Palestine Solidarity Campaign has written to six main party leaders – including the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition – calling for them to support Palestinian human rights and defend the right to support boycott, divestment and sanctions. The letters call for them to support sanctions against Israel to persuade Israel “to peacefully to …
Our friend and fellow human rights campaigner Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement (BDS) has been issued a travel ban by the Israeli government. Despite having lived in Israel for 22 years and having no criminal record, Omar will now no longer be able to travel around the world advocating …
Nakba: Then and Now – Day-School Conference at London’s Mander Hall – Saturday 14th May 2016 On Saturday 14th May hundreds of supporters of Palestine came together to learn about and discuss the Nakba – the dispossession and displacement of Palestinians from 1948 to today. The PSC event marked the 68th anniversary of the Nakba …
Nakba Day Commemoration: ‘Registered Alive’ at the Courtyard Theatre, London – Sunday 15th May 2016 On Sunday 15th May Palestinians around the world commemorated 68 years of their catastrophe – their forced removal from their homes and lands to which they have never been allowed to return. In London PSC marked the day with a …
The following statement appeared in the Morning Star on Saturday 14th May: “We are organisations and individuals who – for many years – have campaigned for Palestinian human rights in our different and varied ways. We pledge to the people of Palestine that we will not be silenced and that we will continue to speak …
Haya Al Farra, Mahmoud Zware, Kamel Hawwash, and Ben Jamal on what the Nakba means to them. Haya Al Farra works at the Palestinian Mission in London. Her parents, along with their families, lost their homes and land in Palestine when Israel was created in 1948. Like millions of Palestinians across the globe, Haya continues …
The anniversary of the Palestinians’ dispossession and violent removal from their indigenous land in 1948 will be commemorated across the globe this weekend. Across continents, from Australia to South America, Europe to Africa and North America, events will be held on 15 May to mark what is known to Palestinians as the Nakba. In London, …
Haya Al-Farra works at the Palestinian Mission in London. Her parents, along with their families, lost their homes and land in Palestine when Israel was created in 1948. Like millions of Palestinians across the globe, Haya continues to live in exile. Israel violates international law by refusing to let them return home. Here, Haya describes …
Nakba: then and now – Palestine from 1948 to today Day-School Conference – Saturday 14th May 2016 To register: www.palestinecampaign.org/events/day-school-conference/ Join us at London’s Mander Hall for a Day-School Conference on the Nakba: Then and Now. Supported by the NUT. Prof. Nur Masalha, a Palestinian historian currently based at SOAS University of London, will speak about the …