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#3357 From: Naomi Woodspring <naomiwoodspring@...>
Date: Wed May 2, 2012 8:03 am
Subject: Re: (unknown)
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Hi,

I just got back and am going through my emails.  I fully support Marian's request.

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From: Marian Connollu <marianbristol@...>
To: "Bristol-PSC@..." <Bristol-PSC@...>
Sent: Thursday, 26 April 2012, 11:17
Subject: [Bristol-PSC] (unknown)

 
To all users of this e-mail group,
 
Bristol PSC has had lots of discussion about Gilad Atzmon over the past few months. It has been very difficult and one member has resigned.
We want to put this behind us so I am asking you not to post stuff about Gilad on the PSC email group.  There are differences of opinion.
The job of the PSC is to campaign for justice in Palestine.  I believe "personality" debates are a best a deadend distraction and at worst destructive and harmful to our campaign.
I would really appreciate if you could respect this
Regards,
Marian
Chair Bristol PSC



#3358 From: Cliff Hanley <cliffhanley@...>
Date: Wed May 2, 2012 2:14 pm
Subject: FW: [pscbranchescampaignlist] Prisoners and Nakba London Protest fliers
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Subject: [pscbranchescampaignlist] Prisoners and Nakba London Protest fliers
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 14:17:08 +0100

Dear PSC Branch Officers

 

Please find attached fliers:

-          in support of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike

-          for the Nakba protest in London on 12 May

 

The new updated factsheet on Palestinian Political Prisoners is now available:

http://palestinecampaign.org/images/factsheets/Prisoners%20factsheet%20WEB%202012.pdf

 

To order printed copies email: psc.admin@...

 

Please feel free to print/distribute/share widely etc..

 

Best wishes.

 

Martial Kurtz

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Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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#3359 From: Andrew Silvera <ajsilvera@...>
Date: Thu May 3, 2012 9:25 pm
Subject: Fw: Take Action in Solidarity with Hunger Striking Palestinian Prisoners
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The International Action Center urges you to take immediate action on the appeal below in solidarity with 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike in the prisons of the U.S.-backed Israeli apartheid regime.

Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat transferred to Ramle prison hospital from isolation in Ramon

 
 
Ramon prison management transferred hunger striking Palestinian prisoner and leader, Ahmad Sa’adat to Ramle prison hospital on Sunday, April 29. Sa’adat is General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and has been in isolation for over three years in Ramon prison. He has been on hunger strike since April 17with now over 2000 Palestinian prisoners.
PFLP prisoners were previously offered that Sa’adat’s isolation would be ended in exchange for them ending their hunger strike, which the prisoners refused, saying they are committed to achieving the full demands of the strike in unity with all prisoners, including ending all isolation, ending administrative detention, and supporting rights to family visits, education and media for prisoners.
Sa’adat has lost 6 kilograms so far on this hunger strike, which comes only short months after his last extended hunger strike, from September 27-October 20, calling for an end to isolation and solitary confinement. Hundreds of prisoners joined this strike, which ended with false Israeli promises to end isolation which were then ignored following the prisoner exchange. Sa’adat lost tens of kilograms during the previous strike.
Sa’adat was abducted in 2006 from the Palestinian Authority’s Jericho prison, where he had been held with five other prisoners, including four of his comrades under US and British guard since 2002. His imprisonment had been ruled illegal by the Palestinian High Court and he was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council while held in Jericho. On March 16, 2006, Israeli occupation forces attacked the prison and abducted Sa’adat and his fellow prisoners. He is now one of 19 Palestinian prisoners in isolation.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement in response to the news that Sa’adat has been transferred to the prison hospital, saying that the PFLP “holds the occupation government fully responsible for any consequences to the life of General Secretary Sa’adat and all of the heroic prisoners fighting the battle of open hunger strike in order to meet their just demands, particularly ending solitary confinement. We have great pride in national leader Ahmad Sa’adat, who is locked in the battle of open hunger strike….we confirm our full support of the prisoners’ movement strike…and we call for the widest movement on all levels to support the prisoners in their strike in the prisons of the occupation and force their demands to be accepted.”
A press conference was held on Sundayevening at Wattan Media Centre in Ramallah to draw attention to Sa’adat’s health situation. Khalida Jarrar, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council with the PFLP, said that “the prisoners on hunger strike must not be harmed. The occupation state knows very well that our people are capable of protecting and responding to dangerous threats to our prisoners and leaders.” She called on Palestinian political leaders to act immediately and rapidly to protect the prisoners, and to immediately end all forms of security cooperation with the occupation. She also called for Arab countries that have ties with the occupation state to break them immediately and expel the ambassadors of the occupation.
Jarrar said that Sa’adat was transferred without anyone’s knowledge to the prison hospital, something only discovered when a lawyer sought to visit with him at Ramon prison. She also noted particular concern for the health of the brave strikers Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab, who have been on hunger strike for 62 days. She noted that isolation is one of the most urgent reasons for the strike, saying that it is one of the most dangerous actions by the Prison Service against leaders, including Mahmoud Issa who has been isolated since 2002.
Abla Sa’adat, Sa’adat’s wife, said that her husband would not end its strike until its goals were achieved including ending solitary confinement and allowing family visits for prisoners from Gaza that have been prohibited for six years. Sa’adat spoke about her husband’s last message, emphasizing the need for unity to support the prisoners. She expressed serious concern for her husband’s life, noting that this is his second time on hunger strike in six months. She called for the Palestinian people and their supporters everywhere to join in events and actions in support of the prisoners, saying that such action is important to the success of the strike.
Issa Qaraqe, the Minister of Prisoners’ and Detainees’ Affairs, called for the UN General Assembly to convene a special session to take up the case of the prisoners. He noted that the Israeli government is fully responsible for the humanitarian disaster that may come to the prisoners and that the occupation state is committing crimes against prisoners through arbitrary laws and racist, unjust, cruel and inhumane treatment. He said that the strike would continue to grow in the next week, which would bring an explosion to the Palestinian streets.
 
The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat is re-circulating the following action calls from theSamidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, and encourage all to take action to support the brave prisoners once more putting their bodies on the line for their freedom and the freedom of Palestine:
TAKE ACTION! 
2. Join a protest or demonstration for Palestinian prisoners. Major marches will take place in Edinburgh on April 28, at 12 noon, assembling at Charlotte Square; and in London on April 28 at 4 pm, across from 10 Downing Street. Organizing an event, action or forum on Palestinian prisoners on your city or campus? Use this form to contact us and we will post the event widely. If you need suggestions, materials or speakers for your event, please contact us atsamidoun@....
3. Contact your government officials and demand an end to international silence and complicity with the repression of Palestinian political prisoners. In Canada, Call the office of John Baird, Foreign Minister, and demand an end to Canadian support for Israel and justice for Palestinian prisoners, at : 613-990-7720; Email: bairdj@.... In the US, call the office of Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs (1.202.647.7209). Demand that Jeffrey Feltman bring this issue urgently to his counterparts in Israel.
4. Write to the International Committee of the Red Cross and demand they uphold their duties to protect the rights of Palestinian political prisoners. Click here to sign a one-minute letter and make your voice heard!
5. Distribute materials, including factsheets and videos, telling the story of Palestinian prisoners. Click here for videos and here for factsheets.
 
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#3360 From: Andrew Silvera <ajsilvera@...>
Date: Thu May 3, 2012 11:39 pm
Subject: Fw: Their fate is in our hands - Khader Adnan
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Click here to see the letter in Italian, Spanish or French or here to take action for the prisoners.
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah.
Dear free people of the world. Dear oppressed and disenfranchised around the globe. Dear friends of our people, who stood with me with a stern belief in freedom and dignity for my people and our prisoners languishing in the Occupation's prisons.
Dear free women and men, young and elderly, ordinary people as well as intellectual elites everywhere - I address you today with an outpouring of hope and pain for every Palestinian that suffers from the occupation of his land, for each of us that has been killed, wounded or imprisoned by the state of terror, that denies anything beautiful in our lives, even the smile of our children and families. I am addressing you in my first letter following my release - praying it will not be the last - after Allah granted me freedom, pride and dignity. I was an "administrative detainee" in the jail of occupation for four months, out of which I have spent 66 days on hunger strike.
I was driven to declare an open-ended hunger strike by the daily harassment and violation of my people's rights by the Israeli Zionist occupation. The last straw for me were the ongoing arrests, the brutal nighttime raid on my house, my violent detention, during which I was taken to the "Mavo Dotan" settlement on our land occupied 1967, and the beatings and humiliation I was treated to during arrest interrogation. The way I was treated during the interrogation at the Jalameh detention center, using the worse and lowest verbal insults in the dictionary. After questioning, I was sentenced to imprisonment under administrative detention with no charges, which proves mine and others' arrests serve only to maintain a quota of prisoners, to harass us, to restrict our freedom and to undermine our determination, pride and dignity.
I write today to thank all those who stood tall in support of my people, with our prisoners, with Hana al-Shalabi and with myself. I call on you to stand for justice pride and dignity in the face of occupation. The assault on the freedom and dignity of the Palestinian people is an assault on free people of the world by a criminal occupation that threatens the security, freedom and dignity of all, no matter where.
Please, continue in exposing this occupation, boycotting and isolating it internationally. Expose it's true face, the one that was clearly exposed in the attack of an Israeli officer on our Danish cohort. Unlike that attack, the murder our people is a crime that goes by unspoken of and slips away from the lens of the camera. Our prisoners are dying in silence. Hundreds of defenders of freedom are on hunger strike inside the prisons, including the eight knights, Bilal Diab and Thaer Hlahalh, who are now on their 61st day of hunger strike, Hassan Safadi, Omar Abu Shalal, Mahmoud Sarsak, Mahmoud Sarsal, Mohammad Taj, Jaafar Azzedine (who was arrested solely for standing in solidarity with myself) and Ahmad haj Ali. Their lives now are in great danger.
We are all responsible and we will all lose if we anything happen to them. Let us take immediate action to pressure the Occupation into releasing them immediately, or their children could never forgive us.
Let all those free and revolutionary join hands against the Occupation's oppression, and take to the streets – in front of the Occupation's prisons, in front of its embassies and all other institutions backing it around the world.
With deep appreciation,
Khader Adnan
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#3361 From: Cliff Hanley <cliffhanley@...>
Date: Fri May 4, 2012 10:49 am
Subject: FW: [pscbranchescampaignlist] Palestinian Prisoners flyer
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Subject: FW: Fw: [pscbranchescampaignlist] Palestinian Prisoners flyer
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 15:56:20 +0100

I also attach another flier which was distributed on Wednesday outside the Deputy Ambassador meeting at the Univ of Liverpool.

 

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If you are not already a member of PSC

 


From: John Snowdon [mailto:j.k.snowdon@...]
Sent: 03 May 2012 15:37
To: PalCampaign; PSC Campaigns
Subject: Re: Fw: [pscbranchescampaignlist] Palestinian Prisoners flyer

 

Hi Martin & all

 

Here's a correctly formatted copy - apols.

 

Cheers

John

On 3 May 2012 10:58, PalCampaign <pscwm@...> wrote:

John, this looks a good leaflet. Do you have a copy with the full text? There are some gaps in the one you circulated.

 

Thanks

 

 

Martin Sullivan

West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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Website http://www.westmidspsc.org
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Hi Martial

 

I've slightly changed the layout to suit us - it'll still print ok in black & white. Share with all if you want.

 

Cheers

John

 

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#3362 From: "mary_dobbing" <mary_dobbing@...>
Date: Fri May 4, 2012 4:44 pm
Subject: Palestine related events at the Watershed in May
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The Watershed's Spring 'Festival Of Ideas' programme
has a few  presentations that may be of interest to  PSC members:

1)Pg  7. (of the brochure) May 15th - John McCarthy (previous lebanon hostage)
'You can't hide the sun' - a journey through palestine.

2)Pg.13 (of the brochure) May 19th - Bidisha & Selma Dabbagh ''Palestine Now''

#3363 From: Monica Jones <monicaseejay@...>
Date: Fri May 4, 2012 9:42 pm
Subject: Methodists' Divestment Vote
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The Methodists have voted on divestment from Caterpillar, Motorola, etc.  Although the vote was lost, the outcome isn't totally disappointing.  As the attached report from the Methodists' Kairos initiative points out, the debate that preceded the vote did raise a lot of awareness about the predicament of Christians in Israel / Palestine - and about the common ground they share with their Muslim neighbours.
 
No doubt the whole discussion has laid the ground for progress in the future.
 
All best wishes - Monica

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#3364 From: Monica Jones <monicaseejay@...>
Date: Sat May 5, 2012 10:54 am
Subject: US Divestment campaign Still Gathering Momentum !
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Watch Moving Testimonies on the Conference Plenary Floor.

Dear Monica ,
 
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This week, the US Campaign witnessed and supported a historic vote by the world United Methodist Church (UMC)'s General Conference (GC), the highest decision-making body of the church, to adopt a resolution [emphasis ours]:

Urging the U.S. government to "end all military aid to the region";

Calling "all nations to prohibit... any financial support by individuals or organizations for the construction and maintenance of settlements" and urging United Methodists to "develop recommendations to ensure that tax-exempt funds do not support illegal settlements and other violations of international law"; and

Calling "all nations to prohibit... the import of products made by companies in Israeli settlements on Palestinian land" and commending "a call 'on the Methodist people to support and engage with [a] boycott of Israeli goods emanating from illegal settlements..."

 
Students at Antioch University
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We were disappointed that the GC subsequently voted against divestment from Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions, and Hewlett Packard (HP) in spite of the companies' ongoing complicity in the Israeli occupation. The global divestment campaign, led by United Methodist Kairos Response (UMKR), a US Campaign coalition member, sought to align UMC policies against the occupation with UMC investments, in response to the Kairos Palestine call from Palestinian Christians.

Click here for links to the resolution texts and to read the full US Campaign account from GC!

 
Students at Antioch University
Above: Former US Campaign staff person David Hosey speaks on the plenary floor.
The votes followed multiple impassioned speeches on the GC plenary floor, witnessed by 1,000 voting delegates; hundreds of supporters, bishops, and church leaders; and thousands around the world online -- including many of you! If you haven't seen the speeches yet, watch the moving videos Part I (starting minute 17:58) and Part II. The eloquent speakers included former US Campaign staff person David Hosey!

Voices of the oppressed reached delegates when a letter from Palestinians trended as #1
on Twitter for the conference hashtag #gc2012. For a week, local Tampa papers carried pieces on divestment, mostly sympathetic, culminating in a powerful oped by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Click here for more on the UMC General Conference.

Thousands of allies around the world, both individuals and organizations, joined together in support of UMKR on its grassroots campaign. Hundreds of volunteers from dozens of US Campaign member groups contributed in creative and diverse ways, large and small.

 
Click to view
United Methodists and allies from groups around the U.S. vigil on the convention center steps.
Member organizations Jewish Voice for Peace, CU-Divest!, Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land, St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee, Jewish Fast for Gaza, Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, American Friends Service Committee, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions-USA, and Friends of Sabeel were among the groups represented in Tampa.

This truly grassroots, Methodist-led initiative reminds us of the noble legacy of faith-based organizations leading the way on social justice struggles, one victory at a time.

Click here for our full statement and account on the UMC General Conference.

The passing resolution includes language implicitly supporting many exciting, ongoing campaigns of the US Campaign and coalition member groups, including the End Military Aid to Israel Campaign, the "Stolen Beauty" Campaign targeting Ahava settlement products, the "Stop the JNF" Campaign challenging the tax-exempt status of the Jewish National Fund, and many others. While the GC divestment resolution failed, four UMC Annual Conferences have passed divestment resolutions and many more are expected to follow suit. Meanwhile, pressure on Caterpillar, Motorola, and HP continues to mount with coalition activities targeting all three companies, including through the "We Divest" Campaign to compel financial giant TIAA-CREF to divest from companies involved in the Israeli occupation.

And it's not over yet! This summer, the Presbyterian Church (USA) also will be considering resolutions on boycotting settlement products (Ahava) and divesting from Caterpillar, Motorola, and HP. If you haven't yet, please endorse Presbyterian divestment here and sign up here to get more involved!


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#3365 From: Naomi Woodspring <naomiwoodspring@...>
Date: Mon May 7, 2012 7:46 pm
Subject: a little late but important
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
International Criminal Court Rejects Israeli War Crimes Probe, Court
Called "Hoax"
The International Criminal Court refused on Tuesday to consider a war crimes
tribunal against Israel for its military assault on the Gaza Strip in 2009 or
for other possible criminal acts in occupied Palestine. Israel welcomed the
news. Amnesty International called the ICC's move "dangerous."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/04
MICHAEL MANDEL, MMandel@...,
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Author of "How America Gets Away With Murder, Illegal Wars, Collateral
Damage and Crimes Against Humanity," Mandel said today: "It’s disgraceful but
not surprising that the ICC has dismissed Palestine’s complaint against
Israel. It sat on the complaint for over three years, always proudly announcing
that it was investigating it to give the appearance of impartiality. Meanwhile
the ICC jumped to attention in less than three weeks when the U.S. government,
which is not a signatory to the treaty, wanted to go to war against Libya,
justifying Western aggression with bogus charges against the Libyan regime." Mandel added that prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis
Moreno "Ocampo and company have been busy putting Africa on trial for crimes
aided, abetted and exploited by the rich countries, while the U.S. government
killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and tens of thousands of Afghans, and
Israel has been committing Nuremberg’s 'supreme international crime' of
aggression against the Palestinians for 45 years. "Good riddance to Ocampo [who is stepping down], but I doubt his
replacement will be any better. The ICC was a hoax from the start." Also, see: "ICC Prosecutor Courts Hollywood With Invisible Children" regarding
Kony2012. http://allafrica.com/stories/201204031295.html For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
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Date: Mon May 7, 2012 10:58 pm
Subject: NAKBA Day, 15/5/2012, 0:00
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Notes:   1948: the Nakba or 'catastrophe' when the state of Israel was created.
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Date: Mon May 7, 2012 11:44 pm
Subject: Fw: Mailing 103 7MAY2012
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Support the Hunger Strikers - End the Media Blackout!

Over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike since mid-April, protesting against the apartheid Israeli regime which holds them in its jails, many without charge or trial. Two of the prisoners, have been refusing food for more than 60 days and are reportedly close to death. There has been almost complete silence from the BBC and other news media - media which is always quick to report when a rocket is fired from besieged Gaza into Israel. Use the PSC easy e-tool to email BBC news departments demanding an end to their news blackout on the hunger strikes. See http://psc.iparl.com/lobby/82

 

Co-op Leads the Way

The Co-op has announced that it will no longer trade with Israeli companies which source goods from illegal settlements. The Co-op's new policy is an expansion of their previous commitment not to source settlement goods. As the fifth largest supermarket group in the UK, the Co-op is leading the ethical path that all supermarkets should be following. This is part of an unstoppable trend. The General Conference of the United Methodist Church called for an explicit boycott of all Israeli companies operating in the occupied Palestinian territories, and support the Kairos Palestine document and its call for an end to military occupation and human rights violations through nonviolent actions, which include boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS).

 

Sponsor a Young Palestinian Artist
June 2012 will see the 3rd UK tour of Palestine Arts and Culture organized by the Lajee Center based in the refugee camp in Bethlehem. 
It will include Dabka performances, photographic exhibitions, film screenings, and collaborative workshops with British children. 
In an attempt to raise some of the project costs, Lajee Center is launching a "Sponsor an Artist" fundraising project. 
If you can help please contact: Rich Wiles (Project Coordinator) - info@...
 
How BBC views Gaza through a Zionist looking glass

Amena Saleem of the PSC campaign Fair News has written an excellent article on BBC bias published on the Electronic Intifada website. See http://electronicintifada.net/content/how-bbc-views-gaza-through-zionist-looking-glass/11158

 

Palestinian olive oil used in Maundy Thursday service

The number of cathedrals using Zaytoun Palestinian Olive oil in their services continues to increase. The list includes Arundel, Birmingham, Canterbury, Chichester, Coventry, Rochester, Salisbury, Chelmsford, Southwark and St. Pauls Cathedral.  Do spread the word so we can add to this list for 2013. www.zaytoun.org

 

Facebook

Were looking for more efficient ways of keeping people informed and spreading information on Palestine and local events. Weve been developing a Bristol-PSC Facebook page at

http://www.facebook.com/people/Bristol-Psc/100002021750193 . Our aim is it will be an archive for actions, and if you join as a fiend you can get immediate news and postings etc.

 

 

DIARY

 

May

 

Saturday 12th May

'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'

A fundraising day for Circus2Palestine

Leftbank, 128 Cheltenham Road, Bristol BS65RW

12.00-6.00pm:- talks, films, talks, stalls and workshops, plus Palestinian food . Entry free.

8.00pm-late:- music and performance Entry 5

Acts include: Hattie Hatstar, Noemie Gentle Mystics, Kev the Poet, Original Spinners, White Doves, Benny Sensus, Nasty by Nature, and more plus live link to Gaza Campz Breakerz Crew!

FFI see Facebook 'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'

 

Special meeting in Bristol for Nakba Day:-

Monday 14th May

THE ROAD TO BETHLEHEM

An evening of film, discussion and Bethlehem with Leila Sansour

7.30pm Central Baptist Church, Union Street, Bristol BS1 3HY

Leila Sansour left Bethlehem as a teenager, in 2004 she returned to make a film. The journey changed her life. The film is shot over four Christmases in the life of Bethlehem as, piece-by-piece, hundreds of slabs of concrete are lowered into place to build a wall that will seal the city from the outside world. The story shows the impact on Leila and her community. Sansour is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Open Bethlehem, a non-governmental foundation established to promote and protect the life and heritage of the city of Bethlehem. She is best known in the UK for her feature length documentary Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army

Event organised by Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign www.bristolpsc.info

 

Tuesday 15th May

John McCarthy - You can't hide the sun: A journey through Palestine

From the shores of the Mediterranean to the Bedouin encampments of the Negev desert, McCarthy travels through Israel and East Jerusalem to discover the history that shrouds the bitter Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His encounters with the ordinary people of this beautiful, tragic land reveal an often hidden side to the regions history: the experience of those Palestinians who remained in Israel after its formation in 1948 and who became Israeli citizens.

Price: 8.00 / 6.50.18.00-19.00 St George's, Bristol More info at www.ideasfestival.co.uk

Bristol-PSC will be leafleting outside this event from 5.30pm onwards

 

Saturday 19th May

Bidisha and Selma Dabbagh Palestine Now

Selma Dabbagh is a British Palestinian writer whose novel, Out of It, is a gripping tale of dispossession and belonging, treachery and loyalty, endurance and bravery that re-defines Palestine and its people. She discusses Palestine with critic and broadcaster Bidisha, who toured the West Bank as a reporter in Spring 2011 and whose new book, Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path Through Palestine, is a sharp, unflinching portrait of life in the West Bank in the twenty-first century, seen through the eyes of its activists, ordinary citizens, children, population of international aid workers and foreign visitors.

Price: 7.00 / 6.00 14.00-15.00 Watershed, Bristol More info on website www.ideasfestival.co.uk

 

Tuesday 22nd May

Gareth Hewitt 'Hymns of Liberation' tour

7.30pm St Barnabas church in Beanacre, Melksham, SN12 7PT

Singer-songwriter and Director of the Amos Trust, Garth Hewitt is performing at as part of his 'Hymns of Liberation' tour. Tickets are available in advance only from Chris Pickett on 01225 920400 and cost 7.50, 5 for concessions. All proceeds go to the Amos Trust. Garth, who is also a Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, is spearheading Amos Trust's latest initiative "A Just peace for Palestine". FFI see  www.facebook.com/events/246182845446442/

 

Saturday 26th May

My Rose of Palestine - fund-raising Garden Party

To be held at the beautiful Claveys Farm, Mells on, 4.30-10.30 pm. Music and dance from the Mazaj Band and Raheesha, the Red Notes, Cor Cochion and special guests. Chaim Neslen will be talking about vanishing and suppressed Jewish cultures, there'll be storytelling from Lesley Hughes, kite-making and lashings of luscious tucker. All in for a derisory 15/7.50, under 5s free. Family ticket (2 adults + 2 children under 15) 30. Proceeds to the Villages Group and Gaza Youth Breaks Out. Tickets from Frome Wholefoods, Cheap Street, Frome

 

Tuesday 29th May 2012

Monthly planning meeting of the Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign

7.30 9.30pm Upstairs at Hamilton House, Stokes Croft (opp Jamaica Street) Bristol BS1 3QY

Come and join us to plan boycott actions and other exciting events to help Palestine. FFI www.bristolpsc.info

 

Also same evening

 

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 

Musicians Boycott Campaign

St George's Bristol, Brandon Hill, Bristol 

Bob Geldof breached the Palestinian boycott on May 31, 2011, when he accepted an-honorary degree from Ben Gurion University. He is playing in Bristol tonight but regrettably the gig clashes with our monthly meeting. We encourage people instead to leave appropriate messages in support of the boycott against Geldof at these sites: http://www.facebook.com/Bob.Geldof.disregard.Palestinian.Boycott  and

http://www.facebook.com/events/261054853951483/

 

Thursday 31st May

Proposed date for (Lockheed-Martin) Census Refusniks in court.

Bristol Magistrates Court, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NU (next to the bus station)

FFI Check www. http://bristol.indymedia.org/

 

 

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..but just waiting to be asked?

Interested in getting more involved in Palestinian Solidarity campaigning in the Bristol area?

  • Join us on demonstrations, leafleting or boycott actions
  • Help run public events or staff our info stall
  • Share your skills - we're always looking for graphic design, IT,  and admin experience
  • Develop your drama skills with street theatre and media-grabbing stunts
  • Spread the word with public speaking local schools etc.

Contact Nick our Bristol-PSC Membership Secretary at takeactionpalestine@...

 

BOOKS TO BORROW ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Want to understand more deeply the underlying conflict in Israel/Palestine? David Mowat has books with various perspectives available to browse in Saint Stephen's church Cafe, 21 St Stephen's Street, BS1.

 

Your best source of local news continues to be www.bristol.indymedia.org

And for local PSC campaigning info visit www.bristolpsc.info

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#3368 From: Andrew Silvera <ajsilvera@...>
Date: Tue May 8, 2012 9:13 pm
Subject: Fw: Urgent Alert: Imminent Displacement Risk in the Jerusalem Periphery
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 Urgent Alert: Imminent Displacement Risk in the Jerusalem Periphery18:10 , 08-05-12  
 
Urgent Alert: Imminent Displacement Risk in the Jerusalem Periphery

Palestinian residential structures in Area C of the the West Bank, east of Jerusalem, are under looming threat of immediate demolition. Structures include EU-funded residential structures provided in response to previous demolitions in the area. The Palestinian-Bedouin communities living in the hills to the east of Jerusalem are at an exceedingly growing risk of forced ethnic displacement. The communities have been informed by the Israeli authorities that they have no option but to leave the area, as part of a larger plan to forcibly tranfer, in defiance of international law, Bedouin communities living in Area C (Jerusalem periphery, Jordan Valley, and south Hebron Hills), where Israel retains control over  ;security as well as planning and zoning.
 
The Israeli Civil Administration (ICA)  issued eight eviction orders to the Kurshan compound of the Khan al-Ahmar Arab al-Jahalin Bedouin community, in the afternoon of Sunday May 6thThe orders affect the eight families of the community, who have been part of a recent shelter rehabilitation project, designed to replace sub-standard shelter with eight residential structures. The Kurshan families have used this location seasonally since the 1960s, and have been permanent in their current location since 1992. The ICA officers informed those present in the community that “the community had built illegally, and that Area C was not for Palestinians.” Fu rthermore, ICA informed the Az-Zayyem Arab al-Jahalin Bedouin community on May 3rd, that a demolition will take place in their community, effective immediately, following the lift of an injunction order protecting the structures. These are also structures funded by the international community, following demolitions in November 2011. 
 
Az-Zayyem demolitions, November 2011
 
Settlers from Regavim, a militant organization based in the nearby settlement of Kfar Adumim, harassed the Khan al-Ahmar Kurshan residents earlier today. They photographed all structures in the communityAt the time, ICAHD Co-Director Itay Epshtain, and Field-Coordinator Salim Shawamreh were providing protective presence in the community, and were told by settlers, that they were gathering information on Bedouin structures with the intent of approaching the ICA to urge them to demolish community homes.
 
An appeal filed by the lawyer for the community against the eviction orders was rejected this afternoon, May 8th, and the ICA is most likely to demolish the eight family homes as early as tomorrow afternoon. According to recognized legal opinions the current planning and permit regime, and other Israeli practices and policies in Area C, violate International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law on several counts (more information available here). It is the duty of third states to ensure respect of international law. The EU Heads of Mission Report on Area C (July 2011) strongly recommended that EU member states promote economic development in Area C, and increase visibility and accountability for the delivery of aid and development architecture in Area C.
 
ICAHD has called the EU to immediately exert diplomatic pressure on Israel, and call it to account for the threatened demolitions in Khan al-Ahmar as well as in Az-Zayyem. The EU should seek assurance from Israel that the ICA will not demolish these, and other Palestinian structures in Area C. ICAHD will continue to provide protective presence in the community, along with partner organization
 
 
For more information on the growing risk of displacement faced by Arab al-Jahalin Bedouin, please refer to the ICAHD publication'Nowhere Left to Go'.
For a normative and political analysis of Israel's displacement policy and practice in the Occupied West Bank, please find the ICAHD publication 'Demolishing Homes, Demolishing Peace'.



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#3369 From: Bristol-PSC@...
Date: Thu May 10, 2012 1:57 pm
Subject: Peace Vigil, 12/5/2012, 15:00
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#3370 From: Monica Jones <monicaseejay@...>
Date: Thu May 10, 2012 10:12 pm
Subject: Really worth signing this one ! Palestinians' hunger strike
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Jewish Voice for Peace
Dear Monica,


I just got back from the Occupied West Bank, and I have to tell you what I saw: a new chapter in the history of nonviolent resistance is being written. Right now. 

In protest of Israel’s long-standing policy of detaining Palestinians without charge or trial, over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have begun one of the largest hunger strikes of all time.

And now our friends in Palestine and Israel have asked for our help.

Will you sign this petition to support an end to Israeli imprisonment of Palestinians without charge?

This history-making prisoner-led nonviolent movement is growing by the day.

Just yesterday, 1,000 residents of Dheisheh Refugee Camp, where I'm honored to have worked for many years, rallied in solidarity with the strikers. And in Ramallah, student activists staged a sit-in that shut down the United Nations building. Leaders of Palestinian nonviolent popular resistance and their Israeli allies are now calling for international solidarity demonstrations. And groups like Amnesty International, Physicians for Human Rights, and the International Red Cross are weighing in.

Please sign the petition, and forward this to everyone you know.

Israeli policymakers, hunger strikers, the media and Palestinian citizens all need to hear from the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who support nonviolent resistance and oppose grotesquely undemocratic practices like "administrative detention" which allows Palestinians to be detained without charge.

Prisoners Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, who has been detained for 2 years without charges, started the strike and are at grave risk of death, now entering their 72nd day of fasting. For reference, Mahatma Gandhi ended his longest hunger strike on day 21; Bobby Sands died on day 66. 

The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that Halahleh and five others were in "imminent danger of dying" and called on Israel to transfer them to a hospital and allow visits from their families.

Sign the petition now and show your support before it is too late for these brave activists.


The strikers are also protesting inhumane conditions such as egregious solitary confinement, denial of family visits, and the refusal to medically treat critical health conditions.

With your support, the prisoners’ historic nonviolent protest could put an end to such gross injustice. Please join me in demanding an end to administrative detention and inhumane prison conditions.


In Solidarity,

Lori Rudolph,
Fulbright Scholar at Bethlehem and Al Quds University
 
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#3371 From: Tony Gosling <tony@...>
Date: Thu May 10, 2012 11:44 pm
Subject: Illegal Settlements Bonanza as Zionists plan the end of Palestine
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European Zionists started their invasion/occupation of Palestine in 1917.



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Subject: Illegal Settlements Bonanza as Zionists plan the end of Palestine

While the Israeli settlement drive since then has swallowed much of the West
Bank and East Jerusalem, populating them with over half a million
Israelis, the
international community's response was as moot in 1967 as it is now in 2012.
Responding to the latest sanctioning of illegal outposts, UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-Moon declared that he was "deeply troubled" by the news. Meanwhile,
Russia was 'deeply concerned' and so was the EU's Catherine Ashton. As for the
US, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland insisted that the Israeli
measure is not "helpful to the process." What process?

While Israel has now showed all of its cards, and the international community
declared its complacency or impotence, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah
continues to plan some kind of UN censure of the settlements. Even if a
watered-down version of some UN draft managed to survive the US veto, what are
the chances of Israel heeding the call of international community?

There is no doubt that Israel is plotting its version of the endgame in
Palestine, which sees Palestinians continuing to subsist in physical
fragmentation and permanent occupation





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Israel Plots an Endgame
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/03/israels-plots-an-endgame/


by Ramzy Baroud

May 03, 2012

Israel's colonization policies are entering an alarming new phase,
comparable in
historic magnitude to the original plans to colonize Gaza, the West Bank and
East Jerusalem following the war of 1967.

On April 24, an Israeli ministerial committee approved three
settlement outposts
- Bruchin and Rechelim in the northern part of the West Bank, and
Sansana in the
south. Although all settlement activities in the occupied West Bank and East
Jerusalem are considered illegal by international law, Israeli law
differentiates between sanctioned settlements and 'illegal' ones. This
distinction has actually proved to be no more than a disingenuous attempt at
conflating international law, which is applicable to occupied lands,
and Israeli
law, which is in no way relevant.

Since 1967, Israel placed occupied Palestinian land, privately owned or
otherwise, into various categories. One of these categories is
'state-owned', as
in obtained by virtue of military occupation. For many years, the
'state-owned'
occupied land was allotted to various purposes. Since 1990, however,
the Israeli
government refrained from establishing settlements, at lease formally. Now,
according to the Israeli anti-settlement group, Peace Now, "instead
of going to
peace the government is announcing the establishment of three new
settlements.this announcement is against the Israeli interest of
achieving peace
and a two states solution"

Although the group argues that the four-man committee did not have
the authority
to make such a decision, it actually matters little. Every physical
space in the
occupied territories - whether privately owned or 'state owned', 'legally'
obtained or 'illegally' obtained - is free game. The extremist Jewish
settlers,
whose tentacles are reaching far and wide, chasing out Palestinians at every
corner, haven't received such empowering news since the heyday of
Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon.

The move regarding settlements is not an isolated one. The Israeli
government is
now challenging the very decisions made by the Israeli Supreme Court,
which has
been used as a legitimization platform for many illegal settlements that drove
Palestinians from their land.

On April 27, the Israeli government reportedly asked the high court
to delay the
demolition of an 'unauthorized' West Bank outpost in the Beit El settlement
which was scheduled to take place on May 1st. The land, even by Israeli legal
standards, is considered private Palestinian land, and the Israeli government
had committed to the court to take down the illegal outposts - again, per
Israeli definition - on the specified date.

Now the rightwing Netanyahu government is having another change of
heart. In its
request to the court, the government argued: "The evacuation of the buildings
could carry social, political and operational ramifications for
construction in
Beit El and other settlements." Such an argument, if applied in the larger
context of the occupied territories, could easily justify why no
outposts should
be taken down. It could eradicate, once and for all, such politically
inconvenient terms such as 'legal' and 'illegal'.

"Previous Israeli governments have pledged to demolish the
unauthorized settler
outposts in the West Bank, but only a handful have been removed," according to
CNN online. In fact, that 'handful' are likely to be rebuilt, amongst
many more
new outposts, now that the new legal precedence is underway.

Michael Sfard, an attorney with Yesh Din, which reportedly advocates
Palestinian
rights, described the request as "an announcement of war by the Israeli
government against the rule of law." More specifically, "they said
clearly that
they have reached a decision not to evacuate illegal construction on private
Palestinian property."

Some analysts suggested that Netanyahu was bowing down to the more rightwing
elements in his cabinet - as if the man had, till now, been a peacemaker. The
bottom line is that Israel has decided embark on a new and dangerous
phase, one
that violates not only international law, but Israel's own self-tailored laws
that were designed to colonize the occupied territories. It appears that even
those precarious 'laws' are no longer capable of meeting the colonial appetite
of Israeli settlers and the ruling class.

Israeli settlements have been contextualized through Israeli legal
and political
references, as opposed to references commonly accepted in
international law. The
emphasis on differences between Israeli governments, political parties and
religious/ultra-nationalist settlement movements is distracting and
misleading;
colonizing the rest of historic Palestine has been and remains a national
Israeli project.

An article in the rightwing Israeli Jerusalem Post agrees. "Support for
settlement is not simply a program of right-of-center Likud. Its history has
firm roots in Labor party activity during the periods of its governments, and
activities by predecessors of the Labor party going back before the
creation of
the Israeli state" (April 27).

The only variable that might be worth examining is the purpose of the
settlement, not the settlement itself. Following the war of 1967, the
Allon plan
sought to annex more than 30 percent of the West Bank and all of Gaza for
security purposes. It stipulated the establishment of a "security corridor"
along the Jordan River, as well outside the "Green Line", a one-sided Israeli
demarcation of its borders with the West Bank. Then, there was no
Likud party to
demonize, for that was the Labor party's vision for the newly occupied
territories.

While the Israeli settlement drive since then has swallowed much of the West
Bank and East Jerusalem, populating them with over half a million
Israelis, the
international community's response was as moot in 1967 as it is now in 2012.
Responding to the latest sanctioning of illegal outposts, UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-Moon declared that he was "deeply troubled" by the news. Meanwhile,
Russia was 'deeply concerned' and so was the EU's Catherine Ashton. As for the
US, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland insisted that the Israeli
measure is not "helpful to the process." What process?

While Israel has now showed all of its cards, and the international community
declared its complacency or impotence, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah
continues to plan some kind of UN censure of the settlements. Even if a
watered-down version of some UN draft managed to survive the US veto, what are
the chances of Israel heeding the call of international community?

There is no doubt that Israel is plotting its version of the endgame in
Palestine, which sees Palestinians continuing to subsist in physical
fragmentation and permanent occupation. Unless a popular Palestinian uprising
takes hold, no one is likely to challenge what is actually an Israeli
declaration of war against the Palestinian people.

Ramzy Baroud is an internationally syndicated columnist and editor of
PalestineChronicle.com. He is the author of "
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The Second
Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle" and his most recent
book is " <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0745328814/counterpunchmaga>
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story" (Pluto Press, London).

This analysis can be found on the Web at
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/03/israels-plots-an-endgame/

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#3372 From: "Ed Hill" <edwardhill1@...>
Date: Fri May 11, 2012 12:36 am
Subject: 'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'
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Saturday 12th May

'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'

A fundraising day for Circus2Palestine

Leftbank, 128 Cheltenham Road, Bristol BS65RW

12.00-6.00pm:- talks, films, talks, stalls and workshops, plus Palestinian food . Entry free.

8.00pm-late:- music and performance Entry 5

Acts include: Hattie Hatstar, Noemie Gentle Mystics, Kev the Poet, Original Spinners, White Doves, Benny Sensus, Nasty by Nature, and more plus live link to Gaza Campz Breakerz Crew!

FFI see Facebook 'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'

 

plus, just had confirmation on Ben Yeger, an ex solider who now works for Combatants for Peace. He will be speaking about his experience as a soldier and the activism he is now doing. His talk will be followed (as will all talks), by a Q+A session and a few short films from Breaking The Silence organisation (ex-Israeli soldiers who speak out about the violence). Looking like a great day! x


#3373 From: "matthias" <schimi@...>
Date: Fri May 11, 2012 8:34 am
Subject: Re: 'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'
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Saturday 12th May

'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'

A fundraising day for Circus2Palestine

Leftbank, 128 Cheltenham Road, Bristol BS65RW

12.00-6.00pm:- talks, films, talks, stalls and workshops, plus Palestinian food . Entry free.

8.00pm-late:- music and performance Entry £5

Acts include: Hattie Hatstar, Noemie Gentle Mystics, Kev the Poet, Original Spinners, White Doves, Benny Sensus, Nasty by Nature, and more plus live link to Gaza Campz Breakerz Crew!

FFI see Facebook 'From the Leftbank to the Westbank'

 

plus, just had confirmation on Ben Yeger, an ex solider who now works for Combatants for Peace. He will be speaking about his experience as a soldier and the activism he is now doing. His talk will be followed (as will all talks), by a Q+A session and a few short films from Breaking The Silence organisation (ex-Israeli soldiers who speak out about the violence). Looking like a great day! x

 


#3374 From: Monica Jones <monicaseejay@...>
Date: Fri May 11, 2012 12:48 pm
Subject: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
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Sign and we'll deliver your signature to the State Dept. on Monday!

Dear Monica ,
 
Thaer Halahleh
Above: "Free Thaer Halahleh and all prisoners"
As we approach the 64th anniversary of the Nakba -- the catastrophe in which more than more than 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and lands, and thousands of others their lives during the ethnic cleansing that accompanied Israel's creation -- between 1,600 and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have joined one of the largest hunger strikes in history.

Two strikers -- Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab -- have refused food for 73 days. Ten have refused food for more than 50 days and are now hospitalized. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that Halahleh, Diab, and four others are in "imminent danger of dying." As the prisoners' health deteriorates, the State Department has been silent.

Please ask the State Department to help save the lives of these nonviolent protestors! Help us get 10,000 signatures before Monday when,
with the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, we'll deliver our concerns to the State Department!

 
ADC logo
Above: Please sign the joint petition of the US Campaign and Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee.
The hunger strikers are protesting "administrative detention" -- a widely-used Israeli practice of detaining Palestinians without charge -- as well as solitary confinement, denial of family visits, and inadequate health treatment. About 300 Palestinians are currently in administrative detention, a policy which clearly violates Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him."

The State Department claims to support the universality of human rights, yet it has publicly ignored the hunger strike. This silence speaks volumes to Israel, sending a condoning message, rather than one of commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pressure from the State Department on Israel, on the other hand, could save the lives of the hunger strikers.

Take action now and tell the State Department to publicly demand that Israel end its unjust policies!

 
Hunger Strike Day of Action Factsheet
Above: Hunger Strike Fact Sheet
Click to take part.

More are joining the strike every day, and many strikers and supporters have reached out to the international community to show support. In response to a call from the Palestinian Popular Struggle Coordinating Committees, US Campaign member group Jewish Voice for Peace is organizing a Day of Action next Thursday, May 17th, calling on people nationwide to fast in solidarity with the prisoners and demonstrate outside Israeli consulates and embassies. May 17th will mark one month since the majority of strikers began refusing food.

Please sign up now to join the day of action!

You can sign up to fast, protest, or both, and to connect with others in your area taking part. There is also a hunger strike factsheet available here. This is a tremendous opportunity to show support and solidarity to these courageous resisters, taking the extraordinary step of starving themselves in a struggle for basic dignity and freedom.
Next Tuesday, Nakba Day, the US Campaign will join the US Palestinian Community Network, students fasting in solidarity with the hunger strikers, and several D.C. area member groups in front of the White House for a memorial commemorating and remembering the Nakba. Please click here for more information and join us if you can.

-- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

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#3375 From: Monica Jones <monicaseejay@...>
Date: Sat May 12, 2012 9:27 pm
Subject: Fw: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
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Some people had trouble figuring out how to sign the petition.  You only have to click on any of the text that's highlighted in red, and it should take you there ...
 
Best wishes - Monica

  
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End the Occupation
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Sign and we'll deliver your signature to the State Dept. on Monday!

Dear Monica ,
 
Thaer Halahleh Above: "Free Thaer Halahleh and all prisoners"
As we approach the 64th anniversary of the Nakba -- the catastrophe in which more than more than 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and lands, and thousands of others their lives during the ethnic cleansing that accompanied Israel's creation -- between 1,600 and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have joined one of the largest hunger strikes in history.

Two strikers -- Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab -- have refused food for 73 days. Ten have refused food for more than 50 days and are now hospitalized. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that Halahleh, Diab, and four others are in "imminent danger of dying." As the prisoners' health deteriorates, the State Department has been silent.

Please ask the State Department to help save the lives of these nonviolent protestors! Help us get 10,000 signatures before Monday when,
with the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, we'll deliver our concerns to the State Department!

 
ADC logo Above: Please sign the joint petition of the US Campaign and Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee.
The hunger strikers are protesting "administrative detention" -- a widely-used Israeli practice of detaining Palestinians without charge -- as well as solitary confinement, denial of family visits, and inadequate health treatment. About 300 Palestinians are currently in administrative detention, a policy which clearly violates Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him."

The State Department claims to support the universality of human rights, yet it has publicly ignored the hunger strike. This silence speaks volumes to Israel, sending a condoning message, rather than one of commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pressure from the State Department on Israel, on the other hand, could save the lives of the hunger strikers.

Take action now and tell the State Department to publicly demand that Israel end its unjust policies!

 
Hunger Strike Day of Action Factsheet
Above: Hunger Strike Fact Sheet
Click to take part.

More are joining the strike every day, and many strikers and supporters have reached out to the international community to show support. In response to a call from the Palestinian Popular Struggle Coordinating Committees, US Campaign member group Jewish Voice for Peace is organizing a Day of Action next Thursday, May 17th, calling on people nationwide to fast in solidarity with the prisoners and demonstrate outside Israeli consulates and embassies. May 17th will mark one month since the majority of strikers began refusing food.

Please sign up now to join the day of action!

You can sign up to fast, protest, or both, and to connect with others in your area taking part. There is also a hunger strike factsheet available here. This is a tremendous opportunity to show support and solidarity to these courageous resisters, taking the extraordinary step of starving themselves in a struggle for basic dignity and freedom.
Next Tuesday, Nakba Day, the US Campaign will join the US Palestinian Community Network, students fasting in solidarity with the hunger strikers, and several D.C. area member groups in front of the White House for a memorial commemorating and remembering the Nakba. Please click here for more information and join us if you can.

-- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

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#3376 From: Monica Jones <monicaseejay@...>
Date: Sat May 12, 2012 9:29 pm
Subject: Re: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
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There were two petitions.  One has a red rectangle - and with the other one, you just click on any of the text that's highlighted in red, and it takes you to the petition.

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Sent: Saturday, 12 May 2012, 22:27
Subject: Fw: Take Action Now to Help Save the Lives of 2,000 Hunger Strikers in Israeli Prisons!
Some people had trouble figuring out how to sign the petition.  You only have to click on any of the text that's highlighted in red, and it should take you there ...
 
Best wishes - Monica

  
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Sign and we'll deliver your signature to the State Dept. on Monday!

Dear Monica ,
 
Thaer Halahleh Above: "Free Thaer Halahleh and all prisoners"
As we approach the 64th anniversary of the Nakba -- the catastrophe in which more than more than 750,000 Palestinians lost their homes and lands, and thousands of others their lives during the ethnic cleansing that accompanied Israel's creation -- between 1,600 and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have joined one of the largest hunger strikes in history.

Two strikers -- Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab -- have refused food for 73 days. Ten have refused food for more than 50 days and are now hospitalized. The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that Halahleh, Diab, and four others are in "imminent danger of dying." As the prisoners' health deteriorates, the State Department has been silent.

Please ask the State Department to help save the lives of these nonviolent protestors! Help us get 10,000 signatures before Monday when,
with the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee, we'll deliver our concerns to the State Department!

 
ADC logo Above: Please sign the joint petition of the US Campaign and Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee.
The hunger strikers are protesting "administrative detention" -- a widely-used Israeli practice of detaining Palestinians without charge -- as well as solitary confinement, denial of family visits, and inadequate health treatment. About 300 Palestinians are currently in administrative detention, a policy which clearly violates Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: "Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him."

The State Department claims to support the universality of human rights, yet it has publicly ignored the hunger strike. This silence speaks volumes to Israel, sending a condoning message, rather than one of commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pressure from the State Department on Israel, on the other hand, could save the lives of the hunger strikers.

Take action now and tell the State Department to publicly demand that Israel end its unjust policies!

 
Hunger Strike Day of Action Factsheet
Above: Hunger Strike Fact Sheet
Click to take part.

More are joining the strike every day, and many strikers and supporters have reached out to the international community to show support. In response to a call from the Palestinian Popular Struggle Coordinating Committees, US Campaign member group Jewish Voice for Peace is organizing a Day of Action next Thursday, May 17th, calling on people nationwide to fast in solidarity with the prisoners and demonstrate outside Israeli consulates and embassies. May 17th will mark one month since the majority of strikers began refusing food.

Please sign up now to join the day of action!

You can sign up to fast, protest, or both, and to connect with others in your area taking part. There is also a hunger strike factsheet available here. This is a tremendous opportunity to show support and solidarity to these courageous resisters, taking the extraordinary step of starving themselves in a struggle for basic dignity and freedom.
Next Tuesday, Nakba Day, the US Campaign will join the US Palestinian Community Network, students fasting in solidarity with the hunger strikers, and several D.C. area member groups in front of the White House for a memorial commemorating and remembering the Nakba. Please click here for more information and join us if you can.

-- US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

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#3377 From: Andrew Silvera <ajsilvera@...>
Date: Sun May 13, 2012 4:42 pm
Subject: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign Protest at CRH's AGM 9-5-2012.wmv
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Good little action video from Irish PSC


Great video of a brilliant action.
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign organized this protest because CRH owns 25% of the Israeli company Mashav Initiative and Development Ltd which, in ..

The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign organized this protest because CRH owns 25% of the Israeli company Mashav Initiative and Development Ltd which, in turn, owns Israel's sole cement producer Nesher Cement Enterprises Ltd. Nesher provides up to 90% of all cement sold in Israel, including cement used in the construction of Israel's illegal Apartheid Wall, colonies and associated infra structure in the occupied West Bank. The IPSC are calling on CRH to end its shameful investment in Israel and to stop profiting from the occupation of Palestine by divesting from its Israeli interests. For the past two years the issue of CRH's investment in Israel dominated the AGM proceedings and press coverage of the event. 

#3378 From: Monica Jones <monicaseejay@...>
Date: Sun May 13, 2012 9:22 pm
Subject: John Marjoram's case dropped
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It was announced at Quaker Meeting this morning - so I guess I'm allowed to pass this on - that John Marjoram's case has been dropped.

#3379 From: Naomi Woodspring <naomiwoodspring@...>
Date: Mon May 14, 2012 11:40 am
Subject: new information
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This is a very well done and important documentary:

The Great Book Robbery

( http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/05/20125915313256768.html )
 




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#3380 From: Tony Gosling <tony@...>
Date: Mon May 14, 2012 6:10 pm
Subject: This week in London Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path Through Palestine
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On Wednesday 16 May, Bidisha will launch her book Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path Through Palestine with a panel debate about the challenges, rewards and responsibilities of international journalism. The event will discuss how to avoid sensationalism, describe complex social and political events with depth, nuance and clarity, reflect long consequences as well as dramatic incidents and give a voice to ordinary people who bear the brunt of international events but are often unheard. To RSVP please call 020 370 9990 or email reception@...

Camden trades council have organised a public meeting entitled The Media at 6.30pm on Tuesday 22 May with Michelle Stanistreet - NUJ, Louisa Bull - Unite, Angela Phillips - Goldsmiths College. For more details contact: Nicola Seyd nseyd@... or visit the Camden trade council website here

Stop the War Coalition has announced a special evening of words and music on Friday 25 May called Don't Iraq Iran. The event will feature actors Mark Rylance and Kika Markham, musician Brian Eno, Iranian filmmaker Amir Amirani, montage artists Peter Kennard and Cat Phillips. There will be piano music from Alberto Portugheis, songs from Julie Felix and a special appearance from Roger Lloyd Pack. The evening begins with Tony Benn and Roy Bailey. To book tickets go here








































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#3381 From: Marian Connollu <marianbristol@...>
Date: Tue May 15, 2012 3:00 pm
Subject: Fw: Palestinian Prisoners Score Heroic Victory
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Subject: Palestinian Prisoners Score Heroic Victory

Palestinian Prisoners Score Heroic Victory
Struggle to End Israel’s Oppression and International Complicity Continues
15 May 2012 -- Nearly a month into the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike, a historic victory has been achieved, as Israeli authorities were forced to comply with the prisoners’ main demands. Coinciding with the Palestinian commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the Nakba, the systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing that uprooted most Palestinians from their homeland around 1948, the prisoners’ victory has heightened hope about the prospects for Palestinian freedom, justice, self determination and the return of refugees.
This important triumph for the Palestinian popular struggle could not have been reached without the unwavering resolve of the prisoners themselves, grassroots mobilization in their support in Palestine, and the immense wave of effective solidarity and calls for holding Israel accountable that the strike has triggered around the world.
More than a thousand people around the globe have pledged to undertake a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with the prisoners, to take place this Thursday. While the solidarity hunger-strike has been called off, due to the prisoners' victory, injustice and illegal repression continue in Israeli prisons.
Emphasizing imprisonment as a critical component of Israel’s system of occupation, colonialism and apartheid practiced against the Palestinian people, Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations have called for intensifying the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to target corporations profiting directly from the Israeli prison system. In particular, we call for action to be taken to hold to account G4S, the world’s largest international security corporation, which helps to maintain and profit from Israels prison system, for its complicity with Israeli violations of international law.
Please click here to demand G4S ends its involvement in the Israeli prison system and its complicity in violations of Palestinian human rights.
 

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#3382 From: Naomi Woodspring <naomiwoodspring@...>
Date: Tue May 15, 2012 7:28 pm
Subject: Israel's concession
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Scroll down to read Erakat's statement.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Palestinian Hunger Strikers: "Fighting Ingrained Duplicity"
Reuters is reporting: "Standing up to Israel through non-violent resistance can
produce encouraging results, Palestinians said on Tuesday, after a prisoner
hunger strike produced some Israeli concessions.
"The deal under which some 1,600 Palestinian prisoners agreed on Monday to end
a month-long fast against Israel's prison policy was struck on the eve of Nakba
(catastrophe) Day..."
ALLAM JARRAR, via Ryme Katkhouda, rymepmc@... or Kinda Mohamadieh,
kinda.mohamadieh@..., http://www.annd.org, http://www.pngo.net
Jarrar is with the Palestinian NGO Network. He is in Washington, D.C. with
a delegation of the Arab NGO Network for Development, which also includes
representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, Yemen and other Arab
countries. The delegation just released a paper, "Overview and Suggestions for
Improving Key Areas in U.S. Foreign Policy Towards the Arab Region." Point one
is "The centrality of recognizing the Palestinian rights to democratic and
development processes."
NOURA ERAKAT, nourae@..., http://www.badil.org,
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/contributors/436
RICHARD FALK, (805) 565-3999, (805) 448-1453, rfalk@...
Erakat is an adjunct professor of international human rights law in the
Middle East at Georgetown University and the U.S.-based legal advocacy
consultant for the Badil Center for Palestinian Refugee and Residency Rights.
She is also a contributing editor to Jadaliyya.com.
Available for a limited number of interviews, Falk is professor of
international law emeritus, Princeton University and Special Rapporteur on
Occupied Palestinian Territories for the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Erakat said today: "It is empowering that on the day of the 64th
commemoration of the Nakba, or the day that marks the initial displacement and
dispossession of Palestinians, that Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab will be
ending their hunger strike in exchange for their freedom. As a result of an
Egyptian-brokered deal between Israelis and Palestinians, all the hunger
strikers will end their strike upon Israel's vow to not renew their arbitrary
detention without charge or trial upon its expiration. This marks a significant
milestone in the struggle against colonial violence in Palestine. It does not
however, signal an end to the struggle as demonstrated by the case of Hana
al-Shalabi who spent two years in administrative detention before obtaining her
release as part of the Hamas-brokered prisoner exchange only to be re-arreseted
two months later. A definitive end to these punitive and racist practices
necessitates the political will of international governments and agencies who
have the ability to exert the requisite pressure upon Israel to comply with
international law and human rights norms." Falk and Erakat recently wrote the piece "Palestinian Hunger Strikers:
Fighting Ingrained Duplicity," which states: "On his seventy-third day of
hunger strike, Thaer Halahleh was vomiting blood, bleeding from his lips and
gums, while his body weighs in at 121 pounds—a fraction of its pre-hunger
strike size. The thirty-three-year-old Palestinian follows the still-palpable
footsteps of Adnan Khader and Hana Shalabi whose hunger strikes resulted in
release. He also stands alongside Bilal Diab who is also entering his
seventy-third day of visceral protest. Together, they inspired nearly 2,500
Palestinian political prisoners to go on hunger strike in protest of Israel's
policy of indefinite detention without charge or trial.
"Administrative detention has constituted a core of Israel's 1,500
occupation laws that apply to Palestinians only, and which are not subject to
any type of civilian or public review. Derived from British Mandate laws,
administrative detention permits Israeli Forces to arrest Palestinians for up
to six months without charge or trial, and without any show of incriminating
evidence. Such detention orders can be renewed indefinitely, each time for
another six-month term.
"Ayed Dudeen is one of the longest-serving detainees in Israeli captivity.
First arrested in October 2007, Israeli officials renewed his detention thirty
times without charge or trial. After languishing in a prison cell for nearly
four years without due process, prison authorities released him in August 2011
only to re-arrest him two weeks later. His wife Amal no longer tells their six
children that their father is coming home, because, in her words, 'I do not
want to give them false hope anymore, I just hope that this nightmare will go
away.'"
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/5474/palestinian-hunger-strikers_fighting-ingrained-dup
See recent New York Times report: "Palestinians Go Hungry to Make Their Voices
Heard"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/world/middleeast/palestinian-resistance-shifts-to-hunger-strikes.html?_r=1
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#3383 From: Marian Connollu <marianbristol@...>
Date: Thu May 17, 2012 10:45 am
Subject: Fw: Fwd: IWPS is recruiting new volunteers - please publicise
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International Human Rights Volunteers Needed in Palestine
The International Women's Peace Service (IWPS) is a small team of international female human-rights activists in Palestine.
We:
  • provide accompaniment to Palestinian civilians (including farmers during the annual olive harvest),
  • document and non-violently intervene in human-rights abuses
  • support Palestinians in their non-violent resistance to end the Israeli military occupation and construction of the barrier throughout theWest Bank.
IWPS is run entirely by volunteers, and is committed to peace and justice.
IWPS is currently inviting applications from women who would like to join our team.
Successful applicants will be invited to our 7 day training being held in Portugal in September 2012. You will be expected to serve a minimum of one and a maximum of 3 month term in the West Bank, Palestine, as well as supporting our work outside of Palestine. 
Applicants should be able to commit to further terms in Palestine. Short term volunteers are also welcome to apply. 
The training will be provided by experienced IWPS volunteers, who freely give their time.

For more information and to download an application pack please go to: http://iwps.info/?page_id=313 or contact us on applyiwps@...
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#3384 From: Naomi Woodspring <naomiwoodspring@...>
Date: Thu May 17, 2012 8:55 pm
Subject: Fw: Quakers Divest from Caterpillar!
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Thank the Quakers for Their Decision to Divest from Caterpillar!

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Have you heard the wonderful news? After a roller coaster United Methodist divestment campaign ending in partial victory, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is so excited to announce that the Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC), which holds over $200 million in assets, has divested from Caterpillar! FFC divested $900,000 in shares of Caterpillar, which continues to feel the pressure from all sides for its production and sale of weaponized bulldozers to Israel, used to violate Palestinian rights and destroy Palestinian homes, schools, hospitals, olive groves, and lives.

Ann Arbor Quakers asked FFC to divest and issued this warm statement of thanks:
"Ann Arbor Friends welcome the decision by Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC) to divest from Caterpillar Corp. This is a significant step since FFC handles investments for over 250 Quaker meetings, schools, organizations, trusts, and endowments around the US. In taking this action, FFC is truly upholding the core commitment of the Society of Friends to peace. We ask Friends and people of faith everywhere to join us in expressing thanks to FFC and asking them to continue divesting from all companies that are helping to sustain the Israeli occupation."
Let's heed their call. Click here to thank FFC for its decision to divest from Caterpillar!

FFC has a "zero tolerance for weapons and weapons components," and said, "We are uncomfortable defending our position on this stock."

FFC is not the first Quaker institution to avoid companies that support the Israeli occupation. In March 2008, the Board of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a US Campaign member group, approved an Israel/Palestine investment screen, stating:
"Investments should not be made in any company that provides products or services, including financial services, to Israeli governmental or military bodies… or to Israeli or Palestinian organizations or groups that are used to facilitate or undertake violent acts against civilians or violations of international law."
The AFSC investment screen is based on a 29-company "no-buy" list -- originally compiled by the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church -- which includes Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions, Veolia, and Hewlett Packard. In June 2011, AFSC also joined the "We Divest Campaign," which calls on financial giant TIAA-CREF to divest from the Israeli occupation.

 
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Illinois Yearly Meeting and St Louis Monthly Meeting support the "We Divest Campaign."
And that's not all. Illinois Yearly Meeting and St. Louis Monthly Meeting of Friends also came out in support of the "We Divest Campaign," Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting called on FFC to divest from all companies profiting from violence in Israel/Palestine, and the Ann Arbor Meeting agreed to a call from its Palestine-Israel Action Group (PIAG) -- a member of the US Campaign -- to boycott companies supporting the Israeli military and Israeli settlement products, building on a similar decision by Britain Yearly Meeting.

FFC's decision is a new step forward for aligning Quaker values with investments. Please click here to thank FFC, whether or not you are a Quaker!

 
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We are hopeful that these actions will put wind in the sails of the exciting divestment campaign at Earlham College, another Quaker institution. The campaign, led by US Campaign member group BDS Earlham, aims for "Earlham to divest from Caterpillar, Motorola, and Hewlett Packard because they are profiting from Israeli violations of international law and principles of human rights."

In less than two months, the Presbyterian Church (USA) will vote on divestment from those same companies. In addition to thanking FFC, please click here to sign a letter of support for Presbyterian divestment if you haven't done so yet!

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#3385 From: Tony Gosling <tony@...>
Date: Sun May 20, 2012 12:11 pm
Subject: Cliff Hanley on the radio
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Second hour: Reconnaissance around global and intelligence news stories:
Cliff Hanley from Bristols Palestine Solidarity Campaign was beaten up and disabled in Bristol city centre by a far right drunk on Good Friday 2011.
Although the attacker has allegedly been identified by six eyewitnesses, the police will not charge the man.
http://bcfm.org.uk/2012/05/18/17/friday-drivetime-71/17414
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/60103

plus some further tidbits

Austria minister: Lieberman's presence in Israeli cabinet 'unbearable'
In an interview to Die Presse daily, Norbert Darabos says Israel directing attention at enemies such as Iran, Palestinians in order to avoid internal social issues.
By Barak Ravid | May.20, 2012 | 10:35 AM |  12  
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/austria-minister-lieberman-s-presence-in-israeli-cabinet-unbearable-1.431461
Ahead of crucial Baghdad talks, G8 leaders press Iran over nuclear program
By DPA | May.20,2012 | 10:35 AM
Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos has launched an unprecedented verbal assault against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, saying in an interview due to be published on Sunday that his presence in Israel's cabinet was "unbearable."
In an interview to the Austrian daily Die Presse, Darabos severely criticized Israel's policies, with a special emphasis on continued settlement activity and the nuclear standoff with Iran.
"Iran can't build a bomb yet, and Israel's threats are unnecessary," he said, adding that he felt an attack on "Iran's nuclear facilities would spark an uncontrollable fire in the region and will create solidarity and empathy for Iran in the Arab world and the world at large."
The Austrian minister accused Israel of "pointing a finger at its foreign enemies like Iran and the Palestinians in order to avoid dealing with internal social issues," adding that, "honestly, the fact that minister Lieberman is a member of the Israeli government is unbearable."
"Israel was in a better place when there was a balance between the Labor party and conservative elements, but those times have passed as a result of a split in the left," he added.
Earlier this month, Lieberman urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet to advance High Court-bypassing legislation to sanction illegal West Bank outposts such as the Ulpana Hill neighborhood of Beit El.
Lieberman made the comment a few days after the High Court of Justice gave the government 60 days to demolish houses in the neighborhood that were illegally built on private Palestinian land.
Lieberman said that Ulpana is "not an illegal outpost. The state made a mistake. [Ulpana residents] did not make a mistake, they were sent there. The state made a mistake and it should take responsibility. I see no other way than legislation that will solve the issue."

Martin Bormann Nazi in Exile
A decisively powerful network of corporate entities run by hardened SS veterans, the Bormann group constitutes what one veteran banker termed the greatest concentration of money power under a single control in history. The foundation of the organizations clout is moneylots and lots of money. Controlling German big business and, through investments, much of the rest of the worlds economy, the organization was the repository for the stolen wealth of Europe, estimated by British intelligence to have totaled more than $180 billion by the end of 1943
http://spitfirelist.com/books/martin-bormann-nazi-in-exile/

Revealed: The secret report that shows how the Nazis planned a Fourth Reich ...in the EU
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1179902/Revealed-The-secret-report-shows-Nazis-planned-Fourth-Reich--EU.html

Von Clausewitz, List, the Bormann Capital Network and the Subjugation of Europe
Posted by Dave Emory February 23, 2012
http://spitfirelist.com/news/von-clausewitz-list-the-bormann-capital-network-and-the-subjugation-of-europe/
COMMENT: To  come to understand what is taking place in Europe, it is essential to understand the military philosophy of Prussian military theoretician Karl von Clausewitz. In All Honorable Men, James Stewart Martin highlighted an important aspect of von Clausewitzs philosophy, that war and diplomacy are two sides of the same coin. When diplomacy is no longer effective, the policy goal is pursued through the use of armed force. When war and military power have reached the limits of their effectiveness, diplomacy continues the pursuit of the goal.










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#3386 From: Tony Gosling <tony@...>
Date: Mon May 21, 2012 11:57 am
Subject: Shocking! Bristol Indymedia blocking Cliff Hanley story
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I've published the Cliff Hanley 'still no charges' story twice now on Bristol Indymedia but both times the following error message has appeared.

Document Not Available
Sorry, this story has been removed due to a possible breach of the editorial guidelines and is under review by the editorial group. If you think that this story should be allowed to remain on the newswire, please check our editorial guidelines and if you think that your article does not breach any of these guidelines, you can contact the editorial collective to make your case.

Despite what the error message says the article hasn't actually been removed, it has never been there in the first place.

Let's hope this is a one-off error but I and others have found that, on occasions, stories have these days to be submitted several times before they 'bite' and in several different browsers too.
There has been nothing to the effect that there is an error of any sort on the Bristol indymedia technical email list either.

The open publishing rules governing International indymedia sites to not allow for pre-moderation and this degree of censorship.
They stipulate post moderation except in the case of spam.
Therefore Bristol Indymedia is not currently an open publishing site.
Instead it has become a pre-moderation site against the international IMC rules.
Indymedia sites are allowed spam filters but there is no reason to treat this story as spam.

The story should be at both of these pages
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/708743
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/708744

But both are currently giving the 'this article has been removed' error message as they were as soon as I hit 'publish'.

Indeed even the Daily Mail owned Northcliffe empire's  Post website now allows post-moderated comments and is a true open publishing site in accordance with the International Indymedia rules wheras Bristol Indymedia is not.

The full story and audio is however available thankfully through the national site here.

Beaten up & disabled by far right thug - 5 witnesses but police refuse to charge
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2012/05/496311.html

Copied below are the 'preview before publishing' page - followed by the immediate error page which for this story has been the default on both occasions.

Tony


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Fear not therefore: for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed; and nothing hid that shall not be made known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in the light and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 10:26-27

Die Pride and Envie; Flesh, take the poor's advice.
Covetousnesse be gon: Come, Truth and Love arise.
Patience take the Crown; throw Anger out of dores:
Cast out Hypocrisie and Lust, which follows whores:
Then England sit in rest; Thy sorrows will have end;
Thy Sons will live in peace, and each will be a friend.
http://tinyurl.com/6ct7zh6

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