Monthly Palestine in Pictures.
Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi, Gaza:
Fundraising Walk & Cycle Saturday March 26th
Reminder of Saturday's Fundraiser. 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.
Walkers will start from Glyne Gap at 12noon and walk 4.5 miles to the Stade for 2pm. Cyclists will start at Lewes (9.00) and cycle 40 miles via Eastbourne (11.30) and Egerton Park, Bexhill (12.30). finishing at the Stade. Cyclists can join the ride at any of these points. This is the route.
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. More information here.
If you can't take part but want to support, you can make a donation online here:
The Resilience Committee was set up in 2019 when local people got together and built their own safe space community centre to try to create better services and support for their own community.
This is a short video message from our friends in Al-Mawasi. The chair of the committee shows us around the centre.
Video here.
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Information stalls
We will have an information stall in the town centre this Saturday 12.00 noon until 1.30 pm. From Saturday 2 April onwards we will be back to the usual times (weather permitting) 12 until 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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'Not In Our Name'
'My family village in Palestine was stolen and turned into a British Park'
Our meeting at the White Rock Hotel (and online) revealed the role that the little known JNF has played in the building of Israeli apartheid. The JNF (Jewish National Fund) has played an integral part in Israel's policy of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
One of our speakers, Dr. Kholoud al-Ajarma, described how her grandmother Fatima fled Zionist militias with her four children in fear of their lives during the Nakba in 1948, fully expecting to return one day. But instead, her village was bulldozed to make way for the building of a park, the British Park.
It's important that the role of the JNF is better known. In our report of the meeting we show how we can make a difference by declaring 'not in our name.'
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2022
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an international week of action that has taken place for the last 16 years in over 200 universities and cities around the world. This is the IAW 2022 Global Calendar Of Events. Global Rally Against Israeli Apartheid.
U.N. Investigator Accuses Israel of Apartheid, Citing Permanence of Occupation
Michael Lynk ia a Canadian law professor appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate rights abuses in the occupied territories. He said that it met the legal definition of apartheid set out by international law. Article here (New York Times).
Harvard Law School Recognizes Israel as Apartheid Regime
Article here.
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Israel lobby demands Lowkey be deleted by Spotify
The group 'We Believe in Israel' is mounting a campaign to take much of Lowkey's music off of Spotify. Lowkey is a musician and a highly respected activist supporter of Palestinian rights. He is a patron of the PSC. Article here.
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Palestine in Pictures
This is the monthly round up with more than 30 images showing life in Palestine published by the Electronic Intifada. Left: A woman cries in front of the Mahrab family's home minutes after it was demolished by Israeli authorities in al-Lydd on 6 February. Right: Palestinian workers in Gaza City repair infrastructure hit by Israeli air strikes last year. Palestine in Pictures.
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Pegasus Spyware Explained
Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones. Pegasus spyware has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world on a massive scale, following the revelation of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets. This is how Amnesty International helped to uncover the Pegasus Project spyware scandal. The Pegasus Project.
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More hypocrisy following the Ukrainian conflict
Jonathan Cook shows how some social media platforms have changed their policy on hate speech and incitement so that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp can now allow threats of violence against Russians. He compares this with the special protections put in place by tech firms to block criticism of Israel and Israelis. Article here.
Ali Abunimah shows the turnabout by Israel lobby group ADL in rehabilitating Ukrainian collaborators who were involved in mass exterminations during World War Two. This follows the cult of Bandera re-emerging. Article here.
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More news:
Unearthing occupation: Israel's archaeological war on Palestinian cultural heritage: Article here.
'No to Normalization': Jordanian, Algerian Coaches Pull Out of Bahrain Sports Event: Article here.
Asa Winstanley: How Owen Jones learned to stop worrying and love Zionism: Article here.
Toxic batteries threaten the environment and health of citizens in Gaza: Article here.
The Smearing of Emma Watson by Sut Jhally and Roger Waters: Article here.
Pakistan PM Says Muslim Countries Have Failed Palestinians, Kashmiris: Article here.
Haaretz: Israeli Troops' New Quota: Add 50 Palestinians to Tracking Database Every Shift: 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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