Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   20 September 2024
  In this newsletter:
  • TOMORROW - Saturday 21 Sept - 3pm - One State: Talk with Ghada Karmi
  • Saturday 28 Sept 11am - Barclays Action: Stop Banking on Genocide
  • Friday 4 Oct 3pm - A Year of Bloodshed - General Dynamics Protest, Hastings
  • Saturday 5 October 12noon - 'One Year on: End the Genocide' National March, London
  • Plus...News items - 'What Happened on 7 October,' report from boycott action, casting call for new solidarity play and books for sale

    ONE STATE - THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC FUTURE FOR PALESTINE-ISRAEL WITH AUTHOR/ACTIVIST GHADA KARMI

    White Rock Hotel TN34 1JU. Saturday 21 September 3pm.


    Don't miss this opportunity to hear renowned Palestinian activist Ghada Karmi in discussion on the future of Palestine-Israel.

    With Israel's genocide in Gaza now in its 12th month and the terror attacks this week in Lebanon, the question so many of us ask ourselves is - how will this end?

    Ghada's latest work 'One State: The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel' is a bold and incisive effort to answer that question, and we are delighted to welcome her in person to analyse the future direction of the Palestinian struggle for liberation.

    Please join us at the White Rock Hotel at 3pm on Saturday - entry is free, teas and coffees provided. Copies of the book available to buy on the day. Donations welcome.

    NO INFORMATION STALL THIS SATURDAY

    No information stall in Hastings town centre.

    BARCLAYS BANK: STOP BANKING ON GENOCIDE

    Saturday 28 September 11am - 1pm. Barclays Bank, Queens Road, Hastings TN34 1QP Join us as we picket Barclays Bank in Hastings as part of the National Stop Arming Israel Day.

    Barclays has increased its investments in companies supplying armaments for Israel's genocidal policies. It now stands at more than £2 billion. This includes over £100 million in General Dynamics, along with investments in Elbit, Raytheon and BAE Systems.

    A YEAR OF BLOODSHED: PROTEST AT GENERAL DYNAMICS

    Friday 4 October 3 - 5pm. General Dynamics, 100 Castleham Road, Hastings, TN38 9NJ.



    The tactical and communications systems made in Hastings directly contribute to the Israeli war machine responsible for conducting a genocide for nearly a year now. Join our protest which will include a mass die-in - so we need as many people as possible on the day. Bring flags, placards, banners, noise and lots of your friends! More details to follow.

    NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: ONE YEAR ON - STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA

    Saturday 5 October 12pm. Russell Square, London


    After 1 year of Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people we must step-up the pressure on the UK government to Stop Arming Israel. Catch the 10.31 train to London. If you would like to go but need help towards the cost of a ticket, contact us directly. We match donors with marchers.

    WHAT HAPPENED ON 7 OCTOBER

    The western corporate media has consistently been echoing the stories coming out from the Israeli government and military. Thankfully there are journalists that have been prepared to find answers to what actually happened on 7 October. Often this has been with the help of Israeli whistleblowers. Jon Elmer is a journalist and researcher who has reported extensively from the West Bank, Gaza and the Middle East, and for the past decade has also worked in television and documentary film focussing on political violence and armed struggle.

    In this interview he examines Israeli and Palestinian military strategies, their successes and failures, as well as the regional dimensions of the ongoing war. Starting at 30 minutes 28 seconds he goes through a detailed time frame of the events of 7 October. Interview here.

    B'TSELEM REPORT: THE ISRAELI PRISON SYSTEM AS A NETWORK OF TORTURE CAMPS

    Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has produced the report "Welcome to Hell" which details the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody since 7 October 2023. It has collected testimonies from 55 Palestinians held during that time and released, almost all with no charge. "Welcome to Hell"

    REPORT: BOYCOTT ISRAELI APARTHEID TOUR


    Boycott played an important part in ending apartheid in South Africa and now it's playing a part in ending apartheid in Israel. On Saturday we spent the morning talking with shoppers at the Ravenside Retail Park. We delivered this message: Check the label - if it says Israel, put it back. We found in the shops Israeli potatoes, mangoes and Sabra humus. We gave out hundreds of leaflets and had a great response from members of the public - people are really appalled at Israel's policies of apartheid and genocide - and want to do something about it. Short video on Facebook and on Instagram.

    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

    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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