Friday, 11 May
7:00 pm
Korai Square
Athens, Greece
More info: http://www.autonomia.gr/autonomia/community/2018_05_palestine.html

Join the demonstration against the Greece-Israel Alliance, in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

Saturday, 12 May
1:30 pm
BBC Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/818929944970848/

Protest for #Nakba70 &Right of Return: Expose BBC’s lies and silence on #GreatReturnMarch.

Join us on Sat May 12 to expose BBC’s lies on the #GreatReturnMarch. BBC’s coverage on Palestine has proven time and time again that it is the enemy of the Palestinian people and the mouthpiece of British imperialism.

The March will then head to the Saudi embassy protesting the role of the Saudi reactionary regime in the Palestinian struggle; seeking to liquidate the rights of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian liberation movement.

Smash the UK -US- Israel-Saudi alliance!

Hands off Jerusalem!

Victory to the Intifada!

Tuesday, 8 May
6:00 pm
Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice
202 Harvard Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/583743011999222/

Please join us in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, catastrophe, the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 war that lead to the creation of Israel.

This event features a presentation on the history of Nakba, given by Palestinian-American human rights activist, Samia Assed.

This event also features a special reportback and panel discussion from a NM delegation who recently went to Palestine and will be sharing their personal eye-witness accounts of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, including the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh (The village of Ahed Tamimi).

This delegation includes voices from Susan Schuurman and Peaches Blackbird from the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, Melissa Tso from The Red Nation, as well as Rita and Dale Erickson from Friends of Sabeel.

Also, a homemade Palestinian dinner by Samia Assed will be provided.

Tuesday, 15 May
5:00 pm
General Post Office
O’connell Street
Dublin, Ireland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/581862762182203/
March to the Israeli Embassy

On the 15 May 1948 over 700,000 Palestinians were forced to flee their homes in what has been called the Nakba or Catastrophe. The United Resolution 194 secures the right of Palestinians to return to their lands and homes.Stand in Dublin in Solidarity with the refugees of Palestine who want to return home.As the people of Gaza stand at the Israeli -historic Palestine border demanding the right of Return, stand with them at The Israeli Embassy in Dublin.Demand the Right of Return.Demand the expulsion of Israeli Diplomats.

Tuesday, 8 May
10:00 am
Piazza Camilo Benso di Cavour
Catania, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/220782965356781/

On the departure of the Giro d’Italia from Catania, we will gather to make our objection clear to the exploitation of sport by a state that practices apartheid against the Palestinian people and has no respect for UN resolutions or international law.

Martedì 8 maggio, alle ore 10.00 in Piazza Cavour (“Borgo”), in occasione della partenza del Giro d’Italia da Catania, ci incontreremo per fare sentire tutto il nostro dissenso contro la strumentalizzazione dello sport da parte di uno Stato che pratica da decenni l’apartheid nei confronti dei Palestinesi e che non rispetta le risoluzioni ONU sui territori occupati.

Comitato catanese di solidarietà col popolo palestinese

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Dietro un ingente contributo da parte di Israele gli organizzatori del Giro d’Italia di quest’anno hanno deciso di far diventare lo sport uno strumento di propaganda scegliendo di destinare tre tappe del giro a città israeliane, quasi a ricordare i tempi della Berlino nazista durante le olimpiadi del ’36.

Le tappe
Le tre tappe israeliane prevedono il passaggio dalle città di Gerusalemme, Haifa Tel Aviv e di Be’er Sheva Heilat. La scelta di partire da Gerusalemme non è casuale, soprattutto dopo che il Presidente USA Donald Trump ha tentato di farla dichiarare all’ONU capitale di Israele.
Che, se mai avvenisse, sarebbe l’atto simbolicamente conclusivo dell’annessione dei territori palestinesi.

La data
Così come nel 2008 il Salone del Libro di Torino venne strumentalizzato per celebrare l’anniversario della fondazione dello Stato d’Israele anche il Giro d’Italia viene usato per ricordarne il 70° anniversario oscurando volutamente la data che sancisce la Nakba, ossia la diaspora del popolo palestinese a seguito dell’occupazione del 1948.

Gli interessi italiani politici…
L’Italia ha votato all’ONU per il non riconoscimento ufficiale di Gerusalemme capitale, ma non ha mai smesso di essere “amica” di Israele. In questo modo l’Italia obbedisce al diktat USA di sostenere Israele quale stretto alleato nel Medio Oriente, contrastando anche militarmente ogni paese che vi si opponga come accade con la Siria e l’Iran.

…ed economico-militari
Al di là dello stanziamento per finanziare il Giro, l’Italia intrattiene altri rapporti con Israele di tipo economico-militare. Dal 2005 infatti i due Paesi hanno avviato vari tipi di collaborazione che riguardano la reciproca fornitura di materiale bellico, attività di addestramento ed esercitazioni congiunte e sviluppo e produzione di armamenti. Gli accordi tra le altre cose permettono ad un’impresa privata come Finmeccanica di avviare contratti per un valore di circa 850 milioni di dollari attraverso Alenia Aermachi, Telespazio e Selex Elsag. Più recentemente un accordo di cooperazione militare tra Tel Aviv e Roma ha inoltre permesso all’Italia di vendere l’Opsat-3000 (il satellite lanciato dalla Guyana francese lo scorso agosto che permette di fornire immagini ad altissima risoluzione di qualsiasi parte della Terra), l’aereo G550 Caew e 30 velivoli militari di addestramento avanzato M-346. Tutto questo non è altro che un’ulteriore dimostrazione dei legami tra lo stato sionista d’Israele, cane da guardia nell’area mediorientale, e il blocco occidentale imperialista.

MOBILITIAMOCI CONTRO IL GIRO D’ITALIA
AL SERVIZIO DEI CRIMINI ISRAELIANI
8 MAGGIO h. 10 – CONCENTRAMENTO IN PIAZZA CAVOUR (BORGO)

Comitato catanese di solidarietà col popolo palestinese

Sunday, 6 May
1:00 pm
Calgary City Hall
Calgary, Alberta
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1061555787332350/

THIS SUNDAY MAY 6th–we will rally for Gaza at city hall. It is the 6th week of protests for the #GreatReturnMarch and we will stand in solidarity with the protesters who have risked life and limb to peacefully demand their human rights and end Israel’s cruel and illegal siege and the humanitarian catastrophe it has caused. So far 47 protesters have been killed by Israeli snipers and over 6500 wounded. A second journalist was shot and killed.

Calgary stands with them.

Saturday, 5 May
2:00 pm
Friedensplatz
Bonn, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/208405326603005/

More than 45 dead and 6400 wounded in massacres in Gaza.

The Day of the Land on 30 March is an annual commemoration and protest in Palestine against the expropriation of Arab land by the Israeli state. On 30 March 1976, six Palestinians were shot dead as they participated in a general strike by Palestinian citizens of Israel against the seizure and expropriation of their land by the Israeli state.

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Gaza on 30 March this year in a mass rally for the right of return of Palestinian refugees, the Great March of Return. Over 70 percent of the Palestinian population in Gaza are refugees who have been denied the right to return to their homes, lands and villages for 70 years.

And again, the Israeli state revealed its nature: soldiers shot and killed 19 protesters and injured over 1500!

The international community must finally put pressure on Israel to recognize international law and Palestinian self-determination. This means:
– the end of the occupation and colonization of Palestine and the demolition of the apartheid wall
– the legal equality of the Palestinian citizens of Israel with their Jewish fellow citizens
– the recognition of Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homeland under UN resolution 194 of 1948.

Der Tag des Bodens am 30. März ist ein jährlicher Gedenk- und Protesttag in Palästina, der sich gegen die Landenteignung der arabischen Bevölkerung durch Israel richtet. Am 30. März 1976 wurden sechs Palä­sti­nen­ser erschossen, als sich die palästinensische Bevölkerung Israels mit einem Generalstreik gegen die Be­schlag­nahme und Enteignung ihres Landes durch den israelischen Staat zur Wehr setzte.

Auch in diesem Jahr er­hoben sich am 30. März in Gaza wieder Zehn­­tau­sende von De­mon­­strant­en in einem Massen­­marsch, der an diesen Tag das Recht auf Rück­kehr der pa­lä­sti­­nen­sischen Flücht­­­­­linge in den Mit­tel­punkt stellte – der Große Marsch der Rück­­kehr.

Und wieder einmal of­fen­­barte der isra­eli­sche Staat seine Natur: Soldaten er­schossen 19 Demon­stran­ten und verletzten mehr als 1500!

Über 70 Prozent der palästinensischen Bevölkerung in Gaza sind Flüchtlinge, denen das Recht auf Rückkehr in ihre Heimat, ihr Land und ihre Dörfer seit 70 Jahren verweigert wird. Nach Angaben von Badil (Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights) gibt es heute weltweit 7,1 Millionen palästinensische Flüchtlinge. http://www.badil.org/en/

Welchen Ausweg kann es aus dieser uner­träg­lichen Lage geben? Israel als Besat­zungs­macht muss durch inter­nationalen Druck, wie z.B. Sanktionen dazu gebracht werden, das Recht des palästinensischen Volkes auf Selbst­be­stim­mung anzu­er­ken­nen und die Bestimmungen des Völker­rechts zu akzeptieren.

Dies bedeutet:

– das Ende der Besetzung und der Kolonialisierung Palästinas und der Abriss der Apartheidmauer

– die rechtliche Gleichstellung der palästinensischen Bürger Israels mit ihren jüdischen Mitbürgern

– die Anerkennung des Rechts der palästinensischen Flüchtlinge auf die Rückkehr in ihre Heimat gemäß dem UN-Beschluss 194 von 1948.

Saturday, 5 May
3:00 pm
Castellet de Perpiñán
Place de Verdun
Perpignan, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/359354867804874/

At the request of Manal Tamimi, Ahed Tamimi’s aunt, we rally in solidarity with children imprisoned by the Israeli occupation army. We urge you to join us to denounce the massacres in Gaza and the crimes against the Palestinian people. Ahed’s aunt will join us by phone.

À la demande de Manal Tamimi la tante d’Aheed Tamimi, des rassemblements en Europe de solidarité avec les enfants emprisonnés par l’armée d’occupation israélienne s’organisent. À Perpignan, nous vous invitons à venir par votre présence dénoncer le massacre de gaza, dénoncer les crimes subis par le peuple palestinien. La tante d’Aheed nous joindra par téléphone.

Sunday, 6 May
1:00 pm
Guild Cinema
3405 Central Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2103052756644837/

Winner of Best Documentary at Respect Human Rights Festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Radiance of Resistance tells the story of how Palestinian Janna Ayyad, 9 years old, and Ahed Tamimi, 14 years old, have gained international recognition for their creative resistance to Israeli incursion into their village Nabi Saleh. In December 2017 Ahed Tamimi (now 17) was arrested by the Israeli Defense Force and continues to be held in a military detention center. Her arrest has prompted international protests and news coverage.
The event launches a campaign to pass U.S. House Resolution 4391, ensuring that U.S. dollars do not fund Israeli military detention of Palestinian children. After the film a panel of speakers will lead a discussion.
The film is an intimate look at their everyday lives and their importance as part of the new generation of Palestinian non-violent resistance. “Nabi Saleh images illustrate changing asymmetry of Israeli-Palestinian conflict:”–The Guardian

https://mccollum.house.gov/palestinianchildrensrights

Sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace-Albq; Friends of Sabeel Albq; the Red Nation; Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine: Albuquerque Peace and Justice Center; Stop the War Machine. Suggested donation: $10.00. no one turned away.