global community to hold it to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.

No new Nakba! – End the Siege! – Defend the Right of Return!

Speakers:

Ben Jamal, Director of PSC

Steve Bell, Stop the War Coalition

Chaired by Louise Regan

Newham Public Meeting: Build the National Demonstration for Palestine on May 11th
2019-04-29 19:00 - 20:45 UTC | Durning Hall Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Forest Gate, E7 9AB, United Kingdom
Monday, 29 April, 7.00 pm | Durning Hall, Earlam Grove, Forest Gate (3 mins walk from Forest Gate Stn

Find out why you should be marching on May 11th, and find out how you can get involved in building the demonstration!

The Palestinian people need our solidarity more than ever, and are calling for global protests to protect their collective rights. As Israel continues to flout international law and violate human rights, there is a responsibility on the global community to hold it to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.

No new Nakba! – End the Siege! – Defend the Right of Return!

Speakers:

Lindsey German: Convener, Stop the War Coalition

Ben Jamal, Director, Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Newham Public Meeting: Build for the National Demonstration on May 11th 2019
2019-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Durning Hall Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Forest Gate, E7 9AB, United Kingdom
Find out why you should be marching on May 11th, and find out how you can get involved in building the demonstration!

The Palestinian people need our solidarity more than ever, and are calling for global protests to protect their collective rights. As Israel continues to flout international law and violate human rights, there is a responsibility on the global community to hold it to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.

No new Nakba! – End the Siege! – Defend the Right of Return!

Durning Hall, Earlham Grove, Forest Gate. E7 9AB | 7pm

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"Rebuilding Home- Rebuilding Hope" - Merton PSC
2019-05-01 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
7.30pm on Wednesday 1st May 2019 | William Morris Meeting Rooms, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD

Nive Hall, Operations Manager from Amos Trust (who has recently returned from Palestine) will present a film and talk "Rebuilding Home- Rebuilding Hope"

London Public Meeting: Why Palestine is Still THE Issue
2019-05-02 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD, United Kingdom
London: Why Palestine is Still THE issue
Palestinian people need our solidarity more than ever. As Israel continues to violate international law and human rights Palestinians have called for global protests.
Hear from speakers from Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Stop the War Coalition about why you should march on Saturday May 11th 2019.

As Israel continues to flout international law and violate human rights, there is a responsibility on the global community to hold it to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.

No new Nakba! - End the siege of Gaza! - Defend the Right to Return!

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Tuesday 2nd May | 6.30pm – Mander Hall,Hamilton House, Mabledon pl, Kings Cross, WC1H 9BD

Speakers:

Lowkey: Rapper, activist and PSC patron

Tariq Ali: Writer and activist, long-time Palestine solidarity campaigner

Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of National Education Union (NEU)

Ben Jamal: Director of the PSC

Lindsey German: Stop the War Coalition

Karma Nabulsi, University academic, organiser, and patron of PSC

Aliya Yule, Young Labour and Momentum Activist

more tbc very shortly!

Kites and Keys - Waltham Forest Remembers Palestinian Nakba
2019-05-04 13:00 - 17:00 UTC | Walthamstow Town Square, Selborne Road E17 7JR, London, United Kingdom
Waltham Forest PSC Remembers Palestinian Nakba - Kites and Keys

This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the Nakba – the dispossession of the Palestinian people and the establishment of the state of Israel on their land. For the past seventy years, all Palestinians have lived with the consequences of this, whether as second-class citizens in the apartheid Israeli state, as subjects of the brutal military occupation of the parts of Palestine seized by Israel in 1967, or as exiles in the worldwide Palestinian diaspora. There can be no peace in the region – for Palestinians or for Israelis – until this injustice is resolved.

Join us in Walthamstow Town Square to commemorate the Nakba, to celebrate Palestinian culture, and to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and with all victims of oppression and injustice.

From 1pm on Saturday 4th we’ll be in the Town Square:

Kite decorating & flying, having a Dabke dance workshop, poetry readings, henna art & face painting, some beautiful handmade gifts from Palestine, speakers from local Palestine Solidarity organisations incl. WFCOM, trade unions, Jewish groups, Cyclist for Palestine, and more!

So join us with your friends & family at this fantastic event, full of entertainment and for a great cause. It will be incredible!
Just bring your picnic, and your smile.

#WF4Palestine #KitesAndKeys #WFRemembersNakba

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National Demonstration for Palestine 11 May in London
2019-05-11 12:00 - 16:00 UTC
Saturday 11 May in London

National Demonstration for Palestine

Exist! Resist! Return!

Assemble 12 Noon Portland Place, March to Whitehall

Join us on Facebook
Click here for an updated list of transport. More tbc!

The Palestinian people need our solidarity more than ever, and are calling for global protests to protect their collective rights. As Israel continues to flout international law and violate human rights, there is a responsibility on the global community to hold it to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.

No new Nakba! - End the Siege! - Defend the Right of Return!

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al- Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain.

Supported by: Unite the Union, PCS, UNISON, GMB, RMT, CWU, ASLEF, UCU, NEU, TSSA, Amos Trust, CND, ICAHDUK, Momentum, APCUK, Olive.

Join us in London on Saturday 11 May, the beginning of Nakba Week, for a National Demonstration.

Please join and share the Facebook Event

Ahmed Masoud - The Shroud Maker Theatre Performance
2019-05-14 00:00 - 2019-05-18 00:00 UTC | Studio Theatre, 1 Granary Square King's Cross , London , N1C 4AA, United Kingdom
Directors showcase, Drama Centre London.
The Shroud Maker
By Ahmed Masoud
Directed By Molly Bater
Assistant Director Laetitia Valstar
Performed By Natasha Haward
Designed By Ludwig Meslet
Hajja Souad, an 80-year old Palestinian woman living on the besieged Gaza Strip, knows about business. She has survived decades of wars and oppression through making shrouds for the dead.
A compelling black comedy that delves deep into the intimate life of ordinary Palestinians to weave a highly distinctive path through Palestine's turbulent past and present, The Shroud Maker is a one-woman comedy that weaves comic fantasy and satire with true stories told first hand to the writer, and offers a vivid portrait of Palestinian life in Gaza, underscored with gallows humour.
Part of the MA Directors Graduating Showcase at CSM. Tickets can be booked through this link: https://csmevents.co.uk/
Running time 80 Minutes
Some strong language
14+ Advised.
Tuesday 14th May 17:30
Wednesday 15th May 19:30
Friday 17th May 13:30
Saturday 18th May 15:30

Leicester PSC Film Screening and Talk
2019-05-14 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Secular Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, LE1 1WB, United Kingdom
Leicester Palestine Solidarity Campaign

FILM

“My Neighbourhood”

(a young Palestinian tells how Israeli settlers took over his home in East Jerusalem and how it affected him personally and politically)

Followed by speaker and discussion

“How can we support the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom?”

Tuesday 14th May 7.30pm

Secular Hall

75 Humberstone Gate, City Centre (opp. Sainsburys), Leicester LE1 1WB

Portsmouth and SD PSC: Talk on the Nakba with speaker from BIN
2019-05-16 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Room 4 Somerstown Community Centre, River's St, Portsmouth, Southsea , PO5 4EY, United Kingdom
Portsmouth and South Downs PSC invite you to:

The Tragedy of the Nakba, & What We Can do About it Today | Room 4, Somerstown Community Centre, PO5 4EY | 7.30pm

With speaker Sharen Green of Boycott Israel Network

For further info email flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Not the Eurovision: Party for Palestine
2019-05-18 20:30 - 2019-05-19 03:00 UTC | Favela, 65 Crowndale Road, Camden, NW1 1TN, United Kingdom
TICKETS: https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1246450

We present a full evening of entertainment from prominent artists and performers, who will raise the roof for Palestine in protest of Eurovision taking place in Tel Aviv, Israel!

Israel cannot hide military occupation and apartheid behind the glitz and glamour of Eurovision. Tens of thousands across the world have joined the Boycott Eurovision 2019 campaign; to highlight Israel’s abuse of Palestinian human rights and pinkwashing tactics used to try and mask its crimes.

Join us in supporting the call from the Palestinian people to Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) Israel until Palestinians enjoy the same rights and freedoms that belong to all of us!

Join the Party for Palestine and protest Eurovision taking place in Israel!

#BoycottEurovision2019 #Party4Palestine #NotTheEurovision
FEATURING:
*Special headliner TBA*

Mic Righteous/ Reckless
Having opened for US Hip Hop heavyweights including Wu Tang Clan, The Game, J.Cole, Slaughter House, Talib Kweli & 2 Chainz, Mic Righteous‘ debut EP Open Mic went straight in at No.1 in the UK Hip Hop charts and No.2 in Ireland, Australia and Sweden. Fresh from being on Charlie Sloth’s Fire in the Booth, Mic Righteous is rebranding himself as Mic Rickless. Known for his heartfelt lyrics and powerful flow, Mic Rickless is undoubtedly one of the best rappers of our time!

Wolf Alice (DJ set)
An evocative North London alt-rock outfit, Wolf Alice deftly mixes folk, grunge, and electronic elements with vintage '90s indie rock. The band's second studio album, Visions of a Life, It debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, received universal acclaim from music critics, ranked as one of the best albums of the year by multiple publications and won the 2018 Mercury Prize. They are known supporters of Palestinian human rights and the BDS movement. This will be a rare opportunity to see them perform an exciting DJ set!

Dave Randall (Faithless/ Slovo)
Dave Randall is former Faithless guitarist and bandleader of Slovo. He produced the campaign song 'Freedom For Palestine' and wrote the book 'Sound System: The Political Power of Music'. He kick things off with some globe-trotting quality dance-floor fillers.

Hawiyya Dabke
Hawiyya Dance Company was founded in 2017 as an all-women’s collective, based in London. Their main focus is raising awareness on the occupation and oppression of Palestine. They unite and build on promoting the Palestinian struggle for equal rights, their right for freedom and the narrative that is all too often silenced. Hawiyya draws upon Dabke (Laventine Traditional Folk Dance) with Contemporary Dance to create narrative works that tell stories of the oppressed and of the resistance that is lived. Hawiyya endeavours to honour Palestinian cultural through the celebration of Dabke in performance and participation.

Jenan Younis
Jenan Younis is a London based comedian of Middle Eastern heritage. Her comedy has been described as a “slap in the face”. Don’t sit within arm’s reach. She can be heard regularly on the BBC Asian Network’s ladies panel shamelessly plugging her shows in between tackling the big issues in current news as well as providing the best vocal impersonation of Stacey Dooley. WORLDWIDE. “Sharp, hip, smart comedian - not to be missed!” The List/ 99 comedy club finalist 2018/ South East comedian of the year finalist 2018/ Funny women finalist 2018/ BBC new comedy award nominee 2018

*More performers TBA*

*TICKETS*

Richmond and Kingston PSC: Ben White Book Launch
2019-05-21 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | The Exchange, 75, London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 1BE, Greater london, United Kingdom
Richmond and Kingston PSC | Ben White - Cracks in the Wall | The Exchange, 75 London Road, Twickenham, TW1 1BE | 21st May | 7.30pm

Ben White will be presenting his latest book: Cracks in the Wall - Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel, at The Exchange in Twickenham , at 7.30pm, on Tuesday 21st May.

Admission is free and places can be reserved at eventbrite: bit.ly/BenWTwickenham

Liverpool Public Meeting on 'One Democratic State' with Karl Sabbagh
2019-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Quaker Meeting House, School Lane, Liverpool, L3 1BT, North-West, United Kingdom
Quaker Meeting House, School Lane, Liverpool, L3 1BT | 7pm-9pm | Free entrance

Join Liverpool Friends of Palestine for a public meeting discussing the proposal of One Democratic State.

This public meeting will discuss the present situation in Palestine. It will be addressed by the Palestinian author Karl Sabbagh, whose book A Modest Proposal examines how a single democratic state might look.

Find out more on Liverpool Friends of Palestine's website.

Palestinian children photo exhibition in Walthamstow
2019-06-01 10:00 - 2019-06-16 17:00 UTC | Word, 36 Orford Road, Walthamstow Village, London, E17 9NJ, United Kingdom
Waltham Forest Palestine Solidarity Campaign is exhibiting in this year’s E17 Art Trail ‘a photographic glimpse of the resilience and spirit of Palestinian children living under occupation’ from the 1st to 16 June.

Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm

Sunday 11am - 4pm

at

Word Store, 36 Orford Road, Walthamstow Village, E17 9NJ

Venue 167 on the Art Trail Map 2019
http://e17arttrail.co.uk/

Please come, and be inspired by the exhibition, and share this information with everyone you know.

Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/364540731081937/

Film by Anemoia Projects: 'Imprisoning a Generation'
2019-06-05 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC are presenting a film by Anemoia Projects:
Imprisoning a Generation
MAINTAINING NOSTALGIA FOR A TIME WE'VE NEVER KNOWN WHILE DOCUMENTING THE ONE WE DO
Wednesday 5th June 2019 at 7.30pm, The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon
About the film:

Imprisoning a Generation is a documentary film following the stories of four young Palestinians who have been detained and imprisoned under the Israeli military and political systems. Their perspectives, along with the voices of their families, combine to form a lens into the entangled structures of oppression that expand well beyond the prison walls.

Public Meeting : Exist, Resist, Return - Palestine Is The Issue
2019-06-06 19:15 - 21:00 UTC | Irish Cultural Centre, 5, Black's Road , Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT, United Kingdom
Public Meeting : Exist, Resist, Return - Palestine Is The Issue
Thursday 6 June - 7.15pm

Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black's Rd, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT (1 minute walk from Hammersmith Tube Station.

Andy Slaughter, MP: Parliament, MPs, and Palestine - Where Now? What Next?
Omar Mofeed (Palestinian from Gaza): The Great March of Return - Gaza and Palestinian Refugees.
Salim Alam (PSC Executive Committee): After The Israeli Elections - What Next?

There will be plenty of time for Q&A and Discussion
You must purchase a ticket in advance to attend.
(Tickets are £3 for, but free for Students, OAPs, Concessions.)
Get your tickets by clicking on the following link
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/psc-west-london/t-laqazj

#BoycottPuma: UK Day of action
2019-06-15
Take creative action in your town or city on the #BoycottPuma international day of action, calling on Puma to end their complicity with Israeli apartheid!

This is part of an ongoing response to the call from the Palestinian civil society in 2005 for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it respects human rights and international law.

Puma is the main sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which includes football clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. All Israeli settlements are considered war crimes under international law.

As one of the world’s top athletic apparel makers, Puma’s sponsorship brings international legitimacy to the IFA and helps maintain its direct involvement with violations of human rights and international law off the field.

Take action and support the call from more than 200 Palestinian teams for Puma to end its support for Israel’s military occupation by terminating its sponsorship deal with the IFA.

Register your action today and bring the #BoycottPUMA campaign to your town or city!

REGISTER: bit.ly/BoycottPuma

Join your local action on the 15th June:

Brent & Harrow PSC

Brighton PSC

Cambridge PSC

Camden PSC

Halifax PSC

Hastings & Rye PSC

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC

Lewisham PSC

Manchester PSC

Merton PSC

Norwich PSC

Plymouth PSC

Richmond & Kingston PSC

Sheffield PSC

Slough PSC

Tower Hamlets PSC

Watford PSC

West London PSC

West Midlands PSC

Merton PSC: Palestine in Crisis: What can we do here? Ben White Speaks
2019-06-18 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Hatay Restaurant, 94-96 Coombe Lane, Raynes Park, SW20 0AY, United Kingdom
Merton PSC proudly presents

"PALESTINE IN CRISIS - What can we do here?"

Ben White - Author, Journalist and Activist

The situation on the ground in Palestine is only getting worse, with Palestinians dehumanised and fragmented in Israel’s apartheid system. Ben White will assess the latest developments, and address what we can do to support Palestinian rights

With

MIZAN the Poet, Spoken word artist and activist, who will be performing his work “New Anti-Semitism”

On TUESDAY 18TH JUNE, 7pm for 7.30pm, HATAY Restaurant, 94-96 Coombe Lane, SW20 0AY, (near Raynes Park station and bus stops for buses 131 and 57)

Cost: £20 per person (includes donation)

First course: vegetarian meze

Second course: choice of meat or vegetarian platter

(Please advise of selection)

Pay on entry but RSVP necessary

GET TICKETS: mpscbenwhite.eventbrite.co.uk

or email mertonpsc2017@outlook.com mob 07543858653

Palestine Solidarity: The Next Generation
2019-06-22 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, United Kingdom
Join the conference and be a key part of building the next generation for Palestine solidarity!

The collective rights of the Palestinian people are under unprecedented assault. Israel has further entrenched its system of oppression through passing a racist nation state law, maintaining its crippling siege on Gaza, and continuing to rapidly expand illegal settlements in defiance of international law. Israel has also killed more than 250 unarmed demonstrators during the ongoing Great Return March, and injured more Palestinians in 2018 than during the entire war on Gaza in 2014. Despite all of this, Israel continues to receive financial and diplomatic support from the UK government, British institutions and companies residing in the UK.

The Palestinians need our solidarity now more than ever, and the next generation is a crucial part of building lasting solidarity with the Palestinian people and taking forward the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel - a peaceful means to pressure Israel into complying with international law and the universal principles of human rights.

Ben Gurion, founder of Israel, once said that “the old will die, and the young will forget”. Young Palestinians like Ahed Tamimi who have taken on the struggle begun by their parents and Grandparents have proved him wrong. They need your solidarity With your participation, we want to build the next generation of solidarity activists here in the UK ready to be organised, mobilised and stronger than ever before.

If you’ve recently graduated university, you’re a final year university student, a young professional or a budding social activist and looking to get involved in Palestine solidarity activism and build the next generation for Palestine, then this is the event for you!

Join us for an opportunity to build the power of Palestine solidarity across the UK, to come together, skill up, meet and learn from one another, hear from inspiring speakers, attend workshops covering key Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns, creative action, media skills and more!

*EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW*

PalMusic Ensemble Concerts (South-West of England)
2019-06-27 - 2019-06-30
PalMusic Concerts

Guest artist, pianist Iyad Sughayer will join Omar Saad on viola, Tibah Saad on cello, and Lourdina Baboun on violin for an uplifting programme of Mozart and Mahler piano quartets, and Arabic folk music arranged by the Ensemble. Speaking of the programme, Omar says:

“These are celebrated works that we have all wanted to perform for a long time. The folk music is a reflection of our roots that we believe complements the western classical repertoire. With every group you have a different storytelling of the same piece and that is what makes these works great.”

Palmusic is currently supporting Omar, Tibah and Lourdina with scholarships to study at top British conservatoires. Omar has just completed his master’s degree in Music Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, (RCS), in Glasgow. Tibah Saad, is also studying at the RCS with two more years to complete her Bachelor of Music degree. Lourdina is also a Bachelor of Music Performance student at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Omar, Tibah and Lourdina have all performed internationally with the Palestine Youth Orchestra.

Iyad Sughayer is a Jordanian-Palestinian pianist who is regarded as one of the Middle East’s most promising young artists. He completed his Master’s degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, in 2018, and returned there in September on the International Artist Diploma course to study with Murray McLachlan, Martino Tirimo and Graham Scott. Iyad has received numerous awards including the prestigious Gold Medal Award at Trinity Laban. Winter 2020 will see the release of his debut disc under the BIS Label, featuring the solo works of Aram Khachaturian.

Dates

Thurs 27 June Salisbury 7.30pm
Salisbury Methodist Church, St Edmund’s Church Street
thelittleboxoffice.com/palmusic

Fri 28 June Crediton 7pm
Crediton Congregational Church, High Street, Crediton
ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/crediton

Sat 29 June Exeter 7pm
St Michaels Church, Mount Dinham, Exeter
ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/exeter

Sun 30 June Caversham (Reading) 6.30pm
St Andrews Church, Albert Road, Caversham
thelittleboxoffice.com/palmusic

Medical Aid for Palestinians Fundraiser
2019-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Byblos Bay, 64 The Parade, Watford, WD17 1AH, United Kingdom
Watford: Medical Aid for Palestinians Fundraiser | 27.06.19 | Byblos Bay, WD17 1AH

David Leigh will give an overview on Medical Aid for Palestinians, building local knowledge, skills and providing essential health services in Palestine.

This fundraiser is for anyone concerned about peace and justice in Palestine who wants to make a positive contribution against injustice.

£20.00/person

If you are unable to attend or would like to support our fund raising project for Medical Aid for Palestinians, you are welcome to make a donation.

Please contact/RSVP to Clive on 07766 452665

PalMusic UK Ensemble (Scotland)
2019-07-05 - 2019-07-07
PalMusic Concerts

Guest artist, pianist Iyad Sughayer will join Omar Saad on viola, Tibah Saad on cello, and Lourdina Baboun on violin for an uplifting programme of Mozart and Mahler piano quartets, and Arabic folk music arranged by the Ensemble. Speaking of the programme, Omar says:

“These are celebrated works that we have all wanted to perform for a long time. The folk music is a reflection of our roots that we believe complements the western classical repertoire. With every group you have a different storytelling of the same piece and that is what makes these works great.”

Palmusic is currently supporting Omar, Tibah and Lourdina with scholarships to study at top British conservatoires. Omar has just completed his master’s degree in Music Performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, (RCS), in Glasgow. Tibah Saad, is also studying at the RCS with two more years to complete her Bachelor of Music degree. Lourdina is also a Bachelor of Music Performance student at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Omar, Tibah and Lourdina have all performed internationally with the Palestine Youth Orchestra.

Iyad Sughayer is a Jordanian-Palestinian pianist who is regarded as one of the Middle East’s most promising young artists. He completed his Master’s degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, in 2018, and returned there in September on the International Artist Diploma course to study with Murray McLachlan, Martino Tirimo and Graham Scott. Iyad has received numerous awards including the prestigious Gold Medal Award at Trinity Laban. Winter 2020 will see the release of his debut disc under the BIS Label, featuring the solo works of Aram Khachaturian.

Tour Dates (Scotland)

Friday 5 July 1pm Stevenson Hall, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB

Saturday 6 July 3pm St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA

Sunday 7 July 7.30pm St Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee DD1 1TD

The Campaign to Stop Arming Israel at PalExpo 2019
2019-07-07 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Olympia London, Hammersmith Rd, London, W14 8UX, United Kingdom
Join us at PalExpo 2019 to discuss the importance of holding our government and our institutions to account for their complicity in human rights abuses against the Palestinian people through arms trade with Israel. Featuring:

Ben Jamal - Director of PSC and member of the British Palestinian Policy Council
Liz Mckean - Director of Policy and Campaigns at War on Want
Huda Ammori - Campaigns Officer at PSC
Ibtehal Hussain - Campaign Against Arms Trade

WHEN: Sunday 7th July, 11am
WHERE: Auditorium, Olympia London

BOOK YOUR PALEXPO TICKETS HERE

A memorial screening of Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army
2019-07-23 18:30 - 21:45 UTC | Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA, London, United Kingdom
Earlier this year, we lost the wonderful, funny and brave Jeremy Hardy.

Acclaimed stand-up comedian and passionate campaigner for human rights, this event will honour and remember Jeremy’s unstinting support for Palestine and the Palestinian people.

Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army follows Jeremy’s journey to Palestine, at the invitation of filmmaker Leila Sansour, who challenges him to join the International Solidarity Movement during the 2002 Israeli invasion.

Jeremy had always felt sympathetic to the Palestinians, but travelling thousands of miles to engage in direct action against the world’s fourth biggest military power was not his idea of a holiday. On the other hand, neither was travelling to Florida to spend Easter with his in-laws. Palestine wins.

Peter Bradshaw, reviewing the film in July 2003 said: “The sight of the wisecracking comic turning emulsion-white with fear brings home the situation with more power than any news broadcast.”
Schedule for the evening

Dr Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, will introduce the evening.

A short screening that showcases the work of MAP will precede the film. Jeremy was an active supporter of MAP, regularly performing at fundraisers and appearing in the documentary, Health Under Occupation.

Mark Thomas, fellow stand-up comedian and author of Extreme Rambling: Walking Israel's Separation Barrier. For Fun, will host the evening

There will be a panel discussion after the screening with Jeremy’s wife, film maker Katie Barlow; Leila Sansour, producer/director of Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army; Aimee Shalan, CEO of MAP; Chris Dunham, ISM activist and managing director of Carbon Descent; and Jocelyn Hurndall, mother of young British photojournalist, Tom Hurndall, who was killed by the Israeli Army while reporting on the ISM in 2003.
More about the Jeremy Hardy screening
Katie and Jeremy met while working on this documentary in Palestine.

The evening will bring together members of the International Solidarity Movement who feature in the film, along with many of Jeremy's friends from the worlds of human rights, comedy, television and radio to relive Jeremy’s extraordinary journey that gave a new and vibrant voice to Palestine.

Please join us to celebrate and honour Jeremy’s life, and give your support to the two Palestinian projects he championed with passion and dedication.
All funds raised at the event will go to support the work of Open Bethlehem and Medical Aid for Palestinians
Open Bethlehem is an organisation that promotes global engagement with Bethlehem as a doorway into Palestine. The team is currently campaigning for the recognition of Palestine by the British government.

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been working for over 30 years with Palestinian communities, striving to deliver health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and displacement.

West London PSC: Popular Resistance in Palestine - A History of Hope and Empowerment
2019-07-23 19:30 UTC | Irish Cultural Centre, 5, Black's Road , Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT, United Kingdom
A presentation by Mazin Qumsiyeh, Political Activist and Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History, Bethlehem
Professor Qumsiyeh was born and raised in Beit Sahour and has been for all his life in the forefront of political activism, non-violent direct action and the struggle to end the Occupation and
establish equal human rights for all Palestinians. Mazin has written four important books covering both his scientific work and his experiences as an activist: 'Bats of Egypt' (1985), 'Mammals of the Holy Land' (1996), 'Sharing the Land of Canaan' (2004) and 'Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment' (2011).

Mazin is co-founder of the AcademicsFor Justice.org and BoycottIsraeliGoods.org campaigns and co-founder, national treasurer and media coordinator of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition (http://al-awda.org). He is also a member of other human rights groups including Amnesty, Peace action, Human Rights Watch and ACLU.

Tuesday 23 July at 7.30pm at The Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT

Entry £3 via ticket available via
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/psc-west-london/t-opemjd

Richmond and Kingston PSC: A Christian in Palestine: Life Under Occupation
2019-07-24 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | All Saints Church, 63 East Sheen Avenue, London, SW14 8AX, United Kingdom
Richmond and Kingston PSC Present:
A Christian in Palestine: Life under Occupation
Wednesday 24th July - All Saints Church, 63 East Sheen Avenue, SW14 8AX - 7.30pm
A talk by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian Christian, about modern life in the holy land under the rule of Israel's military occupation.

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh comes from the village of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem,
celebrated as the site of the Shepherds’ Field where angels announced the birth of Jesus to shepherds watching their sheep by night.

The village, whose 15,000 population is 80% Christian, is under enormous and
increasing pressure from huge Israeli settlements which take up 87% of the
village’s land and have been built in contravention of international law.

Professor Qumsiyeh spent 29 years in the US, ending up as professor of genetics at
Yale University, then returned to Beit Sahour to teach and do research at Bethlehem
and Birzeit Universities.

He is a leading proponent of non-violent resistance to the occupation, president of the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochment, and the author of numerous books including “Popular Resistance in Palestine: a History of Hope and Empowerment” and “Sharing the Land of Canaan.”

RSVP: bit.ly/PalestinianChristiansRichmond

Big Ride for Palestine - London Leg
2019-07-27 09:30 - 17:00 UTC
Who are we? The Big Ride for Palestine is an initiative that combines a love of cycling and solidarity with the Palestinian people. We ride to show the Palestinians that they have not been forgotten.

This year the Big Ride for Palestine is having TWO rides, one in London & one in Manchester.

The London ride is Saturday 27th July and is a 36 mile route around London.

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1525924397544001/

The ride will start at 9:30am in North Kensington and will end in Bethnal Green, where the evening will continue with food, speakers & music at an event supported by Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity: https://www.facebook.com/events/3067741249926578/

Exeter PSC: Environmentalism Under Occupation
2019-07-30 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Toronto House, Prince Charles Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 7EW, United Kingdom
Join us in Exeter for an illustrated talk and social with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh from Palestine Museum of Natural History at Bethlehem University.

As well as an academic, Mazin is a human rights activist, participating in non-violent protest and speaking out on life under Israeli occupation.
He brings together these two themes in a dynamic talk on Environmentalism Under Occupation.
Free entry

Tuesday 30th July 2019 | Toronto House, Prince Charles Road, EX4 7EW | Free Entry

Palestine Youth Orchestra European Tour 2019
2019-08-04 - 2019-08-16 | Northern Europe, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Northern Europe, United Kingdom
The PALESTINE YOUTH ORCHESTRA in EUROPE | 2019
Conductor: Vincent de Kort | Voice: Nai Barghouti | Cello: Toke MÃ¸ldrup
NORWAY | SWEDEN | DENMARK | GERMANY | NETHERLANDS

The Palestine Youth Orchestra brings its mix of high energy symphonic and Arabic music, performing at some of the regions most exciting concert venues. The musicians will be resident in Kristiansund, Norway, where they will perform on 4 August, before concerts in Trondheim (5 Aug), Oslo (7 Aug), Gothenburg (8 Aug), Copenhagen (10 Aug), Aarhus (11 Aug), Bremen (13 Aug) and Apeldoorn (15 Aug). They finish their tour at the world-famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (16 Aug), making their debut performance in the Netherlands.
Conducted by the Dutch conductor Vincent de Kort.

The PYO will be joined by Palestinian singer Nai Barghouti, a rising star in the international world music scene. She performs three specially orchestrated songs, originally performed by the legendary singer Fairuz. In Copenhagen they are joined by Danish cellist Toke MÃ¸ldrup at the Tivoli Concert Hall performing Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations, and in Apeldoorn they present an incredible shared performance with the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands featuring music devised by both orchestras, based on Arabic music. In addition to their symphonic concerts, they will present chamber concerts in Kristiansund, Aarhus, Bremen and Amsterdam, a brilliant way to see the orchestra in a different light.

In a programme celebrating LOVE, the PYO will also perform music from Bizet's Carmen, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Saint-Saens Samson and Delilah, and Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. There will be a rare opportunity to hear music by Salvador Arnita, an organist and composer from Jerusalem, and a world premiere by the Palestinian film composer Faris Badarni. Badarni's Palestinian Rhapsody celebrates the sounds, peoples and cultures of Palestine.

BOOK TICKETS

Sun 4 Aug
Kristiansund
KIRKELANDET KIRKE

Mon 5 Aug
Trondheim
VÃ…R FRUE KIRKE

Wed 7 Aug
Oslo
UNIVERSITY AULA

Thu 8 Aug
Gothenburg
LUNDBY NYA KYRKA

Sat 10 Aug
Copenhagen
TIVOLI CONCERT HALL**

Sun 11 Aug
Aarhus
MUSIKHUSET

Mon 12 Aug
Aarhus
BLIXENS BUILDING *

Tue 13 Aug
Wed 14 Aug
Bremen
Amsterdam
HOCHSCHULE FÃœR KÃœNSTE *
AMSTERDAM MUSEUM *

Thu 15 Aug
Apeldoorn
THEATER ORPHEUS (with NJON)

Fri 16 Aug
Amsterdam
HET CONCERTGEBOUW

Merton PSC: Public Meeting on BDS Campaigns and Activism
2019-08-07 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC Public Meeting:

Huda Ammori, Campaigns Officer at PSC will give an update on active BDS campaigns and activism. Learn more about activism for Palestinian rights in the local area and find out how to get involved.

7th August 2019 | William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD | 7.30pm

Leicester PSC: Did Israel make the desert bloom? The struggle for environmental justice in Palestine
2019-08-09 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Secular Hall, Humberstone Gate, Leicester, United Kingdom
Leicester PSC Presents:

Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh, founder of the Palestine Museum of Natural History, will talk in Leicester.

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh comes from the village of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem,
celebrated as the site of the Shepherds’ Field where angels announced the birth of Jesus to shepherds watching their sheep by night.

The village, whose 15,000 population is 80% Christian, is under enormous and
increasing pressure from huge Israeli settlements which take up 87% of the
village’s land and have been built in contravention of international law.

Professor Qumsiyeh spent 29 years in the US, ending up as professor of genetics at
Yale University, then returned to Beit Sahour to teach and do research at Bethlehem
and Birzeit Universities.

He is a leading proponent of non-violent resistance to the occupation, president of the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochment, and the author of numerous books including “Popular Resistance in Palestine: a History of Hope and Empowerment” and “Sharing the Land of Canaan.”

Friday 9 August 2019, 7.30pm, Secular Hall, Humberstone Gate, Leicester

Water, Fossil Fuels, Habitat and Sustainability in Palestine
2019-08-12 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | St Nicolas Church Hall, Bury Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4AW, United Kingdom
Water, Fossil Fuels, Habitat and Sustainability in Palestine:

A talk by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh from Bethlehem University on the impact of the Israeli Occupation on the landscape and environment of the West Bank. Both social and natural ecosystems can only be restored by challenging the Occupation. As a Palestinian Christian, a biologist and human rights activist, Prof. Qumsiyeh is uniquely positioned to explore these inter-linked questions.

St Nicholas Church Hall, Bury Street, Guildford, GU2 4AW

7.30pm - 9pm

Free Food, Free Palestine - London Young PSC Launch
2019-08-15 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Cafe Palestina, 53 Fortress Road, London , NW5 1AD, United Kingdom
An evening of Palestinian food and solidarity.

TICKETS

The Young London Palestine Solidarity Campaign invite you to an evening of free Palestinian food and solidarity organising! The launch event of the Young London PSC branch will take place in Café Palestina on Thursday 15th August from 7.00pm until 9pm.

We hope you can make it to hear more about the Young London PSC branch and the exciting new opportunities to get involved in local activities supporting the Palestinian people - at a critical moment in their struggle for peace, equality and justice.

A spread of delicious Palestinian food will be served by Café Palestina.

We look forward to seeing you there, for an evening of shared food and discussion, so that together we can build the next generation of solidarity with Palestine in London.

You can register for the launch event via eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-london-psc-dinner-and-action-planning-tickets-66200269789

Faversham and Whitstable PSC: Palestinian Market Stall
2019-08-17 09:00 - 13:00 UTC | faversham market faversham kent, Abbey street , faversham, kent, United Kingdom
Date for your diary -

Saturday 17th August - Palestinian stall in Faversham market - 9am to 1pm

We will have information and leaflets about campaigns and current issues.

We will also be selling Palestinian Zaytoun products:
Za'atar - traditional Palestinian herb mix
Medjoul dates - from Jordan Valley
Maftoul - nutty Palestinian grain - bulgur and wheat flour
Virgin Palestinian olive oil

Help always needed. Could you spare a couple of hours of your time?

yours in solidarity,

Penny Newell - membership secretary - faversham and whitstable branch palestine solidarity campaign

Portsmouth and South Downs PSC: Fundraising Barbecue
2019-08-17 15:00 - 20:00 UTC | Purbrook, Nr Portsmouth, St John's Ave, Portsmouth, Hants, SE, United Kingdom
Portsmouth and South Downs PSC Present:

FUND-RAISING BARBECUE FOR PALESTINE in a beautiful garden in Purbrook.

Please join us for a lovely afternoon/evening on

SAT AUG 17th from 3pm to 8pm & help us to help the Palestinian people.

Admission by advance ticket only, £10. Entry ticket covers barbecue fuel, disposable barbecues, salad, bread, fruit, desserts.

Please bring food to be barbecued + plates & cutlery if possible.

For tkts tel 023 9241 3358 or email flintoftjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

Young London PSC - Open Meeting
2019-08-29 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD, United Kingdom
Young London PSC | Open Meeting | Room 9, Hamilton House, Mabledon Pl, Kings Cross | Facebook Event

The Young London Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) welcomes you to our first open meeting for young people across London who want to organise and take action for Palestine.

With the average age of Palestinians trapped in the West Bank and Gaza barely 20 years old, this is the cause of our generation, and our generation is ready to act!

So whether you are a young person in work, out of work, in training, or out of Uni - what ever your circumstance - this is an inclusive meeting open to all young people who want to engage the next generation of Palestinian solidarity.

We are a newly formed group, so it does not matter to us if you're a seasoned activist, or have never been involved before. Your voice, contribution, and solidarity are absolutely welcome.

First item on the agenda? Planning for our creative contribution to the National Day of Action calling on HSBC to stop arming Israel! More event details can be found here: www.facebook.com/events/346146702995174/

So join us for this open meeting to decide and shape the actions, events, and engagement of the newly formed Young London Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).

Take action at DSEI arms fair #StopArmingIsrael
2019-09-02 09:30 - 20:00 UTC | ExCel Centre, East End of ExCel Centre, Prince Regent DLR, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
Take action at the DSEI arms fair to #StopArmingIsrael!

The world’s largest arms fair, Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) returns to London in September.

It’ll host a specially designated area for Israel’s arms companies to display and market their weapons – weapons which are labelled “battle-tested” due to them being tested on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Since March 2018, Palestinians in Gaza have been marching to the fence which has entrapped them in the “world's largest open air prison” to demand their fundamental right to return to the homes from which they and their families were expelled in 1948 &1967, a right enshrined in international law.

Israel has met these protestors with brutal live fire, killing over 250 and injuring and maiming over 30000 in Gaza. This violence and destruction is made possible by Israel’s trade in arms with dozens of countries, including the UK.

Take action at the Excel Centre during the #StopDSEI week of action and demand a two-way arms embargo between the UK and Israel!

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On 2 September, we will kick off a week of action in the run-up to the arms fair outside the Excel Centre to #StopDSEI. Join us in a day of creative action to Stop Arming Israel!

The schedule of the day includes:

10.00: Arrive! 'Why are we here? Introduction to the issues & groups present.'

10.30 onwards: Bannermaking

11.00: Workshop: Know your rights 101

12.00: Speakers on BDS, The Great March of Return and the UK–Israel Arms trade

12.30: Picnic Lunch ***please bring food to share!***

13.30: Performances, street theatre, speakers and more!

16.30: Dabke Workshop by Hawiyya

18.00: Food, and live music and spoken work at Dance to Disarm for Palestine

Bring creativity, energy, banners, flags & drums!

Merton PSC Meeting: Spotlight on Gaza: Mental Health and the Great March of Return
2019-09-04 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC presents:

A talk by David Harrold from the Palestine Trauma Centre.

September 4th | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway Wimbledon | 7.30pm

RSVP: merton2017@outlook.com

Palestine at Historic Crossroads: Speaker Mahmoud Hawari
2019-09-10 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, OX1 1BX, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Oxford PSC: Palestine at Historic Crossroads: Speaker Mahmoud Hawari

Mahmoud Hawari, academic and activist , founder member of Oxford PSC and former Director of the Palestinian Museum in Bir Zeit, Palestine will be our guest speaker this month.
Mahmoud, with recent first-hand experience of the latest developments in the on-going occupation of Palestine, will speak about the current situation in Palestine, and a number of issues arising that are detrimental to the future of the Palestinian people.
There will also be the opportunity for questions and discussion.
All who want to find out more about Palestine today are welcome

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2736232269729789/

HSBC #StopArmingIsrael | National Day of action
2019-09-14
HSBC invests in and provides financial services for companies providing military technology and weapons to Israel, which the Israeli military has used to commit war crimes and systematically violate international law. This includes investments of nearly £100million in the company Caterpillar.

Caterpillar supplies the Israeli military with bulldozers which are weaponised and used to assist in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, including the demolition of Palestinian homes, schools, villages and civilian infrastructure - in order to make way for the ever-expanding illegal Israeli Jewish-only settlements.

Since 1967 the Israeli military has demolished nearly 50,000 Palestinian houses, and Caterpillar equipment has been involved at many of these demolitions, which amount to war crimes. Currently Caterpillar Bulldozers are being used by the Israeli military to aid in the demolition of 70 Palestinian homes in the Sur Baher village in East Jerusalem. Over 1000 Palestinians are being displaced from their homes, forcing them to live in exile

Caterpillar also provides equipment used to reinforce Israel’s apartheid infrastructure, including Israel’s checkpoints, seperation wall alongside the West Bank as well as the wall in Gaza, and for the construction of illegal settlements and settlement infrastructure on stolen Palestinian land.

Public pressure led HSBC to divest from Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms company, but HSBC remains deeply complicit with Israel’s war crimes.

Mobilise and take creative action at your local HSBC branch, join in with local actions, spread the word on social media and call on HSBC to #StopArmingIsrael!

Register your action

List of Actions (more tbc)

September 7th

Wolverhampton (10am outside HSBC Bank Queen's Square)

September 14th

West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign » Blog Archive » HSBC Stop Arming Israel National Day of Action Saturday 12th Sept 1 pm to 3 pm

(12-2 outside HSBC on North Street)

Meet 12.00 am noon outside Cabot Circus (near Sainsburys) in Broadmead Shopping Centre BS1 3HF [expand]
12-2 HSBC Queen St Facebook event

Protest outside HSBC Bank in Market Street Wellingborough from 11.00 til 1.00

12 noon till 2pm. HSBC 118 High Street, East Ham

Protest at 11AM-1PM outside Corner of Castle Street and Princes Street

Protest outside HSBC High Street Exeter at 11AM-1PM Facebook event

11am outside HSBC, Hight Town, Hereford

(Leicester HSBC near the Clock Tower 11am - 1pm

11-1 HSBC, 92 Kensington High Street Facebook Event

(12-2 HSBC Oxford Street) Facebook Event

12-2 outside HSBC Lord St

Meet 12pm Manchester Piccadilly Gardens Facebook event

12 noon at Grey's Monument Facebook Event

(Protest outside HSBC Bank in Market Street Wellingborough from 11.00 til 1.00pm

Meet Wakelins Coffee shop 9.30 for Hitchin and Daves Book Shop cafe for Letchworth or outside HSBC branch at 10am. Facebook event

2-3PM outside HSBC Norwich

Stall on HSBC at Plymouth Respect Festival

(11 am – 1 pm Meet Commercial Road at the fountain, later outside HSBC bank nearer the station)

Protest outside HSBC Kings Street at 12PM

Protest outside HSBC Fargate at 12PM

HSBC Slough High Street

Protest outside HSBC Westgate, Wakefield

11am HSBC Clumber St, Nottingham

More TBC

Walking to Jerusalem
2019-09-21 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BS, United Kingdom
West Surrey PSC Present:

Passion Pit Theatre presents a new play by Justin Butcher about a 3,000 mile walk from London to Jerusalem to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, 50 years of Israel's military occupation of the Palestinian Territories and 10 years blockade of Gaza, calling for justice and equal rights for all in the Holy Land. Their experiences are brought to life in a playful and inventive blend of theatre and stand-up.

Tickets £12.50 from: thelittleboxoffice.com/wspsc or phone 01252-792609

Apartheid Off Campus: National Student BDS Conference
2019-10-05 - 2019-10-06 | University of Manchester Students Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR, United Kingdom
Join us and hear from experienced campaigners, and gain key tools and techniques to end your university's links to Israeli apartheid!

Israel system of oppression continues to intensify. Israel’s illegal settlement expansion continues to swallow up Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinians in besieged Gaza, already at breaking point, have yet again been massacred with impunity during the Great March of Return, and Palestinian refugees face devastating cuts to vital UNRWA support and the derecognition of their fundamental right to return. This is made possible by the complicity and funding of government’s like Britain’s, and of our universities.

TICKETS: https://bit.ly/30G9lkp

During the last year student campaigners have been at the forefront of answering the Palestinian call for solidarity, making huge strides forward campaigning against university complicity in Israel’s human rights abuses. At Leeds, students got their university to divest from three companies involved in violating Palestinian human rights, while at dozens of other campuses students have launched active campaigns to get complicit companies off their campus. Universities are on the back foot – its vital we grow our campaigns during the upcoming year.

Join us at the 2019 Apartheid Off Campus student conference. Hear from experienced campaigners, and gain key tools and techniques to end your university’s links to Israeli apartheid through powerful and direct Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigning! Learn about your institutions complicity with Israeli apartheid, how to launch a campaign against it and get your university to pledge to be #ApartheidFree.

*Tickets are free to make this event as accessible as possible. If you are able to, we ask for a suggested donation of £5. Spaces are limited* TICKETS: https://bit.ly/30G9lkp

#ApartheidOffCampus

Solidarity with Palestine: Next steps for the UK Trade Union movement
2019-10-12 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA, United Kingdom
A PSC Trade Union Conference: Developing Palestine as a core issue for UK trade union members to grow the international solidarity movement.

Supported by Unite the Union, UNISON, GMB, NEU, ASLEF, UCU, RMT, FBU, TSSA, CWU, PCS, TUC, Thompsons Solicitors.

This conference will feature Palestinian and UK speakers, and provide the space to explore new avenues and provide tools for trade unionists to further our solidarity work for Palestine.

The collective rights of the Palestinian people are under unprecedented assault. The Palestinians need our solidarity now more than ever, and the trade union movement is a crucial part of building lasting solidarity with the Palestinian people. We need to take forward solidarity campaigns, including BDS, to pressure Israel into complying with international law and the universal principles of human rights.

Speakers include:

Dr Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary Palestinian National Initiative

Samia Al-Botmeh, Assistant Professor in Labour Economics and researcher at the Centre for Development Studies at Birzeit University in Palestine

Mick Whelan, General Secretary ASLEF

Mariela Kohon, Senior International Officer TUC

Douglas Chalmers, President UCU

Kamel Hawwash, Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Zita Holbourne, National Vice-President PCS

Philipa Harvey, Former President NEU

Ben Jamal, Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Margaret McKee, Chair International Committee UNISON

Simon Dubbins, Head of International and Research Unite the Union

Prof Kamel Hawwash, Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Featured sessions include the situation of Palestinian workers under occupation, how to take BDS action, how we can make a stronger case for Palestinian rights, and the ways we can build on the existing solidarity work by Trade Unions in the UK.This conference is for trade unionists who want to further their solidarity work, to make further progress for Palestine in their unions and beyond.

Join us to skill up, to learn from each other, to hear from inspiring speakers, to attend seminars and to build the power of Palestine solidarity across the UK trade union movement.

Join us to find out more about:

Palestinian Worker’s Rights under military occupation

Campaigning for Palestine in the Trade Union movement

BDS: Take action now

Making the case for Palestinian Rights

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Please click here if you wish to affiliate your organisation to PSC.

Round two: Boycott Puma Day of Action
2019-10-26
Round Two: Join the Second Global #BoycottPuma Day of Action!

Take action 1: Join your local action

Take action 2: Take action on social media

Across the world, fans of fair play and sports for everyone are joining the call from Palestinian teams and athletes to boycott sportswear manufacturer Puma until it ends support for Israel’s illegal military occupation and denial of Palestinian human rights.

Puma is the main sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which proudly includes and advocates on behalf of teams in illegal Israeli settlements pushing Palestinian families off their land.

Last June, over 20 actions took place in the UK and groups in more than 20 countries joined the first Global #BoycottPuma Day of Action, with protests at Puma shops and offices and at Puma-sponsored teams.

On social media, #BoycottPuma was THE most tweeted Puma-related hashtag that day.

We’re back for round two.

Join the Second Global #BoycottPuma Day of Action, October 26, 2019.

Register your group’s interest now to receive updates, free resources and materials. bit.ly/Puma-Action

Puma is feeling the pressure. To sideline criticism, Puma is resorting to ridiculous claims, including a “devotion to universal equality.”

A “devotion to universal equality” must mean not sporting with apartheid! It requires Puma to end its:

• complicity in whitewashing Israel’s illegal land grabs that rob Palestinians of territory and natural resources.

• support for Israel’s occupation infrastructure that denies Palestinian athletes their rights to freedom of movement and to practice sports.

• sponsorship of the Israel Football Association.

This year’s Palestine Football Cup has been postponed indefinitely because Israel has denied permits for virtually all players from the winning team of the Gaza League to travel to the occupied West Bank for the finals. Just last week, Israeli forces raided a family football tournament in occupied East Jerusalem, preventing it from going ahead. Puma’s iconic leaping cat is profiting from Israel’s ever-expanding illegal settlement enterprise and its denial of basic Palestinian human rights.

Join us as we step up pressure on Puma to live up to its claim of promoting social justice.

Take creative action in your local area and help pressure Puma to end their complicity with Israeli apartheid!

Get involved on social media or find your local action:

12-3PM, Sports Direct, 65 Union Street, Aberdeen

Facebook event

12.00-13.30 Outside JD Sports, High Street, Birmingham

Assemble at the Clock Tower 12.00 noon for leafleting/pickets of Puma stockists in central Brighton

Easton Cowgirls in their kits at 2pm outside Sports Direct in Broadmead Shopping Centre to have a kick-about outside the sports shop.
They'll have some posters, placards and hand out flyers.
http://eastoncowboys.org.uk/womens-football/
Come and cheer them on for Palestine
BRING YOUR PALESTINE FLAGS

12-2PM, Outside JD Sports, 1 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4RF

11-1PM, meet at HSBC Exeter, High Street, Someone will be holding a puma placard

Protest at 12.00-13.00, outside Sports Direct in Halifax

12-2PM, Sports Direct, 1-7 Wellington Place, TN34 1NR

Leicester PSC Puma protest - outside Sports Direct, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester city centre, Sat Oct 26, 11am - 1pm

12-2PM Outside HSBC, Liverpool City Centre

Meet at 2PM at Manchester Piccadilly Gardens

1pm, Outside intersport, 15 London Street, Norwich

11-1PM, outside Sports Direct, New George Street, Plymouth

Leafleting outside Sports Direct,
50 High St, Sheffield S1 1QH 12-1pm

Outside Sports Direct, Central Southampton, 11.45-13.45

2-4PM, Kingston Sports Direct

1-3PM, Outside Puma, Carnaby St, London

‘Cracks in the Wall Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel’ by Ben White
2019-10-29 18:45 - 21:00 UTC | Irish Cultural Centre, 5, Black's Road , Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT, United Kingdom
Author and Commentator Ben White will talk about his new book:
‘Cracks in the Wall Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel’
Admission is by ticket in advance only . Use the following link to get your ticket https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/psc-west-london/t-dozqek

Organised by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign

After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, Israel has created an apartheid, one state reality in historic Palestine. Peace efforts have failed because of one, inconvenient truth: the Israeli maximum on offer does not meet the Palestinian minimum, or the standards of international law.

But while the situation on the ground is bleak, Ben White argues that there are widening cracks in Israel's traditional pillars of support. Opposition to Israeli policies and even critiques of Zionism are growing in Jewish communities, as well as amongst Western progressives. Meanwhile, the Palestinian-led boycott campaign is gathering momentum, prompting a desperate backlash by Israel and its allies.

With sharp analysis, Ben White says now is the time to plot a course that avoids the mistakes of the past - a way forward beyond apartheid in Palestine. The solution is not partition and ethnic separation, but equality and self-determination - for all.

Merton PSC present Friendship and Creativity: Az Theatre (London)’s collaboration with Theatre for Everybody (Gaza)
2019-11-06 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
Merton PSC present

Friendship and Creativity: Az Theatre (London)’s collaboration with Theatre for Everybody (Gaza)

Jonathan Chadwick is a theatre director and writer, currently Director of Az Theatre (www.aztheatre.org.uk). He has directed and written plays, founded and directed theatre and arts companies and trained actors throughout the world. Az Theatre is currently a part of a project to rebuild the cultural centre in Gaza destroyed by Israeli air strike in August 2018.

Time to get #ApartheidOffCampus!
2019-11-27
Take action to demand #ApartheidOffCampus on the 27th November 2019!

Israel’s system of institutionalised racist discrimination, amounting to the crime of apartheid, can only be sustained because of weapons, technology and other support it receives from companies around the world.

UK universities invest 100s of £millions and hold institutional links with companies complicit with Israel’s apartheid regime, despite over 90 UK universities holding “social responsibility policies”. These policies often include restrictions on holding investments in companies who are complicit in human rights violations. One example includes University of Glasgow, who invest over £18 million worth of shares in companies complicit with Israel's apartheid regime, despite claiming principles of socially responsible investment. Their portfolio includes investments in Caterpillar, who supply armoured bulldozers for the Israeli army, used to demolish Palestinian homes, schools olive groves and communities.

UK Universities must refuse to provide any kind of support or to engage in the normalisation of relations with any regime of racism, oppression and dispossession. This includes Israel’s apartheid regime. For UK universities to be free from all forms of discrimination, they must end and seek to hold no investments or ties with companies or institutions complicit in the denial of rights to Palestinians.

Students on campus are fighting back and showing their solidarity with the Palestinian people by holding their institutions to account and campaigning to get #ApartheidOffCampus and declare themselves Apartheid Free. Take creative action on your campus as part of the national day of action on the 27th November 2019 to demand UK universities get #ApartheidOffCampus and pledge to be #ApartheidFree!

Stop the JNF UK: Attorney General Letter Hand-in
2019-11-29 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Attorney General's Office, 5-8 The Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3JS, United Kingdom
Over 4000 of you wrote to the Attorney General, asking them to investigate the charitable status of JNF UK, due to their support for the Israeli military and complicity in the ongoing dispossession of the Palestinian people. Find out more here

He hasn't responded to the public's concerns.

The Attorney General is the only officeholder that has the legal right to prompt an investigation into the charity status of JNF UK.

Activists are therefore gathering to hand-in the 4000 letters and demonstrate the huge public support the campaign. Join us as we demand the Attorney General launch an immediate investigation into JNF UK.

Ethnic cleansing is not charity!

Where: Attorney General's Office, 5-8 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3JS

When: Friday 29th November, 12 noon

West Surrey PSC - Film: From Balfour to Banksy
2019-11-30 14:00 - 16:30 UTC | Shere Village Hall, Guildford Lane, Shere, Surrey, GU5 9HE, United Kingdom
West Surrey PSC: From Balfour to Banksy

The film "From Balfour to Banksy: Divisions and Visions in Palestine" covers a wide range of views from occupied Palestine and asks what change must come. The producer Miranda Pinch will attend to introduce the film and answer questions.

Admission £7.50 to include Palestinian refreshments. Tickets can be purchased on the door or in advance from: www.villagecinema.org/from-balfour-to-banksy

Richmond and Kingston PSC: Sabra and Shatilla Remembered
2019-11-30 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Vestry Hall, 21, Paradise Road, Richmond, TW1 9SA, Greater London, United Kingdom
Richmond and Kingston PSC:

Sabra and Shatilla Remembered.

Hear Dr Swee Ang and Fatima Helow recall the appalling 1982 massacres of Palestinians living in the Lebanese refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila, and speak about their aftermath and the situation
in the camps today.

Dr Swee, an orthopaedic surgeon who spent years working with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, gave evidence to the Israeli Kahan Commission which found that then Israeli Defence Minister Ariel
Sharon bore "personal responsibility" for the slaughter. She is co- founder of British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Fatima Helow is a Palestinian refugee who grew up in Shatila camp and witnessed the massacre. She campaigns to improve conditions in the camps.

Saturday 30 November 2019 @ 7.30pm
Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond TW9 1SA
(Richmond station 5 mins) Admission Free (retiring collection taken to defray costs)

PSC AGM 2020
2020-01-25 09:30 - 17:00 UTC | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square , London, none, WC1 4RL, London, United Kingdom
PSC Annual General Meeting 2020

Saturday 25th January 2020, 9:30am – 5pm,
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1 4RL

The PSC Annual General Meeting is a vital event, discussing our work over the last year, and planning the future of our campaign – including motions and elections to the Executive Committee.

All members of national PSC are strongly encouraged to attend the AGM where important decisions are made. PSC is a democratic organisation managed by members elected to serve on the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is elected yearly at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and meets at least six times a year.

The AGM sets campaigning priorities for the coming year through an agreed Annual Plan, which the Executive Committee oversees the implementation of.

All individual members of PSC are able to attend the AGM, and can vote provided their membership is in good standing continuously from Friday 25th October 2019.

All PSC members and delegates wishing to attend the AGM must register in advance. Online registration is open until Friday 17 January 2020.

For more information on how to register, please visit the AGM registration page

If you would like to become a member or renew your membership you can join PSC here.

Building a United Anti-Racism Front
2020-01-27 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | TBC, Strand, London, United Kingdom
*Tickets are available for students and non-students - However, student tickets are prioritised. If you are a student, please register with your student email address. If you are a non student, please register for a non student ticket and you will be informed by email if you are successful in obtaining a ticket*

Get your ticket

History has shown us that when movements for justice unite to take on oppressive forces, we can and will win. Liberatory struggles must work together against institutional racism and oppression, and for our fundamental rights to protest.

The struggle for justice in Palestine is a struggle against an institutionalised discriminatory framework of power which meets the legal definition of apartheid. This is the lived experience of Palestinians whether those living under illegal military occupation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem or Gaza, as second class citizens in the state of Israel, or as refugees denied the right of return.

The Palestinian call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a call for global resistance to apartheid rooted in the affirmation that challenging Israel’s system of racism and discrimination is a crucial component of a universal anti-racist struggle.

This event will look at how we withstand attempts to delegitimise BDS and wider activism for Palestine as a united movement, and how we build widespread support for an end to institutional racism. A crucial part of this is pushing for UK universities to end their investments and institutional links to Israeli apartheid, the extent of which has been revealed by PSC’s online database: palestinecampaign.org/university-complicity-database/

Time to get #ApartheidOffCampus!

Speakers include:

Omar Barghouti

Omar Barghouti is a prominent Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Palestinian-led BDS movement is a peaceful, global human rights movement that urges the use of economic and cultural boycotts to end Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights and international law. It has recently been nominated for a Nobel Peace prize.

Lowkey

Lowkey is widely regarded as one of UK hip-hop’s finest, his socially conscious approach sets him apart from his contemporaries. After a hiatus which saw the hip hop artist take time off to focus on studies and activism, he has returned to a different world politically and a country and in a state of flux. He uses his new album to shine a light on the inner workings global power structures, multinationals and their relationships with governments.

Fope Olaleye

Fope Olaleye is the NUS Black Students’ Officer. They are a Politics graduate from Newcastle University and Anti-Oppression facilator and educator. They focus primarily on on decolonial practice and the experiences of Black Women and QTIPOC. They have been featured in Dazed, i_D, BBC Radio 1xtra and are a regular guest speaker at universities across the country leading workshops on what decolonisation means for gender and education.

Dan Glass

Dan is a sex-positive, queer, healthcare and human rights award-winning activist, performer, presenter and writer. Dan has won Attitude Magazine’s campaigning role models for LGBTQI youth + a Guardian ‘UK youth climate leader’, 2017 'Activist of the Year' with the 'Sexual Freedom Awards' and was announced a 'BBC Greater Londoner' in 2019 for founding 'Queer Tours of London - A Mince Through Time'. An agitator from the Training for Transformation educational programme born out of the Anti-Apartheid movement, the core of dan's work is the development of critical consciousness and creativity to spur people 'to read their reality and write their own history'.

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One Democratic State in Palestine / Israel: It's Time
2020-01-28 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Irish Cultural Centre, 5, Black's Road , Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT, United Kingdom
Co-organised by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign and ICAHD.

Speakers:

Jeff Halper, Israeli anthropologist and Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and

Mohammad Sabaaneh, Palestinian Activist and Award Winning Caricaturist.

In a Powerpoint presentation, Jeff Halper and Mohammad Sabaaneh argue that the Matrix of Control which Israel has laid over the Occupied Territory has effectively eliminated the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” and has produced instead a regime of apartheid.

Faced with apartheid and the permanent ‘warehousing’ of the Palestinians, they go on to outline the only just solution that Israel has left us with: a single constitutional democracy: one country, one citizenship, one parliament and one shared civil society in which its people's collective rights are also protected. The two speakers explore in depth how such a solution would work and what we need to do to reach it.

Following the talks there will be time for Q&A.

This is a ticketed event, and you must purchase a ticket in advance to attend.

Get your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-democratic-state-in-palestine-israel-its-time-tickets-88357621023

Tickets are £3.

Doors open at 7:15pm and the event starts at 7:30pm.

East London PSC Launch: Stand with Palestine!
2020-02-07 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Durning Hall Community Centre, Earlham Grove, Forest Gate, E7 9AB, United Kingdom
East London PSC Launch Public Meeting!

The Palestinian people are under an unprecedented attack. Illegal settlement expansion continues unabated, the crippling siege on Gaza rolls into its 14th year, Palestinian citizens of Israel continue to live as second-class citizens, and Trump's so-called 'deal of the century' attempts to strip Palestinian refugees of their fundamental right to return to their homeland.

There's never been a more important time to get organised for Palestine. If you live in Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham and Havering, join us for this important launch event.

Speakers

Hazem Jamjoum: Hazem is a writer and researcher. He is a policy member of Al Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network. His work has focused on political-economy approaches to Israeli colonialism and Palestinian elite formation, and critiques of partition-based conflict management "solutions," among other areas.

Abdulwahab Sabah: Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association (CADFA) co-ordinator in Abu Dis, Palestine.

Sybil Cock: Tower Hamlets PSC & Twin Jenin Friendship Association

Exist, Resist, Return: No to Trump's deal!
2020-02-11 00:00 UTC | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square , London, none, WC1 4RL, London, United Kingdom
Exist, Resist, Return: No to Trump’s deal!
Tuesday 11th February // 7pm // Conway Hall, London

***Register your free place here***

Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the century” represents not a deal for peace, but a demand to the Palestinian people to surrender their fundamental rights, sugar-coated with the illusion of economic prosperity.

This vision means no viable state for the Palestinians but a series of Bantustans, no capital in Jerusalem, instead sovereignty over the outlying districts of East Jerusalem, and no right of return for the Palestinian refugees. The deal does not even attempt to pay lip service to international law. Instead Israel is given the green light to annex further swathes of the West Bank, which the US would then recognise.

The message from Trump and Netanyahu, underpinned by a racist colonial mindset, is that they do not regard Palestinians as a people with core collective rights, but simply as individuals with economic needs.

Whilst Palestinians want to prosper and live ordinary lives in common with people across the world, they know that they cannot do so until Israel’s illegitimate control over their lives is ended. They seek liberation; not to be made more comfortable in their chains.

There is no deal which is acceptable that is not rooted in respect for the rights of all and for international law. Trump’s deal fails on both counts and it must be rejected by the UK Government, whose response to the deal so far is wholly inadequate.

Whilst not endorsing the deal, giving it any sort of "welcome" runs counter to the UK Government's stated commitments to uphold and implement international law, and reinforces decades of complicity through action and inaction by successive UK Governments.

Join us for a rally featuring Palestinian voices, politicians, trade unionists and campaigners as we defend the collective rights of the Palestinian people and say NO to Trump’s deal.

Speakers:

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (Labour)
Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP)
Chris Hazzard MP (Sinn Fein)
Amelia Womack (Green Party)
His Excellency Husam Zomlot (Palestinian Ambassador to the UK)
Karma Nabulsi (Academic and PSC Patron)
Kamel Hawwash (Chair of PSC)
Asad Rehman (War on Want)
Gail Cartmail (Unite the Union)
Louise Regan (National Education Union) Lindsey German (Stop the War Coalition)

Iyad Sughayer Piano Recital
2020-02-22 19:30 UTC | St Margaret\'s Church, St Margaret's Rd, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 6RX, United Kingdom
From Mozart to Khachaturian via Liszt

On the brink of a brilliant international career, award winning concert pianist Iyad Sughayer performs works from his debut album on BIS Records of solo works by Aram Khachaturian.

Speaking of his attraction to the music of Khachaturian, Iyad says:

“It seems so close to my own roots – to my people’s folk music. There is an oriental, improvisatory element that I love in Khachaturian, the rhythms and harmonies are especially attractive.”

The Jordanian-Palestinian pianist studied at Jordan’s National Music Conservatory, before continuing his piano studies at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

In 2018, Iyad returned to the RCNM to embark on International Artist Diploma course, studying with Murray McLachlan, Martino Tirimo and Graham Scott. His position there is funded through an FW Wright Piano Scholarship and he is the recipient of the Stanley Picker Trust Scholarship.

Recent highlights include winning the prestigious Trinity Laban Gold Medal, making his concerto debut with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and being selected as a City Music Foundation Artist 2019.

Iyad has performed across the UK, Middle East, Europe and the United States.

Tickets : https://thelittleboxoffice.com/palmusic/event/view/117924

This concert is generously given by Iyad in support of the music charity PalMusic UK. Iyad says,

“I would never have got to where I am without the huge help and support from countless individuals in my life. The only way I can pay those people back is by doing the same for others.”

PalMusic UK (Friends of Edward Said National Conservatory of Music) works to nurture the musical talent of young Palestinians, primarily in Palestine.

Key charitable initiatives include scholarships to study at British conservatoires and a long distance learning programme that links tutors from top British conservatoires with students in Gaza through virtual (online) learning, and support for British tutors to teach at ESNCM branches in Palestine.

PalMusic UK supported the Palestine Strings to perform with Nigel Kennedy at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013. It went on to sponsor the first UK Tour of the Palestine Youth Orchestra in 2016, which performed to sell-out audiences across the UK.

Concerts are produced by PalMusic UK in partnership with local support groups and individuals.

PalMusic UK is the trading name of the Friends of the Edward Said Conservatory of Music UK: Charity number 1152645. See www.palmusic.org.uk

Iyad Sughayer Piano Recital
2020-02-27 19:30 UTC | Brecon Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Brecon, Wales, LD3 9DP, United Kingdom
From Mozart to Khachaturian via Liszt

On the brink of a brilliant international career, award winning concert pianist Iyad Sughayer performs works from his debut album on BIS Records of solo works by Aram Khachaturian.

Speaking of his attraction to the music of Khachaturian, Iyad says:

“It seems so close to my own roots – to my people’s folk music. There is an oriental, improvisatory element that I love in Khachaturian, the rhythms and harmonies are especially attractive.”

The Jordanian-Palestinian pianist studied at Jordan’s National Music Conservatory, before continuing his piano studies at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

In 2018, Iyad returned to the RCNM to embark on International Artist Diploma course, studying with Murray McLachlan, Martino Tirimo and Graham Scott. His position there is funded through an FW Wright Piano Scholarship and he is the recipient of the Stanley Picker Trust Scholarship.

Recent highlights include winning the prestigious Trinity Laban Gold Medal, making his concerto debut with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and being selected as a City Music Foundation Artist 2019.

https://thelittleboxoffice.com/palmusic/event/view/118468

Iyad has performed across the UK, Middle East, Europe and the United States.

This concert is generously given by Iyad in support of the music charity PalMusic UK. Iyad says,

“I would never have got to where I am without the huge help and support from countless individuals in my life. The only way I can pay those people back is by doing the same for others.”

PalMusic UK (Friends of Edward Said National Conservatory of Music) works to nurture the musical talent of young Palestinians, primarily in Palestine.

Key charitable initiatives include scholarships to study at British conservatoires and a long distance learning programme that links tutors from top British conservatoires with students in Gaza through virtual (online) learning, and support for British tutors to teach at ESNCM branches in Palestine.

PalMusic UK supported the Palestine Strings to perform with Nigel Kennedy at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013. It went on to sponsor the first UK Tour of the Palestine Youth Orchestra in 2016, which performed to sell-out audiences across the UK.

Concerts are produced by PalMusic UK in partnership with local support groups and individuals.

PalMusic UK is the trading name of the Friends of the Edward Said Conservatory of Music UK: Charity number 1152645. See www.palmusic.org.uk

1871 Survey of Western Palestine Revisited: the Visible and the Hidden
2020-02-28 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS , Thornhaugh St, London, WC1H 0XG, London , United Kingdom
1871 Survey of Western Palestine Revisited: The Visible and the Hidden

A lecture by Dr Salman Abu Sitta, Palestine Land Society, Palestinian researcher known for his groundbreaking research into mapping historic Palestine, prior its colonisation.

Friday 28th February, 5.30pm
SOAS University of London, Khalili Lecture Theatre
10 Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG

This lecture is free to attend, please book tickets via:
http://bit.ly/1871Survey

Palestine 101: Trump's Deal of the Century with Hazem Jamjoum
2020-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Tasty's Peri Peri, 21 Manchester Street, Luton, LU1 2QB, United Kingdom
Luton PSC Presents: Palestine 101: Trump's Deal of the Century

Hazem Jamjoum from Al Shabaka (The Palestine Policy Network) will be talking about the "Deal of the Century" and explaining how it continues the historical confiscation of Palestinian land.

Friday 28th February, 7-9pm, at Tasty's Peri Peri on 21 Manchester Street, LU1 2QB.

Merton PSC AGM and Ben Jamal Director of PSC speaking
2020-03-04 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1SD, London , London, United Kingdom
We are holding our AGM on Wednesday 4h March at 7.30pm. All paid up members of Merton PSC will be entitled to vote and issued with a voting card. Membership payments can be made Wednesday 4th in order to take part in voting for the committee members.

All committee members will need to be members of National PSC.

We will provide refreshments at the meeting.

Merton PSC will present a talk on Wednesday 4th March

by Ben Jamal, Director of PSC

Opposing Trump’s Deal and ending UK complicity

Leicester PSC: Boycott PUMA Stall/Protest
2020-03-15 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Sports Direct, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, LE1 1DA, United Kingdom
Leicester PSC: Stall/protest,

Sunday 15th March 2020, 11am -1pm // Outside Sports Direct, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester.

Israeli Apartheid Week 2020
2020-03-16 - 2020-03-22
Take action against racism in Israeli Apartheid Week 2020!

History has shown us that when movements for justice unite to take on oppressive forces, we can and will win.

The struggle for justice in Palestine is a struggle against an institutionalised discriminatory framework of power which meets the legal definition of apartheid. This is the lived experience of Palestinians - whether those living under illegal military occupation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem or Gaza, as second class citizens in the state of Israel, or as refugees denied the right of return.

The Palestinian call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a call for global resistance to apartheid, rooted in the affirmation that challenging Israel’s system of racism and discrimination is a crucial component of a universal anti-racist struggle.

This year, IAW takes place on the week coinciding with the international day against racism and racial discrimination - the day we commemorate the massacre that took place in Sharpeville, South Africa at the hands of the apartheid government.

Join us in taking creative action during IAW 2020 against all discrimination and racism, including an end to UK complicity with Israeli apartheid.
Together we are #UnitedAgainstRacism!
Order your resources and find out how you can support the week of action here.

United Against Racism: Student Day of Action
2020-03-18
Take creative action on Wednesday 18th March for the #UnitedAgainstRacism national day of action as part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2020 #UnitedAgainstRacism

Student protest was at the forefront of the international struggle that helped end Apartheid in South Africa. But the reality of apartheid is alive and well in 2020. So on this day of action let’s build on the history of student activism for justice and mobilise to break the chains of complicity between UK universities and Israel’s system of Apartheid.

The new PSC University Database shows that UK Universities are some of the most complicit institutions in Israel’s ongoing human rights violations against the Palestinians, with 100s of £millions of investments and other institutional links with companies who serve or arm Israel’s apartheid regime.

Let's make it loud and clear that UK universities can never be free of institutional racism while they have investments and ties to those profiting from Israel's denial of rights to the Palestinians.

Build now to take creative action on your campus as part of the national day of action on the 18th March 2020 to demand UK universities get #ApartheidOffCampus and pledge to be #ApartheidFree!

Together we are #UnitedAgainstRacism!

Register your action here: bit.ly/UAR2020

POSTPONED: Film screening: Gaza fights for freedom
2020-03-21 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | St Peter\'s Church, Slough, Church Street, Chalvey, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2PE, United Kingdom
*EVENT POSTPONED*
FREE FILM SCREENING
Slough and East Berkshire PSC are really excited to show our first film of 2020 at our new "home" venue at St. Peter's Church, Chalvey, Slough.
Gaza Fights For Freedom is a riveting documentary on Gaza's Great March of Return by Abby Martin and a heroic team of Palestinian videographers.
Watch the 3 minute preview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOLQ0xea1s
When: Saturday 21st March at 3pm, doors open 2.45
Where: St Peter's Church, Church St, Chalvey, Slough SL1 2PE (plenty of parking is available in the churchyard - entrance at the rear via Clive Court from High Street Chalvey, 1 minute from Junction 6 off the M4.)
TICKET ONLY EVENT, for free ticket, book here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-showing-abby-martins-riveting-documentary-gaza-fights-for-freedom-tickets-95721376213
Please bring your family, friends and neighbours and share this invitation.
Refreshments and literature available.
Admission and refreshments are free but any cash donations to the branch are welcome
Notes:
Abby Martin has been reporting on Palestine for many years. An American journalist and TV presenter, she hosted Breaking the Set on the Russian network RT America from 2012 to 2015. In 2015, Martin launched the investigative documentary and interview series The Empire Files, originally hosted by Telesur.
http://www.facebook.com/SloughPSC

https://sloughpsc.org

POSTPONED: Beats for Boycotts: Reggae for Palestine
2020-03-21 21:00 - 2020-03-22 02:30 UTC
*Limited advanced tickets now available*

Join us at Beats for Boycotts for a night of reggae for Palestine, on the UN day for the elimination of racial discrimination.

The gig marks the end of Israeli Apartheid Week 2020 #UnitedAgainstRacism, a series of events and actions to raise awareness and campaign against complicity with Israel's denial of Palestinian rights.

Boris Johnson may try and restrict our non-violent movement to boycott Israel’s human rights abuses against the Palestinian people, but we will never be silent in the face of racial injustice.

Let’s come together to extend our solidarity to the Palestinian people and unite our anti-racist movement for a night of heavy soundsystems blasting reggae and dub beats!

#Beats4Boycotts #Reggae4Palestine

Featuring:

Sisters of Reggae

Founded in 2016 by selector Lucky Cat, Sisters of Reggae are an all-female Reggae DJ collective from London. Playing the sounds of vintage Jamaican music: Ska, Rocksteady, Revival, Roots, Rub A Dub, Lover’s Rock and and early Dancehall.

*More DJs TBA*

*Discounted advance tickets now on sale*

POSTPONED: Birmingham: Young Activists Workshop
2020-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Unite The Union Offices, 6 Heneage Street, Birmingham, B7 4AZ, United Kingdom
Birmingham Young Activists Workshop

REGISTER: http://bit.ly/BrumYoungActivists

Palestinian people need our solidarity now more than ever, and the next generation is a crucial part of building lasting solidarity and taking forward the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sactions (BDS) of Israel - a peaceful means to pressure Israel into complying with international law and the universal principles of human rights.

When our movement is united we are stronger, by campaigning together we can win.

Join us for a workshop for under 35s in Birmingham, focusing on equipping you with the skills to campaign together for Palestine

6 Heneage Street W, Birmingham, B7 4AZ // 7pm-9pm // https://www.facebook.com/events/192943408451009/

Silencing Dissent: Israel’s Role in The Global Business of Repression, the Security State and Surveillance
2020-03-24 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Irish Cultural Centre, 5, Black's Road , Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT, United Kingdom
Public Meeting

Silencing Dissent: Israel’s Role in The Global Business
of Repression, the Security State and Surveillance
Speaker: Chi-Chi Shi, Campaigns Officer for Militarism and Security
at War on Want.

Organised by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Israel exports weapons, technologies, training, and techniques of violence and surveillance systems for use by governments and corporations against populations around the world. The expertise on which it relies has been developed through its occupation of Palestine .

Admission is ONLY by ticket purchased in advance (£3, £1 concessions) using the following link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/psc-west-london

When: Tuesday 24 March 2020, Doors open 19:00 hrs , meeting starts prompt at 19.15 hrs.
Where: Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black’s Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT
(1 minute walk from Hammersmith Tube)

Google map link to venue Irish Cultural Centre Map
There will be plenty of time for audience Q&A and discussion.

UK National Day of Action for Palestine! #ExistResistReturn
2020-03-28
2 years on from the start of the Great Return March, take action in your community against Israel’s violations of international law and in support of the rights of the Palestinian people!

#ExistResistReturn

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Please sign-up to the Facebook event

Global solidarity with Palestine could not be more vital at a time when attacks on the core collective rights of the Palestinian people, as stipulated in international law, are being intensified by Israel and its allies.

Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the century” represents not a deal for peace but a demand to the Palestinian people to surrender their rights. It reflects the vision that Israel has sought to map out on the ground for decades - no viable state for the Palestinians but a series of Bantustans, no capital in Jerusalem, instead sovereignty over the outlying districts of East Jerusalem, and no right of return for the Palestinian refugees.

Meanwhile, Israel has killed more than 250 Palestinian protesters and injured a further 30000 since the start of the Great Return March in Gaza. These ongoing protests, taking place every single Friday, have seen thousands of Palestinians fighting for their right of return to their villages and homes from which they were forcibly removed. Israel’s unlawful killing of protesters - including women, children, journalists and medics - have been marked as potential war crimes by the UN.

As well as marking 2 years since the start of the Great Return March, March 30th is also Palestinian Land Day - when Palestinians across the world remember the unarmed protesters killed by Israel in 1976 during demonstrations about Israel’s theft of Palestinian land.

The Palestinian people refuse to give up their struggle for justice. It is our task to draw inspiration from their endurance and answer their call for international solidarity.

So get involved in the nationwide day of action on Saturday 28th March to show support for the Palestinian people’s fundamental rights to exist, resist and return.

#FreePalestine #ExistResistReturn

Journey in Palestine: Listening to the Call for Peace with Justice
2020-03-30 19:30 UTC | Corpus Christi RC Church, Brixton Hill, London, SW2 5BJ, United Kingdom
Speaker: Pat Gaffney, PSC patron, former director of Pax Christi, and now Chair of the Kennington Bethlehem Link

Pat makes regular visits to the region and was in Palestine and Israel in October 2019. She will reflect on her recent visit, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for those who work for peace and human rights.

Monday, 30th March 2020 at 7:30pm in Corpus Christi RC Church, Brixton Hill (entrance to the Church Hall is on Trent Road)

Transport: Tube, Victoria Line to Brixton Buses: 45, 59, 159, 250, 333

West Midlands PSC Online Meeting: Palestine and Coronavirus Under Occupation
2020-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Palestine and Coronavirus under Occupation
West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising a public meeting to hear how Palestinians are coping with the threats coronavirus poses to their lives in Palestine under occupation.

How to join the meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/657104177?pwd=[REDACTED]
If you need password for any reason it is 016666

We will hear from Palestinians how the Palestinians are combating the threats from Corona virus and the special challenges they face because of the occupation and the siege.

Professor Kamel Hawwash will give us an overview of the situation in Palestine,. As chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Britain he will also talk about what we can do under current circumstances to help Palestinians better able to cope with the corona crisis.

We will also hear from Dr. Mona El-Farra, Director of Gaza Projects for the Middle East Children's Alliance, ia physician by training and a human rights and women’s rights activist by practice in the occupied Gaza Strip. She is also the Health Chair of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of the Gaza Strip and a member of the Union of Health Work Committees. She will also speak about the conditions in Gaza and in particular the extreme difficulties health care workers can face in combating Corona crisis.

We will also hear from a young BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) activist Khalil Abu Yahia from Gaza about the conditions young Palestinians face in Gaza living in one of the most densely populated part of the world and with very meagre public and health services due to the siege and several destructive bombings it has had to endure during the last two decades.

Please join us as there will be an opportunity for you to share your thoughts with us.

PSC Webinars
2020-04-16 - 2020-08-16
Unite in Solidarity with Palestine - 19/05/20
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0BchhyaO8&list=PL1badc-_HaZHKw6W-j2qbLkYJzcmtfeCH[/embed]

Speakers
Jayne Taylor, Vice-Chair of Unite Executive Council & Chair of Unite International Commitee
Omar Barghouti, Co-Founder of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement
Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign,
Simon Dubbins, Director of International Unite the Union

Description
An online meeting by Unite the Union with PSC, exploring how to respond to the threat of annexation of the West Bank, and how to build the BDS campaign following the historic UK Supreme Court ruling.

Parliamentary Briefing: Responding to illegal Israeli settlements and annexation - 13/05/20

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaEeXTVDBQ[/embed]

Speakers
Louise Regan, (Chair) Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Stephen Kinnock MP, Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group
Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Saleh Higazi, Amnesty International director in MENA region
Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Description
This briefing highlights how vital it is for the UK government to ensure application of international law in response to Israel’s imminent illegal annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank and its policy of illegal settlement expansion. This includes imposing sanctions on Israel, and immediately banning UK trade with illegal settlements.

Solidarity with Palestinian Workers - 30/04/20

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx-oaTvPjKA[/embed]

Speakers
Louise Regan, (Chair) Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Samia Al-Botmeh, Assistant Professor in Labour Economics and the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Birzeit University
Abed Dari, Field Coordinator, Palestinian Workers Department, Kav LaOved - Worker’s Hotline
Mariela Kohon, Senior International Officer TUC

Description
Palestinian workers are facing the constant pressures of living and working under the Israeli military control of the occupation and siege. Covid-19 is presenting them with a new set of deadly challenges. This includes the almost complete closures leaving very little resources for the survival of the Palestinians behind the wall, checkpoints and trapped in the Gaza strip. Join us to hear how the current global health crisis is affecting Palestinian workers, and what we can do in solidarity, for justice and equality.

Palestinians in Jerusalem - 25/04/20

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=589you2Hl0g[/embed]

Speakers
Kamal Hawwash (Chair), Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Ahmad Al-Budeiri, Journalist & Coordinator of the Jerusalem Alliance
Dr Rawan Al-Dajani, Deputy Director of the Community Action Center
Louay Al-Husseini, Director General of the Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dr Munir Nuseibeh, Director of Al-Quds University's Human Rights Clinic
Dr Abdulsalam Abu Libdeh, Consultant Paediatrician & Head of Paediatric Society Palestine
Description
Hear from Palestinians in Jerusalem about the complexity of Israeli occupation; the impact of the coronavirus pandemic; and how Palestinians are organising to ensure coronavirus is contained.

Support Palestinian Prisoners - 16/04/20

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYb0W3dOMyc[/embed]
Speakers
Louise Regan (Chair), Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Brad Parker, Defence for Children International-Palestine
Randa Wahbe, Addameer Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association
Description
Israel is the only country in the world to automatically prosecute children in military courts that lack basic safeguards for a fair trial. From the moment of arrest, Palestinian children encounter ill-treatment and torture at the hands of Israeli forces.

But it's not just children who suffer under Israel's system of oppression, and solidarity with Palestinian prisoners is more important than ever in the face of the coronavirus crisis.

Hear from experts about the situation on the ground, and what actions you can take!

POSTPONED: Stop the JNF Campaign Day Conference
2020-04-18 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | Victoria Hall, Victoria Hall, Sheffield, S1 2JB, United Kingdom
*THE EVENT IS POSTPONED*
Stop the JNF Campaign Day Conference
The Ethnic Cleasing of Palestinians: The Role of the Jewish National Fund (JNF)
**GET TICKETS**
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) is a pillar of Israel’s state-enforced residential segregation. Before the bloody ethnic cleansing that founded the State of Israel, the JNF played a major role in driving Palestinians from land to found Jewish-only communities. The JNF remains active in the Israeli State’s current operations to dispossess the Palestinian people. While planting trees to obliterate evidence of Israel’s crimes, the JNF seeks to present itself internationally as committed to environmental justice.
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown remain Honorary Patrons of the UK JNF, whose charitable status means that all donations are subsidized by UK taxpayers.
The Stop the JNF Sheffield Conference brings together experts in their fields to discuss the history and current criminality of the JNF, and how to continue the fight against the JNF in the UK.
**GET TICKETS TO THE CONFERENCE**
The conference will be followed by a strategy day in Sheffield on April 19th, for those wanting to get active in the campaign. Accommodation can be provided in Sheffield. Register for this here.
Doors open at 10.00.
Speakers:
Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS movement (via Skype)
Nur Masalha, Palestinian academic and author
Kholoud al-Ajarma, Palestinian activist
Jonathan Cook, journalist and writer based in Nazareth

Webinar: Jerusalem & Coronavirus Under Occupation
2020-04-25 19:00 - 20:15 (Europe/London)
REGISTER TO JOIN HERE
Saturday 25th April, 7pm (UK time)

While Israel declares Jerusalem its united Capital, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted how divided it really is.

Some East Jerusalem villages and neighbourhoods are separated by the Wall, and the Palestinian Authority is not allowed to operate in areas Israel considers to be part of Jerusalem.

This webinar brings together speakers from Jerusalem, who will explain the complexity of the occupation; the impact of the coronavirus; and how Palestinians are organising to ensure the coronavirus is contained.

Moderator: Professor Kamel Hawwash, PSC Chair

SPEAKERS & TOPICS:
• How Palestinians are organising themselves. Ahmad Al-Budeiri, Journalist & Coordinator of the Jerusalem Alliance
• The impact of coronavirus on families. Dr Rawan Al-Dajani, Deputy Director of the Community Action Center
• The economic impact of coronavirus. Louay Al-Husseini, Director General of the Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• The impact of the occupation on Jerusalem. Dr Munir Nuseibeh, Director of Al-Quds University's Human Rights Clinic
• Coronavirus medical update. Dr Abdulsalam Abu Libdeh, Consultant Paediatrician & Head of Paediatric Society Palestine

REGISTER TO JOIN HERE

POSTPONED: National Lobby of Parliament
2020-04-29 12:00 - 20:00 UTC | Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
The Lobby Day for Palestine has been postponed due to the coronavirus. We will continue to lobby parliament with online actions and digital campaigning, and a new Lobby Day will be scheduled when possible to do so.

REGISTER HERE FOR LOBBY DAY 2020

We need your voice in Parliament! Join the national Lobby Day for Palestine on Wednesday 29th April inside Westminster. This is a great opportunity to join hundreds of activists standing up for Palestine, learn more about key topics, and meet with your MP.

You don’t need to be an expert to take part… just register to attend by following this link to request a meeting with your MP, and we’ll do the rest!

You’ll receive a full briefing in advance of the Lobby Day about the core issues we want to raise; how to meet with your MP; and what it’s like to visit Parliament.
On the day you’ll have access to our team of experts - who will be on hand to offer additional information, personal guidance, and advice on meeting your MP.
You’ll get to attend our popular evening rally and hear directly from guest speakers and MPs.

The Lobby Day will run from 12.00 - 18.00 on Wednesday 29th April, with an evening rally from 18.00 - 20.00. Don't miss this chance to visit Parliament and stand up for freedom, justice, and equality. Register now to participate.

PLEASE FILL IN THIS FORM WHEN YOU GET A RESPONSE FROM YOUR MP (not including automated responses)

Frequent Questions:

Who can take part?

If you’re eligible to vote in General Elections you can lobby your local MP.

Do I need to be an expert?

No! You don’t need to be an expert. We will provide you with all the information you need in advance, and will have experts on hand on the day itself for last-minute preparation and questions. Your MP will be used to meeting local people who care passionately about an issue, but they shouldn’t expect you to know everything.

How long will my meeting last?

The meeting will normally last about half an hour, sometimes more, sometimes less. There are likely to be other people meeting your MP at the same time – MPs like to see everyone together. So you won’t be alone.

What is it like?

Coming to the Lobby is one of the best ways to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, and we’re sure you will get a lot out of the day. You’ll meet lots of like-minded people; our preparation talks are interesting and informative; and it’s also a great way to visit Parliament. As a final bonus – all participants are invited to attend an evening rally with MPs, Lords, and key note speakers.

Check this page for details and updates about the lobby or contact james.tuite@palestinecampaign.org if you have any questions.

Solidarity with Palestinian workers under Occupation
2020-04-30 18:00 - 19:15 UTC
A PSC webinar looking at the situation of Palestinian workers in the time of Coronavirus, coinciding with International Workers Day.

Thursday 30 April 2020 - 6pm (London time)

Registration https://bit.ly/2S09sFu

Palestinian workers are facing the constant pressures of living and working under the Israeli military control of the occupation and siege. Covid-19 is presenting them with a new set of deadly challenges. This includes the almost complete closures leaving very little resources for the survival of the Palestinians behind the wall, checkpoints and trapped in the Gaza strip. Join us to hear how the current global health crisis is affecting Palestinian workers, and what we can do in solidarity, for justice and equality.

Speakers

Samia Al-Botmeh, Assistant Professor in Labour Economics and the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Birzeit University in Palestine

Abed Dari, Field Coordinator, Palestinian Workers Department, Kav LaOved – Worker’s Hotline

Mariela Kohon, Senior International Officer TUC

Chair: Louise Regan, Vice Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign & National Officer NEU

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2514463808770899/

www.palestinecampaign.org

Stop the JNF Webinar Series
2020-05-02 16:00 - 2020-11-07 18:00 UTC
REGISTER: http://bit.ly/StopJNFWebinar

Join guest speakers and experts in a monthly webinar series to explore the role of the Jewish National Fund in the historic and ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. From the Nakba to today, the JNF has been a key agent in the colonization of Palestine. We will also explore how the JNF has helped to forge the racist ideology of the state of Israel, financing a discriminatory system whilst, at the same time, being accorded charitable status across the world. The campaign against the JNF likewise reaches across the world - we invite you to join us , wherever you are, in this campaign for justice.

REGISTER: http://bit.ly/StopJNFWebinar
Meetings (First Saturday of Month at 4pm BST)
Saturday 2nd May: What is the JNF (Jewish National Fund)?

The JNF functions as an arm of the Israeli state, yet presents as a charity in scores of countries. Our expert guests will discuss the JNF as a pioneer of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and its ongoing activities to expel Palestinians from their homes. We'll look at the JNF's claims to act on behalf of Jews worldwide and show how this racist organisation can be challenged wherever you are.

Saturday 6th June: The JNF as a Pillar of Israeli Apartheid (1948-1967)

This webinar will reveal the part played by the JNF in this momentous period: the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, the seizure of Palestinian land, the erasure of evidence of this land theft and the prevention of Palestinians' Right of Return. With eminent authorities, we will also explore the ways in which the JNF helped to forge the racist ideology and practices of the emerging state of Israel.

Saturday 4th July: The JNF as a Pillar of Israeli Apartheid (1967-present)

Once established as a parastatal organisation, the JNF has continued to facilitate Israel's apartheid system. This webinar will focus on the Naqab, and the JNFs role in contemporary land confiscation.

Saturday 1st August: From Prawer to the JNF 2040 Plan

The JNF was involved in ethnic cleansing of the Negev through the Prawer Plan. Now, the JNF has an ambitious 2040 Plan to settle 1.5 million Israelis in the Galilee and Negev through the development of hi-tech industries. In the Negev, where destruction of Bedouin villages continues, the 2040 Plan involves collaboration with IDF Technology Units, including the notorious Unit 8200 which spies on Palestinians.

September 5th 2020: Nexus of Forces Allied with the JNF

To advance the Zionist movement’s conquest of land strategy, the JNF has relied on extensive fundraising among Jewish communities abroad, allowing the Israeli state to shift more of its resources to its military sector. In this session we examine the methods deployed by Western governments, the JNF and pro-Israel lobby groups to shield the Israeli state from criticism and actions coming from the BDS movement. We aim to explain how the JNF and its extensions in various countries pass off ethnic cleansing as charitable and explore ways to oppose them.

October 3rd 2020: Greenwashing and the JNF

Environmentalists beware. The JNF, which was established for the purposes of colonial dispossession, and has been executing ethnic cleansing for over 100 years, has re-branded itself as the “oldest green organization in the world” and is infiltrating the environmental movement. From biodiversity conservation to energy generation, from water conservation to climate change, the JNF has been causing environmental devastation and greenwashing crimes against the Palestinian people.

Please note: the running order of the webinars after July may be subject to modification.
Speakers Include:
Salman Abu Sitta, groundbreaking Palestinian researcher and historian

Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement

Jonathan Cook, journalist based in Nazareth

Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian and activist.

Ghada Karmi, Palestinian doctor, author and academic.

Joseph Schechla, coordinator of Habitat International Coalition's Housing and Land Rights Network.

Kholoud al-Ajarma, Palestinian activist

Aziz al Touri (pre-recorded), activist from al-Araqib

Shir Hever, economic researcher and author

The Stop the JNF UK campaign is part of an international campaign to end the Jewish National Fund 's role in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. It is made up of a coalition of activists from Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network.

Boycott Puma Day of Action, 4th May 2020
2020-05-04
TAKE ACTION TODAY: PUMA PHONE & EMAIL JAM

Puma have their AGM later this week, and we want to send a loud message ahead of then that they must end their sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA).

The IFA operates in illegal Israeli settlements on land stolen from Palestinians. Every settlement is a war crime under international law – pushing indigenous Palestinian families off their land, robbing natural resources, and denying Palestinians their right of movement.

By sponsoring the IFA, Puma is complicit in supporting these crimes.

WE NEED YOU! We can’t go protest outside Puma’s HQ at the moment, but you can still help us send a message they can’t ignore. Today we are coordinating actions across the world to get Puma’s attention ahead of their AGM. You can join in from home!

Starting from 11am today, we’ll be jamming up Puma’s phone and email systems with mass messaging. Please take these 3 actions:

Phone Puma’s customer helpline and read them the script prepared below.
Email Puma. Just click this link to send a message.
Post a message on social media. Click here to tweet.

PLEASE TAKE 2 MINS TO CALL PUMA TODAY! We need as many people calling as possible. This is one of the most effective ways to ensure our message is heard ahead of Puma’s AGM.

Simply follow the script below, and please remember that the customer service helper is not responsible for Puma’s policy. Always be polite, but firm in asking that our message is passed on.

Telephone Puma’s Customer service hotline on +44 (0) 203 32 65 481, and read the following script. After the call, please fill in this short online feedback form to let us know you contacted Puma and how it went.

Hello,

I’m calling as a customer deeply concerned about Puma’s current sponsorship of the Israel Football Association.

I understand you are not responsible for this, but ask you to make a note and kindly pass my message on within Puma. My feelings are shared by thousands of others across the UK.

The Israel Football Association operates in illegal Israeli settlements, on land stolen from Palestinians. Puma’s sponsorship brings international legitimacy to the Israel Football Association and helps sustain the infrastructure of illegal settlements.

Every settlement is a war crime under international law – pushing indigenous Palestinian families off their land, robbing natural resources, and denying Palestinians their right of movement.

More than 200 Palestinian football teams have called on Puma to end its support of Israel’s military occupation by terminating its sponsorship deal, and there is a rapidly growing boycott Puma campaign being led by human rights activists across the globe.

Here in the UK over 50,000 emails have been sent to football clubs, calling on them to end current partnerships with Puma because of your complicity in supporting illegal settlements. I have seen protests on UK high streets across the country – including outside your flagship store on Carnaby Street in London – highlighting Puma’s continued unethical sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. Football Clubs, such as Forest Green Rovers, have already announced they will boycott Puma from now on.

Amnesty International recently stated that it is not possible to do business in or with Israeli settlements without contributing to violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. It is noted that Puma’s exclusive licensee in Israel – Delta – was listed in the recently published UN database of complicit settlement companies.

I am extremely surprised that Puma has continued its unethical sponsorship of the Israel Football Association, and am calling to say I will personally be boycotting Puma for as long as it remains complicit in Israeli war crimes.

Please pass this message on. Thanks

After the call, please make sure to fill in this online feedback form to let us know how it went! This is very useful for the campaign. Thanks

You can also post on social media – Click here to Tweet:
I just phoned @Puma to let them know I will continue to boycott them and their #PumaFam until they stop supporting Israeli war crimes and Israel’s violation of Palestinian rights.

Palestinians in Israel: Between Dispossession and Discrimination
2020-06-15 17:30 - 18:45 UTC
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Webinar

Palestinians in Israel: Between Dispossession and Discrimination

Monday 15 June 5.30pm (UK Time)

To register: https://bit.ly/2XnP0l0

Speakers:

Sawsan Zaher, Deputy General Director, Adalah - The Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

Amir Abo Kweder, Negev Resident and activist with the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality

Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director, Human Rights Watch

Chair: Bernard Regan, Executive Committee Palestine Solidarity Campaign

This PSC webinar, featuring specialist contributors, will be looking at the experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel today. They represent around 20% of Israel’s population, who are descendants of those who were not forced to flee their homes in the events around the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.

These Palestinian communities have faced decades of ongoing and systematic discrimination and dispossession, with dozens of laws curtailing their basic freedoms and human rights, all of which were strengthened and constitutionally legitimised by the Jewish Nation State Basic Law passed less than 2 years ago.

More information:

https://www.adalah.org/

https://www.dukium.org/

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/12/israel-discriminatory-land-policies-hem-palestinians

To register: https://bit.ly/2XnP0l0

National Day of Action Against Annexation
2020-07-04
SATURDAY 4th JULY // DAY OF ACTION AGAINST ANNEXATION

#StopAnnexation #SanctionsNow #EndApartheid

The Israeli government has made its intentions clear. Starting in July they plan to unilaterally annex large swathes of the illegally occupied West Bank, declaring the territory an integral part of Israel proper. Annexation, illegal under international law, is the forcible and unilateral acquisition of territory over which it has no recognised sovereignty and to make it an integral part of the state – in this case, Israel.

This act would be the culmination of years of land theft, displacement of Palestinians, and illegal settlement of occupied Palestinian land.

While solidifying its grip on Palestinian land, Israel will continue to ramp up its system of institutionalised racist discrimination against the Palestinian people as a whole, whether under occupation, as second-class citizens in Israel, or in exile, treatment that amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law. In this vein, the Israeli government have already announced they will not grant Palestinians in annexed areas citizenship rights.

The international community has a duty to respond to such egregious violations of international law. Palestinian civil society has called for “effective action” by nation-states to stop annexation. This means applying international law on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, and enacting sanctions, including by placing a two-arms embargo on Israel.

Stand up on July 4th and call on the UK government to implement sanctions immediately to halt annexation.

Complying with Coronavirus restrictions, we are calling for groups made up of no more than 6 people, adhering to social distancing regulations, to demonstrate by holding signs with the slogans Stop Annexation, Sanctions Now and End Apartheid.

This day of action is organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign; and supported by: Amos Trust; Artists for Palestine; Campaign Against the Arms Trade; Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND); Europal Forum; ICAHD UK; Jewish Voice for Labour; Labour and Palestine; Muslim Association of Britain; National Education Union (NEU); Palestinian Forum in Britain; Palestinian Return Centre; Stop the War Coalition; Unite the Union; War on Want.

How To Participate

Print out the relevant graphics at the bottom of this page depending on the size of your group
Choose a location to stand while adhering to social distancing regulations
Take a picture, post across social media and tag us @PSCupdates & make sure to include the hashtags #StopAnnexation #SanctionsNow #EndApartheid
Change your Facebook Profile Photo Frame to show your solidarity

Email us for enquiries: campaigns@palestinecampaign.org

Graphics for a group of 6 people:

Graphics for a group of less than 6 people:

LOCAL BRANCH SOCIALLY DISTANCED ACTIONS (MORE TBC)

Brighton: Clocktower, Midday
https://twitter.com/BrightonPSC

Bristol: Water Fountain, 2pm

Chichester: Market Cross, 1pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/386907725603036/

East London: Altab Ali Park (Midday), Council East Ham High St (Midday), Mile End Park (2pm),
https://www.facebook.com/events/654510931802373/

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12.30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/688774815033210/

Hackney: Narrow Way, E8 1JB, 1pm till 2pm

Lambeth & Wandsworth: Herne Hill Precinct and Brockwell Park Entrance, 4pm

Northampton: Abington Park Bandstand, 2pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/643582986239404/

Norwich: Tesco Metro, 1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/300850524631832/

Nottingham: Market Square, Midday
https://www.facebook.com/events/368384237475343/

Orkney: Outside Kirkwall St Magnus Cathedral, 11am

Plymouth: Sundial, 11am
https://www.facebook.com/events/3674702279223073/

Reading: Town Hall, 1pm (Organised by Kairos Reading)

Sheffield: Town Hall, Midday
https://www.facebook.com/events/562433421114644/

Southampton: West Quay Above Bar, 11am
https://www.facebook.com/events/603099827255624/

York: Parliament Street, 11am
https://www.facebook.com/events/730439487733114/

+ MORE TBC!

Stand Up For Palestine - A PSC Fundraiser
2020-07-23 19:45 - 21:30 UTC
THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED, THANKS FOR WATCHING!

PSC are thrilled to announce this exciting online fundraiser taking place live on Thursday 23 July. Hosted by Jen Brister, our fantastic line-up for this stand-up event features acclaimed comedian Mark Thomas, alongside Dana Alexander, Esther Manito, Jenan Younis, and US based Palestinian Amer Zahr, with music by Efa Supertramp.

Proceeds will fund the work of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.
Featuring
Mark Thomas
Dana Alexander
Esther Manito
Amer Zahr
Jenan Younis
Music by Efa Supertramp
Compere: Jen Brister
Tickets
PSC is raising funds for its very important work in solidarity with the Palestinian people. We are offering you the chance, if you are able to pay more, to demonstrate an extra level of support.

Regular £6 // Solidarity £12

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY
To buy your ticket online scroll down to the bottom of this page, or to secure your place by phone please contact us on 02077006192.

Please note once you have made your purchase, you only will receive a link to the YouTube live stream in the 24 hours before the event.

Further Info
We recommend joining at 7:45pm BST to ensure you're set-up for an 8pm start.

The runtime for this event is approximately 75 minutes.

This event is 16+.

Stop Arming Israel: National Day of Action
2020-08-22
SIX YEARS ON FROM 2014: END ALL COMPLICITY, STOP ARMING ISRAEL!

SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST 2020

6 years ago Israel concluded its aerial bombardment and ground invasion of besieged Gaza. The assault killed over 2,200 Palestinians, nearly a quarter of them children. Israel attacked densely populated civilian areas, destroying 18,000 residential units, and leaving over 100,000 Palestinians homeless.

Despite widespread condemnation of Israel’s deliberate and systematic targeting of the civilian population of Gaza, including by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, Britain continues to arm Israel. According to Campaign against Arms Trade (CAAT) between 2014 and 2018, the UK issued individual licenses for £364 million worth of military equipment and technology for export to Israel, as well as 20 open licenses, allowing unlimited deliveries over a 3-5 year period. In addition, the UK continues to purchase high-tech weaponry from Israel, advertised as battle-tested on the Palestinian people. As Israel continues to murder Palestinians with impunity, Palestinian civil society has called for effective action to hold Israel to account, including for a two-way arms embargo now.

But the chain of complicity runs deeper than the government. As revealed by our research both UK universities and local government pension funds invest in companies complicit in Israel’s war crimes, including companies that supply weapons to Israel.

In addition, financial institutions such as HSBC invest and provide financial services worth millions to companies that supply Israel with weapons. Including BAE Systems and Raytheon. Weapons with both BAE and Raytheon components were used in 2014.

All institutions have a moral duty to end their complicity now. They must all #StopArmingIsrael

Scroll down for graphics!

TAKE ACTION:

How To Participate
1) Print out the relevant graphics (below) depending on the size of your group
2) Stand outside HSBC, or at another relevant location while adhering to social distancing regulations
3) Take a picture, post across social media and use hashtag #StopArmingIsrael

List of Actions

Abergavenny, HSBC, FROGMORE ST. NP7 5AF, 11am

Beccles, 10:00 HSBC Bank, 3 New Market

Birmingham, HSBC Regional Office, Broad Street, B1 1HQ

http://www.westmidspsc.org/wordpress/index.php/2020/08/13/stop-arming-israel-saturday-22nd-august-1pm-2pm/

Bridgend, HSBC Dunraven Place, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/648566199114410/

Brighton, HSBC North Street, 12pm

Bristol, HSBC Cabot Circus, 2pm-4pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/301883494404895/

Caerphilly, HSBC 37 Cardiff Road, CF83 1WE, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/306609194112715/

Canterbury, HSBC Bank, Whitefriars, 12pm-2pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/2842736955948289/

Cardiff, HSBC Queens Street, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/324151785432038/

Chester, The Cross, 12.30pm

Coventry, : 5-6 High Street, CV1 5RE, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/Coventry59/

East London, Stratford HSBC E15 1XF, 1pm-2pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/299693097951383/

Edinburgh, HSBC on Princes Street (Corner of Castle Street), 11am

https://www.facebook.com/events/222250932455979/

Exeter, Bedford Square, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/429249524668032/

Falmouth, HSBC Falmouth, TR11 3AA

https://www.facebook.com/events/640337560203054/

Great Yarmouth, HSBC Bank, 181 King Street, Great Yarmouth, 10.30am

Hackney, HSBC, 283 Mare Street, E8 1PJ, 12pm-2pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/2410577575910472/

Harrow, HSBC Harrow Town Centre, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/779994132747071/

Hastings, Outside Debenhams, Town Centre, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/301928894350617/

Hereford, Meet at Hereford Catherdral, 11.30am

Hitchin: HSBC Hitchin, 12pm-2pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/709863756410266/

Inverness, The Town House, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/HighlandPalestine/

Kilburn, Kilburn Square, Kilburn High Road, NW6, 12pm

Kingston, HSBC Bank, 90 Eden St, KT1 1DJ, 12 - 2pm

Liverpool, [NOTE: Holding action on Friday 21st instead of 22nd], HSBC corner of Lord St and Whitechapel, 12 - 1.30pm

Lowestoft, HSBC Bank, 34 London Road North, 1pm

Luton, HSBC Town Centre, 12pm-1pm

Manchester, Brooks Bar Cross Roads, Upper Chorlton Road, 12pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/307663443989946/

Newcastle, HSBC 110 Grey Street, 11am-12pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/914380929082190/

Newport, Westgate Hote, 12pm-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/579794289359270/

Norwich, HSBC Bank, 18 London Street, 10.30am

Oxford, Co-ordinated Digital Actions,

https://www.facebook.com/events/284240842873337/

Plymouth, HSBC, 4 Old Town Street, 11am-1pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/314627116407721/

Southampton, HSBC City Centre, Above Bar Street, 10.30-12.30

https://www.facebook.com/events/954690625054970/

Swansea, Castle Square, 12pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/314493622932911/

Thetford, HSBC Bank, 36 King Street, 10.30am

Walthamstow, HSBC 197 Hoe Street, E17 4QN, 10.30am-11.30am

Watford, Cafe Nero 100-102 High Street, 10.30am

https://www.facebook.com/events/622299818715249/

Wimbledon, Outside Centre Court, SW19, 12pm

Wolverhampton, Queen Square, 11.00am-1pm

GRAPHICS

Double-sided postcard:

PSC Webinar: Britain’s Colonial Legacy in Palestine
2020-08-26 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
A discussion with Prof Karma Nabulsi and Dr Bernard Regan

Registration: https://bit.ly/31gfq94

A Palestine Solidarity Campaign webinar, discussing the impact and legacy of Britain’s policies in Palestine, from the Balfour declaration, during the Mandate, the Nakba, and until today.

Prof Karma Nabulsi is a Palestinian academic, organiser and author, and Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Karma is currently Professor of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, and Fellow in Politics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Dr Bernard Regan has been publicly campaigning in support of the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination since 1982, for much of that time as an executive member of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He also served for twenty-five years on the National Executive of the National Union of Teachers. He gained his PhD in 2016 and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary’s University in the Department of Arts and Humanities.
Bernard is the author of The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine - an account of the imperial rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans, exposing British policy in the region during the Mandate period, as part of a larger geopolitical game: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2821-the-balfour-declaration

Registration: https://bit.ly/31gfq94

End the Siege NOW! Emergency Online Rally for Gaza
2020-09-01 00:00 UTC
**END THE SIEGE NOW: EMERGENCY RALLY FOR GAZA**

TICKETS: http://bit.ly/RallyForGaza

Over the last 2 weeks Israel has intensified its brutal oppression of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip.
Israeli imposed fuel cuts have meant that residents receive only 1 to 3 hours of electricity per day, affecting all parts of everyday life, including disrupting essential medical treatment and facilities for Covid-19 testing. Moreover, Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing, the only commercial crossing from Gaza to Israel.

As they are plunged in darkness due to the punishing electricity crisis, Israel has been bombing Gaza every night for the 2 weeks, damaging Gaza’s already crumbling infrastructure.

On top of this, the first cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in Gaza have occurred, with 4 cases being diagnosed out of quarantine, creating worries of a deadly outbreak that the healthcare system is ill equipped to cope with, already devastated by 14 years of Israeli blockade. The blockade means the health system lacks essential medicines, and has just 65 ventilators for a population of 2 million.

The illegal collective punishment imposed on Palestinians in Gaza must end.

We must take action, to demand the siege is lifted and Israel is held to account for its violations of Palestinian human rights.
Join this emergency rally to hear from speakers from Gaza to outline the current situation on the ground as well as politicians and trade unionists in the UK, to find out how you can get active to stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Speakers tbc

TICKETS: http://bit.ly/RallyForGaza

Cookalong Fundraiser
2020-09-12 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Zaytoun are partnering to bring you this exciting opportunity to join talented Palestinian chef Maha Salah for a live Zoom cook-along event, raising money for PSC’s vital campaigning work.

Maha is a Palestinian chef and food blogger for Middle East Monitor. She is currently living in the UK – her fifth country - and her travels are heavily reflected in her food. She carries a little bit of everywhere with her in her recipes, and is not afraid of merging flavours and cuisines to create innovative yet traditional recipes.

We will also be joined by Manal Ramadan White, Zaytoun’s Managing Director. A Palestinian who grew up in the diaspora, her love of food and yearning to connect with Palestine inspired her to join Zaytoun in 2009. She will give some insight into the ingredients and the inspirational Palestinian producers behind them.

Once you have successfully registered for the event, you will receive a digital dining pack in your confirmation email which will include your ingredients list.

Dietary note: The recipes for the evening include chicken which can be replaced with roasting vegetables for a vegan option, and gluten which can be omitted for a GF option.

PLEASE NOTE: We advise you to register early so you have a chance to order any necessary ingredients through our shop which may not be available at your local supermarket such as maftoul, za'atar and Palestinian olive oil.

Date: Saturday 12th September
Time: 6pm
Suggested Donation: £35*

All proceeds go to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

Zaytoun is a UK social enterprise and a brand of Palestinian fine foods, founded to support the resilience and livelihoods of Palestinian producers through fair trade. 100% of the company’s profits are reinvested into furthering this mission.

*If you would like to make a donation of less than £35, call us on 020 7700 6192 to make your payment and secure your slot for this event. Please bear in mind that we experience high call traffic so if you cannot get through please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange payment.

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
To buy your ticket online scroll down to the bottom of this page, or to secure your place by phone please contact us on 020 7700 6192 and leave a message if you cannot get through.

Further Info
Once you have made your purchase, you will receive a confirmation email with your dining pack.

You will receive the link to the zoom event 24 hours prior to the event.

We recommend joining at 5:45pm to ensure you're set-up for a 6:00pm start.

We look forward to seeing you there!

PSC Fringe at TUC: Justice for Palestine
2020-09-14 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
Palestine Online Fringe event at TUC 2020
Justice for Palestine - Stop Annexation and Occupation Now

Monday 14 September 6pm BST

Register: https://bit.ly/2XW8BbZ

The Palestinian people need our solidarity more then ever, to achieve justice and equality, in the face of the military occupation, the ongoing and crippling siege of Gaza and the rapidly expanding illegal settlements. More so as the Israeli government is moving towards further annexation of Palestinian land in the Occupied West Bank, which is not only an attack on the rights and futures of Palestinians, but also against the very foundations of international law.

Join us to hear how, now more than ever, the trade union movement in the UK can stand up for justice and equality for the Palestinian people.

Speakers:

Speakers:

Dr Mustafa Barghouti, Politician, activist and campaigner, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative.

Diana Buttu, Palestinian commentator, author and attorney specializing in human rights law and negotiations. From 2000 to 2005 Ms Buttu served as a legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team and later to the Palestinian president.

Kevin Courtney, General Secretary NEU

Barbara Plant, President GMB

Mark Serwotka, General Secretary PCS

Mick Whelan, General Secretary ASLEF

Margaret McKee, Chair UNISON International Committee

Sharon Sukhram, Policy Officer, International Department TUC

Ben Jamal, Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Chair: Simon Dubbins, PSC Trade Union Liaison Officer & Director International Department Unite the Union

More speakers TBC

Register here: https://bit.ly/2XW8BbZ

www.palestinecampaign.org

Understanding Apartheid, Moving to Freedom, Justice and Equality
2020-10-01 18:00 - 2020-10-22 13:00 UTC
Tickets: https://bit.ly/LivedApartheid // Thursdays in October at 6pm UK Time //
Since its foundation, Israel has built and maintained a system of institutionalised racist discrimination against all parts of the Palestinian people, whether living under occupation, in Israel, or as refugees and exiles.

The seminal United Nations report by Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley in 2017 clearly laid this out, contributing to a shift in discourse. Israel’s passage of the nation state law, followed by its publicly stated aim of annexing at least 30% of the West Bank – following its illegal annexation of East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights – has further exposed its apartheid reality.

The question for the movement for Palestinian rights is how to transition from the ugliness of the present day to a future of freedom, justice and equality? What would this look like on the ground, irrespective of political frameworks?

This weekly series of webinars throughout October will tackle – but also go beyond - the way in which Israel’s practices meet the definition of apartheid under international law and their effect on Palestinians in all areas of their lives.

Sessions

Thursday October 1st / 6pm / Apartheid within Israel: Sami Abu Shehadeh, Palestinian member of the Knesset for the Joint List. Sawsan Zaher, Lawyer and Director of Social and Economic Rights Unit at Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.

Thursday October 8th / 6pm / Apartheid in the Occupied Territory: Diana Buttu, Palestinian-Canadian Lawyer and renowned analyst. Yara Harawi, Policy Fellow at al-Shabaka – the Palestinian policy network.

Thursday October 15th / 6pm / Apartheid in Exile: Mai Abu Moghli, Palestinian/British human rights activist based in London. PhD from the Institute of Education, UCL.

Thursday October 22nd / 6pm /The Movement for Palestinian Rights: Setting the Agenda – Moving to Freedom: Hazem Jamjoum, policy member at al-Shabka. Marwa Fatafta, Palestinian writer, researcher and policy analyst based in Berlin.

TICKETS: https://bit.ly/ApartheidLived

Stand Up for Palestine feat. Amer Zahr & Friends
2020-10-29 19:00 - 20:15 UTC
Thank you to all of you for watching the fantastic Stand up for Palestine show!! We had a blast with Marena Riyad, Diala Taneeb and Amer Zahr, all US based Palestinian stand up comedians, who raised the (virtual) roof, to raise much needed funds for Palestine Solidarity Campaign!!!

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PSC are thrilled to announce this unique online comedy fundraiser taking place live on Thursday 29 October.

This hilarious show will feature acclaimed Palestinian-American stand-up comedian Amer Zahr performing a headline set just for us! Amer will be accompanied by several stand-up comedian friends of his, making this a truly unmissable night of transatlantic comedy for Palestine.

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First Meeting: Online Youth and Student Book Club
2020-11-18 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
REGISTER: http://bit.ly/YSCBookClub

PSC Youth and Student Committee is launching a book club where we can read, educate ourselves, and discuss the issues that come up together.

By developing and deepening our understanding of the history, plight, and resistance of the Palestinian people we will be better equipped to to educate others.

As many of us will have experienced – education plays a massive role in galvanising support and many people who stood on the fence previously have become staunch Palestine supporters once educated on the history of Israel’s oppression of Palestinian people.

The first book we will be reading is “Israeli Apartheid – A Beginner’s Guide” by Ben White.
We will just focus on “Part One: Israeli Independence, Palestinian Catastrophe”.

About the book:
“Since its release in 2009 this has become an essential primer for undergraduate students and activists getting to grips with the Palestine/Israel conflict for the first time. Ben White skilfully distills the work of academics and experts into a highly accessible introduction.”

You can buy the e-book available immediately here: https://www.hive.co.uk/.../Israeli-Apartheid--A.../15847466

Register: http://bit.ly/YSCBookClub

Exeter PSC: 'Palestine: from the Hebrew Bible to the present'
2020-11-24 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Next Tuesday, 24th November at 7pm Exeter PSC is hosting a zoom talk 'Palestine: from the Hebrew Bible to the present' given by Prof Richard Seaford, followed by discussion. It promises to be an interesting perspective on the ancient history of the region that is not widely known and should stimulate rich discussion. Details to register:

Topic: Palestine from the Hebrew Bible to the Present
Time: Nov 24, 2020 07:00 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting - click on the link or copy this into your browser
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National Day of Action for Palestine #EndApartheid #SanctionsNow
2020-11-28
Join on Facebook: http://bit.ly/DOAPalestine

The Israeli government continues to press ahead with its gross violations of international law and Palestinian human rights, accelerating the ongoing colonisation of yet more Palestinian land. These include plans to proceed with formal annexation. Despite the rhetoric from some of our political leaders that the US- UAE has taken annexation off the table, Israel has made clear that its plans are merely on temporary hold . Netanyahu has stated clearly, speaking after the UAE deal, that “there is no change to my plan to extend sovereignty, our sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, in full coordination with the United States.”

Meanwhile Israel proceeds with the de facto annexation on the ground. In October 2020 the Israeli government approved 5,400 new settlement units on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank.

In tandem, Israel has continued to demolish Palestinian homes and buildings, with 389 Palestinian structures in the West Bank razed from March to August 2020, leaving over 400 Palestinians homeless.

Israel continues to subject Gaza to an ever-tightening land, air and sea blockade, making life insufferable for the nearly two million Palestinians, the majority of them refugees from Israel’s ethnic cleansing, trapped in the enclave. Like Palestinian refugees everywhere, they are denied the right to return to the homes from which they, their parents or grandparents were expelled.

As the TUC the reality recently affirmed, Israel’s current actions are the next “significant step in the creation of a system of apartheid” .

The UK government must take action by banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements and implementing sanctions, including a two-way arms embargo, until Israel complies with international law.

Public bodies also need to take action to ensure that they are not investing funds or procuring contracts with companies complicit in Israel’s human rights abuses.
That’s why we’re calling for a day of action on November 28th under the banner #StopAnnexation #EndApartheid #SanctionsNow

How to take action:
Print and hold our signs (complying with all social distancing and lockdown guidelines). You can use ours (below) or get creative and make your own.

Post on social media with the hashtags #StopAnnexation #EndApartheid #SanctionsNow

Let’s once more flood social media with our protest!

Graphics:

Online Rally: International Solidarity with Palestinians
2020-11-29 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Sunday 29th November is the UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. At a time when physical gatherings are difficult, we are organising an online international rally to show our solidarity. This is being coordinated jointly by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the BDS National Committee.

Join us as we bring together a range of Palestinian voices, poets, musicians, and social justice campaigners to rally for Palestine.

REGISTER HERE

INCLUDING:
Noura Erakat (human rights attorney) / Maxine Peake (actress) / Omar Barghouti (BDS Movement) / Aja Monet (poet) / Stefanie Fox (JVP Director)/ Kevin Courtney (General Secretary NEU & Trade Union Congress) / Ben Jamal (PSC Director) / William Shoki (student activist South Africa) / Rabbi Alissa Wise (JVP)... and more to be announced!!!!! STARTS AT: 11am (US Central Time) / 5pm (UK Time) / 7pm (Palestine Time) !!!!

REGISTER HERE

Virtual Lobby of Parliament 2020
2020-12-02 10:00 - 17:00 UTC
REGISTER HERE FOR THE VIRTUAL LOBBY: REQUEST A ZOOM MEETING WITH YOUR MP ON 2ND DECEMBER USING THIS LINK.

We need your voice in Parliament! Join the Virtual Lobby Day for Palestine on Wednesday 2nd December, and meet with your MP over Zoom to discuss Palestinian rights. Let politicians know that Palestine is an important issue for their constituents.

You don’t need to be an expert on Palestine to take part… just register to request a meeting with your MP by following this link, and we’ll do the rest!

You won't be alone. In your online meeting will be other PSC activists and constituents from your local area.
You'll receive a full briefing pack in advance of the meeting with your MP. This will include a document with speaking notes on the topic of #StopAnnexation #EndApartheid, what to ask from your MP, what to expect from the meeting, and how to properly prepare.
We will arrange an online Zoom briefing for all Lobby Day participants a week before the Lobby to discuss details and give you the chance to ask any questions you may have.
Meetings with MPs last for roughly 30 minutes, and are held over Zoom. You will be emailed the Zoom link ahead of the meeting. Don't worry if you are not familiar with using Zoom, we can provide support to help you.
The meeting may be scheduled by your MP anytime between 10am and 5pm on Wednesday 2nd December. Please fill in this online form when you get either a positive or negative response from your MP to the request for a meeting. It is important for us to collect this data.
There is a possibility your MP will not accept a meeting request, in which case we will try to facilitate you joining a Zoom meeting with a different parliamentarian.
Please try to make sure you can attend any meeting set up by your MP. Only register for the Lobby Day and request a meeting if you intend to participate.

REGISTER HERE FOR THE VIRTUAL LOBBY: REQUEST A ZOOM MEETING WITH YOUR MP ON 2ND DECEMBER USING THIS LINK.

Lobby Day Briefing Pack
ESCWA Report: Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid
List of confirmed meetings with MPs
List of MPs who have been contacted (and number of times)
Response to 'We Believe in Israel' disinformation campaign

Tis The Season: A Festive PSC Cook-Along
2020-12-05 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Tis the Season: A PSC Festive Cook-Along!

We are incredibly excited to invite you to our annual festive season cook-along with talented Palestinian chef Maha Salah, raising money for PSC’s vital campaigning work, co-hosted by Zaytoun CIC.

Maha is a Palestinian chef and food blogger for Middle East Monitor. She is currently living in the UK – her fifth country - and her travels are heavily reflected in her food. She carries a little bit of everywhere with her in her recipes, and is not afraid of merging flavours and cuisines to create innovative yet traditional recipes.

Cooking is the best way to bring people together and share a moment of happiness and joy, especially at this special time of the year when we seek the comfort of our home and loved ones. Whether in the same household, or each cooking from your own home, we believe that preparing a lovely hearty meal together can be a beautiful way to celebrate this season, and we are so excited for you to join us!

Once you have successfully registered for the event, you will receive a digital dining pack in your confirmation email which will include your ingredients list. Please note that this event will include a vegetarian option.

The dish we will be cooking is Mtafayeh/Zahra bi Laban, which is cauliflower and (optional) meat in a yoghurt sauce. The nutty flavour of the fried cauliflower compliments the creaminess of the yoghurt sauce perfectly, and the subtle kick of garlic you get at the end is divine.

Versions of this dish is made in the Levant, including Palestine, Jordan, and Syria. In Palestine, the city of Hebron is known for this dish and they traditionally make it with Jameed, which is a hard, dry yogurt made from sheeps or goats. Some people add tahini to their yogurt sauce, but we will be cooking it with regular yoghurt.

PLEASE NOTE: We advise you to register early so you have a chance to order any necessary ingredients through our shop which may not be available at your local supermarket such as Palestinian olive oil.

Date: Saturday 5th December 2020
Time: 6pm
Suggested Donation: £20

All proceeds go to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

*If you would like to participate with a donation of less than £20, please call us on 020 7700 6192 to make your payment and secure your slot for this event. Please bear in mind that we experience high call traffic so if you cannot get through please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange payment.

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
To buy your ticket online scroll down to the bottom of this page, or to secure your place by phone please contact us on 020 7700 6192 and leave a message if you cannot get through.

Further Info
Once you have made your purchase, you will receive a confirmation email with your dining pack and the link to join the event.

We recommend joining at 5:45pm to ensure you're set-up for a 6:00pm start.

Resisting Lawfare on Campus
2021-01-20 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
REGISTER HERE

In the face of growing student support for Palestinian rights on campus, Israel and its allies are using a myriad of tactics to suppress support for Palestinian human rights, including support for the the Palestinian-led movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions until Israel complies with international law.

This includes lawfare; using threats of litigation and semi-legal arguments to attempt to prevent and restrict pro-Palestine events on campus. Crude lawfare tactics mean pro-Palestine events can be subject to a host of restrictions, including the imposition of ‘neutral’ chairs, and the condition that an opposing view must be heard.

Moreover, the statutory duties in the government’s Prevent agenda, and the pressure being exerted on universities to adopt the full IHRA definition of antisemitism, with examples and without caveats, can contribute to a stifling of voices speaking up for Palestinian rights on campus.

While most pro-Palestine events on campus go off without a hitch, it’s vital we’re prepared, and informed of our legal rights to campaign in solidarity with Palestine.

Join this webinar with legal experts to hear what to do if your event faces unfair, and potentially illegal, restrictions in the run up to Israeli Apartheid Week 2021. Find out about the support that will be available to you to ensure IAW 2021 is the biggest and most successful ever.

SPEAKERS:
Dima Khalidi, Director, Palestine Legal
Giovanni Fassina, European Legal Support Center
Lewis Backon, PSC Campaigns Officer

REGISTER: https://bit.ly/ResistingLawfare

Israeli Apartheid Week 2021 - Planning Workshop
2021-02-03 18:00 - 19:15 UTC
Register for tickets!

Israeli Apartheid Week 2021 is coming up soon!

From March 15th to 21st students and others across the world will be organising events and holding protests focused on the fight against all forms of racism, marginalization and oppression, and promoting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) for Palestinian freedom, justice and equality.

This year, the ongoing coronavirus crisis means most Israeli Apartheid Week events will take place digitally. But this doesn’t mean we can’t have an impact.

Attend this workshop to hear from members of PSC Youth and Student Committee on how you can run inspiring and innovative digital events and campaigns, to grow the fight against Israeli apartheid on your campus. Let’s come together and discuss how we can use online space to forge valuable and lasting solidarity with antiracist and anti-colonialist groups all over the world

Register for tickets!

Join the Facebook event!

Love in the Time of Apartheid
2021-02-13 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
How will many Palestinians be spending their Valentine's Day?

For a lot of us in the UK, Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate love and romance; to show our affection through gifts, cards, and flowers. Or we may choose to avoid the hyper-consumerism in the Hallmark holiday, shun the ritualistic exchange of commodities, and simply spend time with those we hold dear.

For Palestinians, however, February 14th comes as a reminder of Israel’s suffocating restrictions on their movement, cutting them off from their loved ones. A coercive matrix of ID cards, blockades, borders and prisons means many Palestinians are separated from their Valentines, simply because they are Palestinian, and live under a discriminatory system of rule amounting to the crime of apartheid.

For those living under Israel’s brutal military occupation of their land, even the act of buying a gift is fraught with difficulty. Segregated roads, soldiers and checkpoints can make going to the shop a difficult affair.

Don't miss this fascinating free online talk and film screening to learn more about how many Palestinians will be spending Valentine’s Day. We'll be joined by Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Elia Ghorbiah, as well as more speakers to be announced.

Film: The Present by Farah Nabulsi (2020, 24')
Yusef and his daughter, Yasmine, set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between the soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?

Register below to join us on Saturday 13th February!

IWD 2021: A Webinar With Haneen Zoabi
2021-03-07 13:00 - 14:30 UTC
Liverpool Friends of Palestine Present:
In celebration of International Women’s Day
A Webinar with Haneen Zoabi
Sunday 7th March 1pm-2.30pm
Haneen Zoabi is a Palestinian politician who made history in 2009 when she became the first Arab woman to be elected to Israel's parliament. She served as a member of the Knesset for the Balad party between 2009 and 2019. On 31st May 2010, Haneen participated in the Gaza flotilla, and was on board the Mavi Marmara

She will focus on the current political challenges facing Palestine. We hope you will join us to celebrate International Women’s Day with this impressive female activist. The event will include poetry, song from Liverpool Socialist Singers, and a short video by Palestinian activist Kholoud Al Ajarma.
To register for the webinar follow this link

IAW 2021: Understanding Israeli Apartheid
2021-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
CLICK TO REGISTER HERE

Since its foundation Israel has developed a system of institutionalised racist discrimination against the Palestinian people. Whether living under occupation, as citizens of the Israeli state, or in exile, Palestinians face a system of rule which collectively oppresses and subjugates them.

This year, Israel’s publicly stated aim of annexing at least 30% of the West Bank – following its illegal annexation of East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights – has further exposed its apartheid reality.
This webinar, co-hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Uni of Leicester Palestine Society, as part of the global Israel Apartheid Week, will explore how Israel’s treatment of all parts of the Palestinian population amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law.

Expert speakers will explore the way in which Israel’s practices meet the legal definition of apartheid, while focusing on the effect on Palestinians in all areas of their lives.

SPEAKERS:
Rania Muhareb, PhD researcher and scholar
Hazem Jamjoum, al-Shabaka policy member, scholar.
Lubnah Shomali, Unit Manager for BADIL Resource Centre
Nimer Sultany, Reader at SOAS Law, commentator.

CLICK TO REGISTER HERE

IAW 2021: United Against Racism - Resisting Israeli Apartheid
2021-03-18 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
CLICK TO REGISTER HERE!

Israel’s system of institutionalised racist discrimination amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law. This webinar, part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2021, will explore how Palestinians, and their allies around the globe, resist Israeli apartheid.

This includes through the global Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, which works to target companies and institutions aiding Israel’s violations of international law.

History has shown us that when movements for justice unite to take on oppressive structures, we can and will win. Liberation struggles must work together against institutional racism and oppression, challenging unjust systems of power together.

This webinar will also touch on how you can build the movement in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality on your university campus.

SPEAKERS:
William Shoki, activist with South African BDS Coalition
Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Palestinian-led BDS Movement
Ben Jamal, Director of PSC
Larissa Kennedy, National Union of Student President

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Public Meeting By Zoom - Palestine and Kashmir: Two Sides Of The Same Coin?
2021-03-24 19:15 - 21:00 UTC
The commonality and differences of the struggles of the Palestinian and Kashmiri peoples for self-determination, dignity, equality and justice

Register For The Meeting:-

You must register in advance of the meeting. Please click on the following link

https://bit.ly/3kNwuMR

Meeting Subjects & Speakers:-

The Colonisation and Occupation of Kashmir: Mirza Saaib Bég
Hindutva Fascism and Its Key Drivers: Amrit Wilson
The Global Dimension of the Palestinian & Kashmiri Struggles: Abdulla Moaswes

Mirza Saaib Bég is a lawyer and advocate for the civil and political rights of Kashmiris. He is the first Kashmiri recipient of the Kofi Annan and WHT scholarship at Mansfield college, University of Oxford. He holds a master’s degree in law and is a candidate for public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government.

Amrit Wilson is a writer and activist and a member of South Asia Solidarity Group.

Abdulla Moaswes is a doctoral student at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on the transnational dimension of settler colonialism in the 21st century.

Meeting organised by West London Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Online Cook-Along: A Taste of Ramadan
2021-03-28 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Don't miss this chance to learn about the many foods and customs around the month of Ramadan, featuring Palestinian chef Maha Salah! This event is raising money for PSC’s vital campaigning work, and is co-hosted by Zaytoun CIC.

Maha is a Palestinian chef and food blogger for Middle East Monitor. She is currently living in the UK – her fifth country - and her travels are heavily reflected in her food. She carries a little bit of everywhere with her in her recipes, and is not afraid of merging flavours and cuisines to create innovative yet traditional recipes.

Once you have successfully registered for the event, you will receive an ingredients list and Zoom link via email. Vegetarian option available.

A note about the event from Maha
Every country, city, and even family has their own traditions when it comes to the holidays, and Ramadan is no exception! Many countries usually have a soup and salad on the table every night, and in Palestine, we have freekeh soup several times throughout the month. One staple in my home is Sambousek, which I feel my Ramadan table isn’t complete without! It is very similar to samosas, with a slightly different dough, and I love to stuff mine with cheese. Finally, we can’t end our night without something sweet, and I always crave my grandmother’s Kaykat Joz Alhind, or coconut cake. It is a one bowl wonder that is ready in no time! I am looking forward to sharing all three of these recipes with you, as well as insight into our culture, practices and traditions during this special month!

Date: Sunday 28th March
Time: 12pm (BST)
Suggested Donation: £20

All proceeds go to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

*If you would like to participate with a donation of less than £20, please call us on 020 7700 6192 to make your payment and secure your slot for this event. Please bear in mind that we experience high call traffic so if you cannot get through please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange payment.

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
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Indigenous Solidarity: Our Struggles Unite
2021-03-30 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
From Turtle Island to Khirbet Humsa, from Standing Rock to Haifa, indigenous people resist settler colonialism and its practises of surveillance, containment, military checkpoints, police brutality, mass incarceration, displacement, theft of water and other natural resources, and environmental destruction.

Many indigenous activists are standing together to resist parallel colonial agendas, learning, and strengthening mutual resistance to racist rule and injustice. Activists in solidarity with Palestinians have also joined forces with other indigenous solidarity movements to build united struggles.

On Land Day, join activists from the indigenous solidarity movements to discuss how we build our struggle against settler colonialism.

Speakers:
Sorcha Thomson, PSC Youth and Student Committee (Chair)
Malek Rasamny, Director and Producer of the Native and the Refugee Project
Matt Peterson, Director and Producer of the Native and the Refugee Project
Mark Luetchford, Chair of Western Sahara Campaign UK
Nidal Betare, Syrian-Palestinian writer based in Washington DC, USA

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Brighton and Hove PSC: Israeli Apartheid – Join the Global Fight Against Racism
2021-04-05 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Israeli Apartheid – Join the Global Fight Against Racism
A public event hosted by Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Supported by Brighton & Hove Trades Council

Monday 5th April 2021 at 7pm UK time (via Zoom)

Please note that you must register in advance for this event – details below

In 1966, the United Nations designated March 21st as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in memory of the 69 Black Africans murdered by the South African Apartheid regime in Sharpeville in 1960.

Today there is one Apartheid state left – Israel. In January 2021 B’Tselem, Israel’s main human rights organisation, declared that Israel, in its systematic oppression of the Palestinian people, maintains ‘a regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea…This is Apartheid’.

This meeting will commemorate UN Anti-Racism Day by linking anti-racist struggles now and in the past.

Speakers:

Ronnie Kasrils
Ronnie is a Jewish South African. He was commander of the military wing Umkonto we Size of the ANC and a former Intelligence Minister in Nelson Mandela’s government. He is a member of the South Africa Communist Party, is prominent in Palestinian solidarity campaigns, and is the author of several books.

Salma Yaqoob
Salma is a political activist, psychotherapist, writer and a former Birmingham City Councillor. She is also a Patron of Stop the War Coalition.

Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy is a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant and internationally-syndicated columnist. He is the author of five books and a contributor to many others. Ramzy is a Senior Research Fellow at Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA).

Rania Muhareb
Rania is a legal researcher and advocacy officer with the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. Rania is currently a PhD scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway.

Kweku Martin Peprah
Brighton Black Lives Matter

Rana Nazir
Rana is Chairperson of the Kashmiri Women’s Association

Tony Greenstein
Brighton & Hove PSC, Jewish anti-Zionist

There will be opportunities for participants to join in the discussion and ask questions

Register in advance for this meeting. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

To register use this link: https://tinyurl.com/25f6b3uj

‘Israel and Palestine at the UN- Personal Reflections Of A Former UN Official ‘ Zoom Meeting
2021-04-06 19:15 - 21:00 UTC
A talk - followed by Q&A and Discussion - about the context, practicalities, pressures and when it comes to the UN’s work on Israel Palestine.

You must register in advance for this event . Use the following link https://bit.ly/3eejyP3

About The Speaker Ian Martin
After being Secretary General of Amnesty International, Ian Martin served in multiple United Nations peace and human rights field operations, including as Special Representative in East Timor, Nepal and Libya. He headed a Board of Inquiry into deaths and injuries at UN premises in Gaza after Operation Cast Lead. Most recently, he reported on the UN Security Council as Executive Director of Security Council Report.

Halifax Friends of Palestine: One democratic state - the only way forward for Palestine/Israel?
2021-04-11 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
Presented by Halifax Friends of Palestine:

Zoom webinar with written Q+A. One Democratic State - The Only Way Forward For Palestine/Israel?

Discussion introduced by Paul Neill, with contributions from renowned Palestinian activists Khloud Ajarma and Mazin Qumsiyeh.

Meeting ID: 933 0619 0550

Password: [REDACTED]

Filmscreening followed by Q&A, Imprisoning a Generation
2021-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Join us for an online screening of the film 'Imprisoning a Generation' on Thursday 15th April at 6.30pm (UK time). We'll be joined afterwards for a Q&A session with:

Zelda Edmunds, film director
Shaina Low, Defence for Children International - Palestine

Help us campaign for the rights of Palestinian child prisoners.

Stand Up for Palestine - PSC Comedy Fundraiser
2021-04-20 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
Stand Up for Palestine

A Palestine Solidarity Campaign comedy fundraiser

Tuesday 20 April 2021 8pm

With:
Gavin Webster
Juliet Meyers
Andrew O’Neill
Isabelle Farah
Yuriko Kotani
MC Susan Murray

For tickets, please scroll to the bottom of the page ⬇

PSC are proud to announce this exciting fundraising event, taking place live and online on Tuesday 20th April.

Join us for a great stand-up show, featuring a brilliant line-up with an array of acclaimed comedians, guaranteeing another fantastic Stand Up for Palestine event.

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Gavin Webster
Gavin is a stand-up comedian from Newcastle, regularly featuring on the telly (Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Stand-up Show, Does Doug Know, Take The Mike, The Regionnaires, , The Eleven O Clock show, The Comedy Store, Comedy Blue), and Winner of Best UK Live Stand Up in 2014. Loud, sharp and sometimes controversial, Gavin is a definite Geordie with a great stage presence. His material is bold, often provocative, yet charmingly delivered. @Thegavinwebster

Juliet Meyers
Mixing silliness with edginess, Juliet has a chatty style, great crowd interaction, bringing her own brand of hilarious, cerebral, observational, gag-driven comedy to the stage. "Devilish coy look, excellent material with some on-edge gags (The Scotsman). @julietmeyers

Andrew O'Neill
Andrew is an award-winning comedian, punk-rock musician and best-selling writer. A psychedelic non-binary whirlwind, combining surrealism, polemic and good old-fashioned stagecraft to produce uniquely counter-culture stand-up. @destructo9000

Isabelle Farah
Isabelle is a British Lebanese actor, comedian, writer, and general extrovert. She trained as a Serious Actor and started stand up in 2016 because it offered her a chance to talk to some strangers. As an actress she has performed in the West End and on Tour and has gigged as a stand up across the UK and internationally. Her short, Breakfast, was a finalist in the Funny Women 2020 Shorts Prize and her debut show, Ellipsis, was long listed for the Screenshot award in 2020. @irresponsabelle

Yuriko Kotani
UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko began performing stand-up in 2014 and was named as "One To Watch" by Time Out and won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2015.Beside some TV and Radio work she made videos for the Rugby World Cup 2019, detailing her top tips for fans travelling to Japan. “A brilliantly performed, well-structured & wonderfully unique set” (fringebiscuit). @YurikoComedy

MC Susan Murray
Susan has emerged as one of the best female stand-ups in the UK and is in the top 100 Huffington Post funny women Tweeters. She wrote for and was a guest on Jeremy Hardy Talks To The Nation and has also starred in Stephen K Amos’ Idiots Guide both for Radio 4. "Her ability to make quirky connections allows her to build a compelling believable and richly funny picture of 21st century womanhood" (The Guardian). @ThatSusanMurray

Proceeds will fund the work of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

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Further Info:
We recommend joining at 7.45pm BST to ensure you’re set-up for an 8pm start.
The runtime for this event is approximately 75 minutes.
This event is 16+ and will contain some strong language.

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PSC Annual General Meeting 2021
2021-04-24 10:00 - 16:30 UTC
Our Annual General Meeting is where PSC members, branches and affiliated organisations come together to decide our next steps as a movement. The event will hear from leading campaigners in both Palestine and Britain, feature several interactive workshops where you can feed in your ideas, and also include votes to set our policies, priorities and to elect our volunteer leadership for the year ahead.

For full information, see our page on the event:
PSC Annual General Meeting 2021

Mayday Inaugural meeting of the South East Kent PSC
2021-05-01 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
South East Kent PSC invites you to a rally with speakers:

May Day! Celebrating Palestinian Resistance - Inaugural meeting of the South East Kent PSC

Saturday 1st May 7pm

Omar Mofeed - Palestine Solidarity Campaign Youth and Student Committee.

Zita Holbourne - National Vice President PCS Union. National Chair Barac UK. Poet and Artist. Zita was a member of the first TUC Women's delegation to Palestine.

We are lucky to welcome Amna Shquair, International Outreach Coordinator, Palestine New Federation of Trade Unions.

Details on the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1799309296907321

Join us on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/9763645166
Meeting ID: 976 364 5166

#Nakba73: Week of Action Webinar Series
2021-05-10 19:00 - 2021-05-23 21:00 UTC
73 years ago, Zionist forces ethnically cleansed and eradicated over 500 villages and cities in Palestine, displacing over 750,000 Palestinians, and taking over 78% of the land of historic Palestine. Known as the Nakba, or catastrophe in Arabic, this forced displacement was the basis for the foundation of the Israeli state.

The Nakba continues today. From Jaffa to Jerusalem Israel continues to displace and exile the indigenous Palestinian population. While Palestinians living abroad and their descendants, uprooted by Israel’s ethnic cleansing, are denied their right of return, enshrined in international law.

Join us for the events below to mark Nakba Week and hear from all parts of the Palestinian population about their personal experiences of the Nakba.

Webinar: Memories of 1948 - Monday 10th May at 7pm BST

We will be kicking off our series of events with an evening featuring two of PSC’s most distinguished patrons, Dr Ghada Karmi and Dr. Salman Abu Sitta. Both are direct witnesses to the Nakba of 1948, and through a facilitated discussion with PSC Chair Kamel Hawwash, they will be sharing their memories of those events. Find out about the impact of the Nakba of their and their families lives, and discuss the continuing struggle against the ongoing Nakba at this PSC webinar.

REGISTER HERE

Global Online Rally – Saturday 15th May at 5pm BST

Co-hosted by PSC, BNC, JVP, and the SA BDS Coalition. We’ll be joined by:

Amer Zahr // Rafeef Ziadah // Mustafa Barghouti // Ghadir Al Shafie // Joshua Virasami // Nonhle Mbuthuma // Umar al-Ghubari // Ben Jamal // Stefanie Fox // Ghada Karmi… and more to be announced.

Register now to hear our amazing lineup of Palestinian voices, musicians, and artists. We’ll be connecting across the world to take action for Palestine.

REGISTER HERE

Webinar: A View from the West Bank - Monday 17th May at 7pm BST hosted by East London PSC, Hackney PSC and Waltham Forest PSC.

Join this event to hear from Palestinians in the West Bank facing this ongoing Nakba. Find out what the Nakba means to them, and how it has led to the apartheid reality on the ground today. Look at how we can move from the current reality, to a future of freedom, justice and equality.

REGISTER HERE

Webinar: Palestinians in Exile - Thursday 20th May at 6:30pm BST hosted by Wales Branches of PSC

Join us to hear from young Palestinian refugees in exile about what both the historic and on-going Nakba means to them. Find out what they've learned from their families, and how the Nakba directly impacts their day-to-day lives.

REGISTER HERE

Webinar: Palestinians in Israel - Sunday 23rd May at 4:00pm BST hosted by West Midlands PSC
Join this important webinar hosted by West Midlands PSC, which will focus on hearing from Palestinian citizens of Israel. Find out what the Nakba means to them, how it has led to the apartheid reality of today, and how we can move to a future of freedom, justice and equality.

REGISTER HERE

EMERGENCY RALLY FOR JERUSALEM - SAVE SHEIKH JARRAH
2021-05-11 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | opposite 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
10 DOWNING STREET, SW1A 2AA // 11.05.2021 // 6PM

#SaveSheikhJarrah #FreePalestine

IMPORTANT: If you have coronavirus symptoms do not attend. Wear a mask, use hand sanitiser, keep social distance.
Israel is attempting to ethnically cleanse Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem. Four of the Palestinian families face the prospect of being evicted this week.

As Palestinians protest in Jerusalem against these evictions, and Israel's ongoing programme of ethnic cleansing, Israeli forces have responded with brutality, including an assault on worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque that has wounded hundreds.
Backed by the state and its discriminatory laws, settler groups have claimed ownership of the land in Sheikh Jarrah and implemented a creeping takeover of Palestinian homes, aided and abetted by Israeli courts and the security forces.
The plans to forcibly dispossess the families is part and parcel of Israel's attempt to alter the demographic balance of the city, by ethnically cleansing Palestinians, while simultaneously providing financial and political support for illegal Jewish-only settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.

The UK government must take immediate action and stop allowing Israel to act with impunity. It must demand an end to current proceedings to evict these families, and start holding Israel accountable for all its actions ,which contribute to the crime of apartheid. This includes through implementing sanctions, and banning the import of goods from Israel's illegal settlements.

In the face of Israel's brutal crimes, we can't remain silent! Come together on the streets to demand our government take action.

SAVE SHEIKH JARRAH, FREE PALESTINE!

#Nakba73: National Day of Action
2021-05-15
FOR JUSTICE AND RETURN! STOP ISRAEL'S ONGOING NAKBA #Nakba73 #SaveSheikhJarrah #ExistResistReturn

Between 1947 and 1949, Zionist paramilitary and Israeli forces ethnically cleansed and eradicated over 500 villages and cities in Palestine, forcing into exile over 750,000 Palestinians, and taking over 78% of the land of historic Palestine.
Known as the Nakba, or catastrophe in Arabic, this forced displacement was the basis for the foundation of the Israeli state.

Today, over 7 million Palestinians live as refugees or exiles, denied the right to return to the land from which they, or their family, were forcibly expelled. A right which is enshrined in international law. Palestinians who remained in the State of Israel, and those in the occupied territory, many of whom are refugees, face a system of discriminatory racist rule that amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law.

The forced removal of the Palestinian population did not end with Israel’s foundation in 1948.

Israel continues to displace and exile the indigenous Palestinian population.

Israel is attempting to ethnically cleanse Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem. Four of the Palestinian families face the prospect of being evicted this week. As Palestinians protest in Jerusalem against these evictions, and Israel's ongoing programme of ethnic cleansing, Israeli forces have responded with brutality, including an assault on worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque that has wounded hundreds.
With the complicity of the international community, the Nakba continues.

That’s why we must act, NOW.

On Saturday 15th May 2021, take action in your local community. Stand together for an end to Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, and for the right of return for all exiled Palestinians.

HOW TO TAKE ACTION:
1. Print our signs and placards and, complying with all social distancing guidelines, take a picture in your local community.
2. Post on social media with the hashtags #Nakba73 #ExistResistReturn. Remember to tag us @pscupdates
Let’s take to the streets and flood social media for Palestine!

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War On The Mind - Virtual Conference on Mental Health in Palestine & Israel
2021-05-15 10:00 - 17:00 UTC
“War On The Mind” Trauma, Survival and Resilience in Palestine and Israel
Bradford on Avon Friends of Palestine and the UK Palestine Mental Health Network are extremely proud to host this international online conference. It will look at the impact of occupation, brutality, oppression and conflict on the mental health of Palestinians and Israelis - as individuals, communities and societies.
We have a programme of talks by a panel of high-profile speakers from the UK, Palestine and other countries: they are all mental health specialists with close links to the region.
The subject of mental health is highly topical in societies across the globe today, and will offer an eye-opening perspective on the ongoing situation in Palestine and Israel - as well as a better understanding of the experiences of people living in the region, and an exploration of the links between mental health, human rights and activism.
The Conference will take place throughout the day on Zoom Webinar and will launch with Harry Fear’s feature documentary “Gaza: Still Alive”, which will be available to view a few days before the event.

The panel will include:

- Harry Fear (journalist and film-maker)
- Dr Samah Jabr (psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer)
- Dr John Soos (clinical psychologist and activist)
- Maria Chambers (project coordinator with the Firefly Project)
- Dr Mohamed Altawil and David Harrold (Palestine Trauma Centre)
- Dr Ruchama Marton (psychiatrist, psychotherapist and feminist activist)

This event is kindly hosted by the Balfour Project.

Tickets for the event can be purchased here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-on-the-mind-trauma-survival-and-resilience-in-palestine-and-israel-tickets-147416256993

MARCH TO THE ISRAELI EMBASSY
2021-05-15 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Marble Arch, Marble Arch, London, W1H 7EJ, United Kingdom
MIDDAY, MARBLE ARCH - MARCH TO THE ISRAELI EMBASSY

#SaveSheikhJarrah #FreePalestine

IMPORTANT: If you have coronavirus symptoms do not attend. Wear a mask, use hand sanitiser, keep social distance.
Israel is attempting to ethnically cleanse Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem.

As Palestinians protest in Jerusalem against these evictions, and Israel's ongoing programme of ethnic cleansing, Israeli forces have responded with brutality, including an assault on worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque that has wounded hundreds.
Israel has now started bombarding the population of beseiged Gaza, many refugees from Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948. So far, dozens of Palestinian civilians have been killed, including children.

The plans to forcibly dispossess the families is part and parcel of Israel's attempt to alter the demographic balance of the city, by ethnically cleansing Palestinians, while simultaneously providing financial and political support for illegal Jewish-only settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.

The UK government must take immediate action and stop allowing Israel to act with impunity. It must demand an end to current proceedings to evict these families, and start holding Israel accountable for all its actions ,which contribute to the crime of apartheid. This includes through implementing sanctions, and banning the import of goods from Israel's illegal settlements.

In the face of Israel's brutal crimes, we can't remain silent!

Come together on the streets to demand our government take action.

SAVE SHEIKH JARRAH, STOP BOMBING GAZA, FREE PALESTINE!

#Nakba73: Global Online Rally
2021-05-15 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Co-hosted by PSC, Jewish Voice for Peace, BDS Movement, South African BDS Coalition

Register here http://bit.ly/Nakba73Rally

Saturday 15th May marks the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced from their land. The Nakba is ongoing, and today Palestinians are still fighting for freedom, justice, and equality.
Join us for this global rally in solidarity with Palestine!

SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE:
Dr Mustafa Barghouti // Dr Ghada Karmi // Ghadir Al Shafie // Rafeef Ziadah // Amer Zahr // Joshua Virasami // Nonhle Mbuthuma // Umar al-Ghubari // Ben Jamal // Stefanie Fox // ... and more....

Register now to hear our amazing lineup of Palestinian voices, musicians, and artists. We'll be connecting across the world to take action for Palestine.

STARTS AT: 12pm New York (US Eastern Time) // 5pm London (BST) // 6pm Cape Town (SAST) // 7pm Jerusalem (EEST)

Register here http://bit.ly/Nakba73Rally
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Oxford PSC: Nakba Event
2021-05-18 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Oxford-Ramallah Friendship Association (ORFA) and Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign invite you to remember and learn about the Nakba. Come and hear ORFA’s friends in the Al- Am’ari refugee camp tell their stories.
Tuesday 18thMay, 2021
6.00 – 7.30pm (UK time)
Zoom link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7776130976
The Nakba is not just the catastrophe which happened to the Palestinian population in 1947-8. Ethnic cleansing, displacements, home demolitions, expulsions, injustice, exile continue to this today.

Remembering the Nakba: Richmond & Kingston and West Surrey PSC
2021-05-19 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
Remembering the Nakba
The 1948 Catastrophe for Palestinians
A commemoration co-hosted by Richmond & Kingston and West Surrey PSC
Supported by West London PSC
Wednesday, 19th May, 7.30-9.00pm (on Zoom)

In 1948, Israeli armed forces and Zionist paramilitaries drove 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in what is now Israel. Over 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed and 78% of the land was seized. Every May, Palestinians around the world commemorate this catastrophe.

73 years later, there are now more than 7 million descendants of the original refugees. Many are stateless, living in crowded refugee camps. Israel has always denied them the right to return to their homes - a right long enshrined in international law for all the refugees of the world.

The Nakba is an ongoing tragedy: the Israeli Army and Zionist settlers continue to displace Palestinians, seize their land, demolish their homes and deny them political rights.

We have invited 6 Palestinians to tell the story of their families’ forced exile and the Nakba’s ongoing impact down the generations. Their presentations will be followed by a Q&A. Our speakers are:

Bashar Nuseibeh, a university professor, software engineer and research scientist. His family comes from Jerusalem, and he currently lives in the UK.

Iyas Al Qasem, member of PSC’s Executive. His father was a founder member of the PLO and author of the Palestinian Basic Law. Iyas runs a charity for Palestinian children.

Massa Dalgamouni, an educator, driver of change, writer, and activist. She currently lives in Jordan.

Fatima Helow, born in Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon where she witnessed the 1982 massacre. A documentary film maker, now living in the UK, she is a regular visitor to Lebanon.

Dr Salim Anati, Medical Director of the UNWRA hospital in Al Shu’fat refugee camp, East Jerusalem, serving 22,000 refugees. Chairman of the AlQuds Charitable Society.

Khalil Alamour, a Bedouin Israeli from an unrecognised Negev village, a teacher, lawyer, human rights activist and international advocate.

To join the event, please use this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88270957229?pwd=[REDACTED]

Meeting ID: 882 7095 7229
Passcode: [REDACTED]

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NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION FOR PALESTINE
2021-05-22 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment, London, WC2R 2PH, United Kingdom
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION FOR PALESTINE - ASSEMBLE 1PM VICTORIA EMBANKMENT

IMPORTANT: If you have coronavirus symptoms do not attend the protest. Wear a mask, use hand sanitiser, keep social distance.

Israel is relentlessly bombarding the population of beseiged Gaza, many refugees from Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948. So far, more than two hundred Palestinian civilians have been killed, including children.

In addition, Israel is pushing ahead with attempts to ethnically cleanse Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied Jerusalem. The plans to forcibly dispossess the families is part and parcel of Israel's attempt to alter the demographic balance of the city, by ethnically cleansing Palestinians, while simultaneously providing financial and political support for illegal Jewish-only settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.

As Palestinians protest in Jerusalem against these evictions, and Israel's ongoing programme of ethnic cleansing, Israeli forces have responded with brutality, including an assault on worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque.

In Israel itself, Palestinian Citizens are being subject to violent armed mobs, attempting to drive them from their homes.
This violence is part and parcel of Israel's regime of institutionalised racist discrimination against the whole of the Palestinian population, amounting to the crime of apartheid.

The UK government must take immediate action and stop allowing Israel to act with impunity. It must demand an end to current proceedings to evict these families, and start holding Israel accountable for all its actions ,which contribute to the crime of apartheid.

This includes through implementing sanctions, including an immediate military embargo to cut the supply of deadly weapons to Israel, and banning the import of goods from Israel's illegal settlements.

In the face of Israel's brutal crimes, we can't remain silent, we must remain on the streets!
Come together on the streets to demand our government sanction Israel now!

STOP ARMING ISRAEL! STOP BOMBING GAZA, FREE PALESTINE!

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: Protest for Palestine
2021-05-30 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Herne Hill Gates, Brockwell Park, Herne Hill Gates, London, SE24 0NG, United Kingdom

Resist G7: Justice for Palestine Protest
2021-06-12 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | (Opposite) 10 Downing street, SW1A 2AA , London, London, United Kingdom
SATURDAY 12TH JUNE 2021 / 1PM / DOWNING STREET

In May 2021 Israel launched another aerial bombardment of besieged Gaza, targeting the majority refugee population in the enclave. The 11 days of relentless bombardment killed at least 248 Palestinians, and injured thousands.

While the bombs may have temporarily stopped falling, Israel’s regime of systematic discrimination against the Palestinian people, amounting to the crime of apartheid under international law, continues.

Palestinians in Gaza still live under a suffocating blockade; Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem still live under occupation; Palestinian Citizens of Israel still face a plethora of discriminatory laws and policies; while the largest group of Palestinians – those in exile – are still unable to return to the homes from which they, or their family, were forcibly expelled. Palestinians, wherever they are located, remain unable to exercise their basic right to self-determination.

Israeli apartheid can only be sustained because of the complicity of a range of governments, including those of the G7. The G7 includes the biggest suppliers of arms and military technology to the Israeli state, which are vital to enforce Israel’s regime of oppression.

During this year’s G7 summit in Cornwall, international justice campaigners will come together to organise for a world based on justice and human rights. We’re joining them by taking to the streets to demand no more complicity with Israeli apartheid.
All governments have an obligation to end their complicity and help dismantle apartheid. Instead of aiding and abetting Israel’s racist rule over the Palestinian people, the G7 must end all military-security cooperation with Israel, and employ targeted sanctions until Israel complies with international law.

Join us outside 10 Downing Street to demand no more complicity! Stop Arming Israel - Sanctions Now!

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: Protest for Palestine
2021-06-20 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Herne Hill Gates, Brockwell Park, Herne Hill Gates, London, SE24 0NG, United Kingdom
Join Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC for a Protest for Palestine, Herne Hill Gates, Brockwell Park.

Palestine Bloc at the People's Assembly
2021-06-26
The People’s Assembly National Demonstration is taking place on June 26th marching to Parliament Square. Join our Palestine Bloc as we come together to demand the Government take action for Palestine!
Meet us at 12pm outside the Langham Hotel, Portland Place as we join the demonstration together!

Leicester: Palestine Expo
2021-06-26 | City Retreat, 70-74 Church Street, Leicester, LE1 4AL, United Kingdom
An all-day event, with a pop-up exhibition by Friends of Al-Aqsa, and talks. Including hearing from Leicester PSC chair, Jane Foxworthy.

National Lobby of Parliament: Summer 2021
2021-07-08 10:00 - 18:00 UTC
Register for the national Lobby of Parliament for Palestine happening on the 8th July 2021. Follow this link to request a Zoom meeting with your MP along with other constituents and representatives of PSC. Please only register for the Lobby Day and request a meeting if you intend to participate.

Some key points:

You don't need to be an expert on Palestine to participate. We will provide a full briefing pack and training on what to expect and do during the Lobby Day.
No-one will meet their MP alone. You will be put in contact with other constituents, and a PSC representative will also join you in the meeting.

LOBBY DAY REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE

Student Protest For Palestine #EndApartheid #SupportBDS
2021-07-09 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Malet Street, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom
ASSEMBLE MALET STREET // 9TH JULY // 4PM
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Part of a Student Day of Action on the 16th anniversary of the initial call for BDS! March for an end to all complicity. #EndApartheid #SupportBDS
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In May 2021 Israel launched another aerial bombardment of besieged Gaza, targeting the majority refugee population in the enclave. The 11 days of relentless bombardment killed at least 248 Palestinians, and injured thousands.

While the bombs may have temporarily stopped falling, Israel’s regime of systematic discrimination against the Palestinian people, amounting to the crime of apartheid under international law, continues.

Israeli apartheid can only be maintained because of the complicity of our government and our institutions. This includes UK universities. UK Universities collectively invest over £400m in companies complicit in Israeli violations of international law.
Along with investments, UK universities maintain partnerships, programmes, and ties with complicit Israeli institutions. For example, a plethora of UK universities have ties to the Technion in Haifa, which functions as the R&D wing of the IDF, developing military technology to be deployed to oppress Palestinians.

On July 9th 2005, Palestinian civil society came together to issue a call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, until it complied with the basic principles of international law. The call demanded that states, institutions, and civil society end their role in oppression. The call had a simple, morally consistent message – do not be complicit in continued violations of our rights.

As students and staff at UK universities we demand our institutions end their complicity in violations of Palestinian rights by:
- Divesting from all companies complicit in Israeli violations of international law
- Severing all links with complicit Israeli institutions
- Signing the apartheid-free pledge
Gather on Malet Street to march for divestment and justice for the Palestinian people!
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Join this protest in London or join the day of action by flooding social media with students calling for divestment.
Create your own sign and post with the hashtags, or gather for a protest on your campus!

#DivestForPalestine #ApartheidOffCampus #EndApartheid #SupportBDS

Hosted by PSCs Youth and Student Committee

Boycott Puma Day of Action: 10th July
2021-07-10 10:00 - 18:00 UTC
Puma continues to sponsor the Israel Football Association (IFA). The IFA operates in illegal Israeli settlements on land stolen from Palestinian people.

As one of the world’s top athletic brands, Puma’s sponsorship brings international legitimacy to the IFA and helps sustain the infrastructure of illegal Israeli settlements, and Israel's ongoing dispossession of the Palestinian population. More than 200 Palestinian sporting teams have called on Puma to end its support of Israeli apartheid by terminating its sponsorship deal, but Puma has so far ignored this plea.

On Saturday 10th July #BoycottPuma protests will be taking place on high streets across the UK, outside stores selling Puma sportswear. Check back to find out what protests and events are happening near you.

LIST OF EVENTS (MORE TBC!):

Bournemouth, JD Sports, Town Centre
https://www.facebook.com/events/401506864481101

Birmingham, JD Sports, 1pm-3pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/134467478768410/

Brighton, Clock Tower, 12 noon

Bristol, 13-15 Broadmead, City Centre, 2pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/336981954596088/

Cardiff, JD Sports, Queens St, 12noon

Darlington, High Row, 12pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/160152802724945

Ealing, Sports Direct, The Broadway, 11am
https://www.facebook.com/events/[REDACTED]/

Eastbourne, Town Centre Outside Boots, 10am-12pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/886672125265571

Edinburgh, Corner of Princes Street and North Castle Street, 11am-12.30pm

Halifax, Sports Direct, Charlestown Road Halifax, HX3 6AB, 12-1pm.

Hastings, Outside former Debenhams, Robertson Street, TN34 1HT
https://www.facebook.com/events/203983314934783

Kilburn, Assembly Kilburn Square, Kilburn High Road, NW6, 11am-1pm

Kingston Upon Thames, Sports Direct, Fife Street, 11am-1pm

Lichfield, Speakers Corner, 11am
https://www.facebook.com/events/1062981837570202

Leeds, Zara on Briggate, 12pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/313466440451311/

London (Central), PUMA Store, Carnaby St, W1F 9QE, 2pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/341665647552192/

Manchester, Canada House, 12pm-2pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/402662167764798

Newcastle, Sports Direct, Northumberland St, 11.30am

Newport, Outside Sports Direct, Commercial Street, (opposite the Westgate Hotel), 12-2pm

Northampton, By the Cobbler's Last (outside the Grosvenor Centre)
Northampton Town Centre, 11am-1pm

Norwich, Between HSBC and Intersport 18 London Street, Norwich, NR2 1LG, 11am-1pm

Plymouth, Sports Direct, 11-1pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/275404217708150

Portsmouth, Gunwharf Quays, Vernon Gate entrance, PO1 3EZ, 2pm

Slough, JD Sports, 190 High St, 2pm-4pm

Southampton, Unit 8A W Quay Rd, Southampton SO15 1BA, 11am-1pm

Talbot Green (RCT), Sports Direct, 11am
https://www.facebook.com/events/451286723055548

Walsall, Sports Direct, 2pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1239816583106239

Wolverhampton, Queen Sq, 11:00am-1pm

Online Cook-Along: Kaek El Eid Edition
2021-07-11 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Don't miss this chance to learn about the customs around the holy celebration of Eid featuring Palestinian chef Maha Salah! This event is raising money for PSC’s vital campaigning work, and is co-hosted by Zaytoun CIC.

In this cook-along, Maha will be guiding us through the process of making traditional Palestinian Ma'moul. A dessert pastry that is traditionally eaten during Eid celebrations, you will have a chance to make date and pistachio stuffed versions of this delicious dessert!

Maha is a Palestinian chef and food blogger for Middle East Monitor. She is currently living in the UK – her fifth country - and her travels are heavily reflected in her food. She carries a little bit of everywhere with her in her recipes, and is not afraid of merging flavours and cuisines to create innovative yet traditional recipes.

Once you have successfully registered for the event, you will receive an ingredients list and Zoom link via email.

Date: Sunday 11th July
Time: 11am (BST)
Suggested Donation: £20

All proceeds go to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

*If you would like to participate with a donation of less than £20, please call us on 020 7700 6192 to make your payment and secure your slot for this event. Please bear in mind that we experience high call traffic so if you cannot get through please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange payment.

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
To buy your ticket online scroll down to the bottom of this page, or to secure your place by phone please contact us on 020 7700 6192 and leave a message if you cannot get through.

Palestinian grassroots organising against colonial incarceration
2021-08-18 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Online meeting

Palestinian grassroots organising against colonial incarceration

Wednesday 18 August 7pm UK Time

Register here https://bit.ly/3xzMcQF

Join us to hear from community organisers, lawyers, and acclaimed supporters of justice in Palestine speaking about the May 2021 Palestinian mobilisations. Israel’s campaign of mass arrests to suppress it, and what Palestinian communities are doing to push back against the criminalisation of their activism and their very existence.

Join us to learn more from a panel of activists and lawyers:

Soheir Assad, a Haifa-based human rights lawyer and a member of the Advisory Board of the Dignity and Hope Detainees Fund Project at Baladna: Association for Arab Youth. Soheir will speak about the political and social context for the May uprising, the legal and political precarity experienced by Palestinian citizens of Israel, and new community organizing efforts to provide meaningful direct support to those detained.

Sahar Francis, lawyer and director of Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association in the occupied West Bank. Sahar will speak about the historical and ongoing ways that Israel uses incarceration as a tool of political repression against Palestinians under occupation and apartheid rule across their historic homeland.

The event will be chaired by Riya Al’Sanah, who is a Palestine-based political organiser and is also on the Advisory Board of the Dignity and Hope Detainees Fund Project at Baladna: Association for Arab Youth.

The event is hosted by Baladna: Association for Arab Youth and Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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Over the course of April, May and June 2021, Palestinians participated in one of the largest and most inspiring mobilisations of recent years, including a general strike for dignity. Throughout historic Palestine and exiled Palestinian communities, thousands unified in struggle, calling for rights, dignity, justice and freedom. These extraordinary events brought new energy to the Palestinian decolonisation and anti-apartheid movement and brought about a sea change in people speaking out and standing in solidarity with Palestine internationally.

To quell the uprising, Israel relied on classic colonial tactics: direct lethal violence and arbitrary arrests resulting in repressive, lengthy, and costly legal procedures to intimidate Palestinians and attempt to silence their collective power. The wide and unprecedented participation of Palestinians citizens of Israel meant that they were targeted en masse: More than 2,000 were arrested and around 200 indicted, the mass majority of them working-class youth. Similar to Palestinian detainees from other parts of Palestine’s fragmented geography, they suffer from physical and psychological abuse at the hands of Israeli police compounded with discriminatory procedures and rulings by Israeli courts.

Palestinians are self-organising and pushing forward their liberation goals of freedom and justice, building upon the unity built through the past few months. In this conversation we will hear about these efforts, including the Dignity and Hope Detainees Fund Project to provide legal support and solidarity to the families and communities most impacted.

Register here https://bit.ly/3xzMcQF

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Summer School for Palestine 2021
2021-09-11 - 2021-09-12 | Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA, United Kingdom
Summer School for Palestine - 11th and 12th September 2021 - Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, N7 6PA

Youth rising for Palestine - join other young people to learn more about the Palestinian liberation struggle, international solidarity, and how to campaign effectively on campus and beyond.

In response to Israel's intensified aggression against the Palestinian people, including through the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, and the relentless aerial bombardment of the beseiged Gaza strip, thousands of young people have joined the movement for Palestinian rights.

They've taken to the streets in unprecedented numbers to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people. But we must do more. We need year round pressure on businesses and institutions complicit in Israeli apartheid.

Come along to PSCs Youth and Student Summer School to find out more about the movement for Palestinian rights. Get together with other young people and students and organise for change.

Places are limited. Social distancing and other Covid mitigation measures will be in place. Please register if you are sure you can attend.

Stop The Liverpool Arms Fair Demonstration
2021-09-11 11:30 - 17:00 UTC
Demonstration called by Liverpool Against the Arms Fair
Assemble 11.30am: Princes Park, Entrance at End of Princes Avenue
Assemble 12.30pm: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

The AOC Europe 2021 arms fair is scheduled to take place at the council-owned ACC Exhibition Centre in Liverpool. At the fair, arms merchants, whose weapons have been used to target civilian populations around the world, are due to use Liverpool to market and sell their arms and military technology.

Liverpool Against the Arms Fair, a local coalition of campaigners opposing the fair, has called a demonstration against the fair on September 11th 2021.

Join the protest and demand the fair does not go ahead.

RESIST DSEI: Stop Arming Israel Demonstration
2021-09-12 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Forest Lane Park, 15 Shelduck Close, London, E15 1RZ, United Kingdom
RESIST DSEI: STOP ARMING ISRAEL DEMO // ASSEMBLE 1PM // 12.09.2021 // FOREST LANE PARK, E15
In September, the world’s largest arms fair, Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), returns to London.
Through DSEI, London will play host to delegations from a range of human rights abusing states, who will look to buy and sell repressive military technology.

The Israeli state is a seasoned attendee of the fair. Israel operates an oppressive regime of military control over the Palestinian people in the territory it illegally occupies, as part of a system of racial discrimination over all Palestinian people. A range of scholars, legal experts and human rights organisations, including Israel’s largest NGO B’Tselem, and Human Rights Watch, have noted that this system amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law.

Part of this system includes subjecting Palestinians in besieged Gaza to regular indiscriminate bombardments, including during May this year, in which Israel bombarded the population of Gaza for 11 days, killing 270 Palestinian civilians.

Exhibitors at DSEI will include companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology to carry out their attacks. Such as Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons company. Elbit’s killer drones are used on the civilian population of Gaza. During Israel’s 2014 aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza in 2014, 37% of Palestinian fatalities were killed using drone strikes, including 497 civilians and 164 children.

A host of other companies supplying Israel will also attend the fair.

We must speak out against the fair! March with us on the Sunday before DSEI starts to show our solidarity with the Palestinian people.

PSC Fringe at TUC Congress - PALESTINE: from Apartheid to Freedom, Justice and Equality
2021-09-14 05:30 - 06:30 UTC
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Fringe Event at TUC Online Congress 2021

PALESTINE: from Apartheid to Freedom, Justice and Equality

Tuesday 14th September

Time 5.30pm to 6.30pm UK Time

Register here: https://bit.ly/3iLbVQQ

Last year the TUC passed a historic motion recognising the apartheid nature of the state of Israel. Alongside the recent Human Rights Watch report, and with the recent attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and Jerusalem in May, we need to make sure that we step up our solidarity with Palestine.

Join us to hear from specialists and trade unionists, to find out about the current situation in Palestine and what you and your trade union can do to end Israeli apartheid and reach freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinians.

Speakers:
Dr Yara Hawari, Palestinian author and senior policy analyst for Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
Yasmine Ahmed, Director Human Rights Watch UK
Gail Cartmail, President TUC & AGS Unite the Union
Mark Serwotka, General Secretary PCS
Jo Grady, General Secretary UCU
Kevin Courtney, TUC GC International Spokesperson and NEU Joint General Secretary
Mariela Kohon, Senior International Officer TUC
Liz Wheatley, Chair UNISON International Committee
Ben Jamal, Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Chair: Simon Dubbins, Director of International and Research, Unite the Union

Register here: https://bit.ly/3iLbVQQ

Please note this online event will feature BSL interpretation throughout.

For further information:

Martial.kurtz@palestinecampaign.org

www.palestinecampaign.org

Resist DSEI: Stop Arming Israel - Palestinian-led Rally at the Fair
2021-09-16 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | Cundy Park, Victoria Dock Road, London, E13 8RY, United Kingdom
PALESTINIAN-LED RALLY // THURS 16th SEPT // CUNDY PARK, E13 // 6.30-7.30pm

In September, the world’s largest arms fair, Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), returns to London.Through DSEI, London will play host to delegations from a range of human rights abusing states, who will look to buy and sell repressive military technology.

The Israeli state is a seasoned attendee of the fair. Israel operates an oppressive regime of military control over the Palestinian people in the territory it illegally occupies, as part of a system of racial discrimination over all Palestinian people. A range of scholars, legal experts and human rights organisations, including Israel’s largest NGO B’Tselem, and Human Rights Watch, have noted that this system amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law.

This short rally will bring Palestinian demands and voices directly to the heinous event.
We’ll be led by a host of Palestinian voices in commemorating those who’ve fallen victim to Israel’s violence, though speeches, spoken word, and other creative performances.

Let’s unite our voices and say Stop Arming Israel – Stop the Arms Fair!

Boycott Puma Day of Action, 18th Sept
2021-09-18
The campaign to #BoycottPuma is rapidly growing, and we know Puma's CEO is feeling the heat. On Saturday 18th September there's an international day of action - with protests happening on high streets across the UK!
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Write to Puma and let them know why you're boycotting them

LIST OF ACTIONS:

Barnstaple: Street Stall Barnstaple Guildhall/Pannier Market, 10.30am

Birmingham, JD Sports, Bull Ring, B4 5BA, 1pm-3pm

Brighton, Clocktower, 12pm

Bristol, Sports Direct, Broadmead, 2pm

Cardiff, Queen Street, 12noon

Eastbourne, Outside Boots, Terminus Road, Then Sports Direct and JD Sports, 12pm-2pm

Exeter, Bedford Square, 12pm-2pm

Hastings, Outside Sports Direct, 1-7 Wellington Place Hastings TN34 1NR, 12pm-2pm

Leicester, Sports Direct, Gallowtree Gate, City Centre, 11am-1pm

Liverpool, Bottom of Church Street, 12noon

London, PUMA Flagship Store, Carnaby Street, 12.30pm

Luton, Luton Mall outside Costa, 1pm

Manchester, Picadilly Gardens, 12noon

Newport, Sports Direct, Commercial Street, Newport, NP20 1SJ, 11-1pm

Norwich, Intersport, 18 London Street, NR2 1LG, 1-3pm

Nottingham, Sports Direct, Clumber Street, 11am

Oxford, Bonn Square 11am-1pm

Rhondda Cynon Taf, Sports Direct Talbot Green Retail Park, Llantrisant, 12noon

Stafford, Sports Direct in Goalgate St at 10.30am

Stevenage, Sports Direct, 24-36 Regent Street, 12noon.

Swansea, Sports Direct, City Centre, 12-1.30pm

Worthing, Sports Direct/JD Sports, 1-2pm

Resisting the IHRA Definition Webinar
2021-09-22 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
REGISTER HERE

The IHRA definition of antisemitism conflates criticism of the policies, practices, and constitutional order of the State of Israel, with antisemitism. It is being deployed to undermine our ability to hold Israel accountable for harming Palestinians. This obscures the nature of antisemitism, and harms the fight against all forms of racial discrimination.

In conjunction with other groups, PSC is campaigning to ensure that we can continue to hold Israel to account for its grave violations of international law without illegitimate disruption.

Join us at 6pm (UK Time) on Wednesday the 22nd of September as we launch our ‘No to the IHRA definition’ website which aims to give activists and campaigners the information and tools needed to resist or push back against the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism in various settings across the UK, including within universities and local councils.
We’ll hear from a number of expert speakers and unveil our new website, with discussion on how we push back and centre justice for Palestinians as our main campaign aim.

Speakers:
Ben Jamal - PSC Director
Giovanni Fassina - European Legal Support Center Director
Tom Hickey - BRICUP
Rabbi Alissa Wise - JVP Former Deputy Director
Neve Gordon - Professor of Int Law and Human Rights, QMU
More Speakers TBA

PSC Fringe Meeting at Labour Party Conference 2021
2021-09-26 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Holiday Inn, Arundel Suite 1, Brighton, United Kingdom
Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be proudly present at Labour Party conference in 2021. Come and find our stall within conference, and join our fringe meeting taking part on Sunday 26th September, 7.30pm – 9pm, at the Holiday Inn in Brighton.

Justice for Palestine: PSC fringe meeting

Confirmed Speakers:

Richard Burgon MP
Diana Buttu, Palestinian lawyer & former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasmine Ahmed, UK Director of Human Rights Watch
Ben Jamal, PSC Director
Muna Dajani, Al-Shabaka Policy Member and resident of Sheikh Jarrah
Kevin Courtney, joint General Secretary of the National Education Union
Jess Barnard, Chair of Young Labour

Chair: Kamel Hawwash, PSC

Arundel Suite 1, Holiday Inn Brighton, Sunday 26th Sept @ 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.

Protest! Hackney Pension Fund - Divest From Israeli War Crimes!
2021-09-30 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Hackney Town Hall, Hackney Town Hall, London, United Kingdom
Protest! Hackney Pension Fund: Divest from Israeli War Crimes
Thurs 30th September // 6pm // Hackney Town Hall, E8 1EA
Facebook event here
Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign invite you to join us at Hackney Town Hall to demand that Hackney Council stop investing in companies that support Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land.

The demo is on the same night as the Pension Committee are meeting and will hear from one of our members about the situation in Israel/Palestine and why they need to take action.

Hackney Pension Fund: Divest now!

Online Cook-Along: Fatayer Pastries Masterclass
2021-10-03 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Join Palestinian chef Maha Salah at this masterclass for a chance to learn how to make fatayer pastries. Maha will guide you through how to make spinach, cheese and meat versions of the quintessentially traditional Palestinian starter. This event is raising money for PSC’s vital campaigning work, and is co-hosted by Zaytoun CIC.

Maha is a Palestinian chef and food blogger for Middle East Monitor. She is currently living in the UK – her fifth country - and her travels are heavily reflected in her food. She carries a little bit of everywhere with her in her recipes, and is not afraid of merging flavours and cuisines to create innovative yet traditional recipes.

Once you have successfully registered for the event, you will receive an ingredients list and Zoom link via email. Vegetarian and vegan option available.

Date: Sunday 3rd October
Time: 11am (BST)
Suggested Donation: £20

All proceeds go to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

*If you would like to participate with a donation of less than £20, please call us on 020 7700 6192 to make your payment and secure your slot for this event. Please bear in mind that we experience high call traffic so if you cannot get through please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange payment.

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
To buy your ticket online scroll down to the bottom of this page, or to secure your place by phone please contact us on 020 7700 6192 and leave a message if you cannot get through.

Student Rally for Palestine
2021-10-06 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
REGISTER HERE
Join us on Wednesday 6th October 2021 at 6pm to hear students discuss their campaigning activities over the next 12 months.
UK Universities remain deeply complicit in Israel’s brutal oppression of the Palestinian people. Collectively, they invest over £450+ million in companies that aid Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights.
But students across the UK are fighting back. At campuses across the country, students are launching campaigns to get their institutions to divest from all complicit campuses. And they’re winning.
Hear from students at a variety of campuses, and co-founder of the BDS Movement, Omar Barghouti, to find out how you can get involved in the growing movement for justice on campus.
SPEAKERS:
Omar Barghouti, co-founder BDS Movement
Sara Bafo, President of Goldsmiths Student Union
Sorcha Thomson, Student Activist and PSC YSC
Neha Shah, Student Activist at Oxford University and PSC YSC
Hawwaa Bhatti, Student Activist at University of Liverpool
Leanne Mohamed, Student Activist at Kings College London
+ More TBC

(Picture credit: Jess Hurd)

Edinburgh: Festival of Palestine
2021-10-09 - 2021-10-16
Edinburgh Festival of Palestine
9th to 16th October 2021 // St. Columba’s-by-the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW
A one-week festival of Palestinian artistry celebrating the 4000 year history of Palestine in tapestry, traditional music, dancing, photography, films, talks and children’s activities. The festival is free and will run 9th-16th Oct.

However, we expect high demand for places at the exciting launch on Saturday 9th from 11am till 1pm. So if you wish to attend at that time please register here.

Hosted by Edinburgh Action for Palestine, Palestine Forum in Scotland and the Palestine History Tapestry Group.

Liverpool Against the Arms Fair Rally
2021-10-12 07:00 - 10:30 UTC
Rally Against the Arms Fair // Assemble 7am // Old Wall Arch, Wapping / Gower St, L1 8LY
Join Liverpool Against the Arms Fair to rally against the AOC Europe 2021 fair taking place on the 12th and 13th October at the ACC Exhibition Centre.

At the fair, arms merchants, whose weapons have been used to target civilian populations around the world, including in Palestine, are due to market and sell their repressive products. Hosting the fair is a severe abrogation of the moral and ethical duties of the Council and is inimical to the values of the City.

Assemble at 7am at the Old Wall Arch, Wapping / Gower St, L1 8LY. Entrance to the Albert Dock.

Faversham & Whistable PSC - Faversham Market Stall
2021-10-16 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | faversham market faversham kent, Abbey street , faversham, kent, United Kingdom
Faversham and Whitstable PSC - Faversham Market Stall

Helpers needed. If you cant help just come and say hello.
It will be on the pavement, near the cinema, in front of the pet shop.
Plan is to start at 10am and carry on till 2pm

We will have Palestinian information, leaflets, bottles of Palestinian olive oil and dates to sell.

16th October 2021 - 10am-2pm

Brighton & Hove PSC: Free Mohammed El Halabi
2021-10-20 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
Organised by Brighton & Hove PSC
Via Zoom - details below
Mohammed El Halabi has been imprisoned by Israel for 5 years accused of stealing millions of dollars for Hamas – yet two audits said no money is missing!

We're pleased to announce that we'll be joined by three special speakers:
Khalil El Halabi - Mohammed's father
Asa Winstanley - Electronic Intifada
Andrew Feinstein - Former ANC MP under Nelson Mandela

Mohammed El Halabi worked for international aid organisation World Vision in Gaza. He was arrested in July 2016 by Israel. The charges could not have been more serious: transferring $7.2 million dollars a year from World Vision, an American charity, to Hamas. This despite the fact that World Vision’s total budget over this time in Gaza was a fraction of this amount.

The Canadian and Australian governments immediately froze the money they were giving to World Vision and the Australian Government set up its own audit. World Vision conducted its own audit to review what had gone on, employing DLA Piper and Deloittes.

The conclusion of both audits? That no money was missing. According to Australia’s ABC ‘there's no evidence he stole money, but this Palestinian aid worker remains in an Israeli jail’.

Mohammed's case was covered in detail by the Guardian in August of this year.

And Mohammed's father Khalil - one of our speakers on Wednesday - has also written about his son's case in the Guardian just last month.

Tony Greenstein has also written about the case on his blog.

Join the Zoom public meeting on Wednesday and please circulate the details of this important event as widely as possible.

To join the meeting, please click on the link below just before 7.30pm on Wednesday. You will be placed in a waiting room, and admitted to the meeting when we begin.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82652717048
Meeting ID: 826 5271 7048
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Palestine: Education and Resistance Under Apartheid
2021-10-25 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Online webinar on Monday 25th October 6.30pm UK Time

Register here: https://bit.ly/3ludfKp

This webinar will be discussing the situation on the ground for teachers, educators and students in Palestine, where living, teaching and learning is an act of resistance by itself under occupation and apartheid.

This meeting will now also feature Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Program Director at DCI – Palestine, who will be speaking about the latest attack on Palestinian civil society => https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/10/israel-opt-designation-of-palestinian-civil-society-groups-as-terrorists-a-brazen-attack-on-human-rights/

Speakers:

Prof Hussein Hamael, Al-Quds Open University

Samia Bothmeh, Birzeit University

Louise Regan, Vice- Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Plus Speakers from the General Union of Palestinian Teachers and from previous NEU delegations to Palestine

Chair: Daniel Kebede, President NEU

Register here: https://bit.ly/3ludfKp

Cook-Along with MasterChef Contestant Raheel Mirza!
2021-10-29 17:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Join cookbook author, MasterChef contestant, and Guinness World Record Holder Raheel Mirza at this special cook-along fundraiser, co-hosted by Zaytoun! Raheel, who has broken the Guinness World Record for the biggest ever cook-along, will be guiding us through the process of cooking his Butter Chicken recipe, with veggie and vegan alternatives available. He will be joined by Palestinian chef Maha Salah, who will be sharing her traditional family recipe for Kayket Joz El Hind for dessert. The evening will feature speakers as well as a performance by Palestinian Oud player Saeid Silbak.

Register now for an unforgettable evening of delicious food for a fantastic cause. This event is a fundraiser, with proceeds going to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

You also have the option to purchase a spice pack which will include all spices required for the dish for £9.95 incl. postage and packaging - simply add it as you make your donation below!

Once you have successfully registered for the event, you will receive an ingredients list and Zoom link via email.

Date: Friday 29th October
Time: 5:30pm (BST)
Suggested Donation: £15 per household or screen

All proceeds go to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

*If you would like to participate with a donation of less than £15, please call us on 020 7700 6192 to make your payment and secure your slot for this event. Please bear in mind that we experience high call traffic so if you cannot get through please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange payment.

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
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Climate Justice March: Palestine Bloc - Kick the racist JNF out of COP26!
2021-11-06 12:00 - 15:00 UTC | Outside Monument Underground, King William St, London, EC4R 9AA, United Kingdom
SAT NOV 6TH // LONDON, ASSEMBLE MONUMENT TUBE STATION // MIDDAY
Outside Monument Tube (Circle and District Lines) - Part of the Global Justice Bloc on the COP26Coalition Day for Climate Justice, march in London.

Palestine is a climate justice issue.

Israel’s systematic racial discrimination against Palestinians, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law.

Integral to this system of racist rule is environmental violence. From exploiting and preventing access to Palestinian resources, to destroying Palestinian land and polluting Palestinian water, Israel operates a system of environmental injustice, making Palestinians more vulnerable to the devastating effects of the climate crisis.

Central to Israel’s environmental apartheid is the parastatal organisation Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF). The KKL-JNF was founded for the purpose of dispossessing the indigenous Palestinian people.

Despite this, the organisation has been granted observer status at the Conferences of Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change and will therefore attend COP26 as part of Israel’s delegation.

We’ll march for climate justice, and demand loud and clear:
KICK THE RACIST KKL-JNF OUT OF COP!
FREE PALESTINE!

Stand Up for Palestine - Live and Online
2021-11-09 19:30 - 22:00 UTC
Stand Up for Palestine

A stand-up comedy fundraiser for Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Tuesday 9 November 2021

At The Museum of Comedy, Holborn, London & Streamed Online

Show start: 7.30pm

Ticketing info at the bottom of this page...

Featuring:

Jen Brister - Jenan Younis - Fatiha El-Ghorri - Daphna Baram - Isabelle Farah

PSC are proud to announce our next comedy fundraising event, taking place live in an actual venue as well as streamed live online to your home!

This hybrid show is taking place on Tuesday 9th of November, in a great venue in central London - The Museum of Comedy, in Holborn.

Join us for another great stand-up show, featuring a brilliant line-up of acclaimed comedians, in solidarity with Palestine.
Jen Brister - Jen is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian and writer who has been seen on BBC's Live at the Apollo, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Hypothetical and Sara Pascoe's comedy Lectures on Dave. She is a regular performer on the UK and international comedy circuits and has written and performed on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, The Now Show and presented for BBC 6 Music.
“GORGEOUSLY TALENTED” - Tim Arthur, Time Out
“BLISTERINGLY FUNNY... BRISTER IS A TRULY NATURAL AND GIFTED PERFORMER” - The List

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Jenan Younis - Jenan, of Palestinian background, is the current BBC New Voices Award winner which led to her own BBC radio show “Jenan’s comedy hour”, and a finalist in the UK Pun Championships, Amused Moose New Act competition and the 99 Comedy Club Bursary. She regularly contributes to the BBC Asian Network’s ladies’ panel and is a founder of the WEAPONS OF MASS HILARITY comedy night for Middle Eastern and POC performers which was recently featured by the Guardian.
"Smart, hip comedian – not to be missed" - The List

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Fatiha El-Ghorri - Underneath Fatiha’s colourful hijab is a mind full of cutting observations and engaging witticism of the life and times of a British Muslim woman. Fatiha smashes the Muslim stereotypes and challenges people to think about what they think they know about Islam, Muslims, Muslim women especially. She tackles some tough subjects like Islamophobia and dating by sharing her own experiences which are funny, thought provoking and honest!
Accolades: Funny Women Regional Finalist (London) 2017 & Max Turner Prize Finalist 2017.

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Daphna Baram - Daphna is a Jerusalem Born, London based stand up comedian. She worked as a lawyer representing Palestinian prisoners, a journalist and a news editor and a literary translator. She was the director of the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (UK). She started performing comedy in 2010. She is currently touring her 9th solo show - her 2021 EdFringe show - Daphna Baram: Unmuted.
* * * * "Wonderful and hilarious” - Broadway Baby
"A lovely variety of funny" - One4Reviews

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Isabelle Farah - Isabelle is a British Lebanese actor, comedian, and writer, who really loves pretending to like high brow conversation, playing Heads Up, and talking about herself in the third person. She has gigged across the UK and internationally.
Review of Isabelle’s current one-woman show Elipsis: **** "devastatingly funny as well as genuinely insightful" - British Theatre Guide
Accolades include: Funny Women Stage Semi Finalist – 2021; Screenshot Writer/Performer Commendee – 2020; Funny Women Shorts Prize Finalist – 2020

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Please note this is a 16+ show.

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Tickets:

Live at The Museum of Comedy: £18 / £16 Concession => https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/shows/873621468

Streamed online: £12 (Use the form below for the live stream)

UN World Children's Day: The Children of Gaza
2021-11-18 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
The Children of Gaza: Register now!

PSC, The Hands Up Project and NEU are thrilled to bring you this interactive webinar live from Gaza to mark UN World Children's Day.

Featuring a live bilingual reading from Gazan artist Malak Mattar's brand new children's book Grandma's Bird, we will be joined by Malak on the night along with Palestinian writer Haneen Jadalla who worked on the Arabic text of the book.

The book reflects the artist's experiences of childhood in Palestine and tells the story of her beginnings as an artist during Israel's 2014 assault on the Gaza Strip which killed over 2000 Palestinians. You'll also get a chance to buy the otherwise sold-out limited edition book through PSC on the night.

Following this reading and open discussion, we will also showcase a live performance of "We Will Wait Until They Open The Gate", a play performed live on Zoom on the night by pupils from UNRWA Beach Elementary School in Gaza.

Join us for this evening of art and performance led by young female Palestinian voices straight from Gaza.

REGISTER HERE!

Student Day of Action for Palestine
2021-11-29
MON 29TH NOVEMBER // STUDENT DAY OF ACTION FOR PALESTINE

FACEBOOK EVENT HERE!

In recent weeks, the Israeli government has stepped up its systematic attacks on Palestinians advocating for their rights.

Late last month, Israel moved to criminalise six Palestinian human rights and civil society organisations, in an attempt to evade accountability for its violations of Palestinian rights.

This draconian crackdown comes in the context of continued attacks on Palestinian human rights defenders, including students. Israel's violence didn't end in May, when it intensified its ethnic cleansing campaign against Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, and bombarded already beseiged Gaza.

Since then, Israel has conducted mass arrest raids across historic Palestine, including on university campuses.. At Birzeit University, hundreds of student activists have been arrested by Israeli forces.

Palestinians have always pushed back against this repression, and university students have always been at the heart of the Palestinian anti-apartheid struggle. But they need our solidarity now.

Israel can only maintain its repressive rule because of the complicity of our government and our institutions.
Our research has found that UK universities invest over £400million in companies complicit in Israel’s grave breaches of human rights. This includes companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel, used to oppress Palestinians.

On November 29th students on campuses across the UK will take action. We’ll be standing with Palestinians under attack, including the 6 recently criminalised civil society organisations and Palestinian university students who continue to demand their right to education, despite constant threats against them.

We'll be demanding our universities respond, by ending their complicity in Israeli apartheid - NOW.

Will you join them and take action on your campus?

Ideas to join the day of action!

1. Use the placards to organise a demonstration or protest as part of the campaign on your campus.
2. Organise a banner-drop to let other students know you #StandWithTheSix, and you're demanding the university #DivestForPalestine and get #ApartheidOffCampus.
3. Hold a meeting on Palestine, or organise a film screening or cultural event. We can help you find a speaker/film - get in touch!
4. Run a stall on campus to promote your campaigning. Let other students know what’s happening, and how to get involved!

Resources (click to download) (More tbc!)

The Complicity of the LGPS in Israel’s Violations of International Law
2021-12-02 18:00 - 19:15 UTC
LGPS Divest: The Complicity of the LGPS in Israel's Violations of International Law
December 2nd at 6pm UK Time
https://bit.ly/LGPSWebinar

Across the UK, scheme members and their representative trade unions, supported by PSC, are calling on the Local Government Pension Scheme to remove investments from companies complicit in Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights.

Research as part of the campaign has identified that collectively, LGPS funds hold £4.4billion in complicit companies. This includes companies active in, or with, Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise on stolen Palestinian land, as well as companies supplying weapons, components, and military technology used in unlawful violence against Palestinians.

Join this webinar to learn more about how business enterprises contribute to sustaining human rights abuses against Palestinians, and the responsibility of investors to end their complicity in these abuses. We’ll also discuss how you can support the growing LGPS Divest campaign.

Speakers:

Ryvka Barnard (Chair), Deputy Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967.

Riya al’Sanah: Palestine-based political organiser, and research co-ordinator for WhoProfits, independent research center dedicated to exposing the role of the private sector in the Israeli occupation economy

Andrew Preston, Andrew Preston is an advisor at Norwegian People’s Aid, working on “Norwegian ties to the occupation,” a collaborative project with the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees. Andrew has 30 years of experience in the NGO sector, working with international development and advocacy on a broad range of sustainable development and human rights issues.

Liz Wheatley, Chair of UNISON's international committee

Register: https://bit.ly/LGPSWebinar

Winter Lobby of Parliament
2021-12-07
Register for the national Lobby of Parliament for Palestine happening on the 7th December 2021. Please only register for the Lobby Day and request a meeting with your MP if you intend to participate.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND REQUEST A MEETING WITH YOUR MP

CLICK HERE TO FILL IN THE FEEDBACK FORM WHEN YOU GET A RESPONSE FROM YOUR MP

CLICK HERE FOR THE LOBBY DAY BRIEFING PACK

Some key points:

You don't need to be an expert on Palestine to participate. Our Lobby Day briefing pack has all the information you need on what to discuss with your MP.
No-one will meet their MP alone. You will be put in contact with other constituents, and a PSC representative will also join you in the meeting.

The Right of Return and the Struggle for Justice
2021-12-11 17:00 - 18:30 UTC
Saturday 11th December // 5pm UK Time
REGISTER: https://bit.ly/RightOfReturnWebinar

Most Palestinians live in exile from their historic homeland because they, or their family, were forced to leave through Israel’s recurrent waves of ethnic cleansing.

In 1948 over 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their land to make way for the State of Israel, during the Nakba.

Moreover, inside historic Palestine itself, many Palestinians live as refugees or internally displaced people. Over 50% of the residents of besieged Gaza are refugees.

Around one third of Palestinian refugees live in camps, both inside Palestine, and throughout neighbouring Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.

All these Palestinians, wherever they live, are prevented by Israel from exercising their legally enshrined right of return to the land, homes, and property from which they were uprooted. While Palestinians are removed from their land, Israel has facilitated Jewish settlement from anywhere in the world ever since.

On December 11th 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 194, affirming this right to return. The resolution passed with the support of the then UK Government. It has been affirmed in international law dozens of times since.

On the 73rd anniversary of the passage of UNGA Resolution 194, join this webinar to hear from Palestinian exiles on their experiences, and learn how the right of return remains an essential part of the Palestinian struggle for justice.

Speakers:

Lubnah Shomali, Advocacy Unit Manager of BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency a Refugee Rights, a Palestinian organisation committed to protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees.

Nidal Betare, Syrian-Palestinian writer based in Washington DC, USA.

Basma El Doukhi, Palestinian Development and humanitarian scholar and PhD candidate at the University of Kent, third generation of stateless Palestinian refugee from Rashidieh Palestinian camp in Lebanon.

Sawsan Samara, Palestinian in Jordan, activist with BDS Jordan

REGISTER: https://bit.ly/RightOfReturnWebinar

Online Cook-Along: Palestinian Desserts Masterclass
2021-12-12 15:30 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Join Palestinian chef Maha Salah at this masterclass for a chance to learn how to make two different traditional Palestinian desserts. Maha will guide you through how to make Shay Bil Miramiya cake - a dessert flavoured by Palestinian sage tea, as well as Warbat - pastries filled with cream that are traditionally served at weddings and graduations. This event is raising money for PSC’s vital campaigning work, and is co-hosted by Zaytoun CIC.

Maha is a Palestinian chef and food blogger for Middle East Monitor. She is currently living in the UK – her fifth country - and her travels are heavily reflected in her food. She carries a little bit of everywhere with her in her recipes, and is not afraid of merging flavours and cuisines to create innovative yet traditional recipes.

Once you have successfully registered for the event, you will receive an ingredients list and Zoom link via email.

Date: Sunday 12th December
Time: 3:30pm (GMT)
Suggested Donation: £15

All proceeds go to PSC, the fastest growing campaign for Palestinian human rights and justice.

*If you would like to participate with a donation of less than £15, please call us on 020 7700 6192 to make your payment and secure your slot for this event. Please bear in mind that we experience high call traffic so if you cannot get through please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible to arrange payment.

BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
To buy your ticket online scroll down to the bottom of this page, or to secure your place by phone please contact us on 020 7700 6192 and leave a message if you cannot get through.

16th Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture Psychoanalysis Under Occupation
2021-12-14 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Presenter Dr Lara Sheehi

The event is hosted by the Department of History, Politics, and Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University

This talk explores psychological expressions of self and collective assertion of sumud (steadfastness), as living practices under violent occupation and settler colonial violence in Palestine. Through clinical case examples, the speaker will highlight how Palestinian clinicians attend to how Palestinians, circumscribed by violence and death, operate internally and communally, within a psychic political-economy of life that defies being objectified as legible victim through human rights discourse. The talk will centre Palestinian psychoanalytic clinical practice and Palestinian “livability” as various forms of sumud and a refusal to be metabolized by an apolitical psychoanalytic framework or Zionist ideological negation.

Dr. Sheehi is the Secretary of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Society (SPPP) and is the chair of the Teachers Academy of the American Psychoanalytic Association. She is co-author of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine

Registration through this link

Watford PSC Fundraising Supper
2021-12-14 19:30 - 21:30 UTC
Watford PSC fundraising supper for MAP and a library in Salfeet

14th December, 7.30pm. Byblos Bay, 64 The Parade, Watford

Join Watford PSC's fundraising supper and social. £25 per person (£10 is donation )

Selling Zaytoun products - dates, olive oil, and soap

Facebook event here.

Israel's deepening regime of apartheid - what can we do?
2022-01-18 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
Tuesday 18th Jan 2022 // 7.30 UK Time

Register here!

An online event hosted by Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC and ICAHD UK:

Jeff Halper (ICAHD Israel) will analyse Israel's end-game of taking over Palestine, and marginalising the Palestinians. Linda Ramsden (ICAHD UK) will focus on campaigning in Britain.

#SaveSheikhJarrah Twitterstorm
2022-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
#SaveSheikhJarrah Twitterstorm

At 3am last night, Israeli security forces raided the Salhiya family house in Sheikh Jarrah, arresting and injuring multiple family members. After the family - who have lived in the house since 1956 - refused to be expelled, Israeli troops barricaded then stormed their home. By dawn, only the rubble remained.

Over 1500 Palestinians currently live under the threat of home demolitions in occupied Jerusalem. In May of last year, Sheikh Jarrah was the flashpoint from which began the most significant period of protest in Palestine for a generation, now known as the Unity Intifada.
Israel believes that now, whilst the world’s attention is turned away, it can expel the Sheikh Jarrah families one by one. But Palestinians are coming together to resist this threat of ethnic cleansing, just as they did last May.
We must support their grassroots resistance by demanding our own Governments hold Israel accountable for its actions that amount to the crime of apartheid. It’s time to mobilise for Palestine once more. In addition to the emergency protest taking place on Friday, we have organised a Twitterstorm.

JOIN OUR TWITTERSTORM

Today - Wednesday 19th January
4-5pm (GMT)
5-6pm (CET)
12-1pm (ET)

Tweet from the templates below, replacing the tagged handle at the beginning with your appropriate consulate/embassy. You can also use the images below to accompany them! If you create your own tweets, make sure to use the #SaveSheikhJarrah hashtag.

National Consulates/Embassies in Jerusalem

Country
Twitter Handle

UK
@UKinJerusalem

Spain
@ConsuladoEspJer

Sweden
@SwedeninJERU

Belgium
@BelgiumJRS

France
@FranceJerusalem

USA
@usembassyjlm

Finland
@FinPalestine

Template Tweets

Last night, Israel demolished the home of the Salhiya family in Sheikh Jarrah, leaving the family refugees a 2nd time. Our Govs allow the apartheid state to carry out its ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians with impunity. @UKinJerusalem, we demand action. #SaveSheikhJarrah
Israel has waited for the world to stop watching in order to expel the families of Sheikh Jarrah. We won't look away, and we demand consequences for these crimes of apartheid. @UKinJerusalem you must take action #SaveSheikhJarrah

There are 1500+ Palestinians currently living under threat of home demolitions in occupied Jerusalem. Al Salhiya family bravely faced down this threat & were met with violence, arrest & demolition. @UKinJerusalem, what are you doing to hold Israel accountable? #SaveSheikhJarrah

We must stand in full, unwavering solidarity with those resisting apartheid - @UKinJerusalem we demand immediate repercussions for Israel's destruction of the Salhiya family home & its ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from the Naqab to Sheikh Jarrah #SaveSheikhJarrah

It’s time to mobilise for Palestine once more. I will be joining PSC on the streets of London this Friday #EndEthnicCleansing #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveAlnaqab

Full protest info: http://bit.ly/SaveSheikhJarrahProtest

London based? Join PSC on the streets this Friday as we come together to demand #EndEthnicCleansing #SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveAlnaqabFull protest info: http://bit.ly/SaveSheikhJarrahProtest

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The Impact of Climate Change on Palestine Under Occupation
2022-01-20 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Event hosted by East London PSC, and Luton PSC.

Palestine's contribution to global emissions is negligible. Yet, Palestine is among the most vulnerable to climate change considering its location in the Mediterranean region - a hotspot for climate change and its impact.

Palestine has 12 sectors which are considered highly vulnerable to climate change: water, waste and wastewater, agriculture, coastal and marine, energy, food, gender, health, industry, terrestrial ecosystems, tourism and urban and infrastructure.

Despite this, the impact of climate change is negligible when compared to the impact of the policies and practises of the Israeli occupation. Furthermore, the occupation hinders every rational effort for climate change adaptation or for development in general.

Join our talk to learn more. The talk will focus on water as a case study.

REGISTER: bit.ly/ZaynebTalk

PROTEST: SAVE SHEIKH JARRAH - END ETHNIC CLEANSING
2022-01-21 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
FRIDAY 21ST JANUARY 2022 // ISRAELI EMBASSY, LONDON, W8 4QB // 6PM

At 3am on Wednesday 19th January, Israeli security forces raided the Salhiya family house in Sheikh Jarrah, arresting and injuring multiple family members. After the family, who have lived in the house since 1956, refused to be evicted, Israeli troops barricaded then stormed their home at 3am.

Yasmin Salhiya reports that soldiers beat her 9 year old sister and aunt, who is now unable to move from her injuries, before destroying the family's home. By dawn, only the rubble remained.

Over 1500 Palestinians currently live under the threat of home demolitions in occupied Jerusalem. In May of last year, Sheikh Jarrah was the flashpoint from which began the most significant period of protest in Palestine for a generation, now known as the Unity Intifada.

Israel believes that now, whilst the world’s attention is turned away, it can evict the Sheikh Jarrah families one by one. But Palestinians are coming together to resist this threat of ethnic cleansing, just as they did last May.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to violently arrest Palestinians in the Naqab protesting a campaign by the Jewish National Fund that threatens the livelihood of Bedouin communities in the area and that has been razing Palestinian land and uprooting Palestinian trees.

These continued violent acts of ethnic cleansing cannot continue. We must support their grassroots resistance by demanding our own Governments hold Israel accountable for its actions that amount to the crime of apartheid. It’s time to mobilise for Palestine once more.

Join us on the streets #EndEthnicCleansing ##SaveSheikhJarrah #SaveAlNaqab

Protest Against Twickenham Arms Fair
2022-01-24 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Twickenham Stadium, 200 Whitton Road, Twickenham, TW2 7BA, United Kingdom
Protest the Twickenham Arms Fair!

Monday 24th January 2022 // 11am-1pm // Twickenham Stadium, TW2 7BA

Join Richmond & Kingston Palestine Solidarity Campaign + friends, for a protest against against the International Armoured Vehicles Arms Fair taking place at Twickenham Stadium, the home of the Rugby Football Union.

The 700+ delegates include representatives from a number of human rights abusing states, including apartheid Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and UAE.

A range of companies supplying Israel with weapons, components, and military technology used in violence against Palestinians will be present, including Caterpillar, Raytheon, QinetiQ, General Dynamics, Elbit Systems, and Rafael.

Join the protest!

Facebook event here

Leicester PSC: Shut Elbit Down Protest
2022-02-06 11:00 - 13:00 UTC
Leicester PSC: Shut Elbit Down Protest / Sunday 6th February / 11am

Protest to shut Elbit down in Leicester. At Unit F, Meridian East, Leicester. LE19 1TP.

Elbit is one of Israel’s largest private arms companies, supplying weapons and components used by Israel in violence against the Palestinian people. Join the protest at their subsidiary, UAV Tactical Engines, in Leicester

#BoycottPUMA Day of Action!
2022-02-12
Last year saw an unprecedented eruption of solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality – as apartheid Israel escalated its violence against Palestinians.

As part of this solidarity, tens of thousands in the UK have joined 200+ Palestinian sports teams in demanding PUMA end its sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association. The IFA includes teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land, sustaining Israel’s ongoing dispossession of the Palestinian population.

Protests across the world are working. A leaked internal memo showed PUMA admitted its celebrity ambassadors and business partners are increasingly questioning its support for Israeli apartheid, while a PUMA lawyer told the campaign it was making their lives “miserable.”

We’ve got to keep up the pressure, and make 2022 the year PUMA ends its partnership with Israeli apartheid.

Join an action at a PUMA store or stockist!

List of actions:

Birmingham: JD Sports, 1pm-3pm

Brighton: Meet at the Clocktower, 12pm

Bristol: Sports Direct, Broadmead, 2pm-4.30pm

Cardiff: Queens Street, 12pm to 2pm

Coventry: JD Sports, 11am-2pm

Durham, Durham Market Square 11.30am-12.30pm

Edinburgh, Princes Street and North Castle Street, 11am-12.30pm

Grimsby: Victoria St South (Town Centre), 11.30am

Haslemere, Outside JK Sports, 97 Weyhill, 12pm-1pm

Hastings: Sports Direct in Town Centre

Kingston, Sports Direct, Fife Road, 12pm-2pm

Leicester: Opposite Sports Direct, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester City Centre, 10am-12pm

Liverpool: Bottom of Church Street, 12pm

Llantrisant: Sports Direct, Talbot Green Retail Park, 12pm

London (Central): Midday till 2pm, PUMA Store, Carnaby Street, W1F 9QE

Luton, St George Sq Outside Mall nr Costa, 1pm

Newcastle, Outside Sports Direct, Northumberland St, 11.30 - 1pm.

Northampton, Sports Direct, 11am-1pm

Norwich, Corner of Carrow Road and Geoffrey Watling Way or What3Words: ///flip.manliness.ever or OS Map Reference TG 2396 0779, 2.30-4pm.

Nottingham, Sports Direct, 12pm

Plymouth: Sports Direct, Plymouth, 11am-1pm
Woking, Outside JD Sports, Wolsey Place, 11am-1pm

Wolverhampton: Queen Square, 11am-1pm

Worthing: Sports Direct/JD Sports, 12pm-1.30pm

Southend-on-Sea: JD Sports, 145 High Street, 12pm-1pm, then Sports Direct, 136 High Street, 1pm-2pm

Swansea, Sport Direct, Oxford Street, 12pm

Film & Webinar: Caging Childhood
2022-02-22 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
NEU & PSC Webinar/Film Screening

Caging Childhood: Palestinian Children in Israel’s Military Detention System

Tuesday 22 February 2022 6.30pm GMT

Register with the form below. The link to the event will be sent the day before the event.

The event will feature speakers following a screening of Caging Childhood: Palestinian Children in Israel’s Military Detention System, a short documentary released at the end of 2021, that shares the stories of three Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and their experiences being detained, interrogated, prosecuted, and imprisoned in the Israeli military detention system. Caging Childhood was produced by Defence for Children International – Palestine.

Speakers:

Shaina Low, advocacy officer with Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCIP), which co-leads the No Way to Treat a Child campaign.

Daniel Kebede, President National Education Union (NEU).

Louise Regan, Vice-Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC).

Chair: Christine Blower, former President and subsequently General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), currently Labour Peer and Patron of PSC.

Register now:

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Palestine is a Feminist Issue Webinar
2022-03-08 00:00 UTC
PALESTINE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE

International Women’s Day Webinar, March 8th, 6.30 pm GMT

Please do join us for this special International Women’s Day online event! featuring fantastic Palestinian speakers and solidarity campaigners. Please share this invitation with your lists and groups. Thank you!

All welcome!

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87842255851

Chaired by Louise Regan, Vice Chair, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, former President of NEU

Speakers:

Dr Nada Elia, Palestinian Feminist Collective, scholar-activist in the American Cultural Studies at Western Washington University, writer, and grassroots organizer, currently completing a book on Palestinian Diaspora activism

Roba Al-Salibi, Palestinian activist and academic at the University of Exeter

Sara Gowen, Sheffield Palestine Women's Scholarship Fund, a project enabling women students to access further education in Gaza and the West Bank

Dr Jennifer Mogannam, Palestinian Feminist Collective, Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies, University of California, Davis www.jennifermogannam.com

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87842255851

No to Arms Fairs! Yes to Refugees and Migrants!
2022-03-15 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Old Palace Yard , opposite Parliament , London, SW1P 3JY , London , United Kingdom
15/3/22 / 6PM / Old Palace Yard, SW1P 3JY /

Security and Policing 2022 is an annual arms fair organised by the Home Office.

This secretive event is attended by arms companies, surveillance companies, police, prison and border agencies rubbing shoulders with ministers and senior civil servants. Journalists and other observers are barred from attending.

The fair is at the heart of the Hostile Environment and state repression. At the same time as closing down routes to safety for people on the move, the Home Office is promoting the sale of weapons and technology to police our borders - and making crossing them ever more deadly. These borders kill - just 3 months ago, 27 people died on our shores, trying to reach safety here.

The products on display are also used to surveil and control oppressed communities, and track dissidents and activists around the world.

In 2020, Israeli spy company NSO Group was invited to attend. NSO Group’s Pegasus technology, developed through research and practice that sustains Israel’s repression of the Palestinian people, was subsequently found to be facilitating spying on Saudi dissidents, politicians, and human rights defenders around the world, including in the UK.

Yet, this is just the tip of the iceberg. This year, a host of companies developing technologies used to surveil and oppress migrants, refugees, and other marginalised communities will attend the fair.

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Campaign Against Arms Trade are holding a vigil.

On March 15th at 6pm, Old Palace Yard, SW1P 3JY we will be saying No to Arms Fairs, and Yes to Migrants and Refugees.

Join us to help put an end to this dreadful event and to tell the UK Government and Home Office to stop the arms fair and respect human rights.

Camden PSC: "Compass" Film Screening and Conversation
2022-03-18 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | St Pancras Church, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA, United Kingdom
Camden PSC Presents:

Friday 18th March 2022 // St Pancras Church, Euston Rd // Doors open 6pm

Spoken Word & Music Showcase: Rafeef Ziadah | Ruba Shamshoum | Dana Dajani
2022-03-18 19:30 - 23:45 UTC
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and MARSM present a compelling/lineup of spoken-word and live music featuring:

Rafeef Ziadah | Ruba Shamshoum | Dana Dajani

Don’t miss PSC’s unique showcase of some of the most powerful and compelling spoken-word & musical performers from Palestine. From protest songs to cunning social insights, join these three stellar Palestinian artists as they come together for an exceptional evening to celebrate the power of words and music.

Rafeef Ziadah
Rafeef Ziadah is a renowned spoken-word artist, academic and human-rights activist. With wit and precision, her words touch a chord of honesty and beauty. Her poem ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ went viral within days of release. Rafeef's latest album 'Three Generations' offers a moving and powerful remembrance of Palestine, the Nakba, exile, defiance, and survival; a beautiful testament to the human spirit and to 'love and joy against skies of steel'.

Ruba Shamshoum (quintet)
A riveting combination of poetic dream pop, jazz and Middle Eastern soul, Palestinian singer and musician Ruba Shamshoum tells bold stories of femininity and vulnerability, and celebrates human connection to nature and one’s self. Coupling her Nazareth roots with her background in jazz performance, Ruba released her debut album “Shamat”' (Beauty Spots) in 2017, alongside several songs that have gone to top the indie charts across the Middle East and North Africa.

Dana Dajani
Award-winning Palestinian actor and writer, Dajani uses her theatrical background to give her spoken word a performative edge. With her signature style of theatrical spoken-word pieces, her poems are passionate contributions to prominent themes of our time. Ranging from the political to the personal, she discusses themes such as the industrialisation of beauty, risk, and the power of language and technology.

BOOK NOW!

This event will also be available to stream live!

Date: March 18th
Venue: Rich Mix (Shoreditch)
Times: 19:30-00:00

Accessibility: Venue is fully accessible
Ages: 18+

PSC AGM 2022
2022-03-19 10:00 - 16:30 UTC
PSC Annual General Meeting 2022
Saturday 19 March 2022
10am - 4:30pm
Our Annual General Meeting is where PSC members, branches and affiliated organisations come together to decide our next steps as a movement. The event will hear from leading campaigners in both Palestine and Britain, includes multiple breakout sessions and the opportunity to vote to set our policies, priorities and to elect our volunteer leadership for the year ahead. To register and find out more click here.

Faversham & Whitstable PSC: Faversham Market Stall
2022-03-19 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | faversham market faversham kent, Abbey street , faversham, kent, United Kingdom
Faversham & Whitstable PSC: Stall on 19th March, at Faversham Market, Abbey Street, Kent
We will have Palestinian information and leaflets.

Also selling bottles of Palestinian olive oil, dates, maftoul, olive oil soap.
and some Palestinian umbrellas.

Israeli Apartheid Week 2022
2022-03-21 - 2022-03-27
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international week of action that has taken place for the last 16 years in over 200 universities and cities around the world. It aims to raise public awareness about Israel’s racial discrimination against all parts of the Palestinian people, which amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law. This week allows us to amplify Palestinian voices, build BDS campaigns, and show solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for justice.

In 2022, the theme of Israeli Apartheid Week is ‘Art Against Apartheid’: aiming to highlight the role of culture and art in the Palestinian struggle against oppression. Israeli Apartheid Week seeks to link campaigns organising around liberation, decolonisation and racial justice – from Palestine to Black Lives Matter, across the world.

Here in Britain, Israeli Apartheid Week is a chance for university campaigns to raise awareness about their work, launch new campaigns, and link with other organisations to fight to kick #ApartheidOffCampus.

Events Calendar

Tuesday 22nd March
Thursday 24th March
Saturday 26th March

Tuesday 22nd March, 6pm – Art Against Apartheid panel, online

Thursday 24th March, 3pm - Student Rally Against Apartheid, London

Saturday 26th March, 3pm - Global Rally Against Israeli Apartheid, online

Are you running any events for Israeli Apartheid Week? Submit your event via this form so we can help spread the word.

Click here to request a copy of our guide for student organisers.
Get involved!

Come along to Young PSC events - and email us if you'd like to be involved in organising them
Host your own workshops, art installations and talks! Remember to tag us in any of your events on social media @pscyouth
Get in touch about your events and we can send you our guide for student organisers during Israeli Apartheid Week.

Liverpool: Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians
2022-03-22 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
A Meeting by Liverpool Friends of Palestine - obtain link from liverpoolfriendsofpalestine.20@gmail.com

Land Day Cook-Along featuring Laila El-Haddad and Dana Dajani!
2022-03-30 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Join us for this special cook-along taking place on Land Day, co-hosted by Zaytoun.

We will be led by Palestinian writer and journalist Laila Alhaddad, whose work focuses on the situation in Gaza and the intersection of food, culture and politics. She is the co-author of the critically acclaimed The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey. An avid gardener and outdoor enthusiast, she makes her home in Clarksville, Maryland with her husband, their four children, and seven chickens.

To mark Land Day, we will be making traditional Palestinian dishes that are typically enjoyed during the month of Ramadan. This will also be a chance to hear about how Ramadan is marked in Palestine by those who observe it.

We will also hear about the significance of the land from a farmer on the ground in Palestine and listen to fantastic Palestinian spoken-word artist Dana Dajani recite poetry on the topic of land and resistance.

Make sure to register today, by using the form below!

Faversham & Whitstable: Palestinian Film Show - Open Bethlehem
2022-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Whitstable Labour Club, 12 Belmont Road, CT5 1QP, Whitstable, South East , United Kingdom
Whitstable Labour Club - 12 Belmont Rd, Whitstable CT5 1QP

This is a film by the award winning Palestinian documentary-maker, Leila Sansour,

It is about her return to the small town of Bethlehem

It documents the building of the Wall.

Free entrance - but we welcome donations at the door

Palestinian prisoners of apartheid demand justice
2022-04-20 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
REGISTER HERE

Chair:
Ryvka Barnard, Deputy Director, Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Speakers:
Milena Ansari, International Advocacy Officer, Addameer
Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Program Director, Defence for Children International-Palestine
Chi-Chi Shi, Senior Campaigns Officer-Militarism & Security, War on Want

Time: 6 PM-7 PM UK/8 PM-9PM Palestine

Palestinians are demanding freedom and justice for political prisoners held by Israel’s occupation and apartheid regime. Join us on 20 April to hear directly from prisoners’ rights advocates in Palestine about the prisoners’ struggle for justice and the wider movement for Palestinian freedom and self-determination.

Israel’s system of arrest and detention is central to its occupation and apartheid regime. Thousands of Palestinians are held as political prisoners, including hundreds held in administrative detention without charge or trial. Palestinian children are not spared this injustice; hundreds are arrested each year. Israel uses arrest and detention to shut down dissent, target Palestinian human rights defenders, and persecute Palestinians over their opposition to apartheid.

Each year, Palestinians mark 17 April as Prisoners Day, to honour and uplift the prisoners’ call for justice, as a part of the broader Palestinian struggle. This year, in the face of mounting Israeli repression, prisoners have stepped up the demand for their rights; they’ve launched a collective boycott of Israel’s military courts, in protest over the widespread and illegal practice of administrative detention.

Join us to learn more about Israel’s regime of arrest and detention and how we can support Palestinian political prisoners’ demands for justice.

Sponsoring Organisations: Palestine Solidarity Campaign and War on Want

PROTEST: STOP ARMING ISRAEL - END ISRAELI APARTHEID - HANDS OFF AL-AQSA
2022-04-22 16:00 - 17:30 UTC
Emergency protest:
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
END ISRAELI APARTHEID
HANDS OFF AL-AQSA

Friday 22 April 2022

Assemble 4pm - outside the Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington, London, W8 5NP.

The protest will end at 5.30pm, to give those who need to go home for Iftar time to do so.
Called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Last Friday, the second Friday of Ramadan, Israeli forces attacked unarmed worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque, injuring at least 158 Palestinians. In the 24 hours preceding this, Israeli forces killed 5 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. This took the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2022 to 47.
Israel has also been conducting large-scale arrests in raids across the occupied West Bank, and has issued demolition orders on Palestinian homes as a form of collective punishment. It justifies this in the name of security . But the reality is, that what the mainstream media is describing as an ‘escalation of violence and conflict’ is Israel employing the severe violence required to enforce an illegal occupation and a wider system of oppression. Leading human rights organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and B’Tselem have rightly described this system as meeting the legal definition of the crime of apartheid.
Political leaders in the UK have chosen to remain silent about Israel’s actions, whilst elsewhere thy trumpet their opposition to illegal invasion and support for international law. Moreover, the UK Government continues to regularly approve military technology and arms exports to Israel, including for weapons of the type used in clear violation of international law, against its own arms export criteria. The UK must stop arming Israel and providing material support for Israeli apartheid.Join us to protest on Friday 22nd April, against Israel’s actions, to call for the dismantling of apartheid, for an end to the violation of Al Aqsa, and for the UK government to Stop Arming Israel Apartheid.

Nakba 74: 6 Days of Action For Palestine
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-14
This May marks 74 years of Nakba. 74 years of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.

74 years of displacement and exile.

74 years of catastrophe.

But in the face of brutal oppression and systematic violence, Palestinians continue to resist. This week, take 6 actions in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.

Click the images below to take action each day. Remember to check back for each day's important action!
Week of Action

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TAKE ACTION: TWITTERSTORM!

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Transport and meeting points for National Palestine Protest 14 May
2022-05-14 08:00 - 16:00 UTC
These are the details of the local meeting points and transport arangements for local groups joining the National demonstration and march for Palestine on 14th May in Central London: FREE PALESTINE - END APARTHEID.

Birmingham and Walsall Coach to the protest: Sat 14 May 8am - Birmingham Central Mosque + form Aisha Mosque in Walsall. More HERE

Brighton: Meet on the concourse at Brighton station at 10.15am, to catch the 10.39am train to Victoria.

Cambridge: Cambridge Rail Station at 10.30am, in time for the 10.44 am train direct to Kings Cross.

Cardiff Coach: leaving 8am from National Museum Cardiff – Buy tickets HERE

Dewsbury Coach to the protest: Please call 07712641279 if you want to book a place. More HERE

Eastbourne meeting point: at Eastbourne railway station to catch the 9.35am train to Victoria.

Hackney meeting point 11am at Dalston Junction Station.

Haringey meeting point 11am Turnpike Lane Tube.

Harrow: 11am outside Harrow-on-the-Hill station

Leicester meeting point 12.30pm in Cavendish Square, W1G OPU, London. Nearest tube Oxford Circus. Coach from Leicester : please contact Friends of Al Aqsa info@aqsa.org

North Hertfordshire meeting point: 10.15am Hitchin train station. More

Norwich meeting point: take the train at 9.32 from Norwich. Arrives into Liverpool Street Station at 11.15. More

Nottingham Coach: the Nottingham coach will leave the Forest Recreation Ground at 8.30am. Please contact info@nottmpsc.co.uk for tickets. More

Oxford: meeting point: meet at Gloucester Green at 10am to travel by train together. More.

Southampton: meeting point: Southampton Central train station at 9.45am, for the 10.00am train. More.

Wales: Members from branches in Wales are meeting in London, at the corner of Portland Place & Duchess St between 11.15 and 11.30 to join the rally as a bloc. More

Wimbledon: Wimbledon station (main entrance ) at 11.15 am.

Wolverhampton/Walsall: Coach from Wolverhampton and Walsall to London. Leaving from Wolverhampton 0800-0815 ; Walsall 0830-0845. More.

Worthing and Adur meeting point: Worthing Railway Station – to catch the 9.35am train to Victoria, then tube to Oxford Circus.

More info HERE

National Demonstration: END APARTHEID - FREE PALESTINE!
2022-05-14 12:00 - 16:00 UTC
National Demonstration and March

END APARTHEID – FREE PALESTINE!

Saturday 14 May 2022

Assemble 12 Noon Portland Place, by the BBC, London

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al- Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Join us to demonstrate against 74 years of Nakba = Exist, Resist, Return!!

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Find local transport and meeting points HERE

Find resources to help us publicising the national protest for Palestine HERE

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Last year hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of London, and around the country, in solidarity with Palestinians and to protest against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and continued ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem.

There is a growing consensus across civil society, confirmed last year in reports from B’Tselem (Israel’s leading human rights organisation), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in acknowledging what Palestinians have been saying for decades: that Israel is practicing the crime of apartheid. There is a responsibility on the global community to respond to this reality by holding Israel to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.

74 years ago, Zionist forces ethnically cleansed and eradicated over 500 villages and cities in Palestine, displacing over 750,000 Palestinians, and taking over 78% of the land of historic Palestine. Known as the Nakba, or catastrophe in Arabic, this forced displacement was the basis for the foundation of the Israeli state.

The Nakba continues today. From Jerusalem to Gaza, via the Naqab, Israel continues its policy of apartheid and ethnic cleansing, displacing and oppressing the indigenous Palestinian population. While Palestinians living in exile, uprooted by Israel, are denied their right of return, a right enshrined in international law.

The Palestinian people need our solidarity now more than ever. Join us on Saturday 14th May to call for an end to Israel’s oppression and to assert the right of the Palestinian people to live in freedom with justice and equality.

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Ceilidh for Palestine - for Nakba Day
2022-05-14 19:00 - 23:00 UTC
Ceilidh for Palestine

An evening of Palestinian culture presented by East Kent Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Sat, 14 May 2022
19:00
Westgate Hall
Westgate Hall Road
Canterbury
CT1 2BT

Get your TICKETS HERE

Join us for an Irish and Palestinian cultural celebration with a performance by Hawiyya Dabke Dance Troupe and Ceilidh Tree's ace fiddles and amazing caller, guaranteed to get you dancing.

With speakers, fundraising raffle, food, stalls and more!

All funds raised will support South East Kent PSC.

Please buy tickets and encourage family and friends to join us.

"A people's culture is the genesis of their freedom." - Claudia Jones
Westgate Hall is a spacious, Covid-conscious, vibrant community venue. We look forward to welcoming you.

This event will be the perfrect end of a day of solidarity with the Palestinian people after the national protest for Palestine in London during the day.

Tickets and details here.

North Devon PSC: Looted and Hidden Film Screening + Q&A
2022-05-16 18:00 - 20:30 UTC
A film hosted by North Devon PSC: Looted and Hidden - Palestinian Archives in Israel, Rona Sela (Director), 2017

Documentary film (46 minutes)

Director: Rona Sela

A Q&A with Rona Sela will follow the screening
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83224991773...
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Return of Palestinian Archives

The film 'Looted and Hidden' deals with Palestinian archives that were looted or seized by Israel or Jewish forces during the 20th century and are controlled and buried in Israeli military archives.

Based on a lengthy struggle to get access to classified materials, archival footage and images that were considered lost and interviews with key figures active in the archives and with soldiers that seized Palestinian archives, the film focuses on the treasures Israel looted in Beirut in the 1980s.

The film unravels the fate of Palestinian archives, especially film and visual archives, that documented the Palestinian Revolution from late 1960s to the beginning of the 1980s, but also deals with photography archives that were looted since the 1930s.

It raises questions about archival institutions in colonial countries and zones of conflict, and points to the need to dig into the hidden in order to reveal what has been erased or rewritten.

Link to more details:
http://www.ronasela.com/en/details.asp?listid=81

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: An Army Like No Other
2022-05-19 19:30 - 21:00 UTC

East London: Being Young in Palestine
2022-05-24 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Newham & Tower Hamlets and Hackney PSC: Being Young in Palestine

Tuesday 24th May 2022 / 6pm-7.30pm / Stratford Advice Arcade, E15 1HP

More information below:

Brighton & Hove PSC: Palestine in the Lanes
2022-06-04 10:30 - 16:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Palestine in the Lanes

Saturday 4 June from 10.30am to 4.30pm
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, BN1 1AF

Free workshops for children and adults: make Palestinian sweets and salad, write your name in Arabic, try your hand at traditional cross-stitch embroidery or learn to dance some Dabke steps. Listen to folk tales old and new.

Faris Ishaq, Palestinian Nay Master, Global Jazz Flutist, and Composer is a virtuoso of the ancient flutes “Nay” which he plays while accompanying himself on leg-percussion and frame drum simultaneously. Faris will play 2 sets, at 12 and 2pm.

The Present, the compelling 2021 BAFTA short film winner from Palestinian British Director Farah Nabulsi, will be shown at 11.30 am, at 1.30 and 3pm.

Post Memory Matters, an exhibition by local Palestinian British artist Gabrielle Farah.

Drawings by Palestinian hyper-realist artist Adam Shehada.

Dabke dance workshop with members of Hawiyya.

Delicious food from Restaurateur Wassim @ Al Moosh.

More info: https://www.brightonfringe.org/venues/palestine-in-the-lanes-161164/

Stories from Gaza: Commemorating 15 Years of Blockade
2022-06-23 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Register!
Join Rābet by PIPD and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) UK to commemorate 15 years of ongoing siege on Gaza.
The event will include an online screening of Rābet's latest short documentary series, Gaza Stories, as well as a panel discussion with:
- Mohammed Rafik Mhwaesh, Palestinian writer and researcher
- Zainab Basheer, Palestinian translation student and writer
The event will discuss the consequences of 15 years of blockade for Palestinians in Gaza, the repercussions of the blockade for Palestinians everywhere, and how the May 2021 11-day assault on Gaza has affected the community since. The event will be held on:
When: Thursday, 23 June 2022
Time: 8:00pm Palestine time//6:00pm London time
Register now to join us for a session of learning and solidarity!
We look forward to seeing you there!

PSC at Durham Miners' Gala
2022-07-09
The Big Meeting: the Durham Miners' Gala is back.

Walk in with our banner on Big Meeting Day. Meet at 10 am, Market Square.

This year we are joined by Newcastle and Darlington PSC branches. PSC literature & badges, a petition defending the right to boycott, Palcrafts/Zaytoun as usual c/o Belinda, Medical Aid for Palestinians info and collection tins c/o Joe & Eileen, John's honey to raise funds for Umm al Kheir and once again, Jewish Voice for Labour.

Meet John in the Market Square at 10am to walk in with our banner or/and come and help at the stall. Contact John.Metson@btinternet.com"

Stall location: Riverside Rails 5

Stand Up for the Children of Gaza!
2022-07-15 19:30 - 22:00 UTC
Stand Up for the Children of Gaza!

Feat. Mark Thomas, Daphna Baram, Imran Youssef, Jenan Younis and Ivor Dembina

Friday 15 July 2022 7.30pm

Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL

Brent Friends of Palestine presents a comedy evening in aid of the Palestine Trauma Centre’s Day of Joy Project.

Info and tickets HERE

Enjoy an evening of comedy with a range of comedians who are all sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. This is a fundraising event.

Mark Thomas, Nish Kumar, Daphne Baram, Imran Youssef, Jenan Younis and Ivor Dembina will take part in this fund raising comedy event, which will be compered by Ian Saville. All these comedians are totally committed to raising the issue of the curtailment of human rights in Palestine.

Monies raised from tickets, donations online (via Eventbrite) and donations on the night will support the work of the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) in Gaza which was established by Dr Mohamed Altawil who was born in Gaza but escaped to the UK and is now the Director.

Brent Friends of Palestine, organisers of this event, are in close contact with the Director and supervisors of the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) and the workers in Gaza itself... zoom has enabled all this to happen easily. We have continued to be impressed by the commitment of these people and what they achieve in a part of Palestine which has been blockaded by Israel for 15 years turning it into an open air prison.

Days of Joy have been the focus of our fundraising over the past 6 years; activities include drama, sport, play and fun entertainment. Therapists join the entertainers and will look out for children who might need some kind of therapeutic support which will be then offered to them and their families.

Thousands of children and young people have taken part in the Days of Joy activities; they are all organised by the Palestine Trauma Centre (UK) in Gaza and sponsored by fund raisers like Brent Friends of Palestine in the UK and Ireland.

Tickets £20.00 + booking fee. Tickets ONLY available from Eventbrite and NOT at the door.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stand-up-for-the-children-of-gaza-tickets-350437707617

Oppose Farnborough War Show
2022-07-18 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
PSC is supporting Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and Greater Rushmoor Action for Peace in opposing the Farnborough war show. Attending the fair will be companies supplying weapons and military technology used in Israel's militarised repression of Palestinians, this includes Elbit Systems, Rafael, BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin.

Join the protest on Monday July 18 and say NO to the arms fair! Stop Arming Apartheid Israel NOW!

Assemble from 9am on the public area of the junction of Government House Rd and Queens Gate Rd, Farnborough.

Defending Palestinian Children – UK speaking tour of DCI-Palestine
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-29
UK Speaking tour of Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Defence for Children International-Palestine. We are delighted to host Ayed Abu Eqtaish at a number of PSC branch public meetings. Ayed is the Accountability Programme Director at DCI-Palestine, who's work focusses on child detention issues – including the documentation of cases of ill treatment and torture.

This page will be continually updated with event times and locations… so please check back if key info is currently missing.

Sunday 24th July, 12pm : Nottingham PSC Garden Party, 4 Burlington Avenue, Nottingham, NG5 2

Monday 25th July, 6.30 - 8.30pm: Newport, Maindee Library, 79 Chepstow Road, Newport NP19 8BY

Tuesday 26th July, 7 - 9pm: Birmingham, The Warehouses, 54-57 Allison Street, Birmingham, B5 5TH

Wednesday 27th July, 7.30 - 9.30pm: Luton, Dallow Community Centre, 234 Dallow Road, LU1 1TB

Thursday 28th July, 6.30 - 8.30pm: London, Stratford Advice Arcade, E15 1HP

Friday 29th July, 7 - 9pm: Chester, Unity Centre, 17 Cuppin Street, Chester, CH1 2BN

Slough PSC: Gaza Fights for Freedom Film Screening
2022-07-28 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
Slough & East Berkshire PSC invite you to a screening of Gaza Fights For Freedom. This was originally planned two years ago, just before Covid restrictions started.

For our review of this highly acclaimed documentary by Abby Martin for Empire Files please see this link: https://sloughpsc.org/gaza-fights-for-freedom-film-review/

Book your place here.

We are really looking forward to seeing you and to having some time for discussion after the film.

Location: St Peter's Church, Church Street, Chalvey, Slough, SL1 2PE

Barclays: Banking on Apartheid
2022-08-09 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
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Militarised violence against the Palestinian people is a central feature of Israel’s occupation and apartheid regime – from the illegal Apartheid Wall to demolitions of Palestinian homes, to militarised and lethal repression of Palestinians protestors, and indiscriminate bombing campaigns of the Gaza Strip.

This violence is made possible because of Israel’s trade in arms with dozens of countries, including the UK.

Banks and financial institutions – like Barclays Bank, with high street branches across the UK, facilitate this trade through their investments in, and provision of financial services to, arms companies that provide Israel with weapons and military technology.

Our research has uncovered that Barclays Bank provides hundreds of millions of pounds worth of investment, loans, and other financial services to companies supplying Israel with military technology used in the repression of Palestinians – including investments in Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems specialises in the production of military technology, surveillance systems, and military drones - used to brutalise Palestinians in Israel’s repeated bombardments of the Gaza Strip. Barclays is therefore aiding, and directly profiting from Israel’s occupation and apartheid regime.

Join this event to find out more about Israel’s repression of Palestinians struggling for liberation. Learn more about we can take action to demand Barclays end their complicity in injustice.

Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, War on Want, and Campaign Against Arms Trade.
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RALLY FOR PALESTINE
2022-08-10 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Opposite 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AA, United Kingdom
10 August 2022 / London, Opposite Downing Street

End Apartheid. End the Occupation. Stop Arming Israel.

Last week Israel once again launched a bombing campaign of the besieged Gaza strip. Over 3 days it killed at least 44 Palestinians, including 15 children. More than 300 Palestinians have been wounded and hundreds more displaced.

Although a ceasefire is now in place, Palestinians are still facing the reality of Israel’s ongoing project of colonisation and ethnic cleansing. The occupation of Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank is in its 55th year, and Israel continues to intensify its grip, increase illegal colonisation of the land in defiance of international law, and deny Palestinians their right to self-determination.

This last week, as the bombs fell on the Gaza strip, the Israeli government facilitated the storming of Al Aqsa by dozens of Israeli settlers.

The effects of Israel’s 15-year suffocating land, air, and sea blockade leave Gaza’s medical facilities at breaking point, and Palestinians without the resources to reconstruct their homes and properties after facing Israel’s recurring campaigns of terror.

From the river to the sea Palestinians live under a single structure of oppression that denies them freedom and equality, and has been confirmed by leading human rights organisations, including B’tselem, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, as meeting the legal definition of the crime of apartheid. The majority of Palestinians remain in exile, denied the implementation of their right, enshrined in international law, to return to the homes from which they and their families were expelled in 1948 and 1967.

Despite Israel’s ongoing oppression and violations of international law the British government continues to license weapons and military technology to Israel. Between 2015 and 2020, the British government licensed at least £400million worth of arms to Israel.

Last week, not only did the Foreign Secretary and potential PM Liz Truss support Israel’s actions, she also confirmed her intention to increase trade with Israel, consider moving the British embassy to Jerusalem in defiance of international law, and bring in an anti-BDS law.

The bombs may, for a minute, have stopped falling on Gaza, but the injustice continues.

Palestinians need us to stand in solidarity, to protest, and to take action.

Join us as we demand:

End Apartheid
End the Occupation
Stop Arming Israel

Called by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Muslim Association of Britain

Boycott Puma Day of Action
2022-09-10
In less than four years, coordinated action across the world has caused PUMA to loose £millions worth of lucrative sports contracts, and led to tens of thousands of people of conscience boycotting its products.

Despite this, Puma continues to ignore hundreds of Palestinian sports teams, and maintains its unethical sponsorship of the Israel Football Association, lending legitimacy to Israel’s ongoing dispossession of the Palestinian population.

Until Puma stops severs its relationship with the IFA, we’ll keep up the pressure, and continue to grow our campaign to make 2022 the year PUMA ends its partnership with Israeli apartheid.

On Saturday September 10th 2022, join campaigners across the world in taking an action at a Puma store or stockist!

List of actions (more tbc):

Birmingham: 1 New Street, Birmingham, B2 4RF. 12pm-2pm.

Brighton: Assemble 12 noon, Clock Tower, for protests outside local Puma stockists

Bristol, Sports Direct, Broadmead, 2pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, 11am-1pm

Hull: Meeting 11:30 in front of the rail station, leaflet near Sports Direct

Kingston: JD Sports, 20 Church Street 12pm-2pm

Liverpool: Bottom of Church Street outside HSBC, 12noon

London (Central), Puma Store on Carnaby Street, W1F 9QE, 12pm-2pm.

Luton: Meet outside HSBC, George Street. 12pm-2pm

Nottingham: Sports Direct, Clumber Street, 11am

Plymouth: Sports Direct on New George St Plymouth, 11am-1pm

Slough: Meet at PUMA stockist J D Sports, High Street, Slough (corner of The Observatory Shopping Centre). 12pm-2pm.

Southampton: Near Sports Direct, City Centre, 11am-1pm

Worthing: 12 noon till 1.30pm, outside Sports Direct and JD Sports

Saturday 17th September

Newcastle: 12 - 2pm outside Sports Direct, Northumberland Street

Newport: John Frost Square, 11am

Lydd London Solidarity Group: Al-Lydd - Dispossession and Resistance
2022-09-18 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
An event by East London Unite Community, and Lydd London Solidarity Group:

Find out more here.

To mark the launch of the Lydd London Solidarity Group, a partnership between East London Unite Community and the Al-Lydd 48 Charity Association, join this film screening of two films about Lydd, and online discussion with activists in the city.

The Nakba of Lod is a recent documentary made for Israel’s Social TV network, detailing the events of 1948 and the forced removal of most of Lydd’s population. Junction 48 is an award-winning feature film, starring and based on the life of Palestinian rap artist Tamer Nafar, who lives and is politically active in Lydd. Tamer will join other activists from Lydd in an online panel to discuss these films and to answer questions.

The event will be live-streamed on the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCco8OkBE7Ahjfqo0ovAZsKg. Attendance is free, and supporters will be invited to contribute towards the establishment of a much-needed community centre in Lydd.

County Durham PSC: Meeting with speaker from the Hebron International Resources Network
2022-09-21 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL, United Kingdom
County Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes Mohammed Tamimi, of the Hebron International Resources Network who will talk about the current struggle for survival.

Launch of our County Durham PSC project to support the village of Umm ul Khair.

Joint meeting with Sabeel and Kairos.

Where: Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL

When: Wednesday 21 September, 7.30-9.30pm

Barclays: Don't Bank on Apartheid Day of Action
2022-10-01
#StopBankingOnApartheid
Go to list of actions across Britain!

Take action at a high street Barclays branch near you: demand the bank stop investing in arms companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used to assault Palestinians.

Militarised violence against the Palestinian people is a central feature of Israel’s regime of settler-colonialism, occupation and apartheid. In August 2022, Israel once again bombarded the besieged Gaza strip, home to over 2 million Palestinians. The attack killed 49 Palestinians, including 17 children.

In the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military continues its armed raids of dozens of Palestinian towns including Jenin and Nablus, where dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers since the start of 2022.

This violence is made possible because of Israel’s trade in arms with countries around the world, including the UK, and the complicity of companies and banks that continue to aid Israel’s violence - including Barclays.

Our research has uncovered that Barclays invests over £1billion+ in arms companies supplying Israel, as well as providing them with financial services. This includes investment in Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems specialises in the production of military technology, surveillance systems, and military drones – used to brutalise Palestinians in Israel’s repeated bombardments of the Gaza Strip.

Against severe repression, Palestinians continue to resist Israel’s apartheid and occupation regime. They are asking for our solidarity. Barclays is a household name in Britain, with branches on every high street. It is up to us to pressure it to stop facilitating Israeli violence towards Palestinians, and divest from Israeli apartheid.

Called by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Campaign Against Arms Trade, and War on Want.

Order leaflets, placards, and other resources by contacting info@palestinecampaign.org

List of Actions

Abergavenny: Barclays Bank, 57 Frogmore Street, NP7 5AT, 11am to 12.30pm

Brent: Barclays Bank, 5 High Road, Willesden Green, NW10 2TE, 11am-1pm

Brighton: Barclays Bank, North Street, BN1 1RU, 12pm-2pm

Bristol: Barclays, 55 Broadmead, BS1 3EA, 12pm-2pm

Cardiff: Outside Barclays, The Hayes, 11am-1pm

Coventry: Barclays, 25, High Street, Coventry CV1 5RE, 12pm

Durham: Barclays, Durham Market Square, 11am-2pm

Hackney: Barclays, 3-5 Kingsland High St, London E8 2JT, 12pm-2pm

Hastings: Barclays, Queens Road, TN34 1QP, 12pm-2pm

Hitchin: Barclays, 5-6 High Street, Hitchin, SG5 1BH, 10.30am

Kingston: Barclays Bank, 6 Clarence Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1NY, 12pm-2pm

Leamington Spa: 48/50 The Parade, 12pm-1pm

Leicester: 1-3 Haymarket Towers, Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 1WA, 10.30am-12.30pm

Manchester: Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm

Newport: Barclays, 11am

Nottingham: Barclays, 2 High Street, NG1 2EN, 2pm

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket, 11am-1pm

Plymouth, Barclays, 140 Armada Way, 11am-1pm

Reading: Barclays, 90 - 93 Broad Street, Reading, RG1 2AP, 11am

Southampton: Stall near Barclays, Above Bar Street, 11am-1pm

Southend-On-Sea: Barclays, 127 High Street, 9:30am

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays, 8 Calverley Rd, TN1 2TB, 10.30am-12pm

Wellingborough: Barclays, 8 Market Street, 12-1pm (email northantspsc@gmail.com if attending)

Wimbledon: Barclays, Alexandra Road, SW19 7JL, 11.30am

Wolverhampton: Barclays, Queen Square, 11am-1pm.

Worthing: Barclays Bank, Liverpool Gardens / Chapel Road, 12-1.30pm

Camouflaging Injustice: Using Sport to Hide Oppression
2022-10-18 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
REGISTER HERE
Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).

In just a few weeks, the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar. Behind the polished image that FIFA, corporate sponsors, and the Qatari government will present, the World Cup has been built on the back of hyper-exploited migrant labour. The infrastructure that the tournament will rely on has been built by migrant workers forced by global capitalist exploitation into a system that exposes them to forced labour, unpaid wages, and brutal working conditions around the world. In Qatar, they will also be subjected to the coercive Kafala system.

The World Cup is symptomatic of a broader truth. Human rights abusing states use major sporting events to refashion their image – spending vast amounts of money to obscure their repression, and improve their reputation – in what is known as sportswashing. The cases are many.

Israel, for example, uses sporting events to falsely depict itself as a modern, sports values-respecting democratic state – attempting to obscure its regime of settler-colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid against Palestinians. Israeli government support brings in cherished international football teams for “friendly” matches. In professional cycling, the Israeli government-funded pro cycling team is explicit about its goal to enhance Israel’s standing in the eyes of the public – at a time when millions across the world are recognising Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.

Join this webinar to learn more about sportswashing, the role of dirty sponsorship money – and how we can work to amplify the voices of those resisting repression and struggling for justice for all.

In Association Football, investment vehicles controlled by the repressive, dissent-crushing dictatorial monarchies of the Gulf have purchased entire clubs in the top French and English leagues. Putin-allied billionaires have also purchased major football clubs and NBA teams. In golf, the Saudi Public Investment Fund has spent billions to launch the LIV Golf Tour, which, with honourable exceptions, has attracted some of the world’s highest profile players – despite its role in sanitising the regime’s reputation. Military fighter jet “flyovers” have become the norm at US football matches. Elsewhere, massive sporting events like the Olympics have been used to squash dissent, and accelerate processes of gentrification.

These are all examples of a deliberate strategy to use sports to launder state images.

Corporations, on the other hand, lend legitimacy to sportswashing events and sporting bodies through sponsorship, regardless of human rights violations. While some corporations are distancing themselves from the World Cup in Qatar, the Carrefour supermarket chain has doubled down. German brand Puma sponsors the Israel Football Association, which advocates for, and governs on behalf of clubs in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. Join this webinar to learn more about sportswashing, the role of dirty sponsorship money – and how we can work to amplify the voices of those resisting repression and struggling for justice for all.

Speakers:

Shireen Ahmed (Chair) is a multi-platform sports journalist, a TEDx speaker, mentor, and an award-winning sports activist who focuses on the intersections of racism and misogyny in sports.

Abdullah Al-Arian is a professor of modern Middle East history. He is the editor of the recently published Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game (Hurst/Oxford University Press). He is also editor of the Critical Currents in Islam page on the Jadaliyya e-zine.

Jules Boykoff is the author of five book on the Olympics, including Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics. He teaches politics and writing at Pacific University in Oregon, USA. On Twitter: @JulesBoykoff.

Aya Khattab is a Palestinian footballer who plays for the Palestine women’s national team.

Nicholas McGeehan is a founding director of FairSquare Research and Projects. He is an investigator and leading advocate on migrant workers’ rights. He was a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch for five years, where he conducted research and advocacy on a wide range of rights issues, including work on abuses in agricultural supply chains and heat-related deaths in the construction sector.

Hackney PSC: Boycott Film Screening and Discussion
2022-10-20 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | Ridley Road Social Club, First Floor, 89 Ridley Road, London, E8 2NH, United Kingdom
Book Tickets
Join Hackney PSC for a screening and discussion of the documentary Boycott, at Ridley Road Social Club. The film weaves through the personal histories and legal battles of three “accidental plaintiffs” across the US who challenged the dangerous state legislation that removes the right to boycott and grants governments the power to condition jobs on political viewpoints. With the Conservative government set to introduce anti-boycott legislation in the UK this year, our discussion will focus on what we can learn from the film and how we can fight back.

Doors open 7pm, film screens at 7.30pm, discussion from 9.15pm

If you are able to donate to Hackney PSC's work, you can do this by bank transfer or by bringing cash to the screening.

Account name: Hackney Palestine Solidarity
Sort code: 60-20-32
Account number: 40721426

LOCATION
Ridley Road Social Club, E8 2NH

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: Boycott Film Screening and Q&A
2022-10-21 19:15 - 22:30 UTC | Effra Space, 21 Effra Parade, London, SW2 1PX, United Kingdom
Doors: 7.15pm - Film: 8.00pm (70mins) - Q&A/Discussion: 9.30pm

Book Tickets Here.

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC screening of 'Boycott' will be followed by a Q&A/discussion.

This event is a fund raiser - all money raised will be donated to BDS Movement

There is a bar at the venue and we will be selling locally made delicacies by Sesami (307 Railton Rd, London SE24 0JN), as well as a selection of Palestinian fair trade food products by Zaytoun. We will also have our fund raising stall with local campaign leaflets, membership forms and small items for sale i.e. badges and stickers.

**Unreserved seating - please arrive early for a good seat. Please contact us if you have any accessibility issues**

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Boycott (film) - When a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 33 states in America.

'Boycott' traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalise individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the centre of the story, 'Boycott' is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.

For more information - www.boycottfilm.com

East Berkshire PSC: Gaza Fights For Freedom Screening
2022-10-21 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | RISC Global Cafe, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS, United Kingdom
Gaza Fights for Freedom: Film Screening in Reading
Friday 21st October, 7.30pm-10pm
RISC Global Cafe, 35-39 London Street, RG1 4PS

Richmond & Kingston PSC: Apartheid and the Arms Trade - The Israel Connection
2022-11-01 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Tuesday 1 November 2022, 7pm till 9pm.
Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College, Parkshot, Richmond, TW9 2RE (Richmond Station 2 mins).

Richmond & Kingston Palestine Solidarity Campaign present a public meeting on on Apartheid and the Arms Trade. With guest speaker Andrew Feinstein, acclaimed author, academic, ex-MP in the post-apartheid South African Mandela government, and an expert on apartheid and the arms trade.

Screening of 'Boycott' in Brighton - Thurs 3 Nov at 7.30pm
2022-11-03 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Brighton and Hove PSC are pleased to be able to screen this important film.

Boycott examines the wave of anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions) legislation in 33 of the 50 states in the USA, using the stories of three US activists and the attempts to silence them. The implications for UK pro-Palestine campaigners are clear – especially in view of the current government’s anti-BDS legislation, and other plans to limit the right to protest.

The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with a member of the film’s production team and UK BDS activists.

Synopsis of Boycott from the film-makers (full details here):
When a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 33 states in America.

Boycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the centre of the story, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.

PSC Conference: Trade Union Solidarity with Palestinian Workers
2022-11-12 09:45 - 17:15 UTC
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Conference:
Trade Union Solidarity with Palestinian Workers

Saturday 12 November 2022 in Central London
This day conference is for trade unionists who want to further their solidarity work with Palestinians living and working under occupation and apartheid.

Supported by:
ASLEF, AUE, BFAWU, CWU, FBU, NEU, PCS, RMT, Thompsons Solicitors, TSSA, UCU, UNISON, Unite the Union.

Speakers will include:

Samia Al-Botmeh, Assistant professor in economics and researcher at the Centre for Development Studies at Birzeit University in Palestine

Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary NEU

Riya Al'Sanah, PhD candidate at the University of Exeter, and co-authored the Working Palestine: Covid-19, Labour, and Trade Unions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip report along with Dr. Rafeef Ziadah and Professor Adam Hanieh.

Jo Grady, General Secretary UCU

Kamel Hawwash, Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Mariela Kohon, Senior International Officer TUC

Amerit Rait, Vice-President UNISON

Sarona Bedwan, Outreach and Programme Manager MAKAN

Ben Jamal, Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The collective rights of the Palestinian people are under unprecedented assault, and they need our support now more than ever. The trade union movement is a crucial part of building meaningful and lasting solidarity with the Palestinian people, including BDS campaigns to end UK institutional and corporate complicity with Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.

Palestinian workers are forced into precarious, low paid and dangerous work, due to the crippling effect of Israel’s military occupation and apartheid system on the Palestinian economy, amid crippling unemployment. This is particularly the case when Palestinian workers are finding employment in Israeli illegal settlements, or in Israel, where they are rewarded with poor working conditions and low wages, made worse by hazardous journeys, which include harassment and delays at Israeli checkpoints. The same systems makes trade union organising extremely difficult, with very little legal recourse or opportunities to struggle for worker’s rights.

The conference will feature specialist speakers from Palestine and the UK, including trade union activists, who will present on the situation of Palestinian workers under occupation, the role for trade unions in building support for Palestinian freedom and self-determination, and concrete campaigns for trade unionists in solidarity with the Palestinian anti-apartheid movement.

A series of seminars will be offering detailed sessions on key topics, including on how to organise for Palestinian rights in your union, an in-depth discussion of Israel’s apartheid system, and what the next Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaigns are.

PLEASE NOTE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR ANY ENQUIRIES: Martial.Kurtz@palestinecampaign.org

Barclays: Don't Bank on Apartheid Actions
2022-11-26
Go to list of actions across Britain!

Keep the pressure on Barclays by taking action at a Barclays branch near you, and demand it #StopBankingOnApartheid.

On 1 October campaigners protested at 25+ Barclays branches across Britain to demand the bank halt its business ties with companies manufacturing weapons and military technology used by Israel in its militarised violence against Palestinians.

Since then, actions have been taking place at Barclays branches in towns and cities every week. We’ve made it clear that we won’t be going away, and we won’t just be ignored.

We’ll keep ramping up the pressure on Barclays to stop facilitating Israel’s regime of ethnic cleansing, military occupation, and apartheid.

That’s why we’re calling for coordinated actions at Barclays branches across Britain on 26 November, the Saturday before the UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Across Palestine and in exile, Palestinians are resisting Israel’s regime of oppression. They are calling for solidarity with their struggle against Israeli apartheid, including through campaigns to end the complicity of financial institutions like Barclays.

It’s up to us to keep demanding that Barclays #StopBankingOnApartheid.

List of Actions

Brighton: Barclays Bank, North Street BN1 1RU, 12-2pm.

Bristol: Barclays, 55 Broadmead, Bristol BS1 3EA, 12-2pm

Brixton: Barclays, 465 Brixton Road, SW9 8HL, 12pm-3pm

Dalston: Barclays, Kingsland High Street, 12pm-2pm

Durham, Barclays, Market Square, 12pm-2pm

Harrow: Barclays, Harrow Town Centre, 11am-1pm

Hitchin: Barclays Bank, Hitchin, SG5 1BH

Ladbroke Grove: Barclays, 137 Ladbroke Grove, W11 1PR. 11am-1pm

Leamington Spa, Barclays, 48/50 The Parade, 12-1pm

Luton: Barclays, George Street, 1pm-2pm

Manchester: Piccadilly Gardens, 2pm

Newham: Barclays, 304 Green Street, London E7 8LG, 12pm-2pm

Northampton: Barclays, Abingdon Street, NN1 2AN, 11am-1pm. Email northantspsc@gmail.com if attending.

Nottingham: Barclays, 2 High Street, 1pm.

Norwich: Barclays, Red Lion Street, 11am-12pm

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket, City Centre, 11am-1pm.

Plymouth, Barclays, 140 Armada Way, 11am-1pm

Richmond: Barclays, 8 George Street, TW9 1JU, 12 - 2pm.

Southampton: 67B Above Bar St, SO14 7DZ, from 11.15am to 12.45pm.

Waltham Forest: Barclays, 278 Hoe Street, E17 9QE, 11am-1pm

Wolverhampton: Barclays, Queen Square, 11am-1pm

Leicester PSC: An Evening of Solidarity with Bethlehem
2022-12-01 19:00 - 21:30 UTC
An Evening of Solidarity with Bethlehem
Thursday 1 December, 7.30-9.30pm, City Retreat, 70-74 Church Gate, Leicester, LE1 4AL.
All welcome
Dr Kholoud al-Ajarma will speak on 'Life and Resistance in a Palestinian Refugee Camp'. Dr al-Ajarma's family were expelled from their home in Ajjur village in 1948 and have lived since then in Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Kholoud has been active in the Stop the JNF Campaign. JNF UK funded British Park, which is on land stolen from her family.

Angela Bailey of Leicester PSC will speak on her recent voluntary work with Ghirass Cultural Centre in Bethlehem. We will also be screening a short film showcasing the centre's colloboration with Musicians without Borders.

Chester: Folk Jazz Fusion with Tamer Sahouri and Faris Ishaq
2022-12-09 19:00 - 21:30 UTC
Folk Jazz Fusion with Tamer Sahouri and Faris Ishaq
Friday 9 December, 7pm. St Mary's Creative Space, St Mary's Hill, Chester, CH1 2DW.
Organised by Chester Friends of Palestine with support from PalMusic UK

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Luton PSC: Boycott PUMA Action
2022-12-10 11:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join Luton PSC to take action in support of the Boycott PUMA campaign, on 10 December, 11-1pm at St. George Square, Luton.

'Boycott' Film Screening
2023-01-19 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Reading Biscuit Factory, 1 Queens Walk, Reading, RG1 7QE, United Kingdom
BOOK TICKETS

Thursday 19 January 2023 - Reading Biscuit Factory, RG1 7QE - 7pm till 9.30pm
Join East Berkshire PSC for a screening of the acclaimed film 'Boycott'.
When a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 34 states in America.

Boycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the center of the story, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.

This kind of legislation is very likely to affect the UK soon as new bills are passed which limit our freedoms.

We will also have a speaker from national PSC to discuss the film.

Zaytoun products will be on sale (please bring cash) and you can help yourselves to free literature.

Boycott PUMA Day of Action!
2023-01-21
Go to list of actions

PUMA may have a new CEO, but it’s the same old story as far as its complicity in Israeli apartheid goes. PUMA is still ignoring Palestinian sports teams, and sponsoring the Israel Football Association, which governs for football teams in illegal Israeli settlements, on stolen Palestinian land.

PUMA sponsors the Israel Football Association, which not only governs teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land, it also actively advocates to maintain them, including via the corrupt FIFA.

PUMA is feeling the pressure from the global campaign. Just a few weeks ago the Oakland Roots Sports Club in California became the latest professional team – first in the US – to drop PUMA following a year of engagement with local grassroots groups and fan clubs. They join a host of football clubs, including many in the UK, who have severed ties with PUMA during the course of the international campaign.

Last year we pledged #NoRestForPUMA until it ends complicity in Israeli apartheid. We’re keeping that pledge.

Let’s send the new CEO a message. As long as PUMA profits from Israeli apartheid, we will continue to escalate our global boycott campaigns. Take action outside a PUMA store or stockist to demand PUMA ends its complicity in Israeli apartheid.

List of Actions

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 11am-1pm

Brighton, Assemble Clock Tower, BN1 1HJ, 12 noon

Cardiff: JD Sports, Queen Street, 11am-1pm

Coventry, JD Sports, The Precinct, 10am

Exeter, Bedford Square, 12pm

Hastings, Outside Owens, Town Centre, 12pm

Leicester: Sports Direct, Gallowtree Gate, 10am-12pm

London (Central): PUMA Flagship Store, Carnaby St, W1F 9QE, 12pm-2pm

Luton: Meet St George's Square Outside Costa, 12.50pm

Manchester: Market Street, 12.30pm

Newport: John Frost Square, 11am

Northampton: Sports Direct, Abington Street, 11am-12pm

Norwich: Sports Direct, 40-46 St Stephens St, NR1 3SH, 11am-12pm

Plymouth: New George Street, 11am

Stevenage: Meet outside Sports Direct, The Forum, Stevenage SG1 1EH, 12.30pm to 1.30pm, followed by leafleting at 2.15pm to 3pm at Stevenage FC.

Wolverhampton: Queen’s Square, 11am-1pm

Worthing: Outside Sports Direct and JD Sports, 12pm-1.15pm.

Protest: Stop the Twickenham Arms Fair
2023-01-23 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Twickenham Stadium, 200 Whitton Road, Twickenham, TW2 7BA, United Kingdom
Monday 23 January, 2.30-4.30pm, Twickenham Stadium, TW2 7BA
The International Armoured Vehicles 2023 arms fair is scheduled to take place at Twickenham Stadium from January 23-26.

At the fair, delegations from human rights abusing states, including apartheid Israel, will meet with representatives from a range of global arms companies, including those whose products have been used by Israel in its militarised repression of Palestinians.

Over 2500 people have written to the Rugby Football Union, the owners of the stadium, calling on it to revoke permission for the fair to use its venue. Despite this, the arms fair is going ahead.

Join Richmond & Kingston PSC and other local groups to show that the arms fair isn't welcome.

Facebook event here.

Find out more about how you get can involved in the local campaign against the arms fair below:

Luton PSC: The Outlook for Palestinians since Election of New Israeli Government
2023-01-26 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Luton Town Hall, George Street, Luton, LU1 2BQ, United Kingdom
The Outlook for Palestinians since the Election of the New Israeli Government, with guest speaker H.E. Dr Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom

26 January, 7-9pm Luton Town Hall.

Register here.

PSC Annual General Meeting 2023
2023-02-04 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
PSC Annual General Meeting 2023
Saturday 4th February 2023, 10am - 5pm (doors open at 9.00am for registrations)
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1 4RL

Our Annual General Meeting is where PSC members, branches and affiliated organisations come together to decide our next steps as a movement. The event will hear from leading campaigners in both Palestine and Britain and give members the opportunity to vote to set our policies, priorities and to elect our volunteer leadership for the year ahead. Doors will open at 9.00am to begin registrations to ensure prompt start at 10am.

Ahead of the AGM on Saturday 4th February 2023 there are numerous ways for you to take part:

Register to attend, whether as an individual member or as a delegate from your branch or affiliated organisation
Submit a motion or amendment
Stand for election to the PSC Executive Committee

AGM Registration cost: £9 Waged and £7 Concessions

To find out more about the AGM process, please see the following sections:

Registration
All PSC individual members are entitled to attend the AGM, as are delegates from PSC branches and affiliated organisations. To be entitled to vote you, or your organisation, must be a fully paid-up member by Friday 5th November 2022. If you are unsure of whether your membership is up to date, please register and we will be in touch if any payment is due. Online registration is open until Friday 27th January 2023 at 5pm. Postal registration closes on Wednesday 1st February 2023 at 5pm.

All individual members receive one vote. Branches and affiliated organisations receive one vote, except for national organisations with over 100,000 members which are entitled to 3 votes. One person may hold their own vote plus those of a branch or affiliate but will be required to cast all votes they hold in the same way during each vote.

If you wish to cast your individual vote as a member alongside any votes on behalf of a branch or affiliate, please complete both forms.
REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL
REGISTER ON BEHALF OF YOUR BRANCH OR AFFILIATE
REGISTER BY POST

Motions process
Prior to the AGM, the Executive Committee in consultation with Branch representatives attending our regular Branch Forums will compile PSC’s Annual Plan. This proposal is put to the AGM for approval and forms the core of our planned work over the coming year. In addition to the Annual Plan, the AGM can consider motions which, if passed, are integrated into the plan.

Motions must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 9th December 2022. After the distribution of motions, any amendments must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 20th January 2023.

To allow for a more accessible debate, please keep all motions below 500 words and all amendments below 250 words.

To submit a motion or amendment, please use the following form:
SUBMIT A MOTION OR AMENDMENT

Elections to the PSC Executive Committee
The AGM elects members to serve on PSC’s Executive Committee and help lead the campaign until the next AGM. The Executive meets in full at least six times a year with members also taking on diverse areas of work, from supporting the astaff team with campaign planning and organisational oversight to representing us externally or contributing to building PSC in different areas of society. Most meetings take place virtually.

The positions available are Chair, 2 Vice-Chairs (at least one of whom shall be a woman), Secretary, Treasurer, Trade Union Liaison Officer, plus 8 general Executive Members (at least four of whom shall be women).

All members in good standing who have been PSC members since Friday 6th August 2022 or before are eligible to stand.
If you wish to stand for election, you must complete the following form by 5pm on Friday 9th December 2022, including providing details of a proposer, seconder and a statement in support of your candidacy. We will also be asking candidates to submit a video for distribution ahead of the AGM, details of which will be provided to candidates after the close of nominations
ABOUT EACH EC POSITION
SUBMIT A NOMINATION

For any queries in relation to the AGM, please contact the PSC office via info@palestinecampaign.org.
Deadlines:
Friday 6th August 2022: Candidates for election to the Executive Committee must be members by this date to be eligible for election.
Friday 5th November 2022: To vote at AGM as an individual, you must be a current member by this date.
Friday 9th December 2022 at 5pm: Close of submissions of motions and election nominations.
Friday 16th December 2022: A report including the annual plan, proposed motions and election nominations will be published by this date.
Friday 20th January 2023 at 5pm: Close of receipt of amendments to motions.
Friday 27th January 2023 at 5pm: Close of online registration for those attending the AGM.
Wednesday 1st February 2023 5pm: Closing date for postal registrations to attend the AGM.
Saturday 4th February 2023: Annual General Meeting, 10am-4:30pm

Brighton&Hove PSC - Masafer Yatta: Reports from the frontline
2023-02-16 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
The ongoing ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta: reports from the frontline
What’s going on, and what can we do?
Featuring activist and journalist Basel Adra, joining us from Masafer Yatta

Thursday 16 Feb 2023
7.30pm UK time / 9.30pm Palestine time
Via Zoom – registration details below
Please note that you must register in advance for this meeting

Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign is pleased to be hosting this online meeting in our ‘Brighton-Palestine Connect’ series.

The situation in Masafer Yatta, in the south Hebron hills, has been growing progressively worse over the past few years, and is now at crisis point. Attacks on the established Palestinian rural community, by Israeli military and settlers, has intensified – emboldened by a ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court last year, ratifying the decision to allow the Israeli military to appropriate large areas of Masafer Yatta, with the forcible expulsion of over 1,000 Palestinians. This has been widely described as the largest Israeli ethnic cleansing campaign since 1967, and a possible precursor to wide-scale annexation in the West Bank.

We’ll be joined by Basel Adra, an activist and journalist based in At-Tuwani, in the heart of the Masafer Yatta area. Basel regularly contributes to Mondoweiss and +972 Magazine.

We will also be joined by Joan Neary, who spent three months in Masafer Yatta last year as an international observer with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Joan will contribute her own experiences and perspectives.

You must register in advance for this event. To register, please click on this link.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free: Student Day of Action
2023-02-17
DIVEST NOW / FREE PALESTINE / END APARTHEID

In the last year the Israeli military has killed more Palestinians in the West Bank than in any year since 2014, with more than 170 killings to date, including more than 30 children. As Israel approached its elections, and in the face of sustained Palestinian resistance to injustice, this violence intensified further. The election, when it came, brought into government a far-right racist and homophobic bloc. This intensification of violence is a function of the enforcement of a racist system of power that is now accepted across International civil society as meeting the definition of apartheid. Palestinians resisting apartheid need our solidarity more than ever.

Yet here in Britain, the government has threatened to bring in a law aiming to prevent public bodies like universities from divesting from companies involved in the abuse of Palestinian rights, and, last year, the then-Education Secretary threatened that universities should report students who call for Palestinian liberation “from the river to the sea” to the police (aside from being incredibly draconian, this would be near impossible to implement). The government also pressured the NUS to launch an investigation into antisemitism, using the discredited IHRA definition which conflates antisemitism with legitimate advocacy for Palestinian rights.

This February, students across Britain are taking action to show that our voices will not be silenced: we will stand in solidarity with Palestinians and continue to campaign for our universities to divest fully from companies that are complicit in Israel’s system of apartheid.
How can you get involved?

Join the day of action! Download our Action Guide and plan an event, protest, workshop or planning meeting on how to kick apartheid off campus
Download and print out our posters, stick them up around your campus or take a photo of you or your Palestine Society holding them (or ask us to send you some)
Share this day far and wide on social media - here's our twitter, and instagram, and make sure to use the hashtags #FromTheRiverToTheSea and #ApartheidOffCampus

Key Resources:

West Midlands PSC: 'Boycott' Film Screening + Q+A
2023-02-25 15:00 - 17:30 UTC | West Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park , Birmingham , United Kingdom
West Midlands PSC: 'Boycott' film screening, followed by a Q+A with invited guests.

When a news publisher in Arkansas, an attorney in Arizona, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 34 states in America.

Boycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the centre of the story, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.
Register for the event here.

PSC Online Rally: End Apartheid – Stand with Palestine
2023-03-07 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
PSC Online Rally

End Apartheid – Stand with Palestine

Tuesday 7 March 6.30pm

Register for this online event: https://tinyurl.com/4jrjmbzc

The Palestinian people have always stood strong in their liberation struggle—but they are now facing an intensification of repression. Israel, having elected the most far right ultra nationalist government in its history, with ministers who are self-described “Proud fascists”, is intensifying the brutality of its enforcement of a system of apartheid over all Palestinians .

In 2022 Israeli forces killed more Palestinians in the West Bank then in any year since 2005. This spate of killings has continued into 2023 with horrendous assaults on Jenin and Nablus, strikes on Gaza and in the last week Israeli forces enabling settlers to mount a barbaric assault on the village of Huwara which saw homes set alight and civilians attacked. In the aftermath of that grotesque settler attack- Bezalel Smotrich Minister in the Government called for the Israeli state to “erase” the village.

Join us on Tuesday March 7th for an online rally for Palestine. We will hear from Palestinians on the ground about the ongoing Palestinian resistance to these attacks and what they need from us in the UK, and from key voices in the UK on how we need to respond.

Confirmed speakers:

Jalal Abukhater, Palestinian Writer and Activist from Jerusalem
Mustafa Barghouti, Leader, Palestinian National Initiative
Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary, Unite the Union
John McDonnell MP
Louise Atkinson, President NEU
Jess Barnard, Labour NEC
Ronan Burtenshaw, Editor Tribune
Ben Jamal, Director PSC

Chaired by Ryvka Barnard, Deputy Director PSC

Register for this online event: https://tinyurl.com/4jrjmbzc

Camden PSC: Film-interview with Sabby Sagall
2023-03-10 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | St Pancras Church, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BA, United Kingdom
Camden PSC Present:

Israeli Apartheid Week 2023
2023-03-20 - 2023-03-26
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international week of action that has taken place for the last 17 years in over 200 universities and cities around the world. It aims to raise public awareness about Israel’s racial discrimination against all parts of the Palestinian people, which amounts to the crime of apartheid under international law. This week allows us to amplify Palestinian voices, build BDS campaigns, and show solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for justice.

In 2023, the theme of Israeli Apartheid Week is ‘People Against Apartheid’: aiming to highlight intersectional and grassroots struggles against apartheid. Israeli Apartheid Week seeks to link campaigns organising around liberation, decolonisation and racial justice – from Palestine to Black Lives Matter, across the world.

Here in Britain, Israeli Apartheid Week is a chance for university campaigns to raise awareness about their work, launch new campaigns, and link with other organisations to fight to kick #ApartheidOffCampus.

We will be delivering workshops on divestment and Apartheid Off Campus campaigns in universities throughout Israeli Apartheid Week and beyond - get in touch if you'd like to host a workshop at your university.
Get involved!

Come to our PalSoc Forum on the 8th March to hear from campaigners at other universities about their plans for Israeli Apartheid Week - make sure you've registered on Zoom to attend.
Host your own workshops, art installations and talks! Remember to tag us in any of your events on social media @pscyouth / @palestinesolidarityuk, and use our guide for student organisers if you need help planning or contacting speakers.
Join your local PSC branch, or hold your own action to demand Barclays stop arming Israel as part of the national day of action on Saturday 25th March.

Palsoc Forum: Thursday 9th March, 5-6pm - register on Zoom to attend

Get in touch via email to download a copy of our guide for student organisers - featuring ideas for events, speaker contacts and more

Barclays Day of Action: Saturday 25th March, all day

Lobby Day - Right to Boycott
2023-03-22 11:30 - 19:00 UTC
The government plans to introduce an anti-boycott bill - we need as many people as possible to join us in Parliament on Wednesday 22nd March to show the strength of public opposition to this dangerous bill.

Register now for the Lobby Day to speak with your MP, and join hundreds of other constituents to show how many people are opposing this bill.

You’ll receive a full briefing in advance of the Lobby Day about what to expect; how to meet with your MP; and what it’s like to visit Parliament. This includes a pre-lobby zoom meeting where we will give you instructions and you can ask us any questions you may have.
On the day you’ll have access to our team of experts who will be on hand to offer additional information, personal guidance, and advice on meeting your MP.
You’ll get to attend our popular evening solidarity event at Parliament.

The Lobby Day will take place from 11.30 - 17.30 on Wednesday 22nd March, with a special closing solidarity event open to all participants from 17.30 - 19.00.

You can find more Lobby Day resources here - including Lobby Day logistics pack, MP briefing, speaking notes, and next steps after registration.

The impending legislation will specifically target public bodies (including local councils), with an aim of preventing them from cutting ties with companies involved in human rights abuses in Palestine or elsewhere. This could easily impact on any campaign using boycotts as a tool for achieving climate or social justice.

While limited in scope, this bill should be seen in the deeply worrying context of government attempts to close down spaces of political activism and create a chilling effect for people talking about Palestine. Our response is to come back louder! Will you help us?

Don't miss this chance to meet with other constituents who share your passion for Palestine, and send a strong message to Parliament!

No to apartheid! Netanyahu not welcome here
2023-03-24 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Emergency protest for Palestine

No to apartheid! Netanyahu not welcome here

Friday 24 March 2023

10am to 12pm - Opposite Downing Street, Whitehall, London

This Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in London to meet with British government officials. Netanyahu’s far-right government maintains a brutal apartheid system of control over the Palestinian people—this must be opposed! Palestinians need our visible support and solidarity now more than ever.

Join our protest opposite Downing Street to oppose the British government’s welcome of the Israeli Prime Minister. Tell UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that instead of welcoming Netanyahu, he should be imposing immediate sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel until it ends its apartheid regime and respects the full rights of the Palestinian people.
Called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain.

Barclays: Don't Bank on Apartheid - Day of Action!
2023-03-25
Go to list of actions across Britain!

Take action at a high street Barclays branch near you: demand the bank stop investing in companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used to assault Palestinians.

Militarised violence against the Palestinian people is a central feature of Israel’s regime of settler-colonialism, occupation and apartheid.

In 2023, Israel has continued its attacks on Palestinians. On 26 January, Israeli armed forces invaded Jenin, and killed 10 Palestinians in a single raid. In January, at least 35 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, including children, while hundreds more have been injured.

This violence is made possible because of Israel’s trade in arms with countries around the world, including the UK, and the complicity of companies and banks that continue to aid Israel’s violence – including Barclays.

Our research has uncovered that Barclays invests over £1billion+ in arms companies supplying Israel, including Elbit Systems. It specialises in the production of military technology, surveillance systems, and military drones – used to brutalise Palestinians in Israel’s regular attacks, including its repeated bombardments of the Gaza Strip.

In late March the world marks the UN Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and remembers those killed resisting white minority rule in South Africa. During that time, Barclays was a key target of anti-apartheid campaigners worldwide because of its financial links with the apartheid regime.

Palestinians have called on us to revive this history, and stand in solidarity with their anti-apartheid struggle, by pressuring Barclays bank to divest from companies like Elbit Systems.

With Barclays continuing to be complicit in the crime against humanity of apartheid, through its financial ties with companies arming Israel, we must take action in solidarity with Palestinians resisting Israel’s violence to demand Barclays #StopBankingOnApartheid.

List of actions:

Abergavenny: Barclays, Frogmore Street, 10.30am

Birmingham: Barclays, 79-84 High Street, 1pm-3pm

Bolton: Barclays, Victoria Square, 11am

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, 12pm-2pm

Brixton: Barclays, 463/465 Brixton Rd, 12pm-2pm

Bristol: Barclays, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 12pm-2pm

Canterbury: 9 St George Street, 11am-2pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Coventry: Barclays, 25 High Street, 12pm-1pm

Durham: Market Square, 11am-2pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12.15pm-2.15pm

Harrow: Barclays, 355 Station Road, 11am-1pm

Hastings: Barclays, Queens Road, 12pm-2pm

Hereford: Barclays, Broad St, 11am-12.30pm

Hitchin: Barclays, High Street Hitchin, 10.30am-12pm

Hull: Barclays, Victoria Square, 11am-1pm

Kingsbury: Barclays, 505-507 Kingsbury Road, 11am-1pm

Kingston: Barclays, 6 Clarence Street, 12pm

Leamington Spa: Barclays, 48/50 The Parade, 12pm-1pm

Leeds: Barclays, Albion Street, LS1, 10.30am-2pm

Luton: Barclays, 28 George Street, 1pm-2pm

Manchester: Piccadilly Gardens, Meet at 11am

Newham: Barclays, 304 Green Street, E7, 12pm-2pm

Newport: Barclays, Commercial Street, 11am-1pm

Nottingham: Barclays, High Street, 12pm

Northampton: Barclays, Abington Street, 11am-1pm.

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket, 11am

Sheffield: Barclays, 10-12 Pinstone Street, 12pm

Shrewsbury: Barclays, 44-46 Castle Street, 11am-1pm

Southampton: Barclays, 67B Above Bar St, 11am-12.45pm

Southend: Barclays, 127 High Street, 1.30pm-3.30pm

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays, 8 Calverley Road, 10.15-11.30am

Willesden Green: Barclays, 5 High Road, 11am-1pm

Wolverhampton: Queen Sq, 11am-1pm

Worthing: Barclays Bank, 1 Chapel Road, 12pm-1.15pm

Stop the JNF: Land Day Webinar
2023-03-30 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
REGISTER HERE

Land Day is one of the most important days marking Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation and apartheid. March 30th 2023 marks 47 years since 6 unarmed Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces whilst peacefully resisting the state-sanctioned stealing of Palestinian lands.

The confiscation of Palestinian land continues today, with a violent Israeli settler movement empowered by a new Israeli government even more right-wing than its predecessors. The Jewish National Fund (JNF or KKL) continues to play a key, state-sanctioned role in expropriating Palestinian land for the sole purpose of Jewish settlement.

The Plant a Tree in Palestine (Stop the JNF) campaign provides support to Palestinian farmers and communities resisting land grabs on the ground. The Stop the JNF campaign is working with Palestinian partners who will plant thousands of trees this year, and to make this happen we aim to raise a total of £7500 (a hundred pounds for every year since the Nakba) from now until May.

Join us from 6.30pm (UK time) on Thursday, March 30th to find out more about the campaign, to hear from those planting on the ground, the impact of the new Israeli government, as well as inspirational music and poetry.

'If they uproot 100, we will plant 101!’

EMERGENCY PROTEST - HANDS OFF AL AQSA - END APARTHEID
2023-04-07 15:30 - 16:30 UTC
EMERGENCY PROTEST - HANDS OFF AL AQSA - END APARTHEID

Date: Friday 7 April 2023
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Israeli Embassy, London, W8 4QB

Over the last few days Israeli forces have brutally attacked Palestinian worshippers in Al Aqsa mosque.

Israel's use of armed force against Palestinians is a key element of its apartheid control: whether it's raids on cities, villages, and refugee camps in the West Bank, bombing in Gaza, or police attacking worshippers in Al Aqsa.

On Friday 7 April, join us to demand Israel end its attacks and its system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

No Way to Treat a Child: DCI-Palestine UK tour
2023-04-16 - 2023-04-21
From the 16th - 21st April, PSC's national branches will be hosting a series of No Way to Treat a Child public meetings across the country.
Palestinian children are amongst the most vulnerable within Israel’s system of apartheid. From military detention to home demolitions, it's simply No Way to Treat a Child. You can help raise awareness - and galvanise action - by coming to one of our April events, where we’re delighted to be welcoming two prominent speakers from Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-Palestine) to the UK.
Don’t miss this chance to hear from:
• Ayed Abu Eqtaish, Accountability Programme Director at DCI-Palestine
• Miranda Cleland, Advocacy Officer at DCI-Palestine

EVENTS LIST - dates and places:
Sunday 16th April: Hastings, 2 – 4pm
White Rock Hotel, 1-10 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JU
Registration not necessary

Monday 17th April: London, 7 – 8pm. (doors at 6.30pm)
Amnesty International HQ, 25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
This event is co-hosted with Amnesty International, and will be followed by a drinks reception from 8 – 9.30pm.
REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND
*This meeting will also be available to watch online as it's livestreamed. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE LIVESTREAM
Tuesday 18th April: Letchworth, 7 – 8.30pm
Friends Meeting House, Howgills, 42 South View, Letchworth SG6 3JJ
REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND

Wednesday 19th April: Slough, 7.30 – 9.30pm
St Peter's Church, 42 Clive Ct, Chalvey, Slough SL1 2SH
As this event falls during Ramadan, there will be a short break at the appropriate time to break fast. Iftar snacks will be provided. REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND

Thursday 20th April: Bradford on Avon, 6.30 – 8pm
United Church, St Margaret's Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DD
Registration not necessary

Friday 21st April: Newcastle, 7 - 8pm
DiverCity Hub, 120-126 Buckingham St, Newcastle NE4 5QR
REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND

Brent & Harrow PSC: Boycott Matters
2023-04-24 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Chalkhill Community Centre, 113 Chalkhill Road, London, HA9 9FX, United Kingdom
Brent & Harrow PSC: Right to Boycott Public Meeting

Monday April 24th at 7.30 to 9pm. Chalkhill Community Centre, Welford Centre, 113 Chalkhill Road, Wembley Park, HA9 9FX is in Wembley, 2 minutes walk from Wembley Park tube station and served by many buses from all parts of Brent and Harrow (see the flyer below.

Hear two speakers, Andrew Feinstein, Former ANC MP in South Africa and Ryvka Barnard, Deputy Director, PSC.

Entry is free but PLEASE register with Eventbrite so that we have an idea of numbers. Please use the QR code on the attached flyer or go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/595697135167

Protest at Barclays AGM
2023-05-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3EE, United Kingdom
Where: QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, SW1P 3EE

When: 3 May 2023, 10am-12am

Militarised violence against Palestinians is a central feature of Israel’s regime of settler-colonialism, occupation and apartheid.

Israel’s current far-right government has continued its attacks on Palestinians. In the first 3 months of 2023 alone almost 90 Palestinians were killed by Israeli armed forces.

The violence we are witnessing today, and the historical violence that has left generations of Palestinians dispossessed and traumatised, is made possible because of the complicity of corporations and financial institutions, including Barclays Bank.

Our research has uncovered that Barclays invests over £1billion in companies supplying weapons to Israel. This includes Elbit Systems, which produces military technology, surveillance systems, and military drones – used to brutalise Palestinians in Israel’s regular attacks, including its repeated bombardments of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian people are standing strong in the face of this horrific violence, but they need our solidarity. Palestinians have called on people of conscience around the world to take action to end the complicity of financial institutions who support the violence perpetrated against them.

Join us to protest at Barclays Annual General Meeting in London. Together, we’ll demand that Barclays stops supporting Israel’s militarised attacks on Palestinians, and #StopBankingOnApartheid.

Nakba 75: 6 Days of Action For Palestine
2023-05-08 - 2023-05-13
This May marks 75 years of Nakba. 75 years of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.

75 years of displacement and exile.

75 years of catastrophe.

But in the face of brutal oppression and systematic violence, Palestinians continue to resist. This week, take 6 actions in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.

Click the images below to take action each day. Remember to check back for each day’s important action!
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Nakba 75 - Exist, Resist, Return - Online Event
2023-05-09 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
“We have not forgotten, we will not forget. Veins like roots of olive trees, we will return. That is not a threat, not a wish, a hope or a dream, but a promise.”
-Remi Kanazi, from his poem ‘Nakba’

Nakba 75 - Exist, Resist, Return

6.30pm UK time, Tuesday 9th May 2023

An online event. Register here: https://bit.ly/Nakba75-9May-Event

On May 15th Palestinians across the globe will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the process of ethnic cleansing, colonisation and dispossession that saw over 750,000 Palestinians driven into exile and more than 500 towns and villages wiped from the map.

The Nakba is marked not just as an historical event but as a continuing process of oppression enacted over the past 75 years though ongoing colonisation of land, enforcement of apartheid and military occupation.

Join us for this online event to hear from Palestinian movement leaders, poets, scholars and activists from across historic Palestine and the diaspora who will share their personal histories and tell us how they confront the ongoing Nakba in their life and work.

Speakers will include:
Professor Kamel Hawwash - PSC Chair and academic
Sami Abou Shahadeh - Historian and Head of Balad/Tajamou’ party
Muna Dajani - Palestinian water and environmental justice scholar
Selma Dabbagh - Poet/Writer and Head of Strategy at International Centre of Justice for Palestinians

Register today: https://bit.ly/Nakba75-9May-Event

Watford PSC: Women in Hebron Cooperative
2023-05-12 19:30 - 21:30 UTC
Watford PSC is hosting Nawal Slemiah, founder and director of the Women in Hebron women's cooperative, for a meal and public meeting. Nawal will speak about the work of the cooperative and life in occupied Palestine. Fair trade handicrafts made by women from the cooperative will be available for purchase.

Date: Friday, 12th May at 7.30pm

Venue: Taboush, 57 Market St, Watford WD18 0PR

RSVP + info to WatfordPSC@gmail.com

NAKBA 75 - National Protest: Free Palestine - End Apartheid
2023-05-13 12:00 - 16:00 UTC
NAKBA 75 - National Demonstration
FREE PALESTINE - END APARTHEID - END THE OCCUPATION

Date: Saturday 13 May 2023
Time: 12pm
Location: The BBC, Portland Place W1A, London

In May of this year Palestinians will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the process of ethnic cleansing, colonisation and dispossession that saw over 750,000 Palestinians driven into exile and more than 500 towns and villages wiped from the map.

We mark the Nakba not just as an historical event but as a continuing process of oppression enacted over the past 75 years though ongoing colonisation of land, enforcement of apartheid and military occupation.

The Palestinian people need our solidarity now more than ever.

Join the protest march and rally for Palestine taking place on Saturday 13th May 2023 in central London.

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Supported by Artists’ Union England, BFAWU, CWU, The MU, NEU, PCS, RMT, TSSA, UCU, UNISON, Unite the Union.

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LIST OF TRANSPORT/COACHES /MEETING POINTS FROM AROUND THE UK

Jews Like Me- An evening of film and debate
2023-06-02 18:00 - 21:00 UTC
Jews Like Me- An evening of film and debate

Friday, 2nd June 2023 | 18:00-21:00
at P21 Gallery https://p21.gallery/
In the film "Jews Like Me", Sabby Sagall, author, activist and academic, details his journey from an ultra-Zionist childhood to becoming a life long supporter of Palestine.

A debate, discussion, featuring activists:
Sabby Sagall, Camden Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Richard Kuper- Jews for Justice for Palestine
Naomi Wimbourne-Idrissi - Jewish Voice for Labour
Michael Kalmanovitz - IJAN
David Rosenberg - Jewish Socialist Group

Chaired by Luca Salice

https://www.facebook.com/Camden-Palestine-Solidarity-Campaign-107933772612832

Boycott PUMA - Day of Action
2023-06-24
Take action on 24 June at a PUMA store or stockist to demand the company ends its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association, which governs for football teams in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land.

PUMA is under pressure. We made sure its 75th anniversary AGM last month was dominated by it’s the topic of its ties to Israeli apartheid.

Protesters massed outside the venue, while inside activist shareholders took PUMA’s senior management to task on the company’s continued sponsorship of the IFA. On social media, we took over PUMA’s hashtags with calls for it to finally end to its sponsorship of the IFA. Social media posts directed potential PUMA shoppers to a new website outlining the truth about the company’s unethical ties.

We must keep the pressure up. Palestinian sports teams continue to demand that PUMA stop its support for human rights abuses against them. But PUMA keeps ignoring them.

At the AGM, PUMA’s CEO Arne Freundt was forced to acknowledge the widespread protests, but refused commit to end PUMA’s ties with the IFA.

As Israel’s land grabs continue apace its more important than ever that we take action against companies supporting Israel’s land grabs, like PUMA.

Join an action outside a PUMA store or stockist near you. Check back for a full list of actions to be added soon.

List of Actions:

Brighton: Meet at the Clock Tower BN1 1HJ at 12 noon

Cardiff: JD Sports, Queen Street, CF10 2AS, 11am–1pm

Coventry: JD Sports, CV1 1DE (just down from Broadgate), 11am–1pm

Cwmbran: Congress Theatre in Gwent Square, NP44 1PL, 11am

Durham: Market Square, DH1, 11am–2pm

Edinburgh: Princes Street (Corner of Castle St), 11am–12.30pm

Haslemere: J K Coaching, 97 Wey Hill, GU27 1HS, 11.30am–1pm

Hull: Outside St Stephens Shopping Centre, HU2 8LN, 11am–1pm

Kingston, JD Sports, 20 Church Street, KT1 1RJ, 12pm–2pm

London (Central): PUMA Store, Carnaby Street, W1F 9QE, 12pm–2pm

Oxford: Bonn Square, 11am–1pm

Plymouth: Outside Sports Direct, George Street, 11am–1pm

Reading: JD Sports, 52 Broad Street, 12noon–2pm

Stevenage: Outside Sports Direct, 12.30-1.30pm

Wolverhampton: Queen’s Square, 10.30am–12.30pm

Worthing: meet outside JD Sports and Sports Direct in Worthing, 12noon

York: Parliament Street, 3pm-4pm

Peterborough PSC: A Celebration of Palestinian Culture
2023-07-01 11:00 - 16:00 UTC
Peterborough PSC: A Celebration of Palestinian Culture

1 July at St John's Church Square, 11.00am-4pm for stalls, music, dance

6 July at Iqbal Centre, Cromwell Road, 7pm-9pm: Palestinian Food and Film Night

26 June till 7 July: Exhibitions of artworks at many venues around the City

Full details:

Freedom Flotilla in England & Wales
2023-07-02 - 2023-07-24
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip live under a devastating 16-year illegal land, air and sea blockade imposed by Israel. The impact of the blockade and Israel's regular bombing campaigns are disastrous. They have destroyed and damaged homes, schools and hospitals, ruined essential services like healthcare and sanitation, and destroyed Gaza's economy meaning Palestinians face poverty and unemployment.
In solidarity with Palestinians challenging the blockade the in Gaza Strip, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition is sailing once again in 2023. Their boat is named Handala – after the famous cartoon image of a refugee Palestinian child.
The Flotilla will be stopping at various ports in Europe to raise collective awareness about Israel's illegal and inhumane occupation and blockade of the Gaza Strip, in solidarity with Palestinians resisting it. The Flotilla will be in England and Wales between 3 July and 24 July.

Events in England & Wales:

Liverpool:

The Freedom Flotilla visits Liverpool from 2 July to 4 July. Find out more by visiting the Liverpool Friends of Palestine website.

Monday 3 July, 7pm. End the Siege of Gaza Public Meeting. At St Bride’s church, Percy Street L8 7LT, free entrance (light refreshments from 6.30pm)

Cardiff:

The Freedom Flotilla visits Cardiff from 7 July till 10 July. Stay tuned for info about a range of events organised by Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Friday: 7 July:

Midday(Approx) – Greet the Boat as it comes through the barrage locks at Cardiff Bay. Contact Cardiffpsc@gmail.com to receive up to date timings on the day.

Saturday 8 July:

12noon: – Hands Off Jenin Protest - Nye Bevan Statue, Queen Street, Cardiff
7pm-9pm – Public Meeting in Temple of Peace with speakers Beth Winter MP and Zohar Regev Chamberlain (Flotilla Crew), Sumayya Ahmed (British-Palestinian), chaired by Mairead Canavan (Wales NEU Executive.)

Sunday 9 July

1pm-4pm – Info stall and visits to Handala in Cardiff Bay
6pm – Empire Restaurant 157 Albany Road – Farewell meal for Flotilla. Book your place here https://buytickets.at/cardiffpalestinesolidaritycampaign/944101

Monday 10 July

Handala will set off for Bristol in the morning.

Bristol:

The Freedom Flotilla visits Bristol from 10 July till 19 July. Find out more about a range of events organised by Bristol PSC here.

Monday 10 July, time tbc: Welcome the Freedom Flotilla, Cascade Steps, Centre.

Tuesday 11 July, 7pm: Film Screening 'The Truth: Lost at Sea', at Palestine Museum & Cultural Centre

Wednesday 12 July, 7.30pm: Concert for Gaza at Palestine Museum & Cultural Centre. Find out more.

Thursday 13 July, 7pm: Freedom Sounds, Frome Friends of Palestine present an evening of eclectic music alongside a sumptuous Middle Eastern Buffet. Find out more and buy tickets here.

Friday 14 July, 3pm: Flotilla Crew join Bristol Vigil for Gaza at Cascade Steps, Centre.

Saturday 15 July, 7pm: "Breaking the Blockade of Gaza" panel talk about effects of the Israeli blockade. Speakers from PSC and a link-up with Child Mental Health Centre in Gaza. At Palestine Museum & Cultural Crntre.

Monday 17 July, 12pm. Picnic with Palestinian Music and Poetry at Queens Square, 12pm.

Wednesday 19 July, time tbc. Farewell to the flotilla at Bristol Docks.

Southampton:

The Freedom Flotilla visits Southampton from 21 July to 24 July. Find out more from Southampton PSC.

Emergency Protest - Hands Off Jenin - End Apartheid
2023-07-05 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington, W8 4QB, London , United Kingdom
Wednesday 5 July 2023 - 6pm

Assemble outside the Israeli Embassy, W8 4QB.

Called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Mandela Day in Brixton
2023-07-16 14:30 - 17:30 UTC | Windrush Square, Effra Road, London, SW2 1JQ, United Kingdom

Peterborough PSC: Palestinian Women's Voices
2023-07-27 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Allama Iqbal Centre, 157 Cromwell Road, Peterborough, PE1 2EL, United Kingdom

Luton PSC: Give PUMA the boot
2023-08-12 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | St George's Square, St George's Square, Luton, LU1 2NG, United Kingdom
Location: St George's Square, Luton

Time: Saturday 12 August, 1pm-3pm

Join Luton PSC for an event supporting the boycott PUMA campaign. PUMA sponsors the Israel Football Association, which includes football teams based in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. Get involved and score a goal against PUMA, and help raise awareness about the call by Palestinian sports teams for PUMA to end its role in the violation of their rights.

Swim with Gaza in the UK
2023-08-26 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
Since 2007 the people of Gaza have been imprisoned. They have no parks, no mountains, no valleys; no escape.

But they have the sea – their only free space for fun.

Let’s join them in the sea for a solidarity swim. Each year they have a swimming festival on Gaza beach called the Gaza Swimming Carnival.

This year the Swimming Festival will be held on Saturday 26th August – and in act of solidarity we aim to join thousands of other people around the world swimming in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

www.swimwithgaza.com

The date is Saturday 26th August. Join us:

• London, Parliament Hill Lido, Gordon House Road NW5 1LT, 9:30 to 10:30 am

• St Leonards, Hastings, Coast Guard Station, front of Azur, from 4:00 pm

• Brighton, Brighton Beach by The West Pier in front of the i360 tower, 3:00 to 5:00 pm

• Worthing Pier, 5:00 to 6:00 pm

• Northern Ireland, Killyleagh, Gibby Island, 9:00 to 9:30 am

For more information, please see www.swimwithgaza.com

Stop the DSEI Arms Fair - Vigil
2023-09-05 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
Location: Cundy Park, Prince Regents Lane, London, E13 8RY. Nearest station: Prince Regent DLR. Find on maps.

In September, one of the world’s largest arms fairs, DSEI, returns to London.

DSEI will host delegations from a range of human rights abusing states. They’ll be at the fair to buy weapons from the arms companies exhibiting at the event.

Officials from apartheid Israel are scheduled to attend, alongside several Israeli arms companies, which develop and test weapons through Israel’s apartheid regime against Palestinians. In this way, DSEI will facilitate the sale of weapons and military technology to Israel to be used against Palestinians.

DSEI isn’t just contributing to Israel’s violence against Palestinians. Arms companies exhibiting at the fair facilitate assaults against indigenous and racialised communities across the world, producing weapons used to attack Saharawi land defenders, strengthen the violent European border regime, and arm militarised police forces in the United States and UK.

Communities across the world continue to stand firm and resist racism, colonialism, apartheid and dispossession. Join us to show solidarity with them as the DSEI arms fair sets up as we’re led by artists and activists in opposing DSEI though speeches, readings and spoken word.

Let’s unite our voices and say stop the DSEI arms fair!

Public meeting: JCB Complicit in Demolishing Palestinian Homes
2023-09-12 19:30 - 21:15 (Europe/London) | Room 4 Somerstown Community Centre, River's St, Portsmouth, Southsea , PO5 4EY, United Kingdom
You are invited to a meeting on Tuesday, 12 September at the Somerstown Community Centre, Portsmouth, to gather support for a more active programme for the local branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

We will present ideas for a local campaign on JCB, a British company which supplies Israel with machines used in the demolition of Palestinian homes and structures as part of its brutal military occupation and apartheid regime.

We will be looking for volunteers at the meeting, including those to help organise and lead this campaign.

TWICKENHAM: Meeting with delegates from Al Shu'fat refugee camp
2023-09-18 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | St Mary's Church, Church Street, Twickenham, TW1 3NJ, United Kingdom
There is no entry fee but please register at eventbrite.co.uk/…/delegation-from-al-shufat-refugee-camp-tickets-698990087167
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Al Shu’fat camp was established in 1965 just outside Jerusalem. Its population density is extremely high, with 24,000 refugees living on just 0.2 kms2 of land.

This is a rare opportunity to meet with Palestinians who are doing inspiring work in incredibly difficult circumstances. The 5 delegates from the Al Quds charitable society for the disabled will give an illustrated talk about their work and the daily challenges that they face. A Q&A session will follow.

The visit to the UK has been arranged by the Unite Shu’fat Twinning Group. More information at https://www.unitetheunion.org/.../2022-03-04...

Richmond & Kingston PSC meeting
7pm - 8.30pm, St Mary's Church, Church Street, Twickenham TW1 3NJ

Kilburn: 'Boycott' Film Screening + Talk
2023-09-20 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Abbey Community Centre, 172 Belsize Road, Kilburn, NW6 4BJ, United Kingdom
Join Brent & Harrow PSC, Camden PSC and Brent Friends of Palestine for a timely screening of the documentary 'Boycott' and a talk with Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, as the UK similarly faces the threat of anti-boycott legislation.

Register here!

Join us for a film screening of 'Boycott' on Wednesday 20th Sep 2023 at 7pm at the Abbey Road Community Centre, Kilburn, London NW6 4BJ

About the film

Over the past six years, unbeknownst to most Americans, 36 states passed laws intending to silence boycotts and other nonviolent measures aimed at pressuring Israel on its human rights record. These dangerous bills remove the legal protection that has been awarded to boycotts for generations, granting governments the power to condition jobs on political viewpoints.

As this wave of anti-boycott legislation has swept through US, so has a counter-wave in defense of freedom of speech. Everyday Americans are challenging these laws for their constitutionality in a nation-wide battle likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court.

With full access to the plaintiffs and in revelatory moments with elected officials, Boycott chronicles one of the most consequential First Amendment battles of the past few decades and investigates the question – how did we get here?

Tickets - Register here!

This a free event but we welcome donations to help cover the costs of the event and support our work for Palestine.

Mark your calendars and don't miss out on this important film. We can't wait to see you there!

This event is organised by Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Camden PSC and Brent Friends of Palestine.

Barclays: Don't Bank on Apartheid - Day of Action
2023-09-23
Take action at a high street Barclays branch near you: demand the bank sever its financial ties to companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used to assault Palestinians.

In 2023, Israel has continued its brutal militarised attacks on Palestinians. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in military invasions, assassinations and bombing campaigns. These attacks are a feature of Israel’s system of military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

Israel’s violence is made possible because of its trade in arms with countries around the world, including the UK, and the complicity of companies and banks that continue to aid Israel’s violence – including Barclays.

Our research has uncovered that Barclays invests over £1billion+ in arms companies supplying Israel. This includes Boeing, who produce the Apache attack helicopter which Israel has used to fire missiles at Palestinians during attacks on Jenin refugee camp, and Elbit Systems, which produces armoured drones used to brutalise Palestinians, including its repeated bombardments of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Palestinians continue to stand firm and defend their communities against Israel’s violence. They have called on us to take action in solidarity with their struggle, including through pressuring financial institutions, like Barclays bank, to divest from companies facilitating the violence they face.

On 23 September 2023, take action in solidarity with Palestinians resisting Israel’s violence to demand Barclays #StopBankingOnApartheid.

List of actions:

Saturday 23 September 2023:

Birmingham: Barclays, 79-84 High St, Birmingham B4 7TE, 11.30am-1pm

Bolton: Barclays, Town Centre, 11am-12noon

Brighton: Barclays, 139/142 North Street, BN1 1RU, 12 noon-1.30pm

Bristol: Barclays, at the Podium in the middle of Broadmead Shopping Centre, BS1 3EA, 12noon-2pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am-1pm

Coventry: Barclays Bank, High Street, 12 noon-2pm

Edinburgh: Corner of Princes Street/North Castle Street, 11am

Harrow: Barclays Bank, 355 Station Road, Harrow HA1 2AW, 11am-1pm

Hastings: Barclays, 207-208 Queens Rd, Hastings TN34 1QP, 12noon-2pm

Hereford: Barclays, Broad Street, HR4 9BH, 11am

Hull: Barclays Bank, Victoria Square, Hull, 11am-1pm

London, Ilford: Barclays Bank, High Road Ilford, IG1 1DE, 10am-1pm

London, Kingsbury: Barclays Bank, 505-507 Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury, London NW9 9EG, 11am-1pm

London, Waltham Forest: Meet for publicity photos at Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Rd, E17 4JF at 11am. From there we will walk to Barclays Bank, Hoe St, E17 9QE, where we will protest from 12.00-1pm.

London, Willesden Green: Barclays Bank, 5 High Road (junction with Warm Lane), Willesden Green, London NW10 2TE, 11am-1pm

Manchester: Picadilly Gardens, 12 noon

Newcastle: Barclays, Northumberland Street, 11am-12.30pm

Newport: Barclays Bank, 14 Commercial Street, NP20 1HE, 11am-1pm

Nottingham: Barclays Bank, High Street, NG1 2EN, 12noon

Oxford: Barclays Bank, 54 Cornmarket St, Oxford OX1 3HB, 11am-1pm

Plymouth: Barclays Bank, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 1LA, 11am-1pm

Portsmouth: Barclays Bank, Commercial Road, PO1 1BT, 2pm-4pm

Reading, Barclays, 90-93 Broad St, Reading RG1 2AP, 12 noon-2pm

Sheffield: City Centre, 12 noon

Shrewsbury: Barclays Bank, 44/46 Castle Street, SY1 2BU, 11am-1pm

Southampton: 67B Above Bar St, Southampton SO14 7DZ, 11am-12.45pm

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays Bank, 8 Calverley Rd , TN1 2TB, 10am-1pm

Worthing and Adur: Barclays Bank, 1 Chapel Road, Worthing, BN11 1EX, 12 noon-1.15pm

Sunday 24th September:

London, Brockwell Park: Herne Hill Gates, London, SE24 9AA, 1.30-3pm

Saturday 30th September

Leeds: Barclays, Albion Street, LS1 5LD, 10.30am-2pm

Harrow: 'Boycott' Film Screening + Talk
2023-10-02 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Serenity Restaurant & Banquet Hall, 370-372 Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2DE, United Kingdom
Join Brent & Harrow PSC for a film screening of 'Boycott' on Monday 2nd October 2023 at 7.30pm at Serenity Restaurant & Banquet Hall, Harrow HA1 2DE, followed by a talk by Peter Leary from Palestine Solidarity Campaign about the issues and significance to the UK.

Register here!

About the film

Over the past six years, unbeknownst to most Americans, 36 states passed laws intending to silence boycotts and other nonviolent measures aimed at pressuring Israel on its human rights record. These dangerous bills remove the legal protection that has been awarded to boycotts for generations, granting governments the power to condition jobs on political viewpoints.

As this wave of anti-boycott legislation has swept through US, so has a counter-wave in defense of freedom of speech. Everyday Americans are challenging these laws for their constitutionality in a nation-wide battle likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court.

With full access to the plaintiffs and in revelatory moments with elected officials, Boycott chronicles one of the most consequential First Amendment battles of the past few decades and investigates the question – how did we get here?

Tickets - Register here!

This a free event but we welcome donations to help cover the costs of the event and support our work for Palestine.

Refreshments

Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase at the venue.

Mark your calendars and don't miss out on this important film. We can't wait to see you there!

Online Rally: Defend our Right to Boycott
2023-10-03 18:30 - 19:30 UTC
Online Rally: Defend our Right to Boycott

Join us on Tuesday 3rd October at 6.30pm for an online rally against the anti-boycott bill. MPs from across parties will join civil society groups to warn of the threat posed to our democratic rights. Hear what you can do to help stop this dangerous bill from ever becoming law.

The toxic anti-boycott bill threatens to erode local democracy, restrict freedom of expression, and undermine campaigns for social and climate justice. It will prevent public authorities – including local councils, the Scottish and Welsh governments, universities, and public sector pension funds – from making ethical choices about spending and investment.

The government’s main target is campaigns organised in response to the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) to pressure Israel into ending its violations of human rights and international law. It could also hit campaigns against deforestation, pollution, and the exploitation of children and workers around the world.

Boycott and divestment have long been used to campaign peacefully for progressive change – from the movement against the trans-Atlantic slave trade, to the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. A broad coalition of more than 70 organisations including trade unions, charities, NGOs, faith, climate justice, human rights, and solidarity groups are calling on MPs to reject this dangerous bill in parliament.

Click to register here

Fragments of Palestine - Tim Sanders Exhibition
2023-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Rich Mix, 47 Bethnal Green Rd E1 6LA, London, London, United Kingdom
Tower Hamlets & Newham PSC are pleased to announce the first chance to see Tim Sanders' pictures from his recent trip to Palestine.

Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA.

Opening event: Friday October 6th, 6-8 pm at which Tim will introduce the drawings and paintings.

Signed prints and other items will shortly be available to buy at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign shop and other outlets.

This is the first in a series of exhibitions over the next year.

Right to Boycott - Day of Action
2023-10-07
On 7 October take action locally to defend the Right to Boycott! Join a protest, stall, or meeting happening in your area to show your opposition to the government’s pernicious anti-boycott bill.

This Saturday – 7 October – we will be taking to the streets of towns and cities across Britain for a ‘day of action’ to defend the Right to Boycott!

Check the list below to join a protest, stall, or meeting happening in your area to show your opposition to the government’s toxic anti-boycott bill.

We also want to make a huge splash on social media. If you can’t make it in person, you can still help to spread the word across your online networks. PSC will be publishing material on the day which you can share, you can post a picture of yourself with a ‘Defend our Right to Boycott’ placard (see below) or get creative with your own signs and images.

Don’t forget to use the hashtag #RightToBoycott and tag PSC’s social media channels.

[Download and print your ‘Defend our Right to Boycott’ placard PROTECT THE Right to Boycott (Poster) (palestinecampaign.org)]

List of actions:

Saturday 7 October

Birmingham: Leafleting in King’s Heath Farmers Market, by All Saints King’s Heath, B14 7RA, 11am-1pm

Bristol: Cascade Steps, 12noon-1pm

Durham: Stall in Durham Market Square, 12noon

East Berkshire: Windsor Castle, Windsor, (opposite Barclays bank SL4 1PQ, top of Peascod Street), 10.30am-12-30pm

Hackney: Hackney Town Hall, Mare St, E8 1EA, 12noon

Hastings: Town Centre, 12noon-2pm

Hitchin: Barclays Bank, High Street, 10.30am

Hull: Victoria Square, 11am-1pm

London, Brent: Kilburn Square, Kilburn High Road, NW6 6PJ, 11am-1pm

London, Harrow: Outside St Ann’s Shopping Centre on St. Ann’s Road in Harrow town centre, HA1 1AT, 1.30pm-3.30pm

London, Redbridge: Town Hall, IG1 1NF, 11am-1pm

Manchester: Location tbc, 12noon-2pm

Norwich: At the junction of Exchange Street and London Street outside Jarrolds Department Store, NR2 1JF, 11.00am-1pm

Oxford: Outside St Michael’s Northgate, Cornmarket Street, Oxford, 11am-12 noon, then outside the Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford, 12noon-1pm

Plymouth: New George St, 11am

Sheffield: Town Hall, 12noon

Southampton: Guildhall Square, 11am-1pm

Tunbridge Wells: Stall near Metro Bank, 2 Calverley Rd, TN1 2TB, 10am- 1pm

Worthing: Meeting outside Worthing Town Hall, Chapel Road, BN11 9SA, 3pm

Sunday 8 October:

London, Lambeth: Brockwell Park, Herne Hill Gates, SW24, 1.30pm-3pm

Wednesday 11 October

Machlynlleth: Canolfan & Senedd-dŷ Owain Glyndŵr (Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House), 67-69 Heol Maengwyn, SY20 8EE, 10.30am

EMERGENCY DEMO - STAND WITH PALESTINE - END APARTHEID
2023-10-09 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Opposite the Israeli Embassy, High Street Kensington, W8 4QB, London , United Kingdom
On Monday 9 October PSC will take to the streets to demand Israel end its violent imposition of a system of occupation, apartheid and colonisation over the Palestinian people.

Justice for Palestine: End Apartheid - Labour conference fringe meeting
2023-10-10 12:30 - 13:45 UTC | ACC Liverpool, Meeting Room 3B (Labour Party Conference), King's Dock, Liverpool, L3 4FP, United Kingdom
If you're at Labour Party conference, then join PSC's fringe meeting on Tuesday 10th October at 12.30pm in Meeting Room 3B of the ACC. Speakers include:

Saleh Hijazi, Apartheid-Free Policy Coordinator of the BNC and co-author of Amnesty International's report 'Israel's apartheid against Palestinians.

Janna Jihad, Palestinian youth activist and journalist from the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank.

John McDonnell MP, former shadow-chancellor

Mick Whelan, Secretary-General of ASLEF

Jess Barnard, Labour NEC

Ben Jamal, PSC Director

Book Launch: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story by Nathan Thrall
2023-10-12 18:45 - 20:00 UTC | Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square , London, none, WC1 4RL, London, United Kingdom
Join Nathan Thrall live in London to hear a gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine.

PSC is co-hosting the launch of a compelling and important new book by Nathan Thrall called A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story. The author will be joined in conversation by two guests very close to PSC: Ahdaf Soueif, the renowned novelist and PSC patron, and Saleh Hijazi, the Palestinian BDS National Committee’s Apartheid-Free Policy Coordinator.

Nathan Thrall is an acclaimed journalist and author—you might have seen his dynamic 2018 Guardian long-read article about BDS, one of the few articles in mainstream media that has given BDS a fair hearing, or his more recent 2021 article on apartheid. He has been hailed for his clear-eyed international reporting, which has been cited in the UN Security Council, General Assembly, and Human Rights Council, as well as in reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory.

His new book, a work of narrative non-fiction, tells the story of Milad, a five year old excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem. But tragedy awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, rushes to the chaotic site, only to find Milad has already been taken away. Abed sets off on a journey to learn Milad’s fate, navigating a maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must face as a Palestinian.

PSC members will get a discount code for a FREE ticket.

If you’re already a PSC member email info@palestinecampaign.org with your full name with the subject-heading: ‘member discount for thrall event’ to book FREE tickets.

If you’re not yet a PSC member, now is a great time to join! If you do so before 11 October, we’ll send you a discount code for FREE tickets to the event when you join. Link to join is here: https://palestinecampaign.org/get-involved/join-renew-membership/

Featuring:

Nathan Thrall, Journalist and Commentator

Saleh Hijazi, Apartheid-Free Policy Coordinator at the BNC

Ahdaf Soueif, Author and PSC Patron

MARCH FOR PALESTINE - END THE VIOLENCE - END APARTHEID
2023-10-14 12:00 - 15:30 UTC | BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place , London, W1A 1AA, United Kingdom
When: Saturday 14 October, Assembly 12noon
Where: Meeting at BBC, Portland Place, W1A, London to march

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Join us on Saturday 14 October for a national demonstration in London as we march in solidarity with Palestine and to demand Israel end its occupation of Palestinian land and apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.

Waltham Forest PSC: 'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn! The Big Lie' Screening
2023-10-17 18:00 - 22:00 UTC | Walthamstow Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road, London, E17 4RQ, United Kingdom
Waltham Forest Palestine Solidarity Campaign (WFPSC) Invites you to the screening of the
OH, JEREMY CORBYN! THE BIG LIE
Tuesday 17 October ‘23, door opens 6pm for 7pm start

Walthamstow Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Rd, E17 4RQ

FREE entry, Eventbrite booking required. Donations to the WFPSC and the makers of the film

About the film

In 2017, with the support of an extraordinary grassroots movement, British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn came close to becoming prime minister. The establishment trembled. Britain stood on the threshold of huge political change. But within three years all, it seemed, was lost. What happened and why?

Produced by award-winning radical film-maker Platform Films, with contributions from Jackie Walker, Ken Loach, Andrew Murray, Graham Bash and Moshe Machover, and narrated by Alexei Sayle, this feature-length documentary film explores a dark and murky story of political deceit and outrageous antisemitic smears. It also uncovers the critical role played by current Labour leader, Keir Starmer and asks if the movement which backed Corbyn could rise again.

The screening will be followed by a discussion and question and answer session with the panel which will include:

Norman Thomas, of Platform Films, the producer of the Oh, Jeremy Corbyn! The Big Lie.

Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, co-founder of Jewish Voice for Labour, who has been expelled from the Labour Party

Diana Neslen, a prominent Palestine solidarity activist who faced numerous disciplinary charges by the Labour Party relating to allegations of antisemitism.

Further panel members to be announced nearer to the date.

National March for Palestine - Stop the War on Gaza
2023-10-21 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Marble Arch, Marble Arch, London, W1H 7EJ, United Kingdom
National March for Palestine - Stop the War on Gaza

When: Saturday 21 October, 12PM
Where: Marble Arch, London

150,000 of you joined us when we marched for Palestine in London last Saturday. We cannot stop now. Join us again next Saturday 21 October to demand an end to the war on Gaza.

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Join the trade union bloc at 12noon at the corner of North Row and Park Lane, near Marble Arch MAP

National March for Palestine - Ceasefire Now!
2023-10-28 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment, London, WC2R 2PH, United Kingdom
Last week was the biggest march for Palestine in UK history. Let's make this one even bigger! Join us as we march again for Palestine demanding an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land.

Day of Action for Palestine - Ceasefire NOW!
2023-11-04
Saturday 4 November: Day of Action For Palestine – CEASEFIRE NOW

Israel’s relentless bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip has now killed over 8000 Palestinians. Israel has cut the population off from electricity, food, water and fuel meaning hospitals are collapsing and people are in urgent need of food and humanitarian aid. Over half of the population of the Gaza Strip has been displaced. Israel has now begun a ground invasion of Gaza to further attack the population.

For the past three weeks we’ve marched through London in our hundreds of thousands to demand a ceasefire. We’re rising up in solidarity with Palestine, and we can’t stop now.

On Saturday 4 November, we will take action in towns and cities the length and breadth of Britain to demand a ceasefire NOW to end Israel’s assaults.

List of Actions

Saturday 4 November 2023

London (Central): Trafalgar Square, 2.30pm

Bristol: Assemble Castle Park, 1pm

Cambridge: Assemble King's Parade, 1.30pm

Canterbury: Gather at Westgate Gardens at 2pm, march to Buttermarket Sq for rally from 2.30pm

Carlisle: City Centre, 1pm-2pm

Chatham: Mustering at the Salvation Army at 2pm, marching along High Street, rally next to the Thomas Waghorn (Weatherspoons) by the old sundial.

Coventry: At Broadgate by Primark, 12noon

Dorchester: Town Pump (top South Street, opp Corn Exchange), 12noon

Dumfries: Robert Burns Statue, High Street, 2pm-3pm

Durham: Meet at Palace Green at 12.45pm, and march to Framwellgate Bride

Eastbourne: Bankers Corner, 11am

Exeter: Assemble Bedford Square on Exeter High St, 12noon

Guildford: Towards the bottom of the High Street, at the junction with Quarry St, 12noon-2pm

Halifax: Silent Vigil at Southgate, HX1 1DR, 2pm-3pm

Hereford: Silent Vigil near Bull/Old House, High Town, 12.30pm-2pm

Hitchin: Windmill Hill, 12noon-2pm

Kingston: Deliver letter to Ed Davey’s Office, 11am, walk to main entrance of Bentall Centre for short vigil, 12pm-2pm

Kirkwall: St Magnus Cathedral, 12noon-1pm

Leamington Spa: Outside Leamington Spa Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Leeds: Art Gallery Headrow, LS1 3AA, 11.30am

Lincoln: Assemble at 2pm top of High Street, near Cardinal’s Hat. Rally at 2:30pm, Cornhill Square.

Liverpool: Gather Outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ at 2pm, marching to Derby Square

London, Brent: Kilburn Square, Kilburn High Road, 12noon until 1pm

London, Brixton: Leafleting at Cnr Brixton Rd & Coldharbour Lane, from 12-2pm

London, Camden: Meet at Kentish Town Tube, 11.30am

London, Ealing: Leafleting outside Metro Bank, Ealing Broadway, W5 5JN, 11am-1pm

London, Euston: Euston Station Piazza, 12.30pm

London, Hackney: Dalston Junction, 12noon

London, Harrow: Meet at Statue of Katie on St Ann’s Road (opposite Fresha Foods), Harrow Town Centre at 11.30am

London, Higher Education Workers/UCU London Region: Outside UKRI Office, Tothill Street, SW1H 9NA, 1.30pm

London, Islington: Highbury Corner, 12.30pm

London, Kingsbury: Outside Kingsbury tube station, 11am

London, Lewisham: Lewisham Town Hall in Catford, 12noon, march to Lewisham Clock Tower for rally at 1:30pm.

London: Redbridge: Redbridge Town Hall, 12noon

London, Wimbledon: Vigil at Centre Court, 12noon-2pm

London, Tower Hamlets: Altab Ali Park, Adler Street E1 1FD, 12:30pm

Luton: Luton Town Hall, 12noon

Milton Keynes: Assemble 12.45 Milton Keynes Central Railway station for vigil to commemorate the deaths of Palestinian children 1pm-1:30pm

Newcastle: Assemble at Civic Centre, 11.30am - march to rally and vigil at Monument.

Northampton: Silent Vigil at Cobbler's Last by the Grosvenor Centre, 12noon

Nottingham: Assemble Forest Recreation Ground, 12noon

Oxford: Assemble Bonn Square at 11am, march to Broad Street for rally at 12.15pm.

Penzance: Bottom of Causewayhead, 1pm

Plymouth: Assemble Place de Brest, Armada Way, Plymouth, 12noon

Portsmouth: Assemble Guildhall Square, 12noon (also a rally on Fri 3 Nov at 2pm in Guildhall Square)

Sheffield: Assemble at Sheffield Town Hall, 11am

Southampton: Guildhall Square, 12noon-1pm

Southend: Meet Pier Hill (Beyond Royals), 12noon march to rally at Victoria Circus

Stoke: Albion Square, 1pm

Tunbridge Wells: Street stall and vigil near Metro Bank, Calverley Rd, 11am-2pm

Woking: Commercial Way corner of Mercia Way by Lucianos, 1pm-3pm

Wolverhampton: Vigil for Gaza, Queen Square, 3pm-4pm. (This is not a protest but an opportunity for the community to come together and pay respects to the thousands of lives lost.)

Worthing: Stall in Town Centre, Montague Place, BN11 3GB, 12noon-1.15pm

Wrexham: Meet outside Saith Seren on Lambpit Street, 1pm-2pm

York: Assemble St Helen’s Square, 2pm

Sunday 5 November 2023

Barnstaple: Assemble at The Square, 11am

Birmingham: Meet outside Primark, High St, 12.30pm

Brighton and Hove: Palmeira Square, 12noon

Chester: Outside Chester Town Hall, 12noon-1pm

Hastings: Meet Warrior Square Gardens, 12noon, Rally in Town Centre 1pm

Leicester: Outside the Town Hall, 1:30PM - 3PM

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park Gates, 1.30pm-3pm

London, Waltham Forest: Walthhamstow Market Square, 12noon

Acknowledging Israel's Apartheid - Conference
2023-11-04 09:30 - 15:30 UTC | Temple of Peace, Edward VII Ave, CF10 3AP, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Book tickets here

An all-Wales conference held by Amnesty International and Palestine Solidarity Campaign. B’Tselem, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International have recently published reports documenting the reality of apartheid and the illegality of the actions of Israel. So this conference, aimed at politicians, activists and students across Wales, will examine the origins and intentions of the Israeli state, set the facts irrefutably on the record and examine what needs to be done to bring freedom and justice to Palestinians.

Who is the Conference for?
All people of conscience, including national and local politicians, students, activists, members of faith groups and trade unionists.

What will the Conference do?
Eminent speakers will explain the facts behind the reports from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and B’Tselem – Israel’s human rights organization – naming the state of Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians as apartheid. There will be time for full discussion.

Confirmed speakers include:
Omar Barghouti, co-founder, BDS Movement
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, Media Officer, Jewish Voice For Labour
Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of Palestine Mission to the UK
Peter Frankental, Amnesty UK
Thea Ioannou, Amnesty UK
Dr Linda Tabar, Sussex University

More information: https://www.acknowledgingisraelsapartheid.com/

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: Local Events
2023-11-10 - 2023-11-12
Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC invite you to its events in solidarity with Palestine:

Friday 10th November, 3.30pm - Ceasefire now, vigil at local MP Helen Hayes office, 264 Rosendale RdSE24 9DL with Labour Left & Southwark Trades Council

Friday 10th November 5pm - Ceasefire now, rally at Windrush Sq, Brixton .

Sunday 12fh Nov 1.30pm-3.30pm - Ceasefire now, leafletting at Herne Hill, Brockwell Park Gates, SE 24

National March for Palestine – Ceasefire Now - November 11
2023-11-11 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
National March for Palestine – Ceasefire Now

When: Saturday 11 November, 12 Noon
Where: Hyde Park, London

Join us as we march for Palestine again in London and demand a Ceasefire now! We will assemble at 12 noon in Hyde Park and march to the US embassy in Vauxhall. The full details of the route will be announced shortly. Last time we had 500,000 people join us. Lets make this 1 million!

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Coaches:

Bristol

Exeter

Manchester

Newcastle

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Sheffield

Teach-in: Gaza, Palestine
2023-11-14 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | University of Durham, Department of Geography, W309, Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Gaza, Palestine - a teach in

Israel is waging a shocking campaign of violence against Palestinians.
Since 7 October, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been under constant, indiscriminate bombardment and siege. Thousands of Palestinians have already been killed, including thousands of children. Over 800 Palestinian families have been wiped out entirely.
Experts have described this as ‘a textbook case of genocide’. Yet, deliberate misinformation campaigns and decades of misrepresentation have sought to cover up the reality of this ongoing violence.
Join us to unpack the crisis in Gaza in its historical, political and international context, as we look to understand what is happening in Palestine.
Tuesday 14 November, 7pm
University of Durham, Department of Geography, West Building, W309
This event is open to all. Please register here:
https://forms.gle/RSq7NVnxRKYmd5zy7

Rally for Palestine - Demand MPs vote for a ceasefire Now!
2023-11-15 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | UK Parliament, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Our allies in Parliament have tabled an amendment to Tuesday's King's Speech, demanding an immediate ceasefire be called for. It will likely be voted for on Wednesday. We need to put as much pressure as possible on MPs to vote in support it.

Join us at 5PM at Parliament on Wednesday 15 November, before the vote, to demand MPs vote for a ceasefire now!

Merton PSC: Lobby Merton Council - Ceasefire Now
2023-11-15 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Join Merton PSC at Merton Civic Centre on Wednesday 15 November, 6pm to call for a ceasefire now:

Day of action for Palestine - Ceasefire NOW! - Saturday November 18
2023-11-18 - 2023-11-19
On Saturday 18 November, join an action in your local area to call for a ceasefire now. Help us build our movement for Palestine locally.

National March for Palestine - Ceasefire NOW
2023-11-25 12:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Israel is not stopping its bombardment of Gaza, so we will not stop marching for a ceasefire. Last time 800 000 of us were on the streets in London. See you all again on Saturday 25 November. #ceasefireNOW

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Coaches

Birmingham
Bristol
Chesterfield and Matlock
Leeds
Lincoln
Newport
Portsmouth
Plymouth & Exeter
Sheffield
Stoke

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For the march tomorrow, we’re pleased to have an accessible bloc for anyone who would like a shorter version of the march. This is primarily for wheelchair and mobility-aid users, families with buggies and anyone wanting a quieter space to assemble, as well as any non-disabled people who’d like to join this shorter version.

Accessible bloc assembling at junction of St James’ Street and Pall Mall (what3words location: chip.votes.slug) at 1pm

Google Maps pin: https://shorturl.at/zIRV9
Google Maps route: https://shorturl.at/begyB

County Durham PSC: Candlelit Reading of Names
2023-11-29 16:30 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Durham Market Place, Market Square, Durham City, Co DUrham, DH1, United Kingdom
Event: Wednesday 29 November 2023: Durham City (County Durham PSC)

Join us on Wednesday 29th November from 4:30-6:00pm in Market Place, Durham, as we mark the UN organised International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

After a short opening address, we will be marking the deaths of over 13,000+ Palestinian civilians who have been killed in Gaza since October 7th by reading some of the names and inviting attendees to light a candle.

This will be a sombre and largely silent event, as we seek to pay our respects to all of those who have been killed as a result of Israel’s brutal military aggression.

Please spread the word, share and bring friends and family.

Day of Action for Palestine
2023-12-02
On Saturday 2 December, join an action in your local area to call for a permanent ceasefire now, and for an to British complicity in Israeli apartheid, including through the UK-Israel arms trade.

Help us build our movement for Palestine across Britain.

List of actions:

Saturday 2 December 2023

Bristol: Assemble at Clifton Downs Water Tower, 12noon

Cambridge: Static Rally in Market Square, 1pm-2pm

Cardiff: Boycott PUMA protest outside JD Sports, Queen St, Cardiff, 11.am-12.30pm

Carlisle: Vigil at Carlisle City Centre, 1pm-2pm

Canterbury: Assemble Rose Lane (Opposite Primark) CT1 2JP, 1pm

Chester: Stall opposite Chester Town Hall, Northgate Street/St Werburgh Street, CH1 2HQ, 12noon-1pm

Coventry: Assemble Edgwick Park at 12.30pm. March at 1pm to Coventry Cathedral Steps.

Cromer: Junction of Church Street and West Street Cromer NR27 9HZ. Head north from Tourist Information Centre. 10.30am-12noon

Eastbourne: Bankers Corner, Terminus Road, BN21 3NE, 11am-1pm

Exeter: Vigil at Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Guildford: High Street, at junction with Quarry Street, 12noon-2pm

Hastings: Town Centre, 12noon

Hereford: Near the Bull/Old House, High Town, 11.30am-12.30pm

Hitchin: Barclays Bank, 5/6 High Street Hitchin SG5 1BH, 10.30am to 12noon

Hull: Assemble at Queen Victoria Square, 2.30pm

Kirkwall: Silent protest at St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Lancaster: Assemble Market Square, 1pm.

Leamington Spa: Outside Leamington Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Leeds: Assemble Leeds City Square (opp Leeds Railway Station), 11.45am

Lincoln: Outside Barclays Bank, 316/318 High Street, LN5 7DP, 10am

Liverpool: Outside Barclays Bank on Lord Street, 12noon-2pm

London, Camden: Meet at Camden Tube at 1pm. Marching to Euston Station for 1.30pm.

London, East London: March & Rally for Palestine:
March from Newham - assemble 12noon at Forest Lane Park.
March from Redbridge - assemble 12noon at Redbridge Town Hall.
Rally at Plashet Park at 1.15pm.

London, Enfield: Rally. Corner of the Town and London Road (By Nandos), EN2 6LD, at 1pm

London, Hackney: Hackney Town Hall at 12noon, marching to Dalston Junction,

London, Harrow: March and rally. Meet at Statue of Katie, Junction of Station Rd/St Ann's Road, HA1, 11.30am.

London, Hounslow: Hounslow High Street, TW3 1HB (Near Trinity Centre Entrance), 12noon-1.30pm

London, Islington: Islington Town Hall, 12.45pm

London, Kilburn: Kilburn Square, Kilburn High Road, NW6 6PS, 11am-1pm

London, Lewisham: Assemble Outside Lewisham Library, 1.30pm

London, Southwark: Assemble at Camberwell Green, SE5 at 12noon. Rally at Windrush Square, Brixton, SW2 at 2pm.

London, Tottenham: Meet at Spurs Stadium/Park Lane at 1pm

London, Wimbledon: Vigil at Wimbledon Quarter, Centre Court, SW19 8ND, 11.30am-1.30pm

Luton: Assemble at Market Square, 12noon

Margate: March - Assemble Cecil Square, 12noon

Medway: Assemble outside Bellerophon House, Doust Way, Rochester, ME1 1FG, 10.30am

Milton Keynes: Assemble Milton Keynes Central Train station, 10am to march to Central Milton Keynes

Montgomeryshire - Newtown: Vigil outside (closed) Barclays Bank, Broad Street. Vigil, assemble 10.45am

Newcastle: Assemble at NCL Civic Centre at 12noon. March 12.30pm to Exhibition Park.

Oxford: Assemble Manzil Way at 12noon, march to Bonn Square

Richmond and Kingston: The Quadrant (in front of Leon), Richmond, TW9 1HY. Vigil for the children killed in Gaza, 12noon-2pm.

Salisbury: Assemble at Salisbury Library, 4:15pm - 4:45pm

Sheffield: Rally at Devonshire Green at 12noon. Big Walk for Palestine throughout the City.

Southampton: Below Bargate, SO14 2DJ, 12noon-1pm

Southend: Meet at Pier Hill, 12noon

Tunbridge Wells: Outside Barclays Bank, Calverley Rd, TN1 2BD, 11am-2pm

Wellingborough: Silent Vigil & Rally for Palestine Opposite the Hind Hotel, 11.30am-12.30pm

Worthing: Street Stall at Warwick Street, Guildbourne Centre, 2pm-3pm

York: St Helen’s Square, 1pm

Sunday 3 December 2023

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, 1.30pm-3pm

Portsmouth: Assemble at Victoria Park, 1.30pm

Slough: Assemble in the Town Square SL1 1DD (opposite former Empire Cinema), 1.30pm.

Woking: Commercial Way, 1pm-3pm

Portsmouth PSC: March for Palestine
2023-12-03 13:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Victoria Park, Victoria Park, By the Lodge Café, Portsmouth, PO1 3HJ, United Kingdom
Portsmouth & South Downs PSC - March for Palestine - Sunday 3 December 2023

Assemble at Victoria Park, by the Lodge Café, PO1 3HJ, 1.30pm

Assemble at 1.30 pm in Victoria Park for a march round the city centre, then a rally back in the park and (weather permitting) a picnic. Families & children welcome.

National March for Palestine - Sat 9 December - Full Ceasefire Now
2023-12-09 12:00 - 16:15 (Europe/London)
National March for Palestine
Saturday 9 December 2023
Full Ceasefire Now - Stop the War on Gaza
Assemble 12noon Bank Junction, EC3V 3LA London
Israel has resumed its horrific military assault against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Now more than 15,000 Palestinians including 6,000 children have already been killed by Israel in the past 2 months.
Join us in the streets of London for our National March for Palestine on Saturday 9th December to call for a full ceasefire and an end to the war on Gaza. Assemble 12noon at Bank Junction (by Bank tube station) in the City of London EC3V 3LA.
Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

March Route

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TRADE UNION BLOC @ National March for Palestine
Saturday 9 December 2023
Meet 11.30am Corner of Queen Victoria Street and Bucklersbury (Near Bank Station) Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8eReRdKGxZM426aV8

*FULLY BOOKED* Palestine Solidarity Campaign: London Public Meeting
2023-12-14 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BB, United Kingdom
*FULLY BOOKED* - Join the wait list by emailing info@palestinecampaign.org

Have you joined one of the historic rallies for Palestine over the last two months? Joined PSC as a new member after being part of your local actions? Spoken to your colleagues or union about how you can take action in solidarity with Palestine?

Join us in London on Thursday December 14 for a public meeting to discuss the next steps in building a strong, sustainable movement for a free Palestine.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign has been a key organiser of the massive marches for Palestine in London over the past few months, when millions of us took to the streets of the capital as we demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire now. But the Palestinian struggle for justice did not begin this year, and a much-needed ceasefire on its own won’t address the root causes of injustice. Palestinians have called on us, the solidarity movement, to campaign for freedom and justice until they achieve liberation, and PSC has been answering that call, year-round, for decades. PSC is the largest Palestine solidarity organisation in Europe, with 76 local branches, 15 affiliated national Trade Unions and thousands of individual members powering our movement. We are active on the streets, in colleges and universities, in workplaces and in communities up and down the country. Joining your local Palestine Solidarity Campaign Branch has never been more important!

Join us to discuss our campaigns going forward – both locally and nationally – and to hear from London PSC Branches about how you can get involved in organising in your local area for freedom and justice for the Palestinian people.

Speakers: Kamel Hawwash, PSC Chair; Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Palestinian BDS movement; Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North and PSC patron; Ben Jamal, PSC Director; Louise Regan, PSC Vice Chair and National Education Union Executive Committee; plus PSC London Branch chairs!

The meeting is fully booked. To join the wait list please email info@palestinecampaign.org

Day of Action for Palestine - 16 December
2023-12-16
Last Saturday hundreds of thousands took to the streets of London again for Palestine. We cannot stop now.

On 16 December, join an action in your local area to call for a permanent #CeasefireNOW, and for an end to British complicity in Israeli apartheid. Help mobilise support for Palestine in your local community and build towards our next National march for Palestine on January 13, 2024.

List of actions:

Saturday 16 December

Abergavenny: Outside Barclays Bank, Abergavenny, 11am-12.30pm

Barnstaple: Stall and Vigil Outside the Guildhall, 10am

Bedford: Assemble at De Parys Avenue, MK40 2JZ, at 1pm. March ending at Bedford Embankment, Castle Mound, MK40 2JZ at 2pm.

Birmingham: Gather at Cotteridge Church, Pershore Rd South, Cotteridge, B30 3EJ, at 10.30am

Bristol: March gathering at Castle Park, 12noon

Cambridge: Stall at Market Square, outside the Guildhall, 11.30am-1pm (subject to weather). Vigil for Gaza at 12.30pm.

Canterbury: Carols for Palestine - Buttermarket, Burgate, CT1 2HW, 12noon

Cardiff: National March, Assemble at Aneurin Bevan Statue, Queen Street, 12noon

Carlisle: Vigil in City Centre, 1pm-2pm

Chichester: Leafleting at Barclays Bank, 74 East Street, PO19 1HR, 2.30pm

Coventry: Picket outside Barclays, 25 High St, 10.30am-12noon

Derby: The Spot, St Peter's Street (Outside INTU and PureGym), 1.30pm

Durham: Stall at Framwellgate Bridge, Durham City, 12noon-2.30pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Farnham: Peace Vigil, South Street, 12noon-2pm

Gillingham, Kent: Demo on Gillingham High Street, from 11am

Guildford: Rally - Top of High Street, 12noon-2pm

Hastings: Gather in Town Centre, 12noon

Hitchin: Market Stall outside Unit 9, High Street, Hitchin, 10am-4pm

Ipswich: Ipswich Town Hall, 1pm-2.30pm

Isle of Wight: Vigil at St Thomas's Square, Newport, PO30 1SN, 12noon

Kettering: Market Square, 11.30am-12.30pm

Leeds: March assembling at Parkinson Steps, Leeds Uni, LS2 9JT, at 12noon

Lincoln: The Cornhill, Lincoln High Street, 2.30pm

London, Camden: Assemble at Camden Tube, at 11.30am

London, Hackney: Hackney Town Hall, 12noon. More details here.

London, Haringey: Assemble at Vue Cinema, Wood Green, 1pm

London, Harrow: Harrow Town Centre March & Demo, 11am-1pm. Assemble in St Ann’s Road, HA1 at 11am - look for the Brent and Harrow PSC banner and flags.

London, Lewisham: Assemble for march at Clifton Rise (near the New Cross Inn), SE14 6AS, 1.30pm

London, Redbridge: Vigil for the children of Palestine, at Valentines Park, 2pm-3.30pm

London, Richmond & Kingston: Outside Bentall Centre / Barclays, 12noon-2pm

London, Southall: Outside Southall Town Hall, 1.30pm

London, Southwark: Rally at Elephant Square, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6TG, 12noon

London, Tower Hamlets: Tower Hamlets Town Hall, E1 1BJ, 1pm

London, Waltham Forest: Barclays, 278 Hoe Street, London, E17 9QE, 12noon-2pm

London, Wembley: Wembley Central Station, 11am-1pm

Margate: Carols for Palestine - Outside the Turner Gallery, CT9 1HG, 12noon

Montgomeryshire: Vigil in Machynlleth. Assemble 10.45am for 11am start outside Senedd-dy Owain Glyndŵr (Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House), Heol Maengwyn.

Newcastle: Assemble for march next to blue carpet at the Laing Gallery, at 12.15pm

Nottingham: Assemble Forest Recreation Ground, 12.30pm

Oxford: Assemble at Manzil Way at 12noon, march to Broad Street

Penzance: Bottom of Causewayhead, 1pm

Peterborough: Lincoln Road Protest, Meeting point, 641 Lincoln Road, PE1 3HA, 11am
City Centre Protest and Stall - Outside the Town Hall, Bridge St, 11am-1pm

Sheffield: Assemble at Back of Waitrose, 11am

Slough: Protest, assemble outside Tesco Extra, Wellington Street, SL1 1XW at 2pm.

Southampton: Protest for Palestine, gather below the Bargate, High St, SO14 2DJ, at 11am.

Southend: Gather at Chalkwell Promenade at 12pm, march to Victoria Circle.

Tunbridge Wells: Voices for Palestine Event. Full info here.

Watford: St Mary's Square, WD18 0EG, 12noon-2pm

Wellingborough: Town Centre, Opposite Hind Hotel, 11.30am-12.30pm

Weymouth: Assemble at King’s Statue, Weymouth Esplanade, 12noon

Worthing: Street Stall at Montague Place, 12noon-1.15pm

Sunday 17 December:

Brighton: Hove Peace Statue, 2pm

Liverpool: Gather outside the Catholic Cathedral, L3, 2pm

Portsmouth: Assemble at Victoria Park, PO1 3HJ, 1.30pm

West Kent PSC: Voices for Palestine
2023-12-16 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | The Camden Centre, 1, Market Square, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2SW, United Kingdom
Join West Kent PSC for a social and fundraiser in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday 16 December
Register here

Medway PSC: Fundraiser for Palestine
2024-01-05 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Baptist Church, Crow Lane, Rochester, ME1 1RF, United Kingdom
Join Medway PSC for an evening of activities and entertainment raising funds to provide medical aid, and to continue campaigning.

Day of Action for Palestine
2024-01-06
With Israel's catastrophic onslaught ongoing, we must continue to take action to demand a #CeasefireNOW, and an end to British complicity in Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.

Join your local action on Saturday 6 January to show support for freedom and justice for Palestine in your local community and build help build towards our next national march for Palestine in London on Saturday 13 January.

List of actions:

Saturday 6 January 2024

Abergavenny: Vigil, Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Bath: Assemble at Kingston Parade, BA1 1LT, 12noon

Birmingham: Outside Barclays Bank, High Street, City Centre, 12noon

Brighton: Clock Tower Stall 'Boycott Israeli Apartheid' from 12noon-2pm and picket of Barclays, North Street from 12noon-1pm

Bristol: Assemble at Castle Park, 12noon

Canterbury: Outside Barclays Bank, 9 Georges Street, CT1 2JX, 12.30pm

Carlisle: City Centre, 1pm-2pm

Coventry: Vigil in City Centre, by the fountain and Waterstones, 4pm-5pm.

Cromer: West Street & Church Street, Cromer, NR27 9HZ. 10.30am-12noon

Derby: The Spot (outside Pure Gym), City Centre, 1pm

Felixstowe: Assemble Felixstowe Town Hall, 1pm

Folkestone: Outside HSBC, Sandgate Road, 12noon

Guildford: Assemble at the bottom of the High St, 12noon

Hastings: New Year Boycott Tour. Hastings Town Centre, 12noon

Hereford: Meet Outside the Cathedral, 10.45am

Hertford: Assemble Hertford East Station, 1.30pm

Isle of Wight, Newport: St Thomas Square, PO30 1SN, 12noon

Leamington Spa: Abbey End, Kenilworth, 11am-12noon

Leeds: Meet at City Square at 1pm

Leicester: Stall Opposite Sports Direct, 11am-1pm

London, Camden: March to the Office of Keir Starmer and Tulip Siddiq.
Assemble 12.30pm at Chalk Farm and Kentish Town Stations. March to Camden Town Station to Arrive at 1.30pm. March to Mornington Crescent for 2pm rally.

London, Ealing: Barclays Bank, 53 The Broadway, W5 5JS, 12noon-1.30pm

London, Hackney: Leafleting the Narrow Way from 10.30am-11am, Meet at Town Hall at 11am, leaving around 11.15 for march down Mare Street to Whitechapel Barclays for a short rally from 12.30pm-1pm.

London, Harrow: Assemble at Statue of Katie, junction of St Ann's Road & Station Road, Harrow Town Centre, HA1 1LF, 11am, for the march. Then Rally at Gareth Thomas' office, 132-134 Blenheim Road, Harrow, HA2 7AA (Near West Harrow tube) at 12.15pm.

London, Hillingdon: In front of Uxbridge Station, 6pm

London, Merton: Mitcham Fair Green, 12noon-2pm

London, Newham: Barclays, 58 High Street North, E6 2HW, 11am

London, Redbridge: Barclays, Corner of Cranbrook Rd and Ilford High Road, 11am

London, Southwark: Peckham Barclays, 149 Rye Lane, London SE15 4ST, 9.30am

London, Streatham: Barclays, 139 Streatham High Road, 11am-1pm

London, Tower Hamlets: Assemble Altab Ali Park at 11am, march to Barclays Bank, Whitechapel

London, Twickenham: Stall opposing the Twickenham arms fair. In Twickenham Town Centre by Water Lane, TW13, 12pm-2pm

London, Wandsworth: Barclays Tooting, 11am

London, Woolwich: Tesco Extra, SE18 6HQ, 1pm

Luton: Assemble Wardown Park, next to Playground, 1pm

Margate: Discussion panel: Voices for Palestine, Cliftonville Community Centre, St Pauls Road, 5pm-7pm

Milton Keynes: Static Protest, Asda Petrol Station Redway, Bletchley, MK1 1QB, 1pm-2pm

Montgomeryshire, Welshpool: Meet from 10.45am at the town side of the canal footbridge that goes from Tesco's car park to the town centre - near the large car park/bus station.

Newcastle: Assemble Civic Centre, NE1 8QH at 12noon - march to Monument.

Northampton: Cobblers Last Statue (Outside Grosvenor Centre), NN1 2AN, 2pm

Nottingham: Assemble at Forest Recreation Ground, 12.30pm

Oxford: March for Palestine, Assemble at Manzil Way, 12noon

Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Plymouth: Armada Way, 12noon

Portsmouth: Assemble by the Fountain in Commercial Road, PO1 1ET, 12noon

Salisbury: Salisbury Library, 4:15pm-4:45pm

Sheffield: Mobile BDS action, assembling at the Israaq Centre, back of Waitrose, 11am

Shrewsbury: Stall at Pride Hill (nr. Body Shop and Greggs), 11am

Southampton: Below Bargate, SO14 2DJ, 1pm-2pm

Tunbridge Wells: Street Stall Outside Barclays Bank, 8 Calverley Rd, TN1 2TB, 11am-2pm

Windsor: Opposite Boots, Peascod Street, 1pm-3pm

Woking: Assemble Goldsworth Park Centre (GU21 3LG), 12:30pm

Wolverhampton: Lobby Stuart Anderson MP at 35 Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, WV3 0UF, 11am-12noon

Sunday 7 January 2024

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park Gates, SE24, 1.30pm-3pm

Liverpool: Assemble at the Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, 2pm

Stoke: Blue Clock, Hanley, 12noon-1pm

Protect the Right to Boycott - Rally for Palestine
2024-01-10 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Outside Parliament, Parliament, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom
Rally for Palestine - Protect the Right to Boycott

When:10 January, 5PM

Where: Parliament, London

On Wednesday 10 January, MPs will vote on the anti-boycott bill at its third reading. As Israel carries out its devastating assault on Palestinians, we must take action to protect the right to boycott.

Palestine Public Meeting - Shrewsbury
2024-01-11 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Hobbs Room, Shrewsbury Library, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AS, United Kingdom
Shrewsbury Palestine Solidarity Campaign PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday 11th January
Hobbs Room - Shrewsbury Library,
Castle Gates,
SY1 2AS
7:30pm

Main Speaker: Professor Kamel Hawwash (Chair of PSC)

Palestine Solidarity Campaign members in Shrewsbury are looking to join form a branch of PSC in the area. Come to this meeting to find out how you can get active in the movement in solidarity with Palestine.

Professor Hawwash is a British Palestinian engineering academic based at the University of Birmingham. He is a commentator on Middle East affairs, Chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and a founding member of the British Palestinian Committee (BPC).

National March for Palestine - Ceasefire NOW - January 13
2024-01-13 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Bank Junction, Bank Junction, London, EC3V 3LA, United Kingdom
Israel has killed over 22,000 Palestinians in its brutal assault on Gaza. We can't stop putting pressure on our government to call for a full Ceasefire NOW and an end to the siege of Gaza. We need to ramp up the pressure and increase our numbers.

Please join us in London on Saturday 13th January 2024. It has never been more important to stand with Palestine.

Assemble at 12noon at Bank Junction, London, EC3V 3LA. Route available here.

Coaches/Transport:

Abergavenny

Brighton: Meet Brighton railway station 10.30am to catch 10.44am train to London Bridge

Bristol

Coventry (FULL): White Street Coach Park, leaving at 8.15am

Hastings

Hereford

Leeds

Lincoln

Peterborough

Portsmouth

Newcastle

Sheffield

Stoke

Day of Action for Palestine - 20 January
2024-01-20
As Israel continues its genocidal assault, we must continue to take action for Palestine.

Join your local action on 20 January to demand the British government calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of the siege on Gaza, and ends its complicity in Israel's attacks on Palestinians, including by adopting an immediate two-way arms embargo.

List of Actions:

Saturday 20 January

Abergavenny: Vigil for Gaza opposite Waterstones bookshop, 11am-12noon

Birmingham: Assemble at Sparkhill Park, B11 4LX at 12noon. Marching to St Martin’s Square.

Brighton: Clock Tower in Central Brighton, 12noon-2pm

Bristol: March for Gaza, Gather at Shah Jalal Mosque, BS5 6PE, 12noon. Set off for Castle Park at 12.30pm

Cambridge: Barclays, St Andrew’s Street, 10.30am

Canterbury: Barclays Bank, St Georges Street,, Canterbury, CT1 2JX, at 12.30pm

Corby: Rally by the Corby Cube, 1.30pm

Coventry: Coventry PSC are joining the Birmingham demo (see above). Meet at 10.00am at Coventry Station to get train together to Birmingham.

Dorchester: Outside Barclays Bank, 11.30am-1pm

Exeter: Assemble at Belmont Park, 12noon.

Hastings: Bike Ride & Solidarity Stall. Find out more here.

Hereford: Meet at Hereford Cathedral at 11am. Walk to Barclays Bank, then finish at the Bull, Hightown.

Hitchin: Barclays 5/6 High St, Hitchin, SG5 1BH, 10.30am-12pm

Ipswich: Barclays Bank, IP1 1PN, 11.30am-12.30pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Knighton: War Memorial, 11.30am

Leicester: Supporters of Leicester PSC will be attending the Birmingham protest (see above). Join us on the 10.18 train from Leicester. Meet on the platform. We will then get the bus from Birmingham New Street to the assembly point in Sparkhill Park.

Leeds: Gather at Millennium Square, LS2 3AD, 1pm

Llanidloes: High Street, 11am

London, Acton: Between Morrisons & King St Bus Stop D, W3 9NW, 12noon-1.30pm

London, Bromley: Outside Barclays, 167 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1NL, 11am-1pm

London, Camden: Assemble from 12.30 pm Kentish Town station. March start 1pm.
March ends at Camden Town Hall, Judd Street
Rally from 2 pm in Judd Street

London, East: Assemble Altab Ali Park, E1 1FD at 1pm. March to rally at Mile End Park, E3 4TN.

London, Enfield: Barclays Bank, Enfield Town, 1pm

London, Hackney: Assemble Hackney Town Hall, 12.15pm. Marching to Whitechapel Barclays Bank.

London, Haringey: Vue Cinema, Wood Green, 1pm, marching to Barclays and McDonald's

London, Harrow: Vigil, St Ann's Road (outside Market Place Harrow), Harrow Town Centre HA1 1JX, 5pm-6pm

London, Kilburn: Rally at Kilburn Square, Kilburn High Road, NW6, 11am-12.30pm

London, Lambeth & Southwark: Camberwell Green, SE5, 10.30am
Then join the action at BAE Systems, Behind Bluefin building, 110 Southwark St. SE1 0LU, at 12noon

London, Lewisham: Assemble for march next to Catford Tesco Express on Rushey Green and George Lane, SE6 4AS, at 12.45pm. Rally at Lewisham Clocktower, 2pm.

London, Twickenham: Leaflet against Twickenham Arms Fair, Corner of Water Lane and Church Street, TW1 3NP, 12noon-2pm

Milton Keynes: Protest. Traffic lights off V6 Grafton Street, next to MK1 Shopping Park (Primark), MK1 1ST, 1:30pm-2:30pm.

Montgomeryshire, Newtown: Meet from 10.45am near the traffic lights at the entrance to the Tesco Superstore on Pool Road

Newcastle: Assemble at Monument, 12noon

Newport (Wales): Civic Centre, NP20 4UR, 12noon

Newport (Isle of Wight): St Thomas Square, 12noon

Northampton: Outside Grosvenor Centre (next to Metro Bank), 2pm

Nottingham: Assemble at Forest Recreation Ground, 12.30pm

Oxford: Barclays Bank, Cornmarket, 11.30am

Penzance: Bottom of Causewayhead, 1pm

Peterborough: Cathedral Square, 10am-12noon

Rossendale: Assemble opposite Rawtenstall Market, Newchurch Road, Rawtenstall BB4 7QX, at 12noon

Scunthorpe: Multi-faith vigil for Gaza. Central Community Centre. 11am-1pm

Sheffield: Sheffield City Hall at 12noon

Southampton: Gather by Civic Centre opposite Stage Door at 12.30pm. March leaves at 1pm to Bargate to Guildhall Square.

Southend: Meet at Pier Hill (behind Royals) at 12noon. March to rally at Victoria Circus.

Stevenage: Barclays Stevenage, Unit 3, The Forum Centre, Stevenage SG1 1ES, 11.30am-12.30pm

Stroud: Stall in Stroud Town Centre, 11am-1pm

Tonbridge: The Big Bridge over the Medway, River Walk Side, TN9 1DR, 11am-2pm

Warwick: Vigil outside Costa Coffee in Market Street, 11am-12noon

Watford: St Mary’s Square, WD17 2BW, 1.30pm-3.30pm

Sunday 21 January

Hastings: March, Assemble Warrior Square Gardens, St Leonards, TN37 6DF, at 1.30pm

Liverpool: Gather outside the Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, marching to Derby Square

London, Herne Hill: Herne Hill Gates, Brockwell Park, SE24, 1.30pm-3pm

Reading: Outside HSBC, Broad St, RG1 2BU, 1.30pm-3pm

Stop the Twickenham Arms Fairs Protest
2024-01-22 13:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Twickenham Stadium, 200 Whitton Road, London, TW2 7BA, United Kingdom
Join Richmond & Kingston PSC to say no to the arms fairs at Twickenham Stadium. The events will be attended by a range of companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its devastating assault on Palestinians.

Join the protest at Twickenham Stadium outside the International Armoured Vehicles arms fair on Monday 22 January from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.

Day of Action for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel - Boycott Barclays
2024-01-27
As Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians continues, take action on Saturday 27 January 2024 to demand Britain stop arming Israel!

Barclays bank holds substantial financial ties with arms companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel, used in its attacks on Palestinians.

Join an action at a Barclays branch demanding the bank stops bankrolling Israel's attacks on Palestinians, and spread the word about our call to boycott Barclays.

Barclays must #StopBankingOnGenocide and #StopBankingOnApartheid

List of Actions:

Saturday 27 January 2024

Abergavenny: Barclays Bank, Frogmore Street, 11am-12.30pm

Barnstaple: Barclays, 38 Boutport Street, Barnstaple, 10.30am

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, 11.30am-1pm. Then demo, George Street, Hove, 2pm.

Canterbury: Barclays, 9 George's St, CT1 2JX, 12.30pm

Carmarthen: Barclays, Carmarthen, 2pm-3pm

Chatham: Barclays, High Street, ME4 4BZ, 11am

Coventry: Barclays High Street, 10.30am-12.30pm

Craven Arms: At the roundabout (next to Craven Arms Hotel), 1.45pm-3pm

Darlington: Barclays Bank, High Row, 12noon

Derby: Assemble The Spot, Outside Pure Gym, City Centre, 1pm

Gravesend: Barclays, 76a New Road, DA11 0AF, 11am

Exeter: Barclays, Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Hastings: Barclays, Queens Road, TN34 1QP, 11am-1pm

Hereford: Meet at Hereford Cathedral, 11am, walk to Barclays then finish at the Bull, Hightown.

Ipswich: Barclays, 1 Princes Street, IP1 1PN, 10.30am-12noon

Lancaster: Barclays, Lancaster, 12noon

Leamington Spa: outside Leamington Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Leeds: Barclays, 69 Albion Street, 10.30am-12.30pm

Leicester: Outside Barclays near the Clock Tower, 1pm-2pm

London, Alperton: Barclays, 220 Ealing Road, HA0 4QH, 12noon

London, Camden: Barclays Bank 15-17 Tottenham Ct Rd, W1T 1BH, 12noon-1 pm.

London, Croydon: Stall in front of Marks and Spencer, 116 North End, Croydon, CR9 1SH. 1pm-3pm

London, East Ham: Barclays, 58 High Street North, East Ham, E6 2HQ, 11am

London, Enfield: March from Edmonton Green to Silver Street. Time to be announced.

London, Harrow: Barclays, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AN, 12noon-1pm

London, Hillingdon: Barclays, Uxbridge High Street, 11am-1pm

London, Kensington: Barclays, Kensington High Street, W8 7RL, 11am

London, Peckham: Barclays, 149 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST, 11am-1pm

London, Redbridge: Barclays, 83 High Street, Barkingside, IG6 2AQ, 11am-1pm

London, Streatham: Barclays, 136 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BN, 11am-1pm

London, Tower Hamlets: Barclays, 250 Whitechapel High Street, E1 1NJ, 11am

London, Waltham Forest: Barclays, 278 Hoe Street, E17 9QE, 11am-1pm

London, Wembley: Barclays, Wembley Central, 506 High Road, HA9 7BP, 11am-11.45am (then going to Barclays Alperton, see above).

London, Willesden: Barclays, 5 High Road, NW10 2TE, 10.30am-12noon

Maidenhead: Barclays Bank, 92 High Street, 10am-1pm

Maidstone: Outside Fraser Hart, Fremlin Walk, ME14 1QG, 11am

Milton Keynes: Entrance to Midsummer Place, 501 Midsummer Boulevard, MK9 3DW, 1pm-3pm

Newcastle: Assemble at Civic Centre, 11.45am. March to Monument at 12noon.

Newport, Isle of Wight: Vigil at St Thomas's Square, PO30 1SN, 12noon

Northampton: Barclays, 19 Abington Street, NN1 2AN, 11am

Nottingham: Barclays, 2 High Street, NG1 2EN, 12noon

Oxford: Manzil Way, Cowley Road, 1pm

Plymouth: Barclays, Place De Brest, 12noon

Portsmouth: Barclays, Commercial Road, PO1 1BT, 11am

Ramsgate: Barclays, Queens Street, 11am-12noon

Sheffield: Meet at Town Hall, 12.30pm. Boycott workshop will follow at 2pm in Central United Reformed Church.

Southend: Meet outside Barclays, 127 High Street, 12noon-1pm

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays, Calverley Road, TN1 2TB, 11.30am-2pm

Welwyn Garden City: Meet outside front of Howard Centre, 9.50am

Wimborne: Assemble at Crown Mead Park, Wimborne, BH21, 10.30am

Wolverhampton: Queen Square, WV1 1DS, 11am-1pm

Worthing: Barclays, Chapel Road, 12noon-1pm

Sunday 28 January 2024

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park, Herne Hill Gates, 1.30pm-3pm

Liverpool: Gather Outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

National March for Palestine - 3 February
2024-02-03 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Israel has killed over 25,000 Palestinians in its brutal assault on Gaza and thousands more are under the rubble.

We can't stop putting pressure on our government to call for a full #CeasefireNOW and an end to the siege of Gaza.

We need to ramp up the pressure and increase our numbers. Last time over half a million marched for Palestine, lets make this one even bigger.

Please join us in London on Saturday 3 February. It has never been more important to stand with Palestine.
Full Route
📍Assemble BBC, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA, 12 noon

Marching to Whitehall

Accessible Route
📍Assemble Hanover Square, London, W1S 1JD, 1PM

Marching to Whitehall

Full details here

Coaches:

Birmingham

Leeds

Lincoln

Luton - Pick up 10 a.m. at Luton Station Interchange

Newcastle

North Wales (Stops in Caernarfon, Felinheli, Bangor, Colwyn Bay, St Asaph)

Peterborough

Portsmouth

PSC Trade Union Solidarity Webinars - Trade Unions Against the Arms Trade with Israel
2024-02-07 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Trade Union Solidarity Webinars

The current onslaught on the Palestinian people by the state of Israel is unprecedented. Every aspect of Palestinian life is under threat. This series of webinars will hear from Palestinian workers, trade unionists and specialists in key areas, to hear about the current situation and the impact of Israel’s genocidal assault against the Palestinian people. Sign up now to find out more how workers in key sectors, such as health and education, are affected by the current crisis, and how you and your trade unions can take action in solidarity with the Palestinians. Register Below.

Session 1: Trade Unions Against the Arms Trade with Israel

The first session in this new series of webinars will be looking at the horrendous genocidal violence the Palestinian people are facing, at the hands of the Israeli military, and backed by our government.

The focus of the online event is to highlight Palestinian voices, to hear directly of the impact of the attacks on the ground and how these connect to our solidarity work in the UK.

Palestinian civil society, including dozens of trade unions, has called on the solidarity movement to work for a full military embargo through campaigns to stop arming Israel. Join us to hear why and how you and your trade union can take action. This will include an update on the latest phase in our campaign to Boycott Barclays bank, which invests over £1billion in companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel used in its attacks on Palestinians.

Registration required. Please fill in the form below.

Watch the event today live (or later) below

Day of Action for Palestine - Stop the Genocide in Gaza
2024-02-10
As Israel continues its genocidal assault, we must continue to take action for Palestine.

Join your local action on 10 February to demand the British government calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of the siege on Gaza, and ends its complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians, including by adopting an immediate two-way arms embargo.

List of Actions (more tbc)

10 February 2024

Abergavenny: Vigil for Gaza, Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Bath: Gather at Kingston Parade (South Side of Bath Abbey), BA1 1LT, 12noon

Birmingham: Outside Barclays, Birmingham High Street, 11am

Bristol: Leafleting outside Barclays, Broadmead, 10am. Then march, assemble College Green, 12noon.

Coventry: Assemble at Broadgate, Coventry City Centre, CV1 1NF, 12noon

Cranleigh: Silent Peace Vigil at Stockland Square, 11am-1pm

Cromer: West Street & Church Street, NR27 9HZ (head north from main car park and tourist info centre). 10.30am-12noon

Doncaster: Assemble at Nigel Gresley Square, Doncaster, 12noon

Exeter: Gather at Bedford Square, 12noon

Guildford: Assemble at the bottom of Guildford High Street near Quarry Street, 12pm-2pm

Hastings: Stall at The Stade Open Space in Hastings Old Town, TN34 3DW, 12noon – 2pm, outside Hastings & District PSC’s free and accessible exhibition of art and poetry by the children of Gaza - ‘Moon Tell me Truth’ – running from 11am-5pm daily from 9-15 February, alongside a host of creative activities for children, families and people of all ages. More information.

Hereford: Meet at Hereford Cathedral, 11am

Ipswich: Gather at AXA, Ipswich, IP1 2AN, 11.30am-12.30pm

Kent Regional Rally (Maidstone): Kent Rally for Palestine, Assemble at Jubilee Square, Maidstone, ME14 1SA, 1.30pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: Vigil at St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2 pm

Lancaster: Assemble at Market Square, 1pm

Leamington: Outside Leamington Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Leeds: Gather at City Square, 1pm

Leicester: March, assemble Victoria Park car park, 1pm

London, Brent: Gather at Engineers Way, by the steps to Wembley Stadium, HA9, 2pm

London, Bromley: Assemble in front of the Old Town Hall, 2pm

London, Camden: Assemble at Mornington Crescent by the statue of Richard Cobden, 10.30 am, begin marching at 11am. Rally outside Barclays Bank, 15 Tottenham Court Road W1T 1BH at 12noon.

London, Ealing: Barclays, 53 The Broadway, W5 5JS, 12noon-1pm. Then “Ceasefire Now Rally” at Ealing Town Hall, New Ealing Broadway, W5 2BY, 1pm-3pm

London, Haringey: Finsbury Park, assemble 12pm next to Lidl, marching to nearby boycott targets

London, Kensington: Barclays on High St Kensington, W8, 1.30am-1pm

London, Kingston: Stall outside Bentalls main entrance, 11.30am-2pm

London, Merton: Next to Gourmet Express, 30 Merton High Street, SW19 1DN, 12pm-2pm

London, Redbridge: Redbridge Town Hall, 12pm-2pm

London, Southwark: Rally at Camberwell Green, SE5, 10.30am. Then rally at BAE Systems, Bluefin Building, 110 Southwark St at 12noon.

London, Streatham: Barclays, Streatham Branch . 136 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1BN, 11am-1pm

Milton Keynes: Public area between Midsummer Place and Centre:MK, 86-88 Midsummer Blvd, MK9 3GB, 1pm-2.30pm

Newcastle: Assemble Iceland Arthur's Hill, 253 Stanhope St, NE4 5JT, 12.45pm. March to BBC at 1pm.

Northampton: Outside Grovesnor Centre (next to Metro Bank), 2pm

Peterborough: Barclays, Cathedral Square, 12noon

Presteigne, Powys: Outside the Assembly Rooms, LD8 2AD, 11.30am

Reading: Barclays, 90-93 Broad Street, RG1 2AP, 10am-1pm

Salisbury: Silent vigil, meet outside Salisbury Library, 5.15pm-5.45pm

Southampton: Fundraiser Dinner for Gaza (Book tickets by end of day Friday)

Southend: Meet at Pier Hill (behind Royals), 12noon

Wellingborough: Wellingborough Town Centre (opp. Hind Hotel), 12noon

Welwyn Garden City: Family Friendly Rally, at Campus Green. AL8 6HA (opposite Library), 11am

Woking: Outside Asda Lion Retail Park, 151 Oriental Rd, Woking, GU22 8BD, 1pm-3pm

Wolverhampton: Queen Sq, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DS, 10.30am-12.30pm

Worthing: Stall at The Arcade, 11.30am-2.30pm

Sunday 11 February

Liverpool: Gather at Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, 2pm

Llanidloes: Fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Films, information corner, messages for Palestine, children's activities, Seba - a Refugee's Story and a Palestinian goods stall. 10.45am at the Hanging Gardens Community Centre, Bethel St, Llanidloes SY18 6BS.

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park Gates, Herne Hill, SE24, 1.30pm-3pm

Kent Rally for Palestine
2024-02-10 13:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Jubilee Square, Jubilee Square, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1SA, United Kingdom
Date: Saturday 10 February

Location: Assemble at 1.30pm in Jubilee Square, Maidstone, ME14 1SA.

We will then march to Sessions House (County Hall) to demand Kent stop arming Israel!

The Power of Boycott: Organising for Palestine in Wales / Nerth y Boicot: Trefnu i Balesteina yng Nghymru
2024-02-13 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
As Israel's devastating assault on Palestinians continues, there's never been a more important time to step up your activity in the Palestine solidarity movement.

Wrth i ymosodiad diffeithiol Israel ar y Palesteiniaid fynd yn ei flaen, erioed ni fu eiliad bwysicach i gynyddu’ch gweithgareddau yn y mudiad cydsefyll â Phalesteina.

Join this webinar to find out more about how you can get involved in campaigning for Palestinian freedom in Wales.

Ymunwch â’r gweminar hwn i wybod mwy am sut y gellwch chi ddod yn rhan o’r ymgyrchu dros ryddid i’r Palesteiniaid yng Nghymru.

Learn about the Palestinian-led BDS movement, and find out more about how targeted boycott and divestment campaigns are an effective and meaningful form of solidarity.

Dysgwch am y mudiad BDS dan arweiniad Palesteiniaid, a holwch fwy sut mae ymgyrchoedd boicotio a difreinio wedi’i dargedu yn fath effeithiol ac ystyrlon o gydsafiad.

The webinar will be in English and no live translation will be available, however we welcome questions in Welsh.

Bydd y gweminar yn Saesneg a ni fydd dim cyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael, ond croeso ichi gofyn cwestiynau yn Gymraeg.
Register here / Cofrestrwch yma
Speakers / Siaradwyr:

Bethan Sayed (Chair), Activist and former Member of the Senedd
Fiona Ben Chekroun, Europe Campaigns Coordinator for the BDS movement.
Ben Jamal, Director of PSC
Kathy Brooks, Chair of Montgomeryshire PSC
Register here / Cofrestrwch yma.

Portsmouth: Emergency Protest for Gaza
2024-02-15 16:45 - 18:30 (Europe/London) | Unicorn Gate, Unicorn Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3LH, United Kingdom
Portsmouth: Emergency protest for Gaza.

Save Rafah! Stop arming Israel!

Thursday 15 February 2024. Assemble at Unicorn Gate (Entrance to the Naval Dockyard), Unicorn Road, PO1 3LH, from 4.45pm onward.

Organised by Portsmouth & South Downs PSC

National March for Palestine - Stop the Genocide
2024-02-17 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Where
Marble Arch (Speaker's Corner), 12noon

National March for Palestine - Stop the Genocide

Israel has now killed over 30,000 Palestinians in its brutal assault on Gaza. It has now begun another massacre in Rafah. Please join us as we march for Palestine again in London and demand a #CeasefireNOW #FreePalestine

Full Route

The full route will assemble at Marble Arch (Speakers' Corner) from 12 noon and finish at the Israeli Embassy

Accessible Route

The accessible route will assemble at Royal Albert Hall from 1PM and march just in front of the main demonstration to the Israeli Embassy

Click for more details here

Coaches/Transport

Birmingham

Bristol

Coventry

Derby

Newcastle/Durham

North Wales (Stops in Caernarfon, Felinheli, Bangor, Colwyn Bay, St Asaph)

York/Scarborough

National Student Day of Action - Apartheid Off Campus
2024-02-20
Students across the country are calling for an end to our universities’ research, commercial and institutional partnerships with Israel. That means full divestment from weapons and technology manufacturers which arm Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Join us by organising a sit-in, walk-out, teach-in our protest on your campus.

Get involved:

Join us for our online training on running BDS campaigns on campus on Monday 5th February. Register here!
Research your university's complicity using our University Complicity Database
20th February day of action organising guide
Make your own graphics for Feb 20th - make sure to tag us @palestinesolidarityuk (insta) / @pscupdates (twitter) so we can share!
Template BDS Student's Union motion
Barclays is a current BDS priority target in this country - find out more information about the campaign here; and a template SU motion to get your SU to commit to not banking on apartheid is here
Information student walkouts here, including advice on how to organise your own
Get in touch with the European Legal Support Centre if you need support against repression on campus; or email our Youth and Student Campaigns Officer

Emergency Lobby of Parliament for Gaza: #CeasefireNOW
2024-02-21 11:30 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Parliament, Cromwell Green entrance to parliament, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom
Emergency Lobby of Parliament: #CeasefireNOW
LOBBY DAY REGISTRATION LINK

On Wednesday 21st February, parliament will vote on whether the UK should call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. This is a crucial moment in parliament, and we urgently need your help lobbying MPs ahead of the vote.

Let MPs know that the electorate will accept NO EXCUSES for not supporting a ceasefire.

From 11.30am - 4pm on Wednesday, we're calling on everyone to join us inside parliament to mass 'Green Card' MPs. You don't need to be an expert, and anyone can come to parliament anytime between 11.30am - 4pm. Simply click here to register to join the lobby. We will guide you through everything you need to know to come to parliament and put direct pressure on your MP to vote for a ceasefire later that day.

If you cannot come to parliament on Wednesday, then please still email your MP telling them to vote for a ceasefire by following this separate link.

Rally to Stop the Genocide: Demand MP's Vote for a Ceasefire
2024-02-21 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Parliament Square (South Side), Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3BD, United Kingdom
On Wednesday 21 February 2024, MP's will vote on whether to call for an immediate ceasefire.

Join our rally outside Parliament to demand MP's vote for a ceasefire, and to call for an end to Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza.

*Please note, the time of the vote in Parliament has been moved forward, so join us at 3:30PM.*

PSC AGM 2024
2024-02-24 09:15 - 16:45 UTC
PSC Annual General Meeting 2024
Saturday 24th February 2024, 9:30am - 4.30pm,
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1 4RL
Our Annual General Meeting is where PSC members, branches and affiliated organisations come together to decide our next steps as a movement. The event will hear from leading campaigners in both Palestine and Britain, the opportunity to vote to set our policies, priorities and to elect our volunteer leadership for the year ahead.

We have aimed to produce an exciting and accessible day of learning and discussion that can include all members, so whether you have joined us at past AGMs or not, please register to play a part in shaping our work for Palestine.

Ahead of the AGM on Saturday 24 February 2024 there are numerous ways for you to take part:

Register to attend, whether as an individual member or as a delegate from your branch or affiliated organisation
Submit a motion or amendment
Stand for election to the PSC Executive Committee

The full agenda will be released in due course, but provisional plans include sessions which will include speakers from Palestine, lunch and formal democratic business of PSC such as reports on the year’s activities and the organisation’s finances, debates on the annual plan proposed by the Executive in consultation with branches, motions submitted by members and the election of the new Executive Committee.
To find out more about the AGM process, please see the following sections:

Registration
All PSC individual members are entitled to attend the AGM, as are delegates from PSC branches and affiliated organisations. To be entitled to vote you, or your organisation, must be a fully paid-up member by Friday 24 November. If you are unsure of whether your membership is up to date please register and we will be in touch if any payment is due. Online registration is open until Friday 16 February at 5pm. Postal registration closes on Wednesday 21 February at 5pm.

All individual members receive one vote. Branches and affiliated organisations receive one vote, except for national organisations with over 100,000 members which are entitled to 3 votes.

If you wish to cast your individual vote as a member alongside any votes on behalf of a branch or affiliate, please complete both forms.
REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL
REGISTER ON BEHALF OF YOUR BRANCH OR AFFILIATE
REGISTER BY POST

Motions process
Prior to the AGM, the Executive Committee in consultation with Branch representatives attending our regular Branch Forums will compile PSC’s Annual Plan. This proposal is put to the AGM for approval and forms the core of our planned work over the coming year. In addition to the Annual Plan, the AGM can consider motions which, if passed, are integrated into the plan.

Motions must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 29 December at 5pm. After the distribution of motions, any amendments must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 9 February.

To allow for a more accessible debate, please keep all motions below 500 words and all amendments below 250 words.

To submit a motion or amendment, please use the following form:
SUBMIT A MOTION
SUBMIT AMENDMENT TO MOTION

Elections to the PSC Executive Committee
The AGM elects members to serve on PSC’s Executive Committee and help lead the campaign until the next AGM. The Executive meets in full at least six times a year with members also taking on diverse areas of work, from campaign planning and organisational oversight to representing us externally or contributing to building PSC in different areas of society. Most meetings take place virtually.

The positions available are Chair, Vice-Chair (x2), Secretary, Treasurer, Trade Union Liaison Officer, plus 8 general Executive Members.

All members in good standing who have been PSC members since 23 May 2023 or before are eligible to stand.

If you wish to stand for election, you must complete the following form by 5pm on Friday 29 December, including providing details of a proposer, seconder and a statement in support of your candidacy. We will also be asking candidates to submit a video for distribution ahead of the AGM, details of which will be provided to candidates after the close of nominations.
ABOUT EACH EC POSITION
SUBMIT A NOMINATION

Other information
For any queries in relation to the AGM, please contact the PSC office via info@palestinecampaign.org.

Deadlines

Friday 23 May 2023: Candidates for election to the Executive Committee must be members by this date to be eligible for election.
Friday 24 November 2023: To vote at AGM as an individual, you must be a current member by this date.
Friday 29 December 2023 at 5pm: Close of submissions of motions and election nominations.
Friday 12 January 2024: A report including the annual plan, proposed motions and election nominations will be published by this date.
Friday 9 February 2024 at 5pm: Close of receipt of amendments to motions.
Friday 16 February 2024 at 5pm: Close of online registration for those attending the AGM.
Wednesday 21 February 2024 at 5pm: Closing date for postal registrations to attend the AGM.
Saturday 24 February 2024: Annual General Meeting, 9.30am-4:30pm

Stop the Twickenham Arms Fairs Protest
2024-02-27 13:30 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Twickenham Stadium, 200 Whitton Road, London, TW2 7BA, United Kingdom
Join Richmond & Kingston PSC to say no to the arms fairs at Twickenham Stadium. The events will be attended by a range of companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its genocidal assault on Palestinians.

Join the protest at Twickenham Stadium outside the International Military Helicopter arms fair on Tuesday 27 February from 1.30pm to 4.00pm.

Day of Action for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel - Boycott Barclays
2024-03-02
As Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip continues, we must keep taking action.

Join an action near you on Saturday 2 March to demand the British government stop arming Israel.

Barclays bank holds substantial financial ties with arms companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel, used in its attacks on Palestinians. Demand the bank stops bankrolling Israel’s attacks on Palestinians, and spread the word about our call to boycott Barclays.

Barclays must #StopBankingOnGenocide and #StopBankingOnApartheid

List of Actions

Saturday 2 March 2024

Abergavenny: Barclays, Frogmore Street, 11am-12.30pm

Bedford: Assemble at Top of De Parys Avenue, 1pm. Rally on Castle Mound at 2pm.

Bristol: Barclays, 55 Broadmead, BS1 3EA, 10am

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Carlisle: Barclays, English Street, 12noon-12.45pm. Then weekly vigil.

Coventry: Barclays, Coventry High St, 10.30am-12.30pm

Darlington: Barclays, High Row, 11am

Derby: Barclays, St Peters St, 10.30am

Eastbourne: Barclays, Terminus Road, 11am-1pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Guildford: Meet at the bottom of High St by Quarry St, 12noon-2pm

Hereford: Meet near Hereford Cathedral at 11am

Hitchin: Barclays, 5/6 High Street, SG5 1BH, 10.30am-12noon

Ipswich: Rally for Palestine, Corn Hill, IP1 1DH, 11.30am

Kirkwall, Orkney: Ceasefire Vigil at St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Lancaster: Songs for Gaza, Market Square, 1pm-2pm

Leighton Buzzard: Market Cross, LU7 1HA, 1pm

Leeds: Barclays, 69 Albion Street, LS1 5LD, 10.30am-12.30pm

Leicester: Barclays, Haymarket Towers, LE1 1WA, 11am-1pm

Lincoln: March for Palestine. Assemble at Cardinal's Hat at 2pm. March to Speakers Corner.

London, Camden: Assemble at Mornington Crescent by the statue of Richard Cobden at 11am. Start marching at 11.30am. Rally outside Barclays, Tottenham Court Roa, W1T1BH, 12noon.

London, Croydon: Barclays, 1 North End, Croydon, CR9 1SX, 11am-1pm

London, Hammersmith: Barclays, 75 King Street, Hammersmith, W6 9HY, 11am-1pm

London, Haringey: Assemble at Wood Green Vue Cinema, 1pm

London, Harrow: Barclays, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AN, 12noon-1pm

London, Newham: Barclays, 58 High Street North, East Ham, E6 2HW, 12noon-1pm

London, Redbridge: Barclays, 83 High Street, Barkingside, IG6 2AQ, 11am

London, Southwark: Peckham Library, SE15 5JR, 12noon

London, Streatham: Barclays, 136 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BN, 11.30am-1pm

London, Tower Hamlets: Barclays, Whitechapel, E1 1BJ, 12noon-1pm

London, Willesden: Barclays, 5 High Road, NW10 2TE, 11am-12.30pm

London, Wimbledon: Barclays House, Wimbledon, SW19 7JZ, 12noon

Luton: Outside Barclays, Market Hill, Luton, LU1 2AX, 11am

Margate: Rally and vigil for IWD at Market Place, Margate Old Town, 12noon-1.30pm

Milton Keynes: Public area between Midsummer Place and Centre:MK, 11am

Newcastle: Grey’s Monument, Assemble at 12.45pm

Nottingham: March for Gaza, Assemble at Forest Recreation Ground, 12.30pm

Northampton: Barclays, Town Centre, 11am

Plymouth: Place De Brest, Armada Way, 12noon

Slough: Stall opp. Old Cinema, SL1 1DD, 10am-1pm

Southend: Assemble at Pier Hill (behind Royals), SS1, 12noon

Stevenage: Barclays, Unit 3, The Forum, SG1 1ES, 11.30am-1pm

Stoke: Barclays, Hanley, ST1 2JQ, 11am-12noon

Tunbridge Wells: Gather on the steps outside the Town Hall Building, Mount Pleasant Rd, TN1 1RS, 1.30pm-4pm

Weymouth: Gather at the clock tower, 10.30am

Wolverhampton: Barclays, Queen Square, WV1 1DS,11am-1pm

Worcester: Outside Guildhall, 1.30pm

Worthing: Barclays, Worthing, BN11 1EX, 11.30am-1pm

Sunday 3 March 2024

Brighton: Meet Palmeira Square, BN3 2FA at 12noon. March ending at Victoria Gardens.

Liverpool: Gather outside the Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ at 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park, Herne Hill Gates, SE24, 1.30pm-3pm

Southampton: March, meet at Guildhall Square 12noon, to leave at 12.30pm for march to Bargate and back.

Honouring Women's Resistance in Palestine
2024-03-02 12:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
Saturday 2 March, 12-1.30pm, MARGATEMarket Place, Margate Old Town
HONOURING WOMEN’S RESISTANCE IN PALESTINE Rally and vigil for International Women’s DayBasma El DoukhiPalestinian academic, human rights activist and founder of Roouh
Jessica LeschnikoffJewish activist for peace
Naomi EvansWriter and founder of Everyday Racism
Diane LangfordSouth East Kent Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Dr. Rachel SeoigheThanet Queers in Solidarity
Becky WingGreen Councillor on the ceasefire motion to TDC
Family friendly kids areaplus others
with music fromHarmony BoGuided singing by Jess and Amy
Join us for speakers, song and poetry for Palestine
South East Kent PSC - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011764053054321

Camden PSC: Ceasefire Protest
2024-03-04 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Camden Town Hall, 5 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9JE, United Kingdom
Assemble outside Camden Town Hall, 5 Judd Street, WC1H 9JE at 6pm.

Enfield: Women's Voices for Gaza
2024-03-08 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Ark Royal Venue, Lea Valley, London, N9 0AR, United Kingdom

National Demonstration - Ceasefire NOW - Stop the Genocide in Gaza
2024-03-09 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Israel has now killed over 30,000 Palestinians in its genocidal assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. We must keep taking to the streets in solidarity with Palestine.

Join us as we march again in London on Saturday 9 March 2024 and demand a #CeasefireNOW and a #FreePalestine

Assemble 12noon at Hyde Park Corner. Marching to the US Embassy.

Coaches/Transport

Brighton: Meet at Brighton station at 10.30am to catch the 10.39am train to Victoria (arrive 11.40am).

Bristol

Coventry

Lincoln/Peterborough

Newcastle

North Wales (Stops in Caernarfon, Felinheli, Bangor, Colwyn Bay, St Asaph)

Norwich

Portsmouth

Sheffield

Stoke

York

Fragments of Palestine: Exhibition Opening Night
2024-03-14 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
An exhibition of reportage drawings and paintings made last year in the West Bank, accompanied by artwork in different media, inspired by Palestine, by Artist and Cartoonist Tim Sanders.

Opening night on 14 March at P21 Gallery, from 6.30pm-8.30pm.

Book your spot here.

SPEAKERS:

Tim Sanders - Artist: Fragments of Palestine is a project by British artist and cartoonist Tim Sanders and a group of health professionals who visited the occupied West Bank in May of last year. Sanders accompanied the health workers’ delegation as official artist in residence.

Dr Bernard Regan, National Education Union Trustee, National Executive Member National Union of Teachers for 25 years. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Executive Member for 25 years. Author The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine. (2018) Leader of many trade union delegations to Palestine and contributed to building links between teachers and schools in Britain and in Palestine. Working in support of Palestine for more than 40 years.

Chair Sybil Cock Newham and Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Actions for Palestine - 16/17 March 2024
2024-03-16 - 2024-03-17
Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continues, with over 31,000 Palestinians killed. Israel is using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians in Gaza, with its siege causing acute shortages of food, water and essential medicines.

We must keep taking action to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire, to demand our government ends its complicity in Israel's attacks including by ending the arms trade with Israel, and to demand freedom and justice for Palestine.

More actions tbc.

Saturday 16 March

Abergavenny: Vigil for Gaza, Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Bath: Gather at Kingston Parade (side of Bath Abbey), BA1 1LT, 12noon

Birmingham: Assemble outside Tesco (Esso) Express, Bristol Rd, B29 6BA, 1pm

Bracknell: Barclays, 1 High Street, RG12 1DR, 11am-1pm

Bristol: Assemble at Castle Park Bandstand, 12noon

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Carlisle: Carlisle City Centre, 1pm-2pm

Derby: March, Assemble at The Spot, Outside Pure Gym, Derby City Centre, at 1pm

Exeter: Meet in Bedford Square (outside Barclays), 12noon-2pm

Hatfield: Outside ASDA, Hatfield, AL10 0JP, 11.30am

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Knighton, Powys: Assemble at War Memorial, 11.30am

Lancaster: Market Square, 1pm

Leeds: March for Palestine, assemble outside Leeds Art Gallery, LS1 3AA, 1.30pm

London, Hillingdon: Barclays, Uxbridge High Street, 11am-1pm

London, Woolwich: March assemble on Plumstead Road by the Greenwich Islamic Centre, SE18 7DW, 12.30pm. Rally in Woolwich Town Centre, 1.30pm

Milton Keynes: Between Midsummer Pl and Centre:MK, MK9 3GB, 11am

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Northampton: Rally Outside Grosvenor Centre (Next to Metro Bank), NN1 2AN, 2pm

Nottingham: March assemble at Market Square, 3pm

Norwich: Assemble at City Hall Steps, 12.30pm

Sheffield: Assemble at Back of Waitrose, 11am

Southampton: Below Bargate, SO14 2DJ, 1pm-2pm

Tunbridge Wells: Street Stall outside Barclays Bank, Calverley Rd, TN1 2TB, 11am - 1pm

Sunday 17 March

Liverpool: Assemble at Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

Portsmouth: Mourn for Gaza: symbolic funeral procession. Meet outside Fratton Train Station, 1pm

Israeli Apartheid Week National Student Days of Action: 21st and 22nd March
2024-03-21 - 2024-03-22
This Israeli Apartheid Week, students are taking action to demand our universities end their complicity now, and to demonstrate the power we have built on campus over the last few months.
The 21st March is the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, when police murdered 69 people in South Africa at a peaceful demonstration in against apartheid. Students on this anniversary are standing against the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza today.
Join the national student days of action: organise a walk out, teach in or demonstration on the 21st or 22nd March to demand your university end all complicity in Israel’s genocidal attacks NOW.

Resources:

Action Guide for 21st/22nd March
Research your university's complicity using our University Complicity Database
Template BDS Student's Union motion
Barclays is a current BDS priority target in this country - find out more information about the campaign here; and a template SU motion to get your SU to commit to not banking on apartheid is here
Information student walkouts here, including advice on how to organise your own
Get in touch with the European Legal Support Centre if you need support against repression on campus; or email our Youth and Student Campaigns Officer

Day of Action for Palestine - Ceasefire NOW - Stop the Genocide in Gaza
2024-03-23
Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continues, with over 31,000 Palestinians killed. Israel is using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians in Gaza, with its siege causing acute shortages of food, water and essential medicines.

We must keep taking action to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire, an end to the genocide, and for the government to end its complicity in Israel’s attacks including by ending the arms trade with Israel.

List of Actions (more tbc)

Saturday 23 March

Birmingham: Silent Protest at Barclays, High Street, B4 7TE, 11am

Bedford: Barclays, High Street, Bedford, 11.30am-12.30pm

Bristol: Rally at Elbit Systems, Belvedere Close, Bolingbroke Way, BS34 6FE, 1pm

Caernarfon: Y Maes, Castle Square, 12noon

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Carlisle: Vigil, Carlisle City Centre, 1pm-2pm

Corby: Rally for Palestine, Corby Cube, NN17 1QG, 2pm

Coventry: Rally at Broadgate, 12.30pm. Meet by the Godiva statue (or Primark if the fair is on)

Craven Arms: Clun Road Roundabout, 2pm-3pm

Cromer: West Street & Church Street (Head north from main Car Park and Tourist Information Centre), NR27 9HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Durham: Meeting in Millennium Square, 12noon, marching to Palace Green.

Guildford: Meet at Bottom of High St, 12noon-2pm

Hastings: Hastings Town Centre, 12noon-2pm

Hereford: Meet Hereford Cathedral, 11am

Ipswich: Silent Vigil for Palestine, Please Wear Black. Tower ramparts, at the top of Lloyds avenue, (Near the trees and benches), IP1 3HD. 12noon-1pm.

Kirkwall, Orkney: Vigil, St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Leamington: Leamington (Town Hall), 11am-12noon

Leeds: March for Palestine, Assemble at Leeds Art Gallery, 1pm

Letchworth Garden City: Gather Letchworth, Top of Leys Avenue, SG6 3EU, 11am-12noon

Lincoln: Assemble at Brayford Wharf Spar, 2pm, march to Speakers Corner

London, Camden: Assemble at Kentish Town station (canopy), 10am. March starts 10.30 am, rally from 11.30am at Mornington Crescent, statue of Richard Cobden.

London, Croydon: Vigil for Gaza, Queen’s Garden, Park Ln, CR0 1YJ, 12noon-2pm

London, Ealing: March in black for Gaza, Gather at Ealing Town Hall, 2pm

London, Hackney: The bottom of Narrow Way, Mare Street, E8, at 2pm

London, Haringey: Gather at Vue Wood Green, 12noon. March to Barclays then Turnpike Lane at 12.30pm.

London, Kingston: Kingston Town Centre, outside main entrance Bentalls Centre, 12noon-2pm

London, Newham: Barclays, East Ham, 58 High Street North, E6 2HW, 12noon-1pm

London, Redbridge: Stall on Wanstead High Street, opposite Coop, 12noon-2pm

London, Southwark: Peckham Library, SE15 5JR, 12noon

London, Streatham: Barclays, 136 Streatham High Road, SW16 1BN, 11.30am-1pm

London, Waltham Forest: Barclays, 278 Hoe Street, E17 9QE, 11am-1pm

Medway: Start at BAE Systems, Junction of Marconi Way and (Chatham), Maidstone Road, 10.30am

Milton Keynes: Tesco Extra Bletchley, MK1 1DD (pavement on Watling Street), 1pm

Montgomeryshire, Newtown: Meet near the traffic lights at the entrance to the Tesco Superstore, Pool Road, Newtown, SY16 1DW, from 11am

Newcastle: Mass Funeral Procession. Assemble at Grey's Monument, 1pm

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Norwich: Outside Lloyds Bank on Gentleman's Walk, 11.30am

Oxford: Barclays Bank, Cornmarket, 10.30am. Then event in Bonn Square, 11.30am. See more here.

Plymouth: Stall at Plympton near the Co-op, 11am. And Rally on Armada Way, 12noon.

Salisbury: Silent Vigil, Outside Salisbury Library, 5:15pm- 5:45pm

Sheffield: Gather at Sheffield Amphitheatre (behind Sheffield Station & Tram Stop), 11am

Shrewsbury: Stall at Pride Hill, Shrewsbury, 10am-12noon

Southend: Gather Eastern Esplanade, opposite The Castle pub, 12.30pm

Southport: Rally on Lord Street, in front of The Atkinson, 12noon-1pm

Tunbridge Wells: Empty Shoes for Lost Lives, at Town Hall Steps, Civic Way, Mount Pleasant Road, TN1 1XR, 1.30pm-4pm

Windsor: Info Stall near old Boots Shop, Peascod Street, SL4 1AA, 12noon-2pm

Wolverhampton: Barclays, Queen Sq, WV1 1DS, 11am-1pm

Worcester: Funeral March for Gaza, Meet outside Worcester Guildhall, 1.30pm

Sunday 24 March:

Liverpool: Gather outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ at 2pm, marching to Derby Square

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park, Herne Hill Gates, SE24, 1.30pm-3pm

Portsmouth: Stand with Gaza: Public Assembly for Palestine. Landport Community Centre, PO1 1JD, 2pm-5pm

Reading: Outside HSBC, Broad Street, RG1 2BU, 1.30pm-3pm

Portsmouth & South Downs PSC: Family Day for Palestine
2024-03-23 12:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | St Swithuns Church Hall, 105 Waverley Road, Portsmouth, Southsea, PO5 2PL, United Kingdom
Join Portsmouth & South Downs PSC for a Family Day for Palestine. All proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians. Free entry - all donations welcome.

Stop the DPRTE Arms Fair - Stop Arming Israel
2024-03-27 08:00 - 10:00 (Europe/London) | Farnborough Exhibition Centre, Gate B, Trenchard Way, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6TQ, United Kingdom
Join East Berkshire PSC and West Surrey PSC outside the Farnborough Exhibition Centre to oppose the DPRTE arms fair. The arms fair will give a platform to a range of companies supplying weapons and military technology used in Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. This includes including BAE Systems, which supplies Israeli forces with components for its fighter jets, munitions and armoured vehicles, and Leonardo, which supplies components for Israel's F-35 fighter jets.

National Demonstration - Ceasefire Now - Stop the Genocide in Gaza
2024-03-30 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Russell Square, Russell Square, London, United Kingdom
Israel has now killed over 32,000 Palestinians in its genocidal assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. We must keep taking to the streets in solidarity with Palestine.

Join us as we march again in London on Saturday 30 March 2024 and demand a #CeasefireNOW and a #FreePalestine

Full Route

Assembling at Russel Square from 12 noon. Marching to Trafalgar Square.

Accessible Route

We have have an accessible step-free route for anyone who would like a shorter form of the full protest route. This is open to anyone including wheelchair and mobility-aid users, families with buggies and anyone wanting a quieter space to assemble, as well as any non-disabled people who’d like to join this shorter 1,600m version of the march.

This will assemble from 12:30PM at Bloomsbury Square. Joining the front of the march as it comes through and marching to Trafalgar Square. Route here.

Trade Union Bloc

Assembling from 11:30AM on south side of Russel Square, corner of Bedford Place, WC1B 4HP.

Coaches/Transport

Birmingham

Bristol

Coventry: Coach leaving White St coach station, 8.15am. Contact Bali on 07826856864 to book your seat

Leeds

Portsmouth

Sheffield

Ipswich & South Suffolk PSC: Iftar Fundraising Event for Palestine
2024-03-30 16:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Martlesham Community Hall, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, IP12 4PB, United Kingdom
Fundraiser:

✨ IFTAR FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR PALESTINE ✨

Date: Sat 30th March 2024

Time: 4.30pm - 8pm

Venue: Martlesham Community Hall, IP12 4PB

Tickets: £8 per ticket. Under 5s free

Iftar meal included in ticket price.

🌙 Inspirational Speakers
🌙 Iftar Meal
🌙 Charity Auction
🌙 Henna Stall
🌙 Face Painting
🌙 Cake Stall
🌙 Arts and Crafts

ALL PROFITS WILL BE DONATED TO MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS (MAP)

Book via link below 👇🏼

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fundraising-iftar-for-palestine-tickets-861181596337?aff=oddtdtcreator

Justice and Freedom for Palestine - PSC Fringe at NEU Conference
2024-04-04 12:45 - 13:45 (Europe/London)
Palestine Fringe at NEU Conference 2024

Justice and Freedom for Palestine

Thursday 4 April 12.45pm/Lunchtime

Inside the Main Conference Auditorium

Speakers:

Saed Erziqat, General Secretary, General Union of Palestinian Teachers (GUPT)

Daniel Kebede, General Secretary NEU

Leanne Mohammed, British Palestinian Human Rights Activist

Malak Saeed, Local & International Advocacy Officer, Defense for Children Palestine (DCI-Pal)

Emma Rose, President NEU

Ben Jamal, Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Chair: Louise Regan, Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign & NEU EC

The current genocidal assault on the Palestinian people by the state of Israel is unprecedented, with children and young people bearing the brunt of the attacks.

With over 32,000 Palestinians killed, including 13,000 children, we need to stop Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, and end the Israeli system of apartheid and oppression.

Join us at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign fringe to hear about the current situation and how you and your trade union can step up your actions in solidarity with Palestine.

All are welcome. Lunch will be provided. Please make sure to visit the PSC stand in the exhibition area.

www.palestinecampaign.org

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Actions for Palestine - 6 and 7 April
2024-04-06 - 2024-04-07
Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza has killed over 32,000 Palestinians, and displaced the vast majority of the population. Palestinians are experiencing massacre after massacre.

We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel's attacks and stop arming Israel, for an end to Israeli apartheid, and freedom and justice for Palestine.

Saturday 6 April

Abergavenny: Vigil for Gaza, Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Bridgenorth: Barclays, High Street, 11am-1pm

Brighton: Stall at the Clocktower, 12noon-2pm

Bristol: Boycott Tour of Broadmead, Meet at Castle Park Bandstand, BS2 0HQ, 11am

Cardiff: March for Palestine, Assemble Outside Cardiff Central Library, 1pm

Coventry: Barclays, High Street, 10.30am-12.30pm

Cromer: West Street & Church Street Junction, NR27 9HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Darlington: Barclays, High Row, 11am

Durham: Protest on the Bridge, 12noon-2pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Hastings: Big Ride for Palestine, 11 am the Stade, TN34 3FJ. Then information Stall 12noon-2 pm in the town centre.

Hertford: Meet at Hertford East Train Station, 11am

Hull: Assemble at Queen Victoria Square, HU1 3RL, 12noon

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Kettering: Market Square, NN16 0AJ, 2pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Leamington: Outside the Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Llanidloes: Vigil at the top of Great Oak Street, SY18 6BW, 11am

London, Camden: Kentish Town station (canopy), march to Mornington Crescent, statue of Richard Cobden, assemble 11 am, rally 12:30pm

London, Hackney: Protest, CLR James Library next to Dalston Junction Station, 2pm

London, Peckham: Rally, Peckham Library, SE15, 10.30am

London, Streatham: Barclays, 136 Streatham High Rd, SW16 1BN, 11.30am-1pm

Medway: Clocktower, Chatham High St, Junction of Batchelor St, (near Barclays ME4 4BZ), 10.45am

Milton Keynes: Tesco Extra, Bletchley, MK1 1DD (pavement on Watling Street), 1pm

Norwich: March and Vigil, Assemble at City Hall, 12noon

Portsmouth: Barclays, Commercial Road, PO1 1BT, 11am

Southampton: Assemble at Guildhall Square, 1.15pm.

Southend: Barclays, 127 Southend High Street, 12noon-1pm

Tunbridge Wells: The Big Bridge, Tonbridge High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. TN9 1DR, 11am-2pm

Watford: Near L’Artista, The Parade, Watford, WD17 1NA, 11am-1pm

Woking: Commercial Way, Woking, GU21 6HN, 12.30pm-2.30pm

Worcester: Worcester Guildhall, High Street, 1.30pm

Sunday 7 April

Liverpool: Assemble at Catholic Cathedral, 2pm. March to Derby Square.

London, Brixton: Vigil for Gaza, Windrush Square, 6pm-7.30pm

London, Herne Hill: Brockwell Park Gates, Herne Hill, 1.30pm-3pm

London, Waltham Forest: Walthamstow Town Square, under TV Screen, 12noon

Reading: Outside HSBC, Broad Street, RG1 2BU, 2pm-3.30pm

Day of Action for Palestine - Stop the Genocide in Gaza
2024-04-13
Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza has killed over 33,000 Palestinians, and displaced the vast majority of the population. Palestinians are experiencing massacre after massacre. Palestinians in Gaza are facing imminent famine.

We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel’s attacks and stop arming Israel, for an end to Israeli apartheid, and freedom and justice for Palestine.

Saturday 13 April

Bedford: Leafleting outside Barclays, 11.30am. Peace rally at Bedford’s ‘two faces’ 12noon

Bristol: Rally at Elbit, meet at 1pm outside Elbit Systems UK, Horizon 2, Belvedere Close, Bolingbroke Way, BS34 6FE

Carlisle: Protest at Barclays, 10 Bank Street, CA3 8EU, 12noon-1pm; Vigil, Scotch Street, CA3 8QX, 1-2pm

Coventry: Car cavalcade meet up at 12.30 in the Tesco car park by the CBS Arena.

Hastings: March on General Dynamics, Assemble at Clarence Rd entrance to Alexandra Park, TN37 6SD, 12noon. Rally at General Dynamics, 100 Castleham Road, TN31 9NJ, from 1.30pm

Hitchin: Rally for Palestine, Windmill Hill, 11am

Kirkwall, Orkney: Weekly vigil, St. Magnus Cathedral, 1-2pm

Knighton: War Memorial, Brookside Square, Broad Street, LD7 1DP, 11am-12noon

Lancaster: Songs for Gaza, Market Square, 1pm-2pm

Leeds: March for Palestine, Route tbc.

Leicester: Stall opp. Sports Direct, Gallowtree Gate, 11am-1pm

London: March for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel. More info here.

Luton: March Assemble Biscot Road/Montrose Ave Roundabout, LU3 1AS at 2pm. March to Market Hill, Town Centre.

Milton Keynes: Tesco Extra Bletchley, MK1 1DD (pavement on Watling Street), 11am

Newcastle: Stop Arming Israel Rally and March, assemble at Grey's Monument, 12.45pm. March to Civic Centre beginning at 1.15pm

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Oxford: Stop Arming Israel March, Assemble Manzil Way, OX4 1YH, 12noon

Penzance: Information Stall, and Birds of Gaza workshop. Both to be held at The Peace Hope Party. Venue The Yacht Inn Penzance. 2pm till late.

Rhyl: Gather at Rhyl Train Station, 11.15am

Salisbury: Weekly silent vigil, Salisbury Library, SP1 1BL, 5-5.30pm

Sheffield: Protest outside the Town Hall, 12noon

Southampton: Concert for Gaza, More info here.

Tonbridge: The Big Bridge, Tonbridge High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. TN9 1DR, 11am-2pm

Warwick: Vigil, Market Street, 11am-12noon

Wellingborough: Rally for Gaza, Market Street (opp. Hind Hotel), 2pm

Whitstable: Rally and vigil with speakers, poetry, and music, Whitstable Harbour, CT5 1AB, 12.30-1.30pm

Sunday 14 April

Lambeth & Wandsworth: Protest and leafletting, Brockwell Park, Herne Gill Gates, SE24, 1.30-3pm

Liverpool: Assemble outside the Catholic Cathedral at 2pm, marching to Derby Square

London March for Palestine
2024-04-13 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Londoners, join us as part of a national day of action for Palestine as we march from Russell Square to Parliament Square to demand our government stop arming Israel and call for a permanent ceasefire.

Barry PSC: Aid for Gaza - Spring Fair
2024-04-13 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | St Illtud's Church, Church Lane, Llantwit Major, CF61 1SH, United Kingdom
TICKETS HERE

Rally for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel
2024-04-17 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
As Israel continues its genocidal assault, we must keep the pressure up. Join us again this Wednesday 17 April and demand our government #StopArmingIsrael

Day of Action for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel - Boycott Barclays
2024-04-20
As Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians continues, take action on Saturday 20 April 2024 to demand Britain stop arming Israel.

Barclays bank holds substantial financial ties with arms companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel, used in its devastating attacks on Palestinians.

Join an action demanding the bank stops bankrolling Israel’s attacks on Palestinians, and spread the word about our call to boycott Barclays.

List of Actions

Saturday 20 April

Bristol: Boycott Barclays Protest at Barclays, 55 Broadmead, BS1 3EA at 10.30am. Then March for Palestine, Assemble College Green, BS1 5TR at 1pm.

Canterbury: Barclays Bank, 9 George St, CT12JX, 12.30pm

Chatham: March, Assemble at Rhode Street Public Square by Salvation Army Hall, ME4 4BT, 2pm

Colchester: Assemble at Crouch Street Square for march to the castle, CO3 3HA, 11.30

Coventry: March, Assemble Edgewick Park, 12noon. March to Coventry Cathedral.

Craven Arms: Clun Roundabout, 2pm-3pm

Cromer: Vigil at West Street & Church Street, NR27 9HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Dorchester: Outside Barclays Bank, 12noon-1.30pm

Hereford: Hereford Cathedral, 11am-1pm

Hitchin: Barclays, 5/6 High Street, SG5 1BH, 11am

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Lancaster: Assemble at Market Square, 1pm

Leamington: Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Lincoln: March for Gaza, Assemble Cardinal's Hat, 2pm

London, Camden: Assemble in Morning Crescent by Richard Cobden statue, 10.30am; march to rally at Barclays, 15 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 1BJ, starting at 12noon

London, Hackney: Gather outside the Rio Cinema, Dalston, 2pm

London, Lewisham: Assemble Opposite the Lewisham Islamic Centre, SE13 6LJ, 1.30pm

London, Redbridge: Funeral Procession, Assemble at Valentines Park (Bethell Avenue Entrance), 11am. March to Ilford Barclays.

London, Southwark: Elephant Square, SE1 6TG, 12.30pm

London, Tower Hamlets: Barclays, Whitechapel, E1 1BJ, 11am

London, Waltham Forest: Barclays, 278 Hoe Street, E17 9QE, 11am-12noon

London, Wembley: Leaflet FA Cup Semi-Finals. Outside Wembley Stadium, meet at the corner of Engineers Way and West Olympic Way, 2.30pm-4.30pm

London, Wimbledon: Barclays, SW19 7JZ, 12noon-2pm

Luton: Outside Barclays, Market Hill, LU1 2AX, 11am

Milton Keynes: The Place Retail Park, MK9 1EN. (Grass verge near Currys PC world), 1.30pm-3pm

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

North Herts: Barclays, 5/6 High St, Hitchin SG5 1BH, 11am

Northampton: Outside Metro Bank, Abington Street, Northampton, 2pm

Norwich: Vigil at Lloyd's Bank, 16 Gentleman's Walk, NR2 1LZ, 11.30am

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket, 10.30am

Plymouth: Barclays, Armada Way, PL1 1LA

Portsmouth: Assemble Outside Fratton Station, Selbourne Terrace, PO1 5AW, 10.30am. March to Barclays on Commercial Road.

Sheffield: Assemble Mount Pleasant Park, S7 1BY, 11am

Tunbridge Wells: Meet at Millennium Clock Tower, TN1 2TB, 11am-2pm

Wolverhampton: Visual Vigil, Barclays, Queen Square, WV1 1DS, 11am-1pm

Sunday 21 April

Liverpool: Assemble at the Catholic Cathedral, 2pm. March to Derby Square.

London, Wembley: Leaflet FA Cup Semi-Finals. Outside Wembley Stadium, meet at the corner of Engineers Way and West Olympic Way, 1pm-3.30pm

Slough: Salt Hill Park, SL1 3SR, assemble at 2pm for march to town centre

Colchester & Tendring PSC: March for Palestine
2024-04-20 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)

National March for Palestine - 27 April
2024-04-27 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Join us as we march from Parliament Square to Hyde Park, London on 27 April to demand our government stop arming Israel and call for a permanent ceasefire.

Let's make this the biggest demonstration for Palestine in UK history.

Coaches/Transport

Birmingham

Bristol

Cardiff

Coventry: Leaves Coventry Coach Park, White St, CV1 4TX at 8.15am. Contact Bali on 07826856864

Lincoln/Peterborough

North Wales: Stops in Caernarfon, Felinheli, Bangor, Colwyn Bay, St Asaph

Portsmouth

Sheffield

York/Scarborough

Take Action for Palestine - 4 and 5 May 2024
2024-05-04 - 2024-05-05
Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza has killed over 34,000 Palestinians, and displaced the vast majority of the population. Palestinians are experiencing massacre after massacre. Palestinians in Gaza are facing imminent famine.

We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel’s attacks and stop arming Israel, for an end to Israeli apartheid, and freedom and justice for Palestine.

Many PSC branches are joining local May Day rallies and demonstrations. Check with your local PSC branch for more information.

Saturday 4 May

Abergavenny: Meet at Post Office Square, 11am

Brecon: Outside St. Mary's Church, 11am-12noon

Bristol: Assemble at Water Tower, BS9 1FG, 12noon. Rally in College Green.

Carlisle: Barclays, English Street, 12noon-1pm

Ceredigion: Stall and leafletting at Guildhall, Cardigan, 11am-1pm

Coventry: Barclays, High Street, 10am-11.30am

Cromer: West Street & Church Street, NR279HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Guildford: Junction of Guildford High Street with Quarry Street. 12noon-2pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Leamington: Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Leeds: May Day March for Peace, Assemble 11.30am outside Leeds Art Gallery.

London, Camden: Meet Mornington Crescent, Statue of Richard Cobden at 10.30am. Rally from 12noon outside Barclays, Tottenham Court Road, W1T 1BH.

London, Enfield: Stall outside Barclays, Enfield Town, 11am

London, Hackney: Ride-along, meet behind Hackney Town Hall, E8, Mare Street.

London, Tower Hamlets: Cycle for Palestine, Mile End Park South (Burdett Road opposite junction with Eric Street), 11am; Cycle to protest at Pret A Manger, 121 Bethnal Green Road

Merton: Majestic Way, Mitcham Fair Green, CR4 2JS, 1-2:30pm

Milton Keynes: 86 High Street, Newport Pagnell, MK16 8PY, 1.30-3pm

Northamptonshire: Wellingborough town Centre, opposite Hind Hotel, 2pm; Evening info stall at Digger Fest 2024

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon.

Sheffield: Devonshire Green, 11am (join May Day protest)

Telford: Southwater Lake, TF3 4EJ, 2pm

Wellingborough: Town Centre (opp. Hind Hotel), 2pm

Sunday 5 May

Dorchester: Organising Assembly for Palestine at The Pointe, Old Salvation Army Hall, Durngate Street, 2pm-4.30pm

Ipswich: Peace and Justice March. Assemble at Ipswich Town Hall, IP1 1DH, 11am.

Newcastle: Walk the Tyne for Palestine – More info.

Reading: Outside HSBC, Broad Street, 2pm

West Surrey: Palestine Film Night – More info here.

Exist, Resist, Return - Take Action for Palestine - 10, 11, and 12 May 2024
2024-05-10 - 2024-05-12
Join a local action as we mark the Nakba, commemorating the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians, three-quarters of Palestinian population, from their homeland in 1947/8, and the subsequent denial of their right to return.

For over 76 years, Israel’s settler-colonial project has fragmented the Palestinian people by geography and legal status, denied Palestinian refugees their right to return to their lands, and has entrenched a regime of control that systematically discriminates against Palestinians in all aspects of life. Israel’s current genocide is built on the foundations of this project.

We demand an end to the genocide, an end to Israel’s regime of apartheid, and the implementation of the right of return for all Palestinians.

Check with your local PSC branch for more information.

Friday 10 May

Slough: Outside Tesco Extra, SL1 1XW, 5-7pm

Saturday 11 May

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Bristol: Nakba 76 Protest, College Green, 12noon

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am.

Carlisle: City Centre, 1-2pm

Coventry: Silent vigil, Broadgate, CV1 1FS, 12-1pm

Cromer: West Street & Church Street, NR27 9HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Derby: The Spot, St Peter’s Street (outside Pure Gym), 1.30pm

Dorchester: Rally and March. Assemble outside Barclays, 12noon.

Durham: Stall at Framwellbridge Gate, 12noon-2pm

Eastbourne: Eastbourne Station, 11am

Farnborough: Outside New Look at Princess Mead Shopping Centre, 12-2pm

Hastings: Divestment Die-in, Barclays, Queen’s Road, TN34 1QP, 11am-1pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Knighton: War Memorial, 11am-12noon

Lancaster: Market Square, 1pm

Leeds: Assemble at Leeds Art Gallery, 1pm.

Letchworth: Palestine Cultural Afternoon, Friends Meeting House, 42 South View, SG6 3JJ, 2pm-5pm

Liverpool: March for Palestine, Assemble Metropolitan Cathedral Sq, 12noon.

London, Camden: Assemble at Camden Town Station, 2pm; March to UCL Main Campus 2.30-3.30pm; Rally from 3.30-4.30pm

London, Harrow: Vigil, Outside Primark, St Ann’s Road, HA1 1JU, 5pm-6pm

London, Kilburn: Rally, Outside Argos, Kilburn Square, NW6 6JH, 11am-12.30pm

London, Merton: Colliers Wood Underground Station, SW19 2HR, 11.30am-1pm

London, Redbridge: Street Meeting 4 Palestine, Outside Redbridge Town Hall, 12noon

London, Richmond: Edge of Richmond Green, 12noon-2pm

London, Shephard's Bush Green: Meet near the Hammersmith Borough War Memorial, W12 8PH, 2.30pm for march to Israeli Consulate

Newcastle: Honouring Palestinian Journalists, BBC Newcastle, Barrack Road, NE2 4NS, 1pm

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Newtown: Roundabout outside entrance to Aldi and Morrisons, Pool Road, 11am

Northampton: Abington Street, opposite Metro Bank, 2pm

Oxford: Outside St Michael’s Northgate, Cornmarket, 7pm-8.30pm

Sandwich: Kent Rally for Palestine, Guildhall Forecourt, Sandwich, CT13 9AE, 1pm-3pm

Sheffield: March, Meet at Endcliffe Park, 10.45am

Shrewsbury: Pride Hill, 11am-1pm

Southend-on-Sea: Sealife, Eastern Esplanade, SS1 2ER, 12.30pm

Warwick: Market Street, 11am-12noon

Watford: Palestine Awareness Day, Near L’Artista, The Parade, WD17 1NA, 11am-1pm

Worcester: Outside Guildhall, 2pm

Woking: Commercial Way, GU21 6HN, 12.30-3pm

Worthing: March for Palestine, Meet at Worthing Town Hall, BN11 9SA, 11am.

Sunday 12 May

London, Croydon: March from Croydon University Hospital (London Road) to Barclays Croydon, 12noon; Gather outside Barclays beginning at 12.45pm

London, Enfield: Silent Vigil, Edmonton Green Station, 2pm-3pm

Nakba 76: Hands off Rafah – Workplace Day of Action
2024-05-15
On Nakba Day, Wednesday 15 May 2024, take collective action in your workplace to stand in solidarity with Palestinians resisting the ongoing Nakba.

Today, Palestinians in Gaza, the majority of whom are refugees from Israel’s previous rounds of ethnic cleansing, face another Nakba. They are experiencing genocide and the real threat of expulsion. Across the occupied West Bank, Palestinians are facing down a wave of military invasions, assassinations and settler attacks to drive them from their lands and homes.

For 76 years, Israel’s settler-colonial project has fragmented the Palestinian people by geography and legal status, denied Palestinian refugees their right to return to their lands, and has entrenched a regime of control that systematically discriminates against Palestinians in all aspects of life. Israel’s current genocide is built on the foundations of this project.

Palestinian workers have called on workers in Britain to take meaningful action in solidarity with their struggle against Israel’s system of oppression, including on 15 May.

As Israel continues to threaten a full-scale military offensive against 1.5 million Palestinian people trapped in Rafah, take action in your workplace on 15 May to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, to call for an end to British complicity in Israel’s atrocities, and to mobilise for the national demonstration on Saturday 18 May.

Discuss with your colleagues what kind of action is best suited to your workplace and its circumstances. Take action in your workplace:

Organise a short stoppage or lunch-time walk-out in solidarity with Palestinians. Gather outside your workplace for a photo or organise a delegation to visit a nearby student encampment if there is one in your town or city.
Circulate a petition calling on your employer to speak up in solidarity with Palestine, or for the divestment of pension fund holdings from companies complicit in Israel’s attacks.
Organise a lunch-time teach-in or film screening to educate colleagues about the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
If you’re working from home or alone, take a picture with a Palestinian flag and send it in to PSC.
Distribute leaflets for the national demonstration on 18 May in London.

Movies for Palestine
2024-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Quakers Meeting House, 39 Fonnereau Road, Ipswich, IP1 3JH, United Kingdom

Solidarity Sessions Episode 3 - Ongoing Nakba
2024-05-16 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Join PSC and Rabet by PIPD on our YouTube on Thursday 16 May for this episode on 76 years of the Palestinian Nakba. Palestinian speakers and artists will discuss and share their testimonies, experiences and responses to the act of the Nakba in 1948 and highlight how it continues to this day with Israel's brutal genocide in Gaza.

Click to watch here.

With:

Dana Dajani, Palestinian poet who will do a reading

Nida' Ibrahim, Correspondent in the occupied West Bank for Al Jazeera English

Amal Shurrab, CEO of Chapeau Planete

Ghada Majdli, Palestinian health & human rights policy analyst for Al Shabaka

Ben Jamal, Director PSC

Ines Abdel Razek, Executive Director Rabet by PIPD

Iyas AlQasem, Founder Hope & Play charity for Palestinian kids

Nakba 76: National Demonstration for Palestine
2024-05-18 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
We must keep marching for Palestine.

Join us as we mark the Nakba, commemorating the ethnic cleansing of 750,000 Palestinians, three-quarters of Palestinian population, from their homeland in 1947/8, and the subsequent denial of their right to return. For over 76 years, Israel’s settler-colonial project has fragmented the Palestinian people by geography and legal status, denied Palestinian refugees their right to return to their lands, and has entrenched a regime of control that systematically discriminates against Palestinians in all aspects of life. Israel’s current genocide is built on the foundations of this project.
March to demand an end to the genocide, an end to Israel’s regime of apartheid, and the implementation of the right of return for all Palestinians.
Route:

Transport/Coaches
Birmingham
Bristol
Coventry: Leaving White St Coach park, Coventry, CV1 4TX at 8.15 AM. Please ring Bali to reserve a seat on 07826 856864.
Derby
High Wycombe
Lincoln
Newcastle/Durham
Peterborough
Portsmouth
Sheffield
Shropshire
Southampton
Worcester
Meet-up for Group Travel
Stratford Station (opposite old shopping centre), 11.00am
Whitechapel Stateion, 11.15am

PSC Watford Fundraising Dinner
2024-05-19 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Tarboush, 57 Market Street, Watford, WD18 0PR, United Kingdom
Join us for the PSC Watford Fundraising Dinner at Tarboush! It's going to be a night filled with delicious food for a great cause - come along to raise money for:

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), a charity tirelessly working on the ground in Palestine to deliver medical aid.

PSC Watford - your local branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We have been holding awareness events and rallies in Watford since our re-establishment in November 2023. We are calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and an end to the brutal apartheid regime in Palestine - we need your help to continue our advocacy.

Please book your tickets using the below link:

Watford PSC Fundraising Dinner Tickets, Sun 19 May 2024 at 19:00 | Eventbrite

PSC Trade Union Solidarity Webinars - Session 3: Palestinian Health Workers
2024-05-22 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
PSC Trade Union webinars:

Session 3 – Wednesday 22 May 2024, 6pm

Trade Union Solidarity with Palestinian Health Workers

Speakers:

Jowairiah Safadi, President of the Health Workers Union - West Bank, Palestine & Women’s official in the General Union of Health Services

Libby Nolan, President UNISON

Celie Hanson, Campaings Officer Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Chair – Louise Regan, Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign & NEU EC

The third session in our series of webinars will be looking at the impact of Israels genocidal onslaught on Palestinian health workers and the people of Gaza.

We will hear from a Palestinian trade unionist and health worker who will talk about the situation on the ground and how we can extend our solidarity work with Palestine in the UK.

The mass onslaught on the Palestine people in recent months is highlighting the need for more work in solidarity with Palestinian workers in key sectors who have been particularly affected by the attacks in Gaza, with an unprecedented high level of casualties.

Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza has all but completely destroyed the whole health care system. 2 million Palestinians are now facing an acute shortage of medical care and vital supplies, while facing the prospect of starvation, being denied access to food or safe water.

Join us to find out more about the situation and what you and your trade union can do in solidarity with the Palestinians.

Take Action for Palestine - 25/26 May 2024
2024-05-25 - 2024-05-26
Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza has killed over 35,000 Palestinians, and displaced the vast majority of the population. Palestinians are experiencing massacre after massacre. Palestinians in Gaza are facing imminent famine.

We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel’s attacks and stop arming Israel, for an end to Israeli apartheid, and freedom and justice for Palestine.

Friday 24 May 2024

Sheffield: Railway Station, 5pm

Saturday 25 May 2024

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, NP7 5RY, 11am-12.30pm

Brighton: Brighton Clock Tower, BN1 1HJ, 12noon-2pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Chelmsford: Assemble top of Moulsham Street (outside Taco Bell), 1.30pm. March to Shire Hall.

Corby: Corby Cube, George Street, NN17 1QG, 2pm

Coventry: Barclays, High Street, 11am-12.30pm

Cromer: West Street & Church Street, Cromer, NR27 9HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Eastbourne: Eastbourne Station, 11am

Guildford: Assemble bottom of High Street, junction with Quarry St. 12noon-2pm

Kenilworth: Abbey End, 11am-12noon

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Lancaster: Market Square, 1pm

Leeds: March, Assemble at Leeds Art Gallery, 1pm

London, Camden: Assemble outside Camden Town Tube, 2pm. March begins at 2.30pm to UCL Main Campus, Gower Street. Rally from 3.30pm-4.30pm.

London, Ealing: Ealing Town Hall, W5 2BY, 2.30pm

London, Hackney: Meet at CLR James Library, 2pm

London, Islington: Front of Highbury & Islington Station, 11.00am

London, Southwark: Rally and protest, Peckham Library Square, SE15 5RS, 12noon

London, Tower Hamlets: Meet at Altab Ali Park, 2pm. March to Queen Mary Uni, Mile End.

London, Woolwich: Assemble on Plumstead Road by the Greenwich Islamic Center, 1.30pm

Nottingham: March, Assemble at Forest Recreation Ground, 12noon. March to Old Market Square.

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket, 10am-12noon

Plymouth: Near Barclays, Place de Brest, Armada Way & Cornwall Street, PL1 1LA, 12noon

Worcester: Worcester Guildhall, High Street, WR1 2EY, 2-3pm

Sunday 26 May 2024

Colchester: War Memorial, 12noon-1pm

Liverpool: Gather outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ at 2pm. March to Derby Square.

Film and Discussion: Farha
2024-05-29 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Showing of Farha followed by a community discussion, organised by South Downs & Portsmouth PSC. Click here to book.

Film Screening: Tomorrow's Freedom
2024-05-31 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | The Curve, William St., Slough, United Kingdom
Tickets can be booked here.

East Berkshire PSC is thrilled to bring this eye-opening film to Slough for the nominal charge of £3 per ticket. Children must be accompanied by an adult and over 12 years old. The film runs for 1hour and 40 minutes so we will start promptly just after 7pm when everyone is seated. Please be considerate to fellow viewers and arrive in time to avoid disruption during the screening.

The nearest parking is at Queensmere Car Park, SL1 1XQ.

The Film:

Tomorrow’s Freedom captures a new call for Barghouti's freedom; by his family, human rights activists and key interviewees including Hannan Ashrawi (PLO founder in Ramallah), Lindsey Hilsum (International Editor Channel 4 news and the only western journalist to have interviewed Marwan from inside prison), Yossi Beilin (former Justice Minister of Israel and Simon Foreman (international lawyer appointed by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to monitor his trial in Tel Aviv).

Combining unfolding events on the ground, in depth interviews and powerful archive spanning over 30 years - we see Marwan's evolution from activist to learned politician, uniting people and bringing hope to a flatlined peace process. If given a chance, could Barghouthi pave the way for an inclusive and democratic future and peace between Israel and Palestine?

June 1 & 2 Days of Action for Palestine: Stop the Genocide in Gaza, Stop Arming Israel
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-02
Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians has killed more than 36,000 in Gaza and displaced the vast majority of the population there. In the face of imminent famine, we have also seen horrific images of Israeli attacks on Rafah, including an attack on a tent camp within a designated safe zone.

We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel’s attacks and the genocide in Gaza, including an end to arms sales.

Many PSC branches are organising events throughout the UK. Check with your local branch for more information.

Friday, May 31

Hay-on-Wye: Hay Literary Festival, Town Square, 11am-2pm

Portsmouth: Guildhall Square, PO1 2AL, 5.30pm

Welshpool: Banking Hub, 40 Broad Street, SY21 7RT, 12noon

Saturday, June 1

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 4a High Street, NP7 5RY, 11am-12.30pm

Aldershot: 6 Union Street, 12noon-2pm

Brighton: The Clocktower, BN1 3GJ, 12noon

Cambridge: The Strawberry Fair, Midsummer Common, 12noon-4pm

Cardiff: Barclays Bank, Working Street, CF10 2DP, 11am-1pm

Carlisle: City Center, 1-2pm

Chester-le-Street: Front Street, DH3 3AW, 12noon-2pm

Coventry: Car Wash Fundraiser, Shah Jalal Mosque, CV6 5DX, 1-6pm

Dumfires: Robert Burns Statue, High Street, 2-3pm

Eastbourne: Eastbourne Train Station, 11am-1pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, EX4 3LF, 12noon

Halifax: Madni Masjid, HX1 5BP, 2pm

Hastings: Nakba Memorial Day, Seafront Room, White Rock Hotel, TN34 1JU, 12noon-6pm

Hay-on-Wye: Hay Literary Festival, Town Square, 11am-2pm

Kettering: Kettering Clock Tower, Gold Street, NN16 8JA, 2pm

Leeds: Leeds Art Gallery, LS1 3AA, 1pm

London, Camden: Assemble outside Kentish Town Station, 12.30pm

London, Hackney: Stoke Newington Farmers Market, St. Paul's Church, N16 7UE, 12noon-2pm; Tesco, Well Street, E9 6QU, 12noon-2pm

London, Kingston: Bentall Centre, KT1 1TP, 12noon-2pm

London, New Cross: 82 Tanners Hill, SE8 4PN, 11.30am

London, Redbridge: Redbridge Town Hall, Ilford High Road, 12noon

London, Waltham Forest: TKMaxx, Leyton Mills Shopping Centre, E10 5NH, 10am-1pm

Milton Keynes: Tesco Extra Bletchley, Watling Street, MK1 1DD, 1-2.30pm

Newcastle: Greys Monument, NE1 5AF, 12noon

Norwich: Assemble outside Waterstones, Castle Street, NR2 1PB, 12noon

Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, Broad Street, Kirkwall, KW15 1DH, 1-2pm

Oxford: Students & Workers meet at Brookes Uni Concourse, London Road, OX3 0BP, 12noon; Community Campaigners meet at Manzil Way Green, Cowley Road, OX4 1YH, 12noon. Both marches meet at Plain to finish at student encampment.

Peterborough: Town Hall, Bridge Street, PE1 1HA, 11am

Portsmouth: Commercial Road Fountain, PO1 1ET, 11.30am

Sheffield: Rally and march, gathering at Weston Park (Ebeneezer Elliott statue), 1.15pm

Tunbridge Wells: Millenium Clocktower, 2 Calverley Rd, TN1 2TB, 11am-2pm

Watford: L'Artista, The Parade Watford, WD17 1NA, 11am-1pm

Worcester: Worcester Guildhall, High Street, WR1 2EY, 2-3pm

Sunday, June 2

Hay-on-Wye: Hay Literary Festival, Town Square, 11am-2pm

London, Brixton: Brockwell Park Music Festival, Herne Hill Gates, SE24, 1.30-3pm

Southampton: Guildhall Square, SO14 7DU, 12noon

Wimbeldon: Near the farmers market, High Street, SW19 5AX, 11am-2pm

All Eyes on Rafah - Ceasefire Now
2024-06-01 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
A family friendly rally and march

Coalition for Gaza Rally
2024-06-06 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
A public meeting featuring speakers from political parties, trade unions, Labour & Palestine, Bedford PSC, community organisations, and faith groups.

Film Screening: Farha
2024-06-07 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Labour Hall, 115 Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DE, United Kingdom

Plant Sale Benefitting Medical Aid for Palestinians
2024-06-08 11:00 - 16:30, 2024-06-11 11:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Rif Restaurant, 172 Seven Sisters Road, London, N7 7PX, United Kingdom
All plants are £1 and all the proceeds will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians. There will be bedding plants, vegetables, herbs and house plants.

National Demonstration for Gaza: End the Genocide, Stop Arming Israel
2024-06-08 12:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Join us in London as we march to demand the government #StopArmingIsrael and call for a permanent #CeaseFireNow. With the general election looming, lets show all political parties that they must act to #StopGazaGenocide if they want our vote.

Route

The march will assemble at Russell Square at 12:30PM before marching to Whitehall.

Coaches/Group Travel

Birmingham: Schedule and ticket information available here.

Bristol: Schedule and ticket information available here.

Coventry: Departing White Street Coach Park, CV1 4TX, 8.15am. Returning from London at 5pm. Phone Bali at 07826856864 to book a seat.

Harlow: Meet outside Harlow Station at 11am for 11.09am train.

Leicester: Schedule and ticket information available here.

Manchester: Schedule and ticket information available here.

North Wales: Departing Caernarfon 5.55 am; Bangor 6.20am; Colwyn Bay 6.45am; St Asaph 7.10am; Ewloe 7.30am; London 12.30-12.45pm. Returning from London at approximately 5pm. The cost is £40/pp. to reserve. Contact: Eleri (07919 855841) or Sioned (07827 786112, sinoedhuws@hotmail.com) to reserve.

Norwich: Schedule and ticket information available here.

Portsmouth: Schedule and ticket information available here.

PSC Branches Hustings
2024-06-10 10:00 - 2024-07-04 11:00 (Europe/London)
In the lead up to the General Election, PSC branches across Britain have organised election hustings in various constituencies.

Hustings are public meetings to which local prospective candidates are invited, in order to allow members of the public to listen and put questions to those standing for election. Importantly, they are an opportunity to challenge candidates' over their position on Palestinian rights.

This General Election has been called at a moment when Palestinians are confronting the darkest moment in their struggle for liberation. We must ensure that candidates know that Palestine is a core electoral issue for constituents across Britain.

Find your local hustings below and take our questions to all candidates as a guide, to help us to ramp up the pressure on every candidate standing for election in July!

Ceredigion Preseli:

Date: Tuesday 25 June at 7.30pm

Location: Guildhall, Cardigan, SA43 1JL

Organised by: Ceredigion PSC and Heddwch Ar Waith/Peace Action Wales

More info: Email / Instagram / Facebook

Croydon West:

Date: Monday 24 June at 8.00pm

Location: The Venue on Middle Street (Middle Floor), Croydon, CR0 1RE

Organised by: Croydon PSC

Submit questions by 23 June at 9.00pm to: croydonPSC@outlook.com

More info: Email / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook

Edgbaston:

Date: Friday 28 June at 7.00pm

Location: Edgbaston Community Centre, 40 Woodview Drive, Birmingham, B15 2HU

Organised by: West Midlands PSC

More info: Email / Facebook

East Ham:

Date: Tuesday 25 June at 7.00pm

Location: Applecart Arts, Plashet Grove, E6 1BX

Organised by: Newham PSC

More info: Email / Instagram

Halifax:

Date: Wednesday 26 June at 7.30pm

Location: Orange Box, 1 Blackledge, HX1 1AF

Organised by: Halifax Friends of Palestine

More info: Email / Twitter / Facebook

Harrow West:

Date: Thursday 13 June at 7.00pm

Location: South Harrow Baptist Church, 270 Northolt Rd, HA2 8EB

Organised by: Brent & Harrow PSC

More info: Email / Instagram / Facebook

Holborn and St Pancras:

Date: Monday 1st July at 6.30pm

Location: Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, London, NW5 2RX

Organised by: Camden PSC

More info: Email / Facebook

Ilford South:

Date: Tuesday 18 June at 6.30pm

Location: Gloucester Room, Redbridge Central Library, Ilford, IG1 1EA

Organised by: Redbridge PSC

More info: Email / Instagram / Facebook

Islington South and Finsbury:

Date: Sunday 23 June at 2.30pm

Location: Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, London, N1 2UN

Organised by: Union Chapel Church, supported by Islington PSC

Confirm attendance via Eventbrite page

More info: Instagram / Twitter

Oxford:

Date: Wednesday 12 June at 7.00pm

Location: Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford, OX1 1BX

Organised by: Oxford PSC and Oxford CND

More info: Email / Instagram / Facebook

Sheffield Central:

Date: Monday 1 July at 7.00pm

Location: ISRAAC, Vestry Hall, 54 Cemetery Rd, S1 1FP (behind Waitrose)

Organised by: Sheffield Trades Council in partnership with Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Better Buses for South Yorkshire, ASSIST, Stand Up to Racism, Sheffield Save Our NHS, XR, Medact, Sheffield Transformed and StopRosebank

More info: Email / Twitter / Facebook

Sheffield Heeley:

Date: Sunday 23 June at 7.00pm

Location: The Heeley Institute, 14 Gleadless Rd, S2 3AF

Organised by: Sheffield Trades Council in partnership with Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Better Buses for South Yorkshire, ASSIST, Stand Up to Racism, Sheffield Save Our NHS, XR, Medact, Sheffield Transformed and StopRosebank

More info: Email / Twitter / Facebook

Slough:

Date: Friday 28 June at 7.30pm

Location: St Mary's Church, Church St, Slough, SL1 1PJ

Organised by: East Berkshire PSC

Submit questions to: eastberkshirepsc@gmail.com

More info: Email / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook

Stratford & Bow:

Date: Thursday 27 June at 7.00pm

Location: Durning Hall, Earlham Grove, E7 9AB

Organised by: Newham & Tower Hamlets PSC, Newham Trades Council, Tower Hamlets Trade Council and Tower Hamlets Stop the War Coalition

More info: Email / Facebook

West Ham and Beckton:

Date: Sunday 30 June at 6.30pm

Location: St Marks Church and Community Centre, 218 Tollgate Road, Beckton, E6 5YA

Organised by: Newham PSC

More info: Email / Instagram

Worcester:

Date: Tuesday 25 June at 6.45pm

Location: Friends Meeting House, Sansome Place, Worcester, WR1 1UG

Organised by: Worcester PSC

Submit questions by 19 June to: wpscg1@gmail.com

More info: Email / Instagram / Facebook

Divest for Palestine - Day of Action - 15/16 June
2024-06-15 - 2024-06-16
Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, and displaced over 85% of the entire population, many multiple times. Due to Israel's blockade, and its targeting of life-sustaining infrastructure, Palestinians in Gaza are facing imminent famine.

Israel can only carry out its devastating attacks on Palestinians across their homeland because of the support of corporations and financial institutions around the world. Palestinians have called on people around the world to launch divestment campaigns as an effective way of showing solidarity with their struggle for freedom.

Take action for Palestine this weekend to demand that public bodies such as universities, pension funds and banks like Barclays divest from companies enabling Israel's genocidal violence.

Friday 14 June

Ipswich: Demo, Tower Ramparts at of Lloyds Avenue, 6pm-7pm

Sheffield: Solidarity Vigil, Sheffield Train Station, 5pm

Saturday 15 June

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, NP7 5RY, 11am-12.30pm

Barnstaple: Meet at The Square, 11am

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, 12noon

Coventry: Barclays, High Street, 11am-12.30pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Dumfries: Robert Burns Statue, High Street, 2-3pm

Guildford: Guildford High Street (assemble bottom of High St junction with Quarry Street), 12noon-2pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Leamington: Vigil outside Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Leeds: Assemble at Victoria Square, Leeds Art Gallery at 1pm

London, Hackney: Meet at Gillett Square, Dalston, E8 2PB, 12noon

London, Lewisham: Assemble at Vicky Foxcroft’s Office, Tanners Hill, SE8 4PN, 11.30am

London, Tower Hamlets: Meet at Tower Hamlets Town Hall, Whitechapel, E1 at 12.30pm. Marching to Hackney Encampment.

London, Waltham Forest: Walthamstow Town Square, E17 at 12noon

London, Wimbledon: Wimbledon Quarter Shopping Centre, SW19 8ND, 11.30am-1.30pm

Newcastle: Assemble at NCL Uni Student Encampment, 12noon

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Nottingham: Barclays, Clumber Street, 12.30pm

Peterborough: Stall at Town Hall, Bridge Street, 11am-1pm

Plymouth: San Sebastian Square, Notte Street Armada Way, 11am-2pm; Rally at New George Street, between Sundial and Tesco, PL1 1RW, 12noon;

Shrewsbury: Pride Hill, 11am-2pm

Southampton: Outside Council Civic Centre, Opp. Stage Door, SO14 7FW, 1pm-2pm

Southend: Assemble at Pier Hill, SS1 1JE, 12.30pm

Stoke: Barclays, Hanley, ST1 2JQ, 10.30am-11.30am

Watford: Near L’Artista, The Parade, WD17 1NA, 11am-2pm

Sunday 16 June

Liverpool: Gather outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, 2pm. March to Derby Square.

London, Brixton: Herne Hill Gates, Brockwell Park, SE24 9QG, 1.30-3pm

T20 Cricket Fundraiser for Gaza
2024-06-18 17:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Burnham Cricket Club, Taplow Common Road, Slough, SL1 8LP, United Kingdom
Raising much needed funds for Palestine with at least 50% of all proceeds going to charities within Gaza and the West Bank.

Free entry and parking - ALL welcome - Family fun event

Stalls include Palestinian merchandise (pins, scarves, jewellery), Zaytoun Palestinian groceries, Cakes, Sweets, Palestinian Crocheted items, BBQ, Ice Creams

Palestine: An Election Issue?
2024-06-18 19:15 - 21:15 (Europe/London) | Memorial Hall, Maldon Road , Edmonton, N9 9QP, United Kingdom
Speakers:

Maha Younes (Palestinian writer and NHS worker)

Andrew Murray (Vice President of Stop the War)

Kevin Courtney (Former Secretary General of NEU)

Lynda Brennan (ESWP and Enfield PSC activist)

Moderated by: Carole Regan (Longtime PSC activist and former NUT President)

Global Kite Flight in Solidarity with Gaza
2024-06-22
May locations throughout the UK. See poster for more information or visit: http://www.instagram.com/kitesinsolidarity

Where Olive Trees Weep
2024-06-27 19:15 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Memorial Hall, Maldon Road , Edmonton, N9 9QP, United Kingdom
Film screening followed by a talk from Lynda Brennan.

This is a ticketed event, so please book at kinema.com/events/where-the-olive-trees-weep-slujwn or email eswp.socialmedia@gmail.com

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action for Palestine
2024-06-29
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians through its substantial financial ties with arms companies that sell weapons to Israel.

Our research released last month has found that Barclays now invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, companies arming Israel.

Join an action to demand Barclays ends its complicity in Israel's genocide.

List of actions:

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 4a High Street, NP7 5RY, 11am-12.30pm

Bath: Kingston Parade (Southside of Bath Abbey), 12noon

Birmingham: Barclays, High Street, B4 7TE, 11am-1pm

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, BN1 1RU, 11am-1pm

Carlisle: Barclays, English Street, 12noon-1pm

Coventry: Barclays, High Street, CV1 5RE, 11am-12.30pm

Dorchester: Barclays, South Street, DT1 1BT, 11am-12.30pm

Eastbourne: Barclays, 63/67 Terminus Road, BN21 3NE, 11am-1pm

Halifax: Barclays, Commercial Street, HX1 1BE, 11am-12noon

Hereford: Meet at Hereford Cathedral, HR1 2NG, 11am-1pm

Hitchin: Barclays, 5-6 High Street, SG5 1BH, 10.30am-12noon

Ipswich: Barclays, 1 Princes Street, IP1 1PN, 11am-1pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Leamington: Outside Town Hall, 11am-12noon

London, Camden: Assemble at Mornington Crescent, Statue of Richard Cobden at 10.30am. March starts at 11am. Rally at Barclays, Tottenham Court Road at 12noon.

London, Ealing: Barclays, 53 The Broadway, London W5 5JS, 12noon-1pm; Ceasfire Rally at Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, London W5 2BY, 2-3pm

London, Enfield: Barclays, 20 The Town, EN2 6LS, 11am-1pm

London, Hackney: Behind Hackney Town Hall, Hillman Street, E8 1EA, 1pm

London, Islington: Islington Green Barclays, N1 8EH, 11am

London, Newham: Richmond Road, E7 8BS, 11am

London, Wimbledon: Barclays House, Wimbledon, SW19 7JZ, 11.30am

Luton: Outside Barclays, Market Hill, LU1 2AX, 11am

Milton Keynes: 86-88 Midsummer Blvd., MK9 3GB, 11am-12.30pm

Newcastle: Outside Barclays, Northumberland St, 11am-12noon

Newport, Isle of Wight: St Thomas Square, 12noon

Oxford: Barclays Bank, 54 Cornmarket Street, OX1 3HB, 10.30am

Plymouth: New George Street, PL1 1RW, 12noon

Slough: Barclays, Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre, SL1 1DD, assemble outside old cinema at 11am

Southampton: Barclays, 67B Above Bar Street, SO14 7DZ, 12noon-1pm

Wolverhampton: Queen Square, 11am-1pm

Protest at Wimbledon - Drop Barclays!
2024-07-01 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Outside Wimbledon, Church Road, London, SW19, United Kingdom
Join us outside Wimbledon to demand that Barclays, the tournament's sponsor, stops bankrolling arms companies supplying Israel with weapons to carry out its genocidal assault on Palestinians.

By accepting Barclays sponsorship, Wimbledon's organisers are allowing Barclays to use tennis to try and improve its reputation, and hide from accountability for its role in enabling Israel’s war crimes. Write to Wimbledon's organisers and tell them to drop Barclays!

We need to make sure that Barclays has no place to hide from its complicity in Israel's devastating attacks on Palestinians.

Join us at 10am on Monday 1 July, the first day of the tournament, outside Wimbledon, Church Road (opp. Centre Court), SW19.

Called by: Campaign Against Arms Trade, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and War on Want.

July 6 National March for Palestine
2024-07-06 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza has killed nearly 40,000. We must keep taking to the streets. Join us as we march through London to tell the new government - end the genocide, stop arming Israel, justice for Palestine!

JULY 6, 2024

FULL ROUTE

ASSEMBLE 12 NOON, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON

SHORTER ROUTE FOR ACCESS

ASSEMBLE 1:30PM AT VICTORIA EMBANKMENT GARDENS

Coaches

Birmingham: Leaving Paigham Islam, 423 Stratford Road, at 8.00am. Contact M.Suleman at 07804 645222 to book.
Leaving Abrahamic Foundation, N66 3AH at 8.00am. Contact AK at 07809 148804 to book.
Leaving Birmingham Central Mosque, 180 Belgrave, at 8.30am. Booking details available here.
Leaving CWU Birmingham, 47 Summer Lane, at 8.30am. Booking details available here.

Bolton: Leaving Masjid Ali, Wigan Road at 6.10am. Contact Rukaya at 79467 51638 to book.

Brighton: Meeting at Brighton Station, 10.30am for group travel.

Bradford: Leaving Masjid Quba, BD8 7LA at 6.30am. Contact Imran at 07790 824850 to book.

Bristol: Leaving Anchor Road at 8.15am. Booking details available here.

Coventry: Coaches leave White Street Car Park, CV1 4TX at 8.15am. Contact Bali at 07826 856864 to book.

Dewsbury & Bately: Leaving Bretton Street, WF12 9DB at 6.30am. Contact Ebrahim at 07438 870582 to book.

Dudley: Leaving Stafford Street, DY1 2AB at 7.45am. Contact 07535 036740 to book.

Gloucester: Contact 07501 456789 to book.

High Wycombe: Leaving Jubilee Road Mosque at 11.00am. Booking details available here.

Leicester: Leaving 101c Gwendolen Road at 7.45 am. Booking details available here.

Lincoln and Peterborough: Leaving Unity Square, Lincoln at 7.00am. Several pickup locations en route. Schedule and booking details available here.

Manchester: Leaving Chorlton Street Coach Station at 6.30am. Booking details available here.
Leaving 19 Humphrey Road at 6.30am. Booking details available here.

Portsmouth: Leaving Portsea at 8.30am. Several pickup locations en route. Schedule and booking details available here.

Walsall: Leaving Birchills Mosque, WS2 8NF at 8.00am. Contact Sijaad at 07973 345493 to book.

PSC Fundraiser in North Hampshire
2024-07-12 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
🎤Open Mic Night: Freedom🎤

Join us for an evening dedicated to sharing and exploring the theme of 'Freedom'.
Take the mic and share your thoughts, whether through words, music, or other forms of expression.

🗓 FRIDAY 12th July
🕖 6:30pm - 9:30pm
📍 Karuna Coffee House, Aldershot, GU11 1DX

All are welcome to participate or simply enjoy the performances. This is an opportunity to connect with others and reflect on what freedom means to each of us.

Take the opportunity to support small businesses in the West Bank selling traditional Palestinian handcrafted tetreez items.

Drinks and refreshments Will also be available to Purchase.

All further proceeds go to support Palestine solidarity campaign

PSC Events for July 13 & 14
2024-07-13 - 2024-07-14
A recent report from Lancet has found that Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians may have claimed as many as 186,000 lives. We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel’s attacks and the genocide in Gaza, including an end to arms sales.

This weekend, many PSC branches are organising events throughout the UK. Join one near you! Contact your local branch for more information.

Saturday, July 13

Abergavenny: Waterstones, 4a High Street, NP7 5RY, 11am-12.30pm

Bristol: Big Ride for Palestine, Cascade Steps, BS1 4XJ, 9.30am

Cardiff: Barclays, 28 Working Street, CF10 2DP, 11am

Coventry: Broadgate, 12noon; Car Convoy for Palestine, Tesco Arena carpark, 2pm

Guildford: Bottom of High Street, 12-2pm

London, Camden: Assemble outside Kentish Town Station at 12.30pm for 1pm march to rally in Morning Crescent near the offices of Keir Starmer and Tulip Siddiq.

Newport: St. Thomas' Square, 12noon

Plymouth: New George Street, between the Sundial and Tesco, PL1 1RW, 12noon

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays, 8 Calverley Road, TN1 2NB, 11am-2pm

Sunday, July 14

Guildford: Ride of Return, 9.15am start, registration details available here

Southampton: Guildhall Square, SO14 7DU, 12noon

Oxford March for Palestine
2024-07-13 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Manzil Way, Manzil Way, Oxford, United Kingdom

A Voice for Theatre and Culture in Palestine
2024-07-13 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York, YO1 9SL, United Kingdom
BOOKING DETAILS HERE
Join us as Marina Barham, General Director of Al Harah Theater in Bethlehem, Palestine, shares thepowerful story of Al-Harah Theater and its impactful work in Palestine.

Marina will be speaking across the UK, shedding light on the current situation in Palestine and the vital role of theatre in aiding children, young people, and communities in overcoming trauma. This is a unique opportunity for UK audiences to hear firsthand from a Palestinian cultural activist and to explore potential partnerships and collaborations.

Marina Barham is the co-founder and General Director of Al-Harah Theater, with over two decades of experience as a cultural operator in Palestine, the Middle East, and Europe. She has been a leading figure in numerous cultural initiatives and organizations, advocating for social change through the arts.

Al-Harah Theater is dedicated to creating transformative theatre experiences for audiences of all ages. With a commitment to authenticity and accessibility, the theatre tours locally, regionally, and internationally, reaching diverse communities and marginalized areas.

Tickets are free, but please consider a donation towards the work of Al-Harah Theater. We will be collecting donations at the event.

Hands around Parliament - Stop Arming Israel
2024-07-18 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Hands around Parliament - Stop Arming Israel
When: Thursday 18 July, 6PM

Where: Parliament Square, London'

Israel is committing war crime after war crime. On Saturday, Israel massacred at least 90 Palestinians in Al Mawasi, once again attacking a designated humanitarian safe zone. The same day, 22 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s bombing of a mosque for displaced Palestinians in Al Shati refugee camp.

Meanwhile Keir Starmer and our new government continue to arm Israel and may be taking forward our previous government's decision to block the ICCs efforts to issue arrest warrants for Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Join us on Thursday as we come together and form a ring of linked hands around Parliament to call on our political leaders to stop arming Israel and push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

July 20 & 21 National Days of Action - Stop Arming Israel
2024-07-20 - 2024-07-21
Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians has killed more than 39,000 in Gaza, including more than 15,000 children, and displaced the vast majority of the population there. Just this week, we have also seen massacres at the Abu Oreiban school in Nuseirat refugee camp and al-Awda school in Khan Younis.

We must keep taking action to demand the government ends its complicity in Israel’s attacks and the genocide in Gaza, including an end to arms sales.

Many PSC branches are organising events throughout the UK. Check with your local branch for more information.

Friday, July 19

Sheffield: Railway Station, 5pm

Saturday, July 20

Bath: Kingston Parade, south side of Bath Abbey, BA1 1LT, 12pm

Bristol: College Green, 1pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Coventry: Barclays, Coventry High Street, 11am to 12.30pm.

Cromer: West Street & Church Street, NR27 9HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Farnham: Outside Sainsburys, 16 South Street, 12noon-2pm

Hitchin: Windmill Hill, 10.30am

Ipswich: Barclays Bank, 1 Princes Street, IP1 1PN, 11am-12noon

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Leeds: Leeds City Square, 1pm

London, Camden and Islington: Assemble 10.30am at Mornington Crescent, statue of Richard Cobden. March at 11am. Rally outside Barclays, Tottenham Court Road, 12noon.

London, Enfield: Assemble at Edmonton Green Station, 1.30pm for march to Silver Street Station

London, Hackney: Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, E8, 11.30am

London, Whitechapel: Barclays, 240 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BJ, 11.30am-12.30pm

Luton: Play for a Purpose Football Tournament, Lea Manor Recreation Centre, LU3 3TL, 12.30pm

Newport: St. Thomas' Square, 12pm

Northampton: Cobblers' Last, Abington Street, 2pm

Nottingham: Barclays, High Street, 12noon

Southend: Pier Hill (behind the Royals), 12.30pm

Warwick: Market Street, 11am-12noon

Wolverhampton: Queen Square, WV1 1DS, 11am-1pm

Sunday, July 21

Brighton: Clock Tower in central Brighton, 12-2pm

Liverpool: Gather outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ at 2pm. March to Derby Square.

Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Railway Station, ML9 1AW, 1pm

ORANGES AND STONES
2024-07-23 00:00 - 2024-07-27 00:00 (Europe/London)
Tamasha and Shubbak present
ORANGES AND STONES is a symbolic play, in which we find a woman living alone in her home. She is happy, tending to her orange orchards, until one day, a man walks in, carrying a suitcase, looking dishevelled. She has no idea who he is. She offers him some water. He waves a piece of paper and starts to unpack and move in.
ORANGES AND STONES is a play without words, told solely through physical action and original music that conveys a moving image of occupation and settlement in Palestine spanning over 75 years.

Now more needed than ever, ORANGES AND STONES is conceived and directed by Mojisola Adebayo, co-created with ASHTAR Theatre (Ramallah-Palestine). Last performed in the UK in 2013, it has been performed all over the world in countries including, Brazil, France, Germany, Jordan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the USA.

DATES: 23-27 July 2024

VENUE: Theatro Technis, London

Full information can be found here.

Lobby for Gaza - 24 July
2024-07-24
Lobby for Gaza - 24 July

Our newly elected parliament is about to stop for summer recess, but Palestine cannot wait until September for change. That’s why we need you joining us for an emergency lobby on Wednesday 24th July – demanding new and returning MPs take immediate action to end Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.

This includes by ending the arms trade with Israel, reinstating funding to UNRWA, and supporting international courts to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes.

Anyone can join the lobby, you just need to be available on the day. You'll be guided through the whole process and provided with a briefing pack with information about getting into parliament, where to go, and what to say to your MP.

Click to register for the Lobby here

Film Screening: Israelism
2024-07-28 17:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Picturedome Theatre, Barton Street, Gloucester, GL1 4EU, United Kingdom
Hosted by Gloucester Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Booking details available here.

National March for Palestine - 3 August
2024-08-03 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
National March for Palestine

When: 12 noon, 3 August

Where: Park Lane, London

Israel is escalating its genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza. Meanwhile our new govt has done nothing to end UK complicity in Israel's violence. Join us on 3 August to demand Keir Starmer stop arming Israel.

March Route:

Coaches

Coventry: Leaving White Street Coach Station, CV1 4TX at 8.15 am. Tickets are £10 for adults, £5 for children. To book a seat, call Bali on 07826856864.

Lincoln/Peterborough: Booking details can be found here

North Wales: For booking details, email sinoedhuws@hotmail.com

Divest for Palestine Conference
2024-08-10 10:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Divest for Palestine Conference

Where next for the solidarity movement?

Palestinians continue to face the darkest hour in their enduring struggle for liberation. Israel's genocidal assault has killed many tens of thousands and displaced 90% of Gaza's population. Across their homeland and in exile, Palestinians are subjected to a system of oppression that is recognised internationally as meeting the legal definition of the crime of apartheid.

Over nine remarkable months, millions in Britain have so far taken to the streets in an unprecedented series of demonstrations demanding an end to British state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel's crimes.

Now, this historic movement will come together to discuss the urgent need to escalate our struggle for Palestinian freedom.

On 10 August, a major conference in London will chart the way forward. We must mobilise popular pressure, across every sector of society, to break the ties of complicity linking British institutions and corporations to Israel’s machine of murder and oppression.

The inspiring student encampments have already brought a renewed focus on academic boycott and divestment – the withdrawal of investments from companies that are implicated in sustaining Israeli apartheid.

Trade union activists, artists, and members of the public are now demanding that local councils, universities, cultural institutions, and financial institutions like Barclays, cut their ties to apartheid and divest their funds from companies that are arming and enabling Israel's genocide.

Don’t miss this landmark conference. Join movement leaders and campaigners as we plan the next steps for the solidarity movement.

Speakers include:

Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS movement
Ghassan Abu-Sittah, British-Palestinian surgeon
Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Location: Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, SW1H 9NH.

Time and Date: Saturday 10 August, 10.15am till 4.30pm

Venue accessibility statement. If you have further questions, please email info@palestinecampaign.org in advance of the conference.

Refreshments will be available, however please note that no lunch is provided.

The conference is now fully booked.

Big Ride for Palestine Welcome Rally & Social Event
2024-08-10 17:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Genesis Cinema, 93 Mile End Road, London, E1 4UJ, United Kingdom
Featuring Palestinian short films and guest speakers, including Ben Jamal. Riders will arrive from 5.30pm, come cheer them on! Food and drinks available to purchase at the cinema. Book your tickets through the Genesis Cinema box office.

Divest for Palestine - Day of Action
2024-08-31
PSC’s research has uncovered that local government pension scheme funds, administered by councils across Britain, collectively invest over £4.4billion in companies complicit in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. This includes in companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its genocidal attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.

In addition, councils procure services from companies complicit in Israel's attacks. For example, many councils use Barclays banking services.
Councils must take immediate action to end ties with companies that are complicit in abuses of Palestinian rights, including by divesting pension funds they administer from companies enabling Israel’s genocide. The deferred wages of local government workers must not be used to fund injustice.
Take action to demand councils divest for Palestine now!

Friday, August 30

London, Merton: Merton Civic Centre, 12noon-2pm

London, Twickenham: York House, Richmond Road, TW1 3BZ, 8.30-9.30am and 12noon-2pm

Saturday, August 31

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 3 Canal Walk, SN1 1LD, 11am-12.30pm

Bedford: Barclays Bank, 111 High Street, Bedford, MK40 1NJ, 11.30am

Brent and Harrow: Picnic for Palestine, Roundwood Park, NW10 3SH, near basketball courts, 12noon-3pm

Canterbury: Whitefriars, 12.30pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Carlisle: Barclays Bank, CA3 8JX, 12noon-2pm

Chester: Stall between Northgate Street and Hunter Street, 11.30am

Coventry: Barclays Bank, High Street, 10.30am-12.30pm

Derby: Barclays, St Peters St, DE1 1SH, 11am-1pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12pm-2pm

Halifax: Town Centre, outside Wilkos, opp. top entrance to market, 12noon

Kenilworth: Abbey End, 11am-12noon

Tunbridge Wells: Millennium Clock Tower, 2 Calverley Road, TN1 2TB, 11am-2pm

Kettering: Kettering Clock Tower, Gold Street, NN16 8JA, 2pm

Kirkwall: St. Magnus Cathedral, 1-2pm

Leeds: Barclays, 69 Albion Street, LS1 5LD, 11am-1pm. At 1pm assemble Leeds Art Gallery, LS1 3AA for march.

London, Brixton: Outside Prince of Wales pub, 467 Brixton Road, 8HH, 1.30-3pm

London, Camden: Assemble in Mornington Crescent near Richard Cobden statue, 4.30pm; March beginning at 5pm for rally outside Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, EC1R 4TN

London, Ealing: Ealing Broadway, near HSBC. 12noon-1.30pm

London, Hackney: Narrow Way, Mare Street end, E8, 12noon-1.30pm

London, Lewisham: Lewisham Town Hall, 1 Catford Road, SE6 4RU, 12noon

London, Ilford: Ilford Town Hall, 12noon-2pm

London, Islington: Barclays, 38 Islington Green, N1 8EH, 11.30am

Milton Keynes: Tesco, MK1 1DD, 1.30-3.00pm

Newcastle: Assemble Civic Centre, 12.30pm

Newport: St. Thomas' Square, 12noon

Penzance: Causeway Head, near Round Seat, 12noon

Plymouth: New George Street, 12noon

Pontypridd: The Fountain, Taf Street, 10am

Wolverhampton: Queen Square, 11am-1pm

Sheffield: Barclays, Pinstone St, 10am

Southampton: Guildhall Square, SO14 7DU, 12noon

Sunday, September 1

Kingston: Outside Tiger, 75 Clarence Street, KT1 1RB, 12noon-2pm

Liverpool: Gather outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

Tuesday, September 2

Coventry: Outside council meeting, Coventry Council House, Earl Street, CV1 5RR, 1-2.30pm

National March for Palestine - 7 September
2024-09-07 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
We must keep taking to the streets for Palestine. Join us as we once again march through London to demand – end the genocide, stop arming Israel, no Middle East war, no to Islamophobia!

Assemble 12noon at Regent Street St James, near Pall Mall. Marching to the Israeli Embassy.

Protest: Demand Berkshire Pension Fund Divest from Companies Arming Israel
2024-09-11 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Join East Berkshire PSC to demand that Berkshire Pension Fund divest from all companies arming Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

When: Weds 11 September, 4pm-5.30pm

Where: Zone C, Town Hall, St Ives Rd, Maidenhead, SL6 1RF

Camden PSC: Under the Rubble
2024-09-13 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Film and Discussion with Haim Bresheeth Zabner, supported by Camden PSC, at P21 Gallery, 21-27 Chalton St, London NW1 1JD.

Book your ticket here.

The evening will comprise a showing of Helena Aksentijevic's film about Haim Bresheeth Zabner, "Under the Rubble". In the film, the camera is turned on the filmmaker Bresheeth, where he explains the life events that shaped him - as a child in Occupied Palestine, as a young man in the IDF and as a film student in London. Haim also gives his thoughts on the current genocide Israel is committing in Gaza and his hopes for the liberation of Palestine.

Following the film there will be a discussion between Haim and Luca Salice, co-chair of Camden PSC. This will be open to questions from the audience.

Haim Bresheeth-Žabner - Speaker
Professor Haim Bresheeth-Žabner is a filmmaker, photographer and author who has published extensively on cinematic history and Palestine. A founding member of Jewish Network for Palestine, Haim has been a political activist for over fifty years. His films include "A State of Danger" (1989) on the first Intifada, and and London Is Burning (2012) on the London 2011 disturbances. His books include "Introducing the Holocaust" with S Hood, (1993, 1997) and "An Army Like No Other: How Israel Defence Forces Made A Nation" (2020) Haim has written extensively for many publications, including Haaretz and Al-Ahram weekly.

Luca Salice - Moderator
Luca Salice is a translator and visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster. He has for many years been an activist with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He is currently Co-Chair of Camden Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Helena Aksentijevic - Filmmaker
Helena Aksentijević is a filmmaker and photographer. "Under the Rubble" is one of a series of documentary films about people who support the Palestinian people's right to a homeland, the right to return to their ancestral lands and live lives free from Occupation, oppression, apartheid and genocide.

Windsor - Action for Palestine
2024-09-15 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Join East Berkshire PSC's information stall with speakers and leaflets to inform the public about the Palestinian struggle for freedom.

When: Sunday 15 September, 12noon-2pm

Where: Outside Old Boots Shop, Peascod Street, SL4 1DG

Brent Council: No to Funding Genocide
2024-09-19 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
📢 BRENT COUNCIL RALLY - DIVEST FOR PALESTINE PROTEST
🗓️Thurs 19th Sept
🕔 5pm Rally | 6pm Council Meeting
📍Outside Brent Civic Centre, Wembley Park, HA9 0FJ

Join Brent & Harrow PSC as we present our petition calling on Brent Council to divest for Palestine.

Islington Council Rally: No to Funding Genocide
2024-09-19 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Join Islington PSC, as we present our petition calling on the council to disclose, divest and boycott companies profiting from Israel's genocidal attacks on Palestinians.

When: Thursday 19 September, 6pm
Where: Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, N1 2UD

National March for Palestine to Labour Conference
2024-09-21 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
We are now more than 11 months into Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza. Israel continues its militarised attacks on Palestinians across their homeland, which sustains its system of military occupation and apartheid.

Join us as we march to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to demand the government ceases its complicity in Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians, and ends all arms trade with Israel.

Assemble at 12noon at St George's Plateau, Lime St Station, Liverpool.

Click the following links for transportation from your town or city.

BOOK: Bristol - Liverpool

BOOK: Leicester - Liverpool (organised by FoA)

BOOK: London (Lewisham) - Liverpool

BOOK: London (King's Cross) - Liverpool

BOOK: Manchester - Liverpool

BOOK: Newcastle/Durham - Liverpool (Email)

BOOK: North Wales - Liverpool (Stops in Caernarfon - Bangor- Llanfairfechan - Penmaenmawr, - Bae Colwyn Bay - Llanelwy - Ewloe). Email to book your place.

BOOK: Nottingham - Liverpool (organised by FoA)

BOOK: Sheffield - Liverpool

BOOK: Walsall/Stoke - Liverpool (organised by FoA)

Full March Route:

East Berkshire PSC: Meanwhile in the West Bank...
2024-09-23 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Meanwhile in the West Bank... a Palestinian perspective

A revealing talk about what's happening in the occupied West Bank. Our speaker, Ahmed is a Palestinian teacher now living in the UK.

Come join us at St. Mary's Church, Slough for an eye-opening talk delving into the daily lives and struggles faced by Palestinians in the West Bank. As the brutal Israeli occupation is emboldened by its impunity to commit plausible genocide in Gaza, the killings and destruction in the occupied West Bank are unprecedented.

There will also be a short film.

FREE event but booking required.

Buckinghamshire Council: Divest for Palestine Protest
2024-09-26 13:15 - 14:30 (Europe/London) | The Paralympic Room, Buckinghamshire Council, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF, United Kingdom
Join High Wycombe PSC to call on Buckinghamshire Council to divest its pension fund from all companies enabling Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

When: Thursday 26 September, 1.15pm

Where: The Paralympic Room, Buckinghamshire Council, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF

Emergency Protest - Hands Off Lebanon
2024-09-26 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Downing Street, Whitehall, London, LOndon, United Kingdom
As Israel commits genocide in Gaza, it has now bombed Lebanon, killing at least 558.

Join us on Thursday at Downing Street to demand our government push for a full and permanent ceasefire, and stop arming Israel.

When: Thursday 26 September, 6pm
Where: Downing Street, Whitehall, London

Day of Action for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel
2024-09-28
Take action for Palestine in your local area on Saturday 28 September 2024.

Demand the UK government ends its complicity in Israel's ongoing genocide, and imposes a comprehensive two-way arms embargo on Israel now!

Friday 27 September 2024

Sheffield: March from Weston Park, 3pm. Rally at Railway Station, 5pm.

Saturday 28 September 2024

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Bedford: Barclays Bank, 111 High Street, Bedford, MK40 1NJ, 11.30am

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, 12noon

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Corby: Corby Cube, George Street, NN17 1QG, 2pm

Coventry: Die In & Vigil at Broadgate, City Centre, 1pm

Cromer: Corner of Church Street & West Street, NR27 9HZ, 10.30am

Dumfries: Midsteeple, DG1 2BH, 2-3pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Hastings: Barclays, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP, 11am-1pm

Hereford: West side of Hereford Cathedral, 12noon

Hitchin: Community Rally at Windmill Hill, 10.30am-11.30am

Ipswich: Outside Barclays, 1 Princes Street, IP1 1PN, 12noon-1pm

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Leicester: Humberston Gate, outside Barclays, 2-4.30pm

London, Enfield: Stall from 11.30am-12.30pm at Edmonton Green, outside ASDA car park. Then walk towards EIC Mosque/Lidl, along Fore Street at 12.30pm.

London, Hackney: Narrow Way, E8 1JB, 12.30pm

London, Merton: Meet at main entrance to Wimbledon Station, by the deer statue. 12.30pm-2.30pm

London, Redbridge: Redbridge Town Hall, Ilford High Road, 12noon-1pm

Milton Keynes: 86-88 Midsummer Blvd, MK9 3GB (in between Midsummer Place and Centre:MK), 11am

Newcastle: March & Rally. Assemble at 12.30pm at Newcastle Civic Centre. March to Grey's Monument at 1pm.

Newport: St. Thomas' Square, 12noon

Norwich: The Forum, 12.15pm

Plymouth: New George Street/Sundial (down from Millets, PL1 1RW), 12noon

Tunbridge Wells: Town Hall steps, TN1 1XR, 11.30am-1.30pm

Whitstable: Home Bargains, Boorman Way, CT5 3SE, 12noon

Sunday 29 September 2024

Liverpool: Gather outside Catholic Cathedral, 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

Reading: Marching to Broad Street from 2pm. More info here.

Tower Hamlets: Lobby the Council - Divest for Palestine
2024-09-30 17:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
Join Tower Hamlets UNISON, Tower Hamlets Trades Union Council and Tower Hamlets PSC to lobby the council's pension committee to divest from companies complicit in Israel's human rights abuses, and from fossil fuels!

Sign the petition if you live, work or study in Tower Hamlets.

When: Monday 30 Sept, Assemble 5.30pm
Where: Town Hall front steps, 160 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BJ

East Berkshire PSC - Divestment: Putting the D in BDS
2024-09-30 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | St Mary's Church Slough, Church Street, Slough, Berkshire, SL11PJ, South East, United Kingdom
Learn why boycotting, divesting, and sanctioning companies supporting oppression is crucial for social justice at our event. FREE event but booking is essential

The importance of Divestment - Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)

Come join us at St. Mary's Church, Slough for an insight into the significance of divestment and how to best influence organisations to divest from Israel and the arms trade supporting the current genocide. The impact of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) is huge. Learn about the power of collective action and how divestment can bring about positive change. This in-person event is a great opportunity to engage with like-minded individuals and be a part of a movement towards justice and equality.

FREE event but tickets are essential from here

Lewisham: Divest for Palestine Protest
2024-10-02 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Join the rally outside Lewisham Council to demand it divests its Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund from companies enabling Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

When: Wednesday 2 October, 6.30pm
Where: Lewisham Town Hall, SE6 4RU

National March for Palestine - 5 October 2024
2024-10-05 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Assemble 12noon at Russell Square, marching to Whitehall.

Join us on Saturday 5 October as we march for Palestine through London as we mark one year of Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people.

Over the past 12 months Palestinians have faced the darkest moment in their enduring struggle for freedom, as Israel has unleashed unprecedented atrocities against them, with its genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza, and its attacks on Palestinians across their homeland.

We will march to demand that the British government finally ends its complicity in Israel's genocide, and ends all arms trade with Israel. We will march to demand freedom and justice for the Palestinian people.

Full March Route:

COACHES

Birmingham: Schedule and booking details available here

Bolton: Outside Co-Op, Wigan Road, BL3 4QJ at 6.15am; Returning from London at 5pm. To book call 07946 751 638

Bridport/Weymouth/Dorchester: Bridport, Bucky Doo Square 6:55am - Weymouth, Esplanade (K1 bus stop) 7.30am - Weymouth, Radipole Spa Pub 7.40am - Dorchester, Tesco fountains 7.50am. Return from London 4.30pm. For booking and payment info please WhatsApp 07709 527698. Cost: Standard £30, Low Income £20, Student £10.

Bristol: Schedule and booking details available here

Cardiff: Schedule and booking details available here

Ceredigion: Schedule and booking details available here

Coventry: White Street Coach Park, CV1 4TX, at 8.15 am; Returning from London at 5pm. To book call Bali at 07826 856 864

High Wycombe: Coach Boarding: 10.30am from Wycombe Mosque, Jubilee Road/Oakridge Road junction. Register interest/book here.

Lincoln & Peterborough: Schedule and booking details available here

Liverpool: Pal Multicultural Centre, 68A Mulgrave Street, L8 2TF. To book please WhatsApp +447708309117.

Manchester: Schedule and booking details available here

Newport: Schedule and booking details available here

North Wales: Calling at -- CAERNARFON-BANGOR-LLANFAIRFECHAN-PENMAENMAWR-BAE COLWYN-LLANELWY-EWLOE. To book contact sionedhuws@hotmail.com

Norwich: Theatre Royal, 8am; pickup also available in Thetford. To book contact bus@norfolkpsc.org.uk

Oxford: Schedule and booking details available here

Sheffield: Departing -- Hanifah Masjid (7.45am), Hubs Paternoster Row (8am), Chesterfield Town Hall (8.20am). Please book tickets from your preferred pick up location.

Walsall: Schedule and booking details available here

York: Schedule and booking details here.

Lambeth for Divestment Lobbies
2024-10-09 18:00 - 2024-10-16 20:00 (Europe/London)
Join the lobbies at Lambeth Town Hall calling on Lambeth Council to divest its Local Government Pension Scheme fund from companies complicit in Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid.

Lambeth Council holds at least £10.4 million of their Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in companies complicit in Israel’s oppression and illegal occupation of the Palestinian people. As residents, workers, students, and trade unionists, we demand they divest!

We're calling for everyone who work, live, or study in the borough to sign this petition and ask their local councillors to back their demands.

When: On Wednesday 9 October lobby Lambeth Pensions Committee from 6pm. On Wednesday 16 October lobby Lambeth Full Council from 6.30pm
Where: Lambeth Town Hall, 1 Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW

Wandsworth: Stop Funding Genocide
2024-10-15 18:15 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Where: Wandsworth Town Hall
When: Tuesday 15 October, 6.15pm

Join Richmond&Kingston PSC and Wandsworth Friends of Palestine on Tuesday 15th October to tell the Pensions Committee you support divestment.

The Pensions Committee will be meeting there and a small group of us will be present to make the case for divestment in person and answer questions from the councillors. Please join our supporters on Tuesday 15 October from 6:15pm at Wandsworth Town Hall, corner of Wandsworth High Street & Fairfield Street, to help put pressure on the council to divest. Bring flags or placards, wear your kuffiyeh, or just come as you are.

Protest: No to Barclays Buying Tesco Bank
2024-10-17 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Chancery Division of the High Court, 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL, United Kingdom
🗓️ Thursday 17 October 2024
🕔 10am
📍Outside Chancery Division of High Court, 7 Rolls Buildings, London, EC4A 1NL.

The High Court is holding a hearing to approve Barclays attempts to buy Tesco Bank, and use its branding to offer products to customers.

Join PSC, War on Want and Campaign Against Arms Trade to protest outside the High Court to demand it rejects permission for the sale to proceed. Barclays shouldn't be allowed to use the Tesco brand to hide its complicity in Israel's genocide.

Barclays holds substantial financial ties to arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons and military technology it is using in its genocidal assault on Palestinians.

Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: Black Liberation & Palestine
2024-10-17 19:15 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC: Black Liberation & Palestine

We'll explore the rich links of solidarity between Black and Palestinian communities; including Brixton's historic links with the anti-apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela.

Speakers include:
- Zainab Abbas - A founding member of Brixton Black Women’s Group and co-founder of The Nakba Memorial Foundation.
- Hassina Malik - Lambeth UNISON Black Workers Group.
- Myriam Kane - Co-founder of The Black Alliance.

Book tickets here.

Entrance £5 - £3 (student/concession). Doors @ 7.15pm
*Please do not arrive early as we need time to arrange the space. Ritzy Cinema has a cafe with gorgeous food provided by En Root!*Various items will be on sale, as well as branch leaflets. All proceeds will go to Palestinian causes.

Facilities:
- Light snacks and refreshment (inc. alcohol)
- This is a wheelchair-accessible venue

Day of Action for Palestine - 19 October 2024
2024-10-19
Join the day of action for Palestine on Saturday 19 October to demand that Britain ends its complicity in Israel's genocide in Palestine, and its bombing and ground invasion of Lebanon.

The year long genocide in Gaza continues, alongside attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israel is attacking and invading Lebanon, and we are confronted with the imminent threat of an even wider war.

We will take action in our communities to demand: stop the genocide in Gaza, hands off Lebanon, don't attack Iran!

List of actions (more tbc)

Friday 18 October 2024

Sheffield: Railway Station, 5pm

Saturday 19 October 2024

Bedford: Barclays, 111 High Street, MK40 1NJ, 11.30am

Brighton: Clocktower, 12noon

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Guildford: High Street (jct. with Quarry St), 12noon-2pm

Halifax: Assemble at People’s Park, Park Rd, Hopwood Ln, HX1 2TS, 2pm

Ipswich: Rally at Ipswich Town Hall, Cornhill, IP1 1DH, 10.30am-12noon

Kenilworth: Abbey End, 11am-12noon

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Lancaster: Market Square, 1pm

Leominster: Apple Fair, 10am-4pm

London (Central): Rally at Trafalgar Square, 2pm-4pm

London, Lewisham: Assemble Lewisham clocktower, 12noon (then to Traf Square London rally).

Luton: Assemble Wardown Park, 10.30am

Maidenhead: Protest near now closed Barclays, SL6 1SF, 12noon-2pm

Newport, Isle of Wight: St. Thomas' Square, 12pm

Nottingham: Meet 12noon at Forest Rec. Marching to Brian Clough Statue.

Northampton: Rally, Abington Street, at the top of St Giles Terrace, NN2 3BN, 2pm

Norwich: Banner drop at Grapes Hill at 12noon. Then gather at The Forum for march & rally at 1pm.

Orkney: St. Magnus Cathedral, 1-2pm

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket St, 10am

Plymouth: Sundial, Armada Way, 12noon

Sheffield: March to stop the genocide. Meet at Endcliffe Park, 12.30pm

Stoke: Gather at Hanley Park Bandstand at 12noon. March on Albion Square.

Tunbridge Wells: Clocktower, Calverley Rd., 10.30am-12.30pm

Weymouth: By The Range, New Bond St, Weymouth, DT4 8LY

Worcester: Worcester Guildhall, High Street, WR1 2EY, 2-3.30pm

Sunday 20 October 2024

Liverpool: Gather outside Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ at 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

Milton Keynes: Vigil at 86-88 Midsummer Blvd, MK9 3GB, 11am-12.30pm

PSC Conference: Trade Unions Building Solidarity with Palestine
2024-10-19 10:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Trade Unions Building Solidarity with Palestine
A conference for trade unionists to escalate their solidarity actions with the Palestinian people, against genocide and apartheid

Date: Saturday 19th October, 10am

London

Speakers:

Nadia Habash, President of the Palestinian Engineers’ Syndicate

Dr Samia Al-Botmeh, Palestinian academic at the economics department at Birzeit University, and BDS activist

Riya Al-Sanah, Palestinian researcher and organiser with the Workers in Palestine initiative

Fran Heathcote, General Secretary PCS

Jeremy Corbyn MP

Phil Clarke, President NEU

Liz Wheatley, Chair International Committee UNISON

Dooley Harte, Pension Official UCU

Ben Jamal, Director PSC

Louise Regan, Chair PSC & NEU EC

Palestinian society is currently facing its most horrific challenge. Israel's genocidal assault has killed many tens of thousands and displaced more than 85% of Gaza's population since October. Across their homeland and in exile, Palestinians are subjected to a system of oppression that is recognised internationally as meeting the legal definition of the crime of apartheid.

Trade union members have been at the forefront of the fight back against the increasingly genocidal actions of the state of Israel. Including the tens of thousands who have joined the huge national protest in London and around the country, leading actions of all kinds, including in their workplace and in their local areas, demanding an end to British state, corporate and institutional complicity in Israel’s crimes.

We need to continue the fight and it is our duty as trade unionists and activists in the UK to escalate our solidarity, for freedom, equality and justice for the Palestinian people.

This conference will hear from key Palestinian voices, as well as leaders of the UK trade union movement, on what we need to do next in solidarity with Palestine. This includes stepping up the divestment campaigns targeting all institutions complicit with Israel’s crimes. There also needs to be renewed focus on the fightback against normalisation, to challenge the attempts to sidetrack the core solidarity work against Israel’s genocidal assault. And just as importantly we need to continue to engage and highlight the ongoing campaigns, taking place in all unions, to create the space and offer resources to support activists relentlessly championing justice, equality and freedom for the Palestinian people in their unions.

We need to stand strong and united, against genocide and apartheid, for justice and peace in Palestine.

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The conference will include panel sessions on Palestinian workers bearing the weight of genocide and apartheid and the next steps for the trade union movement.

And here will be seminar sessions discussing the following topics:
– Divest for Palestine – Focus on Divestment campaings as part of BDS
- Defending Palestinian Rights: Solidarity – Not Normalisation and Apartheid
- Organising for Palestine in your Trade Union – What you can do in your TU to continue to push for a free Palestine

Registration is now closed. Please contact us for enquiries: martial.kurtz@palestinecampaign.org

Solidarity

Worthing & Adur PSC: Deputation to Adur Council
2024-10-24 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
When: Thursday 24 October
Where: Shoreham Centre, Shoreham by Sea.

Join us for a deputation to Adur District full council calling for the divestment of the West Sussex Local Government Pension Scheme from companies and financial institutions complicit in Israel's war crimes and human rights violations against Palestinians in Gaza.

Camden PSC: The Arms Trade and Israel - Public Meeting
2024-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BB, United Kingdom
BOOK TICKETS HERE

The Camden branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign is holding a public meeting to call for an arms embargo on Israel. The following speakers have confirmed:

Jeremy Corbyn: Independent MP for Islington North

Andrew Feinstein: Former South African MP, author, filmmaker and activist

Lindsey German: Convenor, Stop the War Coalition, and author

Ghada Karmi: Palestinian academic and activist

Louise Regan: National Executive member, NEU, and national chair, PSC

Husam Zomlot: Palestinian ambassador to the UK

The speakers will take questions from the floor. The meeting will be chaired by Sabby Sagall, co-chair of Camden PSC.

BOOK TICKETS HERE

National Demonstration for Palestine - 2 November 2024
2024-11-02 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Assemble 12noon in Whitehall, marching to the US Embassy.

Join us as we march through London once again in a national demonstration for Palestine to demand: end Israel's genocide in Gaza, hands off Lebanon, don't attack Iran.

It's vital we continue to take to the streets in huge numbers to demand an end to British complicity in Israel's genocide.

Full Route:

Accessible Route

Tell Sadler's Wells: Drop Barclays
2024-11-09 16:30 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
Join Camden PSC to march from King's Cross Station to Sadler's Wells Theatre, to demand the theatre ends its ties to Barclays, which is bankrolling Israel's genocide in Gaza through its substantial financial ties to arms companies supplying Israel.

Assemble at 4.30pm at King's Cross Station, march to Sadler's Wells Theatre.

Pontypridd: Poets For Gaza
2024-11-15 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Book your tickets here.

Wonderful evening of solidarity, poetry and music. Raising much needed money for Medical Aid For Palestinians & the Jenin Freedom Theatre.

Book your tickets here.

Inspiring poems from: Abeer Ameer, Patrick Jones, Mike Jenkins and guest poets reading about Palestine.
Music from Salih Hassan, a fabulous Palestinian oud player.
£5 online / cash donation on the door.

Tasty Palestinian food will be available – thanks to Nina and Zaina. Palestine Cola, tea and coffee too.

Stock up on your flags and badges from the merch stall. Buy a plant.

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action - 16 November
2024-11-16
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians through its substantial financial ties with arms companies that sell weapons to Israel.

Our research has found that Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, companies arming Israel.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays - click here to find out more.

Join an action in your local area to demand Barclays ends its complicity in Israel’s genocide.

Saturday 16 November:

Bedford: Vigil at Trevor Huddlestone Statue, Two Faces, 2pm

Birmingham: Outside Barclays, High Street, 11am-1pm

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, 12noon

Bristol: Barclays, 55 Broadmead, BS1 3EA, 11am-1pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Carlisle: City Centre, Pedestrianised area outside Barclays/Boots, 1pm-2pm

Coventry: Barclays Bank, High Street, 11am-1pm

Eastbourne: Barclays, Terminus Road, 11am-1pm

Hastings: Barclays, Queens Road, TN34 1QP, 11am-1pm

Hitchin: Barclays, 5/6 High St, SG5 1BH, 11am-12.30pm

Ipswich: Outside Barclays, 1 Princes Street, IP1 1PN, 11am-12noon

Kenilworth: Abbey End, 11am-12noon

Kirkwall, Orkney: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Lancaster: Songs for Gaza, Market Square, 1pm

Leeds: Barclays, Albion Street, 11am. Then march, assemble 1pm at Merrion Gardens on Merrion Street, LS2 8LQ.

London, Camden: Assemble 10.30 am Mornington Crescent near Richard Cobden statue. March to Barclays Bank, 15 Tottenham Court Road W1T 1BJ, disperse at 1pm.

London, Enfield: Barclays Bank, 20 The Town, EN2 6LS, 11am-1pm

London, Hounslow: Barclays, Hounslow High Street, 12noon-2pm

London, Ilford: Barclays, High Road, IG1 1DE, 11.30am-1pm

London, Kingston: Barclays, 6 Clarence Street, KT1 1NY, 12noon-2pm

London, Lewisham: Barclays, 93 High Street, SE13 6BB, 11am

London, Tower Hamlets: Meet outside Whitechapel Station, 11am

London, Waltham Forest: Barclays, 278 Hoe Street, E17 9QE, 11.30am-1pm

London, Wimbledon: Barclays, 8 Alexandra Road, SW19 7JZ, 12noon-2pm

Luton: Outside Barclays, Market Hill, LU1 2AX, 11am-1pm

Milton Keynes: Outside M&S, 2 Sunset Walk, MK9 3PD, 10.30am

Newcastle: Barclays, Northumberland St, 12noon-1pm

Newport, Isle of Wight: St. Thomas' Square, 12noon

Nottingham: Barclays, High Street, NG1 2EN, 12noon

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket, 12noon

Plymouth: Meet at New George Street/Sundial, PL1 1RW, 12noon

Portsmouth: Guildhall Square, 11am. Then Barclays Bank, Commercial Road, Portsmouth, 11.30am.

Reading: Barclays, Broad Street, 10am-12noon

Southampton: Barclays, 67B Above Bar St, from 12.10 to 12.40pm. Then Protest, meet by the Civic Centre, SO14 7LY, 1pm

Stevenage: The Forum Centre, SG1 1ES, 11.30am-1pm

Wellingborough: Wellingborough town centre, opposite the Hind Hotel, 2pm

York: Assemble St Helen's Square, 11am

Sunday 17 November

Liverpool: Assemble at Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ, at 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

Lewisham Public Meeting: Ethical Investment, Apartheid and the Arms Trade
2024-11-19 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road, London, SE14 6NW, United Kingdom
BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE

Lewisham residents are campaigning to have the council divest the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) it oversees from companies that are complicit in violations of human rights and international law. This includes arms companies supplying weapons and military technology used by Israel in its relentless attacks on Palestinians.

BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET HERE

If you live, work, or study in Lewisham, you can sign the petition calling for divestment HERE.

Speakers:

Lindsey German (Stop the War Coalition)
Ben Jamal (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
Shakeel Begg (Lewisham Islamic Society)
Sophie Bolt (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)

NOVEMBER 2024: WEEK OF ACTION
2024-11-25 - 2024-12-01
Friday 29th November is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. This year more than ever, we must use this as an opportunity to demand meaningful solidarity: an end to all complicity in Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, whether that is in our workplaces, our schools and universities, or our government. It is up to us, wherever we are, to take urgent action to bring Israel's genocide, its system of occupation, oppression and apartheid, to an end.

Join us by taking part in a week of collective action around the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People:

Wednesday 27th November
Parliamentary Lobby for Palestine
Join PSC as we take our demands directly to MPs in Parliament.
Register here to receive more information about lobbying your MP.

Thursday 28th November
Workplace and Student Day of Action
Answer the call of Palestinian trade unionists by taking action in your workplace or university.

More information here (and for students here).

Friday 29th November
International Day of Solidarity
Put a poster in your window (download to print at home here; order a print here; or available in the Morning Star as a pull-out) to show your solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom.

Mosque mobilisation - Jummah for Palestine:

On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, here are actions you can do during Jummah prayers:

Jummah Khutbah – Dedicate your sermon to mobilising your congregation to take action in their workplace, place of education and local communities.

Action Station – Set up a space for congregants to –

Write letters to their MPs to take the following urgent steps –

Clarify that the government that it will implement the ICC warrants.

Demand the government impose a full arms embargo and sanctions on Israel.

Share resources on workplace action.

Lobby their local council to divest their Pension funds from companies financing the genocide.

Mobilise congregants for the National Demonstration on Saturday 30th in Central London.

Saturday 30th November
National March for Palestine
Join us on our 22nd National March for Palestine, taking to the streets to demand an immediate ceasefire, an end to the occupation and to Israel's system of colonial oppression.

More information here. Bring as many people as you can.

Workplace Day of Action - Thursday 28th November
2024-11-28
On Thursday 28th November, answer the call of Palestinian trade unionists by taking action in your workplace.

Tens of thousands of trade unionists in Britain have joined the huge national protests in London and elsewhere and have been leading an array of solidarity actions. In September, TUC Congress unanimously passed a motion demanding an end to all arms trade with Israel, reiterating support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and recognising that all Palestinians are subjected to a system of oppression that is recognised internationally as apartheid. Congress also voted to adopt an emergency resolution to support calls for a UK-wide workplace day of action in support of an immediate ceasefire.

Palestinian workers, remaining steadfast in pursuing their struggle for freedom and justice, have called on workers around the world to stand in solidarity with them by campaigning to end the complicity of their governments, corporations and institutions in Israel’s system of oppression.

On 28th November, join us and take action to call for an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel’s atrocities, and mobilise for the national demonstration in London calling for a ceasefire.

Discuss with your colleagues in your branch about what kind of action is best suited to your workplace and its circumstances. Take action in your workplace:

Organise a lunch-time walk-out in solidarity with Palestinians. Gather outside your workplace for a photo.
Circulate a petition calling for the divestment of pension fund holdings from companies complicit in Israel’s attacks, such as arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons it uses in its attacks.
Organise a letter writing session for your members to write to their local councillors to call on them to divest LGPS funds administered by the council from companies enabling Israel’s war crimes.
Organise a lunch-time meeting, teach-in or film screening to educate colleagues about the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
Distribute leaflets for the national demonstration on 30 November in London.

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Check this page for a range of resources for the day of action HERE inclduding posters, leaflets and graphics etc.

We have a model motion to be discussed and passed in your trade union in support of the workplace day of action HERE

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List of actions: (email us to add to the list)

Take action at the Department for Business and Trade which grants arms licenses, with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Workers for a Free Palestine, Queers for Palestine, Sisters Uncut and London for a Free Palestine. Meet 8.30am at James Cook statue. Arms embargo NOW!

Defend Protest on Campus, SOAS, London (Malet St, London, WC1E 7HU) - Join students and workers at SOAS University to protest against university complicity in the ethnic cleansing of students, and against the attacks on students and staff in Britain for their solidarity with Palestine.

National Culture Walkout, 5pm: London, Theatre Square; Glasgow, location TBC - Join a coalition of cultural groups including Art Workers for Palestine Scotland, CWAG UK, The Mosaic Rooms and White Kite Collective for a sector-wide walkout in solidarity with the Palestinian trade unions' call for global workplace action.

30 November - National Demonstration for Palestine
2024-11-30 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Join us as we march through London once again in a national demonstration for Palestine to demand: end Israel’s genocide in Gaza, hands off Lebanon, don’t attack Iran, stop arming Israel.

It’s vital we continue to take to the streets in huge numbers to demand an end to British complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid, including through an end to all arms trade with Israel.

We will assemble 12 noon at Park Lane, London before marching to Whitehall.

COACHES

Birmingham: There are two coaches, one departing from the Birmingham Central Mosque (schedule and booking details here) and the other from The Abrahamic Foundation (schedule and booking details here).

Bristol: Schedule and booking details available here.

Coventry: White Street Coach Park, CV1 4Tx, 8.15am departure. To book, contact Balqees at 07826856864.

Leicester: Schedule and booking details available here.

Manchester: Schedule and booking details available here.

North Wales: Calling at CAERNARFON-BANGOR-LLANFAIRFECHAN-PENMAENMAWR-BAE COLWYN-LLANELWY-EWLOE. To book, email sionedhuws@hotmail.com.

Nottingham: Schedule and booking details available here.

Sheffield: Schedule and booking details available here.

FULL ROUTE

Protest at the Global Banking Summit
2024-12-03 07:15 - 08:30 (Europe/London) | Convene Sancroft, Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7DQ, United Kingdom
Tell Barclays & All Other Banks - Stop Arming Israel!

When: Tuesday 3 December 2024, 7.20am
Where: Outside Convene Sancroft, Paternoster Square, Rose Street, London, EC4M 7DQ

Barclays is bankrolling Israel's genocide through its substantial financial ties to arms companies, supplying Israel with the weapons it uses to carry out its atrocities against Palestinians.

Protest at the Global Banking Summit, where Barclays CEO is speaking, to tell Barclays & all other banks - divest from companies arming Israel now!

Lambeth and Wandsworth PSC: Christmas Party for Gaza
2024-12-05 19:15 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Road, London, SW2 1EP, United Kingdom
Christmas Party for Gaza w/ Zaytoun - 20th year Anniversary

Book your ticket here.

Thu 5th Dec 2024 at 7.15pm
Venue: Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd, SW2 1EP

Join Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC for a special Christmas event featuring a discussion with Zaytoun's, who are celebrating their 20th year of selling Palestinian products; followed by festive drinks, chats, and snacks!

Book your ticket here.

National Day of Action for Palestine
2024-12-14
Join us to take action in your local community to call for an end to complicity in Israel's genocide and for the British government to stop selling arms to Israel.

Organise or join an action in your town or city:

List of actions (will be updated as more are announced)

Birmingham: March leaving St. Paul's Square, B3 1QZ, 2pm

Carlisle: City Centre, CA3 8, 12noon

Dumfries: The Midsteeple, DG1 2BH, 2pm

Isle of Wight (Newport): St. Thomas' Square, 12noon

Kendal: Town Hall, 11am

Kirkwall: St. Magnus Cathedral, 1pm

London (Central): Rally in Parliament Square, 2:45pm; bring a toy or flowers to leave as part of a commemorative action. More details here. Following the rally, Carol Singers for Palestine, 4:30pm, corner of Parliament Square near Churchill statue.

London (Ilford): Redbridge Town Hall, IG1 1DD, 12.30pm

London (Kilburn): Kilburn Square (by Argos), 121-123 Kilburn High Road, NW6 6JH, 11am.

London (Tottenham): Meet at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 12.45pm

London (Walthamstow): Town Square, 11am

Northampton: Abington Street, top of St. Giles Terrace, NN2 3BN, 2pm

Norwich: Hay Hill, Haymarket, 11.30am; Divestment workshop, Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, 1-3pm

Penzance: Bottom of Causewayhead, 12noon

Plymouth: Sundial, New George Street, 12noon

Portsmouth: Bacrlays Bank, Commercial Road, PO1 1BT, 11.30am

Slough: Tesco, SL1 1WX, 12noon

Southampton: Junction of New Road and Above Bar, 1pm

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays Bank, Calverley Road, TN1 2TB, 1pm

Worthing: Montague Place, 12.30pm

Sunday, December 14

Milton Keynes: 86-88 Midsummer Blvd, MK9 3GB, 11.30am

London (White Chapel): Outside Sainsbury, Swanlea School Entrance, 12noon

Rally for Palestine - Central London Action
2024-12-14
Rally for Palestine: End the Genocide, Remember Those Killed

⏰Saturday 14 December, 2:45pm
📍Parliament Square, London

Join us in Parliament Square for a rally and commemorative action for Palestine. Bring a child's toy or flowers to leave in memory of those who have been killed by Israel.

This is part of the National Day of Action for Palestine - find your local action here.

Kick Apartheid Out of Sport
2025-01-10 11:00 - 2025-01-11 14:00 (Europe/London) | Potters Resort, Coast Road , Hopton, NR31 9BX, United Kingdom
Emergency rallies to protest the World Bowls Tour's decision to reverse a ban on Israeli participants. Beginning at 11 AM on January 10 & 11 outside Potters Resort (hosts of this year's World Indoor Bowls Championships).

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action
2025-01-11
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians. Join the first Boycott Barclays day of action in 2025.

Our research has found that Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying with weapons and military technology used in its devastating attacks on Palestinians.

Barclays also has an agreement with Israel to act as a 'primary dealer' for Israeli government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel raise money to carry out its genocide.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays – click here to find out more.

Join an action in your local area to demand Barclays ends its complicity in Israel’s genocide.

List of actions

Friday 10 January

Welshpool: Banking Hub, 40 Broad Street, SY21 7RT, 12noon-1pm

Saturday 11 January

Abergavenny: Gateway Centre, Monk Street, NP7 5ND, 11am-12.30pm

Bath: Rally for Gaza, gather Kingston Parade, 12noon

Bedford: Barclays, Bedford High Street, 11.30am-12.30pm

Birmingham: Barclays, High Street, 11am-1pm

Brighton & Hove: March, Assemble Palmeira Square, Hove at 12noon. Marching to Jubilee Square.

Bristol: The Podium, Broadmead, 10.30am-12.30pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Coventry: Barclays, High Street, CV1 5RE, 11am-1pm

Cromer: Head north from the main car park an tourist office or check in front of Cromer Church, 10.30am-12noon

Eastbourne: Bankers Corner, Terminus Road at 11am

Exeter: Bedford Square, Exeter High Street, 12noon

Guildford: Barclays Bank, GU1 4AG, 11am

Hereford: Meet West Side of Hereford Cathedral, 11am

Hitchin: 5/6 High Street, SG5 1BH, 11am-12.30pm

Ipswich: Barclays, 1 Princes Street, IP1 1PN, 12noon-1pm

Kenilworth: Abbey End, 11am-12noon

Kirkwall: St. Magnus Cathedral, 1-2pm

London, Harrow: Barclays, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AN, 11am

London, Camden: Assemble 5.30 pm in front of King's Cross station. March to Sadler's Wells. Disperse at 7.30 pm.

London, Hackney: Narrow Way, Mare Street end, E8 1JB, 12.30 PM

London, Waltham Forest: Barclays, 278 Hoe Street, E17 9QE, 11.30am-1pm

London, Willesden Green: Barclays, 5 High Road, NW10 2TE, 12noon

Milton Keynes: Bletchley Tesco Extra, MK1 1DD (Pavement on Watling Street), 1pm-2.30pm

Newport, Isle of Wight: St. Thomas' Square, 12noon

Plymouth: New George Street, Sundial, 12noon

Sheffield: Barclays Bank, S1 2HN, 12noon

Stevenage: The Forum Centre, SG1 1ES, 11.30am-1pm

Worthing: Barclays, Chapel House, BN11 1EX, 12.30-1.30pm

Sunday 12 January

Liverpool: Gather at Catholic Cathedral, L3 5TQ at 2pm. Marching to Derby Square.

18 January: National Demonstration for Palestine
2025-01-18 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Join us for the first national demonstration for Palestine in 2025. We will protest in London once again to demand: end Israel’s genocide in Palestine, stop arming Israel, don't attack Iran.

It’s vital we continue to take to the streets in huge numbers to demand an end to British complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid, including through an end to all arms trade with Israel.

We will assemble at 12noon at Whitehall, London.

COACHES

Birmingham/Sandwell: Schedule and booking information available here

Cardiff/Newport: Schedule and booking information available here

Coventry: Leaving White Street Coach Park, CV1 4TX at 8:15am (4:30pm return). Contact Balqees on 07826-856-864 to book a seat.

Leicester: Schedule and booking information available here

Manchester: Schedule and booking information available here

North Wales: Calling at: CAERNARFON-BANGOR-LLANFAIRFECHAN-PENMAENMAWR-BAE COLWYN-LLANELWY-EWLOE
For schedule details and booking , email sionedhuws@hotmail.com

Portsmouth: Schedule and booking information available here

Camden Council: Stop Funding Genocide
2025-01-20 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Camden Town Hall, 5 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9JE, United Kingdom
On Monday 20th January at 6pm, join Camden PSC, Camden Friends of Palestine and CADFA outside Camden Town Hall to demand Camden council divest its pension fund from all companies complicit in the ongoing genocide and Israeli occupation of the Palestinian people.

Supported by 4,000 people in Camden, we're rallying to support the community-led call for divestment that’ll be debated by Camden councillors in the Town Hall that evening.

Protest outside the Town Hall to hold Camden councillors to account and show them we are steadfast in our support for a Free Palestine.

Farnborough: Protest at the International Armoured Vehicles Arms Fair
2025-01-22 | Gate B, Farnborough Exhibition Centre, Trenchard Way, Farnborough, GU14 6TQ, United Kingdom
Protest at the International Armoured Vehicles Arms Fair

Arms companies producing weapons used by the Israeli military are exhibiting at International Armoured Vehicles conference in Farnborough.

Stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and join the protest.

Join North Hampshire PSC at 8am and again at 5pm. Outside Gate B, Trenchard Way, Farnborough Exhibition Centre.

Tower Hamlets - Divest for Palestine and the Planet
2025-01-22 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Tower Hamlets Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Rd, London, E1 1BJ, United Kingdom
Join Tower Hamlets PSC, Tower Hamlets UNISON and Tower Hamlets Trades Council outside the Town Hall before the full council meeting to demand the council commits to divest its pension fund from companies enabling Israel's crimes against Palestinians, and from companies facilitating the destruction of the planet.

Gather at 6pm at the Town Hall steps, 160 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BJ

Hackney Town Hall Protest - Divest Now
2025-01-22 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, London, E8 1EA, United Kingdom
Join Hackney PSC outside the Town Hall before the upcoming Pensions Committee meeting to demand that Hackney divests its pension fund from companies enabling Israel's genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

Where: Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, E8 1EA
When: Wednesday 22 January, 6pm

Protest: Lewisham Council - Stop Investing in Genocide
2025-01-22 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Lewisham Town Hall, 1 Catford Road, London, SE6 4RU, United Kingdom
Lewisham Council: STOP INVESTING IN GENOCIDE

Join the protest to end Lewisham council’s funding of Israel's genocide and military occupation. We will not continue to allow the Lewisham Local Government Pension Scheme fund to be invested in companies that are enabling Israel's slaughter of Palestinians.

📆 22 January
⏰ 6:30 PM
📍 Lewisham Town Hall
1 Catford Rd, London SE6 4RU

Bring friends, family, flags, banners and Keffiyehs. We will be making noise and letting councillors entering the Lewisham council meeting know that we will not stop, we will not rest until our demands are met.

After the protest, join us at 7:30pm as we pose questions to the Lewisham Council meeting in the Town Hall. We will be asking about closing the council’s Barclays account, the timetable for divesting holdings in Booking.com and other human rights abusers, and the prospects of setting up an ethical investment fund with other London boroughs.

DISCLOSE. DIVEST. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT REST.

PSC Webinar: Trade Unions Taking Action for Palestine in 2025
2025-01-29 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
PSC Trade Union Webinar

Trade Unions Taking Action for Palestine in 2025

Wednesday 29 January 2025

The event was streamed live on the PSC YouTube channel, where it is still available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOGTQu0M2xQ

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Palestinian trade unionists are at the forefront of their people’s struggle for freedom and justice. They have called on their counterparts around the world to take action to end all forms of complicity with Israel’s ongoing genocide and system of apartheid.

Join this webinar to hear from a range of Palestinian and British trade unionists and solidarity activists, which will among other things discuss the preparations for the next workplace day of action for Palestine (Date TBC).

Speakers will discuss the key priorities for trade union members in the coming year, to build solidarity with Palestine at work and across the trade union movement., by taking action in your workplace and communities.

Speakers:

Iman Al-Shayeb, Member of the General Secretariat, General Union of Palestinian Teachers (GUPT)

Fran Heathcote, General Secretary PCS

Daniel Kebede, General Secretary NEU

Ben Jamal, Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Katy Fox-Hodess, Organiser and labour educator with Workers in Palestine

Liz Wheatley, Chair International Committee UNISON

Alex Gordon, Former President RMT & Stop the War Coalition Officer

Lewis Backon, Campaings Officer Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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PSC AGM 2025
2025-02-01 09:30 - 16:30 UTC
PSC Annual General Meeting 2025
Saturday 1st February 2025, 9:30am - 4.30pm,
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1 4RL
Our Annual General Meeting is where PSC members, branches and affiliated organisations come together to decide our next steps as a movement. The event will hear from leading campaigners in both Palestine and Britain, the opportunity to vote to set our policies, priorities and to elect our volunteer leadership for the year ahead.

We have aimed to produce an exciting and accessible day of learning and discussion that can include all members, so whether you have joined us at past AGMs or not, please register to play a part in shaping our work for Palestine.

Ahead of the AGM on Saturday 1st February 2025 there are numerous ways for you to take part:

Register to attend, whether as an individual member or as a delegate from your branch or affiliated organisation
Submit a motion or amendment
Stand for election to the PSC Executive Committee

The full agenda will be released in due course, but provisional plans include sessions which will include speakers from Palestine, lunch and formal democratic business of PSC such as reports on the year’s activities and the organisation’s finances, debates on the annual plan proposed by the Executive in consultation with branches, motions submitted by members and the election of the new Executive Committee.
To find out more about the AGM process, please see the following sections:

Registration
All PSC individual members are entitled to attend the AGM, as are delegates from PSC branches and affiliated organisations. To be entitled to vote you, or your organisation, must be a fully paid-up member by Friday 1st November. If you are unsure of whether your membership is up to date please register and we will be in touch if any payment is due. Online registration is open until Friday 24th January at 5pm. Postal registration closes on Wednesday 29 January at 5pm.

All individual members receive one vote. Branches and affiliated organisations receive one vote, except for national organisations with over 100,000 members which are entitled to 3 votes.

If you wish to cast your individual vote as a member alongside any votes on behalf of a branch or affiliate, please complete both forms.
REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL
REGISTER ON BEHALF OF YOUR BRANCH OR AFFILIATE
REGISTER BY POST

Motions process
Prior to the AGM, the Executive Committee in consultation with Branch representatives attending our regular Branch Forums will compile PSC’s Annual Plan. This proposal is put to the AGM for approval and forms the core of our planned work over the coming year. In addition to the Annual Plan, the AGM can consider motions which, if passed, are integrated into the plan.

Motions must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 6th December. After the distribution of motions, any amendments must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 17 January.

To allow for a more accessible debate, please keep all motions below 500 words and all amendments below 250 words.

To submit a motion or amendment, please use the following form:
SUBMIT A MOTION
SUBMIT AMENDMENT TO MOTION

Elections to the PSC Executive Committee
The AGM elects members to serve on PSC’s Executive Committee and help lead the campaign until the next AGM. The Executive meets in full at least six times a year with members also taking on diverse areas of work, from campaign planning and organisational oversight to representing us externally or contributing to building PSC in different areas of society. Most meetings take place virtually.

The positions available are Chair, Vice-Chair (x2), Secretary, Treasurer, Trade Union Liaison Officer, plus 8 general Executive Members.

All members in good standing who have been PSC members since 31st July 2024 or before are eligible to stand.

If you wish to stand for election, you must complete the following form by 5pm on Friday 6th December, including providing details of a proposer, seconder and a statement in support of your candidacy. We will also be asking candidates to submit a video for distribution ahead of the AGM, details of which will be provided to candidates after the close of nominations.
ABOUT EACH EC POSITION
SUBMIT A NOMINATION

Other information
For any queries in relation to the AGM, please contact the PSC office via info@palestinecampaign.org.

Deadlines

Friday 31 July 2024: Candidates for election to the Executive Committee must be members by this date to be eligible for election.
Friday 1 November 2024: To vote at AGM as an individual, you must be a current member by this date.
Friday 6 December 2024 at 5pm: Close of submissions of motions and election nominations.
Friday 20 December 2024: A report including the annual plan, proposed motions and election nominations will be published by this date.
Friday 17 January 2025 at 5pm: Close of receipt of amendments to motions.
Friday 24 January 2025 at 5pm: Close of online registration for those attending the AGM.
Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 5pm: Closing date for postal registrations to attend the AGM.
Saturday 1 February 2025: Annual General Meeting, 9.30am-4:30pm

Cuba and Palestine: Onwards Together
2025-02-04 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Join CSC and PSC to celebrate the historic and ongoing solidarity between the Cuban and Palestinian people and movements.

BOOK TICKETS HERE

Speakers:

Aleida Guevara March, a Cuban paediatrician and daughter of revolutionaries Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and Aleida March. A committed internationalist, having served on medical missions in Nicaragua, Venezuela and Angola, Aleida currently sits as the director of the Che Guevara Studies Centre in Havana.

Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement, who put out the call for international solidarity through BDS as the broadest Palestinian civil society coalition in 2005.

Ben Jamal, Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Bernard Regan, National Secretary of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign and author of 'The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine (2018).

Health Workers for Palestine (representative), a global grassroots movement of health workers and those who believe in the right to health, led by Palestinian voices, advocating for an end to the illegal apartheid regime and a free Palestine.

Sadler's Wells: Drop Barclays
2025-02-06 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Sadler's Wells East, Stratford Walk, Olympic Park, London, E20 2AR, United Kingdom
Join us on the opening night of Sadler's Wells East to call on Sadler's Wells to end its ties to Barclays, which is bankrolling Israel's war crimes against Palestinians.

Barclays provides billions worth of investment and loans to arms companies supplying Israel with weapons used in its devastating attacks on Palestinians.

The bank also has an agreement with Israel to act as a 'primary dealer' for its government bonds. This means it helps Israel raise money to fund its genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

Join PSC and Culture Workers Against Genocide at 7pm sharp outside Sadler's Wells East, Stratford Walk, Olympic Park, E20 2AR.

Day of Action -- Mobilise for 15 February National Demonstration
2025-02-08
The grotesque statements by US President Donald Trump this week – that the US will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and forcibly remove the Palestinian population of more than 2 million – have exposed the long-standing Israeli plan for ethnic cleansing. For more than a year, Israel and its supporters have denied that the true aim of the genocidal assault on Gaza has been the destruction of the Palestinian population, and denial of all of their rights including the right to self determination. Backed and supported by the USA for its own imperial interests, that objective is now explicit. We must act urgently to stop this monstrous plan.
This Saturday, 8 February we are asking all our supporters to be out mobilising for the February 15 demonstration to the US Embassy. We need hundreds of thousands to join us on the streets of London for a huge march from Whitehall to the US Embassy to send a clear message to the British government and to Trump – freedom for Palestine, no to ethnic cleansing, stop arming Israel.
List of actions

Bletchley: Meet on Redway outside McDonald's, MK1 1ET, 1.30pm

Essex: Essex march for Palestine, gather at Oaklands Park, Chelmsford, CM2 9AQ, 12noon

London (High Wycombe): Opposite Mezza House, Church Street, HP11 2DE, 12noon

London (Lambeth & Wandsworth): Brockwell Park Gates, Herne Hill, 1.30pm

London (Walthamstow): The Hornbeam, 458 Hoe Street, E17 9AH, 5pm

Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes train station, 11am

Plymouth: New George Street, between Sundial and Tesco, 12noon

Slough: Lidl, Twitches Lane, SL1 5AL, 12noon

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays, 8 Calverley Road, TN1 2TB, 12noon

Welwyn Garden City: United Reformed Church, Church Road, AL8 6PR, 10.30am

Workplace Day of Action for Palestine
2025-02-13
Workplace Day of Action for Palestine

Thursday 13 February 2025

In your workplace around the country

#Workplaces4Palestine

As we share the enormous relief expressed by Palestinians that a ceasefire agreement has finally been reached in the Gaza Strip, we also share their grief and trepidation. Benjamin Netanyahu has already threatened to break the ceasefire as soon as the first phase is complete. Disgracefully, Donald Trump has called for the ethnic cleansing of millions of Palestinians from Gaza and Israel’s violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has not stopped. We must continue to demand a permanent ceasefire, an end to all arms sales to Israel, and justice for the Palestinian people.

On Thursday 13th February answer the call of Palestinian trade unionists by taking action in your workplace.

Tens of thousands of trade unionists in Britain have joined the huge national protests in London and elsewhere and have been leading an array of solidarity actions. In September 2024, TUC Congress unanimously passed a motion demanding an end to all licenses for arms traded with Israel, meeting international law, reaffirming the need to renew focus to advance a strategy of boycott, divestment and sanctions, and recognising that all Palestinians are subjected to a system of oppression that is recognised internationally as apartheid. Congress also voted to adopt an emergency resolution to support calls for a UK-wide workplace day of action in support of an immediate ceasefire.

Palestinian workers, remaining steadfast in pursuing their struggle for freedom and justice, have called on workers around the world to stand in solidarity with them by campaigning to end the complicity of their governments, corporations and institutions in Israel’s system of oppression.

On the 13th February, join us and take action to call for an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel’s atrocities, and mobilise for the national demonstration in London calling for a permanent ceasefire and justice for Palestine.

Discuss with your colleagues in your branch about what kind of action is best suited to your workplace and its circumstances. Take action in your workplace:

Organise a lunch-time walk-out in solidarity with Palestinians. Gather outside your workplace for a photo.

Circulate a petition calling for the divestment of pension fund holdings from companies complicit in Israel’s attacks, such as arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons it uses in its attacks.

Organise a letter writing session for your members to write to their local councillors to call on them to divest LGPS funds administered by the council from companies enabling Israel’s war crimes.

Organise a lunch-time meeting, teach-in or film screening to educate colleagues about the Palestinian struggle for freedom.

Distribute leaflets for the national demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 15th February in London.

#Workplaces4Palestine

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Resources for the Workplace day of action:

Poster for the demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 15th February (PDF) HERE

Leaflet for the demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 15th February (Print ready for big volumes) HERE

An evening with Iyad Burnat
2025-02-13 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
📍Carnegie Building Riverside Community Project, Atkinson Road, NE4 8XS.
⏰Thursday 13th feb 6.30pm,
🎟 Click to get tickets here.

We are honoured to be joined by renowned Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat, visiting us in Newcastle all the way from the occupied West Bank! For over 20 years, Iyad has led Bil'in's non-violent struggle in the West Bank. He is the head of the Bil'in Popular Committee against israels illegal apartheid wall.

Iyad’s story is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Five Broken Cameras, filmed by his brother Emad and he is the author of Bil’in and the Nonviolent Resistance (2016) and a recipient of the 2015 James Lawson Award for Nonviolent Conflict.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear firsthand from our Palestinian brother living daily life under the zionist occupation in his quest for justice and witness his compelling documentation of resistance.

Iyad's book, 'Bil’in and the Nonviolent Resistance' and traditional Palestinian merchandise will also be on sale on the night which Iyad will bring with him all the way from Palestine 🇵🇸

All ticket proceeds being donated to B'lins popular commitee! £3 unwaged, £5 waged, or £10 or £20 solidarity price!

Click to get tickets here

15 February: National Demo for Palestine
2025-02-15 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Assemble 12 noon in Whitehall

Marching to the US Embassy

As Palestinians continue to face Israel's genocide, settler-colonialism, military occupation and apartheid, we must continue our campaigning in solidarity with their struggle for freedom. Join us in London us we demand: freedom for Palestine, no to ethnic cleansing, stop arming Israel!

Book coach tickets:

Birmingham

Bournemouth

Brighton - meet at Brighton railway station at 10.20am to catch the 10.39am train to Victoria

Bristol

Cardiff

Coventry: contact Balqees on 07826-856-864

Dorset

Dudley: contact 07792378281 (WhatsApp only)

Huddersfield, Batley, and Bradford

Lancaster: contact Mahmoud on 07307178230

Leicester

Liverpool: contact 07581302454 (WhatsApp only)

Manchester

Newcastle: contact newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Norwich

North Wales (Caernarfon, Bangor, Llanfairfechan, Penmaenmawr, Bae Colwyn, Llanelwy, Ewloe): contact sionedhuws@hotmail.com

Oxford

Preston: contact Michael on 07739729214

Sheffield

Southampton

Walsall

Weston-Super-Mare

22 Feb: Boycott Barclays Day of Action
2025-02-22
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

Our research has found that Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying with weapons and military technology used in its devastating attacks on Palestinians.

Barclays also has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for Israeli government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel raise money to carry out its atrocities against Palestinians.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays – click here to find out more.

Join an action in your local area to demand Barclays ends its complicity in Israel’s genocide.

Saturday 22 February

ABERGAVENNY: Gathering for Gaza - 11am-12.30pm, St John's Square

BRIGHTON: 12pm-2pm Barclays branch, North Street, Brighton, BN1 1RU

CARDIFF: 11am, Barclays, Working Street

CORBY: 1:30pm, Corby Cube, George Street Corby NN17 1QJ

COVENTRY: 11am-1pm, Barclays, High Street, CV1 5RE

CROMER: Vigil, 10.30am-12noon Corner of Church Street & West Street, NR27 9HZ

EXETER: Protest, 12noon at Bedford Square.

GILLINGHAM: 10am-2pm, Outside Costa on Gillingham High Street

HITCHIN: 11am-12:30pm, 5/6 High St, Hitchin SG5 1BH

LANCASTER: Songs for Gaza, 1pm-2pm, Market Square

LEICESTER: Barclays, Humberstone Gate, 11am-1pm

LIVERPOOL: 11am-12.30pm, Barclays, 48-50 Lord Street, L2 1TD

LONDON, CROYDON: 1pm-3pm, just outside the Whitgift Centre (near Primark)

LONDON, DULWICH: 1.30pm-3pm, M&S Foodhall, 84-90 Lordship Lane, E Dulwich, SE22 8HF.

LONDON, REDBRIDGE: 12noon-3pm, Stall, Redbridge Town Hall, 128-142 High Rd, Ilford IG1 1DD

LONDON, WALTHAMSTOW: 11.30am-2pm in the Walthamstow Town Square,near the Library.

NEWPORT: Outside Barclays, 16-18 Commercial Street, NP20 1HF, 11.30am-12.30pm

SOUTHAMPTON: Meet 12.30pm by the Civic Centre, Guildhall Square

STEVENAGE: 11.30am-1pm, The Forum Centre, SG1 1ES

Sunday 23 February

LIVERPOOL: March, Assemble at 2pm outside the Catholic Cathedral, marching to Derby Square.

Hertfordshire Divestment Protest
2025-03-03 08:30 - 11:00 (Europe/London)
When: Monday 3 March 2025, 8.30am
Where: Meet at Parliament Square in the centre of Hertford Town (SG14 1EF)

What we will do: Walk to County Hall where we will hold our protest during the council's pensions committee meeting that starts at 10am. We expect the protest to finish around 11am. Please bring flags, banners, signs & noise - invite friends & family.

● County Hall is a short walk (10 min) from Parliament square / centre of town.
● How to get there - Centre of town is a 10 min walk from both Hertford East and Hertford North train stations. The main bus stop is also in the centre of town.
● There are a couple of pay & display car parks close to town - multi-story car park on Gascoyne Way (SG14 1DB) and a smaller car park off St Andrew Street (SG14 1HZ). There is parking close to county hall on residential streets should you need to park closer.

Protest: Lewisham Council - Sell Your Shares in Genocide
2025-03-05 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
When: Wednesday 5 March 2025, 6.30pm
Where: Lewisham Town Hall, SE6 4RU

Lewisham campaigners will rally outside Lewisham Town Hall before entering the council meeting to submit public questions. Despite newly adopted language by Lewisham's Pension Investment Committee to divest from weapons manufactures and companies responsible for human rights abuses, recent findings from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign show that Lewisham has over £65 million invested in companies that are complicit in Israeli war crimes and illegal settlements.

For instance, Lewisham Pension Fund is invested in several Israeli banks that finance illegal settlements, and Palantir, a company that provides advanced AI tools to the Israeli military enabling Israel's attacks on Palestinians. Join the demonstration in Lewisham on 5 March and get involved in the local LGPS divestment campaign.

High Wycombe PSC International Women's Day Vigil
2025-03-08 09:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
When: 8 March 2025, 9:30 - 17:00
Where: Various (please see image)

High Wycombe Palestine Solidarity Campaign stands in solidarity with women and children worldwide facing inequality and suffering.

This international women's day, we invite you to join us in a vigil, to come together in solidarity with the women and children of Palestine and beyond. If you need any further information, please contact highwycombepsc@hotmail.com.

Wales: Divest for Palestine! Swansea demonstration
2025-03-12 09:30 (Europe/London)
When: Wednesday 12 March 2025, 9.30am

Where: Guildhall, Swansea SA1 4PE

Welsh campaigners will protest at the meeting of the Wales Pension Partnership (WPP). The WPP is the pooled fund for 8 Local Government pension funds in Wales and has over £1.1 billion invested in companies complicit in Israeli war crimes and illegal settlements.

National Demonstration for Palestine - 15 March
2025-03-15 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Israel has reimposed a total blockade on the Gaza Strip. It is refusing to implement the second phase of the ceasefire agreement. Instead, it is using the threat of starvation and water shortages in an attempt to impose new terms. Further, Palestinians in Gaza face the threat of the Trump supported proposal to ethnically cleanse the entire population.

In the West Bank, Israel continues its daily military assaults on Palestinians. We must continue to put pressure on our government to end support for Israel’s violence.

Join us as we march through London to demand freedom for Palestine, no to ethnic cleansing, stop arming Israel.

Assemble 12noon at Piccadilly (Green Park), marching to Whitehall.

Coaches:

Coventry - Coaches leave White Street coach park, CV1 4TX at 8.15 am and depart London 4.15pm. To book a seat, contact Balqees on 07826-856-864.

Censoring Palestine Film Showing
2025-03-17 19:15 - 21:15 (Europe/London) | Friends' Meeting House, Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 4AN, United Kingdom
Coventry PSC showing of the new documentary film 'Censoring Palestine' - how speaking out about Palestine has been suppressed and criminalised in the UK.

Monday 17 March, 7.15 p.m. Friends' Meeting House, Hill Street, Coventry CV1 4AN.

There will be a PSC stall at this event.

Free admission; a collection will be taken for Platform Films, the makers of the documentary.

Disabled access. NCP car park Belgrade Plaza CV1 4AJ is nearby.

If you are coming from outside the city, please email us on coventrypsc@gmail.com

Don't miss this important film!

Brighton emergency demo - Stop bombing Gaza!
2025-03-18 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Brighton Palestine Solidarity Campaign have called an emergency demonstration at Brighton train station at 5pm. Bring banners, placards and noise!

Oxford emergency demo - Stop bombing Gaza!
2025-03-18 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Oxford Palestine Solidarity campaign are calling an emergency rally at 5pm Carfax Tower, Oxford. Bring placards, noise and friends!

Dorset Emergency Protests for Gaza
2025-03-18 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
Tuesday, 18 March
5-6 PM
JOIN US!

Weymouth -- Clock Tower, Esplanade, DT4 7BE

Dorchester -- Brewery Square, DT1 1GH

Bridport -- Buckydoo Square, DT6 3NR

Emergency Protest - Stop Bombing Gaza - 18 March
2025-03-18 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Downing Street, Whitehall, London, LOndon, United Kingdom
Israel has resumed its genocidal assault on Gaza, killing at least 330 Palestinians overnight. Join us today to demand our government immediately Stop Arming Israel and push them to immediately return to a Ceasefire.

Hastings emergency demo - Stop bombing Gaza!
2025-03-18 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
The Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign (HDPSC) has called an emergency demonstration in the town centre.

6pm this evening (Tuesday 18 March) at Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34.

Bring placards, flags and everyone you know!

For more info, follow HDPSC on Facebook or Instagram.

Bradford emergency demo - Stop bombing Gaza!
2025-03-19 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
Bradford Friends of Palestine are calling for an emergency rally at Bradford City Hall, Centenary Square BD1 at 4pm Wednesday 19th March. Bring placards, your voice and friends!

Coventry emergency protest - Stop bombing Gaza!
2025-03-19 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Broadgate, Coventry, Broadgate, Coventry, United Kingdom
Coventry PSC is holding an emergency protest against the resumption of Israeli mass attacks on Gaza on Wednesday 19 March from 5.00-6.00 p.m. in Broadgate, Central Coventry.

Please join us if you can.

Ipswich emergency demo - Stop bombing Gaza!
2025-03-19 17:30 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Location: Ipswich Train Station

Date: Wednesday 19th March

Time: 5:30PM

Horrific scenes are echoing once again as Israel has renewed it attacks on Gaza. We woke up to news of Israel bombing Gaza overnight whilst families slept and prepared to fast the following morning. Over 400 Palestinians have been massacred. This comes amid the blocking of aid and electricity to Gaza since the beginning of Ramadan.

Join us, show the world Suffolk is watching and Suffolk says "Stop bombing Gaza"!

Don't Buy Apartheid - Campaign Launch Webinar
2025-03-19 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Join the webinar on Weds 19 March at 6pm via our YouTube channel. Click here to save the link.

PSC has launched an important new campaign: Don't Buy Apartheid. We're calling on all individuals, shops, cafés and restaurants to engage in two key boycott actions to support Palestinians. First, boycott Israeli produce like avocados, peppers, herbs and dates. Second, boycott Coca-Cola products.

We're going to take this campaign into communities right across Britain, by holding stalls and protests at supermarkets, and by convincing local businesses to join the boycott and display a campaign poster.

During this webinar, we’ll hear from a range speakers on the importance of building targeted boycott campaigns against the corporations that enable Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.

Join the webinar on Weds 19 March at 6pm via our YouTube channel. Click here to save the link.

Speakers:

Roshan Dadoo, the Coordinator of the South African BDS Coalition.
Giorgia Gusciglio, Europe Co-ordinator of BDS Campaigns for the Palestinian BDS National Committee
Owen Chambers, Secretary of Bristol Apartheid Free Zone (BAFZ)
Ben Jamal, Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyZ5DPLWdyQ

CANCELLED - Protest - No to the visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister - 20 March
2025-03-20 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/London) | Parliament Square, Parliament Square, london, United Kingdom
THIS PROTEST HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Join us at Parliament Square at 9AM on Thursday 20 March as we protest the visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister to Britain. Our government should not be welcoming a representative of Israel with open arms as it commits genocide against the Palestinian people.

Emergency Protest - End the Genocide - 22 March
2025-03-22 12:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London , W8 4QB, United Kingdom
Israel has renewed its genocidal assault on Gaza. We must take action for Palestine now. If you are in London join us outside the Israeli embassy this Saturday 22 March at 12:30PM as we demand they end the genocide now.

If you are elsewhere, join an action for Palestine in your local area.

Local actions:

Barnstaple: 11am at The Square

Birmingham: 12:30pm at Barclays, High St. Birmingham City Centre

Bristol: 2pm at College Green

Cardiff: 1pm at NYE Bevan Statue

Exeter: 12noon at Bedford Square, High Street

Guildford: 2pm at Guildford High St./Quarry St. junction

High Wycombe: High Wycombe Town Centre, Church St. (opposite Mezza restaurant)

Leeds: 12.30pm at Leeds Art Gallery

Leicester: 12noon at Two Queens (2 Queen St., LE1 1QW)

Lincoln: 2pm at Lincoln Cornhill

London (Kingston): 12noon at Kingston Town Centre, KT1 1NY

Norwich: 11.30am at Grapes Hill Pedistrian Bridge

Orkney: 1 - 2 pm at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney

Portsmouth: 2pm at Guildhall Square, PO1 2AB

Southampton: Iftar, 5.30pm at Edmund Kell, Belleview Road

Southend: 2:15pm under the railway bridge in Southend High St. for vigil

Stroud: 11am on Stroud High Street between Greggs and Mountain Warehouse

Tunbridge Wells: 2pm at Tunbridge Wells Town Hall

Welshpool: 11am Banking Hub (40 Broad St, Welshpool SY21 7RT)

Northants PSC demonstration - Freedom for Palestine! End Apartheid!
2025-03-22 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
When: Sat 22nd March, 2pm

Where: Wellingborough Town Centre, opposite the Hind Hotel, Sheep Street, NN8 1BS.

Mayfield Ward Hustings
2025-03-23 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Loxford Social Club, South Park Drive, Ilford, IG3 9AU, United Kingdom
All candidates to fill the vacated councillor position in Mayfield Ward have been invited to a hustings organised by Redbridge PSC. Please join the event to listen to and ask questions of the candidates.

Redbridge PSC - Palestine hustings for Mayfield Ward!
2025-03-23 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Redbridge PSC are hosting a Palestine hustings for Mayfield Ward, Ilford - all candidates have been invited. Come along to ask questions and listen to what the candidates will do to support justice for Palestine.

Kensington & Chelsea Council: Divest NOW!
2025-04-01 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London, W8 7NX, United Kingdom
Rally to demand Kensington and Chelsea Council's Pension Committee commits to divest from companies enabling Israel's war crimes.

When: Tuesday 1 April 2025, 6.30pm-7.30pm
Where: Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, W8 7NX

Don't Buy Apartheid - Day of Action
2025-04-05
PSC has launched an important new campaign: Don’t Buy Apartheid. We’re calling on all individuals, shops, cafés and restaurants to engage in two key boycott actions to support Palestinians.

First, boycott Israeli produce like avocados, peppers, herbs and dates. Second, boycott Coca-Cola and its brands such as Schweppes, Fanta, Sprite, Costa Coffee and Innocent.

When supermarkets sell these products, they are profiting from Israel's colonisation and military occupation of Palestinian land.

On Saturday 5 April, PSC branches are holding protests and stalls at supermarkets across Britain to demand they stop stocking Israeli produce and Coca-Cola, and to ask individuals to join the boycott.

List of Actions:

Saturday 5 April 2025

Bedford: Two Faces, Bedford, 11am-12noon

Birmingham: Outside Tesco, New Street, Birmingham City Centre, 12noon

Bracknell: Lexicon Centre, at the cross between High Street/Braccan Walk, RG12 1BE (near boots), 11.30am-1.30pm

Bradford: Barclays, 11 Market Street, City Centre, 11am

Brighton: The Clocktower, 12noon

Bristol: Join the Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone community day of action. Details here.

Carlisle: Outside Barclays, 1pm-2pm

Coventry: Outside Aldi, Central 6 Retail Park, CV3 6TA, 11am

Cromer: Vigil, Corner of Church Street & West Street, NR27 9HZ, 10.30am-12noon

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon-2pm

Halifax: Southgate (outside Wilko), 12noon-2pm

Hebden Bridge: Bridge Gate by wavy steps, 11.30am-3pm

Hereford: Meet at Hereford Cathedral (West gate),11am. Walk together to The Bull in High Town.

High Wycombe: Sainsbury's, Oxford Road, HP11 2DN, 3pm

Hitchin: Hitchin Market Place, SG5 1DR, 11am

Ipswich: Two Locations 1: Outside Ipswich Bazaar, 26-32 Carr St, IP4 1EJ, 1pm-2.30pm. 2: Outside Asian & Afro, 69,71 Carr Street, IP1 HB, 1pm-2.30pm

Kenilworth: Abbey End, 11am-12noon

Kirkwall: St. Magnus Cathedral, 1pm

London, Bexley: Rally outside Asda, Bexleyheath Broadway, 11am

London, Camden (Central Action): Sainsbury’s, 17-21 Camden Road, NW1 9LJ, 11am

London, Harrow: Outside M&S, 31 St Ann’s Rd, HA1 1NB, at 2.30pm-3.30pm:

London, Hillingdon: Outside Uxbridge Station, 1pm-3pm

London, Hackney: Hackney Town Hall, E8 1EA, 3pm

London, Ilford: Sainsbury's llford superstore, 55 Roden Street IG1 2AA, 3pm

London, Islington: Tesco, Stroud Green Road, N4 3PX, 1pm-2.30pm

London, Merton: Sainsbury’s, Merton High Street, Colliers Wood, SW19 1DN, 1pm-3pm

London, Newham: Outside East End Shopping Centre, 232-236 Green St., E7 8LE, 2pm

London, Southwark: Outside M&S, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 8HF, 12.30pm-2pm

London, Twickenham: Waitrose, 50 London Road, Twickenham, TW1 3RJ, 12noon-2pm

London, Walthamstow: Meet in Walthamstow Town Square, 1.30pm

Luton: Outside, Barclays Bank, Market Hill, Luton, LU1 2AX, 11am-1pm

Milton Keynes: Meet near Willen Hospice shop, 80 Queensway, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 2RU, 11 am to 12:30

Newcastle: Outside Sainsbury's on Northumberland Street from 11am-2pm

Newport (Isle of Wight): St. Thomas' Square, 12pm

Newtown (Powys): At the Tesco traffic lights, Pool Road, Newtown, SY16 1DW, at 11am

Oxford: Magdalen Street and Cornmarket, 12noon

Sheffield: March - Assemble at Endcliffe Park, 12noon

Shrewsbury: Pride Hill, Shrewsbury, 11am-1pm

Southampton: Asda, the Marlands-Western esplanade, SO14 7EG, at 11.00am

Southend: Outside Sainsbury’s, London Road, SS1 1PL, 12noon

Stroud: Outside Gregg's, High Street from 10-11.45am. 12pm onwards outside Waitrose, Stroud

Tunbridge Wells: Outside Sainsbury's, TN2 5QL, meet 10:45am for briefing by the bus stop layby on Linder Park Road, 11am-1pm

Worthing: Opposite Waitrose, BN11 1LL, 12noon-1.30pm

Sunday 6 April 2025

London, Lambeth: Herne Hill Gates, Brockwell Park, SE24, 1.30pm-3pm

Don't Buy Apartheid Day of Action - Camden Protest
2025-04-05 11:00 - 12:15 (Europe/London)
Join us outside Sainsbury's in Camden for a central protest as part of the first Don't Buy Apartheid day of action. Demand that Israeli produce and Coca-Cola is removed from the shelves, and ask individual shoppers to join the boycott. Full list of actions here.

When: Saturday 5 April 2025, 11am
Where: Sainsbury's, Camden Road, NW1 9LJ

East Berkshire PSC - Screening of 'The Teacher' in Bracknell!
2025-04-07 19:00 (Europe/London)
When: 7 April, 19:00

Where: South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell, RG12 7PA

Join us for a screening of The Teacher, a compelling film by award-winning British-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi. Inspired by real events in the occupied West Bank, this film offers an intimate and eye-opening exploration of life under occupation.

The film follows the story of a Palestinian school teacher struggling to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker.

Featuring riveting performances, including the striking intensity of Saleh Bakri, The Teacher takes audiences on an intense, emotional journey, revealing the hardships and difficult choices faced by an oppressed people.

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with a thought-provoking story that sheds light on the realities of life in occupied Palestine.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Popcorn and other items will be available for sale – please bring cash.

Please be aware that per the age certification of “12A” for this film, any children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Children are welcome on condition that they do not distract other film attendees. The accompanying adult should withdraw them quietly if they become restless or upset by any of the film content.

BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/07042025/

National Student Meetup - 10th April
2025-04-10 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Join us in London this April for a national meeting of student organisers!

With the wholesale resumption of genocide, the repression of student organising here and across the world, and the ongoing complicity of our universities, it is more important than ever to build and maintain a strong national student movement for Palestine.

Join us in London to hear from other student campaigners about re-invigorating their divestment campaigns, and to launch PSC's newly updated University Complicity Database, with information from FOIs sent to all universities.

We will have speakers from key campaigns at universities across the country, space for workshopping and discussion about next steps, and an opportunity to speak to other student organisers about researching and campaigning on your university's complicity.

We'll let attendees know the location in advance, but it will be in central London. If anyone has trouble paying for transport, get in touch and we can provide support.

Register here:

We can pay for travel expenses to support students to attend this event. If you need support with travel expenses, email stella.swain@palestinecampaign.org

National Day of Demonstrations for Palestine - 12 April
2025-04-12
As Israel escalates its genocidal assault on Gaza we must ramp up our actions in our local communities in solidarity with Palestine. Join an action for Palestine in your local community on 12 April to demand our government immediately stop arming Israel and pressure Israel to end its genocide against Palestinians.

Saturday 12th April

Bournemouth - Dorset PSC, Bournemouth Square, 2-4:30pm

Birmingham - West Midlands PSC, Outside Lidl on Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9BS

Brighton - Brighton PSC, Palemeira Square Hove BN3 2JB 12pm

Bristol – Bristol PSC, BBC buildings, Whiteladies Road, BS8 2LR 11:30am-1pm

Coventry – Coventry PSC, Broadgate (City Centre), 12pm

Dorchester – Dorset PSC, South St outside Barclays 12:30pm

Ipswich – Ipswich PSC, Outside Crown Pools IP1 3JA 12-1pm

Leicester - Leicester Friends of Al Aqsa, Jubilee Square (Outside the BBC) 2pm

London, Camden - Camden PSC, Camden Road Sainsburys, 11am-12noon

London, Enfield - Enfield PSC, Enfield Town Centre outside Barclays, 11am-1pm

London, Haringey - Haringey J4P, Tottenham Football Ground N17 OBX 12pm

London, Harrow - Brent and Harrow PSC, Outside Primark on St. Ann's Road, Harrow Town Centre HA1 1AT

London, Lewisham - Lewisham PSC, Corner of Lewisham High St. And Mount Pleasant Rd, 1:30pm

London, Tower Hamlets - Tower Hamlets PSC (+ others), Altab Ali Park E1 1Fd, 12pm

London, Waltham Forest - Waltham Forest PSC, Waltham Forest Town Square, 12-2pm

London, Westminster - Westminster PSC, outside The Chippenham pub, 207 Shirland Road W9 2EX, 1-2pm

London, Wimbledon – Merton PSC (silent protest), outside the Wimbledon Quarter 12-1pm

Maidenhead - East Berkshire PSC, Old Barclays on High St, 12pm

Northampton - Northants PSC, 102 Abington St, Northampton, NN1 2BP, outside the Burger King, 2pm

Orkney - Orkney PSC, (vigil), St. Magnus Cathedral steps 1-2pm

Oxford – Oxford PSC, Manzil Way OX4 1DJ 10:30am

Penzance - Penzance PSC, Causewayhead Round Seat Penzance, 11:45am-12:45pm

Peterborough – Peterborough PSC, Cathedral Square 12pm

Portsmouth - Portsmouth and South Downs PSC, Stall Outside Barclays Bank, Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 1BT

Sheffield - Sheffield PSC, meet at the back of Waitrose, S11 8FP 12pm

Southend – Southend PSC (stall), under the railway bridge in Southend High Street 12-2pm

Tunbridge Wells - West Kent PSC, Outside The Forum music venue, London Road TN4 8YU 1:45-4pm

Worcester - Worcester PSC, Worcester Guildhall, High St, Worcester 2-3pm

East London March for Palestine
2025-04-12 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action - 26 April
2025-04-26
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Join the Boycott Barclays day of action on Saturday 26 April 2025.

Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons and military technology used in its devastating attacks on Palestinians.

Barclays also has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for Israeli government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel raise money to carry out its genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays – click here to find out more.

Join an action in your local area to demand Barclays ends its complicity in Israel’s genocide.

List of Actions:

Saturday 26 April 2025

Abergavenny: Gathering for Gaza, Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Barnstable: Barclays Bank, 38 Boutport St, Barnstaple EX31 1HH, 10.30am

Bedford: Outside Barclays, 111 High Street at 11.30am. Then rally at Two Faces at 12.30pm

Birmingham: Outside Barclays, High Street, 11am-1pm

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, 12noon-2pm

Bristol: Barclays, 55 Broadmead, BS1 3EA, 11.30am-1pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am

Carlisle: Barclays, English Street, 1-2pm

Chester: Barclays Bank, The Forum Shopping Centre, Northgate Street, 11am-12noon

Coventry: Barclays Bank, 25 High Street, Coventry CV1 5RE, 11.00am to 1.00pm

Hastings: Barclays, Queens Road, 11am-1pm

Ipswich: Outside Your Local, 30 St Matthew's St, Ipswich, IP1 3EU, 12noon-1pm

Leamington: Leamington Town Hall from 11am-12noon. Followed at noon by a demonstration outside Barclays Bank.

Leicester: Barclays, LE1 1WA, 11am-1pm

London, Harrow: Barclays, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AN,11am-1pm

London, Lewisham: Lewisham Barclays, 10.30am.

London, Tower Hamlets: Outside Bethnal Green Tesco, E2 0AN, 1pm-2pm

London, Wembley: Barclays, 506 High Road, HA9 7BP, 11am-1pm

London, Wimbledon: Barclays, SW19 7JZ 12-2pm

Oxford: Barclays, Cornmarket, 11am-1pm

Peterborough: Barclays, Cathedral Square, 11.30am-1pm

Portsmouth: Symbolic Funeral March assembling 11.00 am outside Barclays Bank, Commercial Rd marching to BAE Systems, Unicorn Gate.

Slough: Barclays in Slough. Assemble at Furaat Restaurant, Slough Town Square, SL1 1DB, 10.30am

Southampton: Barclays Bank, 67B Above Bar St, Southampton SO14 7DZ, 10.30am-11.30am

Welshpool: Canal Bridge between Bus Station and Tesco Car Park, 11am

Wolverhampton: Queen Square, 10.30am-12.30pm

Sunday 27 April

Milton Keynes: Tesco Bletchley, MK1 1DD, 1.30pm-3pm

Protest at the Barclays AGM
2025-05-07 09:45 - 11:15 (Europe/London)
When: Wednesday 7 May, assemble at 9.45am.
Where: Outside the QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE.

Join the protest outside Barclays' AGM on Wednesday 7 May 2025.

Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians. The bank invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons and military technology used in its devastating attacks on Palestinians.

Barclays also has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for its government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel raise money to carry out its genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

At the AGM, Barclays' senior management will outline the bank's plan for the next year. We'll be there to demand they end Barclays complicity in Israel's crimes against Palestinians.

PSC Webinar: Trade Unionists against the ongoing Nakba
2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
PSC Trade Union WebinarTrade Unionists against the ongoing Nakba

Wednesday 7th May 6pm

Join the PSC trade union solidarity webinar following from international workers day, which will address the current situation for workers and their families in Palestine, and how you can take action for the next Workplace Day of Action on Thursday 15th May (Nakba Day), and the next national demonstration for Palestine to mark 77 years of Nakba, on Saturday 17th May.

WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IQtu3wU84c

Speakers include:

Sarah Wooley, General Secretary BFAWU

Dr Samia Al-Botmeh, Palestinian academic at the economics department at Birzeit University, and BDS activist

Martin Cavanagh, PCS National President

Manal Hdaife, Lebanese school principal, member of the Executive Board of Education International & Regional branch leader of the Public Primary Schools Teachers League in Lebanon (PPSTLL)

Louise Regan, Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and NEU EC

Peter Leary, Deputy Director Palestine Solidarity Campaign

WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IQtu3wU84c

Nakba 77 - Week of actions - 10-18 May
2025-05-10 - 2025-05-18
This May marks 77 years of Nakba. 77 years of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.

77 years of displacement and exile.

77 years of catastrophe.

But in the face of brutal oppression and systematic violence, Palestinians continue to resist. This week, take 9 actions in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality.

Click the images below to take action each day. Remember to check back for each day’s important action!
Week of Action

10 May
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13 May
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16 May
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Nakba Day Workplace Day of Action for Palestine
2025-05-15
Workplace Day of Action for Palestine

Nakba Day - Thursday 15 May 2025

In your workplace around the country

#workplaces4palestine

After a brief respite Israel has resumed its genocidal onslaught in Gaza. As well as increasing its attacks on Palestinian in the West Bank, Israel is again targeting workers in Gaza. Journalists, medical staff, and aid workers are all being killed at an unprecedented rate. Meanwhile, backed by Donald Trump, Israel is openly threatening the full ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.

We must call for an end to 77 years of Nakba – (Catastrophe in Arabic) the systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land, started in 1948. We must continue to demand a permanent ceasefire, an end to all arms sales to Israel, and justice for the Palestinian people.

On Thursday 15 May 2025, answer the call of Palestinian trade unionists by taking action in your workplace.

Tens of thousands of trade unionists in Britain have joined the huge national protests in London and elsewhere and have been leading an array of solidarity actions. In September 2024, TUC Congress unanimously passed a motion demanding an end to all licenses for arms traded with Israel, meeting international law, reaffirming the need to advance a strategy of boycott, divestment and sanctions, and recognising that all Palestinians are subjected to a system of oppression that is recognised internationally as apartheid. Congress also voted to adopt an emergency resolution to support calls for UK-wide workplace actions in support of an immediate ceasefire.

Palestinian workers, remaining steadfast in pursuing their struggle for freedom and justice, have called on workers around the world to stand in solidarity with them by campaigning to end the complicity of their governments, corporations and institutions in Israel’s system of oppression.

On Nakba Day – Thursday 15 May, take action in your workplace to demand an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel’s atrocities, call for a permanent ceasefire and justice for Palestine, and mobilise for the national demonstration in London on 17 May.

Discuss with your colleagues in your branch about what kind of action is best suited to your workplace and its circumstances. Take action in your workplace:

Organise a lunch-time walk-out in solidarity with Palestinians. Gather outside your workplace for a photo, and share it on social media (and copy us).
Circulate a petition calling for the divestment of pension fund holdings from companies complicit in Israel’s attacks, such as arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons it uses in its attacks.
Organise a letter writing session for your members to write to their local councillors to call on them to divest LGPS funds administered by the council from companies enabling Israel’s war crimes.
Support the Don't Buy Apartheid campaign by asking your workplace to commit not to stock Israeli fresh produce and Coca-Cola products. Israeli agricultural exporters and Coca-Cola operate in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land, using looted Palestinian resources
Organise a lunch-time meeting, teach-in or film screening to educate colleagues about the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
Distribute leaflets for the national demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 17th May in central London.

#workplaces4palestine FREE PALESTINE!

LINK to Nakba 77 National Demonstration Saturday 17 May

National Demonstration - Nakba 77
2025-05-17 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Embankment Tube, Embankment Tube, London, WC2N 6NS, United Kingdom
Join us outside Embankment Tube at 12PM on 17 May as we mark the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba and demand our government take action to end the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.

ROUTE

We will march from Embankment to Westminster bridge along the South bank to Waterloo Bridge and down to 10 Downing Street.

TRADE UNION BLOC MEETING POINT

The Trade union bloc will assemble from 12PM at Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, London, WC2N

COACHES

Bradford: Departing Al Mustafa Centre, BD8 9RE, 6am. Contact 07970119791 to book.

Birmingham: Leaving Birmingham Central Mosque at 8.15am. More info and book tickets here.

Blackburn: Schedule and booking information available here.

Bristol: Departing from Anchor Road at 8.15am. Tickets available here: https://hdfst.uk/e127318.

Coventry: Leaving White Street Coach Park (CV1 4TX) at 8.15am; return from London at 4.30pm. Phone Balqees on 07826856864 to book a seat.

High Wycombe: Boarding 10:30am from Wycombe Mosque, Jubilee Road/Oakridge Road Junction - departing 11am - fill out the form here to book.

Leicester: Two departure points. From Darul Arqam, schedule and booking information available here. From Gwendolen Road, schedule and booking information available here.

Lincoln & Peterborough: Departing Lincoln at 7.00am and Peterborough at 8.30am. Tickets available here: https://buytickets.at/peterboroughpsc/1664338.

Liverpool: Pick up/drop off at Pal Multicultural Centre, 68a Mulgrave Street, L8 2TF, departing at 6.30am. To book, contact by WhatsApp only at 07581302454.

Manchester: Schedule and booking information available here.

Newcastle and Durham: Pickup 6am at Newcastle Central Station, then 6.20am on Gilesgate roundabout opposite the army reserve in Durham. Email newcastlepsc@gmail.com to book.

North Wales: Departs from Caernarfon at 5.50am and will call at BANGOR-LLANFAIRFECHAN-PENMAENMAWR-BAE COLWYN-LLANELWY-EWLOE. To book, email sionedhuws@hotmail.com.

Norwich: 8am outside Theatre Royal, booking here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1331530887729?aff=oddtdtcreator

Plymouth: Departing at 6.00am, calling at Buckfastleigh and Exeter. Details and booking at https://May17Coach.eventbrite.co.uk.

Portsmouth: Details and booking at: https:// ppsc.uk/bus

South Wales: Picking up from The Legion Gilfach Goch 7.10am, Cardiff Museum Steps 7.45 and Coldra Roundabout Newport 8.15am. Buy tickets here, enquiries to CardiffPSC@gmail.com.

Weston: Depart from Weston Train Station at 7.30am. Tickets available here: https://hdfst.uk/e127318.

Weymouth/Dorcheser: Departing Weymouth at 7.30am. Details and booking available here.

Emergency Protest - Stop Arming Israel - Words are not enough
2025-05-23 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Downing Street, Whitehall, London, LOndon, United Kingdom
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza. The UN has said that 14,000 babies could die unless aid reaches them immediately. Meanwhile our government continues to send arms to Israel.

We must demand our government take immediate action to end complicity in Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people and #StopArmingIsrael.

Join us.

Northants Rally - Stop Arming Israel
2025-05-24 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
When: Sat 24th May 2pm

Where: 66 Corporation Street, Corby NN17 1NH

Divestment Campaign Drop-in
2025-05-29 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
If you're involved in a university or LGPS divestment campaign, and need guidance or advice, book a slot at PSC's monthly divestment campaign online drop-in. The drop-in takes place the last Thursday of every month from 1pm-2pm.

PSC has years of experience researching the investment portfolios of universities and LGPS funds, and supporting Palestine solidarity and trade union groups run impactful divestment campaigns for Palestinian rights.

We can help you understand your institution's investments, and provide guidance on how to build an effective and strategic campaign.

Things we can help with:

Understanding investments portfolios
Developing a campaign strategy and timeline
Rebutting arguments used to oppose divestment
Building pressure to win a divestment commitment

The drop-in is aimed at people involved in divestment campaigns. We can't help you with divesting your individual investment portfolio.

Fill out the form below to register your participation. We'll get back to you with a time slot.

Don't Buy Apartheid - Day of Action
2025-05-31
Take action to demand supermarkets stop stocking Israeli goods and Coca-Cola products.

We’re calling on all individuals, shops, cafés and restaurants to engage in two key boycott actions to support Palestinians. First, boycott Israeli produce like avocados, peppers, herbs and dates. Second, boycott Coca-Cola and its brands such as Schweppes, Fanta, Sprite, Costa Coffee and Innocent.

When supermarkets sell these products, they are profiting from Israel’s colonisation and military occupation of Palestinian land.

On Saturday 31 May, PSC branches are holding protests and stalls at supermarkets across Britain to demand they stop stocking Israeli produce and Coca-Cola, and to ask individuals to join the boycott.

List of Actions:

Bedford: Outside Barclays, 111 High Street, 11.30am. Followed by rally at Two Faces, 12.30pm

Birmingham: Outside Tesco, New Street, at 2pm

Bristol: Barclays, Broadmead, BS1 3EA, 11.30am-1pm

Carlisle: Barclays, English St., 1-2pm

Coventry: Marks and Spencer, Coventry Precinct 12-2pm

Hastings: Aldi, Rye Road TN35 and Aldi, Bexhill Road TN38 12-2pm (there will also be an information stall in town)

Hay on Wye: Town Square, 11am-12noon

Hereford: 11am, Meet at Hereford Cathedral at west door & walk with us into town, ending at the Bull in High Town

Hitchin: Market Square, SG5 1DR, 11am

Isle of Wight: Co op, Anglesea St. Ryde PO33 2SX 12-2pm

London, Alperton: Sainsbury's 360 Ealing Road, Wembley HAO 1PF 2-4pm

London, Brockwell Park: Herne Hill Gates, SE24, 2-4pm

London, Bromley: Waitrose 45 Masons Hill, Bromley BR2 9HD 1:30-2:30pm, Sainsbury's 158-162 High St, London SE20 7QS

London, Hackney: Narrow Way (opposite Marks and Spencers), E8 1JB, 3pm (briefing prior to action)

London, Harrow: Marks and Spencers 31 St Ann's Road Harrow Town Centre HA1 1NB 2:30pm-4:30pm

London, Kilburn: Sainsbury's 88-92 Kilburn High Road, NW6 4HS 11-1pm

London, Kingsbury: ALDI 632-640 Kingsbury Road, NW9 9HN 11-1pm

London, Kingston: Outside Bentall Centre and Barclays, 6 Clarence Street, KT1 1NY, 12noon-2pm

London, Lewisham: Tesco Express, 1 Rushey Grn SE6 4AS 1:30pm

London, Westminster: Waitrose, 38 Porchester Road Bayswater W2 6ES 2-4pm

London, Willesden: Sainsbury's High Road NW10 2TD 11:30am-1pm

Milton Keynes: Tesco Extra, 1 Winchester Cir, Kingston, Milton Keynes MK10 0AH 1:30-3pm

Newtown (Powys): Tesco, Pool Road, SY16 1DW, 11am

Reading: Tesco Extra, Napier Road, RG1 8DF, 11.30am-1.30pm

Southampton: Below Bar 48 High St. SO14 2NS 11:30am-1pm

Southend: Sainsburys, London Road SS1 1PL

Tonbridge Wells: Assemble by The Forum, The Commons, TN4 8YU (Demo alongside London Rd.) 2-4pm

Wolverhampton: Sainsbury's Raglan St. St. Marks WV3 0ST 11am-1pm

Worcester:Tesco Express, 8-10 Foregate St., WR1 1DB, 10am-12pm

Red Line for Palestine - Arms Embargo & Sanctions now
2025-06-04 11:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | UK Parliament, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
We are creating a red line for Palestine around Parliament during Prime Minister's Questions to demand a full arms embargo and sanctions on Israel NOW! Join us outside Parliament at 11:30AM on 4 June, wearing red.

Film Screening: Gaza, It Rhymes with Me - Holocaust Survivors and descendants against the Genocide
2025-06-06 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
The evening will comprise a showing of Helena Aksentijevic’s film about the group "Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Against the Genocide", a group which attends every march and other events supporting Palestine.

Following the film there will be a discussion between the films subjects and Luca Salice, Chair of Westminster PSC. This will be open to questions from the audience.

BOOK TICKETS HERE: https://p21.gallery/node/429

SPEAKERS

Professor Haim Bresheeth-Zabner: Speaker
Haim is a filmmaker, photographer and author, who has published extensively on cinematic history and Palestine. Haim has been a political activist for over 50 years.
His films include "A State of Danger" (1989) on the first Intifada and "London's Burning: (2012) on the London disturbances. His books include "Introducing the Holocaust" (1992, 1997) with S Hood, and "An Army Like No Other, How Israel Defence Forces made a Nation" (2020).
Haim has written extensively on Palestine for many publications including Haaretz and Al-Ahraam Weekly. Haim is the subject of a film by Helena Aksentijevic "Under the Rubble" (2024) about the Gaza Holocaust. Haim was recently arrested under the Terrorism act after speaking at a pro-Palestine event, but later charges were dropped.

Mark Etkind: Speaker
Mark Etkind is the son of a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto and various concentration camps including Buchenwald and co-organiser of 'Holocaust survivors and descendants against the Gaza genocide' - a group that attends most Palestinian Solidarity marches.

Doctor Agnes Kory: Speaker
Agnes Kory founded the Bela Bartok Center for Musicianship in London.
She is a teacher, performer and researcher in historical musicology.
When Agnes was born in Budapest, in 1944, her father was in Mauthausen Concentration camp, and her mother was in hiding on false papers.
Agnes has been a life-long Zionist, who was critical of the `Israeli treatment of Palestinians, but has recently become an anti-zionist after seeing the genocide Israel is committing against the Palestinians in Gaza and is often seen on Palestinian Solidarity Marches and events."

Stephen Kapos: Speaker
Stephen Kapos, Architect, Artist and Activist, is a child survivor of the Holocaust. During the Siege of Budapest, when Stephen was seven, he found himself without his family, moving from hiding place to hiding place on false papers.
Stephen came to the United Kingdom following the Hungarian uprising in 1956. He trained as an architect and raised his family here
. Stephen is an anti-Zionist activist and has become a familiar face on Palestinian Solidarity Marches, where he addresses the marchers, and at other pro-Palestinian events. Stephen has been extensively interviewed, both on film and in print, by Double Down News, Skwawkbox, Owen Jones, Al-Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Byline Times, and the Independent. Stephen has been the subject of a Film by Helena Aksentijevic, "Stephen Kapos, Holocaust Survivor" (2020)
Stephens experiences as a child resonate strongly with him when he watches the experiences of children in Gaza." Stephen has been interviewed by the police in connection with his part in the demonstration on the 18th of January

Luca Salice: Moderator
Luca Salice is a translator and visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster. He has for many years been an activist with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He is currently Chair of Westminster Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Helena Aksentijevic – Filmmaker
Helena Aksentijević is a filmmaker and photographer. “Gaza, it Rhymes With Me", is one of a series of documentary films about people who support the Palestinian people’s right to a homeland, the right to return to their ancestral lands and live lives free from Occupation, oppression, apartheid and genocide.

Supported by City of Westminster PSC

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action
2025-06-14
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Join the Boycott Barclays day of action on Saturday 14 June 2025.

Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides loans and other financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons and military technology used in its devastating attacks on Palestinians.

Barclays also has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for Israel government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel raise money to carry out its atrocities against Palestinians.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays – if you're a Barclays customer, click here to join the next mass account closure day.

Join an action in your local area to demand Barclays ends its complicity in Israel’s genocide.

Birmingham: Barclays, 79-84 High Street, B4 7TE, 11am-1pm

Brighton: Barclays, North Street, 12noon-2pm

Coventry: Barclays, High Street, CV1 5RE, 11am-1pm

Guildford: Assemble bottom of the High Street, 12noon-2pm

London, East Ham: East Ham Barclays, 58 High St. North, E6 2HW, 12noon

London, Enfield: Barclays, Enfield Town EN2 6LS 11am-1pm

London, Harrow: Barclays, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AW. 11am-1pm

London, Peckham: Barclays, 147-149 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST, 11am-1pm

London, Wembley: Barclays, 506 High Road, HA9 7BP. 11am-1pm

London, Westminster: Barclays, 127 Edgeware Road, W2 2HT, 11am-1pm

Milton Keynes: Tesco Extra, 1 Winchester Circle, MK10 0AH, 11am-12.30pm

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays, 8 Calverley Road, TN1 2NB, 11am-1pm

Emergency Protest: Stop Bombing Iran - Stop Arming Israel
2025-06-14 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Downing Street, Whitehall, London, LOndon, United Kingdom
As it commits genocide against the Palestinians Israel is now bombing Iran. Join us to demand our government stop arming genocidal Israel.

Tower Hamlets - Celebrate Eid for Palestine
2025-06-15 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
When: Sunday June 15th, 1-4pm

Where: Poplar Union, 2 Cotall St. E14 6TL

Protest at Sites Supplying Israel's F-35 Fighter Jets - Arms Embargo Now!
2025-06-17
Britain is an active participant in Israel’s genocide in Palestine, including through its arms trade and military collaboration with Israel. One example is Britain’s contribution to Israel’s F-35 fighter jets, used to drop 2,000lb bombs on the Gaza Strip.

The F-35 fighter jet programme is international, led by the United States. Research by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has identified that crucial components for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel to bomb Gaza are manufactured at dozens of sites in Britain. At least 15% of the value of each of Israel's F-35 fighter jet is produced in the UK.

Join the three regional protests in Havant, Rochester and Sheffield at sites involved in the F-35 fighter jet supply chain and demand a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel NOW!

Havant, Hampshire:

Protest at Lockheed Martin UK, the registered sender of seven shipments of F-35 components direct from Britain to Israel.

Assemble 11am at Havant Park, PO9 1QF, before rally at 12noon at Lockheed Martin UK site.

Rochester, Kent:

Protest at the BAE Systems site which produces the Active Interceptor System used by the pilot to control the fighter jet.

Assemble at 11am at BAE Systems, Marconi Way, Rochester.

Sheffield, South Yorkshire:

Protest at Forged Solutions Group, registered on the main arms export license for the F-35 programme.

Assemble at 11am at Meadowhall Rd, Sheffield, S9 1HD.

Transport Information:

Havant, Hampshire:

Train: Havant Park is a two minute walk from Havant Train Station.

Brighton & Hove PSC are meeting at 9.30am on the concourse at Brighton station to catch the 9.43 train to Havant.

Coach: There is a coach from Dorchester and Weymouth, more information here.

Rochester, Kent:

Coach: There are three coaches going from London. The coach from Central London and East London are now fully booked. Book your ticket on the coach leaving Merton here.

Train: The nearest train station is Chatham. The 101 bus runs from Chatham Train Station to Horsted Way, a 3 minute walk from the protest.

Sheffield, South Yorkshire:

Train: The protest is a 5 minute walk from Meadowhall Train Station. Trains run regularly to Meadowhall from Sheffield Train Station.

Coach: To book on the coach from Coventry, contact Balqees on 07826-856-864. Book on the coach from Liverpool and Manchester here. Book on the coach from Leeds here.

Chelmsford silent protest outside Teledyne E2V - Stop Arming Israel!
2025-06-17 07:00 - 09:00 (Europe/London)
Date: Tuesday, 17th June 2025
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 AM
Location: Outside Esso Petrol Station, Waterhouse Lane, CM1 2RY
Meet-up: 6:45 AM outside the Esso Petrol Station (Please note: not on Teledyne’s side of the road or property)

Contact: pscchelmsford@gmail.com

NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: 21 June 2025
2025-06-21 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
END THE GENOCIDE - STOP ARMING ISRAEL - STOP STARVING GAZA

⏰ Saturday 21st June, 12pm
📍Russell Square to Whitehall

No aid has reached starving Palestinians in Gaza for 11 weeks. Israel continues to rain bombs, murdering hundreds every day, as Netanyahu openly gloats on an international stage. Meanwhile the British government continues to provide arms to Israel. Words will not cut it. We need action, now, to bring this genocide to an end.

Join us on Saturday 21st June in Central London for the next national march for Palestine. Bring your workplace, your university, your union, your family and friends, your sports team, your neighbours - we need everyone on the streets to show our politicians that the people of this country will not stay silent in the face of these atrocities.

We will continue to update this page with more information about coaches.

Coaches:

Coventry - Pickup at White Street Coach Park CV1 4TX at 8:15am - Contact Balqees at 07826856864

High Wycombe - Pickup from Wycombe Mosque, Jubilee Road/Oakridge Road junction at 10:30am - Book here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8hDNSfy5672voMnbpqWIkISWwNaYAtF6bLiEyS_CbZFm9Ng/viewform

Liverpool - Pickup from Pal Multicultural Centre 68A Mulgrave St. Liverpool L8 2TF at 6:30am - Contact 07708309117 (Whatsapp only)

Norwich - Pickup outside the Theatre Royal, Norwich City Centre 8am. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coach-from-norwich-to-national-demo-for-palestine-in-london-21st-june-tickets-1394445657499?aff=oddtdtcreator

Peterborough - Pickup at Acland St. Coach Park at 8:15am - Buy tickets: https://buytickets.at/peterboroughpsc/1731751

Sheffield - Pickup at Hanifah Masjid Car Park 374 Sheffield Road, Tinsley, Sheffield S9 1RQ at 7:30am, then The HUBS Paternaster Row S1 2QQ at 7:45am, then Chesterfield Town Hall Car Park S40 1JF at 8:05am - Tickets: https://www.linktr.ee/sheffieldPSC

Fragments of Palestine - Auction of Tim Sanders prints
2025-06-21 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Where: Café Palestina, 53 Fortess Road London NW5 1AD
When: 6:30-9:00pm

In 2023 East End Artist Tim Sanders went to the West Bank of Palestine with a group of Health workers. He recorded some powerful images which have been exhibited widely and made into a 2025 calendar.
On Saturday June 21st Tower Hamlets PSC will be auctioning Tim's original framed prints. Join us for a delicious Palestinan meal and a chance to hear Tim speak, and to bid for you very own picture. Numbers are limited so book now!

Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fragments-of-palestine-auction-of-tim-sanders-original-pictures-tickets-1308273012799

Bromley - Fundraiser at Cuppa Chaii BR1
2025-06-22 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
When: Sunday 22 June 8pm-9:30pm

Where: Cuppa Chaii Bromley, BR1 1HG

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sip-and-paint-bromley-psc-fundraiser-tickets-1404652737149

March for Palestine at Welsh Labour Conference
2025-06-28 11:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
When: Sat 28th June

Where: Llandudno

March and Rally for Palestine at Welsh Labour Conference. Assemble at 11am outside the railway station and march to Venue Cymru where the Welsh Labour Party will be holding their annual conference. Demand that the UK Government stops arming Israel and an end to the genocide in Gaza.

Islington - Barclays Funds Death
2025-06-28 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Join Islington Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other campaigners to march against Barclays. Assemble at 12noon at Islington Green.

Barclays has one of the worst records globally for financing fossil fuels and it continues to finance the industry in spite of the climate emergency and spiralling environmental breakdown. The bank provides billions of pounds in investment, loans and underwriting to arms companies supplying the Israeli military in its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

We will be joined by speakers from Campaign Against Arms Trade, Culture Workers Against Genocide, Money Rebellion, KIN Coop, London Mining Network, Islington Banks Better and Green and Independent Councillors, alongside the MP for Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn.

Protest at Wimbledon - Drop Barclays
2025-06-30 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Outside Wimbledon, Church Road, London, SW19, United Kingdom
Join us outside Wimbledon to demand that Barclays, the tournament’s sponsor, stops bankrolling Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

Barclays is a 'primary dealer' of Israel government bonds, meaning it helps Israel raise money to fund its atrocities. The bank also provides investments and loans worth billions to companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology.

By accepting Barclays sponsorship, Wimbledon’s organisers are allowing Barclays to use tennis to try and improve its reputation, and hide from accountability for its role in enabling Israel’s war crimes.

We need to make sure that Barclays has no place to hide from its complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians.

Join us at 10am on Monday 30 June, the first day of the tournament, outside Wimbledon, Church Road (opp. Centre Court), SW19.

Called by: Campaign Against Arms Trade, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and War on Want.

Luton PSC x Ilan Pappe - Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in Palestine
2025-06-30 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
When: 30th June, 7:30-9:30pm

Where: Marsh House, Bramingham Road, Luton LU3 2SR

Come and hear PSC patron professor Ilan Pappe, director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, speak at this free and open public event about Israel's genocide in Gaza. No ticket required.

Contact lutonpsc@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Workplace Day of Action - 2 July
2025-07-02
In your workplace around the country

#workplaces4palestine

Israel is ramping up its genocidal onslaught in Gaza and is bombing Iran in an attempt to drag the region into a wider war. On Wednesday 2 July 2025, answer the call of Palestinian trade unionists by taking action in your workplace to demand our government stop arming Israel.

Tens of thousands of trade unionists in Britain have joined the huge national protests in London and elsewhere and have been leading an array of solidarity actions. In September 2024, TUC Congress unanimously passed a motion demanding an end to all licenses for arms traded with Israel, meeting international law, reaffirming the need to advance a strategy of boycott, divestment and sanctions, and recognising that all Palestinians are subjected to a system of oppression that is recognised internationally as apartheid. Congress also voted to adopt an emergency resolution to support calls for UK-wide workplace actions in support of an immediate ceasefire.

Palestinian workers, remaining steadfast in pursuing their struggle for freedom and justice, have called on workers around the world to stand in solidarity with them by campaigning to end the complicity of their governments, corporations and institutions in Israel’s system of oppression.

On 2 July, take action in your workplace to demand an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel’s atrocities, call for a permanent ceasefire and justice for Palestine.

Discuss with your colleagues in your branch about what kind of action is best suited to your workplace and its circumstances. Take action in your workplace:

Organise a lunch-time walk-out in solidarity with Palestinians. Gather outside your workplace for a photo, and share it on social media (and copy us).
Circulate a petition calling for the divestment of pension fund holdings from companies complicit in Israel’s attacks, such as arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons it uses in its attacks.
Organise a letter writing session for your members to write to their local councillors to call on them to divest LGPS funds administered by the council from companies enabling Israel’s war crimes.
Support the Don’t Buy Apartheid campaign by asking your workplace to commit not to stock Israeli fresh produce and Coca-Cola products. Israeli agricultural exporters and Coca-Cola operate in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land, using looted Palestinian resources
Organise a lunch-time meeting, teach-in or film screening to educate colleagues about the Palestinian struggle for freedom.

#workplaces4palestine FREE PALESTINE!

EMERGENCY DEMO: Defend The Right To Protest, Don't Ban Palestine Action
2025-07-02 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | opposite 10 Downing Street, 10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom
Join us to protest this government's attacks on the right to protest and to demand that MPs vote against the plans to proscribe Palestine Action.

5 July: Don't Buy Apartheid - Day of Action
2025-07-05
Take action to demand supermarkets stop stocking Israeli goods and Coca-Cola products.

We’re calling on all individuals, shops, cafés and restaurants to engage in two key boycott actions to support Palestinians. First, boycott Israeli produce like avocados, peppers, herbs and dates. Second, boycott Coca-Cola and its brands such as Schweppes, Fanta, Sprite, Costa Coffee and Innocent.

When supermarkets sell these products, they are profiting from Israel’s colonisation and military occupation of Palestinian land.

On Saturday 5 July, PSC branches are holding protests and stalls at supermarkets across Britain to demand they stop stocking Israeli produce and Coca-Cola, and to ask individuals to join the boycott.

List of Actions:

Abergavenny: Outside Tesco, Frogmore St, 11am-12.30pm

Bedford: Outside Barclays Bank, 111 High Street at 11.30am. Followed by rally at Two Faces at12.30pm.

Birmingham: Outside Tesco, New Street, Birmingham City Centre, 1pm

Brighton: George Street (by Aroma Cafe), Hove 12-2pm

Bristol: The Podium, Broadmead, BS31 3EA, 11.30am-1pm

Chester: Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Coventry: Sainsbury's, Fletchamstead Highway, Canley, CV4 9BJ (just off the A45).12noon-1pm. You can use buses 11 and 18 for travel. On-site customer parking maximum is two hours and no additional parking is available nearby.

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon

Hereford: Meet at Hereford Cathedral, 11am; Walk to town via Barclays and Tesco, ending at the Bull in High Town.

Hitchin: Market Square, 11am

London, Ealing: 46 The Broadway, London W5 5JR (Next to HSBC Bank), 12-1:30pm

London, Hackney: Stall outside Tesco, Well Street, E9 6QU, 12noon

London, Tower Hamlets: Roman Road Tesco, E3 5GS, 2pm-3pm

London, Wembley: Traffic lights near Wembley Central Station, covering Tesco and Iceland, 11am-1pm

London, Westminster: Sainsbury’s 99 Wilton Road, SW1V 1DT 2-4pm

Milton Keynes: March - Assemble at CMK, Marks & Spencer, MK9 3GP, 1pm

Norwich: Outside Tesco, Westlegate, Norwich. 12noon-1.30pm

Oxford: March for Palestine - Assemble at Manzil Way, 10.30am.

Reigate: Clocktower, Reigate High Street, 11am-1pm

Taplow: Sainsbury's, Lake End Road, SL6 0QH, 11am-1pm

Camden PSC x FoP: We march on Starmer's turf - no seat for genocide enablers!
2025-07-05 12:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
When: Saturday 5 July 12 NOON

Where: Mornington Crescent NW1 2JA

One year since the 2024 general election — we march from Starmer’s constituency office to Kentish Town. Join us as we let him know that we don't want a war criminal as our local MP, and the UK does not want a genocide enabler as PM!

Join Camden PSC and Camden Friends of Palestine and march to show Keir Starmer that Camden, and London, stands with Palestine.

Tell Kingston Council: Stop Funding Genocide
2025-07-08 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
When: Tuesday 8 July 2025, 6.30pm-9pm
Where: The Guildhall, Kingston

More than 1,500 Kingston residents have signed a petition demanding that the council divest the £60million its pension fund has invested in companies complicit in Israel's genocide and apartheid.

On Tuesday 8 July, the full council will debate the petition. Join Richmond & Kingston PSC to call on the council to divest its pension fund from companies enabling Israel's crimes against Palestinians.

Eve of Miners' Gala Public Meeting
2025-07-11 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Join County Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) for an Eve of Durham Miners' Gala public meeting in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.

Held at Elvet Methodist Church, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL (opposite the Royal County Hotel), the rally will be the perfect start to your Big Meeting weekend, where we will also be marching in a Palestine Solidarity Bloc at the Gala the following day.

Our speaker line-up includes the Palestinian Ambassador, Dr Husam Zomlot, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Beth Farhat of the National Education Union (NEU), Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi of Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL), Jason Hussein of Newcastle PSC and Laura Pidcock in the chair. It’s going to be a powerful & important evening to begin the Big Meeting weekend. Make sure you reserve your tickets (below).

Please come along and show your solidarity with the Palestinian people and opposition to genocide, apartheid and ethnic cleansing. We need to keep Gaza visible.

*Please note, tickets are free, but we ask you to order a ticket so we can manage numbers. If you haven't bought a ticket, admission cannot be guaranteed (contact us if you require help with this). Tickets can be ordered here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../eve-of-gala-public...
The meeting is being held in collaboration with Newcastle PSC and Darlington PSC.

Conference - Free Palestine: BDS at 20
2025-07-12
Conference - Free Palestine: BDS at 20

Click here to buy your tickets.

20 years ago, Palestinian civil society organisations, representing an absolute majority of all Palestinians in their homeland and in exile, issued a historic call for people of conscience to engage in boycott and divestment campaigns, and demand targeted sanctions like arms and trade embargoes, in order to break the state, corporate and institutional complicity that upholds Israel’s system of oppression. The call has provided a strategy for people around the world to engage in meaningful action to help create the conditions for Palestinians to succeed in their struggle for freedom and justice.

The 20th anniversary of the call comes as Palestinians continue to face one of the darkest hours in their enduring liberation struggle. Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip continues, with many tens, if not hundreds of thousands of Palestinians killed. Across the rest of Palestine, Israel is ramping up its land grabs, ethnic cleansing and military invasions.

Ending British complicity in Israel’s genocide, settler-colonialism and apartheid couldn’t be more urgent.

This major conference in London will look at how we escalate our targeted boycott campaigns against complicit corporations, continue to win divestment from councils and universities, and step up our call for sanctions on Israel.

Location: Central Hall Westminster, Storey’s Gate, SW1H 9NH.

Time and Date: Saturday 12 July, 10.15am till 4.30pm

Venue accessibility statement. If you have further questions, please email info@palestinecampaign.org in advance of the conference.

Refreshments will be available, however please note that no lunch is provided.

Book your tickets here.

Palestine Bloc at Durham Miners' Gala
2025-07-12 09:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Millenium Square, Millenium Square, Durham, Durham, DH1 1WA, North East, United Kingdom
Saturday 12th July, the Durham Miners' Gala (Big Meeting) will be taking place. It’s a fantastic day for Durham, the region & the labour movement.

Join the Palestine Solidarity Bloc at the Durham Miners’ Gala!

Please join us.

We are gathering at Millennium Place, DH1 1WA (just outside the Gala Theatre) from 9am in order to set off as one bloc in the procession down to the field.

For more details & updates, please join the Facebook event group here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1AqFtUVf9c/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Protest: Lewisham Council - Divest Now
2025-07-16 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
When: Wednesday 16 July, 6.30pm
Where: Lewisham Town Hall, SE6 4RU

Join Lewisham PSC, Lewisham Stop the War, and Lewisham & Greenwich CND to call on Lewisham Council to divest its pension fund from companies complicit in Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

Over 3,000 Lewisham residents have signed the petition calling for divestment. Be there on Weds 16 July to help keep up the pressure.

My Name is Rachel Corrie -- Live Performances in London
2025-07-19 - 2025-07-27 | Etcetera Theatre, Above the Oxford Arms, 265 Camden High Street, Camden, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom
TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! BOOK YOURS NOW AT: https://www.etceteratheatrecamden.com/events/my-name-is-rachel-corrie

T. Regina Theatre Co. is thrilled to invite you to our upcoming production, a blazing 20th anniversary revival of My Name is Rachel Corrie by Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner.

The play runs from July 24-27 at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden.

We will also be doing a preview performance with talkback at Palestine House in Holborn on July 19. All proceeds from this performance will go back to support Palestine House and the incredible work that they do.

About the Show

“So much of this has happened before. We can look at that history and then choose which side we want to be on now.” - Rachel Corrie, June 4, 2002

At 23 years old and over six thousand miles from home, Rachel Corrie stood between an armored bulldozer and a Palestinian family’s home.

From Olympia, Washington, to the Gaza Strip, My Name Is Rachel Corrie captures the fierce conviction, piercing eloquence, and dry humor of a courageous young writer.

Edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner from Rachel’s personal journals and emails, this powerful play honors a life of activism and idealism, cut tragically short. Twenty years after its original production, My Name Is Rachel Corrie resonates with even greater urgency.

CW: Descriptions of military violence and death. Recommended age 15+.

About the Team

Cast: Lyndsey Ruiz (Tell Me You’ll Think About It, Scenes with girls, Violence and Son) as Rachel Corrie.
Directed by Alex Stroming (Scenes with girls, Artistic Director, T. Regina Theatre Company).
Set and Costume Design by Ismini Papaioannou (Fabulous Creatures, Codigo Postal).
Technical Stage Management by Jessica Potts.
Produced by T. Regina Theatre Company.

Location

The Etcetera Theatre (above the Oxford Arms) 265 Camden High St, London NW1 7BU

Performance Dates

Thursday, July 24 @ 6:30pm
Friday, July 25 @ 6:30pm
Saturday, July 26 @ 6:30pm
Sunday, July 27 @ 5:30pm

Runtime
Approx. 80 minutes, no interval.

Ticket Price Options
Concessions: £10
Standard: £15
Feeling Generous: £20

National March for Palestine - Stop Starving Gaza - 19 July
2025-07-19 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Embankment Tube, Embankment Tube, London, WC2N 6NS, United Kingdom
As our government seeks to repress the movement for Palestine and Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza its more important than ever that we continue to show solidarity with Palestine and pressure our government to #StopArmingIsrael. Join us as we march in London for Palestine once more.

Coaches

Bristol: Departs from Anchor Road at 8.15am. Information and booking available here.

Coventry: Coaches leave White Street Coach Park (CV1 4TX) at 8.15am; return from London 4.30pm. Phone Balqees on 07826856864 to book a seat.

Leeds: Coach leaves Parkinson Steps at 7am LS1 3BR - book here.

Portsmouth: Various pick up times in Portsmouth, starting from 8.30am in Queen Street. Tickets from £5 to £30 depending on circumstances. More information and booking available here.

Wakefield: Coach leaves Providence St. at 7:20am WF1 3BE - book here.

Weston-super-Mare: Departs Weston Train Station at 7.30am. Information and booking available here.

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EMERGENCY ACTION - STOP STARVING GAZA
2025-07-25 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are starving to death due to Israel’s blockade - a blockade designed specifically to use starvation as a weapon of war and of genocide.

We’ve all seen the haunting images of Palestinian adults and children reduced to skeletons, the exhausted people holding empty pots and pans waiting for any small amount of food aid available, and cruelly, often meeting their deaths this way. Nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been shot to death by Israeli soldiers whilst queuing for food.

We’ve seen these images, and so has every member of the British government. And yet they continue to send weapons to Israel, making every excuse possible to continue supporting Israel’s genocide: a partner in the bombing of hospitals, schools, shelters and homes; an accomplice in the mass starvation of an entire population.

Our message to the British government is simple: end your complicity in Israel’s genocide. Stop starving Gaza. Stop arming Israel now.

This Friday evening, to deliver this urgent message, we need at least 1,000 people to bring pots and pans to Downing Street to leave in front of the Prime Minister’s residence. This will be a solemn event, to honour the lives cut needlessly short by Israel’s cruelty and Britain’s complicity, marking the at least 1,000 who have been shot while queuing for food.

We're calling on our branches, and supporters across the country to take similar actions this weekend, to confront their local politicians and decision makers with their complicity in these crimes, and to call for them to urgently take action to end Britain's complicity.
LOCAL ACTIONS
Thursday, 24 July

Hastings: Murial Matters House, TN34 3UY, 6pm

Friday, 25 July

Abergavenny: St. John's Square, 6pm

Birmingham: Barclays Bank, 79-84 High Street, B4 7TE, 5pm

Bristol: The Fountains, City Centre, 6pm

Cambridge: Addenbrooke's Roundabout, 6pm

Cardiff: UK Government Building, Central Square, CF10 1EP, 6pm

Chelmsford: Shire Hall, 5.30pm

Coventry: Foleshill Road/Ring Road roundabout (near Eden School), CV1 4FS, 4.30pm

Dorchester: Town Pump, Cornhill, 5.30pm

Durham: Market Place, 5.30pm

Edinburgh: Ian Murray's office, 31 Minto Street, EH9 2BT, 5pm

Exeter: Bedford Square, High Street, 6pm

Halifax: Crossroads above Town Hall, 5pm

Harrow: Harrow on the Hill Station, 4.45pm

High Wycombe: Church Street, HP11 2DE, 6pm

Leeds: City Square, LS1 2ES, 6pm

Leicester: Central Train Station, London Road, 6pm

Liverpool: Lime Street Station, 5.30pm

London - Hackney: Hackney Town Hall, 6pm

London - Haringey: Hornsey & Friern Barnet Labour Party, 28 Middle Ln, London N8 8PL, 6pm

London - Ilford: Wes Streeting's office, 12a High View Parade, Woodford Ave., IG4 5EP, 6pm

London - Newham: Stratford Station, 6pm

Merton: Wimbledon Station, 4pm

Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Central Station, 302 Eldergate, MK9 1LA, 6pm

Newcastle: Newcastle Central Station by Centurion, what3words: wacky.listed.deny, 6pm

Newport: Jessica Morden's office, Clarence House, NP19 7AA, 6.30pm

Newport (Isle of Wight): Opposite Barclays, 102 St. James Street, PO30 1UP, 4.45pm

Oxford: Carfax Tower, Queen Street, OX1 1ET, 6pm

Peterborough: Waitrose, Bourges Blvd., 4.45pm

Penzance: Bottom of Causewayhead, 12noon

Pontypridd: Alex Davis-Jones' office, 10 Market St., CF37 2DS, 6pm

Portsmouth: Steven Morgan's office, 72 Albert Road, Southsea, PO5 2SL, 6pm

Reading: Central Railway Station, RG1 1LZ, 6pm

Sheffield: Sheffield Train Station, Sheaf St., 5pm

Southend-on-Sea: Davis Burton Sampson's office, 168 Leigh Rd, SS9 1BT, 5.30pm

Slough: Aldi, Farnham Road, SL1 4XB, 6pm

Stroud: Forecourt, 3 George St., GL5 1AE, 6pm

Tunbridge Wells: Town Hall steps, 2pm

Watford: Watford Junction, 6pm

Wolverhampton: Queen St., WV1 1TX, 5pm

Worcester: Cathedral Square, WR1 2QE, 6pm

Worthing: Worthing Hospital, BN11 2DH, 6pm

Saturday, 26 July

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 4a High St., NP7 5RY,11am

Brighton: Churchill Square, 12pm

Carlisle: Barclays, 33 English St, CA3 8JX, 1pm

Letchworth: Top of Leys Ave., SG6 3EU, 11am

Lincoln: Lincoln Cornhill Speaker's Corner, 2pm

Ludlow: Castle Square, 11am

Orkney: St. Magnus Cathedral, 1pm

Slough: Meet outside Empire Cinema, SL1 1DD, 11.30am; 12noon departure for march

Summer of Action for Gaza
2025-08-01 - 2025-09-10
Israel is starving the Palestinian people in Gaza to death with its blockade. We must take emergency action to pressure our government to do all it can to end Israel's genocide. Take part in our Summer of action for Gaza in August and September.

1 August
Stop Starving Gaza – Pots and Pans protests, 6PM

9 August
National March for Palestine, Central London

16 August
Protest at RAF High Wycombe

23 August
Stop Arming Israel - Boycott Barclays Day of Action

6 September
National March for Palestine, Central London

10 September
DSEI arms fair demo – no arms for genocide

DAY OF ACTION - STOP STARVING GAZA - Pots and Pans protests
2025-08-01 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
After last Friday's national day of action we must keep the pressure up. Join us in towns across Britain as we once more lay down pots and pans to represent those starved to death by Israel's genocidal blockade and demand our politicians take action to end Israel's starvation of Gaza.
LOCAL ACTIONS
Friday, 1 August

Birmingham: Barclays Bank, 79-84 High Street, B4 7TE

Brighton: Peter Kyle's office, Church Road, 6pm

Cambridge: Addenbrookes Roundabout, 6pm

Canterbury: Rose Lane, CT1 2JP, 3pm

Cardiff: Cardiff Castle, CF10 3RB, 6pm

Carmarthen: Guildhall, SA31 1PN, 6pm

Coventry: Foleshill Road/Ring Road roundabout (near Eden School), CV1 4FS, 4.30pm

Craven Arms: Main roundabout, 6pm

Dorset: Jubilee Clock, Weymouth Esplanade, DT4 7AT, 5.30pm

Dumfries: Main square opposite The Stove, 6pm

Eastbourne: Central train station, 6pm

Enfield: The Triangle, junction of Green Lanes & Aldermans Hill, N13, 6pm

Glasgow: Byres Road (opposite Little Italy), G12 8PW, 6pm

Hastings: Muriel Matters House, TN34 3UY, 6pm

Hereford: meet at The Bull in Hightown, 5pm

High Wycombe: Church Street, HP11 2DE, 6pm

Hindhead: Offices of Jeremy Hunt and Gregory Stafford, 2 Royal Parade, Tilford Road, GU26 6TD, 6pm

Ipswich: Central train station, Burrell Road, IP2 8AL, 5.30pm

Leicester: Central train station, 6pm

London (Bethnal Green): Rushnara Ali's office, 349 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9RA, 6pm

London (Ealing): Ealing Broadway, W5 2ND, 6pm

London (Erith): Erith High Street (near Erith Playhouse), 6pm

London (Hackney): Hackney Town Hall, E8 1EA, 6pm

London (Harlesden): Harlesden Jubilee Clock Tower, NW10 4LS, 6pm

London (Harrow): Harrow-on-the-Hill Station, HA1 1BB, 6pm

London (Hillingdon): Uxbridge tube station, 6pm

London (Kingston): Kingston Station, 6pm

London (Lambeth): Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW, 6pm

London (Lewisham): Lewisham Clock Tower, 6pm

London (Merton): Mitcham Jubilee Clock, Mitcham Fair Green, CR4 3NA, 5pm

London (Newham): Sadler's Wells East, Stratford, E20 2AR, 6pm-7pm

London (Redbridge): Wes Streeting's Office, 12a, High View Parada, Woodford Ave, Ilford, IG45EP 6pm

London (Tower Hamlets): Rushnara Ali Office, 349 Cambridge Rd, E2 9RAY, 6PM

Merthyr Tydfil: Pentre Square, CF47 8ZA, 6.30pm

Milton Keynes: Central rail station, MK9 1LA, 6pm

Northampton: Central rail station, NN1 1SP, 6pm

Newcastle: Haymarket near St. Thomas Church, NE1 7PF, 6pm

Newport (Isle of Wight): St. James' Square, 6pm

Newport (Wales): Jessica Morden's office, Clarence House, NP19 7AA, 6.30pm

Northampton: Central train station, NN1 1SP, 6pm

Nottingham: Loxley House, NG2 3NG, 5.30pm

Oxford: Carfax Tower, Queen Street, OX1 1ET, 6pm

Penzance: Bottom of Causewayhead, 12noon

Portsmouth: Amanda Martin's office, 349 Copnor Rd., PO3 5EQ, 6pm

Reading: Central train station, Station Road, RG1 1LZ 6pm

Slough: Central train station, Brunel Way, SL1 1XW, 6pm

Tunbridge Wells: Town Hall steps, 2pm

Westminster: Georgia Gould's office, 207 Shirland Rd., W9 2EX, 6pm

Whitstable: Whitstable Library, 6pm

Wolverhampton: Queen Street, WV1 3NH, 4.30pm

Worcester: Junction of Corn Market & City Walls Road, WR1 2DR, 5pm

Worthing: Worthing Town Hall, Chapel Road, 6pm

Saturday, 2 August

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 11am

Carlisle: Barclays Bank, English Street, 1pm

Eastbourne: Outside Eastbourne Station, 11am

Edinburgh: St. Andrew Square, 12noon

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon

Kirkwall: St. Magnus Cathedral, 1pm

Leeds: Leeds Art Gallery, 12.30pm

London (Haringey): March to David Lammy's office, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, N15 4RX, assemble at 12noon

Shrewsbury: Pride Hill, 10am

Westminster: Oxford Street & Holles Street, W1, 2pm

National March for Palestine - Stop Starving Gaza - Stop Arming Israel
2025-08-09 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Israel is starving the Palestinian people in Gaza to death. Our government must take action to end Israel’s genocide. Join us next Saturday as part of our Summer of Action for Gaza.

Route:

Start Point: Russell Square

End Point: Downing Street

Coaches:

Coventry

Leaving: White Street Coach Park (CV1 4TX) at 8.15am. Returning from London 4.30pm
Price: £10 adults/£5 Under 16s
Contact: 07826 856864 to book seats.

Derby

Book contact 07990755854.
Meeting at 8.45am on Full Street, DE1 3AF
Price - £25pp/ £15 unwaged/ Under 18's FREE

Bristol & Weston-Super-Mare

Book here: https://hdfst.uk/e134917
Departure/Return Location: Anchor Road, Bristol
Timings: Departing at 08:15 and returning around 20:00

In Solidarity: A Celebration of Palestinian Culture
2025-08-09 16:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Culpepper Community Garden, 1 Cloudesley Road, London, N1 0EJ, United Kingdom
Join us for a day of solidarity, community building, and celebration of Palestinian culture.

We’ll be raising funds for Grassroots Gaza, which provides direct aid to Palestinians displaced within Gaza and Egypt.

There will be live performances, workshops to take part in, as well as stalls hosted by Palestinian business owners and local community groups.

Our friends from Cafe Metro in Archway will be cooking up traditional Palestinian food for purchase, as well sweet treats, fruit, and BDS-friendly drinks.

Bring your friends and family along for a day in the sun in a botanical oasis and connect with your local community!

🗓️Saturday 9 August, 4-8pm
📍Culpeper Community Garden, N1 0EJ
🎟️ £10, with option for a £20 solidarity ticket. We have a limited number of tickets available for guests who are unwaged or cannot afford a full price ticket.
🔗 register at bit.ly/culpeperfundraiser

Stop Arming Israel - Protest at RAF High Wycombe!
2025-08-16 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Stop Arming Israel: Protest at RAF High Wycombe – 1pm, 16 August 2025

Assemble at 1pm at RAF High Wycombe, High Command, New Road, HP14 4XQ. (Link on Google Maps)

Bring Pots and Pans to make noise!

On 16th August, as part of our Summer of Action for Gaza, we will be surrounding RAF High Wycombe, drawing on the legacy of protest at air bases like Greenham Common, and showing the strength of the public demand for an arms embargo.

Join us as we take the fight for an arms embargo to the very highest levels of command, to the very offices from where the orders are sent for Britain’s shameful involvement in the ongoing genocide through its RAF flights.

It'll be a hot day so bring water and sun cream with you, and please note there will be no toilets at the protest site, so use the facilities on your coach or at the train station.
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Transport information:

Public transport

RAF High Wycombe’s closest public transport is High Wycombe train station, which trains travel to London from regularly. We have organised a shuttle coach from the station to the protest and back between 11.30am and 4pm - no need to book, just turn up and speak to one of our stewards in yellow high vis.

Coaches

Stratford, East London – coach leaving at 10.50am from Stratford Rail Station. Book onto the coach here.

[Sold out] Central London – coach leaving at 10.45am from Victoria Station. [Sold out]

Central London - coach leaving 9.30am from Embankment tube. Book onto the coach here.

Birmingham - coach leaving Central Mosque leaving at 10.30am and leaving Walsall at 11.00am (location to be confirmed) to return to Birmingham for approximately 6pm. Book onto the coach here.

Bristol & Weston-super-Mare - Coach leaving Weston-super-Mare station at 9am, and Bristol Anchor Road at 9.45am. Book onto the coach here.

Plymouth - Minibus to leave Home Park at 7.30am to arrive for around 12; coach can pick up at 3.30pm to return
Suggested donation to cover costs is £30 but discounts are available. Please contact branch treasurer Kevin Treweeks to book by DM.

Slough - Meet at Jamia Masjid Islamic Centre, 83 Stoke Poges Ln, Slough SL1 3NY at 11.45. Prompt departure at12 noon. The mosque has kindly allowed free parking and the coach is free of charge thanks to a very generous sponsor. The coach will leave the RAF base at 3.15 to return. Message 0754 750 3500 to book a seat.

Weymouth & Dorchester - Coach has pick-ups in both Weymouth and Dorchester. Book onto the coach here.

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action
2025-08-23
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Join the Boycott Barclays day of action on Saturday 23 August 2025.

Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides loans and other financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons and military technology used in its devastating assault on Palestinians.

Barclays also has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for Israel government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel raise money to carry out its atrocities against Palestinians.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays – if you’re a Barclays customer, click here to join the next mass account closure day.

Join an action in your local area to demand Barclays ends its complicity in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.

List of Actions:

Abergavenny - Gateway Church Barclays, Monk St. 11am-12:30pm

Bedford - Outside Barclays, 111 High Street, 11.30am. Followed by rally at Two Faces, 12.30pm.

Birmingham - Outside Barclays, High Street, B4 7TE, 11am-1pm

Bristol - Podium outside Barclays bank, BS1 3EA, 2pm

Cambridge - Barclays, St. Andrews St. 12-1pm

Cardiff - Barclays, Working St. 11am

Coventry - Barclays Bank, High St. CV1 5RE 11am-1pm

Guildford - Barclays, North Street, GU1 4AG, 11am-1pm

Hitchin - Barclays, 5/6 High St SG5 1BH, 10.30am-12noon

Ipswich - Barclays, 1 Princes Street, IP1 1PN, 12noon-1pm

Leicester - Barclays, Haymarket Branch, City Centre, 11am-1pm

London, Ealing - 46 The Broadway W5 5JR, 12-2pm

London, Hillingdon: Barclays, Uxbridge High Street, 10am-11.30am

London, Kingston - Outside Barclays Kingston KT1 1NY, 12-2pm

London, Lewisham - Rally at Lewisham clock tower, 12pm

London, Merton - 1 Merton High St., Colliers Wood (meet outside the Sainsbury's) SW19 1DD, 12-2pm

London, Redbridge - Assemble at Redbridge Town Hall, 11.30am

London, Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel Barclays, 12noon

London, Westminster - Barclays, 127 Edgware Road, W2 2HT, 11.30am-1pm

Milton Keynes - Central MK, 86-88 Midsummer Blvd, MK9 3GB, 10.30am-11.30am

Oxford - Barclays, Cornmarket, 11am

Peterborough - Barclays, Cathedral Square 11:30am-1pm - bring pots and pans!

Portsmouth - Barclays, Commercial Road 11am-1pm

Reading - Barclays Bank 90-93 Broad St. RG1 2AP, 11am-1pm

Wolverhampton - Queen Square, WV1 1TX, 11am-1pm

Festival of Palestinian Culture (featuring music, art, and Tatreez)
2025-08-30 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Borough Gardens, Cornwall Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RG, United Kingdom
Festival of Palestinian Culture

Join us for an amazing day out at The Festival of Palestinian Culture, showcasing the heritage, music, literature, art, crafts and cuisine of Palestine.

We will have live music, storytelling, Tatreez workshops, kids' activities, arts & crafts stalls, books and lots of delicious fresh food including a Palestinian twist on pizzas! Details for specific events (music, art, and Tatreez workshops) are below.

Headline acts include Saied Silbak (internationally renowned composer and oud player), Bint Mbareh (sound researcher and experimental performer) and Tasniem Zyada (poet and spoken word artist) as well as performances by local Palestinian musicians and spoken word artists.

Entry is free for all. Bring a rug or seats to enjoy the day!

FESTIVAL DETAILS:

What: Festival of Palestinian Culture
When: Saturday, 30 August 2025, [11am-4pm]
Where: Borough Gardens, Dorchester, Dorset,DT1 1RG
Website: https://dorsetpsc.blogspot.com/p/festival-of-palestinian-culture.html

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A Night of Conscious Rap, Rhymes & Rhythms

Come join us for an evening filled with words that speak to the mind, rhythms that move the body, and rhymes that stir the soul.

As part of the Festival of Palestinian Culture taking place in Dorchester, this one-off gig will showcase some of the UK's finest up-and-coming talent in the rap scene.

‘Conscious rap’ — a sub-genre of hip hop focused on storytelling, social justice, and personal reflection — offers a powerful platform for exploring identity, displacement, and cultural resilience. Unlike mainstream rap, it often steers away from profanity, violence, misogyny and bravado, instead focusing on emotional honesty, personal responsibility, political awareness, and cultural identity.

Headlining artist Speit delivers sharp, dynamic performances with punchy delivery and politically conscious lyrics that have earned him a growing following in the UK underground scene.

Professor Z brings a unique cross-cultural dimension to the night with his multilingual approach that seamlessly blends Arabic and English.

Completing this exceptional lineup is Yung Yusuf, whose music explores themes of belonging, identity and transparency.

EVENT DETAILS:

What: A Night of Conscious Rap, Rhymes & Rhythms
When: Saturday, 30 August 2025, [8pm Start]
Where: The Vinyl Van, Dorchester, DorsetDT1 1GW
Who: u15s welcome with an accompanying adult
Tickets: £12 + booking fee - available at https://tinyurl.com/dorchrap
Drinks: bar available

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Art Exhibition by Malak Mattar

The work of internationally renowned Gazan artist Malak Mattar will be showcased in Dorchester from Monday 25 – Saturday 30 August 2025.

The exhibition is hosted by Loving by Nature and presents an opportunity for local audiences to experience the powerful art of one of Palestine's most compelling contemporary artists.

There will also be a book reading of Malak’s book ‘Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story’ at the Borough Gardens on Saturday 30 August by her mother, as part of the festival of Palestinian culture.

EVENT DETAILS:

What: Art Exhibition by Malak Mattar
When: 25-30 August 2025, [10a-4pm daily]
Where: Unit 10 Antelope Walk, Dorchester DT1 1BE
Who: u15s welcome with an accompanying adult
Tickets: Free entry (donations welcome)
Accessibility: Please note the exhibition requires going up/down stairs

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Tatreez Workshops by Asherah Jewellery

Discover the art of beadwork with a cultural twist. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to create a unique beaded necklace using the square stitch technique, featuring a pattern inspired by Palestinian Tatreez embroidery. You’ll master how to read a pattern diagram and bring intricate, symbolic designs to life with glass beads. By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a handcrafted necklace (complete with a stainless steel chain), blending traditional motifs with modern jewellery-making techniques.

What’s Included:

✔ All materials provided (needles, threads, premium glass beads, and chain)

✔ Step-by-step guidance—perfect for beginners and experienced crafters

✔ A creative, welcoming atmosphere to explore your artistry

No experience necessary—just bring your curiosity and excitement. Spaces are limited to only 20, secure your spot early.

EVENT DETAILS:

What: Tatreez Workshops
When: 30 August 2025, [11-1pm and 2-4pm]
Where: At the Asherah tent, Borough Gardens, Dorchester, Dorset,DT1 1RG
Who: over 13s only
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/tatreez25

National March for Palestine - Stop Starving Gaza - 6 September
2025-09-06 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Join us as we march for the 30th time for Palestine in London since Israel's genocide began. Our government is feeling the pressure to end its complicity in Israel's violence but we must keep pushing until they take meaningful action and stop arming Israel.

Route: Russell Square to Whitehall, London.

Coaches:

Bristol

Pick ups:

Weston Super Mare train station 7:30am
Anchor Road, Bristol 8:30am
Book here

Coventry

Departure: 8:15am from White St. coach park CV1 4TX
Return: 4:30pm from London
Phone Balqees on 07826856864 to book.

Derby

Departure Time: 8.30am
Departure Location: Derby - TBC
Return from London 4pm, arriving back in Derby for 7pm
Book here

Dorset:

Pick ups:
•⁠ ⁠Esplanade/Kings Statue K1 Bus Stop, Weymouth at 7:30 am
•⁠ ⁠Radipole - Old Spa Pub - 7.40am
•⁠ ⁠Tesco Fountains, Dorchester at 7:50am

Book here

Peterborough:

Pick ups:

Lincoln - 7am
Peterborough - 8:15am

More information and tickets

South Wales

Departures:

Bridgend, Sarn Services at 6am
Cardiff, National Museum 7am
Newport, Coldra Roundabout 7:45am

Return at 4pm, book here

Lobby for Gaza - 9 September
2025-09-09
The British government is complicit with Israel's genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. This will only change through mass public pressure. Join us lobbying MPs on Tuesday 9th September to demand immediate sanctions against Israel.
Anyone can join the lobby, you just need to be available to come to parlilament on the day. You will be guided through the whole process and provided with a briefing pack with information about getting into parliament, where to go, and what to say to your MP.
Click to register

Emergency protest - Ban the visit of Isaac Herzog - 9 September
2025-09-09 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Downing Street, Whitehall, London, LOndon, United Kingdom
Israel's genocide President is not welcome in the UK! Join us to oppose this disgraceful complicity with Israel's crimes against humanity.

Stop DSEI Arms Fair - Pots and Pans Protest - 10 September
2025-09-10 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Western Gateway to the Excel Centre, Western Gateway, London, E16 1AU, United Kingdom
Dozens of arms companies supplying weapons to Israel will be attending the DSEI arms fair. This includes Elbit Systems, which supplies the Israeli military with a range of weaponry essential to carry out its genocide, including armoured drones, bombs and artillery shells. Israeli arms companies, like Elbit Systems and Rafael, develop and test their weapons through Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians, before using events like DSEI to market them to other repressive states as ‘combat-proven’.

This year, despite the ban on Israel’s official delegation, these companies will exhibit at DSEI alongside other arms companies such as BAE Systems, which produces essential components used in Israel’s fighter jets used to bomb Palestinians in Gaza.

Join us as we create a wall of noise as the arms dealers leave the event. Assemble at the Western Gateway, E16 1AU on Weds 10 September at 5pm.

Information on getting to the protest:

There are strikes on the underground, so please check your route before you travel. The nearest station to the protest is Custom House, which is on the Elizabeth Line and DLR.

The direct route from Custom House DLR station to the Excel Centre is closed to the public, meaning you will need to exit the station and walk around. Exit the station using the temporary stairs, and walk along Seagull Lane. Turn left on Seagull Lane and walk through the passage way to Western Gateway. Once there, turn left and walk along to arrive at the protest location.

Stewards will placed along the route to ensure you reach the protest location.

Emergency Protests - Oppose the visit of Isaac Herzog - 10 September
2025-09-10 17:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Isaac Herzog is being allowed into Britain by our government. We must make it clear hes not welcome. Join these two emergency protests tomorrow to demand our government arrest him for committing genocide in Palestine. Come to Chatham House at 5:30PM to protest Isaac Herzog's speech and then to Downing Street at 7PM to protest his meeting with Keir Starmer.

🚨 Emergency Protest 1 - Oppose the visit of Isaac Herzog
⏰️ Wed 10 September, 5:30PM
📍 Chatham House, London

🚨 Emergency Protest 2
⏰️ Wednesday 10 September, 7PM
📍 Downing Street, London

National Demonstration against Trump's state visit - 17 September
2025-09-17 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
Trump's deportations confirm he is a racist authoritarian at home and a warmongerer abroad. He has subjected his own citizens to huge cuts in spending on essential services, including healthcare, he has attacked minorities and women’s rights, scrapped climate and environmental protections and trampled on democratic norms. These are not things we should be honouring. Join us to demand our government cancel this visit.

National Demonstration at the Labour Party Conference
2025-09-27 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
Join the national demonstration for Palestine in Liverpool to bring the message directly to the Labour Party's Conference: End Israel's genocide, stop starving Gaza, stop arming Israel!

Assemble 12noon at St George's Plateau, Liverpool, L1 1LQ.

Coaches (all are return. Please ensure you are on time for the return journey):

Nottingham - Forest Recreation Ground, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6HB. Coach leaves at 9:00am sharp - Tickets here.

London - Embankment station, Embankment Place London WC2N 6NS. Coach leaves at 7:00am - Tickets here.

Kick Israel out of UEFA and FIFA - March & Rally
2025-10-02 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
After nearly 2 years of delaying tactics and shielding, UEFA and FIFA are finally considering suspending Israel. The FA must use its considerable influence to force this through.

Join Brent & Harrow PSC as we march to Wembley Stadium, the headquarters of the FA, to demand that they use every lever of pressure possible, including making a public call for Israel to be banned. This action will coincide with the FIFA Council meeting on Thursday.

Assemble to march: 12pm outside Wembley Park station (bottom of the steps)
Rally: 12.45pm approx. outside Wembley Stadium (bottom of steps), Engineers Way

👕Wear your team’s shirt/scarf/hat
🪧Football Against Apartheid are kindly lending us all 40 of their wonderful banners. Come and hold your team's banner!

2 years of Gaza genocide: 11 days of city-wide protest and commemoration
2025-10-03 - 2025-10-13
All are warmly welcome to attend, join and participate in any event - to grieve, discuss and protest in solidarity. Full details at brightonpsc.org
Friday 3 Oct 10.00-20.00
Children's shoes memorial installation
Jubilee Square BN1 1GE

Saturday 4 Oct
Mass die-in (please wear black)
Assemble 12 noon
New Road BN1 1FN

Tuesday 7 Oct
Public meeting 'Zionism and the Roots of Genocide'
Sabri Jiryis in conversation with Louis Allday
Friends Meeting House
Ship St BN1 1AF
19.00-21.30
Full details at: https://brightonpsc.org/event/zionism-and-the-roots-of-genocide-sabri-jiryis-in-conversation-with-louis-allday-public-meeting-tues-7-oct-2025/

Weds 8 Oct
All day blockade of L3Harris arms factory
From 06.30
Home Farm Road BN1 9HU

Weds 8 Oct
Panel discussion "Archiving as Resistance"
16.00-17.30
Sussex Univ campus, Falmer

Thurs 9 Oct
"Know Their Names" all day public reading
07.00-midnight
Clock Tower BN1 3GJ

Friday 10 Oct
Mass picket of Hove MP Peter Kyle's office
12.00-13.00
99 Church Road BN3 2BA

Saturday 11 Oct
National demonstration in London
Meet on the concourse of Brighton station 10.15 to travel together

Sunday 12 Oct
Brighton march: End the Genocide!
Assemble at The Level BN2 3HA 12 noon

Monday 13 Oct
Rally at Hove Town Hall to coincide with major divestment motion to the City Council
15.30 outside Hove Town Hall BN3 3BQ

Protest at Sites Supplying Israel’s F-35 Fighter Jets – Arms Embargo Now!
2025-10-08 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Britain is an active participant in Israel’s genocide in Palestine, including through its arms trade and military collaboration with Israel. One example is Britain’s contribution to Israel’s F-35 fighter jets, used to drop 2,000lb bombs on the Gaza Strip.

The F-35 fighter jet programme is international, led by the United States. Research by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has identified that crucial components for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel to bomb Gaza are manufactured at dozens of sites in Britain. At least 15% of the value of each of Israel’s F-35 fighter jet is produced in the UK.

Join the five regional protests in Brough, Cheltenham, Havant, Rochester and Sheffield at sites involved in the F-35 fighter jet supply chain and demand a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel NOW!
Details of the 5 Protests:
Brough, East Yorkshire
Protest at the BAE Systems site where structural testing for the F-35 fighter jet takes place.

Assemble at 11am at BAE Systems, Saltgrounds Road, Brough, East Yorkshire, HU15 1EQ
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire:
Protest at the Ultra Precision Control Systems head office. The company produces various components for the F-35 fighter jet, including relating to position sensing and control.

Assemble at 11am in the large grassed area at the corner of the Nuffield Hospital and the entrance to Asda, across the road from Ultra Precision Control Systems, Arle Court, Hatherley Ln, Cheltenham, GL51 6PN.
Havant, Hampshire:
Protest at Lockheed Martin UK, the registered sender of seven shipments of F-35 components direct from Britain to Israel.

Assemble 11am at Havant Park, PO9 1QF.
Rochester, Kent:
Protest at the BAE Systems site which produces the Active Interceptor System used by the pilot to control the fighter jet.

Assemble at 11am at BAE Systems, Marconi Way, Rochester, ME1 2XX.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire:
Protest at Forged Solutions Group, registered on the main arms export license for the F-35 programme.

Assemble at 11am at Forged Solutions Group, Meadowhall Rd, Sheffield, S9 1HD.
Transport Information:
Brough, East Yorkshire:
Train: Brough Train Station is a ten minute walk from the assembly point.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire:
Train: The nearest train station is Cheltenham Spa. Walk to the Shell Garage stop on Landsdown Road and get the 94, 94X or 95 bus to Arle Court.
Havant, Hampshire:
Coach: Coach from Weymouth & Dorchester to Havant. Book your coach place here.

Train: The assembly point, Havant Park, is a two minute walk from Havant Train Station.
Rochester, Kent:
Coach: We are putting on coaches from London. Click here to book on the coach leaving from Embankment. To book on the coach leaving Stratford, email redbridgepsc@gmail.com.

Train: The nearest train station is Chatham. The 101 bus runs from Chatham Train Station to Horsted Way, a 3 minute walk from the protest.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire:
Train: The protest is a 5 minute walk from Meadowhall Train Station. Trains run regularly to Meadowhall from Sheffield Train Station.

Workplace Day of Action for Palestine 9 October
2025-10-09
Workplace Day of Action for Palestine

Thursday 9th October 2025

In workplaces across the country take action for Palestine

#workplaces4palestine

The UN Commission of Inquiry found that Israel is committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people. The continued siege on Gaza has created a deliberate and man-made humanitarian catastrophe, with 2 million people facing mass starvation. Israel continues to murder thousands of men, women, children, journalists, aid workers and healthcare workers, while the world watches.

In the West Bank, violence by illegal settlers and the IDF against Palestinians continues to escalate. Backed by the UK and US governments, Israel continues to act with impunity while our governments and corporations provide arms, investment, and political cover.

Palestinian workers are calling on us to stand with them. On Thursday 9 October, join workers across Britain in demanding an end to complicity with Israel's crimes, and freedom for the Palestinian people.

Take Action in Your Workplace
• Raise awareness of the mass National Demonstration taking place Saturday 11th October, and share the PSC ‘All to London’ video.
• Hold a lunchtime walkout or photo action and share on social media tagged #workplaces4palestine
• Circulate petitions and letters with your colleagues calling for pension funds and councils to divest from arms and companies enabling apartheid
• Organise trade union meetings, teach-ins, or film screenings to raise awareness of the crisis in Palestine
• Support the Don’t Buy Apartheid campaign: no Israeli fresh produce, no Coca-Cola (both profit from illegal settlements on stolen land)

Palestinians are calling for global solidarity. On 9 October, take action in your workplace to demand an end to starvation, siege, and genocide in Gaza and justice for Palestine.

FREE PALESTINE!

#workplaces4palestine

National Demonstration for Palestine - 11 October
2025-10-11 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
END THE GENOCIDE – STOP ARMING ISRAEL – STOP STARVING GAZA

⏰ Saturday 11 October, 12noon
📍Victoria Embankment

Israel is continuing to intensify its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, including by raining bombs down on Gaza City as part of its invasion and ethnic cleansing of the city. Famine has been declared throughout Gaza due to Israel's blockade.

The British government remains deeply complicit in Israel's atrocities through its arms trade and military collaboration with Israel.

Join us on Saturday 11 October in Central London for the next national march for Palestine. Assemble 12 noon at Victoria Embankment.

Coaches:

Bath - Leaving from Bog Island (Terrance Walk) at 8:30am - tickets here

Bristol - Leaving from Anchor Road (opposite We the Curious) at 8:15am - tickets here

Cardiff - Leaving from National Museum Cardiff, CF10 3NP at 7:30am - tickets here

Coventry - Coaches leave White Street Coach Park CV1 4TX at 8:15 am - Phone Balqees on 07787-243-166 to book a seat.

Dorset - Pick-ups in Weymouth and Dorchester. Book tickets here.

Lincoln - Pick-up at 7.00am on Bagholme Road - tickets here

Luton - Pick up at Luton Station interchange, LU1 2WG at 10:30am - tickets here

Newport - Leaving at 7:50am at the Coldra Roundabout, by the Coldra Court Hotel NP18 2HJ - tickets here

Norwich - Leaving from Theatre Royal, Norwich City Centre at 8:30am - tickets here

Nottingham - Leaving from Forest Recreation Ground, Gregory Blvd. NG7 6HB at 8am - tickets here

Peterborough - Leaving from Acland Street Coach Park at 8:15am - tickets here

Pontrypridd - Leaving at 7am from Pontypridd bus station, CF37 2DS - tickets here

Portsmouth - Various pickups from 8:30am , for more details and booking please visit ppsc.uk/bus

Weston Super Mare - Leaving from Weston Super Mare train station at 7:30am - tickets here

Route

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action
2025-10-18
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians. Join the boycott Barclays day of action on Saturday 18 October 2025.

Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides loans and other financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its genocide in Gaza, and military invasions across the West Bank.

Barclays also has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for Israel government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel to raise money to carry out its atrocities against Palestinians.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays – if you’re a Barclays customer, click here to join the next mass account closure day.

Join an action at a Barclays branch in your local area to demand the bank ends its complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

List of actions:

Abergavenny - Gathering for Gaza, opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Barnstaple - Barclays Bank, Boutport Street at 10.30am. Followed by leafleting in the High Street at the corner of the High Street and Butchers’ Row.

Bedford - Barclays, Silver Street, 12 noon. Then roadside protest at Two Faces at 12.30pm. Rally at 1pm.

Birmingham - Barclays Bank, High St., Birmingham City Centre B4 7TE 11am-1pm

Coventry - Barclays Bank High St. CV1 5RE 11am-1pm

London, Ealing - Barclays, 53 Broadway, W5 5JS, 12-1.30 pm

London, East Ham - Barclays, 58 High Street North, E6 2HW, 12noon-1pm

London, Harrow - Barclays, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AW. 11am-1pm

London, Merton - Meet outside Wimbledon Station 11am

London, Waltham Forest - Barclays 278 Hoe Street E17 9QE

London, Wembley - Barclays, 506 High Road, HA9 7BP. 11am-1pm.

London, Westminster - Barclays 127 Edgware Road W2 2HT 11am-1pm

Oxford - Barclays, Cornmarket, 11am

Reading - Barclays Bank, 90-93 Broad St. RG1 2AP, 11am - 1pm

Sheffield: March for Palestine, Assemble at Ellesmere Green, S4 7JD, 1.45pm

Stevenage - Barclays, The Forum Centre SG1 1ES 10:30am-12pm

Tunbridge Wells: Barclays, 8 Calverley Road, TN1 2TB, 11am-1pm

Worcester - Barclays Bank, 54 High St. WR1 2QQ 12-1pm

Emergency demonstration - End the genocide! Stop bombing Gaza!
2025-10-30 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Israel has continued its attacks on Gaza, breaking the ceasefire, and killing over 100 Palestinian people this week. We are calling an emergency demonstration, Thursday 30th October 6pm at 10 Downing Street. Join us and demand an end to the genocide and for the UK to stop arming Israel!

🚨 Emergency Demonstration
⏰️ Thurs 30 October, 6:00PM
📍 10 Downing Street, London

Protest at Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv
2025-11-06 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Join the protest at the Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv match to demand that genocidal Israel is excluded from international football.

Assemble at 6pm at Aston Pavillion, Trinity Road, B6 6JD

Allowing football clubs from a state committing genocide and implementing apartheid to compete in international competitions normalises its atrocities, and sends the signal that there are no consequences for them. It allows Israel to present itself as a normal country, obscuring the truth about its oppression of Palestinians.

Israeli football is deeply involved in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. The Israel Football Association, of which Maccabi Tel Aviv is a member, contains at least 6 clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. Maccabi Tel Aviv has itself supported Israel’s genocide in Gaza by sending “care packages” to serving Israeli soldiers.

Don't Buy Apartheid - Day of Action
2025-11-15
On Saturday 15 November, join an action at a supermarket near you to demand that they stop stocking Israeli goods and Coca-Cola products, and to spread the word about the mass consumer boycott.

Israeli fresh produce, like avocados, oranges, herbs and dates, is grown in illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. Coca-Cola's franchisee in Israel operates a regional distribution centre in an illegal Israeli settlement in occupied Jerusalem. It’s therefore helping to entrench Israel’s illegal military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land.

When supermarkets in Britain sell this produce, they are profiting from Israel’s land theft and ethnic cleansing. Right now, Palestinians in the West Bank are facing relentless land grabs and attacks from the Israeli military and armed settlers. Nearly 50 Palestinian communities have been partly or completely forcibly displaced in the past two years. In Britain, we can meaningfully oppose this violence by refusing to buy goods from companies enabling it, hitting their profit margins.

Join your local PSC branch on Saturday 15 November as we hold protests and stalls at supermarkets across Britain to call on them to stop stocking Israeli products and Coca-Cola, and to grow the consumer boycott of these goods.

List of Actions:

Brighton: London Road near Costa Coffee (opposite the Co-op) 12-2pm

Chester: Opposite Town Hall, 12noon-1pm

Coventry: Sainsbury's, Coventry Railway Station, 12noon-2pm

Hitchin: Meet at Hitchin War Memorial1A Churchyard SG5 1HR at 11am for a reading before leafletting

London, Catford: Outside Costa Coffee, 99-105 Bushey Green, SE6 4AF

London, Cricklewood: meet at Tesco Express, Portfield, 214-218 Cricklewood Broadway, NW2 3RD. 12-2pm.

London, Harrow: Tesco Superstore, Station Road, HA1 2TU. 12-2pm

London, Ilford: Sainsbury's, 55 Roden Street, IG1 2AA

London, Ladbroke Grove: Sainsburys, Ladbroke Grove, W10, 2pm-4pm

London, Merton: Raynes Park Station, 11am

London, Newham: Tesco, 346 Green Street, E13 9AP, 1pm-2pm

London, Tower Hamlets: Meet at Whitechapel Gallery (Aldgate East Tube Station) at 12pm

London, Wembley: meet at the Triangle traffic lights. 12.30-2.30pm

Milton Keynes: Central MK, 86-88 Midsummer Blvd, MK9 3GB, 10am-11.30am

Northampton: Cobbler's Last, Abington St. 2-3pm

Nottingham: Tesco Express, 4-6 Bottle Lane, NG1 2HL, 12pm

Pontypridd: Sainsbury's, CF37 4DA, 10am-12noon

Reading: Outside John Lewis, Broad St, 12noon-2pm

Slough: Lidl, Twinches Lane, SL1 5AL, 12noon-2pm

Southend: Outside Sainsbury's, 45 London Road, SS1 1PL, 12noon-2pm

Public Meeting – “The Industry of Silence: the ongoing Nakba and the racialisation of Palestinians”, with Dr Zahira Jaser
2025-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Public Meeting hosted by Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Dr Zahira Jaser will explain how Palestinians are dehumanised through the global industry of silence, a web of racializing organisations which ensure that Palestinians are always watched and surveilled, but never seen in their suffering and never heard as humans. Racialisation is a historical process rooted in the Zionist settler-colonial project which underpins the Nakba, the ongoing process of dehumanisation, demobilisation, fragmentation, and ultimately, erasure of the Palestinian people.
She will demonstrate how, through the industry of silence, the Nakba extends beyond Israel into the ‘Western’ world, to organisations in Europe and the U.S. so that when we are afraid to speak for Palestine, that’s the Nakba amongst us!
Dr Zahira Jaser is an Italian-Palestinian academic. Her research focuses on leadership, voice and silence. Her work has been featured in prestigious outlets such as Science, the Financial Times as well as several academic journals. Lately, she has focused on informing and shaping the dialogue around anti-Palestinian racism within academia and society.

PSC Trade Union Conference: Workers Organising Against Genocide
2025-11-22 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
PSC Trade union conference in Solidarity with Palestine
Workers Organising Against Genocide
Saturday 22 November 2025 – 10am to 5pm in London

Thank you to everyone who attended our trade union conference on 22nd November. We've included links to resources shared over the sessions, including motions and our workplace organising toolkit. We are in the process of uploading the remaining panel speeches to our YouTube channel, so please check back here soon for the full collection of speeches.

Feel free to share these resources with your networks and do get in touch if you have any questions or want to discuss your feedback.

jess.barnard@palestinecampaign.org

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1badc-_HaZH_5VlQjuNz9yoPpZAT5hse

Trade Union organising Toolkit:

Trade Union model motion

PSC Trade union feedback survey

Register to PSC’s Lobby of Parliament for Palestine
2025-11-25 14:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | UK Parliament, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Register today and join us as we lobby MPs to demand immediate sanctions against Israel.

📍 Parliament, Westminster London

⏰ 2pm – 5:30pm, Tuesday 25th November

✊ Register

PLEASE ONLY REGISTER IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COMMIT TO COMING TO PARLIAMENT FROM 2pm–5.30pm ON TUESDAY 25th NOVEMBER.

Despite the ceasefire, Israel's genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has not ended. Neither has its illegal occupation or brutal system of apartheid. As Palestinians continue to face violence and oppression, the British government remains deeply complicit in Israel’s ongoing violations of international law.

This will only change through mass public pressure.

Can you commit to joining us on Tuesday 25th November in London? If so, it takes 10 seconds to register today!

Anyone can join the lobby, you just need to be available to come to parliament on the day. You will be guided through the whole process and provided with a briefing pack with information about getting into parliament, where to go, and what to say to your MP.

✊Join us and make our demands heard.

PSC LOBBY EVENING MEETING: REGISTRATION NEEDED
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)

National Demonstration for Palestine - 29 November
2025-11-29 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
END THE OCCUPATION – STOP ARMING ISRAEL – END APARTHEID

⏰ Saturday 29 November, 12 noon
📍Park Lane, marching to Whitehall

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we will be marching again in London to demand an end to Israel's genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians.

Join us on Saturday 29 November for the next national march for Palestine. Assemble 12 noon at Park Lane.

Coaches:

Birmingham - 8:15am Birmingham Central Mosque, 180 Belgrave Middleway B12 OXS - tickets here

Bristol - 8:15am outside 'We The Curious' on Anchor Road BS1 5DB - tickets here

Cardiff - 7:20am Outside the National Museum Cardiff CF10 3NP - tickets here

Coventry - 8:15am White Street Coach Park CV1 4TX - to book, call 07787-243-166

Durham - Pickup 6:20am Durham Gilesgate roundabout - to book seats, email newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Lincoln - Pickup on Baggholme Road 7.00 am - tickets here

Newcastle - Pickup at 6am Newcastle Central Station - to book seats, email newcastlepsc@gmail.com

Newport - Coldra Roundabout, Junction 24 off the M4, Priory Drive, Langstone, Newport NP18 2HJ - tickets here

Nottingham - Pickup at 8am on Gregory Blvd, Forest Fields, (close to the car park for Park and Ride entrance) - tickets available here

Peterborough - Pickup at Acland Street Coach Park 8.15 am - tickets here

Swansea - Pickup 6:20am Wellington St. SSA1 3QR - tickets here

Full route:

Accessible Route

'Xmas Under the Rubble' Solidarity march
2025-12-06 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London) | Palmeira Square, Palmeira Square, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2JA, United Kingdom
On Saturday 6th December… we march again!
Join Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign next weekend to show your continuing solidarity with Palestinians living through another Xmas of Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing – across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

We’ll assemble from 12pm at Palmeira Square, Hove.

The march will end at Hove Peace Statue with alternative Xmas carols, led by the wonderful Liberation Choir.

Feel free to design, make and bring your own placards suitable for the ‘Xmas Under the Rubble’ theme.

Check out our event webpage for more information.

Please join us if you can!

Northants Rally for Palestine!
2025-12-06 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
When: Saturday 6 December, 2-3pm

Where: Opposite the Hind Hotel, Wellingborough NN8 1BY

A surgeon's testimony: Gaza - a war on healthcare
2025-12-08 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
When: 7pm, Monday 8 December

Where: St Mary's Church, Church St., Slough SL1 1PJ

Professor Nick Maynard will be giving an eye-witness account about Gaza hospitals under attack during the genocide. Get your free ticket here.

Film screening with director: Phoenix of Gaza
2026-01-16 19:15 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | St Mary\\\'s Church, Church Street, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 1PJ, United Kingdom
"The Phoenix of Gaza" - a powerful award-winning documentary from Palestinian-British journalist Yousef Alhelou shows rare footage of Gaza’s beauty and culture, filmed just weeks before the genocide began.

Yousef visited in summer 2023 to reconnect with the city of his birth, meet his large family and promote Gaza to the outside world as a resilient and vibrant place. This celebration of life became an archive capturing memories of an obliterated land. His remarkable film aims to re-humanise Palestinians.

This critically acclaimed film is not just a documentary; it is a piece of enduring heritage. It has already won 22 awards including for Best Documentary and Best Director at 5 international film festivals.

The evening will include:

A full screening of the film.
A Q&A session with the director, delving deeper into the themes of the film and the ongoing situation.

Tickets cost just £5, available from the branch website at: https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/20260116

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action
2026-01-17
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians. Join the first boycott Barclays day of action of 2026 on Saturday 17 January.

Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides loans and other financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its genocide in Gaza, and military invasions across the West Bank.

Furthermore, Barclays has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for Israel government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel to sell bonds to raise money to fund the cost of its genocide in Gaza, and wider regime of military occupation and apartheid.

We are calling on all people of conscience to boycott Barclays – if you’re a Barclays customer, click here to join the next mass account closure day.

Join an action at a Barclays branch in your local area to demand the bank ends its complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

List of Actions:

Bedford - Outside Barclay’s Bank, 5 Silver Street, Bedford, MK40 1SY (New location) at 12pm - other actions during the day, please contact bedfordpsc@mail.com

Birmingham - Barclays, 79-84 High Street, B4 7TE, 11am

Brighton - Outside main branch of Barclays, North Street BN1 1RU 12-1pm

Cardiff: Barclays, Working Street, 11am-12.30pm

Carmarthen - Barclays Bank, Guildhall Square, SA31 1PW 11am

Coventry - Barclays Bank, High Street, 11.30am-1pm

Hereford - Leaving from Hereford Cathedral at 11am

Ipswich - Ipswich Town Hall, IP 1DH at 1pm

Isle of Man - Barclays, Victoria St., Douglas 12-1pm

London, Harrow - Barclays, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AW, 11am-1pm

London, Lewisham - Lewisham Clock Tower, 12pm

London, Merton - Meet by the deer statue outside Wimbledon Station at 9:30am

London, Tower Hamlets - Whitechapel Barclays, E1 1BJ, 11.30am-12.30pm

London, Westminster - Barclays, 127 Edgware Rd, W2 2HT, 11am-1pm

Luton - Barclays, Market Hill, LU1 2AX, 11am-1pm

Milton Keynes - Central MK, 86-88 Midsummer Blvd (in between Midsummer Place Centre MK), 11.30am-12.30pm

Oxford - Barclays Bank, Cornmarket St. 11am-12.30pm

Slough - Barclays Bank 192 High St, Slough SL1 1JS from 11.30 am to 1 pm

Southampton - Barclays, 70 Above Bar St, SO14 7DS, 12noon-1pm

Tunbridge Wells - Outside Barclays Bank, Calverley Rd, TN12TB from 11am - 1pm

Wolverhampton - Queen Square, WV1 1TX, 11am -1pm

Worcester - Barclays, 54 High Street, WR1 2QQ, 10.20am-12noon

January 18th

London, Herne Hill - Herne Hill gates, Brockwell Park - 1-2:30pm

January 20th

Penzance - Barclays Bank, 12 to 1pm

Stop silencing NHS voices: Defend the right to protest genocide
2026-01-17 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
The government is attempting to crack down on expressions of support for Palestine in the health service, disciplining health workers for showing support for the Palestinian people, including actions as innocuous as wearing a badge, or having a watermelon screen saver on their computers.

The government is now proposing that NHS Trusts adopt the discredited IHRA definition. This definition conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism and undermines freedom of expression on Palestine. These measures will not address antisemitism, or other forms of racism in the NHS, but are instead designed to intimidate staff and prevent them speaking out about Israel's genocide.

Join Redbridge PSC and allied organisations to march to Wes Streeting's office on 17th January to demand Streeting stops silencing NHS workers!

Stop Silencing NHS Voices: Defend the Right to Protest Genocide
2026-01-17 13:30 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Assemble at 1.30pm
Ilford Station

March to Wes Streeting's office to follow.

Westminster PSC AGM
2026-01-21 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
The inaugural AGM of Westminster PSC will be held on Wednesday 21st January at Churchill gardens residents hall, a short walk from Pimlico station.

All activists who live and work in Westminster are welcome to attend but only fully paid up national PSC members are eligible to vote in elections.

Protest at the IAV Arms Fair
2026-01-22 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Farnborough Exhibition Centre, Gate B, Trenchard Way, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6TQ, United Kingdom
Join North Hampshire PSC to protest against the International Armoured Vehicles arms fair.

🗓️Thursday 22 January 2026, 5pm

📌Farnborough Exhibition Centre, Outside Gate B

Arms companies producing weapons and military technology used by the Israeli military in its genocide in Gaza, and military assaults across the West Bank, are exhibiting at the International Armoured Vehicles conference in Farnborough.

Arms fairs like IAV are crucial to facilitating the smooth running of the deadly UK-Israel arms trade.

Join the protest in solidarity with Palestinians. Stop arming Israel now!

Transport

There is a coach running from Portsmouth (£5 return). Book tickets here.

If you're travelling from London, take the train to Farnborough Station. Walk 1 minute to the Main Rail Bus Stop (S). Take the no 1 Gold bus for 5 stops, disembarking at Church Road West. Walk for 14 minutes to the meeting point at Farnborough Exhibition Centre Gate B. Alternatively, you can walk from Farnborough Station to the meeting point in 30 minutes, using the map below.

National Demonstration for Palestine - 31st January
2026-01-31 12:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
END THE GENOCIDE – HANDS OFF GAZA – STOP ARMING ISRAEL

⏰ Saturday 31 January, 12 noon
📍 Russell Square, London

Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people has not ended. Join us for our next march for Palestine to demand our government end its complicity in Israel's violence.

Join us on Saturday 31 January for the first national march for Palestine in 2026. Assemble 12 noon at Russell Square.

Route:

Trade Union Bloc:

Coaches:

Colchester - Pickup at 9.00am from Colchester Park and Drive (J24, A12) - email mardybard@hotmail.co.uk to enquire about tickets

Coventry - Coaches leave White Street Coach Park CV1 4TX at 8.15 a.m.; depart from London 4.30 p.m. Phone 07787-243-166 to book a seat

High Wycombe - boarding 10.30am from Wycombe Mosque, Jubilee Road/Oakridge Road junction book here

Ipswich - Pickup at 8.30am from Crown Street, Ipswich, IP1 3HS (outside Crown House) - email mardybard@hotmail.co.uk to enquire about tickets

Nottingham - Pickup from Gregory Blvd, Forest Fields, Close to the Car Park for Park and Ride Entrance at 8am - tickets here

Westminster PSC - Don't Buy Apartheid protest
2026-02-07 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Outside Waitrose supermarket, 38 Porchester Road, London, W2 6ES, United Kingdom
Where: Outside Waitrose supermarket, 38 Porchester Road, London

When: Saturday 7 February, 2-4pm

Contact: westminsterpsc@gmail.com

Westminster PSC will be outside Waitrose on Porchester road urging shoppers to avoid buying good that are complicit with the apartheid regime in Israel. Come and join us!

Workplace day of action for Palestine
2026-02-12
We are calling on workers across all sectors to take part in the next Workplace Day of Action for Palestine on Thursday 12th February, to challenge complicity in Israel’s genocide and demand justice for the Palestinian people.

From local government pension fund investments and corporate contracts to cultural partnerships and suppression of Palestine solidarity, British institutions are tied to and support systems which enable Israel's genocide and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.

Workplace days of action are a way for us as workers to confront their complicity, to demand boycott, divestment and sanctions and to get organised.
How to take part:
Step 1: Pledge to take part!
Pledge to take part HERE.

By letting us know you will be taking part, you will receive access to updates, resources and support from PSC in the build up to the day, and afterwards. If you are interested in taking action and want to find out more about what you can do, contact us here

Step 2: Download the workplace organising toolkit
After registering, you’ll receive access to our organising toolkit, including guidance, resources, and practical ideas to help you plan an action in your workplace and communicate about the day with your colleagues.

Step 3: Organise with your colleagues
Work with your colleagues to decide on the most effective action for your workplace. No action is too small.

For your first time taking an action, we would advise hosting a union or staff meeting to launch your workplace campaign for Palestine and starting conversations about how your workplace is complicit
Launching a petition or open letter to management to put across demands for boycotts and divestments
Coordinating a visible collective workplace action, e.g. wearing badges for Palestine, putting up posters or staging a lunch time walkout.
Building an ongoing organising group beyond the day itself to take forward the demands and keep building the momentum.

Why a workplace day of action?:

They send a clear message to employers, genocide is a workers issue as much as pay, terms and conditions. Trade unions have a long history of international solidarity and struggle for workers rights and Palestine are connected.
They build power in the workplace, creating opportunities for colleagues to organise together, often for the first time around shared support for Palestine and anti-colonialism.
They challenge institutional complicity, putting pressure on employers to end investments, contracts, and partnerships tied to Israel's genocide and open up a space to demand a break from the norm of unethical investments and purchases

Whether you are experienced or new to workplace organising, this day is about taking collective steps to break silence in workplaces in Britain and answer the call of Palestinians for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

Register now, download the toolkit, and start organising for Palestine in your workplace.

We strongly recommend being part of a trade union, if you are not already, please check out the TUC trade union guide to find the right union for you here.

If you are a student taking action, make sure to connect with your local university union branches to coordinate actions!

National Student Day of Action - Thursday 12th February 2026
2026-02-12
On 6th January, Israeli forces invaded Birzeit University, in the illegally occupied West Bank, firing at students and staff. Palestinian education is under attack, whilst our universities collectively invest almost £460 million in companies which enable Israel’s occupation and genocide to continue.
We are taking action as students, standing with university staff, to challenge our universities’ ongoing complicity.
Join us on the 12th February for the national student and workplace day of action!

Register for our planning meeting on Wed 21st Jan, 6pm (only students).
Organise a walk out on the 12th February, demanding your university end all complicity. Check out our guide on how to run a successful walkout.
Use our Student Action Guide for inspiration for other actions.
Pass a motion at your Student’s Union to commit them to lobbying the university to divest (use our Template BDS Student’s Union motion – or since Barclays is a priority BDS target in this country, you could use this template SU motion to get your SU to commit to not banking on apartheid)
Get in touch with us at PSC if you need materials like flags, banners, lanyards, badges, stickers etc.
Get in touch with the European Legal Support Centre if you need support against repression on campus; or email our Youth and Student Campaigns Officer

Public meeting - Drop the charges - Defend the right to protest
2026-02-12 00:00 (Europe/London) | DLT, SOAS, DLT Lecture Theatre, SOAS, 10 Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H OXG, United Kingdom
PSC Director Ben Jamal and Stop the War's Chris Nineham, charged for peacefully protesting genocide are facing trial next month, just as the government's legislation further restricting the right to protest nears becoming law. Join us on 12 February in Central London to hear from them and others about how we can defend the right to protest.

Sign up here

PSC AGM 2026
2026-02-14 09:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
PSC Annual General Meeting 2026
Saturday 14th February 2026
9.30am - 4:30pm
Our Annual General Meeting is where PSC members, branches and affiliated organisations come together to decide our next steps as a movement. The event will hear from leading campaigners in both Palestine and Britain and the opportunity to vote to set our policies, priorities and to elect our volunteer leadership for the year ahead.

Ahead of the AGM on Saturday 14th February 2026 there are numerous ways for you to take part:

Register to attend, whether as an individual member or as a delegate from your branch or affiliated organisation
Submit a motion or amendment
Stand for election to the PSC Executive Committee

To find out more about the AGM process, please see the following sections:

Registration
All PSC individual members are entitled to attend the AGM, as are delegates from PSC branches and affiliated organisations. To be entitled to vote you, or your organisation, must be a fully paid-up member by Friday 14th November 2025. If you are unsure of whether your membership is up to date, please register and we will be in touch if any payment is due. Online registration is open until Friday 6th February 2026 at 5pm. Postal registration closes on Wednesday 11th February 2026 at 5pm.

All individual members receive one vote. Branches and affiliated organisations receive one vote, except for national organisations with over 100,000 members which are entitled to 3 votes. One person may hold their own vote plus those of a branch or affiliate but will be required to cast all votes they hold in the same way during each vote.

If you wish to cast your individual vote as a member alongside any votes on behalf of a branch or affiliate, please complete both forms.
REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL
REGISTER ON BEHALF OF YOUR BRANCH OR AFFILIATE
REGISTER BY POST

Motions process
Prior to the AGM, the Executive Committee in consultation with Branch representatives attending our regular Branch Forums will compile PSC’s Annual Plan. This proposal is put to the AGM for approval and forms the core of our planned work over the coming year. In addition to the Annual Plan, the AGM can consider motions which, if passed, are integrated into the plan.

Motions must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 19th December 2025. After the distribution of motions, any amendments must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 30th January 2026.

To allow for a more accessible debate, we request that members keep all motions below 300 words and all amendments below 100 words (full details are in PSC's constitution).

To submit a motion or amendment, please use the following form:
SUBMIT A MOTION
SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT

Elections to the PSC Executive Committee
The AGM elects members to serve on PSC’s Executive Committee and help lead the campaign until the next AGM. The Executive meets in full at least six times a year with members also taking on diverse areas of work, from campaign planning and organisational oversight to representing us externally or contributing to building PSC in different areas of society. Most meetings take place virtually. The Executive Committee constitute the Board of Directors of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd. meaning members will be registered with Companies House, with their name publicly listed as part of PSC's company information.

The positions available are Chair, two Vice-Chairs, Secretary, Treasurer, Trade Union Liaison Officer, plus 8 general Executive Members.

At least one Vice-Chair must be a woman. At least 4 general Executive Members must be women.

All members in good standing who have been PSC members since Friday 15th August 2025 or before are eligible to stand.

If you wish to stand for election, you must complete the following form by 5pm on Friday 19th December 2025, including providing details of a proposer, seconder and a statement in support of your candidacy.
ABOUT EACH EC POSITION
SUBMIT A NOMINATION

For any queries in relation to the AGM, please contact the PSC office via info@palestinecampaign.org.

Deadlines:

Fri 15th August 2025: Candidates for election to the Executive Committee must be members by this date to be eligible for election.
Fri 14th November 2025: To vote at the AGM as an individual, you must be a current member by this date.
Fri 19th December 2025 at 5pm: Close of submissions of motions and election nominations.
Fri 2nd January 2026: A report including the annual plan, proposed motions and election nominations will be published by this date.
Fri 30th January 2026 at 5pm: Close of receipt of amendments to motions.
Fri 6th February 2026: Circulation of amendments
Fri 6th February 2026 at 5pm: Close of online registration for those attending the AGM.
Wed 11th February 2026 5pm: Closing date for postal registrations to attend the AGM.
Sat 14th February 2026: AGM

Documents:

AGM Standing Orders

Westminster PSC - Protest the British Museum!
2026-02-21 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Protest organized by various groups including the City of Westminster branch of PSC. We are protesting against the British Museum's decision to delete the word Palestine from some exhibits, seemingly under pressure from UK Lawyers for Israel. The Museum has pushed back on claims made, but their explanations have been inconsistent. We need urgent clarity.

Attempts to erase the word Palestine from the historic record are part of the broader attempt to erase the Palestinian people, culminating in Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Join us to demand that the British Museum does not give in to pressure to alter history!

Defend Ben Jamal & Chris Nineham - Defend the right to protest
2026-02-23 09:00 (Europe/London)
Join us as we protest outside Westminster Magistrates court to demand the charges against Ben Jamal and Chris Nineham are dropped and the right to protest is upheld!

⏰ 9AM, 23 Feb
📌 Westminster Magistrates Court

The Pulse of Gaza, a doctor's story
2026-02-28 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | JMIC Mosque, 83 Stoke Poges Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3NY, United Kingdom
Hear a powerful account of resilience and survival from childhood to life on the front line. With lived experience and reflection, Dr Mohammed Ashraf will describe:

Growing up in Gaza - through a child's eyes
Generational memory - life before 1948
Daily struggle - survival, hope and resilience
After October 7 - medics and community endurance
Call to humanity - for compassion and justice

All welcome. As our event coincides with Ramadan, we are delighted to serve an Iftar meal for all ticket holders at the end of the talk.

Tickets available here: https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/20260228

Phoenix of Gaza film screening with director
2026-03-04 19:15 - 21:15 (Europe/London) | RISC Global Cafe, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS, United Kingdom
“The Phoenix of Gaza” - a powerful award-winning documentary from Palestinian-British journalist Yousef Alhelou shows rare footage of Gaza’s beauty and culture, filmed just weeks before the genocide began.

Yousef visited in summer 2023 to reconnect with the city of his birth, meet his large family and promote Gaza to the outside world as a resilient and vibrant place. This celebration of life became an archive capturing memories of an obliterated land. His remarkable film aims to re-humanise Palestinians.

The evening will include:

A full screening of the film.
A talk and Q&A session, delving deeper into the themes of the film and the ongoing situation.

Tickets are £10 available from our event page at https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/20260304

Stand with Palestinian Women
2026-03-06 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
International Women's Day Rally - Stand with Palestinian Women.

📍 Downing Street, London

Join us for International Women's Day rally to stand with Palestinian women who are at the forefront of their people's struggle for freedom. They need our solidarity and support more than ever as they face down Israel's ongoing genocide and apartheid.

National Student Conference for Palestine 2026
2026-03-07 09:30 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
Over the last few years the student movement for Palestine in this country has grown massively. Student campaigns have continued to push for fundamental change at universities across Britain, and we’ve walked out, camped out, done research and taken part in intense negotiations with university management to achieve our demands. To continue advancing our solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle, this March we’re coming together to share experiences and prepare for our next campaigning steps. Join us in London for a day-long conference to regroup, learn from each other, hear from key organisers and strategise for the future.

Registrations have now closed - get in touch with info@palestinecampaign.org if you want to hear more in the future.

Demonstration Stop Bombing Iran - Saturday 7 March
2026-03-07 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Stop bombing Iran - Hands off Palestine & the Middle East

⏰ Saturday 7 March, 12 noon

📍 Assemble at Millbank, next to Victoria Tower Gardens SW1P

Join us in a march to the US embassy (assemble at Millbank) to demonstrate against the US-Israeli attacks and the ongoing genocide against Palestinians. The British government is still arming Israel, making it directly complicit in these indiscriminate attacks on Iran and beyond.

No to Trump's Wars! - Coventry PSC and StW public meeting
2026-03-12 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Central Hall, Warwick Lane, Coventry, CV1 2HA, United Kingdom
Joint Coventry PSC/ Coventry Stop the War Public Meeting - 'No to Trump's Wars and Arms Race'
Speakers:
Louise Regan, PSC National Chair
Lindsey German, Stop the War National Convenor
Zarah Sultana, Your Party MP, Coventry South
As Israel's biggest arms supplier, the US funds the Israeli genocide: every year it supplies $3.8 billion in military aid, and in the two years after 7 October 2023 sent arms worth $21.7 billion to Israel. Now Israel and the US have unleashed a perilous new war, attacking Iran and destabilising the Middle East.
Thursday 12 March, 6.30 - 8.30 p.m.
Central Hall, Warwick Lane, Coventry CV1 2HS.
Free; no need to book - just come along.

High Wycombe PSC x Pilgrimage 4 Palestine - Poetry reading and gathering
2026-03-16 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
📣 Date for the Diary – Monday 16th March, 7:30pm 🇵🇸🧡

The inspiring walkers from Pilgrimage for Palestine will be visiting us in High Wycombe. Please come along, share, and show your support 🧡

More info: https://www.pilgrimage4palestine.co.uk/

Right to Protest Mass Lobby - 17 March 2026
2026-03-17 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
On Tuesday 17 March 2026 there will be a mass lobby of parliament to defend our right to protest, jointly organised by civil society organisations including Amnesty International UK, Greenpeace, Liberty, Quakers in Britain, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and many trade unions.

The right to protest must be defended. Please join us if you can.

We urgently need to mobilise as much pressure as possible for MPs to call on the British government to immediately drop its dangerous proposal and repeal the succession of anti-protest laws on which it builds.

Anyone can join the lobby, you just need to be available to come to Parliament on the day. You will be guided through the whole process from registration to meeting with your MP. This includes receiving a briefing pack with logistical information about getting into Parliament, guidance on what to say to your MP, and background notes about the Government's attack on your right to protest.

PLEASE ONLY REGISTER IF YOU ARE ABLE TO COMMIT TO COMING TO PARLIAMENT FROM 2pm–5pm ON TUESDAY 17 MARCH 2026.

Day of Action: Stop Bombing Iran - Hands Off Lebanon - Free Palestine
2026-03-21 00:00 (Europe/London)
📢 National Day of Action: Stop Bombing Iran - Hands Off Lebanon - Free Palestine

⏰ 21 March, 12 noon

📍 your local area

Join the national day of action at a protest near you to demand our government put pressure on Israel and the US to end their attacks on Iran and Lebanon and for Israel to ends its genocide and apartheid against Palestinians.

If you're in London, join the demonstration, marching from Russell Square to Whitehall.

21 March

Manchester - 11AM, St Anne's Square

West Cornwall - 11:30AM, Bottom of Causeway Head, Penzance

Birmingham - 12PM, Birmingham High Street

Sheffield - 12PM, Sheffield Town Hall

London - 12PM, Russell Square to Whitehall

Bristol - 1PM, The Podium, Broadmead

Cardiff - 1PM, Aneurin Bevan Statue, Queen Street

22 March

Whitstable - 12:30PM, Dead Man’s Corner in Whitstable Harbour, Harbour St

Don't Buy Apartheid - East Berkshire PSC
2026-03-21 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
When: 21st March, 1-3pm

Where: Bishops Centre, Taplow, Maidenhead SL6 0NX

Join East Berkshire PSC at the Bishops Centre, Taplow on Saturday 21st of March 1-3pm to push the Palestinian-led call to boycott Israeli goods.

New Palestinian Film: "All That's Left of You"
2026-03-22 14:30 - 17:45 (Europe/London) | Hebden Bridge Picture House, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 8AD, United Kingdom
This absorbing new film is being shown as part of the Hebden Bridge Film Festival, co-presented with Halifax Friends of Palestine:

After a Palestinian teen gets swept up in a West Bank protest in the first Intifada, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle. An epic story, spanning three generations of a Palestinian family, from the surge of violence during the 1948 Nakba, the new status quo in the West Bank and the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1987, to the near present of 2022. Cherien Dabis weaves complex character studies, shrouding a series of catastrophic conflicts within the bounds of family, Love and hope emerge as the best defence against inhumanity and dehumanisation.

The film will be followed by a Q and A with Dr Kholoud al-Ajarma from the University of Edinburgh, who was born and brought up in Aida Refugee camp in Bethlehem.

Book rickets at www.hebdenbridgefilmfestival.org

Arms Factory Protests - Day of Action
2026-03-25
Britain is an active participant in Israel’s genocide and apartheid against Palestinians, including through its arms trade and military collaboration with Israel.

Factories in Britain produce weapons, components and military technology used by Israel, including missiles, armoured drones and parts for fighter jets.

The government continues to facilitate the export of weapons and military technology to Israel, despite knowing it is used to commit genocide and impose military occupation and apartheid.

Join one of the five regional protests in Bristol, London, Newcastle, Shenstone and Towcester at sites involved in the supply chain for Israel's weaponry, on Wednesday 25 March 2026. Demand a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel NOW!
Details of the 5 Protests:
Bristol:
Protest at Elbit Systems in Bristol. Elbit Systems is Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, it supplies the Israeli military with armoured drones, bombs and missiles.

Assemble at 12noon at Elbit Systems, 38 Bolingbroke Way, Filton, Bristol, BS34 6FE
Hayes, London:
Protest at two arms factories supplying Israel in Hayes, London. Attewell produces components used in Israel's F-35 fighter jets. CPI TMD Technologies has held 4 licenses to export arms to Israel since 2021.

Assemble at 11am: Attewell, Unit 7 Millington Road, Hayes, UB3 4AZ.

Assemble at 1pm: CPI TMD Technologies Ltd, Swallowfield Way, Hayes, UB3 1DQ
Newcastle:
Protest at Pearson Engineering, which is owned by Rafael, Israel's state owned weapons manufacturer. Rafael produces missiles and drones for the Israeli military

Assemble at 11am at Pearson Engineering (Rafael), Armstrong Works, Scotswood Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 6UX.

Shenstone, Staffordshire:
Protest at UAV Engines in Shenstone, Staffordshire. UAV Engines is a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer. It produces armoured drones, missiles and bombs used by the Israeli military.

Assemble at 11am at UAV Engines Ltd, Lynn Lane, Shenstone WS14 0EA. Shenstone Train Station is less then 5 minutes walk away.
Towcester, Northamptonshire:
Protest at BAE Systems in Towcester, Northamptonshire. BAE Systems produces a variety of weapons used by the Israeli military, including components for its fighter jets used to bomb Gaza.

Assemble at 11am at BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, Burcote Rd, Towcester NN12 6TF.

Please work within advice of stewards. This is a residential area, so parking at a small distance and considerately will be necessary. Bring signs appropriate for a firm complicit in arming genocide. This is a stationary protest.
Transport Information:
Bristol:
Train: The nearest station is Patchway, a 15 minute walk from the protest location.

Bus: From Bristol City Centre, get the number 75 (Bus-stop C6) to Gipsy Patch Lane (45 min ride, plus 15 minute walk)

Car parking: any roads near the location, or residential streets around Little Stoke Post Office, Bristol, BS34 6JL (a 15 minute walk).
Hayes, London:
The nearest train station is Hayes & Harlington (National Rail and Elizabeth Line), a 10 minute walk from the protest location.

Parking at Hayes and Harlington station is available 24/7 in a 116-space, non-barriered surface car park (UB3 4BX), with daily rates around £8.00 (Mon-Sat).
Newcastle:
From Newcastle train station, get the 22 or 12 bus to Scotswood Road-Vickers, a 2 minute walk to the protest location.
Shenstone, Staffordshire:
Shenstone train station is a 5 minute walk from the protest location.
Towcester, Northamptonshire:
Buses run to Towcester from Northampton (88, X88) and Milton Keynes (X91, X6).

Women in Hebron Co-operative talk and workshop
2026-03-26 12:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
An opportunity to hear directly from voices from Palestine. Please come and join us to welcome representatives of the Women in Hebron Co-operative.

Following an introductory talk and film about life in the Hebron governorate in the Occupied West Bank, there will be a chance to learn about the beautiful craft of Palestinian embroidery, and support the co-op by purchasing examples of their work.

The talk is free. To book a place on the embroidery workshop (cost £20) please email halifaxfriendsofpalestine@googlemail.com

Together for Palestine March
2026-03-28 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
⏰ 12PM, Sat 28 March
📍 Exhibition Rd (Hyde Park end)

On 28 March we march for Palestine again in central London before we join the @UKTogetherAll against the far right demo.

👇 Check out the route below and join us at Exhibition Road 👇

Land Day Webinar: The ongoing struggle against ethnic cleansing
2026-03-30 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
30 March is Yom al Ard, Land Day, when Palestinians and the solidarity movement commemorate the ongoing struggle against Israel’s settler-colonial land grabs and honour land defenders of past and present.

This year Land Day falls in the wake of Israel’s reintroduction of the colonial land registration regulations in the West Bank, which amounts to a mass land grab. As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues, and attacks on communities in the ’48 territory increase, all Palestinians in their historic homeland and in exile will continue to raise awareness of the stakes of this ongoing Nakba; honouring, protecting and preserving their unbreakable connection to their land.

This webinar will serve as a part of that important mission, featuring renowned Palestinian scholars and activists speaking directly to the escalating threat of ethnic cleansing, its impact on specific communities and the inspiring ways in which Palestinians are resisting. They will also discuss the historic relationship between the Israeli state and the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in carrying out land grabs. In this country, the UK branch of the JNF remains a major fundraiser and propaganda outlet which operates as a registered charity.

Speakers include:

Dr. Salman Abu-Sitta is the founder and president of the Palestine Land Society, dedicated to the documentation of Palestine’s land and people. He is a PSC patron.

Dr. Kholoud al Ajarma is a Palestinian anthropologist, refugee rights advocate, photographer and film-maker.

Dr. Manal Shqair is a Palestinian activist and scholar focusing on everyday resistance in Palestine from a gendered and environmental justice perspective.

Chaired by: Iyas AlQasem, PSC Vice-Chair

Organised by PSC and Stop the JNF

To watch, click on this link to get to our YouTube channel at 6PM on Monday 30 March: https://www.youtube.com/live/ucdwSrPYa8A?si=d17XVKmbCZh08-0b

EMERGENCY PROTEST: Stop Israel's New Execution Law
2026-03-31 18:00 (Europe/London)
🚨 EMERGENCY PROTEST: London

⏰ Tuesday 31 March, 6pm

📍 in front of the 10 Downing Street
UPDATE: Change of location - please head to 10 Downing Street.

Stop the execution law targeting Palestinian prisoners and hostages.

Your presence matters!

Please note: The Met Police have outrageously banned us from protesting Israel’s new execution law outside the embassy. Please join us at 10 Downing Street instead of the original location.

Defend Our Right to Protest Demonstration - 14 April
2026-04-14 18:00 (Europe/London)
⏰ Tuesday 14 April, 6pm
📍 Old Palace Yard, Parliament, London

Join us outside Parliament on the evening the Crime & Policing Bill returns to the Commons to demand MPs oppose the government's attempts to give police new powers to effectively ban repeat protests. We will not be silenced.

PROTEST: Palestinian Prisoners' Day
2026-04-17 18:00 (Europe/London)
🚨 PROTEST: Palestinian Prisoners' Day

📍 Downing Street, London

⏰ Friday 17 April, 6pm

On Friday 17 April, join us at Downing Street for a vital rally to oppose Israel's disgraceful new execution law for Palestinians.

Camden PSC public meeting - Labour has failed Palestine!
2026-04-17 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Public meeting, to chart the way forward for the people of Camden concerned about Palestine, bad housing, child poverty.

•Public meeting, organised by Camden PSC, to chart the way forward for the people of Camden concerned about Palestine, bad housing, child poverty and homelessness.

•Speakers: Louise Regan - NEU , Jeremy Corbyn MP, Ghada Karmi - Palestinian Academic, Xhris Neneham, Chris Nineham - Stop the War, Lorna Russell - Green Party and Andrew Feinstein - Camden People's Alliance

•Place and time: Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H9BD, April 17th, 18:00-20.00pm

Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/labour-has-failed-palestinecamden-in-global-context-tickets-1985795715441?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv4

Brighton PSC - A fundraising public meeting in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians
2026-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Brighthelm Church & Community Centre, North Road, , Brighton, BN1 1YD, United Kingdom
Many of us – including Brighton & Hove PSC – have supported the work of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) over many years, and in particular since October 2023.

We're honoured to be hosting two key figures in MAP’s provision of healthcare in Gaza on Friday 17th April:

Professor Nick Maynard is a Consultant Upper GI Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Oxford University. Nick is Chair of the Board of Trustees of MAP UK. Last year, he was awarded the Humanitarian Medal by the UK Government for his work in Gaza.

Nick will speak about his experiences leading medical missions in Gaza during the ongoing genocide – and Israel’s war on healthcare in the territory.

Steve Cutts is Chief Executive of MAP. Steve has previously served as Assistant Secretary-General at both the United Nations and the Commonwealth Secretariat, and Chef de Cabinet and Deputy Executive Director at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Steve will be speaking about what makes MAP’s work distinctive, focusing on its impact in Lebanon, the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

This is a fundraising event, so please bring cash or cards and donate generously, so MAP can continue its indispensable work.

For more information, see:

https://tinyurl.com/MAPinGaza

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action
2026-04-18
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians. Join a protest at a Barclays branch near you on Saturday 18 April 2026.

Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides loans and other financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its genocide in Gaza, and military invasions and ethnic cleansing across the West Bank.

Furthermore, Barclays has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for its government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel to raise money to fund the cost of its genocide in Gaza, and wider regime of military occupation and apartheid.

Our actions at Barclays branches will take place the day after Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, which is held to highlight Israel’s mass arbitrary imprisonment of Palestinians, and to uplift prisoners’ calls for freedom. Currently, over 10,000 Palestinians are illegally imprisoned by Israel, facing systematic torture and ill-treatment. On 30 March, the Israeli Knesset introduced a law introducing a system of death penalty by hanging exclusively for Palestinians. This new law is brutal, blatantly racist, a clear example of apartheid, and another flagrant violation of international law.

Arbitrary arrest and imprisonment are central features of Israel’s military occupation and apartheid regime, which Barclays is complicit in through its financing of companies arming Israel, and its agreement to help Israel sell government bonds.

On Saturday 18 April, join an action at a Barclays branch in your local area to demand the bank ends its complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

List of actions:

Abergavenny: Opposite Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Birmingham: Barclays, 79-84 High Street, B4 7TE, 11am

Bristol: Barclays Bank, 55 Broadmead, BS1 3EA, 11.30-1pm

Carmarthen: Barclays Bank, Guildhall Square, SA31 1PW, 11am-12noon

Coventry: Barclays Bank, High Street, Coventry CV1 5RE, 11.30am-1pm

Leicester: Barclays, Haymarket, LE1 1WA, 11am-1pm

London, Tower Hamlets: Barclays, Whitechapel High Street, E1 1BJ, 11.30am-12.30pm

London, Westminster: Barclays, 127 Edgeware Road, W2 2HT 11am-1pm

Nottingham: Barclays, High Street, NG1 2EN, 12noon

Southampton: Meet at Guildhall Square 12pm, SO14 7DU for a march stopping outside Barclays en route

Slough: Barclays, 192 High Street, SL1 1JS, 11am

Stevenage: Barclays, 66-68 Queensway, SG1 1EG, 10.30am-11.30am

Woking: Barclays, Commercial Way, 12noon-2pm

Apartheid in South Africa and Palestine
2026-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | P21 Gallery, 21 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD, London , United Kingdom
Organized by Westminster PSC, the evening will comprise a showing of Helena Aksentijevic’s film about Diana Neslen, "Israel, the Golem and the Mark of Cain". The film explores Diana Neslen's journey from Zionist youth to actively campaigning against the apartheid state of Israel.

Following the film there will be a discussion between Diana Neslen and two other South African Activists against apartheid and the Israeli state, Shereen Pandit and Bahir Laattoe. This will be moderated by Luca Salice, Chair of Westminster PSC. There will then be questions and comments from the audience.

Book here.

SPEAKERS

Diana Neslen - Panel

Diana Neslen was born in South Africa in 1939. The formative influences in her early life were her special needs sister, the Holocaust and Apartheid. These public and private influences instilled in her a passion for justice and equality which never wavered. She bought this passion to her activism, first against South African and the against Israeli apartheid. One of her proudest achievements is her role in the departure of the firm G4S from Israel. A retired social worker, Diana states that she rejects both white privilege in South Africa and Jewish privilege in Israel. Diana is co-chair of Redbridge PSC.

Dr. Shereen Pandit - Panel

Born in apartheid South Africa, Shereen became a Lawyer, Lecturer, political activist and trade unionist. Exiled in the UK she completed a PHD in Law, continued her activism and began writing. Much of Shereen's current political activity is centred on the Palestinian cause. She is a volunteer English teacher for young Palestinians and also for migrant workers. Her work has been widely published and been on stage and radio in the USA as well as being used as a resource in European schools.
Bahir Laattoe - Panel

Bahir was born in South Africa where he became an anti-apartheid activist. He was a teacher and Trade Unionist who worked in one of the unions which formed the COSATU Trade Union Federation. He was also a youth, sport and community organiser in the townships in Cape Town. He moved to Britain in 1986. He began active in the National Education Union as an International Solidarity Officer. He visited and volunteered in Palestine in 2019. He continues to be a pro-Palestine activist in the union and in his Trades Council.

Luca Salice - Moderator

Luca Salice is a translator and visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster. He has for many years been an activist with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He is currently Chair of Westminster Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Helena Aksentijevic - Film maker

Helena Aksentijević is a filmmaker and photographer. “Israel, the Golem and the Mark of Cain" is one of a series of documentary films about people who support the Palestinian people’s right to a homeland, the right to return to their ancestral lands and live lives free from Occupation, oppression, apartheid and genocide.

East Berkshire PSC - Yoga fundraiser for Palestine in Reading
2026-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
A Yoga and sound meditation fundraiser afternoon in Reading, Berkshire.

2:30pm Doors open
3–4:30pm Breathwork, yoga & sound meditation (Katia & Lorena)
4:30–5pm Refreshments & community connection
5pm Finish

Ticket £36 – All proceeds will be donated to MAP.
All welcome- no previous experience necessary.

Limited places - for more information and tickets see our webpage: https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/20260222

East Berkshire PSC - Stand up for Gaza comedy night in Windsor
2026-04-30 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
We are assembling seven extraordinary comedic voices for one night only in Windsor, Berkshire. Every single penny from ticket sales goes directly to supporting families in Gaza.

Tickets: £15 each, limited availability. Doors open 6:30pm and show starts 7:30pm

To book and for more information see our webpage at: https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/20260430

Lewisham PSC rally - Lewisham Votes Palestine!
2026-05-02 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Join us Saturday 2nd May at 2pm for a March to put Palestine on the ballot in the local elections.

Despite over 4000 Lewisham residents calling on Lewisham Council to divest from companies complicit in Israel's genocide, the council has still not divested. It's time for them to face the consequences at the ballot box.

Meet at the corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Lewisham High St. for a march to Rennell St. See you there!

East Berkshire PSC - Activism and Repression, ELSC report and Nick Georges
2026-05-06 19:00 - 21:15 (Europe/London) | St Mary's Church Slough, Church Street, Slough, Berkshire, SL11PJ, South East, United Kingdom
East Berkshire PSC are honoured to host speakers from the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC), including Tara, Senior Monitor Officer for Britain, and Amira, Director of Research & Monitoring. They will discuss the importance of building resources for the movement, including documenting anti-Palestinian repression and exposing its systematic nature across different sectors. Drawing on their recent report, “On All Fronts: The Multi-Sited Repression of Palestine Solidarity in Britain”, and the Index of Repression platform, they will highlight the legal tools and frameworks increasingly used against the Palestine solidarity movement, as well as the support available to those affected.

We will also hear from long-time activist Nick Georges, whose commitment spans more than 50 years. From witnessing Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut to taking bold direct action in the UK, Nick brings a powerful personal perspective. Most recently, at the age of 68, he climbed a crane in London flying a Palestinian flag—an act that symbolises enduring courage and solidarity.

This evening offers a chance to better understand the intersection of activism, repression, and resistance—while hearing directly from those on the frontlines.

Free entry – donations very welcome.

For more information see https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/20260506

Protest at the Barclays AGM
2026-05-07 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
When: Thursday 7 May, assemble at 10am
Where: Outside the QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE.

Join the protest outside Barclays’ AGM.

Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians. The bank provides investment and loans worth over £8 billion to arms companies supplying Israel with the weapons and military technology used in its military assaults on Palestinians.

Furthermore, Barclays has an agreement with Israel to act as a ‘primary dealer’ for its government bonds. This means it directly helps Israel raise money to fund its atrocities against Palestinians.

At the AGM, Barclays’ senior management will outline the bank’s plan for the next year. We’ll be there to demand they end Barclays complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

Called by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Campaign Against Arms Trade and War on Want

Brighton and Hove PSC Public meeting - Gaza: The Genocide that Changed the World
2026-05-08 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AF, United Kingdom
Public meeting hosted by Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Friday 8th May, 7pm-9pm

Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AF

Martin Shaw, the author of the classic What is Genocide?, was one of the first genocide scholars to argue that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. As emeritus professor of international relations and politics at Sussex University, he has written widely on genocide, war and global politics.

Martin will be speaking about his book ‘The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza’. Hear from him how Israel’s ongoing campaign to erase the Palestinian people is the biggest warning of where a new genocidal mentality is taking the world.

You can read more from Martin at his website.

Copies of Martin’s book ‘The New Age of Genocide’ will be available to purchase on the night.

West Kent PSC - Palestine 36 film screening
2026-05-09 12:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
The Falasteen Film Club commemorates Nakba Day with an afternoon of film, food and fascinating conversation with special guest speaker Abdelfattah Abusrour, founder and director of Alrowwad Cultural and Arts Society in Bethlehem. Enjoy a light Palestinian style buffet lunch and the acclaimed film Palestine 36, followed by our guest speaker. Abdelfattah will talk about using creativity and dance to resist oppression with his signature humour and humanity.

The hall has a state of the art full size cinema screen and seating at round tables
Your ticket includes complimentary lunch, teas, coffee
Tickets are limited and seating is non-reserved.
If you have additional needs contact us to reserve seating

You can book your tickets to this event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-36-film-buffet-lunch-guest-speaker-from-alrowwad-bethlehem-tickets-1985368782473?keep_tld=true

Workplace day of action for Palestine
2026-05-14 00:00 - 23:59 (Europe/London)
We are calling on workers across all sectors to take part in the next Workplace Day of Action for Palestine on Thursday 14th May during Nakba week, to challenge complicity in Israel’s genocide and demand justice for the Palestinian people.

From local government pension fund investments and to corporate contracts with complicit companies, British institutions are tied to and support systems which enable Israel's genocide and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.

Workplace days of action are a way for us as workers to confront their complicity, to demand boycott, divestment and sanctions and to get organised.
How to take part:
Step 1: Pledge to take part!
Pledge to take part HERE.

By letting us know you will be taking part, you will receive access to updates, resources and support from PSC in the build up to the day, and afterwards. If you are interested in taking action and want to find out more about what you can do, contact us here.

Step 2: Download the workplace organising toolkit
After registering, you’ll receive access to our organising toolkit, including guidance, resources, and practical ideas to help you plan an action in your workplace and communicate about the day with your colleagues.

Step 3: Organise with your colleagues
Work with your colleagues to decide on the most effective action for your workplace. No action is too small.

For your first time taking an action, we would advise hosting a union or staff meeting to launch your workplace campaign for Palestine and starting conversations about how your workplace is complicit.
Launching a petition or open letter to management to put across demands for boycotts and divestments.
Coordinating a visible collective workplace action, e.g. wearing badges for Palestine, putting up posters or staging a lunch time walkout.
Building an ongoing organising group beyond the day itself to take forward the demands and keep building the momentum.

Why a workplace day of action?:

They send a clear message to employers, genocide is a workers issue as much as pay, terms and conditions. Trade unions have a long history of international solidarity and struggle for workers rights and Palestine are connected.
They build power in the workplace, creating opportunities for colleagues to organise together, often for the first time around shared support for Palestine and anti-colonialism.
They challenge institutional complicity, put pressure on employers to end investments, contracts, and partnerships tied to Israel's genocide and open up a space to demand a break from the norm of unethical investments and purchases.

Whether you are experienced or new to workplace organising, this day is about taking collective steps to break silence in workplaces in Britain and answer the call of Palestinians for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel.
Register now, download the toolkit, and start organising for Palestine in your workplace.
We strongly recommend being part of a trade union, if you are not already, please check out the TUC trade union guide to find the right union for you here.

If you are a student taking action, make sure to connect with your local university union branches to coordinate actions!

Nakba 78: National Student Day of Action
2026-05-14 00:00 (Europe/London)
The week of 14 May marks 78 years of ongoing Nakba for the Palestinian people.
Palestinian education is under attack, whilst our universities collectively invest almost £460 million in companies which enable Israel’s occupation and genocide to continue. We are taking action as students, standing with university staff, to challenge our universities’ ongoing complicity.
Join us on 14 May for the national student and workplace day of action!

Organise a walk out on Thursday 14 May, demanding your university end all complicity. Check out our guide on how to run a successful walkout.
Use our Student Action Guide for inspiration for other actions you could take - from organising a film screening, to running a stall, launching a petition, organising a rally or putting up posters around your university.
Mobilise for the Student Bloc at the Nakba 78: National Demonstration for Palestine on Saturday 16 May - use SU money to book a coach or get in touch with your local PSC branch to travel with them; get together to make a banner for the rally; make posters to put up on your campus; and get in touch if you would like some leaflets to hand out.
Pass a motion at your Student's Union to commit them to lobbying the university to divest (use our Template BDS Student's Union motion - or since Barclays is a priority BDS target in this country, you could use this template SU motion to get your SU to commit to not banking on apartheid)
Use our Student Divestment Guide to learn how to organise for divestment in your university.
Get in touch with us at PSC if you need materials like flags, banners, lanyards, badges, stickers etc.
Get in touch with the European Legal Support Centre if you need support against repression on campus; or email our Youth and Student Campaigns Officer

For more resources, check out our Apartheid Off Campus page.

Nakba 78: March for Palestine
2026-05-16 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
🚨 Nakba 78: March for Palestine - United against Tommy Robinson & the far right

⏰ Saturday 16 May, 12pm

📍 Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DB

On Saturday May 16th we need everyone who can make it to be in London for this crucial demonstration.

We will march to commemorate the Nakba – for 78 years, Palestinians have been subjected to a racist system of oppression including ethnic cleansing, settler-colonialism, apartheid and genocide.  We march to reaffirm our commitment to the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the refugees’ right to return home.

We march against the far right in Britain who glorify Israel’s racism and brutality. Our unity and solidarity is stronger than their hatred and division.

Stand with the Palestinian people whose demand for justice is as important now as ever before.

Check out below for: Routes, Coaches, and Week of Actions...
Route:

Start point: Exhibition Road

End point: Pall Mall
Accessible Route:

Start point: Green Park Station exit for Buckingham Palace, by the Constance Fund Fountain, 1pm

End point: Pall Mall
This step-free route is 1km and has a shallow downhill part on St James’s Street. We’ll be joining with the Parents for Palestine, who are forming at the same place from 12:30pm.

Coaches:
Bath - Pickup from 8:15am from 8 Terrace Walk, BA1 1LN, UK - book tickets here

Birmingham - Various pickup times and locations - more details and bookings here

Bridgend - Pickup 6.15am, Sainsbury's Bus Stop J36 - M4, CF32 9ST - book tickets here

Cardiff - Pickup at 7am, outside the National Museum Cardiff, CF10 3NP - book tickets here

Carmarthen - Pickup at Carmarthen railway station at 6:15am - other pickups in West Wales available - book tickets here

Cambridge - Picks up from Ely, Cambridge, Huntingdon, St Neots, and Letchworth - book tickets and find out more here

Colchester - Pick up from the Park and Ride at 9am, tickets and details at mardybard@hotmail.co.uk

Coventry - Coaches leave White Street Coach Park CV1 4TX at 8.15 a.m.; depart from London 5.00 p.m. Contact 07787-243-166 to book a seat.

Darlington - Pickup 6:40 am from the A68 - email newcastlepsc@gmail.com for tickets and details

Derby - Rose Hill Street, Derby DE23 8GA, pickup at 8:15am prompt - buy tickets here

Durham - Pick up 6:20 am Gilesgate roundabout - email newcastlepsc@gmail.com for tickets and details

Exeter - Email contact@sutrexeter.com for details and tickets

Gloucester - Coaches depart at 8:00am from Go Outdoors, Car park - buy tickets here (message organisers if you're coming from Gloucester)

Ipswich - Will leave at the Crown St. lay-by at 8:30am - enquire and book tickets by email at mardybard@hotmail.co.uk

Kings Lynn - Pickup point TBC - tickets and details here

Leeds - Pickup from 7am Leeds Uni, Parkinson Steps - tickets here

Newcastle - Pick up 6am outside Newcastle Central Station - email newcastlepsc@gmail.com for tickets and details

Newport - Pickup at 7.30am Coldra Roundabout, Junction 24 off the M4, Priory Drive, Langstone, Newport NP18 2HJ (By the Coldra Court Hotel, RDP Law and Vets Now) - buy tickets here

Northampton - Pickup 9.40am Victoria Street Coach Stop, NN1 3NR - buy tickets here

Norwich - Coach departs at 8:30am from The Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RL - buy tickets here

Oxford - Multiple pickup options available including nearby towns and villages, see here for details and tickets

Plymouth - Leaving Plymouth from 6am, please see here for details and tickets

Peterborough - Pickup point TBC - details and tickets here

Portsmouth - Coaches departing from various locations, see more details and buy tickets here

Sheffield - Coaches will depart from various locations, please see details and buy tickets here

Southend - Pickup details TBD, please contact organisers - buy tickets here

Stroud - Coach departs 8:15am from Stratford Park Leisure Centre Car Park - tickets here

Wakefield - Coach departs from Providence St. 7:20am - tickets here

Wellingborough - Pickup from 9am War Memorial, Broad Green, NN8 4LQ - tickets here
Other coach options:
If you can't find a coach coming from near you - check out the coaches some of our coalition partners are running:

Stop the War: https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/nakba-78-march-for-palestine/

Friends of Al-Aqsa: https://www.foa.org.uk/events/nakba78

Week of Actions:
Each day this week, we are calling for our movement to take 2 minutes per day to take action in solidarity with the Palestinian people:
Monday: Spread the word about our Nakba 78 National March this Saturday 16 May.

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Tuesday: Write to Barclays senior management and tell them you’re boycotting the bank until it stops enabling Israel’s crimes. Even if you don’t hold a Barclays account, write to the bank’s senior management to tell them you’re boycotting.
Write to Barclays senior management
Wednesday: Join our boycott - boycott Eurovision this Saturday and spread the word.

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Sign our petition calling on Britain’s contestant, Sam Battle, to withdraw
Thursday: Write to your MP and demand they sign the Nakba Day EDM80 calling for sanctions against Israel.
Write to your MP.

Friday: Watch and share our new video and spread the word - tomorrow we march.

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Saturday: Join us in London. Let's MARCH.

East Berkshire PSC - Descendants of the Orange plus talk by Nick Georges
2026-05-22 19:00 - 21:15 (Europe/London) | RISC Global Cafe, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS, United Kingdom
East Berkshire PSC present an evening of film and discussion exploring life, resistance, and resilience in Palestine. This event will feature a screening of The Descendants of the Orange, followed by a live Q&A with the director. The second part of the evening is a talk by Nick Georges about his experiences as a Humanitarian Witness.

The film is a deeply moving short documentary that tells the story of a Palestinian family from Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, tracing their journey from their original village of Sabbarin during the 1948 Nakba to their repeated displacement in the present day. Through intimate, first-hand testimonies, the film captures what it means to live as a refugee across generations — not as an abstract concept, but as a lived reality shaped by loss, memory, and resilience. Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/W2bqDjRo9e8

The film is followed by a talk from Nick Georges who has been engaged with the Palestinian cause for many years. At just 17 years old, witnessing the refugee camps of Beirut left a lasting impression. Decades later, he travelled to Palestine as a Humanitarian Witness. The realities he encountered there - scenes of profound hardship and injustice - have stayed with him ever since, continuing to shape and drive his advocacy.

In this talk, Nick will reflect on his time in Palestine, sharing first-hand experiences of the daily injustices faced by Palestinians. He will also speak about the work he has undertaken to raise awareness, challenge indifference, and contribute towards efforts aimed at ending their suffering.

More information and tickets £4 from our website at: https://eastberkshirepsc.uk/event/20260522

Don't Buy Apartheid - Day of Action
2026-05-30 00:00 (Europe/London)
On Saturday 30 May, join an action at a supermarket near you to demand that they stop stocking Israeli goods and Coca-Cola products, and to spread the word about the mass consumer boycott.

Israeli fresh produce, like avocados, oranges, herbs and dates, is grown in illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. Coca-Cola’s franchisee in Israel operates a regional distribution centre in an illegal Israeli settlement in occupied Jerusalem. It’s therefore helping to entrench Israel’s illegal military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land.

When supermarkets in Britain sell this produce, they are profiting from Israel’s land theft and ethnic cleansing. Right now, Palestinians in the West Bank are facing relentless land grabs and attacks from the Israeli military and armed settlers. In Britain, we can meaningfully oppose this violence by refusing to buy goods from companies enabling it, hitting their profit margins.

Join your local PSC branch on Saturday 30 May as we hold protests and stalls at supermarkets across Britain to call on them to stop stocking Israeli products and Coca-Cola, and to grow the mass consumer boycott of these goods.

List of Actions

BIRMINGHAM - Lidl, Moseley Rd. Balsall Heath B12 9 BS - 1pm start

HITCHIN - Paynes Park Rd opposite Jacksons Yard carpark SG5 1EH, 10:30am start

LONDON, HARROW - Tesco Superstore, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2TU. 11am start

LONDON, NEASDEN - Tesco Extra, Great Central Way, London, NW10 0TL (meet at North Circular entrance). 11am start

LONDON, NEWHAM - Tesco Green Street, London E13 9AP - 1-2pm

LONDON, REDBRIDGE - Goodmayes Tesco, 822 High Rd, RM6 4HY - 12-2pm

LONDON, SOUTHWARK - Morrisons/East St Market. Walworth Rd
London SE17 1EL - 1-2:30 Pm.

LONDON, WESTMINSTER - Tesco, 117 Victoria Street SW1E 6RA - 2-4pm

LONDON, WHITECHAPEL - Sainsbury's, E1 5SD - 12-1pm

OXFORD - Tesco Express, 159-161 Cowley Rd OX4 1UT - 12-1pm

SLOUGH - Barclays, Slough High St. - 11am-12pm

The Environmental Destruction of Palestine
2026-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
County Durham Palestine Solidarity Campaign & Grandparent Climate Action Durham
Zoom meeting on The Environmental Destruction of Palestine, with speaker Mazin Qumsiyeh
on Wednesday 3rd June 2026, 7pm.
Mazin Qumsiyeh is a distinguished Palestinian scientist and author, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University where he teaches. In 2025 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his unwavering commitment to peace, nonviolence and environmental sustainability over five decades. His talk will be of interest to all who are concerned with climate justice and justice in Palestine.

Contact countydurhampsc@gmail.com for ZOOM link.

EMERGENCY PROTEST: Stop the war on Iran - Hands off Lebanon - Stop attacking Gaza
2026-06-09 18:00 (Europe/London)
📍 Downing Street, London

⏰ Tuesday 9 June, 6pm

Israel is bombing Iran and once more escalating its ethnic cleansing in Lebanon and genocidal violence against the Palestinian people.

Join our emergency demo to demand our government implement sanctions on Israel now.

Gaza: A War on Babies, Children & Families
2026-06-09 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Special online talk from Teresa Bailey, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist & a founding member of the UK–Palestine Mental Health Network.

Teresa will examine the physical and psychological toll of the systematic destruction of Gaza, focusing on the siege, famine, and chronic violence affecting children and families, and the enduring challenges facing survivors.

Note: Zoom pre-registration required to attend. Either scan the QR code in the event graphic, or use the link on our website event page:

Online Meeting ‘Gaza: A War on Babies, Children & Families’ – Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Delete Genocide Tech - Public Meeting Tour
2026-06-17 00:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
Israel uses AI and surveillance technology in its genocide and apartheid against Palestinians, and the companies developing the tech have contracts here in Britain. Our new Delete Genocide Tech campaign, launching in June, will force complicit tech companies out of the government, local councils, universities and workplaces. Join the public meetings in Liverpool, Cardiff and London to learn more, including how you can get involved!

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Palestinians are being targeted, surveilled and monitored by Israel, using advanced technology systems that collect detailed information on every aspect of their lives. This isn’t just invasive—it’s deadly. Israel uses AI technology to rapidly generate targets for its bombing campaigns in Gaza which destroy schools, hospitals and entire neighbourhoods. It utilises cloud software to maintain databases storing massive amounts of sensitive information on Palestinians, collected through intrusive surveillance and torture, used to target them for arbitrary arrest and detention in Israel’s prisons and to restrict their movement by preventing them from passing military checkpoints.

Tech giants, like Palantir, Oracle and Cisco Systems, provide Israel with IT infrastructure and software essential to carrying out its atrocities. Yet, these tech corporations receive lucrative contracts from the government, local councils, universities and businesses. PSC’s new Delete Genocide Tech campaign will work to sever these contracts.

Join us at the public meetings to hear from expert speakers to hear about how Palestinians are facing down Israel’s tech-enabled apartheid, and learn about how you can get involved in the Delete Genocide Tech campaign.

Speakers:

Sahar Francis, Palestinian human rights lawyer
Bella Jacobs, Tech Campaigns Coordinator at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement
Lewis Backon, Campaigns Officer at Palestine Solidarity Campaign

+ other speakers at each meeting

Book your tickets:

Monday 15 June in Liverpool. No advance booking required. Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BT. Refreshments from 6:15pm, event starts at 7pm.

Tuesday 16 June in Cardiff. (SOLD OUT - Waiting List only) Temple of Peace, CF10 3AP. From 6.30pm-9pm. Advanced booking required. Book your tickets here.

Wednesday 17 June in London. Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA. From 6pm-8pm. Advanced booking required. Book your tickets here.

From the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza with Jubair Khan
2026-06-17 18:45 - 20:45 (Europe/London) | RISC Global Cafe, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS, United Kingdom
Join us for a special evening with Jubair Khan, a Reading-based aid worker and father of three, who was detained by Israeli forces on 18 May 2026 while aboard the Tenaz, a Polish-flagged civilian vessel participating in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s humanitarian mission to Gaza.
This will be an opportunity to hear Jubair’s first-hand account of the mission, his detention, and his experiences, as well as to ask questions and engage in discussion.
Get more information and your free tickets HERE. Registration is required for this event.

Women of Palestine Conference
2026-06-21 10:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Rich Mix, 47 Bethnal Green Rd E1 6LA, London, London, United Kingdom
Hear from thirteen women from many backgrounds and walks of life from across the West Bank and Jerusalem
join them in workshops on women's / human rights issues in Palestine
and on building and sustaining links between Palestine and the UK
see their photos of Jerusalem and the West Bank in 2026
and enjoy the music of Julia Aisha who will start off the day.
Welcome from Palestinian Ambassador Dr Hussam Zumlot.

Lunch and refreshments will be available.
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This is part of the WOMEN OF PALESTINE visit to the UK organised by CADFA in partnership with groups across Britain including Tower Hamlets PSC who are co-sponsoring this event.
There is more information on the women's visit as a whole and the events which will take place all over the country at https://www.cadfa.org/blog/2026/05/women-of-palestine-public-events-during-the-womens-visitjune-2026/

BAE Systems: Complicit in Genocide
2026-06-24 11:00 (Europe/London)
📍 BAE Systems, Burcote Road, Towcester, NN12 6TF

⏰ Wednesday 24 June 2026, 11am

Stand with Northamptonshire PSC branch and protest against BAE systems.

Stop arming Israel. End complicity now. Join us in protest.

PSC Webinar - Palestine, health work & solidarity
2026-06-24 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Across the NHS, health workers are being targeted for speaking out for the rights of the Palestinian people, and taking action within their workplaces to challenge British complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid.

Now the General Medical Council (GMC), following a complaint from UKLFI, is challenging in the High Court the recent outcome of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal which cleared Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah of all allegations after he spoke out against Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Join us to find out how we can support Dr. Ghassan's case and push back against repression of the movement for Palestine in the health space. Register below.

My Name is Rachel Corrie: Fundraiser for PSC
2026-06-25 00:00 - 2026-06-27 00:00 (Europe/London)
📍 Hen & Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul’s Road, London, N1 2NA

⏰ Thursday 25 June, Friday 26 June, Saturday 27 June - 7pm

Taken from the journals of Rachel Corrie, a 23 year old American who, in 2003, left her home in Olympia, Washington to stand with the people of Gaza.

Edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner, this one woman verbatim play tells the story of Rachel's bravery and courage in the face of darkness.

A donation from every ticket will be made to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
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Protest at Wimbledon - Drop Barclays
2026-06-29 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Join Merton PSC on the opening day of Wimbledon to demand that Barclays, the tournament’s sponsor, stops bankrolling arms companies supplying Israel with weapons used to commit genocide and impose military occupation and apartheid.

📍Church Road, Opposite Centre Court (Gate 5), SW19. (Maps link)

By accepting Barclays sponsorship, Wimbledon’s organisers are allowing Barclays to use tennis to try and improve its reputation, and hide from accountability for its role in enabling Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

Recently, it was revealed that Barclays has stopped underwriting Israeli government bonds. This is due to the huge pressure the bank has been put under through our protests, sit-ins and boycotts. However, the bank remains deeply complicit in Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians. Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides loans and other financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its genocide in Gaza, and military invasions and ethnic cleansing across the West Bank.

Lobby for Palestine June 2026
2026-06-30 14:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
🚨 Lobby for Palestine
⏰ 30 June, 2-5:30PM
📍 Parliament, London

Israel's genocide and apartheid against Palestinians continues and our government is complicit.

Join our lobby of Parliament to demand MP's push for immediate sanctions on Israel.
REGISTER HERE

Protest the GMC - Defend Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah
2026-07-03 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | The GMC, The GMC, 350 Euston Road, London, London, NW1 3AW, United Kingdom
The GMC is trying to stop Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah practicing medicine because of his solidarity with Palestine. Join us to demand the GMC drops the case and ends its attacks on doctors standing up for Palestine.

Boycott Barclays - Day of Action
2026-07-04
Barclays is bankrolling Israel’s genocide, military occupation and apartheid against Palestinians. Join a protest at a Barclays branch near you on Saturday 4 July 2026.

Recently, it was revealed that Barclays has stopped underwriting Israeli government bonds. This is due to the huge pressure the bank has been put under through our protests, sit-ins and boycotts.

However, the bank remains deeply complicit in Israel's atrocities against Palestinians. Barclays invests over £2 billion in, and provides loans and other financial services worth £6.1 billion to, arms companies supplying Israel with weapons and military technology used in its genocide in Gaza, and military invasions and ethnic cleansing across the West Bank.

Let’s continue to ramp up the pressure to demand Barclays permanently and publicly withdraws as a primary dealer of Israeli government bonds, and divests from all companies arming Israel.

On Saturday 4 July, join an action at a Barclays branch in your local area to demand the bank ends all its complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

List of Actions

Bradford - Barclays, Market Street, 11am

Bristol - Barclays, 55 Broadmead, BS1 3EA - 11.30am-1pm

Camarthen - Barclays Bank, 9-10 Guildhall Square, Carmarthen SA31 1PW - 11am-12pm

Coventry - Barclays Bank, High Street, Coventry CV1 5RE - 11:30am-1pm

Hereford - Leaving Hereford Cathedral at 11am

London, Harrow - Barclays Bank, 355 Station Road, HA1 2AW. 11am-1pm

London, Wembley - Barclays Bank, 506 High Road, HA9 7BP. 11am-1pm.

London, Westminster - Barclays Bank, 127 Edgware Rd, London W2 2HT 11am-1pm

Oxford - Barclays, Cornmarket, 12noon

Southampton - Outside Barclays Bank, 70 Above Bar Street, SO14 7DS - 12noon-1pm

Emergency Demo - Solidarity with Dr Husam
2026-07-07 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Israel has detained Dr. Abu Safiya without charge for 18 months - he is now in a critical condition. Join our protest at 6PM outside Downing Street to demand our government take immediate action to push for his release, demand the release of all Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and immediate sanctions.

FILM: Life Support with Q&A
2026-07-10 18:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
10 July, 6.30pm, Bertha DocHouse
Tickets: https://dochouse.org/event/life-support/

PSC is proud to support this important film - join us to hear PSC Deputy Director Ryvka Barnard in conversation with director Daniele Rugo and consultant surgeon Dr Khaled Dawas.

Not in London? You can find screenings near you by following this link: https://lifesupportfilm.co.uk/

Eve of Gala meeting: We are not numbers
2026-07-10 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | The People's Bookshop, Prince Bishops Shopping Centre, Durham, DH1 3NP, North East, United Kingdom
A panel discussion with 4 Gazans and the launch of the paperback edition of We Are Not Numbers.

* Ahmed al-Naouq is a journalist, writer, human rights defender, founder of the organisation We Are Not Numbers, and co-editor of the book of the same name.
* Issam Adwan is a teacher, journalist and translator, and now a PhD student with the Open University.
* Mahmoud Shalabi was recently a director for Medical Aid for Palestinians in Gaza, and is now a PhD student in Durham.
* Omar Salah studied English at Gazan universities, and has recently arrived from Gaza to study for a Master's degree in Durham. He is a co-founder of Tech From Palestine.
Ahmed will sign copies of We Are Not Numbers at the end of the meeting.

Palestine Bloc at the Durham Miners' Gala
2026-07-11 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
We will assemble at 9am Church Street (near Whitechurch Free House) for the procession. Please bring flags and banners. This year we will be accompanied by the Zarif at-Toul dabke dance troupe. The procession will finish on the Racecourse. Visit our stall in the marquee.

Love Wimbledon, Boycott Barclays! Protest the Wimbledon Finals
2026-07-11 14:00 - 2026-07-12 16:00 (Europe/London)
🚨WIMBLEDON FINALS WEEKEND PROTEST - LOVE WIMBLEDON, BOYCOTT BARCLAYS
⏰Sat 11th & Sun 12th July, 2 - 4PM
📍Opposite Centre Court (near Gate 4), Church Road, SW19

Join us for the Finals Weekend of Wimbledon to demand that Barclays stops bankrolling arms companies supplying Israel with weapons used to commit genocide and impose military occupation and apartheid.

By accepting Barclays sponsorship, Wimbledon's organisers are allowing Barclays to use the tennis to try and improve its reputation, hiding from accountability for its role in enabling Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

Bring your family, friends, neighbours, and colleagues. And please spread the message!

Life After Israel: Possible Palestinian Futures
2026-07-11 15:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Friends Meeting House , Ship Street, BN1 1AF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Public meeting (and keynote talk at Brighton & Hove PSC's 2026 AGM)

Life After Israel: Possible Palestinian Futures - with Kieran Andrieu (Global Sumud Flotilla)

Summary

After Gaza, what hope is there? What can the future mean for Palestinians in a world where their genocide is not only tolerated, but rewarded? Kieran Andrieu will make the case that there are four possible routes to Palestinian liberation, none of which are either guaranteed or implausible. First, Israeli collapse. Second, resistance emanating from the diaspora. Third, a recalibration in global power relations. Fourth, America falls out of love with Israel.

Despite an ostensibly hopeless moment, there are good reasons to believe that we are on the threshold of some combination of these four conditions. Our task, then, is simple: to be ready.

For full event information, see: Brighton & Hove PSC’s AGM 2026, with keynote talk from Kieran Andrieu (Global Sumud Flotilla) – Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Biography

Kieran Andrieu is a British-Palestinian political commentator and author, specialising in international relations and global political economy. He is a regular contributor to multiple media outlets, including Al Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, Novara Media, Palestine Deep Dive and Piers Morgan Uncensored. In 2025, Kieran joned the Global Sumud Flotilla in an attempt to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, providing daily reporting from the mission. He holds a Doctorate in Political Economy.

Bearing witness in the West Bank: Mental health under occupation
2026-07-16 19:15 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Lambeth and Southwark PSC with Deborah Watkins - Bearing Witness in the West Bank: Mental Health Under Occupation
📆 Thur 16 July @ 7.15pm
📍Vida Walsh, 2b Saltoun Rd, SW2 1EP
Deborah will share reflections from her trip to the West Bank as a volunteer on a mental health scoping mission for Medical Aid for Palestinians. She explores the impact of occupation, restricted movement, disrupted education, prolonged uncertainty and the Gaza genocide on mental health.
Tickets available here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lspsc/2289002

National March for Palestine - Tell the new PM - End the genocide
2026-07-18 12:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
📍 Russell Square, London
⏰ 12 noon, 18 July 2026
Keir Starmer has finally been forced to resign – brought down in no small part by his shameful support for Israel’s crimes. Whoever comes next must break with this moral bankruptcy, or they will face a similar fate.
Join our march to send a powerful message to the next Prime Minister to stand up for Palestine and take all possible action, including sanctions, to end Israel's genocide.

Route

Starting point: Russell Square

End point: Whitehall, Downing Street

Accessible route:

📍 Starting point: Pedestrian bit outside Somerset House, WC2R 1EP, find it on the map here.

Coaches
Coventry - Coach leaves White Street Coach Park CV1 4TX at 8.15 a.m.; departs from London 5.00 p.m. Contact 07787-243-166 to book a seat.

High Wycombe - Departing from Wycombe Mosque, Jubilee Road/Oakridge Road junction at 10:30am - tickets here

Liverpool - Departing from PAL centre, 68A Mulgrave St., Liverpool L8 2TF - contact 07708309117 (whatsapp only) for tickets

Nottingham - Departing Gregory Blvd NG7 6AQ at 8am. Adult, Concession, Child & Solidarity tickets available, tickets and more info here

National Protest at Elbit Systems
2026-07-23 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Join us on Thursday 23 July 2026 for a national protest outside Elbit Systems research, development and manufacturing facility in Bristol.

Assemble at 11am at Elbit Systems, 38 Bolingbroke Way, Bristol, BS34 6FE.

Elbit Systems is Israel’s largest weapons company. It manufacturers weapons and military technology used by Israel in its ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and military assaults and ethnic cleansing across the West Bank. This includes armed drones, missiles, bombs and artillery shells.

Elbit Systems is enabling and profiting from Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians, yet the British government allows it to operate factories and research facilities in this country, and grants it licenses to export weapons components to Israel.

Palestinians call on people in Britain to protest against arms companies that enable and profit from Israel’s crimes, and to demand that the government impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel, in line with its legal obligations not to aid or assist genocide, military occupation and apartheid.

Join us on Thursday 23 July in Bristol to demand that Elbit Systems and the British government stop arming Israel!
Transport
Public Transport:
Trains run from Bristol Temple Meads to Patchway (15 mins walk from the protest) every hour. Get the 10.28 from Bristol Temple Meads.
Coaches:
London: Pick-up at the entrance to Victoria Embankment Gardens on Victoria Embankment at 7.15am. Book your ticket.

Cardiff and Newport: Pick up in Cardiff at the steps of the National Museum Cardiff at 9:15 AM sharp, and in Newport at the Coldra Roundabout, Junction 24 off the M4 at 9.45am sharp. (Returning approx. 2:30 PM). Book your ticket.

Bridport and Dorchester: Pick-up in both Dorchester (6.45am) and Bridport (7.30am). Book your ticket.

Walsall and Birmingham: Pick-up at Walsall (7:30 am) and Birmingham (8am). Book your ticket.
Staying Safe in the Heatwave:
As we are experiencing high temperatures and ongoing heat waves, please keep an eye on the forecast and take steps to stay safe:

- Wear light/cool clothing
- bring a bottle of water
- bring a hat to protect your face and head from the sun
- wear sunscreen
- take regular breaks in nearby shaded areas
- check in on others around you

Stewards and first aiders will be on hand throughout the protest if you begin to feel unwell or need assistance.

Palestine, love and tolerance
2026-07-23 18:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | Shakeshuka Restaurant, 134 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5PH , United Kingdom
Unifying faiths and people of the land, past and present
An evening of community with the All Faiths All Ethnicities group and Westminster PSC

Book here.

Northants PSC rally - end the genocide, stop arming Israel!
2026-07-25 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
When: Saturday 25th July, 2pm

Where: Cobblers Last, Northampton town centre.

Redbridge PSC welcomes The Big Ride for Palestine!
2026-08-08 11:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
When: August 8th, 11:30am-3pm

Where: Valentine's Park (Bethell avenue entrance) IG1 4XB

Join Redbridge PSC to welcome The Big Ride for Palestine as they stop in Redbridge!

Join us for a fun family day out with food, drink, live music, children's activities and much more!

Beyond Green: Ecocide, Imperialism, and Palestinian Liberation - Merton PSC in conversation with Dr Hamza Hamouchene and book launch
2026-08-13 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
📅 Thursday 13 August 2026
🕖 7PM - 9:30PM
📍 Merton Arts Space, Compton Road, Wimbledon, SW19 7QA
🎟️ https://MPSCBeyondGreen.eventbrite.co.uk

Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is also an ecocide. There has been a systematic destruction and contamination of the environment across the whole of Palestine, including the agricultural land, water, and sanitation systems. There cannot be climate justice without Palestinian liberation.

Join Merton PSC for a thought-provoking evening in conversation with Dr Hamza Hamouchene on ecocide, imperialism, and Palestinian liberation.

Dr Hamouchene is a London-based Algerian researcher-activist, author/editor, commentator and a founding member of Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC), Environmental Justice North Africa (EJNA) and the North African Food Sovereignty Network (Siyada). He is currently the Arab region Programme Coordinator at the Transnational Institute (TNI). His work is focused on issues of extractivism, resources, land and food sovereignty as well as climate, environmental, and energy justice in the Arab region.

Dr Hamouchene's books and Palestinian produce from Zaytoun will be available to purchase on the night.

Tickets cost £6 each plus Eventbrite fees and can be booked here: https://MPSCBeyondGreen.eventbrite.co.uk

Regional Demo at Elbit Systems in Shenstone
2026-08-22 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
🗓️ Saturday 22 August, 1pm
📌31 Main Street, Shenstone, WS14 0LZ

Elbit Systems is supplying Israel with essential weaponry for its genocide in the Gaza Strip and atrocities in the West Bank. Join the regional demonstration in Shenstone, Staffordshire against the Elbit Systems' owned drone factory, UAV Engines, and in support of the Palestinian people..

The assembly point is a 4 minute walk from Shenstone Train Station.

Protest supported by West Midlands PSC, South Staffs Palestine Solidarity, Campaign Against Arms Trade + a range of other groups.

Don't Buy Apartheid - Day of Action
2026-08-29
On Saturday 29 August, join an action at a supermarket near you to demand that they stop stocking Israeli goods and Coca-Cola products, and to spread the word about the mass consumer boycott.

Israeli fresh produce, like avocados, oranges, herbs and dates, is grown and harvested on stolen Palestinian land. Coca-Cola’s franchisee in Israel operates a regional distribution centre in an illegal Israeli settlement in occupied Jerusalem. It’s therefore helping to entrench Israel’s illegal military occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land.

When supermarkets in Britain sell this produce, they are profiting from Israel’s land theft and ethnic cleansing. Right now, Palestinians in the West Bank are facing relentless land grabs and attacks from the Israeli military and armed settlers. In Britain, we can meaningfully oppose this violence by refusing to buy goods from companies enabling it, hitting their profit margins.

Join your local PSC branch on Saturday 29 August, as we hold protests and stalls at supermarkets across Britain to call on them to stop stocking Israeli products and Coca-Cola, and to grow the mass consumer boycott of these goods.

List of Actions TBC

Film: Life Support - with Q&A
2026-08-29 15:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Since October 2023, Gaza has been sealed from the world-except for one group, international doctors. While global media are barred from reporting and governments look away, doctors breach the blockade and what they find is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a calculated dismantling of life itself.
Covering the entire two years of the genocide, their firsthand accounts and visceral footage offer a rare and vital chronicle of the daily struggles of healthcare workers as they navigate bombed-out hospitals, dwindling supplies, starvation and the overwhelming influx of casualties— predominantly women and children.
Q&A with director Daniele Rugo and film subject Dr James Smith. Hosted by Myriam François. This event is in partnership with City of Westminster PSC.

NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE: Save the date
2026-10-10 00:00 (Europe/London)
⏰ Saturday 10 October, 12 noon

📍 Central London

END THE GENOCIDE - 3 YEARS

After 3 years Israel continues to commit genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Join our march on 10 October to stand with Palestine and demand our government take action to end its complicity in Israel's crimes.

PSC AGM 2027
2027-01-30 09:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London)
PSC Annual General Meeting 2027
Saturday 30th January 2027
9.30am - 4:30pm
Our Annual General Meeting is where PSC members, branches and affiliated organisations come together to decide our next steps as a movement. The event will hear from leading campaigners in both Palestine and Britain and the opportunity to vote to set our policies, priorities and to elect our volunteer leadership for the year ahead.

Ahead of the AGM on Saturday 30th January 2027 there are numerous ways for you to take part:

Register to attend, whether as an individual member or as a delegate from your branch or affiliated organisation
Submit a motion or amendment
Stand for election to the PSC Executive Committee

To find out more about the AGM process, please see the following sections:

Registration
All PSC individual members are entitled to attend the AGM, as are delegates from PSC branches and affiliated organisations. To be entitled to vote you, or your organisation, must be a fully paid-up member by Friday 30th October 2026. If you are unsure of whether your membership is up to date, please register and we will be in touch if any payment is due. Online registration is open until Friday 22nd January 2027 at 5pm. Postal registration closes on Wednesday 27th January 2027 at 5pm.

All individual members receive one vote. Branches and affiliated organisations receive one vote, except for national organisations with over 100,000 members which are entitled to 3 votes. One person may hold their own vote plus those of a branch or affiliate but will be required to cast all votes they hold in the same way during each vote.

If you wish to cast your individual vote as a member alongside any votes on behalf of a branch or affiliate, please complete both forms.
REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL
REGISTER ON BEHALF OF YOUR BRANCH OR AFFILIATE
REGISTER BY POST

Motions process
Prior to the AGM, the Executive Committee in consultation with Branch representatives attending our regular Branch Forums will compile PSC’s Annual Plan. This proposal is put to the AGM for approval and forms the core of our planned work over the coming year. In addition to the Annual Plan, the AGM can consider motions which, if passed, are integrated into the plan.

Motions must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 4th December 2026. After the distribution of motions, any amendments must be submitted using the following form by 5pm on Friday 15th January 2027.

To allow for a more accessible debate, we request that members keep all motions below 300 words and all amendments below 100 words (full details are in PSC's constitution).

To submit a motion or amendment, please use the following form:
SUBMIT A MOTION
SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT

Elections to the PSC Executive Committee
The AGM elects members to serve on PSC’s Executive Committee and help lead the campaign until the next AGM. The Executive meets in full at least six times a year with members also taking on diverse areas of work, from campaign planning and organisational oversight to representing us externally or contributing to building PSC in different areas of society. Most meetings take place virtually. The Executive Committee constitute the Board of Directors of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd. meaning members will be registered with Companies House, with their name publicly listed as part of PSC's company information.

The positions available are Chair, two Vice-Chairs, Secretary, Treasurer, Trade Union Liaison Officer, plus 8 general Executive Members.

At least one Vice-Chair must be a woman. At least 4 general Executive Members must be women.

All members in good standing who have been PSC members since Friday 31st July 2026 or before are eligible to stand.

If you wish to stand for election, you must complete the following form by 5pm on Friday 4th December 2026, including providing details of a proposer, seconder and a statement in support of your candidacy.
ABOUT EACH EC POSITION
SUBMIT A NOMINATION

For any queries in relation to the AGM, please contact the PSC office via info@palestinecampaign.org.

Deadlines:

Fri 31st July 2026: Candidates for election to the Executive Committee must be members by this date to be eligible for election.
Fri 30th October 2026: To vote at the AGM as an individual, you must be a current member by this date.
Fri 4th December 2026 at 5pm: Close of submissions of motions and election nominations.
Fri 15th January 2027 at 5pm: Close of receipt of amendments to motions.
Fri 22nd January 2027: Circulation of amendments
Fri 22nd January 2027 at 5pm: Close of online registration for those attending the AGM.
Wed 27th January 2027 at 5pm: Closing date for postal registrations to attend the AGM.
Sat 30th January 2027: AGM
