West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

WOMEN IN HEBRON- an evening with Nawal Slemiah

Jun 13

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Friday 5th July
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Worship room, St. Franci Chaplaincy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston campus

Palestine Solidarity Campaign are proud to welcome Nawal Slemiah, founder and director of Women in Hebron. Women in Hebron are a womens-based cooperative in Idna, a neighbouring village in Hebron, Palestine who have become an important source of income, education and empowerment to local women in the area.

Known for their authentic Palestinian embroidery goods, Women in Hebron have become a means of honoring the role of women in Palestinian society, expressing steadfastness in the face of the military occupation in Palestine, and a means of strengthening the community.

Join us for an evening with Nawal discussing the Israeli occupation in Hebron, Palestine, the importance of cultural resistance and the role women play in Palestinian activism.

Occupations & Human Rights Palestine & Kashmir

Jun 5

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Kashmir & Palestine

Saturday 29th June 6 pm

179-187 Anderton Road,Sparkbrook,Bham B11 1ND

Speakers Manal Tamrizi (Palestinian from Gaza),

Nazir Qureshi World Kashmir Freedom movement

Jan Myrdal (author of Red Star over India) and activist from Sweden

For more details visit www.westmidspsc.org or ring 07837215861

Or email pscwm@yahoo.co.uk

Kashmir & Palestine have been under occupation since 1948.

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Picket Sainsbury and Boycott Stolen goods from Illegal Settlements

May 30

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West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign,  on Saturday the 1st of June 2013 between 2 and 4 pm will be picketing the Birmingham City Centre Sainsbury. We will be demanding that Sainsbury should not stock any product from the settlements.

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Sainsbury City Centre, Birmingham, City Of Birmingham, Union Street
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Marmara Housing Project Fund Appeal

May 28

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Rebuilding Palestinian Homes

Rebuilding Palestinian Homes

West Midland Palestinian Solidarity Campaign are planning to send a member to join the Marmara housing project in  the occupied Palestinian Territories The project is due to begin on the eighth of August.   

Roughly, to build a semi-detached house in UK takes between 4,000 to 6,500 bricks.  Average price for a brick in UK is one pound. Therefore, every Pound you contribute buys us a brick in the house we help build in Palestine.

West Midlands is targeting to provide one family a house in Palestine this year.  We hope to make this our annual commitment.

Those who go over to Palestine and help in the building process volunteer their labor free and pay all their travelling and  for their subsistence. Every pound donated goes to purchase the building materials necessary to build the house. Your contribution therefore adds to the economy in Palestine. It helps to tell the Palestinians that we care and know about their plight and that we are prepared to help in any way we can. It also helps us to learn through first hand experience the difficulties of living under occupation. We can use that knowledge to campaign against the occupation of Palestine and for the rights of Palestinians under occupation.

 http://marmarahousingproject.wordpress.com/.

 The project is Palestinian led and its aims are to rebuild 15 Palestinian homes in the village of Idhna in western Hebron.
 Since the 1967 occupation an estimated 27,000 Palestinian homes have been demolished by the Israeli state in contravention of international human rights law and authoritatively upheld by the International Court of Justice [2004].http://www.icahd.org/
Save The Children report “Broken Homes,Assessing the Impact of House Demolition on Palestinian Children and Families”states that children who have their homes demolished suffer from anxiety,depression,emotional withdrawal,attention disorders and behavioral problems.97% of parents suffer from trauma related symptoms after the demolition of their homes. We are asking you as supports of the Palestinian fight for justice to make a donation towards the rebuilding costs and help to redress some of the injustices that they endure.
Funds are needed to help us finance the re-build of Palestinian homes. Please help us by contributing to our account. We aim to raise as much as possible before the start of the project on the eighth of August to ensure the project’s success.
Donations can be made through the WMPSC account or alternatively by visiting us at our stall outside Marks and Spencer on the High Street between 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm on saturdays. 
WMPSC Account details are
Account name: West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Sort Code: 08 92 99
Account No: 65190544
For reference add Marmara

Nakba Vigil in Birmingham City Centre 11th May 2013

May 12

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On Saturday the 11th September, a vigil was held by the Bull Ring in Birmingham City Centre. The shoppers were informed of the 65 years of Nakba, Britain’s role in bringing about the catastrophe in Palestine. Many speakers demanded that Britain should play its role and impress on Israel to restore Human Rights and Civil Rights for the Palestinians living under occupation.

There were also demands made that companies, like Veolia, that assist Israel in its occupation of Palestine should be boycotted. It was pointed out the Veolia is paid to manage our waste in Birmingham and that we as rate payers are contributing to Veolia’s profits while Veolia continues to assist Israel

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Public Meeting To Gaza with Christian Aid

May 9

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The Right Rev Dr John Inge Bishop of Worcester speaking about his visit to Gaza

The Right Rev Dr John Inge Bishop of Worcester speaking about his visit to Gaza

Palestine Prospects For Statehood

Apr 24

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Prof. Manuel Hassassain
Palestinian Ambassador to the UK

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Dr. Marwan Darweish
Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
Studies, Coventry University

Date: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Time: 7pm to 8:40pm
Location: Square One, TheHub,
Jordan Well
Chair: Prof. Kamel Hawwash
Vice Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Victory for Samer Issawi Free to return to Jerusalem

Apr 23

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Great News Samer Issawi will be returning to Al-Quds ( Jerusalem) as Israel agrees to allow him to return to Jerusalem – For details follow http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-prisoner-to-end-hunger-strike-in-return-for-early-release-1.517004

 

 

5. May Newsletter

Apr 23

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Vigil1In April, West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign and various student organizations arranged a series of events to mark Palestine Prison Day. Students and others organized a fast starting from the 14th April and ending at a vigil in the centre of Birmingham at 6 pm on the 16th April where those fasting ended their fast. Over seventy people attended the vigil. They heard from individuals who had just returned from Palestine about the conditions of occupation. We also heard about Samar Issawi’s condition who has been on hunger strike for over 6 months. There are three other Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger strike with him and thousand other Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli jails refused food on the 17th April. The vigil ended the fast for those on sponsored fast raised over  300 pounds for the Palestinian Charity Interpal.

Following are some of the activities organized at the moment.

We will update our website as more dates and other details about these events are finalized.

1. Letter-writing to MPs and Israeli authorities about the prisoners and hunger-strikers, Wednesday 24th April, 3pm-5pm at the Learning Centre, UG5 University of Birmingham.

2.  Skype chats with workers and activists in Palestine supporting the prisoners and hunger-strikers, Friday 26th April, at BirminghamCityUniversity.

3. Birmingham Stop the War Public Meeting on Drones is at 7 pm Wednesday 24th April St Saviours Hall

St Savoiurs Road Saltley. The meeting will be promoting the StWC/CND/War on Want demonstration at RAF

Waddington near Lincoln on the 27th April since British drones will now be controlled at this base.

A Bham StWC coach will be going to the demonstration leaving Carrs Lane Church 9 am Saturday 27th April.

Carrs Lane Church is next the main Marks and Spencer store. The tickets are £12 employed, £6 unemployed

and school student free.

Check out our website for more events and further details on these events www.westmidspsc.org

This May will be the 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, WMPSC and PSC nationally will be organising events in Birmingham and nationally.

Watch out at our website www.westmidspsc.org

Saturday Stalls

West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign, with the help of its supporters runs a stall most Saturdays outside Marks & Spencer in the High Street in Birmingham City Centre between 2:30 pm and 4 pm.

You are welcome to join us help distribute literature; collect signatures for various petitions for whatever time you can afford.

So we can inform you of any changes to schedule please email us at pscwm@yahoo.co.uk or text us 0n 07721427690 with the word stall followed by your name.

Events for Palestine Prisoner Week

Apr 11

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Support the Palestinian hunger strikers

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Monday, 15 April 2013

      Wherever you are/Birmingham

West Midlands Student’s for justice in Palestine movement invites you to show support and solidarity for the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. We are hoping to partake in 3 consecutive days of fasting to show our solidarity and raise awareness. These Palestinian brothers and sisters are quite literally fighting with their lives against Israeli imprisonment. It is all they have left. Please show your support.

Dates: 15th, 16th and 17th April 2013
Time: 10 hours of abstaining from food and drink, each day.

The third day (17TH APRIL) will be a flashmob opening of fast together in Birmingham town centre, as well as a vigil to commemorate their efforts. EVERYONE BRING A DISH.
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Minimum sponsorship amount is £10 per participant.

Here’s how to do it:
STEP ONE
Register your interest in partaking in the sponsored fasting by letting us know at sponsoredfasting2013@gmail.com
STEP TWO
Once we have received your message, we will send you a sponsorship form. With this sponsorship form, you can collect details of those who are willing to sponsor you, how long they want to sponsor you for and how much they would like to sponsor to you, and ensure that funds are raised from them.
STEP THREE
The fasting can begin! We have suggested ten hours, but feel free to be flexible if that makes you more comfortable.
STEP FOUR
The final day of fasting will be on Wednesday 17th April, where we will gather the funds that have been raised collectively for the Palestine Medical Relief Society and break the fast collectively thorough a “flashmob iftar” before the vigil begins.

All money raised will go towards Palestinian Medical Relief Society (http://www.pmrs.ps/) to aid Palestinian’s whose health has been adversely affected by the hunger strikes.

 

Wednesday, 17 April 2013 18:00 Outside Waterstones High Street Birmingham city centre

The West Midlands Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and West Midlands Students for Justice in Palestine are calling for a solidarity demonstration in Birmingham to express support for the historic struggle taking place inside Israeli jails. Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated in Israeli jails have embarked on a historic hunger strike to demand fair treatment and an end to administrative detention by the Israeli authorities. Israel uses this policy to detain Palestinians without charge of trial, which has been described as “a violation of the principles and standards of due process and fair trial practiced in all democracies. This is what you teach young lawyers. Israel ignores this. It brings administrative detention orders to a military court that follow military law. The evidence is secret. The court rubber-stamps the order. It is arbitrary detention” says Shawan Jabarin, recently-appointed commissioner to the International Commission of Jurists.

A Palestinian rights organization profiled Sunday eight political prisoners from the occupied West Bank currently on hunger strike. Six of the hunger strikers are protesting Israeli administrative detention orders against them. Prisoner support group Addameer provided information about the hunger strikers in a 10 March statement.

Samer al-Barq, 38 years old, from the town of Jayyous near Qalqilia started an open hunger strike on 27 February to protest the 24 February renewal of a three-month administrative detention order. This is al-Barq’s third hunger strike in the past two years.


Ayman Sharawna, 36 years old, from Dura, near Hebron had been released in the October 2011 prisoner exchange deal.

 

Sharawna started his hunger strike on 1 July 2012 to protest being rearrested by Israel under Article 186 of Military Order 1651, which allows a special military commission to “cancel the early release.”

 

Samer al-Issawi, 33 years old, from Issawiya, Jerusalem was also released as part of the October 2011 prisoner exchange deal.

 

Following his rearrest on 7 July 2012, Issawi has been on intermittent hunger strike for over 200 days to protest his arbitrary rearrest. Younis al-Hroub, 31 years old, from Hebron has been on hunger strike for 22 days to protest his administrative detention.
Muhammad Ahmad an-Najjar from Hebron has been on hunger strike for 152 days which he announced on 26 February to protest his administrative detention.

 

Zakariyah al-Heeh, 26 years old, from Hebron has been detained since 26 November 2012. He has been on hunger strike for 14 days.

Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Khalil from Jericho has been on hunger strike for 12 days since he announced his strike on 27 February 2013 to protest his administrative detention. He is currently in Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank .


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And WOLVERHAMPTON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN have organised:

A PUBLIC MEETING: Friday 19th April Refreshments from 7.15pm. Starts 7.30pm

St Andrews Church Hall, Avion Centre, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton

“The Palestinian Political Prisoners”

SPEAKERS: Ismail Patel Friends of Al Aqsa and Betty Hunter, President Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Come to the meeting to find out what you can do to support the Palestinian people.


wolvespsc@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.palestinecampaign.org/