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P.S.C. Palestinian Solidarity Campaign
Weekly PSC News Update
Lobby, meetings, reports and articles
jeudi 6 novembre 2008
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Lobby of Parliament 19 Nov followed by a Meeting 7pm : “Palestinian Rights : Time for Government Action”
Article : Britain to crack down on exports from Israeli settlements
DCI Pal Report : Under Attack : Settler Violence against Palestinian Children in the Occupied Territory
Ask your MP to sign the Free Gaza EDM
- Upcoming events in the UK
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Lobby of Parliament - ’Justice for Palestinians’
2-6pm on Wednesday 19 November 2008
Ensure that your MP hears your views – please contact them straight away and ask to meet them on the afternoon of 19 November.
Followed by a meeting at 7pm - Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons.
A lobby of parliament is being organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Council for Arab-British Understanding and Jews for Justice for Palestinians on Wednesday 19 November to mark the UN international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Previous lobbies of parliament have attracted a significant level of support from solidarity organisations, faith groups, trade unions and other groups. This broad support is very important in demonstrating to MPs and the British government the wide range of organisations calling for peace and justice.
This year the lobby theme will be ’Justice for Palestinians’, and will take place from 2-6pm on Wednesday 19 November.
The lobby of parliament will call on the British government to implement international law and press for :
an end to the blockade on Gaza.
Israel to end its occupation.
the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
respect for Palestinian sovereignty.
the suspension of the EU-Israel trade agreement.
Ensure that your MP hears your views – please contact them straight away and ask to meet them on the afternoon of 19 November.
If you don’t know who your MP is, please go to www.theyworkforyou.com
Make sure to let us know at the PSC office when you have made an appointment
Please help publicise this lobby as widely as possible. New leaflets are being printed – please contact the office for copies..
If you require any further information please don’t hesitate to contact info@palestinecampaign.org or wattg@caabu.org.
The Lobby of Parliament is organised by :
CAABU – JFJFP - PSC
The Lobby of Parliament is supported by :
The following Trade Unions : ASLEF, BECTU, CWU, FBU, GMB, PCS, RMT, UNISON, UNITE and Action Palestine, Amos Trust, Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK, Britain Palestine Twinning Network, British Committee for Universities in Palestine, Christian Peacemaker Teams UK, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Friends of Birzeit University, Friends of Sabeel UK, The Green Party, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions UK, Let Palestinians Study Campaign, Midlands Palestinian Community Association, Muslim Council of Britain, National Association of British Arabs, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Palestinian Return Centre, Pax Christi, Stop the War Coalition, War on Want.
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Meeting After the Lobby of Parliament for Palestine
Palestinian Rights : Time for Government Action
Wednesday 19 November
7pm, Committee Room 10
House of Commons, Parliament, London
This meeting is hosted by Jeremy Corbyn MP
Speakers include :
Prof Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK
Richard Burden MP
Crispin Blunt MP
Sarah Teather MP
George Galloway MP
Alison Shepherd, UNISON, Chair of International Committee
Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, General Secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Ramy Abdu, Palestinian Student from Gaza
Lauren Booth, Journalist and Broadcaster
Daniel Machover, co-founder Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights
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Britain to crack down on exports from Israeli settlements
Britain is taking the lead in pressing the EU to curb imports from Israeli producers in the occupied West Bank as a practical step towards halting the steady increase in the construction of Jewish settlements.
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DCI Pal Report : Under Attack : Settler Violence against Palestinian Children in the Occupied Territory
[RAMALLAH, 5 November 2008] - Today, Defence for Children International–Palestine Section (DCI/PS) released a report that documents the troubling extent of settler attacks perpetrated against Palestinian children in the Occupied Territory.
http://www.dci-pal.org/english/publ/display.cfm?DocId=869&CategoryId=8
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Please ask you MP to sign EDM 2347 - Free Gaza by Jeremy Corbyn
For more information : http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=36727&SESSION=891
And http://www.palestinecampaign.org/index7b.asp?m_id=1&l1_id=2&l2_id=14&Content_ID=259
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Memorial Service for Peggie Preston 1923 – 2007
11.30am
Saturday November 8th at St Martin-in-the-fields,
Trafalgar Square London
All Welcome - Doors Open 11am
For further information please contact stuart_round@hotmail.com
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Dr Norman Finkelstein UK Speaking Tour 08
Israel and Palestine : Roots of Conflict, Prospects for Peace
University of Nottingham - Monday 10 November 4pm
University of Leeds - Monday 10 November 7pm
University of Warwick - Tuesday 11 November 4pm
University of Birmingham - Tuesday 11 November 7pm
University College London - Wednesday 12 November 12/noon
University of Exeter - Wednesday 12 November 7pm
For full details please visit : http://www.finkelstein08.org/
Sponsored by PSC
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Palestine Events at the Royal Court Theatre 13 and 14 Nov
Thursday, 13 November, 5pm
A TRIBUTE TO MAHMOUD DARWISH
A celebration of the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, one of the most acclaimed contemporary poets in the Arab world, with readings in Arabic and English by the playwrights and other artists involved in the project.
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Friday, 14 November, 7pm
Palestine 603 by Imad Farajin
Translation : Hassan Abdulrazzak Direction : Rufus Norris
Four Palestinian men share a cramped prison cell listening to the buses come and go outside, wondering if the next one will take them home. A play about hope and waiting.
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Part of : I Come From There : New Plays from the Arab World
11 - 15 November Royal Court Theatre
http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson01.asp?play=532
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OCCUPIED SPACE 2008 – Art for Palestine
Until 15 NOVEMBER
The Mosaic Rooms, A.M. Qattan Foundation,
226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SN
An exhibition of work by artists from Palestine, the Arab world and the UK
Opening hours :
Monday – Friday, 11.00 – 7.00 ; Saturday, 10.00 – 6.00
For information, call PSC 0207 700 6192 or the A.M.Qattan Foundation 0207 370 9990
or email art@palestinecampaign.org or info@uk.qattanfoundation.org
www.palestinecampaign.org www.occupiedspace.org.uk
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Palestine Lives 2008
Festival of Palestinian Film and Culture
Manchester
November 22nd and 29th December 6th and 13th
Our four day festival of Palestinian film and culture aims to celebrate a people dispossessed of their land, their way of life and their foreseeable future.
Includes music by Reem Kelani, Films, Talks and an Exhibition.
WFA Film Society 9 Lucy Street, Manchester, M15 4BX
Contact us on 01706 648104 or 01422 32013
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Voices for Bethlehem 08
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Christmas concert
Friday, 5th December 2008 - 7pm
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftsbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP (Holborn Tube)
Join us for the annual PSC awareness raising event for Occupied Bethlehem, with music and readings, this year featuring the acclaimed singer-songwriter Leon Rosselson.
Advance tickets £10/£8 Concessions and PSC Members- (£12/£10 on the door)
From the PSC Office Tel 020 7700 6192
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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) aims to raise public awareness about the occupation of Palestine and the struggle of the Palestinian people. PSC seek to bring pressure on both the British and Israeli government to bring their policies in line with international law. PSC is an independent, non-governmental and non-party political organisation with members from communities across the UK. Join PSC today !
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BM PSA
London
WC1N 3XX
Tel : 020 7700 6192
Fax : 020 7609 7779
Email : info@palestinecampaign.org