Tag: Gaza
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Bradford Palestine Solidarity Group hosts Palestine Awareness Week
Bradford Palestine Solidarity Group 21 January 2010 As Palestinians continue to suffer in occupied Palestine, actions and events are being held in the UK and Europe. The University of Bradford Union (UBU), Palestine Return Centre and Let Palestinians Study are organizing Palestine Awareness Week (PAW) and remembrance in Bradford city. The week of actions coincides…
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Trafalgar Square: Gaza 1417 remembrance die-in
ISM London 16 January 2010 1417 is not just a number: it’s the men, women and children who died during Israel’s 23-day assault in 2008-2009. This event marked the anniversary of the atrocities committed in Gaza and called for the state of Israel to be brought to justice for its illegal actions and for those…
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Beit Hannoun demonstrates to reclaim their land
ISM Gaza 18 January 2010 Today the 18th January 2010 four International Solidarity Movement activists participated in a demonstration to reclaim Palestinian Land in Beit Hannoun, northern Gaza. The demonstration was organized by the Local Initiative Beit Hannoun Group and around 15 activists attended. Activists gathered in front of the Agricultural University College which now…
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Amnesty: Israel’s Gaza blockade continues to suffocate daily life
Amnesty International Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International said one year on from the end of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. Amnesty International’s briefing paper Suffocating: The Gaza Strip under Israeli…
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Palestinian film forum breaking the cultural siege on Gaza
Bianca Zammit & Rada Daniell | ISM Gaza 17 January 2010 The Palestinian Film Forum (the Forum) was established in 2004 as a branch of the Pal estinian Artists Union covering both Gaza and the West Bank. In the last couple of months it has intensified its activities aiming to achieve an ambitious list of…