Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   29 December 2023
  In this newsletter:
  • Information stall Saturday 30 December
  • Planning meeting Tuesday 2 January
  • National March for Palestine : Ceasefire NOW 13 January
  • Report: Boycott Apartheid Israel: Ravenside/Glyne Gap
  • Report: Huw Merriman Protest
  • News: Israeli refuseniks, and Christ under the Rubble.

    INFORMATION STALL THIS SATURDAY

    Our information stall will run this Saturday (30 December) from noon to 2pm in the town centre, near Costa and Jempsons. Please pay us a visit and support.

    PLANNING MEETING TUESDAY 2 JANUARY 6PM

    The Board Room, White Rock Hotel TN34 1JU Everyone is welcome who supports the demand 'Ceasefire Now! We want to organise more boycott actions, more protests targetting local companies who are complicit with Israel's apartheid.

    SATURDAY 6 JANUARY

    Please keep Saturday 6 January 12.00 noon free in your diary. We are planning an event in the town - more details to follow.

    NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE: CEASEFIRE NOW : JANUARY 13

    12 noon Central London. More information to follow. PSC Facebook event page.

    BOYCOTT APARTHEID ISRAEL : RAVENSIDE/GLYNE GAP

    Last Saturday we spent the morning with shoppers talking about Israel's war crimes and one thing we can all do - Boycott. We were able to identify some of the products to boycott - avocados, figs, dates and Sabra humous at Tesco, Teva products at Boots and Hewlett-Packard products at P C World. H-P, the US based company, is complicit in Israel's crimes by providing computer hardware to the Israeli army and maintaining data centers through their servers for the Israeli police.

    Thanks to our team who came out last Saturday to support the event. We had (as always) some very positive and rewarding conversations with members of the public.
    Short video of the day on YouTube.
    The BDS list of target companies. (N.B. Puma is no longer on the list.).

     
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    PICKET AT HUW MERRIMAN'S OFFICE

    Bexhill and Battle MP Huw Merriman voted against a ceasefire in parliament 15 November. Residents in his constituency have shown that he won't answer emails about this issue.

    We linked up with local GMB members to protest at Merriman's office.

    Thanks to members of the public who came to support. And a special thank you to the local resident who provided us with tea and biscuits.

    Short video (TikTok).
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    18-YEAR-OLD REFUSENIK JAILED FOR 30 DAYS

    Tal Mitnick, an 18-year-old refusenik has just been jailed for 30 Days. Tal described the Israeli army as "bent on the oppression of the Palestinian people, and I refuse to take part in that oppression and instead fight against it in my activism." Article here.

    Tal is part of a group of more than 200 high school students who announced in August that they would refuse to enlist due to Israel's occupation of Palestine. Interview with one of the group, Sofi Orr, who says that she refuses to be part of 'endless cycle of bloodshed.' Interview (YouTube).
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    CHRIST UNDER THE RUBBLE

    "This year Christmas celebrations are cancelled in Bethlehem." This is the powerful sermon given by the Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac at the Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. The church made headlines by depicting the manger in a pile of rubble (see video), symbolising the destruction and death of children caused by Israel's genocidal attacks on Gaza. "Leaders of the so-called "free" lined up one after the other to give the green light for this genocide against a captive population. They gave the cover....."    Christ Under the Rubble (YouTube).
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    PALESTINE - ISRAEL: FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

    Much of the 'information' in the corporate media is often misleading. Some useful sources:
    Middle East Eye.    Electronic Intifada.    Al Jazeera.    Middle East Monitor.
    Mondoweiss.    Palestine Chronicle.    Al Mayadeen.    Mintpress.    The Grayzone.
    The Cradle.
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    Hastings and District PSC online membership and donations

    Becoming a member of Hastings and District 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. If you would rather not use Paypal, you can pay directly to our bank: please contact us for the details. Or alternatively pay at one of our events.

    The work of Hastings and District 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 and District PSC.
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    Recent Hastings and District PSC newsletters:

    22 December 2023
    14 December 2023
    30 November 2023

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