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11 October, Milan: Demonstration to support 4 accused anti-Zionist protesters

Monday, 11 October
9:00 am
Tribunal of Milano
Milan, Italy
Info: https://www.facebook.com/panetteriaoccupata.noblogs.org/photos/a.183546272364800/872777930108294

The 3rd hearing of the trial against the four anti-Zionist comrades was held on 27/9, which ended with a request for sentences ranging from 3 to 8 months. The last hearing is scheduled for Monday 11/10 , during which the sentence should be pronounced.

For this reason it is important to have a massive presence of comrades and companions at the protest that will be held in front of the Court of Milan at 9.00 .

Solidarity with the 4 anti-Zionist comrades!

Against the role of Italy in support of the Zionist entity!

Support for the struggle of the Palestinian people and the resistance of the prisoners!

Collective Against Repression – International Red Aid (CCRSRI)

CONTRO IL SIONISMO – CONTRO L’IMPERIALISMO

Il 27/9 si è tenuta la 3^ udienza del processo contro i 4 compagni antisionisti, conclusasi con la richiesta di condanne da 3 a 8 mesi. Lunedì 11/10 è prevista l’ultima udienza, durante la quale dovrebbe essere pronunciata la sentenza.

Per questo è importante una massiccia presenza di compagni e compagne al presidio che si terrà davanti al Tribunale di Milano alle ore 9.00.

Solidarietà ai 4 compagni antisionisti!

Contro il ruolo dell’Italia a fianco dell’entità sionista!

Sostegno alla Lotta del popolo palestinese e alla Resistenza dei prigionieri!

Collettivo Contro la Repressione per un Soccorso Rosso Internazionale (CCRSRI)

U.S. Palestinian Community Stands Against the Palestinian Authority’s Attacks on Palestinian Leaders

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is an endorser of the following statement, which condemns attacks and smear campaigns perpetrated by institutions and outlets linked to the Palestinian Authority against Palestinian organizers. In this case, these smears targeted Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid of American Muslims for Palestine (pictured above). We view such campaigns as a natural counterpart of the “security coordination” in which the Palestinian Authority engages with the Israeli occupation, at the expense of Palestinians inside Palestine and in exile, as well as the imprisonment of Palestinian activists inside occupied Palestine in a “revolving door” with Zionist prisons. To sign the statement, please add your name at this link. 

We, the undersigned Palestinian community members, leaders and organizations condemn the recent attacks and threats made against Palestinian-American leader and Executive Director of American Muslims for Palestine, Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid.

On September 30th, Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid revealed that he had received threats to his life from other Palestinian-Americans acting on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) due to his positions critical of the PA’s policies of repression and the assassination of activist Nizar Banat.

Dr. Osama also revealed that operatives in the US working on behalf of the PA placed the American Muslims for Palestine logo on a forged letter with a forged signature of Dr. Abu Irshaid oddly addressed to the Honorable Patricia Lynn. The letter was designed to create suspicion and confusion of Dr. Osama’s and American Muslims for Palestine’s intentions and work for Palestine in the US. Furthermore, based on the forged document written by PA proxies, a video made by a media outlet affiliated with the Palestinian Authority security services maligned and demonized Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid as an enemy of the Palestinian people. The video and the letter falsely accuse Dr. Osama and American Muslims for Palestine of lobbying the US government to cut aid to Palestinian prisoners, refugees and families.

These tactics of harassment, intimidation and threats toward Palestinian leaders are unacceptable and are wholly rejected by the Palestinian community in the United States. We demand that the PA and those affiliated with it in the U.S. cease immediately and to stop disrupting the work for Palestine in America. The PA’s ineptitude and incompetence in managing the affairs of Palestinians has never been clearer. It is also clear from this experience and that of so many others, that those who work on behalf of the PA in the US are only interested in disrupting the incredible work of Palestinian-Americans working to uplift this cause and people.

We call on the Palestinian Authority, those who represent it and act as proxies of it in the United States to immediately end their intimidation, harassment and threats to Palestinian-American leaders and organizations. We demand an outing of these individuals and an end to community collaboration with the PA in the U.S. Our work for Palestine in the US is non-factional and we will not accept any attempts by those committed to factionalism to coerce our work for their own benefit. As such, no Palestinian activist or organization in the US should operate as unregistered foreign agents. It is detrimental to our work, makes us vulnerable to attacks and undercuts the decades of work that has built a vibrant and effective movement for Palestine in America.

The Palestinian community’s work to advance Palestinian rights and freedom in the US over the past several decades has been nothing short of incredible. One of the biggest obstacles we face in our work is the PA, its security collaboration with the Israeli occupation and its inability to understand the value and importance of our advocacy. We will not allow the PA to disrupt our work, hijack it, or factionalize it. We will not allow the PA and those affiliated with it to turn Palestinian communities against each other.

Signed,
Organizations
Al Awda Palestinian Right to Return Coalition
Palestinian Youth Movement
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
National Arab American Women’s Association
Palestinian Assembly for Liberation
Yalla Indivisible
New Generation for Palestine
Nablus Association in USA
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Eyewitness Palestine
Palestinian American Women’s Association
Council on American Islamic Relations
US Palestinian Community Network
NY Muslims United for Civic Engagement
Palestinian American Women’s Association – Southern California
Arab Organizing and Resource Center
Union of Palestinian American Women
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Individuals
Amani Barakat, Al Awda PRRC
Hatem Mohtaseb, Palestinian Youth Movement
Joe Catron, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Ahmad Abuznaid, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Ghada Barakat, National Arab American Women’s Association
Ibraheem Samirah, Virginia State Delegate, 86th District
Lamis Deek, Palestinian Assembly for Liberation, Al Awda NY
Noura Khouri, Al Awda
Lubna Hammad, Yalla Indivisible
Khaled Saffuri, ADC
Nihad Awad, Council on American Islamic Relations
Husein Mihyar, Nablus Association in USA
Nesreen Salamh, PAWA
Monadel Herzallah, USPCN
Nada El-Eryan, Eyewitness Palestine
Amer Zahr, New Generation for Palestine
Mary Harb, PAWA – Southern California
Mir Masum Ali, NYMUCE
Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb, Cal State San Bernardino
Lara Kiswani, Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Wardeh Abdelmuti, Union of Palestinian American Women
Mohammed Nabulsi
Bashir Alfadda
Lori Ajlouny
Lauren Harb
Ali Diab
Hannan Wazwaz
Musa Al-Hindi
Ahmed Saleh
Arshad Ameen
Bassam Imam

Huwaida Arraf
Arwa Alkhawaja
Linda Amin Badwan
Mohammad Dalbah
Naila Ali
Fatmeh Atieh, Alenteshar Newspaper
Reverend Dr. David M Hindman, Retired Clergy, The United Methodist Church
Ayman Balshe
Jim Best, Virginia Coalition for Human Rights
Sayel Kayed, AMP New Jersey
Fadya Risheq
Sana Daoud
Amira Daoud
Abdelbaset Hamayel
Rama Atieh, AMP Chicago
Issam Saadeh, AMP Chicago
Osama Ahmad
Naeem Raja
Naser Doleh
Ruba Akel
Mariam El-Khatib, AMP Minnesota
Nida Ali
Nadia Hannoun, Islamic Center of Wheaton
Haitham Abulhaija
Mohammad Hamdan
Dana Alhasan
Deyaedden Elghassein
Dr. Khaled Zayed
Haithem El-Zabri
Sara Hammouri
Tarek Khalil
Wafa Elhindi
Mohammad Abdelhadi
Hebh Jamal
AbdelRahman Alrazzi
Nazia Shaheed
Huda El-Khatib
Jafar Ahmad, AMP Chicago
Wajeeh Abushawish, Rutgers Students for Justice in Palestine
Ismail Qaddoura
Othman M Mohammad
Bill Slaughter
Ibrahim Mossallam
Foad Salem
Ramzi Khoursheed
Nancy Wein
Hisham Morgan
Rajaa Baladi
Mohamed Sadeia
Taher Herzallah, American Muslims for Palestine
Ahmad Abdelrahim
Jomana Al-hinti
Abder Ghouleh
Nael Areigat
Lily Karam
Zuhair Al-Atwi
Barehan Qaisi
Helmy Mostafa
Reverend Fahed Abuakel
Nour Aboughoush
Paul Norsi
Dean Salem
Adam B Kandil
Isabel Anwar
Amaney Samad
Rosemary Sayigh
Linda Mansour
Mustapha Ahmad
Wegdan Ashkar
AbdelHamid Siyam
Bassam Mohammad
Younes Zayyad
Ayatullah Mohammad

To sign the statement, please add your name at this link. 

10 October, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — Free Georges Abdallah!

Sunday, 10 October
11 am – 1 pm
Metro Jeanne d’Arc
Toulouse, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/374039744171598/

On Sunday, 10 October, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand by the Jeanne d’Arc metro station in Toulouse, France as part of the month of mobilization for the liberation of Georges Abdallah. A Lebanese communist and Palestinian resistance fighter, Georges Abdallah has been imprisoned in France since 1984 despite being eligible for release since 1999. He has become the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, and supporting him is part and parcel of supporting the Palestinian people and their right to resist against colonialism, racism and apartheid.

On the program: distribution of flyers, signature of petition cards, solidarity photos, free leaflets and stickers, registrations for the bus to the national demonstration on Saturday 23 October in front of Lannemezan prison, etc.

This gathering is registered at the prefecture and respects the required health measures (masks, sanitizer, etc.).

9 October: Analysis and Perspectives on the Sociopolitical Reality in Chile and its Relations with the Struggle for the Liberation of Palestine

INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION:

Analysis and Perspectives on the Sociopolitical Reality in Chile and its Relations with the Struggle for the Liberation of Palestine

Saturday, October 9
15:00 hrs. in Chile
21:00 hrs. in Palestine
20:00 hrs. in Spain

Daniel Jadue Jadue
Mayor of Recoleta, Chile

Jaldia Abubakra
Coordinator of the Masar Badil, Spain

Nicolas Eltit Misleh
President, Juventud Palestina de Valdivia, Chile

Organized by: Masar Badil – Alternative Palestinian Path and the Juventud Chileno Arabe de Valdivia por Palestina

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83835217429

Meeting ID: 838 3521 7429

Video: Palestinian students’ struggle for freedom

On 5 October 2021, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized a webinar with two speakers from occupied Palestine, recently liberated Palestinian student prisoner Layan Kayed and Hadeel Shatara, coordinator of Samidoun Palestine.

Both Layan Kayed and Hadeel Shatara presented powerful testimonies of Palestinian struggle and organizing, particularly Layan’s experiences inside Israeli prisons and with her fellow Palestinian prisoners, organizing and educating themselves despite all attempts to repress their will to liberation.

The event took place as part of Palestine Action Week in Vancouver, organized by the Palestine Action Coalition: Palestinian Youth Movement, NSJP, Canada Palestine Association, UBC SPHR, SFU SJP, Samidoun Network, BDS Vancouver, Anti-racism coalition Vancouver, Independent Jewish Voices, Rise SFU, Sulong UBC, and the Caucus.

Hundreds of Palestinian students are routinely detained by the Israeli occupation, especially those who are part of student organizations involved with campus political life. At Bir Zeit University alone, approximately 74 students were detained by occupation soldiers during the 2019-2020 academic year.

They are among nearly 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners jailed by Israel. The work of student organizing, from holding book fairs to organizing events and participating in student elections, is criminalized by the Israeli occupation. Still more students are detained for joining demonstrations or posting on their social media profiles. The targeting of Palestinian students is an attack on Palestinian futures. It is a systematic attempt to undermine the capacity of young Palestinians to organize with one another for a liberated future for their people: One free of colonization, apartheid and occupation. To join the campaign to free Palestinian students, please visit freepalestinianstudents.org.

Please note — Layan Kayed spoke in Arabic. This video contains the audio of the English interpretation. To hear Layan’s original Arabic remarks, visit the Facebook video:

 

Six Palestinian hunger strikers “starving for freedom” – take action to defend their lives!

Six Palestinian prisoners are facing an increasingly urgent health crisis as they continue their hunger strike to end administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. Kayed Fasfous, Miqdad Qawasmeh and Alaa al-Araj have all been hospitalized after 85, 78 and 60 days of hunger strike, respectively, and both are pledging to continue their hunger strikes until they obtain their freedom. They are joined by Hisham Abu Hawash, striking for 52 days, Rayek Bisharat for 47 day and Shadi Abu Aker for 44 days.

While the Israeli Supreme Court “froze” the administrative detention of Miqdad Qawasmeh after the serious deterioration of his health after 77 days of the university student’s hunger strike, his hunger strike is continuing. Qawasmeh, 24, has refused to end his strike until he achieves freedom. “Freezing” administrative detention does not end administrative detention; instead, this is often another form of pressure to end a Palestinian prisoner’s hunger strike without assuring their freedom. In fact, if administrative detention is “frozen” due to health conditions, as soon as the detainee becomes well again, their imprisonment without charge or trial will be re-imposed.

In a statement from Kaplan Hospital, Miqdad Qawasmeh declared: “I do not accept the decision to freeze my detention…I want to return to my family. I will continue the hunger strike, and I demand my rights.” emphasizing that his hunger strike will continue until freedom. While he may receive family or legal visits, he cannot be transferred or moved, because in reality, his detention is continuing.

Kayed Fasfous is also hospitalized as his health has deteriorated dramatically as he nears three months of hunger strike. He has been repeatedly transferred back and forth between Soroka hospital and the Ramle prison clinic, putting his body under even more stress after 85 days without nutrition. He was hospitalized as the Ofer military court rejected his lawyer’s appeal of his administrative detention yet again.

Alaa al-Araj is also hospitalized after 60 days of hunger strike; in his case, the Israeli military prosecution have even refused the “freeze” of his administrative detention. Lawyers are also challenging Kayed Fasfous’ and Rayek Bisharat’s detention without charge or trial. Held in the Ramle prison clinic, Bisharat’s health is also deteriorating rapidly. he requires a wheelchair to move and has lost significant weight.

The International Committee of the Red Cross issued a statement of concern about the lives of Fasfous and Qawasmeh, a statement that came after extensive campaigning by Palestinians inside Palestine as well as global social media campaigns imploring the ICRC to act on its responsibilities. “The ICRC doctor has been visiting both detainees, Kayed Nammoura (Fasfous) who has been on hunger strike for 82 days and Miqdad Qawasmeh who has been on hunger strike for 75 days, and closely monitoring their situation. We are concerned about potentially irreversible consequences of such prolonged hunger strike to their health and life,” said Robert Paterson, ICRC health delegate.

Manu Pineda, Member of European Parliament and Chair of the Delegation on relations with Palestine, emphasized his urgent concern for their lives in a statement:

“The striking prisoners are in administrative detention and therefore have been denied their right to a fair and free trial. Thus, I want to stress that it is imperative that the Israeli authorities put an end to the systematic practice of administrative detention in line with the EU position ‘against the extensive use by Israel of administrative detention without formal charges’ and ‘that detainees have the right to be informed about the charges and any detention, must be granted access to legal assistance, and be given a fair trial within a reasonable time or be released’. To this end, I urge HRVP Joseph Borrell to use all diplomatic means at his disposal in support of the Palestinian hunger strikers.”

What Is Administrative Detention?

Administrative detention was first used in Palestine by the British colonial mandate and then adopted by the Zionist regime; it is now used routinely to target Palestinians, especially community leaders, activists, and influential people in their towns, camps and villages.

There are currently approximately 520 Palestinians jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention, out of 4,650 Palestinian political prisoners. These orders are issued by the military and approved by military courts on the basis of “secret evidence”, denied to both Palestinian detainees and their attorneys. Issued for up to six months at a time, they are indefinitely renewable, and Palestinians — including minor children — can spend years jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention.

Who Are the Hunger Strikers?

  1. Kayed Fasfous, 32, from Dura – al-Khalil, started his strike 85 days ago. He is 36 years old, detained without charge or trial since July 2020. He is married and the father of the daughter; his three brothers, Akram, Mahmoud and Hafez are also detained by the Israeli occupation (Akram and Mahmoud earlier joined the hunger strike.) Before he was arrested, he was working in Dura municipality and had recently returned to Hebron University to complete his computer science degree, which he was earlier unable to complete due to repeated arrests.
  2. Miqdad Qawasmeh: from al-Khalil, started 78 days ago. Miqdad Qawasmeh is a Palestinian university student, 24 years old. He has been jailed without charge or trial since January 2021 and is held in Ofer prison. He has previously spent around 4 years in occupation prisons over various arrests since 2015.
  3. Alaa al-Araj: from Tulkarem, launched his strike 60 days ago. He has been jailed since 30 June without charge or trial under administrative detention and is held in Megiddo prison. He is 34 years old and a civil engineer; he has been detained multiple times since 2013, including being held without charge or trial under administrative detention.
  4. Hisham Ismail Abu Hawash, 39, from Dura, al-Khalil, has been on hunger strike for 52 days. He has been jailed without charge or trial since October 2020 under Israeli administrative detention. Over multiple arrests, he has spent eight years in Israeli prisons. He is married and the father of four children; his youngest child suffers from kidney failure.
  5. Rayek Sadeq Bisharat, 44, from Tubas,  on strike for 47 days, has been jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention since July 2021. He is an injured former prisoner and has spent 9 years in Israeli prison. His hand was amputated and his wife was martyred by the Israeli occupation.
  6. Shadi Abu Aker, 37, from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, has been on hunger strike for 44 days to reject his administrative detention. He has been jailed without charge or trial since October 2020. Married and the father of two children, he is a former prisoner who spent 10 years in Israeli prison before his release in 2012. He has since been held under administrative detention three times.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all supporters of Palestine to take action to support these Palestinian hunger strikers and all Palestinian prisoners struggling for freedom, for their own lives and for the Palestinian people. They are confronting the system of Israeli oppression on the front lines, with their bodies and their lives, to bring the system of administrative detention to an end. Take these actions below to stand with the hunger strikers and the struggle for liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea!

Download these signs for use in your campaigns:

TAKE ACTION: 

Sign the petition!

Independent grassroots international activists have launched a petition in support of the hunger strikers and to end administrative detention. Show your support by signing on – in addition to taking action in person! Sign here: change.org/NoChargeNoTrialNoJail

Join the Social Media Campaign!

There is a growing social media campaign to #SaveKayed #SaveMiqdad and #FreeThemAll. Use these hashtags and the social media action sheet  to post on Twitter and Instagram. Post in all languages! Many people have been conducting online hunger strikes in solidarity with the prisoners. Take action and join the social media outrage and break the isolation imposed upon them by the Israeli occupation!

Protest at the Israeli Embassy or Consulate in Your Country!

Join the many protests taking place around the world — confront, isolate and besiege the Israeli embassy or consulate in your city or country of residence. Make it clear that the people are with Palestine! Send us your events at [email protected].

Take to the streets: Organize a protest in solidarity with Palestine!

Take to the streets and join the actions on our full list of events, which is constantly being updated as new actions are announced! Organize your own if there is none in your area, and send us your events at [email protected].

Boycott Israel!

The international, Arab and Palestinian campaign to boycott Israel can play an important role at this critical time. Local boycott groups can protest and label Israeli produce and groceries, while many complicit corporations – including HP, G4S, Puma, Teva and others, profit from their role in support Zionist colonialism throughout occupied Palestine. By participating in the boycott of Israel, you can directly help to throw a wrench in the economy of settler colonialism.

Demand Your Government Sanction Israel!

The racist, settler colonial state of Israel and its war crimes against the Palestinian people are enabled and backed extensively by the over $3.8 billion each year given to Israel by the United States — targeted directly to support the Israeli occupation military killing children, women, men and elders throughout occupied Palestine. From Canada to Australia to the European Union, Western governments and imperialist powers provide ongoing diplomatic, political and economic support to Israel as well as selling billions of dollars of weaponry to the settler-colonial state. Meanwhile, they also purchase billions of dollars in weaponry from the Israeli state. Governments in league with imperialist powers, such as in the Philippines, Brazil, India and elsewhere, also buy weapons and “security” services — all “battle-tested” on the Palestinian population. Call your representatives, MPs, political officials and demand your government sanction Israel now, cut off all aid, expel its ambassadors, and stop buying and selling weapons!

“Certain Days” calendar for political prisoners now available for purchase, includes Shukri Abu Baker

The new “Certain Days” calendar to support political prisoners is now released! Among the contributors of writing and art to this year’s edition is Shukri Abu Baker, one of the Holy Land Foundation 5 — Palestinian political prisoners in U.S. jails. Proceeds go to support a number of political prisoner organizations, including Addameer in occupied Palestine.

We are happy to announce that PRE-SALES for the 2022 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar (our 21st edition) have begun! Order now at certaindays.org and calendars will ship soon.

In the U.S., order from Burning Books in Buffalo.

In Canada, order 1-9 copies from Left Wing Books.

Order 10 or more copies (and raise funds for your own organizations and projects!) here. 

Certain Days 2022: Creating a New World in the Shell of the Old

The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers in Montreal, Hamilton, New York and Baltimore, with two political prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons: David Gilbert in New York and Xinachtli (s/n Alvaro Luna Hernandez) in Texas. Founding members Herman Bell and Robert Seth Hayes (Rest in Power) were welcomed home from prison in 2018. Learn more about them at certaindays.org.

This  year’s theme is “Creating a New World in the Shell of the Old” and features art and writings by Alanna Kibbe, Comrade Z, David Gilbert, Daniel McGowan, Eric King, Hanif Bey, Jesus Barraza, Leila Abdelrazaq, Martha Hennessy, Montclair Mutual Aid, Oso Blanco, Peter Railand, Roger Peet, Shukri Abu-Baker, Tauno Biltsted, Wendy Elsheva Somerson, Windigo Army, Virginia Lee, Xinachtli and Xue.

Proceeds from the Certain Days 2021 calendar were divided amongst Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Palestine), Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP), Barton Prisoner Solidarity (BAPSOP), Tucson Anti-Repression Crew, Austin ABC, Prison Health News, Solidarity Across Borders, Buffalo Books Through Bars and Mongoose Distro! Proceeds from the 2022 calendar will go to some of the same grassroots groups and more.

8 October, Online Event: Palestine to Philippines: Prisoners in the Struggle

Friday, 8 October
5 pm Pacific (8 pm Eastern)
Register on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3DbYkdU
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/572728550446991/

PYM and Bayan Canada present Palestine to the Philippines: a webinar on the historical intersections of Palestinian and Filipino prisoners, from Leila Khaled’s visit to the Philippines for the Fifth International Assembly of the International League of People’s Struggles, to the Palestine-Philippines Friendship Association. We’ll be joined by Palestinian writer and coordinator of the Preparatory Committee of the Masar Badil (Alternative Palestinian Path) conference Khaled Barakat and Lengua De Guzman, trade union activist and human rights director of Kilusang Mayo Uno (May 1st movement), organizing for the release of her husband Maoj Maga’s imprisonment by the Duterte regime.

Part of PALESTINE ACTION WEEK Vancouver
Full event schedule: https://www.facebook.com/events/415239596607251

Palestine Action Week is brought to you by the Palestine Action Coalition: Palestinian Youth Movement, NSJP, Canada Palestine Association, UBC SPHR, SFU SJP, Samidoun Network, BDS Vancouver, Anti-racism coalition Vancouver, Independent Jewish Vocies, Rise SFU, Sulong UBC, and the Caucus

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3DbYkdU

Art by Rawan Hassan, Palestinian artist in Vancouver. (@oddbiscuit on Instagram)

6 October, Vancouver: Boycott Tour for Palestine

Wednesday, 6 October
5 pm 
London Drugs – Granville and Georgia
Downtown Vancouver, BC
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1131774907353614

Palestine Action Week is five days of collective action in solidarity with Palestinians and their fight for liberation, and against settler-colonialism, apartheid, and imperialist violence.
On Wednesday, October 6, join us for the Boycott Tour Vancouver. March for Palestine and stand up for Palestinian rights — build the boycott movement against Israeli occupation and complicit corporations!

GATHER at 5 PM at Granville and Georgia, Outside London Drugs. We will march to following locations:
London Drugs (Granville and Georgia), Sport Chek (Robson and Howe), UBC Robson Square, SFU Harbour Centre, and BC Liquor Store Harbour Centre.

Brought to you by the Palestine Action Coalition: Palestinian Youth Movement, NSJP, Canada Palestine Association, UBC SPHR, SFU SJP, Samidoun Network, BDS Vancouver, Anti-racism coalition Vancouver, Independent Jewish Voices, Rise SFU, Sulong UBC, and the Caucus.

See all Palestine Action Week Events: https://www.facebook.com/events/415239596607251

Warm welcome for “Fedayin” film in Charleroi, Belgium

The following article is adapted from the French at Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine:

Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine in Charleroi, Belgium, organized a screening of the film, “Fedayin: The struggle of Georges Abdallah,” as part of the international month of action to free Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese Communist and resistance struggler for Palestine imprisoned in French jails for nearly 37 years.

The film was screened before a diverse audience of 35 people at the House of Associations in Marchienne-au-Pont on Tuesday, 28 September. Palestinian, Moroccan, Tunisian, Turkish, Kurdish, Italian, Greek and Belgian guests welcomed Matthieu of the Collectif Vacarme(s) Films, the directors of “Fedayin,” who spoke alongside the screening of the film.

The film tells the story of the struggles of the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples and of the life and involvement of Georges Abdallah. It was greeted with warm appreciation by the guests at the event.

Photo : René Andersen, Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine

Reactions from participants

“I was immediately touched by the introduction of the film. The music, the close-up images of the Great March of Return and the voice commenting on the scene. I later learned that it was the voice of Georges Abdallah himself.”

“I was struck by the clarity of the explanations of the question of Palestine, which is always presented to us as being complicated. It is a very well-documented film.”

“I recognized myself in the film. Wheen I participated in the solidarity trip in 2019, we were in the South, in Ain el-Helweh camp. We had also walked the streets with Robert Abdallah, Georges’ brother.”

“I was glad that the term ‘imperialism’ is once again being used, which has often disappeared in speeches now. We must re-focus on the exact terms of domination.”

“I was touched by the authenticity of the interviews with Georges’ brothers.”

“The film sets things up well. Everything is well explained in time: Palestine, Lebanon, Georges Abdallah.”

“It’s a good way to raise awareness of the cause of Georges Abdallah, little known in Belgium. It would be nice if we could show it to trade unions.”

“I learned things that I did not know: how Georges’ political conscience was formed, as a young Lebanese schoolteacher in poor areas of Lebanon and subsequently living in Palestinian refugee camps himself.”

Photo : Kamal Dolip, Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine

“The film is a tool that can be used in education and preparation for travel to occupied Palestine or the refugee camps in Lebanon.”

“The last frame of the film, showing Georges in his cell, is striking. What dignity! What strength to remain faithful to your commitments!”

“My conclusion: they have not succeeded in breaking Georges Abdallah, they will not succeed in breaking the Palestinian resistance.”

The mobilization continues

Our next meeting in Charleroi will take place on Saturday, 23 October, the day of the demonstration in front of Lannemezan Prison, where Georges Abdallah is jailed. We will gather around a tent from 3 pm to 5:30 pm on Place-Verte in Charleroi, to say: “Palestine will win! Free Georges Abdallah!”

At the stand, you will find flyers, t-shirts, Palestinian flags and copies of the excellent book, “The Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Affair,” by Said Bouamama. There will be a photo booth to show your solidarity.

If you want to visit the event in Lannemezan, contact the Collectif Palestine Vaincra  for the departure by bus from Toulouse,  or  ISM France  for a departure from  Bordeaux.

Photo : Kamal Dolip, Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges people and organizations around the world to organize screenings of “Fedayin” in the coming month and beyond. This film has an important role to play in highlighting Georges Abdallah’s case to international audiences and helping to break down the walls of injustice that continue to keep him imprisoned in France, away from his homeland Lebanon.

The film is available with appropriate subtitles in French, Arabic, English, German, Italian, Catalan and Castilian Spanish.

Check out the list of screenings below and organize your own. If you want to show Fedayin in your area, email us at [email protected] or contact the directors at [email protected]. We will help you to get your screening organized, and the directors are available to attend your events in person or to join your in-person events via video link. 

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