Speakers:-
Bristol student Hari O'Brien who spent the summer with ISM in the West Bank and was injured by Israeli solders during a demonstration
and
Stephen Williams MP for Bristol West

7.30pm United Reform Church, Whiteladies Road, Redland, Bristol

Organised by Bristol Amnesty Group

FFI http://bristol.amnesty.org.uk

B-PSC will be providing an information and dvd stall at this event.




Notes from Hari's diary

This morning Thursday 5th August the Israeli Authorities in the Jordan valley demolished the village of al farisiya for the second time in two weeks. The villagers were able to rebuild the damage that was done on the 19th July when 23 homes were demolished and over 91 made homeless. This morning at 6:30 the army arrived in the village with two bulldozers and 13 jeeps to evacuate the villagers and destroy 26 homes during one hour. They beat two people with sticks. When we arrived the village committee were discussing how and where to rebuild when the chances of another demolition are so high, the inhabitants are of course very angry and tensions are high. International presence will be needed there constantly in the coming weeks. Today's demolition of 26 housing units has made an estimated 170 people homeless the villagers had been evacuated to a nearby village when we arrived. The livestock has not been confiscated and is now in nearby Tubas. On tuesday this week the army also seized one of the village's tractors.

Read more about Hari's trip at www.harisalaam.wordpress.com