When
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Unite in Solidarity with Palestine – 19/05/20
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
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
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
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
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!