newsletter july#2 2014
PSC's statement below, which includes the comment from Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy: 'Israel never really wanted peace. Israel has never, not for a minute, treated the Palestinians as human beings with equal rights.'
Briefing: current situation.
We will be bringing our replica Apartheid Wall to this year's St Leonards Festival. We aim to set it up at the station end of Kings Road, from approximately 11.30. Please come along to say hello and show support.
It is 10 years since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stated that the Apartheid Wall is illegal under international law and should be torn down. Palestinian organizations are calling on people across the world to join efforts and make July the month of: Against the Apartheid Wall!
Here's one we made earlier!:
The web address can be found here.
Thursday 17 July (market day). 12.00 - 14.00. To publicize BDS, the present crisis, and solidarity work generally, we'll be setting up a stall in the town centre.
Please come and support us, even if you can make it only for a while.
Fundraising Events
We're planning to boost our branch's (seriously depleted!) funds. Here are a few plans in the pipeline:
Sunday 3rd August. Arts Sale.
11.00 to 16.00 at the White Rock Hotel. We're asking members and supporters to see if they have any paintings that they can add to our Arts Sale. Help on the day will be required. Money raised will be divided between Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) (60%) and HPSC (40%).
Saturday 2nd August.
The 2nd Annual Hastings & St. Leonards Music Awards 2014. More information to follow.
Exhibition and displays: art, film, photography and infographics. Venue: White Rock Hotel, White Rock, Hastings TN34 3JU.
In the evenings: Tuesday 2 September: Celebration of the Freedom Theatre of Jenin.
Wednesday 3 September: Oscar-nominated feature film OMAR
Thursday 4 September: Closing party with food, music, song and dance, poetry reading.
FREE entry/donations welcome. More details to be announced later.
Interview with mother of Palestinian-American 15 year old (who goes to school in Tampa, Florida) beaten up by Israeli forces: the only reason you heard about Tarek is because he's American, but "this happens to the Palestinians every single day."
New PSC leaflet to help raise the issue of the escalating racism & violence being faced by Palestinian people. It can be downloaded here.
Netanyahu government knew teens were dead as it whipped up racist frenzy
Background information from Max Blumenthal.
Four families grieve.
Jonathan Cook, writing from Nazareth, describes Israel's inconsistent treatment of the families of recent murder victims.
Open letter to the BBC
A letter calling on the BBC to improve their coverage of Palestine and Israel.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Information
Gaza: Health Sector at 'serious risk' from further attacks.
Gaza: Operation Medical Resupply.
Call for an immediate end to Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes.
Gaza is Burning: Here's What the Corporate Media isn't Telling You
Abby Martin interviews Max Blumenthal on the latest violence. Video here
Courtesy of the israeli army: child killing and kidnapping
Account from Nablus of the Israeli campaign of collective punishment.
Diaries: Live from Palestine
The Month in Pictures: June 2014.
BBC Distortions
Amena Saleem shows how BBC's reporting on Palestine has become less impartial and, consequently, less trustworthy.
Elbit: Exporting Oppression from Palestine to Latin America
How Elbit is at the forefront of a new wave of Israeli arms industry involvement in Latin America, technology developed in occupied Palestine.
Why Doesn't the Media Care About Dead Palestinians?
Abby Martin's impassioned denouncement of the media's distorted portrayal of Israeli airstrikes on civilian targets in Gaza.
Bethlehem Unwrapped
A preview of the film made of the 8m high life size replica WALL that was built in front of St James's Piccadilly. The film is here.
