Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   2 October 2025
 
EMERGENCY CALL-OUT!
ISRAEL HAS ATTACKED THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

Thursday 2 October 6pm. Opposite Warrior Square TN37 6FA

Thousands throughout the world are taking to the streets in support of the flotilla. Join them!

Release the crews! Break the Siege!

Please share our posts on Facebook, and Instagram.

PROTECT THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

Please fill In this online form to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to demand the UK government acts now to protect the ships and those onboard, and support their mission to deliver aid to the people of Gaza.

PROTECT THE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

HASTINGS TOWN CENTRE INFORMATION STALL

Saturday 4 October 12noon - 2pm. Our weekly information stall will run as usual on Saturday. All the usual information, petitions, stickers, keffiyehs, Support Plasticine Action T-Shirts, books and badges.

VISIT MY MOSQUE

Saturday 4 October. 12noon - 3pm. 12 Mercatoria, TN380EB. "Let's celebrate our community together." Hastings Friends of Al-Mawasi will have a table during the day - please pay us a visit.

'SOLIDARITY SUKKAH' FOR GAZA

6 - 10 October 5pm-7pm. Hastings town centre.
Hastings Jews for Justice (HJJ) will be erecting a 'Solidarity Sukkah' in the town centre and are inviting members of the public to join them there for food and discussions.

The sukkah is a temporary, three-sided structure put up during the harvest festival of Sukkot and Jewish families traditionally take all their meals inside to give thanks for the harvest and for shelter. But this year HJJ has adapted the tradition to draw attention to the suffering in Palestine.

'We cannot celebrate the harvest festival this year while our brothers and sisters in Gaza are homeless and starving,' their statement reads. 'Instead we will gather in solidarity with Palestinians and make clear our opposition to Israel's genocide. We welcome the opportunity to share this space, our food and reflections with the wider community.'

To find out more, visit the HJJ website, read about it in The Canary or Hastings Online Times.

PROTEST AT SITES SUPPLYING ISRAEL'S F-35 FIGHTER JETS: BAE SYSTEMS ROCHESTER

Wednesday 8 October 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. At least 15% of the value of each of Israel's F-35 fighter jet is produced in the UK.

Wednesday 8 October is a day of action at Brough, Cheltenham, Havant, Rochester and Sheffield at sites involved in the F-35 fighter jet supply chain. The Rochester site produces the Active Interceptor System used by the F-35 pilot to control the fighter jet.

We hope to organise a system of car sharing to travel to Rochester. So we can coordinate this please email us.    More information.

NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE - END THE GENOCIDE

Saturday 11 October 12.00 noon. Central London.
Israel is continuing to intensify its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, including by raining bombs down on Gaza City as part of its invasion and ethnic cleansing of the city. Famine has been declared throughout Gaza due to Israel's blockade. The British government remains deeply complicit in Israel's atrocities through its arms trade and military collaboration with Israel. More information. Catch the 10.31 Hastings train to London. If you would like help with the train fare or would like to donate a fare, please contact us We match donors with marchers.

FILM SHOW: PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK

Thursday 16 October 11am and Friday 17 October 7.30pm at the Electric Palace.
Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi connects online with Fatma Hassouna, a 24-year-old Palestinian photojournalist in Gaza and 'throws a spotlight on life under bombardment in Gaza. An intensely moving documentary of the human cost of war.' The day after the film was invited to the Cannes Film Festival Israel killed Fatma in an airstrike in Gaza City. UK research group Forensic Architecture concluded Fatma's death was the result of a targeted attack - the missiles dropped by the Israeli military had "specifically targeted the Hassona family's apartment on Floor 2" of the five-floor building.The film is showing in partnership with the Hastings and District PSC. More information and tickets.

BAN ISRAEL FROM UEFA AND FIFA

The UEFA is actively considering banning Israel. But it won't happen unless we continue to ramp up the pressure. Take action by writing to Britain's Football Associations to demand they take urgent steps to push for Israel to be banned from UEFA and FIFA.

BAN ISRAEL FROM UEFA AND FIFA

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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