The National Campaign to Free Georges Abdallah calls on all to join the protest against the celebration of the French national day in Lebanon while Georges Abdallah remains unjustly imprisoned in France.
تدعوكم الحملة الوطنية لتحرير الأسير جورج عبدالله إلى الإعتراض على احتفال الدولة الفرنسية بعيدها الوطني على الأراضي اللبنانية في وقت تختطف فيه الأسير جورج عبدالله على أراضيها رغم قرار قضائي بالإفراج عنه.
المكان: أمام قصر الصنوبر – مكان اقامة السفير (أي جهة العدلية)
الزمان: 14 تموز 2019 الساعة 5:30pm
FREE SPEECH FOR A FREE PALESTINE, FREE SPEECH FOR ALL.
Come out and defend your democratic right to freedom of expression against injustice and oppression.
Join us at our stall this Saturday 13th July on Nicholson St outside Surgeon’s Hall (opposite the Festival Theatre).
We’ll be there from 2.00pm.
We have just launched our booklet on the IHRA and the Bracadale Report on how we can oppose the current wave of bogus anti-semitism claims in the UK against the BDS movement and the human rights campaigning of pro-Palestinian activists.
Stand up against this 21st Century brand of McCarthyism which is attempting to smear and suppress those who stand for freedom and justice.
We will also be taking signatures from the public for the national #TimeoDivest campaign asking local authorities in Scotland to stop financing the Apartheid state of Israel.
You can add your name now at this link by writing to your local Councillors and telling them to “Stop Arming Israel”.
http://coordin8.org.uk/app/index.php
On July 22, Palestinian writer and activist Khaled Barakat received a political ban from the Berlin immigration authorities forbidding him from appearing at political events and a threat that his residence permit would not be extended. The latter was confirmed in the meantime, he received a request to leave Germany within a time limit. The FRG is trying to punish and stop his commitment to the freedom of Palestine and the BDS campaign and to intimidate other activists.
Not one week later, on 26 June, the cops entered the homes of nine members of the former Jugendwiderstand organization, searched them and seized computers and cell phones, among other things. The reasons given were: an attack on participants of the fascist Rudolf Hess commemoration march in 2017 and arguments with anti-Germans who tried to disrupt an event with Manal Tamimi. It seeks to criminalize anti-fascism and, as in the case Khaled Barakat, the support of the Palestinian liberation movement. It also intends to pressure youth activists and spy on them (by confiscating cell phones and computers).
One day later, Erdal Gökoglu was sentenced to five years in prison for alleged DHKP-C membership. It was a show trial, in which the verdict was already fixed in advance and which served only to intimidate, delegitimize and defame the resistance. There were no specific crimes, and yet the Senate went beyond the demands of the prosecutor for more than a year – after two years of isolation torture and denial of decent medical treatment in custody.
These are but a few examples of such repression that take place massively whenever German imperialism sees its interests threatened. We continue to fight and show solidarity. Whether house searches, political bans or political trials and detention: individuals are hit directly – but they target all of us who offer political resistance!
Solidarity beats repression – come to the rally on July 13!
Raise up international solidarity!
No pasarán!
Am 22. Juli erhielt der Palästinensische Schriftsteller und Aktivist Khaled Barakat von der Berliner Ausländerbehörde ein Verbot, auf politischen Veranstaltungen aufzutreten und die Drohung, dass seine Aufenthaltsgenehmingung nicht verlängert würde. Letzteres bestätigte sich inzwischen, er erhielt die Aufforderung, binnen einer Frist Deutschland zu verlassen. Die BRD versucht so, sein Engagement für die Freiheit Palästinas und die BDS- Kampagne zu bestrafen und zu unterbinden und weitere Aktivisten einzuschüchtern.
Nicht eine Woche später, am 26. Juni, drangen die Bullen in die Wohnungen von neun Genossen der ehemaligen Gruppe Jugendwiderstand ein, durchsuchten sie und beschlagnahmten u.a. Computer und Handys. Als Gründe wurden genannt: ein Angriff auf Teilnehmer des faschistischen Rudolf- Heß- Gedenkmarsches 2017 und Auseinandersetzungen mit Antideutschen, die versuchten, eine Veranstaltung mit Manal Tamimi zu stören. Hier wird versucht, Antifaschismus und – wie auch bei Khaled Barakat – die Unterstützung der palästinensischen Befreiungsbewegung zu kriminalisieren und die Aktivisten des Jugendwiderstand unter Druck zu setzen und (durch Beschlagnahmung von Handys und Computern) auszuspionieren.
Einen Tag später wurde Erdal Gökoglu wegen vermeintlicher DHKP-C- Mitgliedschaft zu fünf Jahren Haft verurteilt. Es handelte sich um einen Schauprozess, bei dem das Urteil schon im vorhinein feststand und der nur zur Einschüchterung, Delegitimierung und Diffamierung des Widerstandes diente. Es gab keine konkreten Straftaten und trotzdem ging der Senat mehr als ein Jahr über die Forderungen der Staatsanwaltschaft hinaus – nach zwei Jahren Isolationsfolter und Verweigerung anständiger medizinischer Behandlung in der Untersuchungshaft.
Dies sind nur wenige Beispiele solcher Repressionen, die immer dann massiv stattfinden, wenn der deutsche Imperialismus seine Interessen bedroht sieht. Wir führen die Kämpfe weiter und zeigen uns solidarisch!Ob Hausdurchsuchungen, Redeverbote oder Politische Prozesse und Haft: es trifft einzelne – aber es zielt auf uns alle, die politischen Widerstand leisten!
Solidarität schlägt Repression – kommt zur Kundgebung am 13. Juli!
The National Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah is organizing a solidarity event with Georges Abdallah, imprisoned in France for the past 35 years. The program includes:
Art and cultural presentations
Speech of parliamentarian, Dr. Osama Saad
Speech of Palestinian resistance struggler, Leila Khaled
Speech of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra
Speech by Dr. Robert Abdallah, spokesperson of the Campaign
تدعوكم الحملة الوطنية لتحرير الأسير جورج عبدالله ب 12 تموز إلى لقاء تضامني مع الأسير جورج عبدالله في مركز الشهيد معروف سعد الثقافي في صيدا الساعة السابعة مساءً.
الكلمات:
– تحية فنية
– كلمة النائب الد. أسامة سعد
– كلمة المناضلة ليلى خالد
– كلمة Palestine vaincra
– كلمة الحملة الوطنية يلقيها الد. روبير عبدالله
Existence is Resistance and Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine 2 Suns Shamsaan present: Straight Outta Palestine.
The worlds youngest recognized journalist and press card holder, Janna Jihad will be joining us along with Marc Lamont Hill for an evening of conversation about growing up under occupation and youth resistance.
Janna will talk about life in Nabi Saleh, a village in the West Bank, Palestine. She is the cousin of Ahed Tamimi who was arrested at the age of 16. She began reporting on the occupation when she was seven years old after two of her family members were murdered by Israel.
$20 suggested donation – no-one will be turned away!
Join the AMP – NJ Chapter for an evening with journalist Janna Jihad to discuss the ongoing situation facing the Palestinians in the West Bank and her journalistic work.
Janna, from the village of Nabi Saleh, began recording her interactions and experiences with the Israeli Occupation Forces approximately 6 years ago at the age of 7. Her goal as a journalist is to share her message with the world, in hopes of bringing attention to the struggle.
This event is one for the whole family, but AMP – NJ encourages the youth and younger generations to connect with Janna. Work for Palestine in the United States is incomplete without a connection to our family on the ground in Palestine!
As Palestinian prisoner Fidaa Damas launched her open hunger strike, the number of Palestinian prisoners continuing their hunger strike against Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial reached seven: Jafar Ezzedine, Ihsan Othman, Ahmad Zahran, Mohammed Abu Aker, Mustafa al-Hassanat, Huzaifa Halabiya Bader and Fidaa Damas. Damas, 25 and a student at Al-Quds Open University, is currently the only Palestinian female prisoner held in administrative detention of approximately 50 Palestinian women prisoners. From Beit Ummar near al-Khalil, she has been jailed since May 2018.
Fidaa Damas.
Jafar Ezzedine, 48, has been on hunger strike since 16 June, when he was scheduled to be released from a five-month sentence in Israeli prison. Instead of returning to his waiting family in Jenin, he was instead ordered to three months in administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. Ezzedine is a veteran of administrative detention and has carried out four previous hunger strikes in the past against his imprisonment on the basis of secret evidence. Reports indicate that his health is deteriorating and he is experiencing serious pain. In retaliation for his protest, he has been thrown into solitary confinement and bared from family visits or the “canteen” (prison store.) He has also reported frequent night invasions by guards searching his room, depriving him of sleep.
Jafar Ezzedine. Photo: alasra.ps
Ihsan Othman, 21, a student at al-Quds University, has also been on hunger strike since 16 June. He was transferred to a hospital after the deterioration of his own health; he has been on hunger strike against his imprisonment without charge or trial. He has been jailed since 12 September 2018; when held in administrative detention in the past, he participated in the Karameh hunger strike of 2017.
Ihsan Othman
Ahmad Zahran, 42, of Deir Abu Mashal near Ramallah has been on hunger strike since 20 June, protesting his administrative detention. He was previously imprisoned for 15 years in Israeli jails. His strike prompted his comrades also held in administrative detention, Mohammed Abu Aker, 24, Mustafa Hassanat, 21, and Huzaifa Halabiya, 28, to launch their own hunger strike on 1 July. All three were transferred on Sunday, 7 July from the Negev desert prison to solitary confinement in retaliation for their hunger strike. Their mattresses are confiscated every day from 6 am to 7 pm in order to prevent them from resting, despite the fact that they are experiencing extreme fatigue as a result of the strike.
Palestinian prisoner jailed without charge on hunger strike, Mustafa Hasanat
Abu Aker and Hassanat are both from Dheisheh refugee camp, where they are leading activists and community organizers. Halabiya is from Abu Dis, Jerusalem; he suffers from serious health problems as he was injured as a child, has burns over a significant percentage of his body and recently battled leukemia.
Huzaifa Halabiya
Five more prisoners suspended their strikes after receiving an agreement to end their administrative detention after 12 days without food: the five prisoners from Dura, near al-Khalil were brothers Mahmoud and Kayed al-Fasfous, Said al-Nammoura, Abdel-Aziz al-Suweiti and Ghandafar Abu Atwan.
Administrative detainees are discussing escalating protest steps to campaign against the ongoing policy of imprisonment without charge or trial. There are currently approximately 500 Palestinians jailed under administrative detention orders. Issued for one to six months at a time on the basis of secret evidence, these orders are indefinitely renewable. Palestinians regularly spend years at a time jailed under administrative detention.
The Prison Branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a second statement, highlighting the growing calls for action:
“First, this week, other prisoners with administrative detention orders, including some transferred to administrative detention after the expiration of the unjust sentences imposed on them by the military occupation courts, will be joining the strike.
Second, we warn the prison administration and the occupation intelligence from their continued violations of the rights of hunger striking prisoners.
Third, we urge the masses of our people and the forces of the resistance to take action in support of the hunger striking prisoners through events, popular support and wide activities. In this role, we support the leading role of the committees to support the prisoners in Gaza for their many activities organized in support of the strikers. This is one of the most important pillars supporting the prisoners’ struggle and putting pressure on the levers of struggle for the prisoners and the hunger strikers in particular. We also appreciate the call of the national and Islamic forces in Ramallah to participate in actions on Tuesday in a national popular action to support the prisoners and reject all attempts to harm the Palestinian national liberation cause.
Fourth, we call on all movements in the national liberation struggle to develop their programs to support the administrative detainees and raise this issue in all levels and venues.
Fifth, we renew our call for former prisoners and administrative detainees, especially those who have previously engaged in hunger strikes, to participate in a day of support including a one-day hunger strike….
This united battle will widen and escalate and requires all support and solidarity to strengthen the prisoners who are engaged in this confrontation to enable them to achieve their goals.”
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all to stand with these courageous prisoners who have put their lives on the line to seek freedom and an end to the unjust system of administrative detention. International solidarity can help them win their struggles, so all of our participation, protests, petitions and phone calls can play a role in helping them to seize victory for justice and freedom.
Anna Gabriel, Eulàlia Reguant et Carles Riera of the Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) of Catalonia stand in solidarity with Khaled Barakat. 5 July, Geneva
Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat has been subject to an ongoing political ban in Germany on 22 June when he was prohibited from speaking about the Bahrain “economic peace” conference and the “deal of the century.” Part of an ongoing series of repressive actions targeting Palestine organizing in Germany, the political ban on Barakat comes alongside an anti-BDS resolution, criminal charges against protesters interrupting a Knesset member, the deportation of Rasmea Odeh and the closure of Jewish Voice for Peace’s bank account, among other attacks.
Some of the most recent statements and expressions of solidarity include the following documents and the solidarity photos from the CUP of Catalonia and the Zurich Youth Platform.
Barakat was a co-founder of No One Is Illegal in Vancouver in 2002, fighting racism, deportation and repression. The following statement was issued on 4 July:
Statement of solidarity with Khaled Barakat from No One Is Illegal-Vancouver, on unceded Coast Salish territories
We write in solidarity with comrade Khaled Barakat facing political censorship and repression in Germany. Khaled Barakat was a founder of the No One Is Illegal network and movement in Vancouver, advocating for the rights of Palestinian refugees and for all refugees in Canada, and fighting for the right of return for Palestinian refugees. He articulated a clear connection between Israeli apartheid and Canadian settler-colonialism. As a member of No One Is Illegal and as an active leader in social movements in Vancouver and across Canada, he was a consistent and passionate organizer against Zionist occupation and U.S imperialism and for Palestinian liberation from the river to the sea.
We stand unconditionally with Khaled Barakat. The attacks on Khaled Barakat are part of the illegal Israeli state’s attempt to quell the Palestinian diaspora in exile and the international Palestinian solidarity movement. The attempt to silence our friend Khaled Barakat occurs in the context of a campaign by the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs to attack Palestinian and solidarity organizations globally. By barring Khaled Barakat’s right to speak at demonstrations or meetings, threatening him with prison time, and potentially denying him and his wife the right to reside in Germany, the German state is aligning with the racist Israeli state. The illegal occupation of Palestine has been perpetuated by targeted killings, ethnic cleansing, massacres, torture, assassinations, humiliations at hundreds of checkpoints and roadblocks, curfews confining entire populations to their homes, caging of Palestinians in jails and open air prisons, annexation of Palestinian-owned land, building of illegal settlements, demolitions of homes and a systematic policy of material deprivation- all of which should be rightfully and legitimately exposed and resistance to which does not constitute anti-Semitism.
We offer our continued unconditional and unequivocal support to the Palestinian resistance movement against Zionist/Israeli apartheid and occupation. We support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign as a strategy of international solidarity. We oppose the Zionist-Eurocentric settler-colonial foundation of the State of Israel that claims a racist, exclusionary, and privileged Jewish identity and has, since its inception, violently displaced and discriminated against Palestinian people. We affirm the fundamental and inalienable right of all Palestinian refugees to return to the original towns, villages, and lands of 1948 and 1967 occupied Palestine from which they were expelled.
Knowing Khaled Barakat, we know he will not be intimidated nor be silenced. We will not be intimidated or silenced either, and we reiterate that we stand with him. We demand an end to the ongoing colonization and occupation of Palestinian lands, an end to the apartheid system in Palestine, full recognition of the fundamental right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes, and an end to all forms of international support for Israeli war crimes. Palestine will be free.
MLPD Statement
The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany has also come under attack from anti-Palestinian forces in Germany, particularly in 2017 when politicians demanded the prohibition of the Internationalist Alliance because of its inclusion of supporters of the PFLP among its ranks. The statement is below:
Statement of solidarity against political repression against Khaled Barakat The MLPD hereby expresses its solidarity with Khaled Barakat and condemns his expulsion from Germany.
Dear Khaled,
The order of the Foreigners’ Authority of Federal Republic of Germany against you confirms the further repressive legal development of the Federal Government and the bourgeois parties. This order has been made without any evidence of a police defense against dangers.
With the passing of the new police laws, the “orderly return law” of Minister of Interior Seehofer and the reactionary condemnation of the German Bundestag against the BDS campaign it becomes clear: It is not about the prevention or prosecution of offenders and fascists like Anis Amri and the fascist Stephan E. who according to his own statements murdered the CDU politician Lübcke, but instead directed against the people and groups who are committed to international friendship, freedom and democracy. It serves to intimidate those who publicize and denounce the crimes committed by the Israeli military and Zionist government against the Palestinian people, including the false assertion that Khaled Barakat’s political and journalistic activity “brings foreigners against each other.”
Khaled Barakat is accused of belonging to an organization that is on the terrorist list of the US and Israel as well as the EU! President Trump calls the Chief Executive of North Korea “the dictator and enemy of world peace,” and the next day he is “his best friend.” This terrorist list depends on where and how best the imperialists can obtain money and political influence. The imperialists understand this, while claiming to respect peace and democracy. What a double standard!
The Federal Government’s decision to label the BDS campaign as anti-Semitic campaign is as unfounded as it is for the Palestinian forces who have been in reality fighting for years against the oppression, expulsion and murder of the Palestinian people.
We condemn this criminalization and denial of essential democratic rights and freedoms and will make this statement known and continue to protest.
Immediate withdrawal of the orders against Khaled Barakat!
Raise high international solidarity!
Proletarians of all countries unite!
With solidarity greetings
Monika Gärtner-Engel
International secretary of the MLPD
The SGB, an Italian rank-and-file trade union, sent a letter from President Massimo Botti to the German Ambassador in Italy denouncing the attack on Khaled Barakat and the ongoing campaign to smear the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The letter called for the defense of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, protection of freedom of expression and cancellation of the political ban on Khaled Barakat. See the letter below:
Youth Platform Zurich
The Zurich Youth Platform shows its solidarity with Khaled Barakat
Khaled Barakat, the Palestinian writer who has been subjected to a political ban in Germany for his support of the Palestinian liberation movement, spoke out about the repression of Palestinian activism in Germany in an interview with the “Scope” program on Indus News on 4 July 2019. The program is hosted in Lahore, Pakistan, by journalist Waqar Rizvi.
Other guests on the program included scholar Neve Gordon and Irish parliamentarian Niall Collins. When the ban was issued, Barakat was threatened with up to a year in prison if he spoke at events, demonstrations or lectures. Barakat and Charlotte Kates, the International Coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, were told their residency would not be renewed in Germany as well. The repression in Germany also comes as part of a state-sponsored international, multi-million-dollar effort by the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs to repress growing solidarity with the Palestinian people and organizing in Palestinian communities around the world, especially in Western, imperialist powers who have aligned themselves with Israeli apartheid and occupation.
rally in front of the PUMA Concept Store at Hackescher Markt
at Rosenthaler Str. 40/41 in 10178 Berlin
on Saturday, 6 July 2019 from 14:00 to 16:00
More than 200 Palestinian football teams have called on PUMA to end its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA) for its support for Israeli war crimes. The IFA includes football teams based in illegal settlements playing games on land stolen from Palestinians.
ANY ISRAEL SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM, IS ILLEGAL AND A WAR CRIME.
Israel’s settlements contribute to serious human rights violations and are a direct cause of restrictions on Palestinian freedom of movement, access to natural resources, and the ability to build homes and conduct business.
PUMA’S SPONSORING OF IFA LEGITIMATES AND GIVES ISRAEL’S ILLEGAL SETTLERS INTERNATIONAL COVER.
Boycott PUMA – With its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA), PUMA endorses the ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Israel uses sport to whitewash its crimes and normalize the status of illegal settlements.
As the main international sponsor of the IFA, PUMA is making its brand available to cover up Israeli human rights violations, including against Palestinian football players.
Join in, boycott PUMA and call on teams sponsored by PUMA to drop PUMA until the company stops sponsoring the IFA. #BoycottPUMA
BDS Berlin ruft auf zur
Kundgebung vor dem PUMA Concept Store am Hackeschen Markt
in der Rosenthaler Str. 40/41 in 10178 Berlin
am Samstag, den 6. Juli 2019 von 14:00 – 16:00 Uhr
Mehr als 200 palästinensische Fußballmannschaften haben PUMA aufgefordert, sein Sponsoring des Israelischen Fußballverbandes (IFA) aufgrund seiner Unterstützung für israelische Kriegsverbrechen einzustellen. Im IFA sind Fußballmannschaften, die in illegalen Siedlungen ansässig sind und Spiele auf von Palästinenser*innen gestohlenem Land ausrichten.
JEDE ISRAELISCHE SIEDLUNG IN DER WESTBANK, EINSCHLIESSLICH OST-JERUSALEM, IST ILLEGAL UND GEMÄSS VÖLKERRECHT EIN KRIEGSVERBRECHEN.
Israels Siedlungen tragen zu schweren Menschenrechts-verletzungen bei und sind eine unmittelbare Ursache für Einschränkungen der Bewegungsfreiheit der Palästinenser*innen, des Zugangs zu natürlichen Ressourcen und der Möglichkeit Häuser zu bauen und Geschäfte zu tätigen.
PUMAS SPONSORING DES IFA LEGITIMIERT UND GIBT ISRAELS ILLEGALEN SIEDLUNGEN INTERNATIONALE DECKUNG.
Boycott PUMAMit dem Sponsoring des Israelischen Fußballverbandes (IFA) billigt PUMA die anhaltende ethnische Säuberung der Palästinenser*innen. Israel nutzt den Sport, um seine Verbrechen zu übertünchen und den Status illegaler Siedlungen zu normalisieren.
Als internationaler Hauptsponsor der IFA stellt PUMA seine Marke zur Verfügung, um die israelischen Menschenrechtsverletzungen, auch gegen palästinensische Fußballspeiler*innen, zu vertuschen und zu verschleiern.
Macht mit, boykottiert PUMA und ruft von PUMA gesponsorte Mannschaften auf, PUMA fallen zu lassen bis das Unternehmen sein Sponsoring des IFA beendet. #BoycottPUMA
The National Campaign to Free Georges Abdallah calls on all to join the protest against the celebration of the French national day in Lebanon while Georges Abdallah remains unjustly imprisoned in France.
FREE SPEECH FOR A FREE PALESTINE, FREE SPEECH FOR ALL.
On July 22, Palestinian writer and activist Khaled Barakat received a political ban from the Berlin immigration authorities forbidding him from appearing at political events and a threat that his residence permit would not be extended. The latter was confirmed in the meantime, he received a request to leave Germany within a time limit. The FRG is trying to punish and stop his commitment to the freedom of Palestine and the BDS campaign and to intimidate other activists.
The National Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah is organizing a solidarity event with Georges Abdallah, imprisoned in France for the past 35 years. The program includes:
Existence is Resistance and Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine 2 Suns Shamsaan present: Straight Outta Palestine.
Join the AMP – NJ Chapter for an evening with journalist Janna Jihad to discuss the ongoing situation facing the Palestinians in the West Bank and her journalistic work.
BDS Berlin calls for a