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 Film show: Fadia's Tree
Thursday June 22nd at 7.30pm
Kino-Teatr, 43-49 Norman Road, St Leonards TN38 0EG
Through telling Fadia's story the film vividly illustrates how the Nakba never stopped. Fadia's family was expelled from Palestine in 1948 and the family still lives in a Lebanese refugee camp. The film developed from a friendship between film maker Sarah Beddington and the family over 17 years. It is a extraordinary story on many levels.
Hastings and Rye PSC in partnership with Kino-Teatr.
Tickets £12/£10 Concessions (over 65s/disabled people)/ £8 Under 16s.
Kino-Teatr website. and our Facebook event page.
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There will be NO information stall this Saturday 24 June, but on Sunday we will have a stall at:
 Sanctuary Festival 2023
Sunday 25 June 12 - 7pm Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
"Join us for another day of great live music, creative workshops, talks, activities for kids, food and friends.
We'll be responding to the theme of Refugee Week 2023 - Compassion."
Organised by Hastings Community of Sanctuary, raising funds for Hastings Supports Refugees.
We will have a stall at the event - please come and say hello. The full Sanctuary Festival programme. Facebook event page.
Book tickets for the Sanctuary Festival Comedy Special on Saturday 24 June 7 - 10pm.
More information.
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Compassion. What makes a compassionate community?
Wednesday 21 June 11 until 4. Alexandra Park, Hastings
Compassion is also the theme at Wednesday's event organised by the folk at artintheparkaop who will be holding a day 'in a lovely green space creating art, talking, meeting new friends, yoga, art, music and song....bring a picnic along.' Facebook details.
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 Meeting with Professor David Miller
Thanks to everyone who came to last Saturday's meeting with Professor Miller. It was a highly informative and thought-provoking talk by someone whose research and body of work is truly impressive. It is because of his vast research into the Israel lobby that he has been attacked probably more than anyone by the lobby and its supporters. Despite this, he shows huge dignity, warmth and humour in the face of sustained attacks on his character.
Professor Miller gave a thorough and in-depth analysis of today's Zionist movement. In answering a question about the Palestine solidarity movement, he suggested that the movement could put more resources towards targetting the organisations that are directly sponsoring and supporting settlement activity in the West Bank. He also gave a fascinating insight into the changing nature of the geopolitical world.
We are preparing a full report of the meeting. In the meantime here is a summary of the meeting. In this video, Professor Miller explains the background to his sacking by Bristol University; he also lists some of the other targets of the Israel lobby such as Shahd Abusalama and Shaima Dallalai. Video here.
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There will be NO information stall in the town centre Saturday 1 July, but we will have a stall at:
 St Leonards Festival 2023
Saturday 1 July 1 - 5.30pm
Warrior Square Gardens
Please come and say hello at our stall. The festival is always worth a visit. There will be non-stop entertainment including local drummers, Morris Dancers - even Dream Engine's "Loveart" aerial performance! Food stalls, craft stalls, and even more local drummers!
Festival Facebook page. Festival website.
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Protect the right to boycott
The government is proposing an 'anti-boycott bill' that, if passed, could dramatically affect our ability to campaign for social and climate justice in the UK and around the world.
The bill makes it illegal for local councils, universities, and other UK public bodies to make their own ethical decisions about who to do business with- such as deciding to boycott human-rights-abusing companies. Instead, public bodies will be forced to follow UK government foreign policy - specifically towards Israel and Palestine - and will not be able to refuse business with companies on the ethical grounds of complicity in Israel's apartheid and occupation regime.
This new legislation tries to rob social justice movements of a vital tool - the power to boycott - used to successfully generate pressure to end human rights abuses.
More information at The Right To Boycott website
SIGN THE PETITION: Say NO to the anti-boycott bill: SIGN THE PETITION
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 More news:
Gideon Levy writes about 2 1/2 year old Mohammed Al-Tamimi who was shot in the head by the Israeli military: Article here.
Looking glass Labour: The Corbyn years and the weaponising of antisemitism: Article here.
Free Walid Daqqah and all political prisoners: Article here.
Young Gaza man mourns fiancée killed in Israel strikes: Article here.
Roger Waters Sets Record Straight: Article here.
New Report Reveals Human Rights Violations Resulting from IHRA Definition of Antisemitism: Article here.
The Mossad roots of the bogus IHRA anti-Semitism definition: Article here.
Israeli Soldiers Refuse Military Service after 3 Deaths on Egyptian Border: Article here.
Israel-Linked Group Attempts To Censor Pro-Palestine Spotify Artists: Article here.
Continuing forcible displacement and dispossession of Palestinian Christians: 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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Recent Hastings and Rye PSC newsletters:
9 June 2023
4 June 2023
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