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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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    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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    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 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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    Unbridled grief

    baby child gaza israel father man Originally uploaded by shd.online This comes from a repost flickr site and the image haunts me.

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    london demo 17 january 09 – photos

        all pics here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/34264483@N03/ The diversity of the crowd was amazing – yet again.  There’s another demo next weekend.  If you can make it please do.  We have to keep the pressure up.  The ceasefire is just the beginning of the next phase.  … Read the rest

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    17 January 2009 – UK Rallies this weekend

    Saturday 17th January   LONDON 2pm Rally in Trafalgar Square There will be a large rally in Trafalgar Square from 2.00pm followed by a dignified march to Downing Street by women and children.   WALES 1pm Demonstration in Castle Square, Swansea City Centre meet at the end of the pedestrianised zone of oxford street and the top of wind street.… Read the rest

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    16 Jan 09 Free Gaza: The Spirit of Humanity

    As you may know, The Spirit of Humanity was surrounded by Israeli warships in international waters.  The Israeli navy threated to shoot these unarmed civillians unless they returned to port.  This of course is against international law, but that never stops Israel.… Read the rest

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    ISM Digest January 15, 2009

    1) Israeli snipers using new ammunition in Ni’lin 2) Free Gaza Movement stopped in international waters by Israeli navy 3) Israeli snipers shooting at families seeking refuge in Al-Quds hospital 4) Voices from Tel al Huwa, Gaza City 5) Boycott, Divestment, Ssanctions: A Call from Gaza ———- Israeli snipers using new ammunition in Ni’lin On Friday the 9th of January at 11.30am the weekly prayer demonstration was carried out in Ni’lin.… Read the rest

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    15 Jan 09: ISM Gaza Report

    “It was the hardest day of our lives” Wednesday 14th January, 2009   In an escalation of the ground offensive in the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces terrorised the population of Khoza’a, a small rural community east of Khan Younis.… Read the rest

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    Stressful Equivalence. Gaza vs Sderot

    I keep getting a lot of comments on my various postings about how stressful it has been to live in Sderot down the last few years.  They get around 10 of the home made rockets fired into their town each day.… Read the rest

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    London Demo 10 Jan 09: Part 1. The beginning of the protest

    I started to write this last night – I didn’t get home from the demonstration until around 10.30pm, thanks to some heavy handed policing that meant I got to relive the not-so-joys of collective punishment, only this time UK style.  Everything hurt and my ankles, knees, hips and back had all seized up from being forced to stand in the bitter cold for 4 hours.… Read the rest

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    The Demolition of Rafah

    1) The Demolition of Rafah (Gaza, 7th January 2009) Jenny Linnel a British ISM volunteer in Rafah said following escalated Israeli attacks in Rafah, “Shortly before midnight on the 6th of January, missiles began raining down on Rafah in one of the heaviest Israeli air strikes since the current atrocities began.… Read the rest