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Information stalls
Today's stall, Saturday 19 August 12 noon until 2pm will be near the Lifeguard Station in front of the Azur TN38 0BU.
There will be NO stall Saturday 26 August. The next stall after that will be Saturday 2 September (weather permitting. Please pay us a visit. Apart from a range of leaflets, pamphlets and stickers, we have keffiyehs from Hirbawi in Hebron, a range of T-shirts and Palestinian flag umbrellas. We also have handicrafts from the Shu'fat Refugee Camp.
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 Swim With Gaza
Saturday 26 August 4 pm
St Leonards beach TN38 0BU
In front of the Azur, by the Lifeguard Station. Between groyne 41 and 42 TQ 799087
Take part in this global solidarity event! More locations are being added all the time - there will now be events in Salt Lake City, Carcavelos and Melides Beach in Portugal, Burrow Beach, Dublin, Skiathos in Greece and the Canary Islands. Alongside St Leonards, the Sussex coast will be well represented by events organised by all our sister branches at Brighton/Hove, Worthing/Adur and Eastbourne.
There's an interesting article in the Hastings Online Times. It gives the background to the event including the fascinating story behind the Tantish Swimming Academy. Swim With Gaza.
Please share the event on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Help fund free swimming lessons in Gaza
Swim With Gaza has set up a fundraising page to collect money for free swimming lessons for 100 children whose parents cannot afford to pay for lessons. Fundraiser.
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Dates for your diary (more information to follow)
9 September. Asa Winstanley, author of 'Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn.' Publisher's website.16 September. Meeting with a delegation from the Shu'fat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem/Al-Quds. Shu'fat Refugee Camp.
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 No Fairytale Under Apartheid
We spent a tremendous day getting to know Amneh Al Kelani from Jenin and Joan from Cadfa. Amneh gave a moving talk about life in Jenin, the problems caused by the Apartheid Wall, the restrictive ID system, and the recent violent Israeli attacks against the Jenin Refugee Camp.
Amneh writes children's books - books with a difference, showing life under occupation. During the day we met women at Hastings mosque, visited Deputy Mayor Heather Bishop and finished the day with the most wonderful food provided by Momo Chef.
Our full review of the day's events including an appraisal of Amneh's children's books:
No Fairytale Under Apartheid.
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 Dr Ang Swee at Eastbourne
A fascinating and very moving talk given by Dr Ang Swee who documented her time in Beirut in 1982 using her surgical skills at the Sabra and Shatila massacre ('operated day and night non-stop), to her more recent work in Gaza, operating on the victims of Israeli bombing. The meeting was organised by the Eastbourne PSC.
Dr. Ang is known for co-founding Medical Aid for Palestinians which has carried out essential medical services amongst Palestinian refugees for 40 years. Dr. Ang spoke of how she has been incarcerated in Israeli prisons three times - and has been deported three times.
While Dr. Ang has experienced so many harrowing events, she retains a very positive attitude, particularly towards the Palestinian people: 'the Palestinians are a strong people,' 'they will continue to fight for justice.' What keeps her going? 'The beautiful faces of the Palestinian children.' Of the struggle of the Palestinian people: 'I will talk about it until the day I die.'
No one could have failed to have been both captivated and energised by Dr. Ang's talk. She is a true inspiration.
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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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