End the Occupation – Freedom for Palestine: Building a new Anti-Apartheid Movement

[Please note: due to circumstance beyond our control the event below will now be held at a different venue.]

PSC Public Meeting - 6 October 2007

PSC is holding an international conference on 6-7 October 2007 with representatives of solidarity movements from Europe, North America, South Africa and the Middle East. It’s purpose will be to plan for a campaign for 2008 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, and to build a new mass anti-apartheid campaign. This is a closed conference for organisation representatives.

For those interested in meeting the Delegates, there will be a public session at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday 6 October, with speeches from the Palestinian representatives, who will talk about the current situation and their expectations of the international campaign, and a summary of the key issues covered in the first day of the conference.

End the Occupation – Freedom for Palestine: Building a new Anti-Apartheid Movement

Speakers include:

Dr Mustafa Barghouti, Naeem Jeenah (South Africa PSC), Sa’ad Nimr (Campaign to Free Marwan Barghouti) and a message from Ahmed Youssef (Spokesperson for Ismael Haniyeh). Plus representatives from the following Palestinian organisations: BADIL, PNGO, PGFTU and ITTIJAH.

4.30pm on Saturday 6 October

At ULU, Malet Street, Upper Hall

http://www.ulu.co.uk/content/index.php?page=1302

This meeting is open to all members, supporters and other members of the general public.

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Take action now: TRAPPED IN GAZA!
Sign the petition http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/KhaledMudallal/

Allow Khaled Mudallal and all other Palestinians to travel.

Bradford Students call for the removal of the travel restrictions on follow student Khaled Mudallal and all Palestinians.

Staffordshire students union council passed a motion calling for the rsemoval of the travel restrictions on Khaled Mudallal and all Palestinians. http://www.actionpalestine.org/

A Palestinian student urgently trying to get back to Bradford University to start his third year of study, has found him self unable to do so after Israel identified Gaza as “hostile territory” this week, effectively closing it off to the outside world and in the process creating the world?s largest open air prison. Khaled Mudallal, 22, a British-educated business and management student who risks losing his third year if he does not return to Bradford next week, has become its latest inmate. The Israeli human rights organisation Gisha, is presenting a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court arguing that new restrictions which have so far prevented several hundred Palestinian students from Gaza to return to courses abroad is a violation of international law. Khaled must be allowed to return to the UK immediately to continue his studies, and all other Palestinian students studying abroad should be allowed to return to their respective universities. Any delay in Khaled’s and the other Palestinian students return is damaging to their future prospects and is thus unacceptable.

How to help:

1. Sign the on-line petition calling on the British Government to pressure the Israeli government.

2. Send a letter demanding that the British government puts pressure on the Israeli government to allow freedom of movement for Palestinians, to:

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH

Here is a model letter you can use:

I am writing to you to express my anger about the case of Khaled Mudallal A Palestinian student urgently trying to get back to Bradford University to start his third year of study who found has found him self unable to do so after Israel identified Gaza as “hostile territory”, effectively closing it off to the outside world and in the process creating the world’s largest open air prison.
Khaled Mudallal, 22, a British-educated business and management student would risk losing his third year if he does not return to Bradford next week.

We demand that the British government puts maximum pressure on the Israeli government to allow the freedom of movement for Palestinians.

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For a listing of all events on Palestine in the UK please visit the PSC website: www.palestinecampaign.org

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Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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WC1N 3XX

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