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PSC weekly update 5 June 2009
1. UN hearings to be held on Gaza war crimes 2. Oxfam report calls for lifting blockade on Gaza, and ending politicisation of aid. 3. On Obama’s speech 4. See speech by Hana Joma at PCS Annual Conference, and report from Sawt el-Amel 5.… Read the rest
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PSC Weekly Update – Thursday 14 May 2009
Actions 1. Demonstrate this Saturday 16 May 2. Birmingham education conference 11 July 3. PSC BDS Workshop 20 June News 1. Protests as Lieberman visits London 2. Lieberman’s party proposes to imprison anyone commemorating the Nakba 3. Pope calls for end to Israel’s siege on Gaza and for Palestinian ‘sovereign homeland’ 4.… Read the rest
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PSC Update 30 April 09
PSC Weekly Update Thursday 30 April Actions Stop Veolia running the London Cycle Hire scheme! Book your place now on coaches to 16 May demonstration Gaza 100 run for Gaza! News Gaza depends on tunnels for food, fuel, medicines Watch Seven Jewish Children online Israel’s secret plan for West Bank expansion Israel continues using Palestinians as human shields Israel’s imprisons more Palestinian children Visiting Daddy in Prison: A Palestinian Ordeal Israel harasses peace activists Actions 1.… Read the rest
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Remember Gaza… End the Siege now! – Free Palestine! National Demo May 16 2009
Remember Gaza… End the Siege now! – Free Palestine! National Demonstration 16 May London With a growing number of supporting organisations, listed in the e-flyer below, we want to ask all members and supporters to help mobilise for the national demonstration on May 16.… Read the rest
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ISM Digest: April 5, 2009
1. Israeli forces impose collective punishment on Saffa village following attack on settler youth 2. Land Day Demonstration in Halhul, Hebron District 3. Warmth and support 4. The Lentils Did Ok Today 5. Thousands of dunums confiscated for Israeli settler road near Nablus 6.… Read the rest
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ISM Update 8 April 09: Funds needed for Tristan Anderson’s medical expenses
PLEASE FORWARD THIS UPDATE WIDELY Tristan Anderson, an American citizen, was critically injured during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Anderson was shot in the head with a tear gas projectile from around 60 meters by Israeli forces on 13 March 2009.… Read the rest
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ISM Digest 29 March 2009
DIGEST March 29, 2009 1. List of actions in Palestine for Land Day and Global BDS Day 2. Israeli forces violently disperse Hebron demonstration, one German citizen arrested 3. CPT: Palestinian shepherds resist settler violence and disruption 4. Settlers using government transition to step up construction, March 29, 2009 5.… Read the rest
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[ISM Updates] Digest March 22, 2009
Digest March 22, 2009 1) The Nation: Palestinian Revolution? 2) Speaking Truth to Power 3) IPS: Israelis Using ‘Excessive’ Force Against Protesters 4) Human rights workers to accompany farmers in Gaza 5) Six years without Rachel We still demand justice 6) Boycott Israel Action 7) Streets remain closed as army continues demolition attempts in Beit Safafa 8 ) Israeli soldiers reoccupy ‘House of Contention’ in Hebron 9) Israeli army attack non-violent demonstration and steal cameras in Burin, Nablus region 1.… Read the rest
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER – 25 March 2009
STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1087 25 March 2009 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Tel: 020 7801 2768 Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk In this newsletter: 1) GET READY FOR A WEEK OF PROTEST 2) SAT 28 MARCH: PUT PEOPLE FIRST DEMONSTRATION 3) MON 30 MARCH: PUBLIC MEETING: MEET THE RESISTANCE 4) TUE 31 MARCH: STOP THE WAR PRESENTS LOWKEY 5) WED 1 APRIL: YES WE CAN DEMONSTRATION 6) THURS 2 APRIL, 11AM PROTEST AT THE EXCEL CENTRE 7) APR 3-5 NO TO NATO INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATION 1) GET READY FOR A WEEK OF PROTEST Stop the War’s main event at the G20 is the YES WE CAN demonstration which starts at the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square…
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24 January 2009 – BBC/Gaza Rally. Tony Benn’s Speech outside the BBC
Embargo: 1.30 pm, Saturday 24 January 2009 Press Release THE RT HON TONY BENN SPEAKING AT A MEETING OUTSIDE THE BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE, PORTLAND PLACE, SAID THIS AFTERNOON [SAT JAN 24]: “The decision of the BBC to refuse to broadcast a national humanitarian appeal for Gaza, which has left aid agencies with a potential shortfall of millions of pounds in donations, is a betrayal of the obligation which it owes as a public service.… Read the rest
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2 February 09 Media Workers Against the War Rally. “Gaza – Failed by the Media”
RALLY: GAZA – FAILED BY THE MEDIA With speakers: Seumas Milne, The Guardian Sir Gerald Kaufman MP A Palestinian journalist (tbc) Jane Shallice, Stop the War Coalition Richard Horton, The Lancet Lauren Booth, Press TV Jeremy Dear, general secretary, NUJ Monday February 2 7pm Old Cinema lecture theatre Westminster University 309 Regent Street London W1B 2UW Nearest tube: Oxford Circus More info: info@mwaw.net… Read the rest
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23 January 2009 Fredi Kanoute and a goal for Gaza
A GOAL FOR GAZA Star footballer Fredi Kanoute, now playing in Spain but formerly of Tottenham Hotspur, celebrated scoring a goal last Saturday by lifting his shirt to reveal a T-shirt with the word Palestine blazoned across it. He was booked by the referee and fined 3000 Euros.… Read the rest
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23 January 2009 – Student Occupations for gaza
WAVE OF STUDENT OCCUPATIONS FOR GAZA There has been an extraordinary wave of student occupations in solidarity with Gaza in universities and colleges across Britain — in London, Oxford, Sussex, Warwick, Kingston and elsewhere. (See Guardian report here: http://tinyurl.com/d6r8u4) Among the students’ demands are a call for aid to be organised for Gaza and for colleges to disinvest in arm companies which supply Israel.… Read the rest
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23 January 2009 ISM Update
BODY {font-family=”Arial”} TT {font-family=”Courier New”} BLOCKQUOTE.CITE {padding-left:0.5em; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; border-left:”solid 2″;} SPAN.TABOOHEADER {display=none} Ground Zero Tuesday 20th January, 2009 Earlier this week, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, residents returned to some of the areas which had become no-go zones during the attacks, such as Jabalia just outside Gaza City.… Read the rest
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23 January 09 BBC Blocks Aid to Gaza Appeal Update. The Government complains to the BBC and you should too
URGENT REQUEST TO ALL STOP THE WAR’S SUPPORTERS GOVERNMENT COMPLAINS TO BBC FOR BLOCKING GAZA APPEAL JOIN THE GOVERNMENT’S PROTEST: COMPLAIN NOW TO THE BBC Stop the War understands that the government has contacted the BBC to complain about its decision to refuse the broadcasting of a humanitarian appeal for Gaza.… Read the rest
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23 January 2009 BBC Blocks Aid to Gaza Appeal
BBC BLOCKS AID TO GAZA: PROTEST 24 JANUARY ********************************************** BBC BLOCKS AID TO GAZA: PROTEST 24 JANUARY BRING DOLLS TO LAY OUTSIDE THE BBC BRING SHOES WITH A MESSAGE FOR GORDON BROWN If the BBC was not tarnished enough by its coverage of Israel’s attack on Gaza — in the words of Tony Benn, “often looking like a propaganda wing of the Zionist lobby” — its decision yesterday to block an appeal for emergency aid to Gaza would be reason enough for making the BBC a focus of our demonstration on Saturday 24 January.… Read the rest
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A Lifeline from Britain to Gaza – The Viva Palestina aid convoy
A LIFELINE FROM BRITAIN TO GAZA A Lifeline for Gaza aid convoy will leave Britain on Saturday 14 February 2009. It has been initiated by George Galloway MP, who writes: We will not look away. The Palestinians in Gaza need our help now, just as they did when Israel’s bombs and illegal weapons were dropping.… Read the rest
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National Demonstration SATURDAY 24 JANUARY (note the change of start venue) and other things
DEMONSTRATE FOR GAZA END THE BLOCKADE: STOP ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL: FREE PALESTINE BRING THE WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE SATURDAY 24 JANUARY ASSEMBLE 2.00PM There will be a rally with speakers in Portland Place from 2pm before the demonstration sets off.… Read the rest
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Israel Claims It Has Met It’s War Aims And The Result Is…
Israel called a ceasefire on Saturday, saying it had met its war aims Anonymous Israeli officials, quoted by AP news agency, said the withdrawal would be completed before US President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday. UN official John Ging said half a million people had been without water since the conflict began, and huge numbers of people were without power.… Read the rest
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19 Jan 09. PSC Update: Day 22 + 23 Gaza weekend Update and Write to your MP
Reading the front pages and watching the news you’d think that the conflict in Gaza is over. Well Israel may have stopped their onslaught against the Gazan people but their war against them is still ongoing. Israel’s so called ceasefire simply means that they will have presently agreed to stop bombing United Nations buildings where thousands of innocent people are have been sheltering from the daily bombardment.… Read the rest
