BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2385@palestinecampaign.org DTSTART:20210519T193000Z DTEND:20210519T210000Z DTSTAMP:20210513T084333Z URL:https://palestinecampaign.org/events/remembering-the-nakba-richmond-ki ngston-and-west-surrey-psc/ SUMMARY:Remembering the Nakba: Richmond & Kingston and West Surrey PSC DESCRIPTION:Remembering the Nakba\nThe 1948 Catastrophe for Palestinians \ nA commemoration co-hosted by Richmond &\; Kingston and West Surrey PSC \nSupported by West London PSC  \nWednesday\, 19th May\, 7.30-9.00pm (on Zoom)\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1948\, Israeli armed forces and Zionist paramilitarie s 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. E very May\, Palestinians around the world commemorate this catastrophe.\n\n  \;\n\n73 years later\, there are now more than 7 million descendants of the original refugees. Many are stateless\, living in crowded refugee c amps. 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 wo rld.\n\n \;\n\nThe Nakba is an ongoing tragedy: the Israeli Army and Z ionist settlers continue to displace Palestinians\, seize their land\, dem olish their homes and deny them political rights.\n\n \;\n\nWe have in vited 6 Palestinians to tell the story of their families’ forced exile a nd the Nakba’s ongoing impact down the generations. Their presentations will be followed by a Q&\;A. Our speakers are:\n\n \;\n\nBashar Nus eibeh\, a university professor\, software engineer and research scientist. His family comes from Jerusalem\, and he currently lives in the UK. \n\n  \n\nIyas Al Qasem\, member of PSC’s Executive. His father was a fou nder member of the PLO and author of the Palestinian Basic Law. Iyas runs a charity for Palestinian children.\n\n \n\nMassa Dalgamouni\, an educato r\, driver of change\, writer\, and activist. She currently lives in Jorda n.\n\n \n\nFatima 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. \n\n \n\nDr 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 S ociety. \n\n \n\nKhalil Alamour\, a Bedouin Israeli from an unrecognised Negev village\, a teacher\, lawyer\, human rights activist and internatio nal advocate.\n\n \;\n\nTo join the event\, please use this link http s://us02web.zoom.us/j/88270957229?pwd=c3ZaVXZCUUtObGIzYjc3VnhGb1FzQT09\n\n  \;\n\nMeeting ID: 882 7095 7229\nPasscode: 693640\n\nDial by your loc ation\n0131 460 1196 United Kingdom\n0203 481 5237 United Kingdom\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://palestinecampaign.org/wp-content/uploads /7cca616e-2c20-4880-b0db-57ed494fdf48.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR