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Call to action from Gaza نداء من غزة Un Llamado a la Acción desde Gaza

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A Call to Action from Gaza!

Palestinian organisations in Gaza are calling upon all people of conscience around the world, to make posters of the fallen heroes of the recent Great March of Return and plaster these all over your cities and towns, especially opposite Israeli and American embassies. This is an action that will greatly benefit the visibility of our cause!

PDF files of the fallen demonstrators can be found here : https://tinyurl.com/y96mb76m
Please send pictures or videos of your action with statement of support for the Right of Return and the Great March of Return to: greatmarchsolidarity@gmail.com

Following the media coverage of the massacre that Israel carried out against us on the first day of our march, we have been receiving less and less media coverage.Yet more and more of us are being killed every day. Gaza has been bombarded night and day too. Since the start of the Great March of Return, over 135 unarmed protesters have been shot dead and more than 14,000 wounded by the occupation forces, including children, medical staff, journalists, and the disabled. Gaza’s health system has been pushed to the brink of collapse, as hospitals struggle to handle an influx of serious and life-threatening injuries.

Help keep the freedom of Palestinians and the right to return in the spotlight!

Signed:
Great March of Return-Steering Committee
The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU)
University Teachers’ Association in Palestine
Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel Al-Aqsa University
One Democratic State Group
Voices Against Israeli Apartheid

 

نداء من غزة
25.6.2018

غزة المحاصرة—فلسطين المحتلة

تناشد قطاعات المجتمع المدني الموقعة أدناه في غزة جميع أصحاب الضمائر الحيَة في جميع أنحاء العالم لطباعة صور شهداء مسيرة العودة الأبطال وتعليقها في جميع أنحاء المُدن والبلدان حول العالم وخاصة مقابل السفارات الإسرائيلية والأمريكية.

من الملاحظ أن التغطية الإعلامية لقضيتنا قد خفتت مقارنة بالأيام الأولى من مسيرة العودة على الرغم من قيام قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي بقتل أكثر من 135 متظاهرًا أعزلًا وإصابة أكثر من 14،000 من بينهم أطفال وطواقم طبية وصحفيون وذوو احتياجات خاصة، عجزت مستشفيات قطاع غزة عن استيعابهم بعد أن وصل النظام الصحي في غزة إلى حافة الانهيار، حيث تعاني المستشفيات الويلات في تعاملها مع فيضان الإصابات الخطيرة والقاتلة.

يمكنكم العثور على صور للشهداء على شكل ملفات PDFمن هنا: https://tinyurl.com/y96mb76m

يُرجى إرسال صور أو مقاطع فيديو لمساهماتكم في هذه الفعالية مع كتابة جملة توضيحية عن الفعالية لدعم حق العودة ومسيرة العودة الكبرى إلى العنوان التالي:

greatmarchsolidarity@gmail.com

شارك في تسليط الضوء على حق الشعب الفلسطيني في الحريةو العودة!

الموقعون:

اللجنة التوجيهية لمسيرة العودة الكبرى

الاتحاد العام لنقابات عمال فلسطين (PGFTU)

جمعية أساتذة الجامعات في فلسطين

حملة طلاب فلسطين للمقاطعة الأكاديمية لإسرائيل- فرع جامعة الأقصى

مجموعة الدولة الديمقراطية الواحدة

أصوات ضد الفصل العنصري الإسرائيلي

Un Llamado a la Acción desde Gaza:

Llena tu Ciudad con Posters de los Héroes de la Gran Marcha del Retorno
Organizaciones palestinas en Gaza están llamando a todas las personas de consciencia del mundo a para hacer posters de los héroes caídos en la reciente Gran Marcha del Retorno y pegarlos en todas las partes de sus ciudades, especialmente al frente de las embajadas de Israel y EEUU. ¡Esta es una acción que ayudará a visibilizar enormemente nuestra causa!
Los archivos PDF de los héroes caídos se encuentran acá : https://tinyurl.com/y96mb76m
Por favor manden fotos o videos de sus acciones con una declaración de apoyo al Derecho al Retorno y la Gran Marcha del Retorno acá: greatmarchsolidarity@gmail.com

Después de la cobertura en los medios de la masacre que Israel cometió contra nosotros durante el primer día de nuestra marcha, hemos estado recibiendo cada vez menos atención en los medios. Sin embargo, nos están matando cada día más. Gaza también ha sido bombardeada día y noche. Desde que comenzó la Gran Marcha del Retorno, más de 135 manifestantes desarmados han sido asesinados y más de 14.000 heridos por las fuerzas de la ocupación, incluyendo niños, médicos, periodistas y discapacitados. El sistema de salud de Gaza ha llegado al borde del colapso, a medida que los hospitales luchan para responder a la demanda de heridos graves y en peligro de muerte.
¡Ayuda a mantener la libertad de los palestinos y el derecho al retorno visible en el mundo!

Organizaciones firmantes:
Great March of Return-Steering Committee
The Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU)
University Teachers’ Association in Palestine
Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel Al-Aqsa University
One Democratic State Group
Voices Against Israeli Apartheid
Fuente: http://mondoweiss.net/2018/06/posters-return-heroes/

Summer of Return 2018

This is a call for all those who believe in justice, equality and freedom to come to Palestine and support the Palestinian struggle for liberation.

Palestinian women flying kites at The Great March of Return in Gaza (Mohammed Asad, via Mondoweiss)

The International Solidarity Movement is looking for volunteers from now until the end of August to join the Summer of Return campaign. Volunteers will assist actions across Palestine that raise global awareness of the Great March of Return, large-scale popular protests in Gaza, consisting of thousands of demonstrators each Friday demanding to implement their right to return to their land and homes. While the brutal siege of Gaza has transformed the strip into an open air prison camp, it is almost impossible to enter the isolated strip. However solidarity actions with the Great March of Return are taking place across Palestine. Volunteers will support nonviolent actions of popular resistance against Israeli occupation and apartheid. Human rights defenders will also offer accompaniment to Palestinians and their communities who face daily harassment, risk of physical violence and arrest by occupation forces and settlers.

Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip attempted to cross the highly fortified fence separating the enclave (Al-Jazeera)

Since the start of the Marches, at least 135 unarmed protesters have been shot dead and more than 14,000 wounded by Israeli forces (UNOCHA), including children, medical staff, journalists, and the disabled. Gaza’s health system has been pushed to the brink of collapse, as hospitals struggle to handle an influx of serious and life-threatening injuries. Palestinians under siege in Gaza are marching home to the villages and cities from which they were expelled. They are marching out of the concentration camp that Israel has transformed Gaza into. They are marching to claim the international human right of refugees to return. Because of this, the Israeli occupying forces are murdering them in cold blood. The courage and sacrifice of this March demands all to stand up and end Israeli impunity and apartheid..

Palestinian youth play during the mass rally on April 11, 2018 (Xinhua/Stringer)

The ISM is a Palestinian-led movement which is committed to non-violent action. We will provide further information on our principles and other necessary information in a two day training course in our Ramallah office from the 2nd to the 4th July and from the 2nd to the 4th August.

More information on training here.

Palestinian medics attend to an injured woman during the march (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

For background on the Great March of Return see here.

Call on Israel’s parliament to oppose the bill criminalizing the documentation of soldiers

Israel’s parliament is to consider a law banning the photographing or filming of soldiers. The proposed legislation is entitled the “Prohibition against photographing and documenting IDF Soldiers”.

“Anyone who filmed, photographed, and/or recorded soldiers in the course of their duties, with the intention of undermining the spirit of IDF soldiers and residents of Israel, shall be liable to five years imprisonment. Anyone intending to harm state security will be sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment”, says the bill, proposed by Robert Ilatov, a member of the Knesset and the chairman of the right-wing nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party.

On Sunday 17th June, the Israeli government endorsed the proposal, if the aim is “hurting a soldier’s spirit” or “harming national security.” The bill will now undergo four full rounds of votes in the parliament before it becomes a law. The first round was scheduled to be held on Wednesday.

This is a dangerous, totalitarian attempt to undermine scrutiny of the violations of international law carried out by Israeli forces. Haaretz has condemned the bill, saying its aim was to “to silence criticism of the army, and in particular to prevent human rights organisations from documenting the Israeli army’s actions in the territories. The immediate result of such a prohibition is serious harm to the possibility of protecting human rights and overseeing the army’s activity. The bill does serious harm to freedom of the press and the public’s right to know what the reality is and especially what the ‘people’s army; is doing in its name and on its behalf.”

Israeli forces have long been targeting journalists in Palestine, from directly shooting tear gas and bullets at press and human rights activists (including children) in the West Bank to the recent murders of Yasser Murtaja and Ahmed Abu Hussein during the ongoing Great Return March in Gaza. The number of journalists killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 2000 has reached 43.

Please join us in condemning the proposed bill and calling on the Knesset to oppose this law by signing the petition.

An Israeli soldier escorts a Palestinian journalist during a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on May 11, 2018 (Getty)

International Solidarity Movement training days Manchester & Ireland

International Solidarity Movement training days in Manchester & Ireland

Welcome to Palestine, International Solidarity Movement support group will be holding training days. If you are considering volunteering in solidarity with the Palestinian cause then you cannot miss this!

This training will include, amongst others, nonviolence strategies and philosophy, group decision making and cultural considerations for living and working in Palestine. In the course of this training, both you and the trainers will ensure that this is the kind of work you are prepared and ready for.

If at any point during the training you or the trainers realize that this is not what you want to or can do, we’ll be happy to help you find an opportunity in Palestine better suitable to your needs, skills and abilities. This is why it’s so important that you’re in contact with a support group first, in order to know what to expect. The training prepares volunteers for the solidarity work ISM is doing in Palestine against the ongoing Israeli occupation.

Manchester – time: 10.30 – 17.00 – date: Saturday 4th August 2018

Ireland – time: TBC – date: July 2018 (TBC)

Please contact training.ismlondon@riseup.net (stating which city you would like to attend training in) for details including specific locations, and give a brief outline of why you wish to work with us.

 

International Solidarity Movement training day London

International Solidarity Movement training day London

Welcome to Palestine, International Solidarity Movement London support group will be holding a training day. If you are considering volunteering in solidarity with the Palestinian cause then you cannot miss this!

This training will include, amongst others, nonviolence strategies and philosophy, group decision making and cultural considerations for living and working in Palestine. In the course of this training, both you and the trainers will ensure that this is the kind of work you are prepared and ready for.

If at any point during the training you or the trainers realize that this is not what you want to or can do, we’ll be happy to help you find an opportunity in Palestine better suitable to your needs, skills and abilities. This is why it’s so important that you’re in contact with a support group first, in order to know what to expect. The training prepares volunteers for the solidarity work ISM is doing in Palestine against the ongoing Israeli occupation.

Training in UK will take place:

Time: 10.00AM-17.00PM

Date: 19 May 2018

Venue : London Action Resource Centre
62,Fieldgate Street
EI IES

Google Maps Location: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Larc/@51.5170177,-0.0639671,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x16bd60e9c2acb988!8m2!3d51.5170177!4d-0.0639671