Tuesday, 14 May
5:00 pm
Norreport Station
Norre Voldgade
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gather in Copenhagen on May 14 to commemorate the Nakba and demand a boycott of the “artwashing” Eurovision Song Contest. Stop dancing on Nakba day! Free Palestine!
Wednesday, 15 May
10:00 am
Israeli Consulate
800 2nd Avenue
NYC
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**Please note time is TBD for now and we will confirm and update soon! It will definitely be in the morning, as that is when the consulate is open***
On May 15 (Nakba Day), clergy, people of faith, and laity will go together to the NYC Israeli consulate to embody solidarity with Palestinians. We are calling all faith leaders and people of faith in NYC to join us for prayer and to demand the Israeli government end the brutal occupation and grant Palestinians the space and right for their own self-determination.
Together, we will deliver or read the Kairos petition which states:
Declaring as unjust and illegal the occupation policies and practices of the State of Israel over seven decades, including…
• Creating over 700,000 Palestinian refugees in the Nakba (catastrophe), who were forced from their homes and villages in 1948-1949 when the State of Israel was established on 78% of historical Palestine;
• Occupying the remaining 22% of Palestine in 1967, in contravention of UN Council Resolution 242 which emphasizes the “inadmissibility of the acquiring of territory by war”;
• Imposing in Palestine military rule and segregation, including an unjust system of military law, a network of Israeli settler-only roads and checkpoints that restrict Palestinian freedom of movement and trade, and a separation wall judged by the International Court of Justice in 2004 as “a breach of international law”;
• Settling its populations into illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.This is in breach of the Geneva Conventions and has been consistently condemned by the international community and non-governmental organizations;
• Control of the airspace, territorial waters and land borders of Gaza, and restricting movement in and out of the territory, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis widely criticized by humanitarian organizations;
• Adopting the discriminatory July 2018 Nation State Law passed by Israel’s governing body, stipulating that Jewish people have a unique right to national self-determination not afforded other citizens of the state, elevating Hebrew above Arabic as Israel’s official language, unilaterally claiming Jerusalem as the “complete and united capital of Israel,” and endorsing “development of Jewish settlements as a national value.”
I (We), [a] member(s) of global civil society, call on the State of Israel to:
• End the occupation of Palestine immediately;
• Restore the full and equal rights of and end discrimination against Palestinian citizens living in Israel and between all inhabitants of the Land;
• Respect the right of return of Palestinian refugees.
Furthermore, we call on all countries to:
• Abide by their obligations under international law regarding the rights of the Palestinian people, as stipulated under the Geneva Conventions, and to provide the necessary protection afforded to them under international law from the daily violence imposed on them.
Wednesday, 15 May
5:30 pm
72nd St and 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
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Every year on May 15, Palestinians commemorate the Nakba (“catastrophe”) in 1948 when 1 million Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their lands and over 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed or depopulated by zionist terrorist militias to make way for the settler colonial state of israel. 71 years later, there are over 6 million Palestinian refugees worldwide, internally displaced within Palestine and living in exile in the diaspora. During this time we have never stopped fighting to return to our land and liberate our people from the genocidal grip of zionism.
The Great Return March, which was launched on March 30, 2018, was initially planned to last for 6 weeks until Nakba Day on May 15. Over one year later, our people in Gaza continue to march on the militarized border fence every single Friday, demanding their right to return and an end to the siege and blockade of Gaza. Over 270 Palestinians have been killed by israeli snipers while taking part in the weekly protests, including women, children, disabled people, medics and journalists alike. More than 25,000 have been wounded by tear gas and “non-lethal ammo.”
On May 15, we call on all supporters of Palestine to join us as we mobilize alongside the Palestinian community of Bay Ridge to commemorate the Nakba, rally in support of the Great Return March and honor the martyrs of the past year.
From Bay Ridge to Gaza — refugees will return!
Tuesday, 14 May
6:00 pm
Redeemer Episcopal Church Astoria
3014 Crescent St
Astoria, NY
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Please join Queens Political Education and the Anti War Working group during the month of Ramadan for our political education event and interfaith Iftar, “Palestinian Expulsion and Resistance: The Nakba, BDS, and the Great Return March.” The panel discussion and interfaith iftar will be held on Tuesday, May 14th, from 6-9 P.M. at Church of the Redeemer, 30-14 Crescent Street, Astoria, NY.
Timed to coincide with commemoration of the Nakba, or the catastrophe, where the Palestinian people were expelled from their ancestral home, this event will focus on education about the Nakba, current sanction movements including the Boycott, Disinvest and Sanction (BDS), No Way to Treat a Child and the Great Return March.
Come listen from Raja Abdulhaq, the Executive director of Majlis Ash-Shura Islamic Leadership Council of New York and Nerdeen Kiswani, Founder and chair of Within our Lifetime United for Palestine discuss their activist work in the Palestinian community. Additionally, a speaker from the Anti War Working Group will discuss their current work and how DSA members can become involved in the struggle for Palestinian liberation. Following the panel discussion, starting at 8 P.M., room and blankets will be made available for Maghrib. After prayer, food from a local Palestinian Queens restaurant will be available for an interfaith iftar to celebrate the liberation of the Palestinian people. People from all backgrounds are welcome, with Muslims especially encouraged to attend. The panel discussion will be from 6-8 P.M. with the maghrib and iftar from 8-9 P.M. Solidarity and salaam.
Wednesday, 15 May
6:30 pm
Metro Panormou
Athens, Greece
On the 71st anniversary of the catastrophe of the Palestinian people and the day of the Palestinian struggle, we call on you, on behalf of the Palestinian refugees in Greece to join the left forces, trade union movements and Greek student organizations to participate in the march of return that will head from downtown in the Greek capital, Athens, to the embassy of the Zionist state.
Wednesday, 15 May
5:30 pm
Drottningtorget
Gothenburg, Sweden
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The Nakba Committee calls for a demonstration on 15 May to commemorate Al-Nakba, the Catastrophe.
This year marks 71 years since around 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes. Over 400 Palestinian villages were destroyed and the state of Israel proclaimed. Al-Nakba, the great catastrophe, was not a single event but an ever-present reality that includes the ongoing ethnic cleansing and daily oppression of the Palestinian people. Today, millions of Palestinians live as refugees around the world. We gather to remember al-Nakba and above all to show solidarity and support the Palestinian struggle against occupation and for a fair peace.
Important notes for the demonstration:
* we have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism
* posters, banners and flags are welcome, including those with organizational symbols, but only Palestinian national flags are allowed.
Co-organizers:
Proletären FF, Kommunistiska Partiet Göteborg, BDS Göteborg, Palestinska Huset i Göteborg, Palestinagrupperna Göteborg, Ship to Gaza Göteborg, Aktionsgruppen Flytta Finalen, Samidoun Göteborg, SPFH Handala, Falestin Beytona/Palestinska Riksförbundet, Al Salamföreningen, Alshatat Al Falastini, Vänsterpartiet Göteborg, RKU Göteborg.
Nakba-kommittén kallar till en manifestation den 15 maj till minnet av Al Nakba, den stora katastrofen.
I år är det 71 år sedan cirka 750 000 palestinier fördrevs från sina hem, över 400 palestinska byar jämnades med marken och staten Israel utropades. Al Nakba, den stora Katastrofen, var inte en enskild händelse, utan är en ständigt pågående verklighet som inkluderar etnisk rensning och dagligt förtryck av det palestinska folket. Ännu idag lever miljoner palestinier som flyktingar runt om i världen. Vi samlas för att minnas al Nakba, men framför allt för att visa solidaritet och stödja den palestinska kampen mot ockupationen och för en rättvis fred.
PLATS OCH TID:
Drottningtorget, Göteborg
15 maj 2019, kl. 17.30-19.00
TALARE:
Talarlista kommer inom kort.
VIKTIG INFORMATION INFÖR MANIFESTATIONEN:
– Vi har nolltolerans mot antisemitism.
– Plakat, banderoller och fanor är välkomna, även med organisationssymboler men endast palestinska nationsflaggor är tillåtna.
MEDARRANGÖRER:
Proletären FF, Kommunistiska Partiet Göteborg, BDS Göteborg, Palestinska Huset i Göteborg, Palestinagrupperna Göteborg, Ship to Gaza Göteborg, Aktionsgruppen Flytta Finalen, Samidoun Göteborg, SPFH Handala, Falestin Beytona/Palestinska Riksförbundet, Al Salamföreningen, Alshatat Al Falastini, Vänsterpartiet Göteborg, RKU Göteborg.
ARABISK ÖVERSÄTTNING:
يصادف يوم النكبة الخامس عشر من أيار من كل سنة.
حدث في مثل هذا اليوم منذ واحد سبعين عاما ان هجر 700 الف فلسطنيا قسرا من بلدهم العزيز فلسطين وأكثر من 500 قرية دمرت وكان كل ذلك تمهيدا لتشكيل حكومة إسرائيلية.
من خلال 71 سنة من الاحتلال استعمرت الأجزاء الكبرى من فلسطين وطبقت سياسة التمييز العنصري.
ومدينة غزة تكون محاصرة منذ أثني عشر عاما مما جعل الحياة شاقة في ظل غياب ابسط سبل العيش هناك.
حسب البيان رقم 194 الموافق عليه من قبل مجلس الأمن سنة 1948 يمتلك الفلسطينيون المهجرون حق العودة لبلادهم والآن ومنذ 71 عاما يعيش هؤلاء في مخيمات اللجوء في دول الجوار لبنان وسوريا والاردن وفي غزة والقطاع الغربي.
خرجت مسيرات في غزة سنة 2018 تطالب بحق العودة فاستشهدا على اثرها 251 وأصيب 2800 برصاص القناصة الإسرائلييين.
فلسطين ليس لديها جيش فهم يناظلون ضد الاحتلال من خلال المظاهرات وقذف الجحارة
فمايقارب الف طفل يتعرض للسجن سنويأ وأغلبهم بسبب قذف الحجارة وحاليأ يوجد نحو 5273 فلسطنيا في السجون الإسرائيلية من بينهم 207 طفلأ.
نحن نطالب مايلي:
-إنهاء الاحتلال الإسرائيلي لفلسطين
-فك الحصار عن غزة
– الاعتراف بحق العودة للاجئين الفلسطينيين
– إطلاق صراح المعتقلين السياسييين
– التضامن مع فلسطين ومقاطعة إسرائيل حتى يسترجع الشعب الفلسطيني حقوقه المسلوبة.
اظهر تظامنك واكسر حاجز الصمت من خلال مشاركتك بالتظاهر معنا بتاريخ 15 أيار الساعة الخامسة ونصف في Drottningtorget
Tuesday, 14 May
6:00 pm
Square Charles-de-Gaulle
Toulouse, France
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Boycott Eurovision in Tel Aviv!
Don’t be complicit in Israeli apartheid!
On Saturday, May 18, 2019, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel.
This country which just enacted last July a “law of the Nation-State of the Jewish people”. This constitutionally binding law institutionalizes racism and discriminates between Jewish and non-Jewish Israeli citizens.
To colonization, occupation of Palestinian land and ongoing massacres in Gaza, Israel also adds the formalization of apartheid. While Gérard Araud, former French ambassador to Israel, admitted that “there will be an officially apartheid state, in fact it is already the case”.
Eurovision is followed by millions of viewers in Europe. The far-right government of Netanyahu uses, as part of its official “Brand Israel” strategy, a propaganda campaign showing “the prettiest face of Israel” in order to whitewash and divert attention from its war crimes against the Palestinians.
Many artists, including Madonna and Bilal Hassani, who represents France, will sing on this occasion. Israel will try to give itself a falsely progressive image by posing as a defender of the LGBT cause (so-called pinkwashing).
That is why :
– We call for a boycott of the final of Eurovision in Israel on May 18
– We call on selected and invited artists to refuse to go to Tel Aviv and sing for Israeli apartheid.
– We call France Télévisions, broadcaster of the program in France, not to be the transmitter of this promotion of racism and colonialism
Boycott de l’Eurovision à Tel-Aviv !
Ne soyons pas complices de l’apartheid israélien !
Samedi 18 mai 2019, la finale du concours de l’Eurovision se déroulera à Tel-Aviv en Israël.
Ce pays qui vient de voter en juillet dernier une « loi de l’État-Nation du peuple juif ». Cette loi, à valeur de constitution, n’accorde pas les mêmes droits aux Israéliens selon qu’ils soient Juifs ou non-Juifs.En fait elle institutionnalise le racisme.
A la colonisation, l’occupation des terres palestiniennes et les massacres à Gaza, Israël ajoute désormais l’officialisation de l’apartheid. Alors que de l’aveu même de Gérard Araud, ancien ambassadeur français en Israël, « il y aura officiellement un État d’apartheid, en réalité c’est déjà le cas ».
L’Eurovision est suivie par des millions de téléspectateurs en Europe. Le gouvernement d’extrême droite de Netanyahu utilise, dans le cadre de sa stratégie officielle « Marque Israël» , une campagne de propagande montrant « le plus joli visage d’Israël» afin de blanchir et de détourner l’attention de ses crimes de guerre contre les Palestiniens.
De nombreux artistes, notamment Madonna et Bilal Hassani, qui représente la France, chanteront à cette occasion. Israël tentera de se donner une image faussement progressiste en se faisant passer pour défenseur de la cause LGBT (ce que l’on appelle le pinkwashing).
C’est pourquoi :
– Nous appelons à boycotter la finale de l’Eurovision en Israël le 18 mai prochain
– Nous appelons les artistes sélectionné·e·s et invité·e·s à refuser d’aller à Tel-Aviv et de chanter pour l’apartheid israélien.
– Nous appelons France Télévisions, diffuseur du programme en France, à ne pas se faire le relais de cette opération de promotion du racisme et du colonialisme
Rassemblement mardi 14 mai
de 18H à 20H
Métro Jean Jaurès – Toulouse
Tuesday, 14 May
8:30 pm
ERT – Greek Radio and Television
432 Messogion Avenue
Athens, Greece
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Following the recent killings of dozens of Palestinians by the state of Israel and the bombings in the Gaza Strip, came an untrustworthy decision for a ceasefire that will supposedly bring an end to the Palestinian death toll.
Meanwhile, Israel is about to host this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which coincides with the celebration for the recognition of Jerusalem (al Quds under occupation) as the capital of the apartheid Zionist state.
The Greek Front for Resistance and Solidarity for Palestine, “Ghassan Kanafani,” calls for the cancellation of the Greek participation in the contest. On top of that, we call for a demonstration outside the headquarters of the Greek public television, ERT, that is responsible for organizing the Greek mission and broadcasting the event. The protest will take place on Tuesday, 14 May at 20:30 local time, just before the contest is aired. We ask of every supporter of the Palestinian struggle to join us and aid this cause, in order for our message to reach an audience as broad as possible!
Μετά από τις πρόσφατες δολοφονίες δεκάδων Παλαιστινίων από το κράτος του Ισραήλ και τους αεροπορικούς βομβαρδισμούς στην Λωρίδα της Γάζας, είχαμε τις επακόλουθες προφάσεις για κατάπαυση του πυρός που υποτίθεται θα σταματήσει την εγκληματική δράση του σιωνιστικού κράτους απέναντι στους Άραβες Παλαιστινίους.
Σε αυτή την συγκυρία στο κράτος απαρτχάιντ του Ισραήλ διεξάγεται ο διαγωνισμός της Γιουροβίζιον, ο οποίος συμπίπτει με τους εορτασμούς για την αναγνώριση από τις ΗΠΑ και την μεταφορά της πρωτεύουσας του Ισραήλ στην κατεχόμενη Ιερουσαλήμ(Αλ Κουντς).
Θα περιμέναμε από τον πρόεδρο της ΕΡΤ, γνωστό μουσικοσυνθέτη Χρήστο Λεοντή, ο οποίος με το μουσικό του έργο έχει αναδείξει τον εθνικοαπελευθερωτικό αγώνα του λαού μας, να σταθεί αλληλέγγυος με τον αγώνα των Παλαιστινίων. Αντ’αυτού βλέπουμε ότι συνδράμει στο θλιβερό πανηγύρι και ξεχνά τις αγωνιστικές δάφνες του παρελθόντος.
Το Μέτωπο Αντίστασης και Αλληλεγγύης για την Παλαιστίνη «Γασσάν Καναφάνι» καλεί στην ακύρωση της συμμετοχής της χώρας μας, στην ματαίωση της προβολής του διαγωνισμού που ξεπλένει τα εγκλήματα του Ισραήλ από την ΕΡΤ και στην θέση του να προβληθούν εκπομπές για την ανάδειξη της εγκληματική πολιτικής του σιωνιστικού κράτους.
– Καλούμε κάθε αγωνιστή, αντιμπεριαλιστή, αλληλέγγυο και φίλο της Παλαιστίνης, σε διαδήλωση διαμαρτυρίας έξω από το Ραδιομέγαρο της ΕΡΤ που βρίσκεται στην Αγία Παρασκευή, την Τρίτη 14 Μαΐου στις 20:30, πριν τη διεξαγωγή του πρώτου ημιτελικού της Γιουροβίζιον.
– Καλούμε κάθε δημοσιογράφο της ΕΡΤ να συμμετάσχει στην άνωθεν δράση, να κηρύξει στάση εργασίας μέσα από το συνδικάτο του ή και ατομικά κατά τη διάρκεια της αναμετάδοσης της διοργάνωσης, να παρεμποδίσει εμπράκτως την προβολή του πολιτικά απεχθούς προγράμματος που λαμβάνει χώρα σε κατεχόμενα εδάφη, να φροντίσει για την κατάλληλη ενημέρωση κάθε Έλληνα κι Ελληνίδας περί του όσων παράλληλα συντελούνται στον χώρο και τον χρόνο του διαγωνισμού στο Ισραήλ.
Είναι ευθύνη του κάθε δημοσιογράφου να προστατεύσει την ανθρώπινη αξιοπρέπεια απανταχού της Γης, πρωτίστως απέναντι στο κοινό του!
Σε αυτήν την προσπάθεια, η φυσική παρουσία και η φωνή του καθενός είναι πολύτιμη. Στόχος είναι η μετάδοση του μηνύματος του αγώνα των Παλαιστίνιων στον ελληνικό λαό, με απώτερο σκοπό την ευαισθητοποίηση ως προς το έγκλημα που συντελείται.
Ομάδα εργασίας BDS
Μέτωπο Αντίστασης και Αλληλεγγύης για την Παλαιστίνη
«Γασσάν Καναφάνι»
Samidoun activists joined hundreds of Palestinians and supporters of Palestine in Berlin, Germany, for the annual Palestine Day event in Hermannplatz. The event included wide participation from an array of organizations and activists, including a speech by Abla Sa’adat, Palestinian women’s activist and the wife of Ahmad Sa’adat, imprisoned Palestinian national leader and the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
The day-long event marking the 71st anniversary of the Nakba, the expulsion of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland by Zionist militias, included a special recorded greeting by Archbishop Atallah Hanna from Palestine, saluting the participants and emphasizing the ongoing steadfastness of the Palestinian people struggling for their liberation and return.
BDS Berlin gave a speech at the event as well as setting up a display about the campaign to boycott Israeli products and multinational corporations complicit with the occupation. The event included banners highlighting the international campaign to boycott the Eurovision song contest being hosted in Tel Aviv. Dozens of artists from European countries have announced their refusal to participate in the Eurovision so long as it is being used to “artwash” the ongoing colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
Watch the BDS Berlin speech:
The speakers also discussed a number of international campaigns active in Berlin, including the campaign to demand AXA insurance end its involvement with Israeli apartheid as well as the Boycott Puma campaign, demanding the manufacturer end its sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association.
Abdallah, a Palestinian youth activist in Berlin, spoke on behalf of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as well as HIRAK, the Palestinian Youth Mobilization in Berlin. He noted that early May not only marks the anniversary of the Nakba, but also of 1 May, International Workers’ Day, and that both dates are key anniversaries for the Palestinian people’s liberation struggle.
“Palestinian workers are regularly subject to colonial forms of imprisonment, from the political targeting of workers’ organizations to the mass criminalization of Palestinians seeking employment inside occupied Palestine ’48. Palestinian workers are frequently arrested for “entering Israel without a permit,” despite the fact that many of these same workers are Palestinian refugees denied their right to return to their original homes and lands for the past 71 years.”
“Palestinian workers are struggling not only to live and survive, but also to win the liberation of their homeland, a free Palestine from the river to the sea, and secure their right to return, a right that has been denied them for over 71 years. Every week, in Gaza, for over a year, thousands upon thousands of people, living under the most brutal form of siege and facing a brutal colonial army that does not hesitate to meet civilians with gunfire and bombs, march in the Great March of Return to demand their most fundamental right: the right to return.”
“Our participation here is also part of our global great march of return: a Palestinian march, yes, but also an Arab march and an international march for the right of return. For freedom for the prisoners. For an end to imperialism, colonialism and Zionism. For a free, liberated Palestine. For justice for all of our oppressed communities and liberation for the working class. Together, we struggle – until we win. And we greet you today with the greatest confidence that despite all odds, we will win,” he concluded.
Various cultural performances enlivened the event, including a dance performance by the Yafa Dabke Group as well as a musical performance by Jafra. Solidarity organizations and campaigns also participated, including the Bloque Latinoamericano and the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany. Banners highlighted multiple aspects of the Palestinian liberation struggle, including the right of return, the struggle for Jerusalem and the struggle to free Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails – as well as the campaign for the freedom of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, held for 34 years in French prisons.
Watch the Yafa Dabkeh performance:
Stands were set up around the area for distribution of materials, buttons and information about Palestine as well as Palestinian food and handicrafts. The Palestinian flag was seen everywhere in the square – as well as the Algerian, Cuban and Venezuelan flags, representing the ongoing united struggle against imperialism.
As in various other events for Palestine in Berlin, Zionist organizations and right-wing media outlets launched an attack on the demonstration in an attempt to demand the suppression of Palestinian community organizing in the city. The political themes of the attack were not dissimilar to those that are raised over and over again, including racist attacks on Arabs and Palestinians, dubious and fabricated allegations of “anti-Semitism” that rely on the equation of Zionism and the Israeli state to Judaism and the Jewish people. These attacks in the “Berliner Morgenpost” as well as those by politicians like Volker Beck and others are an obvious and blatant attempt to censor Palestinian expression and narrowly define Palestinian culture as something that must never mention the ongoing 71 years of Nakba, ethnic cleansing, occupation and apartheid.
They are directly related to the censorship of Palestinian former prisoner, women’s organizer and torture survivor Rasmea Odeh, who was banned from speaking and had her Schengen visa stripped due to complaints from politicians such as Beck and false media allegations. Nevertheless, Berlin’s large Palestinian community, including many diverse organizations, continues to regularly organize protests, demonstrations and actions to defend the Palestinian people and Palestinian rights, including Palestinian political prisoners under attack.
Saturday, 11 May
3:30 pm
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
89 Erzberger Str.
Ludwigshafen, Germany
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We commemorate Communist leader Ibrahim Kaypakkaya on the 46th anniversary of his murder!
Katledilisinin 46. Yilinda Komünist Önder Ibrahim Kaypakkaya’yi Aniyoruz!
