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15 May, Brussels and Throughout Belgium: Silent Circles to Remember the Nakba

Tuesday, 15 May
12:00 pm
Brussels – Place de la Monnaie
See below for 11 other cities
Belgium
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/720086125047567/

15 May 1948 – 15 May 2018

Over 500 Palestinian villages destroyed.
750,000 Palestinians forced from their land.
The Nakba, or the catastrophe, continues today.

The Palestinians are not heard.
So we protest in silence
In solidarity with the Palestinian people.
We demand respect for human rights.

– All events in Brussels and Flanders:
https://www.facebook.com/events/194041037873712/

– Antwerpen: Groenplaats
https://www.facebook.com/events/237484136816433/

– Brussel – Muntplein
https://www.facebook.com/events/720086125047567/

– Geraardsbergen – Stationsplein (van 18 u. tot 19 u. !!)
https://www.facebook.com/events/184886965569617/

– Hasselt – Dinsdagmarkt

– Ieper – Grote Markt

– Leuven – Martelarenplein
https://www.facebook.com/events/207148746562224/

– Mechelen – Grote Markt
https://www.facebook.com/events/821530354714723/

– Oostende – Zeeliedenmonument
https://www.facebook.com/events/2045272962464122/

– Roeselare – Stationsplein
https://www.facebook.com/events/210634272863186/

– Sint-Niklaas – Grote Markt

– Tielt – Markt

 

Stiltecirkels voor herdenking ‘70 jaar Nakba’ in 11 steden
15 mei 1948 – 15 mei 2018 (FR en dessous)

Ruim 500 Palestijnse dorpen van de kaart geveegd.
750.000 Palestijnen op de vlucht.
De Nakba of ‘catastrofe’ blijft doorgaan.

Palestijnen worden niet gehoord.
Dus we protesteren in stilte.
In soldariteit met het leed van het Palestijnse volk.
Oproep tot respect voor de mensenrechten.

Dinsdag 15 mei van 12 u. tot 13 u – Muntplein Brussel
www.paxchristi.be/nakba

Meer info onderaan.
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Cercles de silence pour la commémoration de ’70 ans Nakba’
15 mai 1948 – 15 may 2018

Plus de 500 villages palestiniens ont été détruits.
750.000 Palestiniens ont dû s’enfuir.
Le Nakba ou ‘la catastrophe’ continue jusqu’à aujourd’hui.

Les Palestiniens ne sont pas entendus.
On proteste en silence.
En solidarité avec la souffrance des Palestiniens.
Appel au respet des droits humains.

Mardi le 15 mai de 12 h. à 13 h.
Place de la Monnaie, Bruxelles

Plus d’info en dessous
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In 11 steden/ en 11 villes

– Algemeen evenement voor alle stiltecirkels:
https://www.facebook.com/events/194041037873712/

– Antwerpen: Groenplaats
https://www.facebook.com/events/237484136816433/

– Brussel – Muntplein
https://www.facebook.com/events/720086125047567/

– Geraardsbergen – Stationsplein (van 18 u. tot 19 u. !!)
https://www.facebook.com/events/184886965569617/

– Hasselt – Dinsdagmarkt

– Ieper – Grote Markt

– Leuven – Martelarenplein
https://www.facebook.com/events/207148746562224/

– Mechelen – Grote Markt
https://www.facebook.com/events/821530354714723/

– Oostende – Zeeliedenmonument
https://www.facebook.com/events/2045272962464122/

– Roeselare – Stationsplein
https://www.facebook.com/events/210634272863186/

– Sint-Niklaas – Grote Markt

– Tielt – Markt
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NAKBA

Tijdens de oorlog van 1948 moesten ongeveer 750.000 Palestijnen hun huizen en dorpen noodgedwongen verlaten. De overgrote meerderheid van hen kon nooit terugkeren.

De Joden die zich voor 1948 al in Palestina gevestigd hadden, vierden op 14 mei van dat jaar feest toen David Ben-Gurion de onafhankelijke staat Israël uitriep. Na eeuwen van vervolging had het Joodse volk eindelijk een thuisland. Dit jaar zal de zeventigste verjaardag van de staat met de nodige festiviteiten worden gevierd. Als spreekwoordelijke ‘kers op de taart’ zal de Verenigde Staten precies op deze dag zijn ambassade naar Jeruzalem verhuizen. Maar in het Palestijnse collectieve geheugen staan de gebeurtenissen van 1948 geboekstaafd als de Nakba, de ‘catastrofe’. Ongeveer 750.000 Palestijnen moesten vluchten. Meer dan 500 Palestijnse dorpen en gehuchten werden van de kaart geveegd. Het aantal vluchtelingen is sindsdien toegenomen tot ruwweg 7 miljoen mensen. Over hun recht op terugkeer, dat nochtans erkend wordt in verschillende resoluties van de Verenigde Naties sinds 1948, weigert Israël tot op vandaag te onderhandelen.

De Palestijnse ‘catastrofe’ duurt al zeventig jaar voort. Zeventig jaar na de gebeurtenissen van 1948 wachten de Palestijnen nog altijd op hun eigen staat. Bovendien bezet Israël sinds 1967 de Westelijke Jordaanoever, Oost-Jeruzalem en de Syrische Golanhoogten en drijft het de bouw van illegale nederzettingen op Palestijns grondgebied op de spits. Intussen wordt Gaza al meer dan 10 jaar in een wurggreep gehouden. Ook in Israël zelf blijven de Palestijnse staatsburgers systematische discriminatie ondervinden.

HERDENKING

Elk jaar op 15 mei herdenken miljoenen Palestijnen de Nakba. Op deze zeventigste herdenking kiest Pax Christi Vlaanderen er samen met Broederlijk Delen en heel wat lokale partners in Vlaanderen voor hun voorbeeld te volgen. Met de stiltecirkels willen wij onze solidariteit betuigen met het Palestijnse volk voor het leed dat het 70 jaar geleden overkwam. We willen onze verontwaardiging uiten over het aanhoudend onrecht dat hen wordt aangedaan en Israël oproepen de mensenrechten en het internationaal humanitair recht te respecteren. Met deze stiltecirkels hopen wij op meer erkenning, ook in België, voor de Palestijnse ‘catastrofe’ van 1948 die tot op heden doorgaat.

STILTECIRKEL

Stil, vreedzaam protest tegen onrecht is soms krachtiger dan een optocht met veel geschreeuw. Daarom kiezen wij bewust voor de actievorm van stiltecirkels. Een actie in stilte symboliseert de stem van de Palestijnen die niet wordt gehoord of monddood wordt gemaakt. Met de stiltecirkels volgen we het voorbeeld van de vele vreedzame protestacties die Palestijnen en Israëli’s op deze dag houden en willen wij ook voor hen een steun in de rug zijn. De bordjes die we tonen, dragen de namen van dorpen die tijdens de Nakba ontvolkt en verwoest werden.

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NAKBA

Pour commémorer le ‘Nakba’ palestinien, des cercles de silence seront organisés le 15 mai 2018 dans plusieurs villes belges. En 1948 environ 750.000 Palestiniens ont dû s’enfuir de leurs maisons et villages. La plupart n’ont plus jamais pu y revenir.

Le 14 mai 1948, le dernier jour du mandat britannique sur la Palestine, Ben Gurion proclame l’indépendance de l’Etat d’Israël. Cette journée de joie pour le peuple Judaïque qui a connu une longue histoire de persécutions, est pour les Palestiniens qui habitaient dans ce territoire, une journée noire. Pour eux c’était une catastrophe qui continue jusqu’à aujourd’hui, journée commémorée chaque année le 15 mai.

Pendant le Nakba de 1948 plus de 500 villages palestiniens ont été détruits et 750.000 Palestiniens ont dû s’enfuir. La plupart ne sont plus jamais rentrés chez eux. Depuis 1967 l’Israël contrôle également militairement le territoire entier. Des colonies sont érigées en Palestine, Israël continue à s’approprier des terres, des habitations et parfois même des villages sont détruits, des Bédouins sont chassés. Gaza se trouve dans un étranglement économique et des centaines d’enfants palestiniens sont enfermés dans des prisons israéliennes. Jusqu’à aujourd’hui les citoyens palestiniens ne connaissent pas d’égalité des droits.

COMMÉMORATION

Le but de la commémoration du Nakba n’est pas seulement d’exprimer notre solidarité et sympathie avec la souffrance connue par les Palestiniens il y a 70 ans, c’est également un appel pour respecter le droit international, les lois et conventions qui protègent les droits humains. Les rapports comme ceux d’Amnesty International dénoncent les infractions quotidiennes des droits palestiniens. L’état israélien jusqu’à aujourd’hui respecté aucune résolution de l’ONU et ignore les condamnations des organisations internationales. Pax Christi Vlaanderen et Broederlijk Delen choisissent (avec plusieurs partenaires locaux en Flandre et à Bruxelles d’organiser une commémoration. Le but des cercles de silence est de sensibiliser et d’appeler à reconnaitre la catastrophe que les Palestiniens ont subi en 1948 et qui persiste jusqu’à maintenant.

CERCLE DE SILENCE

Le choix pour un cercle de silence s’est réalisé consciemment. Une action silencieuse et pacifique contre l’injustice est bien plus forte qu’une manifestation bruyante. Une action en silence symbolise en outre le fait que les Palestiniens ne sont pas entendus. Avec un cercle de silence on respecte la tradition des actions pacifiques que les Palestiniens et Israéliens tiennent.

15 May, London: Gaza – Stop the Massacre, Emergency Protest

Tuesday, 15 May
5:30 pm
Opposite No 10 Downing Street
London, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/424797351265757/

Emergency Protest – Gaza: Stop the Massacre

Protest on Tuesday 15 May – 5.30pm to 7pm

Opposite Downing Street, Whitehall, London

Israel killed at least 41 Palestinian protesters with live fire in Gaza today. Palestinians are protesting 70 years of Nakba, for their right to return to their homes and land, on the day the US are moving their embassy to Jerusalem.

Called by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Stop the War Coalition, Olive, Europal Forum.

14 May, Milan: Emergency Protest against Gaza Massacre

We call on all comrades, activists, collectives, association and all who care about the fate of oppressed peoples to demonstrate today at 6:00 pm in Duomo Square Milan.

These are dramatic hours when it is impossible to remain home.

The Palestinian people are currently heroically facing one of the world’s most brutal and well-equipped armies, alongside the imminent move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Trump’s decision violates numerous UN resolutions and sheds light on the criminal and imperialist policies in the region. Only this morning, the Israeli army killed 50 Palestinians and wounded more than two thousand.

All in the square today at 18:00, with Palestine in the heart!
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine!

In additional we, as Fronte Palestina Milan
would protest against this event planned for today in Palazzo Reale  (next to our garrison foe Gaza)
Shimon perez daughter will be there in order to receive appreciation and support of Italt  for the celebration of 70th anniversary of Israele.

Massacre in Gaza: Take Action, Join the Protests and March for Return

The 70th anniversary of the Nakba was marked with a massacre in Gaza on Monday, 14 May. Israeli occupation forces shot 43 Palestinians dead as they marched for their Return, their right denied for over 70 years of Nakba, colonization and displacement. Thousands of Palestinians continued the ongoing legacy of 70 years of resistance as the Great Return March continued in Gaza today. UPDATE AS OF 15 MAY – Israeli occupation forces killed 58 Palestinians and wounded over 2200 as they marched for return on 14 May in Gaza.

The Zionist military forces exemplified the violence of 70 years of Nakba today, killing 43 and wounding over 1,600 Palestinians as they marched to the colonial fence at the 1948 armistice line, delineating the arbitrary enclave into which Palestinian refugees were ethnically cleansed by Zionist militias, and later the Israeli army.

Simultaneously, the U.S. imperialist role in Palestine was also highlighted as the U.S. embassy officially moved to occupied Jerusalem in an attempt to declare the occupied city the capital of the Israeli occupation state. U.S. officials and Ivanka Trump celebrated colonialism in Jerusalem while occupation forces committed a massacre in Gaza. Meanwhile, European powers remained largely silent and actively complicit, repressing Palestinian and solidarity organizing internally as they greet the Israeli state, congratulating it on 70 years of ongoing Nakba.

The Palestinian people have never stopped resisting – not through 30 years of British colonialism and not through 70 years of Nakba. The Great Return March continues tomorrow despite the bloodshed of the occupier. The martyrs whose lives were stolen today by colonial armies live on in the struggle of millions of Palestinians to make the slogan and the dream of return a reality on the ground, with the bravery and commitment of the Palestinian popular classes on the front lines. Many of them children and youth, these Palestinians were shot down because they marched for their inalienable right to return to, and liberate, Bir Saba, Haifa, Yafa, Safad, al-Majdal, Bisan, all of the over 400 destroyed villages of the Nakba.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all supporters of Palestine and the Palestinian people to take to the streets. Silence is unacceptable in the face of massacres, colonization and complicity. The Palestinians whose lives were taken today and the thousands more wounded must be honored with struggle and commitment to the liberation of all of Palestine and its people, from the river to the sea, the dismantling of Zionist colonialism, and the return of the Palestinian refugees.

Remember them and honor their names, their sacrifice and their struggle for return and liberation. They are immortal to all of our global movements for justice:

1. Izzedine Musa Mohammed Al-Sammak, 14 years old.
2. Fadel Izzat Sheikh Khalil, 15 years old.
3. Ahmad Adel Mousa Al-Sha’er, 16 years old.
4. Said Mohammed Abu al-Khair, 16 years old.
5. Ibrahim Ahmed Zarqa, 18 years old.
6. Emad Ali Sadeq Al-Sheikh, 19 years old.
7. Ziad Mohammed Hassan Omar, 19 years old.
8. Mu’tasim Fawzi Abu Lulih, 20 years old.
9. Anas Hamdan Salem Qudeih, 21 years old.
10. Mohammed Abdel-Salam Haraz, 21 years old.
11. Yehia Ismail Rajab Al-Dakour, 22 years old.
12. Mustafa Mohamed Samir Mahmoud El Masry, 22 years old.
13. Izzedine Nahed Al-Aweiti, 23 years old.
14. Mahmoud Mustafa Ahmed Assaf, 23 years old.
15. Ahmed Fayez Harb Shehada, 23 years old.
16. Ahmad Awadallah, 24 years old.
17. Khalil Ismail Khalil Mansour, 25 years old.
18. Mohammed Ashraf Abu Steih, 26 years old.
19. Bilal Ahmed Abu Daqqa, 26 years old.
20. Ahmed Majid Qassem Attallah, 27 years old.
21. Mahmoud Rabah Abu Muammar, 28 years old.
22. Mus’ab Yousef Abu Lailiya, 28 years old.
23. Ahmad Fawzi al-Tatar, 28 years old.
24. Mohammed Abdulrahman Miqdad, 28 years old.
25. Salem Salem Farhan, 30 years old.
26. Jihad Al-Farra, 30 years.
27. Fadi Hassan Abu Salmi, 30 years old.
28- Bassam Kamel al-Nounou, 31 years old.
29. Mohammed Riyad Abdel Rahman Al-Amoudi, 31 years.
30. Jihad Mohammed Osman Musa, 31 years old.
31. Shaher Mahmoud Mohammed Al-Madhoun, 32 years old.
32. Musa Jaber Abdel Salam Abu Hassanein, 35 years old.
33- Mohammed Mahmoud Abdel-Muti Abdel-Al, 39 years.
34. Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Hamdan, 27 years old.
35. Ismail Khalil Ramadan Al Dahouk, 30 years old.
36. Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Rantisi, 27 years old.
37. Anwar Ahmed Al-Khatib, 28 years old.
38. Mahmoud Yahya Abdel Wahab Hussein, 24 years old.
39. Ahmed Abdullah Al-Aidini, 30 years old.
40. Sa’adi Saeed Fahmi Abu Salah, 16 years old.
41. Ahmed Zuhair Hamed Al Shawa, 24 years.
42. Mohammed Hani Hani Al-Najjar, 33 years.
43. Fadel Mohamed Atta Habashi, 34 years old

Take action and join the protests:

Send your events and actions to us at samidoun@samidoun.net or on Facebook to tell us about your actions in response to the massacres in Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people.  

See our constantly-updated calendar of events!

14 May:

15 May:

16 May:

17 May:

18 May:

19 May:

20 May:

 

14 May, Madrid: Emergency Response to Massacres in Gaza

Monday, 14 May
7:30 pm
Israeli Embassy
Calle de Velázquez, 150
Madrid, Spain

Emergency demonstration in response to the massacre of 43 Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli occupation forces today. Long live Palestine!

MADRID CON GAZA, PALESTINA
Hoy, 14 de mayo, a las 19:30, concentración frente a la Embajada de Israel en Madrid, aprobada de urgencia, por la matanza de palestinos en Gaza por parte de las fuerzas israelíes de ocupación.
Viva Palestina Libre!!!

14 May, Copenhagen: Emergency Protest for Palestine

Monday, 14 May
7;00 pm
G:ammeltorv
Copenhagen, Denmark

Emergency protest in response to the killing in Gaza and in support of the Great Return March!

14 May, Berlin: Emergency Response to Gaza Massacre

Monday, 14 May
6:00 pm
Brandenburger Tor
Berlin, Germany

All out on Monday, 14 May in front of the Brandenburger Tor to denounce the ongoing aggression and the massacre in Gaza!

14 May, Naples: Emergency Demonstration in Response to Gaza Massacre

Monday, 14 May
5:00 pm
Metro Toledo
Naples, Italy

We call on all comrades, activists, collectives, association and all who care about the fate of oppressed peoples to demonstrate today at 5:00 pm. These are dramatic hours when it is impossible to remain home.

The Palestinian people are currently heroically facing one of the world’s most brutal and well-equipped armies, alongside the imminent move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Trump’s decision violates numerous UN resolutions and sheds light on the criminal and imperialist policies in the region. Only this morning, the Israeli army killed 50 Palestinians and wounded more than two thousand.

All in the square today at 17:00, with Palestine in the heart!
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine!

PRESIDIO OGGI A NAPOLI
Lunedì 14 maggio – Metropolitana Toledo ore 17:00

Oggi alle ore 17:00 – Toledo – Napoli
Facciamo appello a tutti i compagni, gli attivisti, i collettivi, le associazioni e chiunque abbia a cuore le sorti dei popoli oppressi per far vita ad un presidio oggi alle 17:00.
Sono ore drammatiche in cui è impossibile restare a casa.

Il popolo palestinese in questo momento sta eroicamente fronteggiando uno degli eserciti più brutali ed equipaggiati del mondo, per impedire l’imminente spostamento della Ambasciata USA a Gerusalemme. La decisione di Trump viola numerose risoluzioni ONU e fa luce sulle scelte criminali e imperialiste nella regione. Solo da stamane l’esercito israeliano ha ucciso 50 palestinesi e ne ha ferite più di due mila.

Tutti in piazza oggi alle 17:00, con la Palestina nel cuore!
Gerusalemme è la capitale della Palestina!

15 May, Albertville: 70th Anniversary of the Nakba

Tuesday, 15 May
6:00 pm
Theater Square, Pargoud Street
Albertville, France

In support of the Palestinian people who commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe in Arabic.) This term refers to the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their land by the terror and violence of the Israeli army between 1947 and 1949. Organized by AFPS (Association France-Palestine Solidarite). Supported by Collectif Republicain, France Insoumise, Parti de Gauche, Parti Communiste Francais

14 May, Los Angeles: Call to Action – Great Return March – 70 Years of Al-Nakba

Monday, 14 May
11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Israeli Consulate – LA
11766 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/833356080194764/

70 Years is Enough: Rise Up for the Great March of Return

As Palestinians engaged in a just and righteous struggle for total freedom and the liberation of our people and homeland, we are calling upon people of conscience worldwide to take planned action between May 11th and May 15th to support our cause and condemn the Zionist entity brutal and indiscriminate colonial violence. In Los Angeles, we will take action on May 14th in front of the Zionist Consulate to voice our outrage and use the space for Palestinian resistance and decolonization, attempting to visually imitate the Great Return March encampment in Gaza that our siblings have upheld for 5 weeks now.

In conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the colonial Zionist occupation of Palestine and the displacement of our people, we will continue these demonstrations, which will reach their climax on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of May. During the protests, while demanding our non-negotiable Right to Return, the crowds will move towards Jerusalem to symbolize our readiness to protect it from continuous colonization as well as our opposition to the transfer of the US Embassy to Jerusalem which, according to international law, is occupied, just as all of Palestine is militarily occupied and colonized. As people of conscience, as a transnational community incurring the violences of Zionism from all fronts, we are calling upon you to prove your solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against colonial dispossession and genocide.

Read our full statement here: https://www.facebook.com/Pal.Youth.Movement/posts/2164054260289363?notif_id=1525314156021527&notif_t=page_post_reaction&ref=notif

Appreciation to the following organizations for the support and collaboration:
Arab American Activists – AAA
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
Resilience OC
Palestinian American Women’s Association of Southern California
International League of Peoples’ Struggle – ILPS
Vigilant Love
Jewish Voice for Peace – Los Angeles
Stop LAPD Spying Coalition

If your organization would like to participate or bring a contingency, please feel free to contact us at pymlaocie@gmail.com.

Bring your instruments, Palestinian cultural attire, Palestinian flags, images/visuals, and messages.

Street parking and neighborhood parking is available, but please note signs and time limitations. Carpooling is encouraged and suggested.