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Paris, 17 October: The Continuing Intifada – Support the Palestinian Resistance

L’Intifada continue : Soutien à la résistance palestinienne
Rassemblement Samedi 17 Octobre à 14h place de la République à Paris

The Intifada continues: Support the Palestinian Resistance
Demonstration Saturday October 17, 2:00 pm, Place de la République, Paris

Événement sur Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/999270923469901/

See below for English

Nos cœurs et nos espoirs sont tournés vers la Palestine. En ce moment même, les Palestiniens font faces à une nouvelle recrudescence des attaques de l’occupant israélien. Ces dernières semaines, l’esplanade des mosquées d’Al-Aqsa fût la cible d’agressions particulièrement violentes tandis que des meurtres sont commis presque quotidiennement par l’armée et les colons sionistes. Une fois de plus, les Israéliens espèrent profiter d’un contexte politique troublé sur le plan régional pour gagner du terrain et venir à bout de la résistance palestinienne.

Ainsi Israël continue d’imposer en toute impunité blocus et checkpoints, poursuit ses projets de colonisation et pratique une politique d’épuration ethnique dans toute la Palestine occupée. Au même moment, Israël bénéficie toujours du soutien de ses alliés, parmi lesquels la France et l’Union Européenne que nous tenons pour responsables de tous ces crimes.

Nous affirmons quant à nous notre soutien total à la résistance du peuple palestinien. Depuis les geôles israéliennes où les prisonniers mènent des grèves de la faim, en passant par Jérusalem où les habitants protègent leur patrimoine et leurs lieux saints, jusqu’aux jets de pierres et aux coups de couteaux qui défient aujourd’hui les forces d’occupation sionistes, les Palestiniens poursuivent un combat que nous honorons, celui de la justice et de la libération.

Notre engagement est concret. Nous portons la voix de la résistance palestinienne dans nos villes et nos quartiers. Nous dénonçons les crimes sionistes et la complicité de nos dirigeants. Nous brisons l’isolement dans lequel se trouvent les Palestiniens sous occupation.

Jusqu’à la libération,

Halte aux agressions israéliennes

Soutien total à la résistance palestinienne

Démantèlement des colonies et fin du blocus sur la bande de Gaza

Liberté pour les prisonniers palestiniens

Retour des réfugiés palestiniens

Halte au silence complice de la Communauté internationale

Soutien à la campagne BDS – Boycott, Désinvestissement, Sanctions contre Israël
Signataires : Mouvement des Jeunes Palestiniens (PYM-France) ; Union Générale des Étudiants de Palestine (GUPS Paris) ; Association des Palestiniens en Ile de France ; Mouvement de libération nationale palestinienne (Fatah France) ; Parti des indigènes de la république (PIR) ; Collectif al-Qods ; Génération Palestine ; Forum Palestine Citoyenneté ; Collectif Halte Au Massacre En Birmanie (HAMEB) ; L’Alliance Musulmane ; L’avenir palestinien (A.S.F) ; Campagne ALI (Abrogation des Lois Islamophobes) ; Collectif UNPA (Urgence Notre Police Assassine) ; L’Association Franco-Arabe d’Échange Culturel ; Ferguson in Paris ;

 

Our hearts and our hopes have turned to Palestine. Right now, the Palestinian people are facing a new upsurge in attacks by the Israeli occupation. In recent weeks, the esplanade of Al-Aqsa mosque was the target of particularly violent assaults while murders are committed almost daily by the army and the Zionist settlers. Once again, the Israelis are seeking to profit from the troubled political context at the regional level in order to gain ground and suppress the Palestinian resistance.

As Israel continues to impose with full impunity, blockades and checkpoints, pursuing its projects of colonization and practicing a policy of ethnic cleansing throughout occupied Palestine. At the same time, Israel still enjoys the support of its allies, including France and the European Union, who we hold accountable for these crimes.

We affirm our full support for the Palestinian resistance. From the Israeli jails where prisoners are conducting hunger strikes, to Jerusalem where people are defending their property and their holy sites, to the stone-throwing and stabbing that today challenge and confront the forces of the Zionist occupations, the Palestinians continue the struggle that we honor, the struggle for justice and liberation.

Our commitment is concrete. We carry the voice of the Palestinian resistance in our cities and neighborhoods. We denounce the Zionist crimes and complicity of our leaders. We break the isolation of the Palestinians under occupation.

Until liberation,

Stop the Israeli aggression

Full support for the Palestinian resistance

Dismantle the settlements and end the blockade on the Gaza Strip

Freedom for the Palestinian prisoners

Return of Palestinian refugees

Stop the complicit silence of the International Community

Support for BDS – Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions against Israel

Signatories: Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM-France); General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS Paris); Association of Palestinians in Ile de France; Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah France); Party of the Indigenous of the Republic (PIR); Al-Quds collective; Generation Palestine; Palestine Citizenship Forum; Collective to Stop Massacre In Burma (HAMEB); The Muslim Alliance; The Palestinian Future (ASF); Campaign ALI (Repeal Islamophobic Laws); Collective UNPA (Emergency Against Police Killings); The Franco-Arab Cultural Exchange Association; Ferguson in Paris;

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Call to Action: October 17-24 – Free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Abdallah, and all Palestinian Prisoners! Support the Palestinian Resistance!

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CALL TO ACTION: OCTOBER 17-24 – – From the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat
Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah and all Palestinian Prisoners! Support the Palestinian Resistance!

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Français via Coup Pour Coup 31

Deutsch via BDS Berlin

Today, in Palestine, the Palestinian people are rising up, marching, demanding justice and an end to the settlements, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid that has ravaged their land. The Zionist state is repressing Palestinians with massive brutality: shooting down Palestinian youths in murderous extrajudicial assassinations, rounding up demonstrators in mass arrests, closing Jerusalem’s Old City to Palestinians, attacking Al-Aqsa Mosque with invasions and burnings, and sending mobs of settler colonists to attack Palestinian villages. Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded with US-made and funded tear gas and bullets in the past several days.

Today, in Palestine, the Palestinian people are rising up, marching, demanding justice and an end to the settlements, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid that has ravaged their land. The Zionist state is repressing Palestinians with massive brutality: shooting down Palestinian youths in murderous extrajudicial assassinations, rounding up demonstrators in mass arrests, closing Jerusalem’s Old City to Palestinians, attacking Al-Aqsa Mosque with invasions and burnings, and sending mobs of settler colonists to attack Palestinian villages. Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded with US-made and funded tear gas and bullets in the past several days.

And Palestinians are rising up! From inside the prison walls to the streets of Jerusalem, Nablus, Al-Khalil, Tulkarem, Nazareth, Palestinians are resisting. Zionist occupation forces are waging a campaign of terror, arrest and assassination as well as the demolition of the family homes of Palestinian resisters and martyrs, while the bodies of slain Palestinian youth are being held hostage by the Zionist state.

Amid the rising in Palestine, we stand with the Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Resistance! The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat urges the widest international participation in a Week of Action for Freedom for Palestine and its imprisoned leaders of the Resistance.

The Zionist state has announced its intention to intensify the use of administrative detention in an attempt to silence the Palestinian masses on the streets. Inside the prisons, Palestinian prisoners are daily stripped of their most basic natural and human rights, facing brutality and oppression.

Thousands of the leaders and resisters of the Palestinian people are held captive in Zionist jails. Ahmad Sa’adat – the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – is one of these Palestinian national leaders, alongside his comrades of resistance.

As Palestine and the Palestinian people are under attack, the imperialist and colonialist states: the United States, Canada, Australia and European governments – continue to arm, support and empower the Zionist project in Palestine and its attacks on the Palestinian people. We see this in the case of Rasmea Odeh, who will bring her appeal to a US court on October 14 after years of persecution. Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Lebanese Arab communist struggler for the liberation of Palestine, has been imprisoned in French jails for 32 years, an anniversary marked on October 24 with an international day of action and a massive national march to the prison in Lannemezan, France where he is held.

On this week of action, we demand freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, for Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, for all Palestinian prisoners and prisoners for Palestine! We stand with the Palestinian masses rising up throughout Palestine, and the Palestinian communities in diaspora and revolutionary and anti-imperialist movements around the world who are rising up for liberation!

It is also critical to build the boycott and international isolation of the Zionist state on all levels and the corporations that are deeply involved in sustaining its repression, in particular the British-Danish security company G4S, that provides control rooms and security systems for the prisons where Palestinian prisoners – children, adults, elders, leaders, organizers – are held.

On October 17-24, 2015, take action: organize protests, actions and events in your area to demand freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah and all of the Palestinian and Arab political prisoners in occupation prisons and facing oppression and imprisonment around the world.

TAKE ACTION:

1. Demonstrate outside Israeli and U.S. consulates and embassies in support of the Palestinian people and against ongoing Israeli crimes. Demand freedom for all Palestinian prisoners, and freedom for Palestine. Find Israeli consulates in your city here.

2. Download and distribute this leaflet on the case of Ahmad Sa’adat and Georges Ibrahim Abdallah and use our other resources to poster and flyer in your communities.

3. Protest at French embassies and consulates on October 24 and demand the release of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Find French consulates in your area here.

4. Email us about your actions for Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, and Palestinian prisoners! Contact us at campaign@freeahmadsaadat.org.

5. Boycott, Divest and Sanction!  Palestinians have called for an international boycott of Israel until it ends its apartheid policies and violation of Palestinian rights. Boycott products like Hewlett-Packard, Ahava and SodaStream, and demand divestment from companies like G4S, who provide security services to Israeli prisons. Learn more about the campaign atbdsmovement.net.

EVENTS ALREADY SCHEDULED:

Toulose, France
Saturday, 17 October

5:00 PM
Charles De Gaulle Square (Capitole Metro)
Toulose, France
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/747309472065247/
From Toulouse to Gaza, Support Georges Abdallah and Palestinian Resistance: Symbolic renaming of Charles De Gaulle Square and Street

Copenhagen, Denmark:
Sunday, October 18, 2015
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Solidarity House, Griffenfeldsgade 41, Nørrebro, Copenhagen
Is a third intifada on the way? Lecture and discussion with Khaled Barakat, Coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat.
Organized by Internationalt Forum/Middle East Group

Berlin, Germany:
Saturday, October 24, 2015

2:00 pm
French Embassy, Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/850712508376896/
Freedom for Georges Ibrahim Abdallah! Demonstration

Lannemezan, France:
Saturday, October 24, 2015
2:00 pm
National Demonstration, March from Lannemezan train station to the front of Lannemezan Prison, Free Georges Abdallah!
(Bus from Toulouse, from Basso Cambo Metro at 11:00 AM)
Annual national demonstration – with participants from across France, demanding freedom for Georges Abdallah

Brussels, Belgium:
Saturday, October 24, 2015
5:30 PM
French Consulate, 42 Bld du Regent, 1000 Bruxelles
Protest: Freedom for Georges Ibrahim Abdallah!

17 October, Toulouse: From Toulouse to Gaza, Support Georges Abdallah and the Palestinian Resistance!

Saturday, 17 October
5:00 PM
Charles De Gaulle Square (Capitole Metro)
Toulose, France
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/747309472065247/

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October 17, 1961: French police violently repressed a Algerian demonstration in the streets of Paris. That day, the National Liberation Front protested in support of the struggle for independence, calling for the lifting of the curfew imposed on Algerians.  Maurice Pepon, prefect of Paris, ordered a police crackdown, killing hundreds of victims; Charles de Gaulle was then president. This day remains a symbol of colonial repression by the French state.

October 17, 2015: in occupied Palestine, a true popular uprising is built day by day. Palestinian youths courageously confront the military and security forces of the Israeli occupiers who are authorized to shoot them with live ammunition without warning. Risking their lives, they fight racist and colonial policies of the State of Israel which always relies on the same motto: “What cannot be obtained by force, can be obtained by more force.”

October 24, 2015: George Abdallah, a symbol of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggle, enters his 32nd year of detention .. Lebanese Communist and militant of the Palestinian cause, he is imprisoned in France since 1984, eligible for release since 1999.

In Gaza City and Toulouse, we will symbolically rename Charles De Gaulle street and square in honor of Georges Abdallah. We will gather to denounce imperialism, Zionism and to lend our support to the longest-held political prisoner in Europe, Georges Abdallah.

This is an opportunity to pay tribute to the murdered protesters of 17 October 1961 and to keep the memory of anti-colonial struggles alive!

Support for the Palestinian resistance!

Liberation of Georges Abdallah and all Palestinian prisoners!

Lifting of the blockade of Gaza!

Boycott Israel!

Palestine will live, Palestine will be victorious!

 

First signatories: Collectif Coup Pour Coup 31, Collectif Palestine Libre, NPA 31, OCML VP Toulouse…

17 octobre 1961 : la police française réprime violemment une manifestation d’algérien(ne)s dans les rues de Paris. Ce jour-là, le FLN manifeste en soutien à la lutte d’indépendance et pour la levée du couvre-feu imposé aux Algériens. Maurice Papon, préfet de Paris, ordonne une répression policière faisant plusieurs centaines de victimes. Charles de Gaulle est alors président. Cette date restera gravée comme un symbole de la répression coloniale de l’État français.

17 octobre 2015 : en Palestine occupée, un véritable soulèvement populaire se construit jour après jour. Des jeunes palestiniens affrontent courageusement, les militaires et les forces de l’ordre de l’occupant israélien qui ont l’autorisation de leur tirer dessus à balles réelles sans sommations. Au péril de leurs vies ils combattent la politique raciste et coloniale de l’État d’Israel qui a toujours la même devise: “Ce qu’on ne peut obtenir par la force, on peut l’obtenir par plus de force”.

24 octobre 2015 : Georges Abdallah, un des symboles de la lutte anti-coloniale et anti-impérialiste, entrera dans sa 32eme année de détention.. Communiste libanais et militant de la cause palestinienne, il est enfermé en France depuis 1984 et libérable depuis 1999.

A Gaza Ville et à Toulouse, nous rebaptiserons symboliquement du nom de Georges Abdallah la rue et le square Charles de Gaulle. Nous nous rassemblerons pour dénoncer l’impérialisme, le sionisme et pour apporter notre soutien au plus vieux prisonnier politique d’Europe, Georges Abdallah.

Ce sera l’occasion de rendre hommage aux manifestants assassinés du 17 octobre 1961 et de faire vivre la mémoire des luttes anticoloniales !

Soutien à la résistance palestinienne !

Libération de Georges Abdallah et de tous les prisonniers palestiniens !

Levée du blocus de Gaza !

Boycott Israël !

Palestine vivra, Palestine vaincra !

Rassemblement samedi 17 octobre à 15H

Square Charles De Gaulle (Métro Capitole) – Toulouse

Premiers signataires : Collectif Coup Pour Coup 31, Collectif Palestine Libre, NPA 31, OCML VP Toulouse..

24 October, Berlin: Freedom for Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

Saturday, October 24
2:00 pm
French Embassy, Pariser Platz
Berlin, Germany
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/850712508376896/

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, 64-year-old Lebanese communist, was sentenced on 24 October 1984 in Lyon, France and has been imprisoned since then for actions taken by the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Faction (LARF).

In 1978, he struggled with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Since 1999, he has been eligible for release. However, he has remained a political prisoner due to the political demands of France, Israel and the United States.

His last request for parole in 2014 was rejected again. But learning of this decision does not quench our protest, on the other hand it only makes us more determined. We will raise our voices!

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah is an anti-imperialist, pro-Palestinian fighter held captie by the French state. At a time in which thousands of Palestinian prisoners struggle against their detention and against the occupiation of Palestine, it is our duty as anti-imperialists in France and around the world to demand the release of Georges Abdallah so that he may return to Lebanon.

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Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, ein 64 Jahre alter libanesischer Kommunist, wurde am 24. Oktober 1984 in Lyon (Frankreich) und für Aktionen zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt, zu denen sich die libanesische Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF) bekannt hat.

1978 kämpfte er mit der Volksfront für die Befreiung Palästinas (PFLP) um die israelische Invasion des Libanon zurückzudrängen.

Er sollte 1999 freigelassen werden. Ihn weiterhin im Gefängnis zu halten ist eine politische Entscheidung des französischen Staates mit Unterstützung Israels und der USA.

Das letzte Ersuchen um Freilassung auf Bewährung für Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, das 2014 eingereicht wurde, wurde erneut abgelehnt. Aber wir werden von dieser Entscheidung nicht abgeschreckt werden, es wird uns alle nur entschlossener machen! Wir werden durch diese Entscheidung nicht zum Schweigen gebracht werden! Wir werden unsere Stimme erheben!

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah ist ein antiimperialistischer, pro-palästinensischer Kämpfer, der vom französischen Staat gefangen gehalten wird.

In einer Zeit, in der Hunderte von palästinensischen Gefangenen gegen ihre Inhaftierung und der Besetzung Palästinas kämpfen, ist es unsere Pflicht als antiimperialistische Kämpfer*innen in Frankreich und auf der ganzen Welt, dass wir denn je eintreten für die Freilassung von Georges Abdallah, so dass er in den Libanon zurückkehren kann …

Siehe den vollständigen Aufruf von Coup Pour Coup 31 (http://www.couppourcoup31.com/2015/10/semaine-d-action-pour-la-liberation-d-ahmad-sa-adat-de-georges-abdallah-et-de-tous-les-prisonniers-palestiniens.html)
und den Aktionsaufruf der Kampagne Freiheit für Ahmad Sa‘adat (https://bdsberlin.site36.net/files/2015/10/151008_Aufruf-zur-Aktionswoche-Ahmat-Saadat_Georges-Ibrahim-Abdallah.pdf).

18 October, Copenhagen: Is a third Palestinian intifada on the way?

khaled in brusselsIs a third Palestinian intifada on the way? Discussion with Khaled Barakat
Sunday, 18 October, 2 pm – 4 pm
Solidaritetsbutikken, Griffenfeldsgade 41, 2200 Nørrebro – Copenhagen
(Speech in English)

Khaled Barakat is the international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, and will present the political perspective of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on the current situation.

Khaled will focus on the Palestinian rebellion around Jerusalem and the West Bank, where Israel breaks down the houses of the Palestinians in order to integrate all of Jerusalem in the state of Israel, and how Israel tries to liquidate the Palestinian resistance movement.

Khaled will also speak about the PFLP’s view of the Oslo-agreements and the possible consequences of the talks of Mahmoud Abbas about cancelling ‘Oslo’.

Furthermore, Khaled will speak about the growing international boycott Israel campaign and how we can strengthen this campaign to the same strength as the boycott campaign in the 1980’es against the South African apartheid.

There will be time for questions and debate.

Organized by Internationalt Forum/the Middle East Group

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“Er en tredje palæstinensisk intifada på vej?

Offentligt møde med Khaled Barakat

Søndag den 18. oktober kl. 14 – 16

Solidaritetsbutikken, Griffenfeldsgade 41, 2200 Nørrebro

(Mødet vil være på engelsk).

Khaled Barakat er forfatter og international koordinator for Free Ahmad Sa’adat kampagnen og vil præsentere PFLP’s syn på den aktuelle situation. Herunder:

De nuværende oprør omkring Jerusalem hvor palæstinenserne protesterer imod Israels forsøg på at rive palæstinensernes huse med, indlemme hele Jerusalem i den zionistiske stat Israel og likvidere modstandskampen.

PFLP’s syn på Oslo-aftalerne og selvstyrepræsident Mahmoud Abbas’ udtalelser på FN’s generalforsamling om en evt. opsigelse af ’Oslo’.

Kampagnen for løsladelse af palæstinensiske politiske fanger herunder PFLP’s generalsekretær Ahmad Sa’adat

Den internationale Boykot Israel kampagne, og hvordan vi sammen styrker denne kampagne så den bliver lige så stærk som boykotten af det sydafrikanske apartheidstyre.

Efter oplægget vil der være spørgsmål og debat.

Der kan købes kaffe/the og kager, palæstinensisk vin og øl til solidaritetspriser.

Arrangør: Internationalt Forums Mellemøstgruppe”

10 October, Turin: Rally in Support of Palestinian Resistance

Saturday, 10 October
3:30 PM
Corso Giulio Cesare (Ex Staz. Ceres), Torino, Italy

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1659825347634257/

22 years of negotiations that have helped to consolidate the Zionist colonization in all of Palestine.

22 years of policies that have made Palestine the largest prison in the world

22 years that have made the daily life of the Palestinians even more hellish

67 years of a war of annihilation of the Palestinian people, two-thirds of the Palestinian people forced into exile, deported by force or terror

67 years of the worst apartheid against the Palestinians

67 years of complicit silence, covering up the Zionist massacres, of broken promises

67 years of active support to Israel by the most powerful governments in the world

67 years that have brought progress and enormous wealth to the Zionist settlers, all in Palestine.

…In the face of all this and the recent massacres, oppression and genocidal attacks we stand alongside the people who fight and resist, the Palestinian people. Resist until we see peace and justice reign in the land. Freedom for all Palestinian prisoners! Struggle until victory!

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22 anni di trattative che hanno contribuito a consolidare la colonizzazione sionista in tutta la Palestina.
22 anni di politiche che hanno reso la Palestina la prigione più grande al mondo
22 anni che hanno reso la vita quotidiana dei palestinesi ancora più infernale
67 anni di guerra di annientamento del popolo palestinese
due terzi del popolo palestinese costretti all’esilio, deportati con la forza e con il terrore
67 anni del peggior Apartheid e della peggiore segregazione israeliane contro i palestinesi
67 anni di silenzio complice, di coperture dei massacri sionisti, di promesse mai mantenute
67 anni di sostegno attivo a israele da parte dei governi piu potenti del mondo
67 anni che hanno portato progresso e ricchezza smisurate ai coloni sionisti, tutti, in Palestina. Tutto quel che viene rubato ai palestinesi è regalato ai coloni israeliani. Ingenti somme di denaro dei contribuenti occidentali da 67 anni vengono regalate ai coloni sionisti.
Israele non si tocca!
È il motto principe di tutti i governi occidentali, di tutti i colori. Israele non si tocca neanche per i giornalisti e massmedia, per gli opinionisti e larga fetta di intellettuali.
Israele non si tocca perché gli è utile:
tutte le nuove armi vengono testate dal vivo, sulla pelle dei palestinesi, prima d’essere messe sul mercato:
vengono testati tutti i sistemi di repressione e di controllo sociale prima d’essere fatti propri dai governi occidentali.
La Palestina è un laboratorio e i palestinesi sono cavie.
I palestinesi sono stanchi di aspettare, tanto non arriverà mai niente in loro soccorso, e hanno deciso di riprendere di nuovo la loro lotta. Una lotta imparì: alla pietra israele risponde con pallottole, con arresti arbitrari e senza accuse specifiche, basta solo essere palestinese. Il fascismo sionista dilaga e le bande sioniste sono libere di linciare ed ammazzare protette dai soldati israeliani.

Di fronte a tutto questo e ai recenti massacri, soprusi e repressione genocida NOI ci schieriamo a fianco del popolo che lotta e resiste, il popolo palestinese. Co-resistiamo finché non vedremo pace e giustizia imperare in quella terra.

Libertà per tutti i prigionieri palestinesi
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24 October, Brussels: Freedom for Georges Abdallah!

Saturday, 24 October
5:30 PM
French Consulate, 42 Boulevard de Regent, 1000 Brussels
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/514728688702141/

On 24 October, Georges Abdallah enters his 32nd year of detention. He has been imprisoned since 1984 for his participation in the Lebanese Revolutionary Armed Forces, who, in response to the invasion of Lebanon and the massacres of Sabra and Shatila, engaged in armed actions against US and Israeli officials in Europe.

Georges has been eligible for parole since 1999, but due to continued pressure by the U.S. government and the French-Israeli relationship, his parole has been repeatedly rejected and overturned at the highest levels.

Despite this seemingly endless confinement, Georges remains true to his communist and anti-Zionist convictions. It is this commitment and determination that the French government wants to undermine.

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Le 24 octobre, Georges Abdallah entamera sa 32e année de détention. Il est enfermé depuis 1984 pour sa participation aux ‘Forces Armées Révolutionnaires Libanaises’ qui avaient répliqué à l’invasion du Liban et aux massacres de Sabra et Chatila par des actions armées contre des agents américains et israéliens en Europe. Georges est libérable depuis 1999, mais des pressions continues de l’administration américaine ainsi que l’amitié franco-israélienne ont saboté toutes les demandes de libération qu’il a pu faire jusqu’à aujourd’hui.
Malgré cet interminable enfermement, Georges reste fidèle à ses convictions communistes et antisionistes, c’est son engagement et sa détermination que l’état français veut miner avant d’envisager sa libération.

15 October, San Francisco: Call to Action – Emergency Protest for Palestine!

Thursday, 15 October
6:00 pm
Israeli Consulate
456 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/868315913288847/

We, the General Union of Palestine Students, declare Palestine in a state of emergency and urge all of our community organizers and leaders to come forth as we rise with the uprisings, as we rise with Palestine! Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 6:00pm in front of the Israeli Consulate (456 Montgomery St, San Francisco).

As you may have heard recently, the situation in Palestine has been deteriorating. Within the past few weeks, Zionist forces have shut down Al-Aqsa and Al-Aqsa compound, forbidding all Palestinian and Muslim worshippers from their homes of prayer and restricting their rights to practice their religion in safety. Hundreds of Zionist settlers have stormed into Al-Aqsa, plunging Jerusalem and the greater West Bank into chaos. Zionist forces continue to violate and damage Al-Aqsa by burning down doors, setting fire to the rugs, and breaking the glass windows, flexing their control in complete provocation against Palestinians…leading to the murder of four Palestinian youth within the past few days and over 200 injured by snipers, rubber bullets, and gas inhalation. Our people of Palestine are frustrated, enraged, and resisting these constant acts of terror throughout the country. From Ramallah, to Nablus, to Jenin, and Al-Khalil, the Palestinian people are rising against the oppressive Zionist regime and defending Jerusalem. Along with the murder of our youth, Zionist forces have also demanded the demolition of their family homes in Ramallah, Surda and Nablus. Palestinian men and women have been surrounding each and every city day and night to protect the homes of their fellow people and to protect their cities from Zionist invasion.

We stand together in support of the Palestinian resistance against the oppressive Zionist regime and ask you all to stand with us. We need to stand united in front of the face of settler colonialism and echo the rage of our Palestinian people!

Flags, posters, and noise are encouraged.

Co-Sponsorers:
Palestine Youth Movement-PYM
The Freedom Archives
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

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9 October, Minneapolis: Protest for Justice in Palestine, Say No to Israeli Killings of Palestinian Youth

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Friday, October 9
5:00 PM
44th Ave NE and Central Ave NE, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/877078292387804/

In the just 48 hours, four Palestinian youth have been shot and killed in clashes with Israeli occupation forces.

These clashes have come in response to weeks of escalating attacks, where the Israeli military and settlers in the West Bank have injured hundreds of Palestinians with live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and beatings. Hundreds more people have been injured by tear gas, and scores have been arrested. Israeli soldiers have also reportedly shot at more than a dozen Palestinian ambulances and assaulted paramedics. Under Israeli police protection, settlers have set fire to countless Palestinian homes and fields, while the Old City of Jerusalem is on lock-down and Muslim men under 50 are barred entry to attend prayer at holy sites. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Society, “Israeli soldiers kidnapped 562 Palestinians, including dozens of children, mainly in occupied Jerusalem, in September,” and the mass arrests are ongoing.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to use an “iron fist” against Palestinians, saying, “There are no limits on the activities of security forces.” He plans to speed up the demolitions of Palestinian homes and expand the use of administrative detention. These attacks on basic human rights aim to deliver collective punishment to the Palestinian people, and extend the military occupation of Palestinian land.

International law recognizes the right of Palestinians, like any occupied people, to resist. Stand with us as we stand up for justice in Palestine and say no to the killings of Huthaifa Sulaiman (18), Fadi Alloun (19), Abdul-Rahman Shadi Mustafa (13), and Mohannad Shafiq al-Halabi (19).

8 October, London: Emergency Protest – Freedom for Palestinian Hunger Striker Suleiman Skafi

ALERT: 8TH OCT 2015 – EMERGENCY PROTEST TO DEMAND FREEDOM FOR PALESTINIAN HUNGER STRIKER SULEIMAN SKAFI

Date: Thursday 8th October 2015 3pm-5pm
Location: G4S HQ, 105 Victoria Street (Closest public transport: Victoria Tube/Rail station)
Web: http://www.inminds.com/article.php?id=10689

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Suleiman Skafi has been caged without charge or trial for 11 months (since 12th Nov 2014) as part of Israel’s illegal policy of punitive administrative detention where Palestinians are caged indefinitely on rolling 6 month detention orders. Israel is threatening Skafi with another 6 months detention when his current order expires next month. To protest his imprisonment without charge or trial, Skafi has been on hunger strike 38 days (since 1st September 2015) .

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Without food Slafi has lost nearly a third of his body weight (23Kg) and he can no longer walk. He is suffering extreme pain in his stomach, head and joints, dizziness and has difficulty in speaking. As punishment for hunger striking he was moved to Israel’s remote G4S secured Negev prison in dessert. Caged in solitary confinement, he was denied personal possessions and adequate cloths and his family were denied permission to visit him. His health rapidly deteriorated and he has now been moved to Soroka hospital in Ber Sheeba (4th Oct 2015).

30 years old Skafi is from Al Khalil in the occupied West Bank. He has been imprisoned on five occasions having been caged for over 6 year in total. He has been on hunger strike several times, including the mass “Karameh” hunger strike in 2012. Skafi was tortured during interrogation and as a result suffers chronic pain in his joints and legs. Israel has denied him medical treatment for the wounds inflicted on him during torture.

Skafi has rejected Israel’s offer of release after 6 month renewed administrative detention. His demand is that his administrative detention not be renewed when it expires next month on 12th November, so its imperative that pressure be put on Israel now to release him before the next six month administrative detention order kicks in.

Please join us on Thursday 3pm outside G4S HQ to demand freedom for Suleiman Skafi; an end to Israel’s illegal practice of Administrative Detention; and to demand G4S end its complicity in Israel’s crimes against the prisoners.

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JazakAllah,

Abbas Ali

Palestinian Prisoners Campaign
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The Palestinian Prisoners Campaign aims to raise awareness for the plight of Palestinian prisoners and build solidarity for their struggle and work towards their freedom. The campaign was launched by Innovative Minds (inminds.com) and the Islamic Human Rights Commission (ihrc.org) on the occasion of Al Quds Day 2012 (on 17th August 2012), since then we have held actions every fortnight in support of Palestinian prisoners, if you can spare two hours twice a month then please join the campaign by coming to the next action.