Hastings and Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   17 April 2020

 
Friday 17 April - Palestinian Prisoners' Day

There are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. These include:

  • 180+ children
  • 430 administrative detainees jailed without charge or trial
  • 700 sick and ill prisoners - 200 with chronic and serious diseases that place them at even greater risk should COVID-19 spread throughout the prisons. Already 12,758 people in Israel have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and 142 have lost their lives. If this spreads to Israel's jails, this could be a death sentence.

    Israel is the only country in the world where children are systematically tried in military courts and subjected to 'cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.' Source: UNICEF.

    Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

    Samidoun has an excellent website. It lists a range of actions that we can all get involved in. It includes BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) information about Hewlett-Packard and G4S, both complicit in the incarceration of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. Samidoun website.  Samidoun Facebook.  Samidoun Twitter.  


    Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP)

    "Israel must release all Palestinian child detainees amid COVID-19 pandemic." More information.

    Petition: End the mistreatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention
    Petition here.

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    "END THE SIEGE OF GAZA" Join our Facebook Challenge.

    We're encouraging people to take a picture of themselves holding a poster with "END THE SIEGE OF GAZA." Join in and spread the message: Hastings and Rye Facebook page.

      
    Message to MPs: End the Siege of Gaza

    "COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Gaza. This is truly a nightmare situation." Please sign this message to your MP:
    End the Siege of Gaza.
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    Videos: The power of the Israel lobby

    Two undercover films exposing the Israel lobby both in the UK and in the US. They show how a member of the Israeli UK embassy is prepared to 'take down' MPs; how Israel's supporters manufacture cases of 'anti-semitism, and destroy the careers of student activists. Links to these videos are on our website (see right hand column):
    The power of the Israel lobby.

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    News from and about the occupation:

    On Palestinian Prisoner Day: A Whole Captive Population Longing For Freedom.

    Palestinian villagers ask why company exploiting West Bank quarry isn't it on UN list.

    Does Israel Have the Right to Cage Two Million People in a Coronavirus-Ravaged Prison Camp?

    Journalism student arrested as Israel invades Bethlehem.
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    Hastings and Rye PSC online membership and donations

    Becoming a member of Hastings and Rye PSC is an important way of supporting our work.The annual subscription is £10 waged, £5 unwaged. We now have an online membership payment form. It can also be used to renew membership. The work of Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity could not continue without the generous donations from members of the public. If you would like to support our work without becoming a member please visit our shop page here and see the right hand column: Donate to Hastings & Rye PSC.
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    Recent Hastings PSC newsletters:

    12 April 2020
    28 March 2020
    25 March 2020

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