Join Samidoun NY/NJ, Cinemovil NYC, Palestinian Youth Movement and Within Our Lifetime for a screening of “Fedayin: Georges Abdallah’s Fight” at Haven Cycles at 1581 Dekalb Ave, BK Saturday Mar. 25, 2023 at 7:30pm. Screening will be followed by a post-screening discussion and prison letter-writing workshop!
$10 suggested donation, funds will go to @cinemovil.nyc and @samidounnynj to support our work
Fedayin: Georges Abdallah’s Fight,” is a film that focuses on the life and struggle of Georges Abdallah. The film, directed by Collectif Vacarme(s) Films, features historical footage and interviews with Abdallah’s brothers Robert and Maurice, fellow political prisoners like Jean-Marc Rouillan and Bertrand Sassoye, as well as with Samidoun’s international coordinator Charlotte Kates, Europe coordinator Mohammed Khatib, Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat, and many more advocates for his liberation. Runtime | 81 mins
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses its solidarity with Dr. Ahmed Shehadeh after Panamanian immigration authorities at Tocumen International Airport detained and deported Shehadeh, the head of the Brazilian-Palestinian Institute (Ibraspal), on Thursday, March 16. The Panamanian officials confiscated and held his Brazilian passport while he was transiting at the airport on his way to the second conference of the Palestinian Federation of Latin America, taking place between 17 and 19 March in Barranquilla, Colombia, Ibraspal’s vice president, Sayid Marcos Tenório, said.
“Shehadeh was interrogated by Panamanian intelligence agents, possibly with the participation and support of U.S. and Israeli intelligence,” Tenório said. “The state of Panama is under American occupation. American and Israeli intelligence are targeting anyone working against imperialist Zionist policies.”
Palestinian community sources in Brazil reported that extensive contacts took place with the Brazilian authorities, as Alexandre Padilha (Minister of Institutional Relations), Paulo Pimenta (Federal Deputy) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intervened, as did the representative of the Brazilian Embassy in Panama, communicating with the Panamanian authorities until Shehadeh returned to Brazil after his deportation, where his passport was returned to him at Brasilia airport.
Shehadeh was detained and interrogated for many hours before he was told that Panamanian immigration authorities were deporting him back to Brazil rather than allowing him to continue his journey to Colombia and the Palestinian conference taking place there.
Rawa Alsagheer, Palestinian activist and member of Samidoun Network in Brazil, denounced the action of the Panamanian authorities. “This reflects a Zionist and U.S. attempt to target and disrupt the organizing of Palestinians in exile in diaspora, especially in Latin America,” she said.
Brazilian media and social media widely reported on the news of Shehadeh’s detention and deportation, and many Brazilian and Palestinian organizations denounced the Panamanian action. The Panamanian Committee in Solidarity with the Palestinian People also condemned the immigration authorities’ actions.
Brazilian organizations and parties are planning to visit Shehadeh to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people and their rejection of the Panamanian authorities’ decision to prevent him from participating in the Palestinian Federation of Latin America’s conference.
On Friday, 17 March, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra — a member organization of the Samidoun Network — organized a Palestine Stand at the Bagatelle metro station in Toulouse, France. The Stand came as part of the week of mobilization organized as part of the International Campaign to Liberate the Remains of Palestinian Martyrs detained in the morgues and “numbers cemeteries” of the occupation, a campaign endorsed by over 180 international organizations.
The stand was an expression of popular solidarity with these Palestinian families of the hundreds of Palestinians whose bodies are held captive by the occupation, who have called on the people of the world to act to liberate the remains of their loved ones.
In order to introduce this relatively unknown issue in France to the residents of the area, the Collectif distributed hundreds of flyers and had many discussions about this issue and the overall news from Palestine.
Many people were shocked to learn that the Israeli occupation currently holds 256 bodies of martyrs kept in “number cemeteries,” where Palestinians are buried with numbers rather than their names, as well as 131 other bodies that are stored in morgues. Wishing to show their solidarity, dozens of people took photos to send a message of support to the families of the martyrs, emphasizing that they are not alone in this fight for justice and dignity.
The flyer affirmed: “to make this situation known and to support these families is to provide meaningful support to the Palestinian people who have resisted colonization, occupation and apartheid for more than 75 years.” An activist from the Collectif Palestine Vaincra sent a video message reaffirming our commitment to these families:
The Collectif Palestine Vaincra also addressed this question on March 14 at the Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, during a conference on the current situation in occupied Palestine which brought together dozens of students. A few days later, the misnamed Place Tel Aviv in Toulouse was covered with a large poster in solidarity with the families whose mourning is prevented by the deeply reactionary practices of the Israeli occupation. As the International Campaign highlights, “By refusing to give their families the opportunity to bury their loved ones, the occupation is using the bodies of the martyrs as a mechanism to psychologically torture their families by detaining them for years and using them as a bargaining chip with the Palestinian resistance.”
“From Toulouse: Solidarity with the Families of Martyrs Detained in the Occupation Morgues”
In many European countries and around the world, this international week of action has highlighted and denounced these inhuman practices of the Israeli occupation. Above all, the Collectif aimed to send a message to the bereaved Palestinian families that not only are they not alone, but that they can rely on popular international solidarity!
“Free the bodies of Palestinian martyrs imprisoned in occupation morgues”
Join us to mark Palestinian Land Day and call out the BC Government and corporations complicit in war crimes profiteering off Israeli apartheid wines.
Major international and Israeli human right groups, including Amnesty International, have determined that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid. Yet the BC government insists to carry Israeli wines in publicly owned BC liquor stores, even though most are linked to the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise.
The wines in question are either from the Golan Heights Winery and its joint venture the Galil Winery; or from the Israeli Teperberg Winery, which proudly displays a map on its website showing vineyards in occupied Palestinian territory.
More info: http://cpavancouver.org/boycottisraeliwines-campaign/
This event is taking place on the unceded and occupied territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. The organizers stand in full solidarity and support of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination and with the ongoing movements to defend land, water and Indigenous peoples from plunder and settler colonialism.
Join us this Friday March 17th as we take to the streets to condemn the latest massacres in Jenin and Nablus, honor our martyrs, defend the Palestinian right to resist & mobilize as part of the International Week of Action to Liberate the Remains of Palestinian Martyrs.
NYC Rally In Solidarity With Jenin • Nablus • Huwarra • Palestine • Friday March 17th 2023 • 5:30 pm • Outside the United Nations
Over 150 organizations have endorsed the campaign and the week of action, which is already underway, taking place from March 11th-18th. In recent days, actions have been held in Palestine and Germany, with seminars taking place throughout the week online in Arabic with English translation, featuring the parents and family members of martyrs whose remains are withheld by the zionist occupation.
There are over 250 Palestinian martyrs whose bodies are held in the “numbers cemeteries,” where Palestinians are buried with numbers, rather than their names. And over 130 Palestinian martyrs’ bodies are currently being held in the occupation’s morgues.
Join us this Friday as we bring this campaign and the demands of the martyr’s families to the streets of NYC once again, demand the immediate return of our martyrs remains to their families so that they are able to bury them with dignity. We hope that more organizations across the US and around the world will join the campaign in the coming days by tuning in to the remaining seminars, holding events, posting on social media and bringing the campaign to our communities and campuses.
To sign on and endorse the campaign, and for more information on the events taking place this week and resources, check out @samidounnetwork’s recent posts or visit their campaign page online at samidoun.net or at the link below:
bit.ly/4012uk9
Join the International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures a hearing on Sunday, March 19, on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Syria. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors.
The Syria hearing will take place on Sunday, March 19 at 10:30 AM EST/7:30 AM PST/2:30 PM UTC/5:30 PM Damascus. Register to listen online: https://bit.ly/syriahearing
NOTE: We had previously scheduled our Gaza, Palestine, hearing on Monday, March 20. Due to the health of speakers, this hearing has been postponed and will be rescheduled in the future. We will provide updates when the date is set.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a co-sponsor of the Tribunal. Visit the Sanctions Tribunal website to learn more, watch videos of past hearings and register for upcoming hearings.
Over 150 organizations around the world have endorsed the International Campaign to Liberate the Remains of Palestinian Martyrs and the week of action, March 11-18. Political parties, trade unions, Palestinian movements, solidarity groups, anti-imperialist organizations and anti-war coalitions have come together to stand with Palestinian families demanding the release of their loved ones’ bodies, detained for years and decades by the Israeli occupation.
There are 256 Palestinian martyrs whose bodies are documented to be held in the “numbers cemeteries,” where Palestinians are buried with numbers, rather than their names, while another 131 Palestinian martyrs’ bodies are held in the occupation’s morgues.
These martyrs gave their lives in the Palestinian resistance movement, and their bodies remain imprisoned even after their death. A number of the martyrs were imprisoned before their death, and this battle remains an integral part of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement.
Announcing the launch of the international campaign to liberate the remains of Palestinian martyrs held in the morgues and “cemeteries of numbers” of the Zionist occupation
Call to action, 11 March through 18 March 2023
“We will not abandon the last duty we owe our sons, to bury them with dignity”
– Azhar Abu Srour, the mother of the martyr Abd al-Hamid Abu Srour who has been imprisoned in the Morgues of the occupation since 2016
It is critical that we take action on an international level to popularize this campaign. We call on resistance organizations, Palestinian and Arab networks, solidarity groups supporting the prisoners’ struggle and boycott campaigns around the world to join us in this international campaign to recover and release the remains of Palestinian martyrs. This campaign aims to expand the support and solidarity for Palestinian prisoners and martyrs everywhere around the world, for their liberation and the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.
Hold an event: You can organize stands and demonstrations, prepare seminars, distribute leaflets and hang posters, and send your activities to samidoun@samidoun.net or to our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages.
Below are the events for each day throughout the week! We encourage you to schedule events and actions on any day during the week, regardless of theme or topic, focusing on the Liberation of Palestinian Prisoners and Martyrs. We also present a schedule of the events we know of taking place during the week.
The speakers in the online seminars are parents and family members of martyrs whose remains are withheld by the zionist occupation. Join us and listen to their stories and learn more about the morgues, cemetries of numbers, children martyrs still in the hands of the occupation, the legal struggle to retrieve the remains, the martyrs in the prisoners movement, and much more. English translation will be provided.
Hold an event: You can organize stands and demonstrations, prepare seminars, distribute leaflets and hang posters, and send your activities to samidoun@samidoun.net or to our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages.
09.03.2023
Rally demanding the retrieval of the remains of the Martyrs
Nablus, Palestine
In front of the red cross office 12 midday Jerusalem time
10.03.2023
Rally demanding the liberation of the remains of Palestinian martyrs in the morgues and “cemetries of Numbers”
Bahnhofsvorplatz,
Cologne, Germany At 2 p.m. CET For more Information
Seminar in Cologne
The Struggle of the Palestinian, Turkish and Kurdish Prisoners Movements
Followed by an intervention by the sister the imprisoned martyr Bilal Rawajbeh
Kalk-Mülheimer Str 124
51103 Köln, Germany At 4 p.m. CET For more information
12.03.2023
Online seminar Birds in Paradise and prisoners under the soil – the remains of our martyred children
طيور في الجنة و أسرى تحت التراب – رفات أطفالنا الشهداء At 7 p.m. Jerusalem time https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82957118542?pwd=Q0FJSHlTMnBqcXU3c0N1eFRlOGxyQT09
Meeting ID: 829 5711 8542
Passcode: 457088
Online seminar Bodies frozen, awaiting spring – Our martyrs in the morgues of the occupation
أجسادٌ في الصقيع بانتظار الربيع – شهداؤنا في ثلاجات الاحتلال At 7 p.m. Jerusalem time https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87083754781?pwd=RGkycDRaS3JJLzVFTi9xaDg2amFuZz09
Meeting ID: 870 8375 4781
Passcode: 169695
Join the International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Lebanon. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors.
The hearing will take place on Saturday, March 11 at 10:30 AM EST/7:30 AM PST/3:30 PM UTC. Register to listen online: https://bit.ly/lebanonhearing
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a co-sponsor of the Tribunal. Visit the Sanctions Tribunal website to learn more, watch videos of past hearings and register for upcoming hearings.
Join us to take action between 11 and 18 March to demand the release of the remains of Palestinian martyrs held in the Zionist occupation’s morgues and “numbers cemeteries.” This week of action aims to combat the Palestinian, Arab and international official silence and neglect of this critical issue and internationalize the struggle to free these imprisoned martyrs and end the collective punishment of Palestinian families and communities.
There are 256 Palestinian martyrs whose bodies are documented to be held in the “numbers cemeteries,” where Palestinians are buried with numbers, rather than their names, while another 131 Palestinian martyrs’ bodies are held in the occupation’s morgues.
These martyrs gave their lives in the Palestinian resistance movement, and their bodies remain imprisoned even after their death. A number of the martyrs were imprisoned before their death, and this battle remains an integral part of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement.
We announce the launch of an ongoing, open international campaign to release the remains of the Palestinian martyrs that continue to be detained by the Zionist occupation. 11 March through 18 March 2023 are days of action and struggle to recover the Palestinian martyrs’ remains. As 18 March also marks an International Prisoners’ Day, we also highlight that our martyrs in the morgues and the “numbers cemeteries” are also prisoners of the Zionist project.
The occupation pursues a fascist policy in its treatment of the Palestinian and Arab martyrs. By refusing to give their families the opportunity to bury their loved ones, the occupation uses the remains of the martyrs as a mechanism for psychological torture of their families by detaining them for years and using them as a card for negotiation with the Palestinian resistance.
The Palestinian people have made clear that this barbaric policy will never “deter” Palestinian youth from taking part in the resistance. These martyrs remain prisoners of the occupation even after death, and their families and the Palestinian people as a whole have every right to liberate, honour and bury them in ceremonies worthy of the sacrifices they made for the cause of Palestine, for return and liberation.
Below are the events for each day throughout the week! We encourage you to schedule events and actions on any day during the week, regardless of theme or topic, focusing on the Liberation of Palestinian Prisoners and Martyrs. We also present a schedule of the events we know of taking place during the week.
The speakers in the online seminars are parents and family members of martyrs whose remains are withheld by the zionist occupation. Join us and listen to their stories and learn more about the morgues, cemetries of numbers, children martyrs still in the hands of the occupation, the legal struggle to retrieve the remains, the martyrs in the prisoners movement, and much more. English translation will be provided.
Hold an event: You can organize stands and demonstrations, prepare seminars, distribute leaflets and hang posters, and send your activities to samidoun@samidoun.net or to our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages.
09.03.2023
Rally demanding the retrieval of the remains of the Martyrs
Nablus, Palestine
In front of the red cross office 12 midday Jerusalem time
10.03.2023
Rally demanding the liberation of the remains of Palestinian martyrs in the morgues and “cemetries of Numbers”
Bahnhofsvorplatz,
Cologne, Germany At 2 p.m. CET For more Information
Seminar in Cologne
The Struggle of the Palestinian, Turkish and Kurdish Prisoners Movements
Followed by an intervention by the sister the imprisoned martyr Bilal Rawajbeh
Kalk-Mülheimer Str 124
51103 Köln, Germany At 4 p.m. CET For more information
12.03.2023
Online seminar Birds in Paradise and prisoners under the soil – the remains of our martyred children
طيور في الجنة و أسرى تحت التراب – رفات أطفالنا الشهداء At 7 p.m. Jerusalem time https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82957118542?pwd=Q0FJSHlTMnBqcXU3c0N1eFRlOGxyQT09
Meeting ID: 829 5711 8542
Passcode: 457088
Online seminar Bodies frozen, awaiting spring – Our martyrs in the morgues of the occupation
أجسادٌ في الصقيع بانتظار الربيع – شهداؤنا في ثلاجات الاحتلال At 7 p.m. Jerusalem time https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87083754781?pwd=RGkycDRaS3JJLzVFTi9xaDg2amFuZz09
Meeting ID: 870 8375 4781
Passcode: 169695
More than 3.2 million people demonstrated on Tuesday, 7 March in France according to the CGT labour federation, including 120,000 in Toulouse, on the sixth national strike day against the pension reform proposed by the Macron government at the expense of workers in France.
As they have since the beginning of the mobilization, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra — a member of the Samidoun Network — set up a solidarity stand alongside the route of the Toulouse demonstration to emphasize that a workers’ victory against the Macron government would also be a major blow to the strategic cooperation between French imperialism and the Israeli occupation. As several Palestinian trade unions noted in a statement of support for the strikers, “these are the same companies and governments that support the Zionist occupation of Palestine. For example, the French ‘Carrefour’ group recently opened stores in ‘Israeli’ settlements in the occupied West Bank.”
Despite heavy rain, our presence attracted the interest of many participants, in particular our large banners and signs calling for the release of Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 38 years, and against the twinning of Toulouse with Tel Aviv. In addition, participants unfurled a large banner about the international campaign to boycott Israel, presenting the anti-colonialist objectives of this mobilization and the main brands and companies to be boycotted. Many people stopped at the Collectif’s stand to collect flyers, stickers or small Palestinian flags to show their solidarity during the demonstration.
Emphasizing their internationalist and anti-imperialist perspective, several contingents chanted pro-Palestinian slogans while passing in front of the Collectif’s stand.
Throughout the march, the Collectif distributed thousands of leaflets and delivered an appeal over the sound system to explain why it was important to support the Palestinian people while defending social justice. The speaker emphasized the importance of combating cooperation between French institutions and Israeli occupation institutions, such as the twinning between Toulouse and Tel Aviv. Welcoming Barcelona City Hall’s recent decision to suspend its twinning with the Israeli apartheid capital, many people posed for solidarity photos to join the campaign in Toulouse. Among them were Hakim Amokrane from the Zebda group, municipal councillor Odile Maurin, and trade unionists and activists from various organizations.
Elsewhere in France — for example, in Bordeaux, Paris , Rodez, Limoges, Annecy, Grenoble , Marseille and Tarbes, various people and associations have raised banners and signs of solidarity with Georges Abdallah and Palestine in the mass demonstrations for the strike. Georges Abdallah and the Palestinian cause have become symbols in the social mobilizations in France of the fight against imperialism, racism and colonialism!
09.03.2023
