UK Palestine Newswire Archive
The Killers of Peace
14-08-2013 08:31
Writing in the “National Interest” on September 6, 2012, the President of the U.S./Middle East Project, Henry Siegman, agreed that “Israel’s colonial… settlement project has achieved its intended irreversibility, not only because of its breadth and depth but also because of the political clout of the settlers and their supporters within Israel.”Kerry Uses Arabs to Bully Palestinians*
26-07-2013 07:40
US Department of State spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that unless progress was made on Kerry’s sixth visit to the region, he would not be returning for more visits. If anything, this sounds like an unveiled threat aiming to put pressure on Abbas and his chief negotiator and force their cooperationImmutable Egypt – Gaza Bonds*
23-07-2013 18:19
Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood never hid their ties, were proud of their connections, and made no secret of their cooperation. But the political adversaries of both Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt would have us believe that anything that befalls the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt will befall Hamas in Gaza, which is a massive exaggeration.Palestinian Anarchists in Conversation: Recalibrating anarchism in a colonized country
21-07-2013 20:17
“I’m honestly still trying to kick the nationalist habit,” jokes activist Ahmad Nimer, as we talk outside a Ramallah cafe.Conscientious Objectors: no to the Universal Soldier
21-07-2013 13:44
Weekly Protest against Sodastream!!
19-07-2013 12:35
20/07/2013
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Outside Sodastream/Ecostream shop
142 Western Road
Brighton
Mon 22nd July - Demand Justice for the Hares Boys - Protest G4S complicity in their torture
17-07-2013 04:09
Over the next few days over 50 masked Israeli soldiers stormed the local village of Hares in the early hours of the morning and in waves of violent arrests kidnapped the children of the village. In total 19 children were taken to the infamous G4S secured children's dungeon at Al Jalame where they were violently tortured and locked up in solitary confinement for up to 2 weeks in windowless 1m by 2m cells with no mattress. To coerce confessions from the boys sexual threats were made against the female members of their families.
Targeting Corporate Complicity in Israeli Apartheid: Ideas for Action
02-07-2013 15:10
One of the aims of Corporate Watch's research is to provide information for action to campaigners against companies profiting from Israeli militarism, apartheid and occupation.BDS is a holistic approach to Israel's militarism and its racist and apartheid policies against Palestinians. It allows ordinary people to take action in their communities and workplaces in line with the BDS call and be a part of the popular struggle for freedom in Palestine.
Peace Education in Wrexham Schools: This week, Palestine
28-06-2013 08:49
The Wrexham Peace Day Group has co-ordinated local peace days in September for the past few years. In 2012 the group worked with St Christopher's school to put together a day of peace education and activities that was attended by over 300 children aged 7-19 from ten different schools, followed by two days for peace in the middle of town. Another schools day is planned for this year on Friday 20 September with a day in town on Saturday 21.
Thanks to generous offers of time and skills, we've also been able to offer sessions on peace related themes in schools during the summer term this year. A couple of weeks ago, children in two primary and two high schools learned about nuclear weapons and the peace movement in sessions delivered by Julia Herzog from Faslane Peace Camp; over the next couple of weeks, Camilla Cancantata from Footloose will work with children from two schools to create music for peace, while Fiona Collins will tell peace stories from different cultures to children in three more schools. This week and next, however, the focus is on Palestine, with Ann Farr of EAPPI and Rod Cox of CAPE speaking to local children about their work.
13- 20 July: Exhibition of Children's Art from Gaza moves to Oswestry
21-06-2013 08:23
This exhibition of children's artwork from Gaza has been in Wrexham since the end of April and is currently on display at St Christopher's Community School. It will be moving to Oswestry, Shropshire in July.
See it at Hermon arts space on Saturdays 13 and 20 July and hear Rod Cox speak about the artwork and the lives of the children who created it on Friday 19 July at the same venue.
65 Years of Ethnic Cleansing: Apartheid Israel Rebuked
05-06-2013 15:04
http://youtu.be/WpiRO14SClI
Support Sireen Sawafteh - Abducted by Israel on the 14 May 2013
24-05-2013 17:18
Last Tuesday Sireen, a 24 year old woman from Tubas, was detained by the Israeli occupation forces. She is currently being held in Al Jalameh, an Israeli prison. Her family and friends fear for her safety. She has been denied access to a lawyer and she has not been allowed to make any contact with her loved ones since her abduction.Children's Art from Gaza: Report on talk by Rod Cox in Wrexham
22-05-2013 15:55
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In the final week of the 'Loss of Innocence' Exhibition of Children's Art from Gaza at Wrexham Cathedral, Rod Cox came to speak about how he collected this artwork in early 2009 as part of the Aid Convoy in the wake of the 'Operation Cast Lead' bombardment of Gaza by Israel, about the children who created the artwork, their trauma, injuries, lost families, destroyed homes and shattered lives, as well as their hopes for a peaceful future free from fear.
The Exhibition has now moved on to the local Yale College of Further Education where it will be open for viewing by students and the public in the Learning Resource Centre (library) for the next two weeks. From 4 June it will move again to St. Christopher's School in Hightown.
Sheffield: 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
18-05-2013 13:49
Wrexham: Exhibition of Children's Art from Gaza
30-04-2013 19:55
Loss of Innocence
This is an exhibition of more than fifty pieces of children's artwork “some funny, some tragic, many beautiful” collected by Rod Cox during a visit to Gaza with the Aid Convoy early in 2009 in the wake of Operation Cast Lead, a sustained attack by Israel which, according to Red Crescent spokesperson Dr. Khalil Abu Foul, "did not just have 1500 killed, or 5000 wounded. It has traumatised the entire population, all 1.5 million." The exhibition is going to be in Wrexham for the next few weeks, starting with the Cathedral until 17 May.
Sussex University Students vote in favour of Boycott of Israeli Goods and Veolia
23-04-2013 10:52
In a campus wide referenda facilitate by the University of Sussex Student Union the vast majority voted in favour of a boycott of Israeli goods and Veolia, as well as a boycott of Coca Cola and Nestle. The students also voted against the management plans to outsource 235 jobs to private companies.World Water Day 2013: Teach-In on Palestinian water rights held outside Sodastre
26-03-2013 19:07
To mark ‘United Nations World Water Day 2013’ the weekly protest outside Sodastream’s Brighton shop, Ecostream, held a mini ‘Walk for Water’ and a teach-in titled ‘Palestinians are thirsting for Justice’.Activist risks jail,pledges not to answer questions if stopped under Terror laws
11-03-2013 12:46
Tom Woodhead, who is currently being held by Israeli immigration authorities has pledged not to answer questions if British authorities attempt to misuse the Terrorism Act 2000 when he is deported to the UK.Tom Woodhead
09-03-2013 14:55
PRESS RELEASE – Monday 4th March 2013UK peace activist faces deportation by Israeli occupation authorities and is set to be detained by Special Branch and questioned on return. Tom Woodhead, a British activist, is currently facing deportation by Israeli authorities after being arrested last Friday by border police at a demonstration in Kafr Qaddum, a village in the occupied Palestinian territories.Woodhead aged 29, was a volunteer in the West Bank with the International Solidarity Movement since early-October last autumn.UK peace activist faces deportation by Israeli occupation authorities
04-03-2013 12:40
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEUK peace activist faces deportation by Israeli occupation authorities and is set to be detained by Special Branch under anti-terror powers upon return