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Palestine Solidarity Campaign
PROTEST OUTSIDE 10 DOWNING STREET-Saturday 4th November - 4.30 pm to 6:30pm
For the Palestinian victims of the recent Israeli onslaught in Northern Gaza.
Friday 3 November 2006
The protest organised by: (MAB, PRC, PSC, IFE, IHRC, APC, PFB & FOA)
Please be there to show your support.
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LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT
WEDNESDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
House of Commons, London SW1
Please make an appointment with your MP NOW!
Stop Starving the Palestinians - Stop Arming Israel
Restore Aid to the Palestinian Authority
Release Palestinian Parliamentarians
Respect Palestinian Democracy
Called by:
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
CAABU
And organisations including:
Arab Media Watch
Jews For Justice For Palestinians
Pax Christi
Palestinian Return Centre
Friends of Al Aqsa
Amos Trust
Palestinian Forum in Britain
ICAHD UK
Friends of Lebanon
War on Want
Midlands Palestinian Community Association (MPCA)
Campaign Against the Arms Trade
British Muslim Initiative
PCS
RMT
Come and meet us in the briefing room W1 from 3 to 6pm.
The lobby of Parliament will be followed by a meeting in Committee room 12, Westminster Palace at 7pm with Dr Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian General Delegate to the UK, Jeff Halper ICAHD, Barry Camfield Asst. General Secretary TGWU, Richard Burden MP and Gerald Kaufman MP.
Palestinians are facing a humanitarian catastrophe following the blockade imposed by the EU, US and Israel, suffering what the World Bank describes as an ’unprecedented economic depression’. Access to food, water and electricity is severely restricted in the Gaza Strip. Israel is assaulting basic democratic rights by imprisoning elected representatives of the Palestinian people, launching military assaults on the West Bank and Gaza which have killed over 260 Palestinians since June, and continuing to build the Apartheid Wall and settlements.
The lobby of Parliament is taking place on the UN’s international day for Palestine. We are calling urgently for everyone to contact their MP to tell the British government to work to end the blockade on the Palestinian people, act on the decision of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to release the Palestinian parliamentarians held by Israel, and to end its arms trade with Israel.
The purpose of the lobby is to meet your MP and explain to them why you feel that these issues must be addressed immediately, calling on them to take action.
Please come along, whether you have spoken to your MP before, or have never contacted them before. Showing there is strong support for Palestinian human rights makes a difference!
To lobby your MP:
Firstly, contact your MP as soon as possible and arrange a meeting with them on Wednesday 29 November. If you don’t know who your MP is, go to www.faxyoump.com or phone 020 7219 3000. Briefly explain to your MP what you would like to speak to them about.
Secondly, please let us know when you have an appointment with your MP so we can co-ordinate with other people in the same constituency - phone 020 7700 6192 or email info@palestinecampaign.org
Even if you do not manage to contact your MP in advance, you can still try to meet them on the day - just come along to the lobby and ask for a ’green card’ which you then fill in to request that your MP meets you.
We will be able to brief you on how to lobby your MP on 29 November in the House of Commons.
Contact your MP today to make an appointment for the 29th November.
For more information please contact us:
Tel: 02077006192
Email: info@palestinecampaign.org
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PSC National Student Day School
END ISRAELI AGRESSION
Stop Starving the Palestinians
LSE London
Saturday 4th November 2006
At LSE
London School of Economics
Room S75
St Clement’s Building
Corner of Clare Market and Houghton Street
London WC2A
Nearest Underground Holborn (Piccadilly and Central lines) and Temple (District and Circle lines)
Entrance fee: £3 at the door.
Agenda for Palestine Solidarity Campaign student day school, THIS Saturday, November 4th, St Clement’s Building, LSE - Please circulate widely
email students@palestinecampaign.org or phone 07971 460 250 for more info
Agenda for student conference
10:30-11:30 Why Palestine?
Chair: Ruqayyah Collector NUS Black Students Officer
Tony Benn
Dr Manuel Hassassian, Palestinian General Delegate to the UK
Betty Hunter, Gen Sec PSC
Dan Judelson Chair, Jews for Justice for Palestinians
11:30-12:30 (workshops)
1) Palestine and the Media
- Sharif Nashashibi, Arab Media Watch
- Betty Hunter, PSC
2) Solidarity with universities in Palestine
- George Shire, Briccup
- Dan Richards, Fobzu
3) Israel’s weapons of war - cluster bombs, depleted uranium and nuclear weapons - David Polden, CND
- Martin Hill, EDO Campaign
Lunch 12:30-13:15
13:15-15:00 Life, death and education in Palestine - the impact of the Israeli occupation
Chair LSE
Saida Jaser Palestinian Researcher on Education under Occupation
Ihtisham Hibatullah British Muslim Initiative
Dan Richards Friends of Bir Zeit University
Ben Soffa, Jewish Students for Justice for Palestinians
15:30-17:00 Working for peace and justice in Palestine
Chair: George Woods, NUS NEC (Pers. Cap.)
Prof Karma Nabulsi Oxford university professor expert on refugee issues
Veronica King, NUS Vice President
Mahmud Monah, General Union of Palestinian Students
Shimri Zameret, Israeli Refusenik
Sarah Colborne, PSC Campaigns Officer
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For more information on events, protests and news about Palestine in the UK please visit:
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign
info@palestinecampaign.org
Tel: 020 7700 6192
