Plus.....future local solidarity events, Palestine prisoner support rally, film show......
We are sad to report the death of our dear friend and founding member Gill Knight.
Gill also played a key role in Hastings Friends of Yatma (in the West Bank) which goes back to 2009. Gill was also a fighter for workers' and women's rights. Gill made a major and important contribution to the local Palestine solidarity movement. Please read our short tribute to Gill on our
Facebook and
Instagram pages. Rest in Power Gill.
HASTINGS TOWN CENTRE INFORMATION STALL
Saturday 18 October 12noon - 2pm. Please visit our weekly stall. All the usual information, petitions, stickers, keffiyehs, Support Plasticine Action T-Shirts, books and badges.
EASTBOURNE: MARCH FOR GAZA
Saturday 18 October 12.30pm. Eastbourne Railway Station.
Stand Against Genocide. Speakers include the deputy leader of the Green Party Rachel Millward, plus the Eastbourne Trades Union Council chair Keef Krane.
Music from artists and peace activists Garth Hewitt and Mother's Rebels. More information Facebook and Instagram.
INFORMATION STALL AT MEETING WITH JEREMY CORBYN
Saturday 18 October 5.30pm. Horntye Sports Complex, Bohemia Road TN34 Please visit our stall at the meeting where Jeremy Corbyn will be speaking at the Your Party event. More information.
Friday 31 October 2 - 4pm. The cobbles at the top of Conduit Hill, where it meets the High Street. The stalls at Rye have been a great success - please come and support. All the usual information, petitions, stickers plus keffiyehs, books,and badges.
FREE HANA! DAY OF ACTION FOR PALESTINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
Saturday 1 November 9am - 9pm. Butler's Gap (the chess board on George Street). Palestine campaigners in Hastings are holding a 24 hour solidarity hunger strike and a 12 hour public exhibition about Palestinian political prisoners, to highlight the ongoing detention of Hana Albidaq in an Israeli prison in the West Bank.
Israeli forces abducted Hana from her home in September because of her recent role in organising the hunger strike for Gaza movement in the West Bank - but like many detainees she has not been charged with committing any crime or given any legal process to fight for her release.
Join us throughout the day in Butlers Gap. The exhibition aims to raise awareness of Israel's use of arbitrary detention and torture, including of children, to maintain their brutal occupation over decades. There will be short films screening from 5.30pm onwards about the experience of Palestinian political prisoners.
More information to follow.
Sign our petition to MP Helena Dollimore to make urgent representations to the Foreign office for Hana's immediate release: Sign here. The background: Facebook and Instagram.
FILM AND DISCUSSION NIGHT
Saturday 8 November 6pm to 6.30pm-8.30pm. Stade Hall TN34 3FJ. Have you got questions about Gaza/ the West Bank/Palestine/Israel? - An Evening of Learning and Discussion by Hastings Jews for Justice (HJJ). Article about the event and the background to HJJ in the Hastings Online Times.
Wednesday 12 November 6pm to 7.30pm at the Bullet Coffeehouse, Robertson Street TN34 1HT. We are discussing The Book Of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem. Everyone welcome - just turn up!
PALESTINE - ISRAEL: FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Much of the 'information' in the corporate media is misleading. Here are some useful sources:
Middle East Eye. Electronic Intifada. Al Jazeera. Middle East Monitor.
Mondoweiss. Palestine Chronicle. Al Mayadeen. Mintpress. The Grayzone.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Jonathan Cook.
The Cradle. MediaLens. Declassified UK. The Hind Rajab Foundation.
Rania Khalek.
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