Friday, 18 May
5:00 pm
Piazza Stesicoro
Catania, Italy
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On May 14, while Israel and the United States celebrated the transfer of the American embassy to Jerusalem, in Gaza Israeli forces sowed death among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, including many elderly people, women and children who peacefully protested for the right to return, for the end of the siege and against the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem.

When groups of protesters approached the fence, armed only with kites and tires, Israeli soldiers, artillery and drones also began firing at the crowd that was far from the barrier, killing. 61 Palestinian civilians were killed, including 6 minors and a wheelchair user, over 2,700 injured, including 203 children, 78 women, 8 journalists and 11 paramedics. At least 150 seriously injured, because the Israeli fire was deliberately aimed at the head, neck and chest. (Ministry of Health)

Field hospitals, ambulances, medical and health personnel were deliberately targeted, preventing them from approaching the wounded. The hospitals, already under severe pressure by the siege, by the previous wars and by the wounded of the last weeks, over 8000, are collapsing and are no longer able to cope with new needs.

THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR THESE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IS THE ZIONIST STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, WHICH ARE THE MAIN SPONSORS, BUT ALSOTHE EUROPEAN UNION AND OF EACH OF ITS COUNTRIES THAT CONTINUE TO GUARANTEE ISRAEL’S IMPUNITY.

Venerdì 18 maggio ore 17.00 in piazza Stesicoro
Presidio di Solidarietà col popolo palestinese contro l’apartheid israeliana.

Il 14 maggio, mentre Israele e Stati Uniti festeggiavano il trasferimento dell’ambasciata americana a Gerusalemme, a Gaza le forze israeliane seminavano la morte tra le centinaia di migliaia di Palestinesi, tra cui molti anziani, donne e bambini che pacificamente protestavano per il diritto al ritorno, per la fine dell’assedio e contro il trasferimento dell’ambasciata USA a Gerusalemme.

Quando gruppi di manifestanti si sono avvicinati alla recinzione, armati solo di aquiloni e pneumatici, i soldati israeliani, l’artiglieria e i droni hanno cominciato a sparare anche contro la folla che si trovava lontana dalla barriera, facendo una strage. Sono stati uccisi 61 civili palestinesi, tra cui 6 minorenni e un disabile su sedia rotelle, oltre 2.700 feriti, tra cui 203 bambini, 78 donne, 8 giornalisti e 11 paramedici. Almeno 150 i feriti gravi, perché il fuoco israeliano ha voluto colpire testa, collo e torace. (Ministero della Salute)
Ospedali da campo, ambulanze, personale medico e sanitario sono stati deliberatamente presi di mira impedendo loro di avvicinarsi ai feriti. Gli ospedali, già provati dall’assedio, dalle guerre precedenti e dal carico di feriti delle ultime settimane, oltre 8000, sono al collasso e non riescono più a far fronte alle nuove necessità.

LA RESPONSABILITÀ PRIMA DI QUESTI CRIMINI CONTRO L’UMANITÀ È DELLO STATO SIONISTA DI ISRAELE E DEGLI STATI UNITI, CHE NE SONO LO SPONSOR PRINCIPALE, MA ANCHE DELL’UNIONE EUROPEA E DI CIASCUNO DEI SUOI PAESI CHE CONTINUANO A GARANTIRE L’IMPUNITÀ DI ISRAELE, NONOSTANTE LE STERILI CONDANNE.

E’ inaccettabile il silenzio dei nostri politici di fronte ai continui massacri perpetrati da Israele.
Israele va fermato: lo dobbiamo ai palestinesi che continuano a morire.

Dopo il giorno della Nakba, che ricorda quando, 70 anni fa (15 maggio 1948) decine di migliaia di Palestinesi vennero uccisi e oltre 800.000 furono costretti a lasciare la loro terra e le loro case, sulle rovine della Palestina sorse Israele. Sarà anche il giorno in cui inizia il mese di Ramadan, sacro ai Musulmani: di fronte all’accavallarsi di queste ricorrenze cariche di dolore e sofferenza la frustrazione, la rabbia e le proteste dei Palestinesi non cesseranno.

CHIEDIAMO ALLE ASSOCIAZIONI E A TUTTE LE PERSONE CHE HANNO A CUORE LA LIBERTÀ, LA GIUSTIZIA E LA SORTE DEI POPOLI OPPRESSI DI TROVARSI VENERDÌ 18 IN PIAZZA STESICORO
PER RECLAMARE CON FORZA

IL RISPETTO E L’APPLICAZIONE DELLE INNUMEREVOLI RISOLUZIONI ONU DI CONDANNA DI ISRAELE, PERCHÉ SI PONGA FINALMENTE FINE ALLA SUA IMPUNITÀ, PER BOICOTTARE L’ECONOMIA DI GUERRA ISRAELIANA, PER FERMARE IL GIRO D’ITALIA PER LUTTO COME ATTO DI RIPARAZIONE NEI CONFRONTI DEI PALESTINESI, PERCHÉ CESSINO L’OCCUPAZIONE E L’ASSEDIO DI GAZA, PERCHÉ A TUTTI I PALESTINESI SIANO GARANTITI UGUALI DIRITTI, PERCHÉ SIA RICONOSCIUTO IL DIRITTO AL RITORNO.

Comitato catanese di solidarietà col popolo palestinese

Sunday, 20 May
4:00 pm
City School
614 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA
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Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Nakba in Palestine
Struggle for the Land 2018
Fighting Racism from Boston to Palestine

This May marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”) in Palestine in 1948 when over 935,000 Palestinians (85% of the indigenous population of Palestine at that time) were forced off their land, through massacres or threats of massacres like the massacre at Deir Yassin. Zionism, a European white supremacist ideology, has meant catastrophe for the indigenous people of Palestine, but it has also had far reaching and catastrophic effects on the peoples of Africa, Central and South America, and on black and brown people here in the US. Join us May 20th to commemorate the Nakba and learn more about how zionism impacts Palestinians, the Global South, and people of color here in Boston. Help us build a movement to fight white supremacy from Boston to Palestine.

Featuring
Lana Habash
Marta Rodriguez
Kazi Toure
Dara Bayer

Music by Myriam Ortiz and Marta Rodriguez

Main entrance door around corner from 614 Columbia Road on nearby Ramsey Street
Dorchester, MA

Saturday, 19 May
12:30 pm
Nye Bevan Statue
Queen Street
Cardiff, UK
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More than a hundred Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by Israeli forces since the Right to Return demonstrations began on March 30th. The casualties include children, medics and journalists. No Israeli civilians or soldiers have been injured and Israel’s response, described by Shadow Foreign Sec. Emily Thornberry as brutal, lethal and utterly unjustified, has been condemned around the world.

Friday, 18 May
12:00 pm
Chrystia Freeland’s Office
344 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON
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We are holding an emergency action outside Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office to urge the Canadian government to condemn Israel’s latest massacre of at least 60 Palestinians and its injury of 2,700 more, including Palestinian-Canadian Dr. Tarek Loubani. We will be providing flags, banners, and leaflets, staging a die-in, and delivering a petition to Minister Freeland’s Office.

Since its founding 70 years ago, Israel has established a brutal apartheid regime, which privileged Jews over non-Jews, as outlined by a recent landmark UN report, (Falk and Tilley 2017). Under this regime, native Palestinians have been denied basic rights, such as their right of return, as stipulated by UN Resolution 194. Since 1967, Israel has also maintained an illegal military occupation over the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.

The situation in Gaza has been particularly horrendous. In the last 10 years alone, Israel has murdered and injured thousands of Palestinians by leading three military assaults on Gaza. Most recently, on Monday, May 14, 2018, Israel has murdered at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded more than 2,700, as Palestinians protested for their right of return. Israel has completely disregarded its responsibility, as an occupying power, for the welfare of Palestinians living in Gaza, as spelled out by the Hague Regulations and the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Canadian silence is complicity with Israeli crimes. Canada needs to live up to its obligation as a high signatory under Article 1 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which requires the Convention is upheld in all circumstances. Our domestic legislation, the Special Economic Measures Act, also calls for action when gross and systematic human rights violations have been committed in a foreign state.

Based on international and domestic law, we call on the Canadian government to condemn Israel’s violations of international law, including its illegal occupation, building of illegal settlements, and imposition of a siege on Gaza.

We call on the Canadian government to launch an investigation into the injury of Canadian-Palestinian Dr. Tarek Loubani by the Israeli army.

We demand the Canadian government denounce the opening of any embassies in Jerusalem, as this act is illegal under international law.

We also call on Canada to impose sanctions against Israel, similar to the sanctions that were imposed against apartheid South Africa, until Israel complies with international law. We support Amnesty International’s call for an immediate, global, and comprehensive arms embargo on Israel.

Endorsing Organizations:

No More Silence
Indigenous Land Defence Across Borders
Communist Party of Canada – Parkdale Club
Toronto Association for Peace and Solidarity
The Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance – Ontario
Philippine Women Centre Ontario
Siklab Ontario
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights – SPHR Queen’s

Friday, 18 May
4:30 pm
Piazza Barberini
Rome, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1423342451102992/

– Against the transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem
– For the Right of Return of Palestinian refugees
– In support of popular mobilizations in Palestine

The Palestinian Community of Rome and Lazio, the Arab Palestinian Democratic Union (UDAP) and the Association of Palestinians in Italy (API), invite all to participate in the solidarity rally in Palestine to be held on Friday 18 May in Rome.

The concentration point will be at Piazza Barberini at 4.30 pm.

Palestinian Community of Rome and Lazio
Arab-Palestinian Democratic Union (UDAP)
Association of Palestinians in Italy – (API)

Thursday, 17 May
6:00 pm
Piazza del Duomo
Siena, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2440311479319656/

Israel is a terrorist state, which lives on the oppression and exploitation of the Palestinian people. Despite the shameful media silence in Europe, the repression, ethnic cleansing and political imprisonment of Palestinian citizens by the Israelis are unfortunately a constant occurrence.

We can not tolerate that in our city, two days after the umpteenth massacre carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people (Monday 14 May: 61 dead and 2,500 injured in Gaza), the anniversary of the birth of a rogue state is celebrated. Nor at a time when the Palestinian people try to raise their heads and confront their oppressors. In the last few months we have witnessed the “great return march” in which the Palestinians seek to return to the territories that have been occupied

All our solidarity and our support goes to the Palestinian people!

Il 14 maggio ricorre il settantesimo anniversario della nascita dello stato di Israele. A differenza di quanto ci si appresta a fare, però, non c’è nulla da festeggiare!

È il giorno che sancisce l’inizio della “Nakba”, la “catastrofe” per milioni di Palestinesi, che da un giorno all’altro sono stati costretti ad abbandonare le proprie case e le proprie terre in favore dei coloni israeliani. Israele è uno stato creato a tavolino, sulla base di interessi politici e economici delle potenze europee e statunitensi, irrispettosi della sovranità popolare dei palestinesi. Non finisce qui, negli ultimi 70 anni Israele ha condotto una forte politica militare espansionistica nei territori della Palestina, prendendosela pezzo per pezzo, creando milioni di profughi e arrivando fino a rinchiudere i palestinesi in due prigioni a cielo aperto: la striscia di Gaza e la Cisgiordania (attualmente sotto occupazione militare Israeliana).
Israele è uno stato terrorista, che vive sull’oppressione e sullo sfruttamento del popolo palestinese. Malgrado il vergognoso silenzio mediatico in Europa, la repressione, lo sterminio etnico e i processi politici nei confronti dei cittadini palestinesi ad opera degli Israeliani sono purtroppo eventi più che all’ordine del giorno.
Non possiamo tollerare che nella nostra città, a due giorni all’ennesima strage condotta da Israele contro il popolo palestinese (lunedì 14: 61 morti e 2500 feriti a Gaza), venga festeggiato l’anniversario della nascita di uno stato-canaglia che da 70 anni compie un vero e proprio sterminio etnico. Tantomeno in un momento in cui il popolo palestinese prova a rialzare la testa e ad opporsi ai suoi oppressori. Negli ultimi mesi abbiamo assistito alla “grande marcia del ritorno” in cui i palestinesi tentano di rientrare nei territori a loro sottratti.

Tutta la nostra solidarietà e la nostra complicità va al popolo palestinese!