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Hastings and Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   9 February 2022
  In this newsletter we have...
  • Boycott Puma Day of Action this Saturday 12 February 12pm.
  • Amnesty International declares Israel an apartheid state.
  • Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi, Gaza: latest.
  • Weekly Information stalls.

    Boycott Puma Day of Action Saturday 12 February 12pm - 2pm

    Outside Sports Direct, 1-7 Wellington Place Hastings TN34 1NR
    Puma continues to sponsor the Israel Football Association (IFA) which operates in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. While companies such as Ben & Jerry's have ended their involvement in illegal settlements, it's time for Puma to do the right thing and end support for Israeli apartheid.

    There are more than 20 events taking place in the campaign against Puma in the UK this Saturday, but this has become an international campaign. This is a picket outside a Puma outlet in Boston, US: BDS Boston shuts down Puma (vimeo).

    Join us in the town centre this Saturday to show support for the campaign to get Puma to end its complicity in Israeli's apartheid policies. Please share widely: Facebook event page.
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    Amnesty International declares Israel an apartheid state

    Amnesty becomes the latest human rights group to call Israel an apartheid state. It recognises this as a crime against humanity under international law. The report, 4 years in the making, outlines a brutal and intentional system of fragmentation, dispossession, segregation, and oppression against indigenous Palestinians.

    Article by Amnesty International: Israel's apartheid against Palestinians..
    Ben Norton interviews Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada. Ali shows the importance of solidarity: "The Palestinians are resisting in Palestine. And they have an absolute right to resist. But they need us to resist in the US, in Europe, and all the places that are the stronghold of the Israeli apartheid regime." Video: How Israel is an apartheid regime.

    Israel's Response:
    Israel Looks to Strip Amnesty's Tax-Exempt Status following Apartheid Report. Article here.
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    Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi, Gaza

  • Hastings-Gaza Language Link
    We had our first online call for the Hastings/Al-Mawasi language link. 8 wonderful teachers and helpers from Hastings received a very warm welcome from Mrs Naheel (chair of the committee) and students in Al-Mawasi. Hopefully the beginning of great things!

    Do you want to help Palestinian students learning English? Children and adults in Al-Mawasi in Gaza have signed up for English language classes over Zoom and we need more volunteers to meet demand. Whether you have experience of teaching English as a second language, or you are a native English speaker willing to have conversations to help students practice their English, please get in touch.

  • Fundraising Walk & Cycle
    We are raising money to buy laptops and other equipment for the 'Safe Space' Community Centre in Al-Mawasi, to provide more opportunities for education and entertainment as well as international friendship and solidarity. Date, routes, more information to follow.
    Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi Facebook page.
    Petition to call on Hastings Borough Council to formally twin Hastings with Al-Mawasi. The online petition is here. More information on our website.
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    Information stalls

    We run our information stalls every week (weather permitting) 12 'til 2pm in the town centre near Millets. Please pay us a visit. Here's a short video of last week's stall. Some weeks we make alternative arrangements such as this weekend where we will be setting up outside Sports Direct.
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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 and Rye PSC newsletters:

    17 December 2021
    6 December 2021
    24 November 2021

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