Plus.....future local solidarity events, film shows, fundraisers......
TWO YEARS OF GENOCIDE IN GAZA
Protest at Genocide Profiteer General Dynamics
Friday 10 October 8.00am-10am. General Dynamics, 100 Castleham Road, Hastings TN38 9NJ
It is hard to comprehend that Israel has waged its genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza for two years. Companies such as General Dynamics have clearly played an essential part in this by being a major supplier of armaments such as the 2,000 pound bombs that that caused such damage and carnage in Gaza.
The are two General Dynamics factories in Hastings.They provide avionic systems for fighter planes and tactical communications equipment for ground vehicles. These components are a vital part of the Israeli military machine. The site at Castleham Road is leased to General Dynamics by Hastings Borough Council. Clearly this has to stop.
Join us on 10 October to demand:
Stop Arming Israel.
Hastings Council: Ditch the lease.
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'SOLIDARITY SUKKAH' FOR GAZA
6 - 10 October 5pm-7pm. Hastings town centre.
Throughout this week Hastings Jews for Justice (HJJ) is erecting a 'Solidarity Sukkah' in the town centre and is inviting members of the public to join them there for food and discussions.
This year HJJ has adapted the tradition of the harvest festival of Sukkot 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
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.
Wednesday 8 October From 6.30am all day. L3Harris Arms Factory, Home Farm Road, Moulsecoomb BN1 9HU.
L3 Harris makes the release mechanisms for the F35 fighter jets that drop the 2,000 pound bunker bombs on Gaza. "It's important we direct our energy to disrupting our local cog in the global war machine. Let's make L3Harris feel unwelcome in our City of Sanctuary! " More information (Instagram).
NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE - END THE GENOCIDE
Saturday 11 October 12.00 noon. Victoria Embankment, 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.
HASTINGS TOWN CENTRE INFORMATION STALL
Saturday 11 October 12noon - 2pm . For people who can't get to London 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.
PETITION - FREE HANA NOW!
Our dear friend and organiser Hana Al Bidaq has been in Israeli jail for a month where she has been tortured by the occupation. Sign our petition to MP Helena Dollimore to make urgent representations to the Foreign office for her immediate release: Sign here. The background: Facebook and Instagram.
BIG LITTER PICK TO HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN IN AL-MAWASI
What's not to like? - Raise seriously needed funds for the community in Al-Mawasi, Gaza - and get your street cleaned in the process! Big respect to River. Please have a look at his fundraiser. There's even a Facebook page giving updates. Please donate and share widely.
CONCERT FOR GAZA
BEETHOVEN'S STRING QUARTET OPUS 132
Tuesday 14 October 7.30pm. St John the Evangelist Church, Brittany Road TN38 0RD
This is a unique opportunity to hear Beethoven's Opus 132 string quartet. Co-hosted by Hastings Jews for Justice and Sound over Silence, Max Baillie will be joined by Bridget O'Donnell-Abbado (violin), Anne Beilby (viola) and Kirsten Jenson (cello). In aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Tickets (between £7-£27) available from stlconcerts. Article in the Hastings Online Times.
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 fired 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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