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Public meeting: Stop The JNF - Not In Our Name
Saturday 12 March 3pm
Join us at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings TN34 1JU
or take part online. Register here for the Zoom meeting: REGISTER HERE
 The JNF is a pillar of Israeli apartheid. Learn how Israel created apartheid and the role the British charity JNF UK has played in it. And find out how the UK Charities Commission has been complicit in Israel's policy of ethnic cleansing.
The JNF UK helped finance the British Park which was established over seven destroyed Palestinian villages. One of our speakers Kholoud al Ajarma (pictured below) is a Palestinian refugee whose land lies under British Park.
The JNF (Jewish National Fund) is an organisation that has spent 100 years and millions of pounds uprooting Palestinians.
Our speakers, via Zoom, in addition to Kholoud, are Kathy Brooks (Chair of Montgomeryshire PSC and Stop the JNF / British Park Campaign) and Annie O'Gara (Sheffield PSC and Stop the JNF/British Park Campaign).
Find out more about our meeting and the JNF at our website. This is the Facebook event page. Please share widely
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Christianity in The Holy Land Under Threat
Last month, Israel's Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) announced plans to encompass Christian holy sites within a national park. Church leaders condemned the move as part of systematic efforts to drive Christians out of the Holy Land.
"This is a brutal measure that constitutes a direct and premeditated attack on the Christians in the Holy Land, on the churches and on their ancient, internationally guaranteed rights in the Holy City." Article here.
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 "The Palestinian Thobe: Cultural and Historical Complexity"
Fascinating article showing how the traditional Palestinian dress which features handmade embroidery designs originating in the 11th century, gained major cultural significance after the first intifada in 1987.
The embroidery designs on the dresses vary across villages and each individual dress holds a certain uniqueness and tells a different story about the lives of the Palestinians.
"With time, the thobe began to signify resistance against the occupation and challenged the Israeli ban on public displays of Palestinian nationalism through vibrant and striking embroidery designs of Palestinian flags and maps." Article here.
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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. We're always happy to have members and supporters to stay and help.
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Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi:
Fundraising Walk & Cycle Saturday March 26th
Walkers will start from Glyne Gap at 12noon and walk 4.5 miles to the Stade for 2pm
Cyclists will start at Lewes and cycle 40 miles via Easbourne and Bexhill to the Stade - 40 miles is the length of the wall which Israel have built surrounding Gaza, blockading people in Al-Mawasi, and everywhere else in Gaza.
Sign up to walk or cycle however far you are able - and download a sponsorship form to collect money from friends and family for your efforts. Please get in touch if you can make it so we have an idea of the numbers taking part.
If you can't take part but want to support, you can make a donation online here:
Fundraising Walk & Cycle. This is the Facebook event page.
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Palestinian Flag Umbrellas
We have obtained a small supply of Palestinian flag umbrellas. For more information.
We will shortly have a supply of Palestinian made keffiyehs; details to follow.
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"A red card for the sporting world's hypocrites"
Ramzy Baroud shows that while the west has imposed a wave of boycotts and sanctions of everything Russian, including music, art, theatre, literature and, of course, sports, organisations such as FIFA, along with UEFA and other international sports organizations, have done nothing to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against the Palestinian people. This is despite Israel's intentional bombing of Palestinian stadiums, travel restrictions on athletes, cancellation of sporting events, and arrests and even killings of Palestinian footballers. Article here.
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"Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine"
From the Israeli Haaretz website, this article examines Israel's history of arming both military regimes and extremist militia like the Azov brigade. From 2018. Article here.
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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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4 March 2022
26 February 2022
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