Help us fundraise for the convoy to Gaza!
In just a few weeks, a Viva Palestina aid convoy, supported by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, will leave London and travel through Europe, Turkey, Syria and Egypt to reach Gaza.
We broke Israel's brutal and illegal blockade of Gaza in January and, with your help, we can break it again.
The Palestinians in Gaza need everything from baby milk formula, to feed desperately malnourished babies, to cement, to rebuild homes, schools and hospitals reduced to rubble during Operation Cast Lead. They also need the world's attention to remain focused on them and the inhuman siege that Israel has kept them under for the last four years - sending convoys to break the blockade is an effective way of doing this and showing Gaza's plight to the world.
You can help break the siege on Gaza
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign needs to raise £10,000 towards the cost of buying a PSC-sponsored vehicle and filling it with aid, as well as covering the cost of driving it to Gaza. Please help us reach our target. Donate today by sending a cheque, made payable to PSC, to PSC, BOX BM PSA, London, WC1N 3XX or by calling 020 7700 6192 to donate by card.
Please write ‘For Gaza aid convoy' on the back of your cheque, and let us know you're donating to the PSC aid vehicle when you call.
Thank you for working towards ending Gaza's siege.
Why should an occupied people be forced to negotiate their freedom?
President Obama has enjoyed his White House photocall and the much-hyped ‘peace talks' between the Palestinians and Israel have begun in earnest.
However, as former PLO advisor Diana Buttu points out, the Palestinians have been down this road before and emerged from previous negotiations empty handed. Moreover, what legitimacy will these talks have, given that Mahmoud Abbas' term of office has expired, and the majority of Palestinians - including those under siege in Gaza and the refugee diaspora - are not represented at all?
Click here to read Diana Buttu's views on the talks and the debate on Al-Jazeera
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Stand up for non-violent resistance
Write to William Hague - demand the UK puts pressure on Israel to overturn the conviction of Abdallah Abu Rahmah. The co-ordinator of the Bi'lin Popular Committee Against the Wall was convicted in an Israeli court of incitement and organising illegal demonstrations. Already imprisoned for eight months while the trial took place, Mr Abu Rahmah now faces a long prison sentence as Israel continues its crackdown on all forms of non-violent resistance against the Apartheid Wall.
Click here to email a model letter to William Hague
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Boycott vote at Greenbelt!
Over the August Bank Holiday weekend tens of thousands gathered for the annual Greenbelt Festival at Cheltenham where, for the second year running, there was a special emphasis on Palestine.
There were half a dozen talks and discussions on Palestine, in marquees packed with people eager to learn - and express their views. Ilan Pappe, Clare Short, Brian Klug, Jonathan Kuttab, Abe Hayeem and Ben White were among the speakers.
On the last day over 200 people came to a panel discussion on boycott, divestment and sanctions, after which, at which, at the suggestion of the Greenbelt Trustees, a vote was taken on BDS. An overwhelming majority voted for a ‘comprehensive boycott' of Israeli goods and institutions. The Greenbelt Just Peace Campaign are to forward this to the Trustees.
Israeli Channel 10 carried a feature on the BDS campaign, focusing on our work in Britain and interviews with PSC's General Secretary Betty Hunter, and PSC activists. Although the feature obviously carried a critical perspective, BDS supporters who watched it in Israel felt that it was an important step and that we had got a clear message across - click here or here to watch.
Ramadhan 2010: Check the label - Boycott Israeli Dates
Profitting from the occupation: Dates have been Israel's leading fruit export and account for about 15% of export from Israel into the EU. It is estimated that Israel produces over 10,000 tonnes of dates per year and the total income for Israel from dates in a year is approximately £80 million - and a vast majority of which are sold during Ramadhan.
Join PSC, Friends of Al-Aqsa and Zaytoun in their campaign to urge shoppers not to buy Israeli dates - and support Palestinian farmers by buying dates from Zaytoun. If you've organised leafleting please let us know - email: info@palestinecampaign.org.
View our new leaflet at: www.palestinecampaign.org/check-the-label-dates
Contact the PSC office to order the leaflets and where you can buy Palestinian dates >>
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