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Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter 13 June 2025
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In this newsletter:
This Saturday 12 noon - Emergency Demo: From Palestine To Iran - Stop Israel Now!
Tuesday 17 June - Protest at BAE Systems Rochester
Thursday 19 June - Meeting: Eye Witness to Genocide - Latest from the West Bank
Saturday 21 June - National March for Palestine
Future local activities during June and July.
EMERGENCY DEMO: FROM PALESTINE TO IRAN - STOP ISRAEL NOW!
Saturday 14 June 12 noon Hastings Town Centre
Israel has unleashed ferocious attacks across Iran at the same time it has plunged Gaza into darkness by cutting off all internet access and enforcing a total siege across the West Bank. Israeli aggression knows no bounds - it has been given complete impunity by the West to destroy and kill without restraint.
In Gaza, where a total siege has been in place for three months, mass atrocities and starvation are now being carried out under the cover of a communications blackout. The West Bank too is now under a total siege.
Despite being in the dock for genocide at the International Court of Justice, and its leaders wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, Israel has been allowed to continue its campaign of mass slaughter and starvation without consequence.
Nothing could be more dangerous than to allow this violent, racist and genocidal state to continue its blood-soaked rampage across the region.
And yet the UK is still sending arms, conducting spy flights and even training Israel's military on British soil.
Join us to protest the rogue apartheid state's unilateral attacks on Iran, its intensifying genocide across Gaza and all of Palestine, and to demand the UK STOPS ARMING ISRAEL now.
Open mic rally. Please bring signs, flags, friends and family! More information: Facebook Instagram.
ARMS EMBARGO NOW!
PROTEST AT BAE SYSTEMS ROCHESTER
Tuesday 17 June 11am. BAE Systems Marconi Way, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2XX
Britain is an active participant in Israel's genocide in Palestine, including through its arms trade and military collaboration with Israel. One example is Britain's contribution to Israel's F-35 fighter jets, used to drop 2,000lb bombs on the Gaza Strip. Crucial components for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel to bomb Gaza are manufactured at dozens of sites in Britain. At least 15% of the value of each of Israel's F-35 fighter jet is produced in the UK.
We are organising a system of car sharing, linking car drivers with people who want to travel to the event. Please add your name to the document. More information.
EYE WITNESS TO GENOCIDE - LATEST FROM THE WEST BANK
Thursday 19 June 7 pm. White Rock Hotel, Hastings TN34 1JU.
Speaker: Amjad Rfaie from the Askar refugee camp in Nablus
Israel's attacks have intensified in the West Bank over the last 18 months, leaving the refugee camps at Jenin and Tulkarem destroyed. Israel has killed almost 1,000 Palestinians (including at least 181 children). It has increased its demolitions of Palestinian infrastructure. And now the apartheid state has just approved the establishment of 22 new settlements throughout the West Bank.
We are pleased to host this meeting with Amjad Rfaie from the Askar refugee camp in Nablus. Amjad is the President of the Askar Association for Community Development and Advancement. He is a prominent figure in Palestinian advocacy and has played a key role in strengthening international solidarity with the Palestinian cause through various initiatives and cultural exchange programs. He has spent five years as a political prisoner in Israeli jails.
The people in the Askar camp have suffered an increasing number of raids by the Occupation Forces. The photo above was taken 21 May this year from inside the camp. More information: Facebook Instagram.
As the meeting falls during UK Refugee Week, we're pleased to start the evening with a talk by Jane from Hastings Community of Sanctuary/Hastings Supports Refugees.
NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE
Saturday 21 June 12 noon. Russell Square to Whitehall. More information. Catch the 10.31 Hastings 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.
Wednesday 25 June 7 - 9 pm. Electric Palace Cinema, 39a High Street, Hastings TN34 3ER.
"Join us on Wednesday 25th June at the Electric Palace for a screening of 8 short films by queer, Palestinian, and allied artists, across locales, in historic Palestine and the diaspora." More information. Ticket details.
OH BIG BLUE - AN EXHIBITION OF POETRY AND ART BY PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
10am-4pm 9-12 July, Stade Hall
Make room in your calendar for the new exhibition coming to Hastings from The Hands Up Project - Oh Big Blue! This incredible collection of illustrated poems comes directly from the hearts and minds of Palestinian children growing up in a time of genocide and apartheid.
Written last year by children ages 9-17 from all over Palestine including Ramallah, Jenin, Hebron, Nablus, Jerusalem and Gaza, the works stand as a testament to courage, hope, resilience, and love. The free exhibition will be open daily 10am-4pm from 9th-12th July inclusive. Facebook event page. Launch night details coming soon!
THE ENCAMPMENTS: FILM SCREENING AND Q&A FUNDRAISER FOR AL MAWASI
6:30pm Thursday 10 July, Stade Hall
Don't miss the chance to see the Hastings premiere of THE ENCAMPMENTS, the powerful new documentary following the Palestine solidarity protests that erupted across university campuses in 2024. Timely, urgent and filled with a clear-eyed fury, THE ENCAMPMENTS is a rallying cry for those who refuse to be silenced and a message of hope for the people of Palestine.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with UK student encampment organisers and is taking place in Stade Hall, where visitors can also view the Oh Big Blue exhibition of poetry and art by Palestinian children. It is a fundraiser for Al Mawasi with tickets priced £10/£8 concessions. More details at the FB event page.
Book tickets here
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. The Hind Rajab Foundation.
Rania Khalek.
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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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