newsletter july#3 2014
Thursday 17 July (market day). 12.00 - 14.00. Near Millets/Lloyds, Wellington Place. To publicize the present crisis, BDS and solidarity work generally, we'll be setting up an information stall in the town centre.
Please come, say hello and support us.
Dear Friends,
Yesterday night Israels occupation forces storming Salfeet at 3.00 morning and arrested MP Omar Abed al-Razek from his home in Salfeet.
They also arrested 4 other MPs from west Bank.
email continues here.
"We Palestinians trapped inside the bloodied and besieged Gaza Strip call on conscientious people all over the world to act, protest and intensify the boycotts, divestments and sanctions against Israel until it ends this murderous attack on our people and is held to account."
Message from Palestinian unions and civil organisations.
Fundraising Events
Sunday 3rd August. Arts Sale.
Sale starts at 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.
Norman Finkelstein and Palestinian political analyst Mouin Rabbani interviewed. Did Israel Spark Violence to Prevent a New "Peace Offensive"?
Interview here.
Ali Abunimah gives a comprehensive account of the background to the present Israeli offensive to the BBC, broadcast at 3.00 in the morning. Unsurprisingly, it wasn't included in the BBC News at Six or Ten. Volume needs to be turned up:
"they are angry with the people they have murdered for making them murder them. It is the psychology of the murderer, it is the psychology of the rapist, it is the psychology of the bully."
Interview here.
Video from yesterday (we're not familiar with source but looks useful):
Gaza emergency: most recent figures
UN OCHA casualty figures, damaged structures etc. are here.
Leaflet issued by the PSC 11 July. It can be downloaded here.
PSC leaflet to help raise the issue of the escalating racism & violence being faced by Palestinian people. It can be downloaded here.
Hamas did not reject a ceasefire, Israel did
With Israel in constant breach of the November 2012 ceasefire:
Article here.
Is a Lasting Ceasefire Possible Under Israeli Occupation?
With 192 Dead in Gaza, Is Lasting Ceasefire Possible Under Israeli Occupation? Interview with Ha'aretz journalist Amira Hass.
4 Children killed
Their crime: playing on a beach. Thursday 16.02.
BBC's bias against Palestinians
Includes a reference to a letter by Tim Llewellyn who was the BBC's Middle East correspondent in the 1980s. He describes the BBC position as "an Israeli position."
Article here.
Israel uses banned weapons against Gaza
Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert shows that Israel has used internationally banned weapons
Chomsky, Pilger and Loach call on BBC to reflect reality of Gaza's occupation
Letter to the BBC calling on its journalists to reflect the reality of the occupation of Gaza while reporting on Israel's current assault.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Information
Emergency Appeal for Gaza.
Florida Congresswoman sides with Israeli police over her own brutalized teenage constituent
Tarek Abu Khdeir was severely beaten up by Israeli security and held under house arrest (see our last newsletter). Congresswoman Kathy Castor has been conspicuously silent about the brutal beating. The fact that she was paid $22,400 between 2009 and 2012 by Israeli lobbyists has of course nothing to do with this. Congresswoman Kathy Castor
Israeli attacks target Gaza water and sewage infrastructure
Israeli jets destroying Gaza water and sewerage systems. Article here.
Israel is deliberately targeting civilians in Gaza
Israel admits to targeting civilians in Gaza.
Terror in Gaza
57 seconds after 'warning,' Israel destroys a house.
