Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   13 September 2024
  In this newsletter:
  • Saturday 14th - The Boycott Israeli Apartheid Tour at Ravenside
  • Saturday 21st - One State: Talk with Ghada Karmi on the Future of Palestine-Israel
  • Friday 4 October - Demonstration at General Dynamics
  • Report on Tuesday's emergency rally condemning Israel's massacre at Al-Mawasi
  • More local information, forthcoming events against the arms trade, new solidarity play and books for sale.

    BOYCOTT ISRAELI APARTHEID TOUR

    Saturday 14 September. Ravenside Retail Park. 11am - 1pm.


    Join us for a tour of Ravenside Retail Park to see how we can exercise our consumer power to boycott Israeli apartheid. We will be highlighting the goods and products on our high streets that go towards supporting the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands, ethnic cleansing. apartheid and genocide.

    The boycott movement has been clocking up some huge wins recently - Puma stopped sponsoring the Israeli football team, AXA dropped investment in Elbit Systems and other Israeli firms and Intel ditched their plan for a multi-billion pound site in Israel. More information about the tour. Previous tours: Hastings town centre and Ravenside.

    NO INFORMATION STALL THIS SATURDAY

    No information stall in Hastings town centre.

    'ONE STATE - THE FUTURE FOR PALESTINE-ISRAEL' WITH GHADA KARMI

    White Rock Hotel. Saturday 21 September 3pm.


    We are thrilled to be hosting British Palestinian doctor, activist and author Ghada Karmi next month on the topic of her latest work: One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel, a bold, incisive and necessary effort to set out a positive vision for the future.

    Ghada and her family in Jerusalem were among the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were exiled during the Nakba. She has since become one of the most vocal proponents of the single democratic state in Palestine-Israel. More information about the meeting.
    Discounted copies of Ghada's book are available at our information stalls and at the meeting (see below).

    A YEAR OF BLOODSHED: RALLY AT GENERAL DYNAMICS

    General Dynamics, 100 Castleham Road, Hastings, TN38 9NJ Friday 4 October 3 - 5pm. The case for stopping arms traders supplying the Israeli military has never been as strong as now. We must keep up the pressure. Details to follow.

    DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

  • 'Stop Arming Israel' day of action: Saturday, September 28. The government recently suspended 30 arms export licenses but this only covers less than 10% of arms export licenses to Israel and excludes components for the F-35 fighter jet used by Israel to bomb Gaza. So it's more important than ever to strengthen this campaign to get 'Britain to stop arming Israel.' More information to follow.
  • The next London demonstration will be on 5 October. More information to follow.

    BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - NEW SOLIDARITY PLAY

    Behind Closed Doors by Tom Andrews. 18 - 20 October. This new play will be performed as street theatre and also form the basis of a staged indoor fundraiser. We are looking for performers and backstage hands - no experience necessary. Just enthusiasm and availability for a rehearsal once a week. The play is 20 minutes long and requires between 6-8 performers. If you want to know more, please contact us

    REPORT: HASTINGS RALLY CONDEMNS ISRAELI MASSACRE AT AL-MAWASI


    After Israel's massacre at Al-Mawasi on Tuesday, we held an emergency rally at the town's council offices condemning Israel's latest war crime.

    We read out a message from a member of the Al-Mawasi Resilience Committee we had receved that morning. We also read out a statement from Council Leader Julia Hilton, on behalf of the Hastings Greens: "We condemn the inhumane attack on this community, a supposed humanitarian safe zone, and we extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of all who have been touched by this tragedy."

    Thanks to all who braved the elements to show their solidarity for our friends in Al Mawasi.

    More information in our press statement. Articles in the Skwawbox and in the Hastings Observer..

    BOOKS AVAILABLE AT OUR STALLS AND MEETINGS

     

    Now available at our stall, two great books to deepen our knowledge of the history of Palestine and Israel. We're grateful to Lee at Printed Matter in Hastings, for generously discounting the price for us in support of the work of PSC.

  • One State - The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel by Ghada Karmi. £12. This profound and important analysis of the future for Israel-Palestine has never felt more necessary or urgent. Ghada Karmi, whose family were exiled to Britain during the 1948 Nakba, makes the powerful case here for uniting the land to create a just future for all Palestinians and Israelis, and allowing the Palestinian right of return.

    The best-selling author of In Search of Fatima has lost none of her eloquence in this bold and engaging treatise which lays out the instability at the heart of the Zionist state, examines its impact across the region, and analyzes the decades of work to present a workable 'solution,'

    In the end she is unequivocal in her view that, however impossible it may appear, the current apartheid ethnocentric state will be replaced by one democratic state, asserting: "The fact that something is difficult to realise does not make it any less the right thing to do."

    And, moreover, the concept itself must be long-established "not as an immediately attainable goal perhaps, but as a vision, an aspiration and a belief in the ultimate humanity of Palestinians and Jews and all those who wish to see them prosper."

  • The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Oneworld, 2007) £13 by Ilan Pappé, renowned Israeli historian, scholar and author who was forced from his position at the University of Haifa after publishing this book, and is now Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. In this book he exposes the facts behind the Nakba of 1948 with meticulous research into Israeli archival documents, making clear that ridding the land of its Palestinian inhabitants was always central to the founding of the State of Israel.
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    PALESTINE - ISRAEL: FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

    Much of the 'information' in the corporate media is misleading. Here are some useful sources:
    Middle East Eye.    Electronic Intifada.    Al Jazeera.    Middle East Monitor.
    Mondoweiss.    Palestine Chronicle.    Al Mayadeen.    Mintpress.    The Grayzone.
    The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.       Jonathan Cook.
    The Cradle.       MediaLens.       Declassified UK.
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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 PSC could not continue without the 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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