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Global actions against Israeli annexation and to defend Palestine: Endorse the call and add your event

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all organizations in support of Palestinian liberation to endorse the call to action by Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora, originally released in Arabic, against the prospect of Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, and to mobilize internationally on Wednesday, 1 July, the day the Israeli state threatens to escalate its ongoing project of colonialism, dispossession and ethnic cleansing.

Endorse the Call | Schedule of Actions | Add Your Event

Below, we are publishing a large list of actions in countries and cities around the world, organized in response to several calls to take action to confront Israeli annexation and defend the rights of the Palestinian people. We also urge you to add your local events and actions to this list.

Read the call to action in:

Here are just a few of the major calls to action for 1 July and the surrounding days:

Multiple videos have been released to urge participation on 1 July, including:

Endorse the call

To endorse the international appeal from Palestinians under Israeli occupation, or to inform us of your local event so we can help promote it, please use the form below, message us on Facebook, or e-mail us at samidoun@samidoun.net.

Endorsers of the call include:

  • Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
  • Alkarama Palestinian Women’s Movement
  • American Muslims for Palestine – NJ
  • Australia Solidarity with Latin America
  • BDS Vancouver – Coast Salish Territories
  • Campaign to Bring Mumia Home
  • Canada Palestine Association
  • Collectif Palestine Vaincra
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
  • International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • International League of Peoples’ Struggles
  • MOVE Organization
  • National Lawyers Guild – International Committee
  • No More Silence
  • NY4Palestine
  • Revolutionaire Eenheid
  • Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
  • Struggle/La Lucha for Socialism
  • US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
  • Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine

Endorse here:


Schedule of Actions

These actions and events are organized in response to multiple calls to action around the world for events on and around 1 July, including the weekends before and after that date. We urge you to attend these events in your city. If you are organizing an event and it is not listed, please contact us and we will include it!

Fill out the form below, message us on Facebook, or e-mail us at samidoun@samidoun.net.

Wednesday, 24 June

France

Le Mans:
Wednesday, 24 June
5:00 pm
Place de la Republique
Le Mans, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3070163073062550/

Rouen:
Wednesday, 24 June
5:00 pm
center of Rouen
Rouen, France
Facebook: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-38445

Thursday, 25 June

Spanish State

Murcia:
Thursday, 25 June
7:30 pm
Plaza de la Universidad
Murcia, Spanish State
More info: https://frenteantiimperialista.org/blog/2020/06/20/palestina-no-se-vende-acto-en-murcia/

France

Montauban:
Thursday, 25 June
6:00 pm
Outside the Préfecture
Montauban, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-a-Montauban

Friday, 26 June

Canada

Vancouver:
Friday, 26 June
5:00 pm
Broadway and Clark
Vancouver, Canada
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/566478430904602/

France

Dijon:
Friday, 26 June
5:30 pm
Place François Rude
Dijon, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/304182300599989/

Annecy:
Friday, 26 June
6:00 pm
Annecy prefecture
Annecy, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-38444

La Rochelle:
Friday, 26 June
6:30 pm
Statue Duperré
Cours des Dames
La Rochelle, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/264749811532599/

Saturday, 27 June

Canada

Toronto:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Israeli Consulate
2 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/552485548966147/

Saint John:
Saturday, 27 June
1:00 pm
City Hall
Saint John, New Brunswick

United States

Santa Ana:
Saturday, 27 June
12:00 pm
550 N. Flower St
Santa Ana, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/268711567731183/

Tunisia

Tunis:
Saturday, 27 June
5:00 pm
Habib Bourguiba Street
Tunis, Tunisia
More info: https://www.facebook.com/408955453233665/photos/a.408973116565232/763695051093035/

Sweden

Gothenburg:
Saturday, 27 June
2:00 pm
Gothenburg, Sweden
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/688167651745971/

Austria

Vienna:
Saturday, 27 June
5:00 pm
Corner Graben / Kohlmarkt
Vienna, Austria

Luxembourg

Luxembourg:
Saturday, 27 June
11:00 am
Place Clairefontaine
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/269398807471733/

France

Paris:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Barbès
Paris, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/266656274678637/

Ajaccio:
Saturday, 27 June
10:00 am
Prefecture
Ajaccio, Corsica
More information: https://twitter.com/ldhcorsica/status/1276173922262757377?s=19

Auch:
Saturday, 27 June
10:30 am
Place à la descente des escaliers d’Etigny
Auch, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-38435

Albertville:
Saturday, June 27
11:00 am
Place du Commandant Bulle
Albertville, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-38437

Lille:
Saturday, 27 June
11:00 am
Grand-Place
Lille, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-38472

Marseille:
Saturday, 27 June
2:00 pm
Corner of la Canebière and cours Belsunce
Marseille, France
More information: https://www.france-palestine.org/Presence-Palestine

Rennes:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Place de la Republique
Rennes, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/288961478828211/

Saint-Etienne:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Place de l’Hotel de Ville
Saint-Etienne, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/267216421028571/

Nancy:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Place Maginot
Nancy, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-38442

Strasbourg:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Place Kleber
Strasbourg, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/721861728590167/

Auxerre:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Monoprix
Auxerre, France
Facebook: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-38474

Caen:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Boulevard du Marechal Leclerc
Caen, France
More info: https://fsu14.fsu.fr/samedi-27-juin-rassemblement-contre-lannexion-de-la-vallee-du-jourdain-et-des-colonies-par-israel/

Clermont-Ferrand:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Place de Jaude
Clermont-Ferrand, France
More info:
https://www.france-palestine.org/Marche-de-solidarite-avec-la-Palestine-Non-a-l-Annexion-de-la-Palestine-Boycott

Montpellier:
Saturday, 27 June
4:30 pm
Place de la Comedie
Montpellier, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/751780235644138/

Nimes:
Saturday, 27 June
5:00 pm
Avenue Feucheres
Nimes, France
More info: https://www.facebook.com/1075429930/posts/10219710990980029/

Nice:
Saturday, 27 June
5:00 pm
Place Garibaldi
Nice, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/582520319071344/

Germany

Bonn:
Saturday, 27 June
2:00 pm
Munsterplatz
Bonn, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3218946128124462/

Koblenz:
Saturday, 27 June
2:30 pm
Herz-Jesu-Kirche
Koblenz, Germany
More info: https://www.facebook.com/PGKUev/photos/a.556307488112222/849783502097951/

Italy

Turin:
Saturday, 27 June
3:00 pm
Piazza Castello
Turin, Italy
More info: https://www.facebook.com/ProgettoPalestina/photos/a.836904113050354/3926566754084059/

Rome:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Campidoglio Square
Rome, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2551049935156052/

Messina:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Passeggiata a Mare
Messina, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/586872075301817/

Palermo:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Piazza Giuseppe Verdi
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/264123111568828/

Genoa:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Piazza de Ferrari
Genoa, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/651021045772117/

Milan:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Porta Venezia
Milan, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/264171141484649/

Vicenza:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Piazza Giacomo Matteoti
Vicenza, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1226839257669240/

Naples:
Saturday, 27 June
4:00 pm
Piazza della Repubblica
Napoli, Italy
More info: https://www.facebook.com/napolipalestina/

Bologna:
Saturday, 27 June
5:00 pm
Piazza del Nettuno
Bologna, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/264303994989730/

Siracusa:
Saturday, 27 June
5:30 pm
Largo XXV Luglio
Siracusa, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/763820931089832/

Cagliari:
Saturday, 27 June
6:00 pm
Piazza Garibaldi
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/268291377749185/

Sunday, 28 June

Canada

Ottawa:
Sunday, 28 June
3:30 pm
Human Rights Monument
Ottawa, Ontario
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/964715813970505/

Montreal:
Sunday, 28 June
4:00 pm
Square Philips
Montreal, Quebec
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2458290291127610/

United States

Paterson:
Sunday, 28 June
11:30 am
Paterson City Hall
155 Market St. #101
Paterson, NJ, USA
More info: https://www.facebook.com/Palestinianamericancommunitycenter/photos/a.1441363472770051/2629160250657028/

Netherlands

Amsterdam:
Sunday, 28 June
2:00 pm
Dam Square
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/566198200587786/

Belgium

Brussels:
Sunday, 28 June
3:00 pm
Place du Trone
Brussels, Belgium
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/607822989845736/

Monday, 29 June

Canada

London:
Monday, 29 June
3:45 pm
Victoria Park
London, ON, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/691111275046198/

Wednesday, 1 July

Palestine

Ramallah:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm Palestine time
Manara Square
Ramallah, Palestine
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/569188620463846/

Bethlehem:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Entrance to the cinema
Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/265195757903784/

Wadi Ara:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Arara Junction
Wadi Ara, Palestine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/273497260406261/

United States

Brooklyn – New York City:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
72nd St and 5th Avenue
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1107930479593958/

Los Angeles:
Wednesday, 1 July
10:30 am
***Car Caravan Only: Meet at: Westwood Federal Building’s Parking Lot, 11000 Wilshire (at Veteran Ave) at 10:30AM on Wednesday, July 1st, we will drive as a car caravan to the Zionist Consulate,11766 Wilshire Blvd (at Granville.)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2839968346235070/

San Francisco:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
Gather at Civic Center for Car Caravan to Israeli Consulate
San Francisco, CA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/202959654233254/

San Diego:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:00 pm
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Parking Lot
San Diego, California
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1173424356338247/

Chicago:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
Altman Park
11500 S Beloit Ave,
Worth, IL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1744112932379543/

Salt Lake City:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:30 pm
Wallace Bennett Federal Building
125 South State Street
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2370894586549090/

Albuquerque:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
San Mateo/Central
Albuquerque, New Mexico (Car Caravan)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2709903869298681/

Portland:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Terry Schrunk Plaza
Portland, OR, US
More info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_2hozAIMF/

Seattle:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:30 pm
810 Virginia St
Seattle, WA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/308520560288973/

Boston:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Massachussetts State House
24 Beacon St
Boston, MA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1573167912857399/

Philadelphia:
Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
400 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2670651379869614/

Wednesday, 1 July
10:00 am
Sen. Bob Casey’s Office
2000 Market St
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/357333312376358/

Toledo:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Secor and Central
Toledo, OH, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/770388553703201/

Baltimore:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Howard St and Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Baltimore, MD, US
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/720060222061073/

Columbus:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Goodale Park
Columbus, OH, US
More info: https://www.facebook.com/SJPOSU/photos/a.237006683173545/1400766433464225/

Rancho Cucamonga:
Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
Foothill and Day Creek (Across from Victoria Gardens)
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
More info: https://www.facebook.com/stgeorgeupland/photos/a.108165724207726/153960162961615/

Claremont:
Wednesday, 1 July
3:30 pm
Memorial Park
Claremont, California, USA

Canada

St. Catharines:
Wednesday, 1 July
2:00 pm
St. Catharines City Hall
50 Church St.
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
More Details: praxis1871@gmail.com

Halifax:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:00 pm
The Wave
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3001826806560181/

Costa Rica

San Jose
Wednesday, 1 July
10:30 am
Cancilleria
San Jose, Costa Rica
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/704067473766120/

Britain

Oldham:
Wednesday, 1 July
3:00 pm
Ferranti Technologies
Oldham, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2727183417607511/

Bedford:
Wednesday, 1 July
11:00 am
Trevor Huddleston Statue
Silver Street
Bedford, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1151164508577318/

France

Toulouse:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:30 pm
Metro Capitole
Toulouse, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/267156387703296/

Brest:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
Place de la Liberte
Brest, France
More info: https://www.france-palestine.org/Action-StopAnnexion-a-Brest

Réunion

Saint-Denis:

Wednesday, 1 July
5:00 pm
Champs Fleuri
Saint-Denis, Réunion
More info: https://www.temoignages.re/politique/sante/mouvement-reunionnais-pour-la-paix-stoppez-la-colonisation-de-la-palestine,98506

Netherlands

Amsterdam:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:30 pm
Museumplein
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/866747283815857/

Germany

Frankfurt:
Wednesday, 1 July
6:00 pm
US Consulate
Giessener Str 30
Frankfurt, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/189312392518178/

Berlin:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:00 pm
Wittenbergplatz
Berlin, Germany

Spanish State

Madrid:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Plaza de la Provincia
Outside the Foreign Ministry
Madrid, Spanish State
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/277827043420796/

Granada:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Plaza Nueva
Granada, Spanish State
More info: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=933487040433083

Valencia:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:30 pm
Placa de la Verge
Valencia, Spanish state
Info: https://samidoun.net/event/valencia-palestine-is-not-for-sale/

Valladolid:
Wednesday, 1 July
8:00 pm
Plaza Fuente Dorada
Valladolid, Spanish State
Info: https://samidoun.net/event/valladolid-palestine-is-not-for-sale/

Bilbao:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:30 pm
Elkarretaratzea
Bilboko Areatza

Sevilla:
Wednesday, 1 July
8:00 pm
Plaza Nueva
Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain

Greece

Athens:
Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Israeli Embassy
Marathonodromon 1
Athens, Greece
More info: https://www.facebook.com/1114054352135500/photos/a.1114439372096998/1451576105049988/

Turkey

Istanbul:
Wednesday, 1 July
12:30 pm
Israeli Consulate
Yapikredi Plaza
Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
More info: https://www.facebook.com/filistinindostlari/photos/a.2009958169331480/2639390403054917/

South Africa

Johannesburg:
Wednesday, 1 July
1:00 pm
US Consulate
1 Sandton Drive
Johannesburg, South Africa
More info: https://ymlp.com/z5nA5h

South Korea

Seoul:
Wednesday, 1 July
10:00 am
Israeli Embassy to South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
More info: https://www.facebook.com/palestinekorea

Thursday, 2 July

United States

Miami:
Thursday, 2 July
4:00 pm
Torch of Friendship
301 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/197585221570009/

Honolulu:
Thursday, 2 July
12:00 pm
Ala Moana Boulevard and Atkinson Drive
Honolulu, Hawai’i
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/268447941056108/

Friday, 3 July

United States

North Bergen, New Jersey:
Friday, 3 July
4:00 pm
80th St and Bergenline Avenue
North Bergen, NJ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMPNJChapter/photos/a.659525074069970/3417138988308551/

Washington, D.C.:
Friday, 3 July
12:30 pm
Israeli embassy
3514 International Drive NW
Washington, DC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/267895674491849/

Philadelphia:
Friday, 3 July
4:00 pm
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2896644663896530/

Germany

Berlin:
Friday, 3 July
6:00 pm
Platz der Republik 1
Berlin, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/607135923573332/

Austria

Vienna:
Friday, 3 July
4:00 pm
Mariahilfer Strasse 69
Vienna, Austria
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/260680235363115/

Spanish State

Gijon:
Friday, 3 July
7:00 pm
Plaza del Parchis
Gijon, Spain

Saturday, 4 July

Jordan

Amman:
Saturday, 4 July
4:00 pm
Al-Kalouty Mosque, Rabieh
Amman, Jordan
More info: https://www.facebook.com/aya.ghanameh/posts/551906545686333

Canada

Toronto:
Saturday, 4 July
3:00 pm
Israeli Consulate
20 Bloor St East
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/297741364695915/

Misssissauga:
Saturday, 4 July
3:00 pm
Celebration Square
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/691671411684837/

Denmark

Copenhagen:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Palæstinas Plads
Linnésgade 3
1361 København K
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2504207779890011/

Ireland

Dublin:
Saturday, 4 July
1:00 pm
Spire of Dublin
O’Connell Street
Dublin, Ireland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2700464616867634/

Derry:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Free Derry Corner
Derry, Ireland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/197641014921824/

France

Lyon:
Saturday, 4 July
3:00 pm
Place Bellecour
Lyon, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/manifestation-contre-lannexion/4044013759006850/

Britain/UK

National call:
Saturday, 4 July
UK-wide
Day of Action
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3044471022302907/

London:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Mile End Park
London, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/654510931802373/

Sheffield:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Sheffield Town Hall
Sheffield, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/562433421114644/

Southampton:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
West Quay Above Bar
Southampton, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/603099827255624/

Nottingham:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Market Square
Nottingham, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/368384237475343/

New Zealand

Nelson:
Saturday, 4 July
11:00 am
Corner of Trafalgar St and Selwyn Place
Nelson, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/951012965348135/

Christchurch:
Saturday, 4 July
12:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance
Cashel Street
Christchurch, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/279011760122729/

Auckland:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Aotea Square
291-297 Queen Street
Auckland, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/608137599811273/

Hamilton:
Saturday, 4 July
2:00 pm
Corner Wairere Drive and Cambridge Road/Naylor Street
Hamilton, New Zealand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1583304435184731/

Sunday, 5 July

United States

Detroit:
Sunday, 5 July
2:00 pm
*Note – Farm Work Day*
5800 Ogden St.
Detroit, MI, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/873085639879881/

Canada

Hamilton:
Sunday, 5 July
3:00 pm
Hamilton City Hall
71 Main St. West
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/367395084222225/

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Toulouse: Palestine stand challenges colonization, annexation and apartheid

 

The following report is translated and adapted from the original French at Collectif Palestine Vaincra. Read this report in Arabic.

On Sunday, 20 June, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra organized a Palestine stand outside Metro Capitole in Toulouse, France, as part of its ongoing campaign to stop the “twinning” or “sister city” relationship between Toulouse and Tel Aviv. Collectif Palestine Vaincra is a member organization of the Samidoun Network.

The collective organizes these stands each month to distribute information, distribute petitions and host exhibitions highlighting the struggle of the Palestinian people. While the stands were paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, they have now resumed, and participants met with numerous residents of Toulouse throughout the event.

Activists invited city residents to sign the petition against the Toulouse-Tel Aviv twinning and distributing stickers and materials urging the boycott of Israel. Participants also distributed a thousand flyers and had many positive conversations with passers-by.

Many people also participated in a photo project as part of the stand, denouncing the annexation project in the West Bank announced by the Netanyahu/Gantz government of the Israeli occupation. A demonstration is also being organized in Toulouse for 1 July, part of the global day of action to stop Israeli annexation and defend the Palestinian people and Palestinian land.

Tunis protest demands freedom for Georges Abdallah, Ahmad Sa’adat and revolutionary prisoners

Photo credits: Manhal al-Falestiny

Read this report in Arabic.

Activists in Tunis took to the streets on Saturday, 20 June for a protest to free Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Ahmad Sa’adat and all revolutionary prisoners. The demonstration, organized by the Tunisian Committee for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah alongside the Platform Against Normalization, came as part of an international week of action from 15 to 22 June to free the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in French jails for over 35 years. Protests are taking place in France, Turkey, Tunisia and a number of other places as part of this call to action.

Supporters of Samidoun joined the protest outside the French embassy in central Tunis, which included a number of speeches and banners calling for the liberation of Palestinian prisoners and the liberation of Palestine. The event followed on several other actions also organized in Tunis as part of the week, including a lecture presented by the Tunis Bar on the legal aspects of Georges Abdallah’s case and a concert dedicated to Georges Abdallah, Ahmad Sa’adat and all revolutionary prisoners.

Samidoun was one of the endorsers of the call to action for 15 to 22 June, launched by the Unified Campaign to Free Georges Abdallah, and members are participating in events and actions in various cities around the world.

 

 

1 July, Brooklyn, NYC: Day of rage against Israeli annexation, racism and repression

Wednesday, 1 July
4:00 pm
72nd St and 5th Avenue
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1107930479593958/

On July 1, the day the occupying state of Israel threatens to launch its formal annexation of the West Bank, the Palestinian movement in the metropolitan New York City area will join calls by Palestinians, under Israeli occupation (samidoun.net/2020/06/1-july-call-to-action-to-confront-israeli-annexation-struggle-for-a-free-palestine) and across the diaspora (al-awda.org/al-awda-prrc-urges-action-to-confront-israeli-annexation-join-the-day-of-rage-july-1), for a day of rage, while building its solidarity with the Black uprising against racism and repression in the United States.

Organized by the NY4Palestine Coalition, including Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine; Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network; American Muslims for Palestine – NJ; Muslim American Society – NY; and Students for Justice in Palestine,  Existence is Resistance, US Palestinian Community Network

19 June, NYC: Juneteenth – Slave Catchers to Killer Cops – Defund the Police Now

Friday, 19 June
12:00 noon
City Hall
New York City

“Juneteenth — Slave Catchers To Killer Cops: Defund The Police Now!”

Organized by the December 12th Movement

All out this Friday as we take to the streets on Juneteenth in support of the December 12th Movement and to demand that the city take action to #DefundThePolice and #RefundTheCommunity, one of the concrete demands that have arisen from the ongoing nationwide uprisings against police terror and structural racism catalysed by the brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many more.

As explained by Iman Essiet, a member of the December 12th Movement, “ We are having this rally on Juneteenth to remind our community that the modern police department has its origin in the Slave Catcher Patrols that were set up to capture and return enslaved Blacks who had escaped their captivity. It is that racist mentality that allows them to still kill us with impunity…It is time to redirect the billions of dollars budgeted to the police to community-based organizations and social agencies which are equipped to address issues such as drug abuse, domestic violence, children’s behavior in schools, mental health, homelessness, unemployment and poverty. Only a mass demonstration by the people of New York City can bring enough pressure to ensure that the Mayor and the City Council will meet the community’s demands to take a step towards ending police terror by defunding the New York City Police Department.”

#DefundTheNYPD #DefundThePolice #Juneteenth #D12thMovement

1 July, Madrid: Palestine is not for sale! Demonstration for the Palestinian People’s Rights

Wednesday, 1 July
7:00 pm
Plaza de la Provincia
Outside the Foreign Ministry
Madrid, Spanish State
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/277827043420796/

In response to the Samidoun call for mobilizations inside and outside Palestine against the plan to annex even more occupied Palestinian land and to defend the rights of the Palestinian people, we will gather on 1 July at 7 pm outside the Spanish Foreign Ministry at Plaza de la Provincia in Madrid. Come with a mask and lots of solidarity!

Sponsored by Alkarama, BDS Madrid, Unadikum and Samidoun.

En Repuesta al llamado de Samidoun a las movilizaciones, dentro y fuera de Palestina, para alzar la voz en contra del plan de anexión de mas tierras palestinas ocupadas y por los derechos del pueblo palestino. Nos concentramos el día 1 de Julio a las 19h frente al ministerio de Exteriores de España en Plaza de la Provincia Madrid. Ven con mascarilla y mucha solidaridad.

20 June, Toulouse: Stand Palestine – Stop the Toulouse-Tel Aviv Twinning!

Saturday, 20 June
11:00 am 
Metro Capitole
Toulouse, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3185911558132265/

As part of the campaign to stop the twinning of Toulouse and Tel Aviv, Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand on Sunday, 20 June from 11 am to 1 pm at Capitole metro in Toulouse.

Please join in to distribute flyers, sign the petition against twinning or just meet the collective.

The program includes an exhibition on the boycott of Israel, solidarity photos, sales of T-shirts, flags, calendars and tote bags, and an information table on Palestine, the boycott of Israel, Palestinian prisoners and Georges Abdallah.

More info: palestinevaincra.com.

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

Dans le cadre de la campagne #StopJumelageToulouseTelAviv, nous organisons un Stand Palestine le samedi 20 juin de 11H à 13H à la sortie du métro Capitole à Toulouse.

N’hésitez pas à venir nous prêter main forte pour distribuer des flyers, faire signer la pétition contre le jumelage ou seulement nous rencontrer.

➡ Au programme : exposition sur le boycott d’Israël ; photos solidaires ; vente de Tshirts, drapeaux, calendriers, tote bags ; table de presse sur la situation en Palestine mais aussi le boycott d’Israël, le soutien aux prisonniers palestiniens et Georges Abdallah etc.

➡ Plus d’infos sur : palestinevaincra.com

⚠ Ce rassemblement est déposé en préfecture et respectera les mesures sanitaires requises (masques, gel etc.).

20 June, Online Event: Our Fight for Liberation: A Conversation With the Families of Oscar Grant & Eyad Hallaq

Saturday, 20 June
11 am Pacific – 2 pm Eastern – 8 pm central Europe – 9 pm Palestine
Register online: bit.ly/fight4liberation
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/289435545538080/

Organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a co-sponsor of this event and we encourage all to join to listen to and support this important conversation.

In this moment, we are witnessing global uprisings and calls for change and justice ignited by the recent murder of George Floyd, and countless other Black people, at the hands of United States police forces. The murder of Floyd is consistent with the longevity of systemic anti-Black state violence in the U.S.

Palestinians are all too familiar with the loss of loved ones at the hands of an enduring system of oppression and colonial violence in our homeland. Just five days following the police killing of Floyd, 32-year-old Eyad Hallaq was murdered, extra-judicial style, by Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem. As Palestinian youth in North America, we recognize the links between the local movement for Black lives and the Palestinian struggle for liberation.

As part of our collective commitment to both struggles, we welcome you to join us for a conversation with two families who have lost loved ones to racist police/colonial violence and a greater system of oppression in their home countries. We will be joined by Diana Hallaq, the sister of Eyad Hallaq, and Uncle Bobby X, the uncle of Oscar Grant, as they share their stories and as we come together to uplift their calls for justice and liberation.

Co-Sponsored by: Adalah Justice Project, Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Anakbayan, American Friends Service Committee– Oakland, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Arab America, Arab American Civic Council, Arab American Cultural Center at UIC, Arabs4BlackPower, AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center, جمعية أهالي بيت حنينا Beit Hanina Community Association, Eyewitness Palestine, Free Thinking Society AlNadwa, Friends of Sabeel North America FOSNA, Handala Coalition, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area, Karama, Labor for Palestine, Love Not Blood Campaign, Malaya Movement Texas, Majdal Center – مركز مجدل, Middle East Children’s Alliance – MECA, Midwest SJP, National SJP, New Generation for Palestine, NorCal Friends of Sabeel, Palestinian American Cultural Center- PACC Houston, Palestinian American Community Center NJ. USA, Palestine Action Network, Palestinian American Women’s Association, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, Unión del Barrio, US Palestinian Community Network, USPCN-Detroit, The Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine, Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT), New Generation for Palestine

Online fundraising company censors campaign for “Fedayin,” Georges Abdallah documentary – donate to the new campaign!

The following is primarily translated from the French original at Collectif Palestine Vaincra:

On 28 May, the online fundraiser for “Fedayin: The Struggle of Georges Abdallah,” a documentary film by Vacarme(s) Films currently in production, was suddenly shut down by online fundraising site lepotcommun.fr. Le Pot Commun is a commonly used fundraising site in France, similar to GoFundMe, LaunchGood or similar sites in English. The fundraiser was shut down without explanation after over 8000 EUR had already been raised. Samidoun, along with many other organizations, previously shared the fundraiser for the film, which is in final production stages after over a year and a half of work.

Georges Abdallah, a Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine, has been imprisoned in French jails for over 35 years. He is recognized by the Palestinian prisoners’ movement as a fellow prisoner for the Palestinian cause, and the campaign for his release has been accumulating a growing base of support in both France and Lebanon. Among those interviewed for the film include Khaled Barakat, Palestinian writer and activist; Charlotte Kates, Samidoun international coordinator; and Mohammed Khatib, Samidoun Europe coordinator, in addition to many longtime activists in Europe and Lebanon and Georges’ family and comrades.

The 8000 EUR remaining in the fundraising account was being used to obtain licenses for archival materials and pay technicians for editing work and post-production. To date, lepotcommun.fr has still not provided a meaningful explanation for the closure of the fundraising page.

In a press release from Vacarme(s) Films Collective, the directors and producers of the film noted that: “The company’s customer service representatives stated that the fundraiser did not comply with their General Conditions of Use, which led their compliance department to delete our fundraiser as well as our account. This is a very surprising statement. First of all, customer service was unable to provide contact details of the Compliance Department. They also failed to specify which part of the General Conditions of Use had been allegedly breached. The situation is all the more unexpected as many documentary films have been financed through fundraisers at lepotcommun.fr. One thing is certain, this attitude on the part of the company is akin to an unacceptable form of censorship aimed at silencing a cinematic work on the life and struggle of Georges Abdallah.”

A new fundraiser has been established at cotizup.com to support the film. It has already raised over 7500 EUR following the closure of the previous fundraiser, but more is needed in order to complete this important film. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network supports this fundraiser and the “Fedayin” film project and urges supporters and friends to contribute online at this link: https://www.cotizup.com/fedayin

Watch the trailer:

See the film’s website, in French: https://fedayin-lefilm.com/

Synopsis:

For over 35 years, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah has been imprisoned. A Lebanese communist engaged in resistance alongside Palestinian fighters, he has been imprisoned by the French judicial system and successive governments since 1984. Beyond the judicial harassment to which he has been subjected, this documentary film will trace the political course of Georges Abdallah and seeks to show how his ideas and struggle are still vital and necessary.

The film takes us to Lebanon, to the Palestinian refugee camps, where he forged himself politically. We follow his engagement in the Palestinian resistance and against the Israeli occupation with the FARL (Lebanese Revolutionary Armed Fractions), a commitment that will take him to France in the 1980s, where he will be sentenced for complicity in murder. Through a series of interviews (in France, Lebanon, Belgium and Germany), we go to meet his family, his lawyer, his supporters, his friends and people who have rubbed shoulders with him. With them, we trace a life of resistance to imperialism and Zionist occupation.

Why this movie?

For several years, we have been campaigning alaongside many others for the release of Georges Abdallah. Some of us visit him regularly and have, over the years, built a political relationship based on trust. There is a multitude of mobilizations, actions and campaigns to demand the release of Georges Abdallah and many video archives of these events. On the other hand, apart from a short film about Georges Abdallah’s activities directed by Secours Rouge (Red Aid) a few years ago, we do not know of a film that looks deeper into his history and political commitment. (Currently, Pierre Carles is also working on a documentary film project.) It seemed essential to us to try to remedy this. One year ago, we launched this film project. Without pretension, we want to bring a new stone to the mobilization for the release of Georges Abdallah.

In order to have a better understanding of the environment in which the struggle of Georges Abdallah was born, we chose to go to Lebanon, Berlin, Brussels and several cities of France to meet his comrades in struggle, his family and his supporters.

In Lebanon, we spent several days in the Palestinian refugee camps in Saida, Beirut and Tripoli. We were warmly guided in the footsteps of Georges Abdallah to Kobayat, his native village, and to the places he frequented.

Take action: Endorse and join the 1 July mobilization against Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all organizations in support of Palestinian liberation to endorse the call to action by Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora, originally released in Arabic, against the prospect of Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, and to mobilize internationally on Wednesday, 1 July, the day the Israeli state threatens to escalate its ongoing project of colonialism, dispossession and ethnic cleansing.

Samidoun organizers, affiliates, and partners are helping to build demonstrations in Ramallah, New York City, and Madrid, with other events soon to be announced in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and elsewhere.

And organizations including Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel have also released calls to action, which Samidoun endorses, and for which it encourages broad support.

To endorse the international appeal from Palestinians under Israeli occupation, or to inform us of your local event so we can help promote it, please complete our online form, message us on Facebook, or e-mail us at samidoun@samidoun.net.

Read the full statement and call to action below:

A call to the struggling Palestinian people throughout occupied Palestine and to the masses of our people struggling in exile and diaspora…

A call to Palestinians, Arabs and the people of the world….

Israel, the Zionist project fully supported by the United States of America and the reactionary forces in the region, is continuing upon the path of attempting to liquidate the Palestinian cause and Palestinian rights. It aims to impose its racist colonial regime through armed force, through repressive systems, prisons and detention center, and by spreading systematic destruction targeting the Palestinian people. Israel not only denies the national rights of the Palestinian people but also violates the most basic and natural rights of people and the land.

Our struggling Palestinian people, along with the Arab nation, the peoples of the region, and the progressive forces and liberation movements around the world, are aware of the true face of the racist, Zionist colonial entity and its expansionist nature and aims, now more than ever. They also see with full clarity how the occupation continues to implement its ongoing crimes and daily attacks against the Palestinian people. These crimes and violations do not subside for one hour, from killing, siege, mass arrests, home demolitions and the confiscation of Palestinian land through annexation and displacement projects. These daily crimes committed by the occupation forces take place in full sight and sound of the world, with no accountability, meaningful response or even a minimal international legal response.

The policies of the Zionist state and of the Trump administration standing together with Netanyahu and Gantz are the natural continuation of the ongoing history of each successive Israeli government and leadership from before the establishment of the Zionist state on our Palestinian homeland in 1948 until the present day. This right-wing alliance and the deeply, fundamentally racist structures propping it up are convinced that it may impose its will by force upon the Palestinian people because of the state of disintegration, weakness and disorganization on the Palestinian and Arab internal fronts. They target the homes and the very existence of the Palestinian people with impunity, from demolishing our homes in the Negev, Qalansuwa, Jerusalem and throughout the West Bank, to continuing the devastating siege upon our people in the struggling Gaza Strip, to denying our right to return and self-determination throughout the entire land of Palestine.

Today, the Zionist right-wing alliance prepares to plunder all of the Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, creating a system of ghettos, cantons, strangulation and impoverishment, what it calls “facts on the ground” that target, first and foremost, the rights and interests of the Palestinian popular classes throughout all of occupied Palestine.

On the other hand, these Israeli policies are also acting to accelerate the resounding fall of all of the projects of surrender and illusion, the path of negotiations that began with the 1991 Madrid conference and the disastrous and devastating Oslo accords that destroyed the Palestinian people’s institutions and organizations. This current dragged the Palestinian national movement into a state of defeat, internal conflict and disintegration, confiscating the role of the Palestine Liberation Organization and emptying it of its popular and democratic role.

Today, the peoples of the world, and friendly and hostile forces alike, look toward the Palestinian response, not only to this latest Zionist crime but to this entire stage of destruction. Their eyes point to the critical importance of a popular Palestinian and Arab response to the annexation project and the imposition of the so-called “Israeli laws and sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.”

Accordingly, we call upon all national and Islamic forces, popular organizations inside Palestine and in exile and diaspora, as well as our labor unions, women’s organizations and student movement to participate widely and lead the popular march that will begin on 1 July 2020 in the city of Ramallah, as we march on the path of a unified Palestinian people and a unified Palestinian struggle, standing for the rights and dignity of our people – always and only, the rights and dignity of the Palestinian people.

We call upon the Palestinian people throughout occupied Palestine, everywhere in exile and diaspora, and all those who stand for justice in Palestine – all of the national forces, youth groups, civil society institutions and popular movements – to organize direct actions and popular mobilizations in the refugee camps, cities and villages and to formulate plans for joint action and mass organization. Together, we can mobilize the power and potential of the Palestinian people, the Arab people and the international movement for justice to confront the schemes of the occupier and its collaborators. The time has come to take a qualitative step to protect the Palestinian people and rebuild the foundations of the national liberation movement.

Our Palestinian people everywhere and the national liberation movement march on the path to liberation and return.

With loyalty to the martyrs and the struggling prisoners’ movement, the leadership of the Palestinian struggle.

Down with the occupation! The annexation, colonization and settlement projects will be defeated. Victory is with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian cause!

6 June 2020

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