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Days of Rage and Resistance on the streets with labour in France

Activists for justice in Palestine once again took to the streets in France alongside the labour movement fighting back against the Macron government’s pension reforms that aim to raise the retirement age, over the objection of 93% of working people in France. The movement has involved multiple one-day general strikes as well as mass manifestations throughout the country on Saturday, 11 February.

This date also coincided with the ongoing Days of Rage and Resistance, called for by the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement. In Toulouse, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra — a member of the Samidoun Network — joined the demonstration — which attracted over 100,000 people — affirming that “challenging the government and corporations here also means denouncing the French government’s unconditional support for Israeli apartheid and its privileged diplomatic, political and economic relations.”

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The Collectif displayed flags and banners calling for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea, and for the freedom of Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for the past 38 years. Speakers denounced the complicity of French companies, like Carrefour and Thales, in the colonization of Palestinian land.

Several contingents, especially the youth and student contingent, once again enthusiastically responded to the call of the Collectif’s stand by chanting for Palestine:

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Participants also took solidarity photos in order to denounce French state complicity with Israeli crimes. Over 40 Palestinians have been killed by occupation forces since the beginning of 2023, while the policies of ethnic cleansing and colonialism only escalate with the full support of imperialist powers, as recently witnessed in Macron’s welcome of Netanyahu in Paris. This came as part of the Days of Rage and Resistance, which highlighted the issue of complicity in the call to action: “These days aim to confront U.S., Canadian, British and European policies in support of Zionist colonialism, and confront the fascist and racist states and movements that work to cover up, justify and beautify Israeli crimes and colonialism throughout all of Palestine, from the river to the sea.”

Meanwhile, in Paris, Samidoun Paris Banlieue and other activists for Palestine joined with CAPJPO-EuroPalestine to take to the streets in the mass demonstration that filled the streets of the capital city.

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Participants waved Palestinian flags and banners calling for the liberation of Georges Abdallah. They chanted loudly: “Violences sionistes, violences sociales : même combat contre le capital” (Zionist violence, social violence: same fight against capital!” They also carried signs for the Days of Rage and Resistance highlighting French complicity in Israeli crimes.

These were not the only cities where the presence of Palestine was felt in the labour struggle. In Bordeaux, Tarbes, Saint-Etienne, Annecy, Grenoble, Marseille and elsewhere, participants carried banners for the liberation of Georges Abdallah and flew Palestinian flags, indicating once again that the Palestinian cause is a global symbol of the struggle to confront imperialism, colonialism, racism and all forms of injustice and exploitation.

Sheikh Khader Adnan on eighth day of hunger strike following detention by occupation forces

Palestinian leader and former long-term hunger striker, Sheikh Khader Adnan, is currently on hunger strike for the eighth day as of 12 February. He is being held in Al-Jalameh interrogation center, where he is being subjected to a harsh interrogation. The Salem military occupation court extended his detention until next Monday; he was seized by occupation forces on 5 February from his home in Arraba, Jenin. He immediately launched a hunger strike to reject his unjust arrest and detention.

During the invasion of his home by occupation soldiers, his belongings were damaged, his house vandalized and his family was threatened. Khader Adnan has been detained 12 times by occupation forces and spent 8 years in Israeli jails, mostly in administrative detention — imprisonment without charge or trial — or accused of membership in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.

He has launched five hunger strikes, including four to reject administrative detention, and participated in collective hunger strikes. His first hunger strike was in 2004, when he went on strike for 25 days to protest his isolation. Eight years later, in 2012, his 66-day hunger strike captured the attention of people in Palestine and around the world, as he challenged his administrative detention with no charge or trial and won his freedom. Adnan’s hunger strike helped to kick off a wave of individual and collective hunger strikes, particularly those challenging administrative detention.

In 2015, he again went on strike against his detention for 56 days and again in 2018 for 58 days. In 2021, he was once again arrested and ordered to administrative detention, and he went on hunger strike for 25 days. In each of these occasions, he was able to obtain his freedom and confront the jailer, breaking the chains of arbitrary administrative detention.

There are currently over 900 administrative detainees in Israeli occupation jails, among over 4,750 Palestinian political prisoners — meaning approximately one-fifth of all detained Palestinians are jailed without even the faintest appearance of justice — even though the Zionist military courts are also another form of rubber-stamp of military orders that convict over 99% of Palestinians.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses our strongest solidarity with Khader Adnan and all Palestinian prisoners struggling for freedom. We call for his immediate release and the release of all imprisoned Palestinians in Zionist, Palestinian Authority and imperialist jails. Khader Adnan is a symbol of Palestinian courage, steadfastness and commitment to the struggle for freedom; he has become an international symbol of prisoners’ resistance. We will organize until the prisoners are free — and until Palestine is free, from the river to the sea! 

Students show support for Palestine at climate occupation protest at Erasmus University Rotterdam

On February 7th and 8th, 2023, Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was rocked by on occupation of the primary university hall building by a large coalition of progressive students. The OCCUPY EUR movement demands that the university cut all ties with the fossil fuel industry, make the campus more accessible and tackle student debt. The development of the occupation showcases the state of the Erasmus as an institution where politics are discouraged while large companies that engage in the imperialist plunder of the global south are given free reign to conduct propaganda and recruit students for their companies.

Thus the Occupy movement resorted to militant action in defiance of the university board and their repressive countermeasures. The movement has been growing in numbers and determination since their previous occupation in January, when the board sent riot police to arrest activists after making false and empty promises about “dialogue.” This time more students flocked to the occupied hall building and unfurled banners criticizing the university board’s hypocrisy and profit-driven mindset. The movement sees itself as part of a global network of progressive student movements that confront the interests of fossil fuel companies and fight for climate justice.

Almost immediately the occupied space became a political space for young activists to expand their networks. As such the board attempted to intimidate the activists by trying to enforce demands about the course of the occupation. One such demand in clear violation of academic freedom and the right to protest was the demand to end the protest at 22:30. The students however, held their ground and awaited the police. Some chose to stay inside the building while other stood outside the entrance and held an improvised demonstration in solidarity. Even though it has been confirmed that the university board did call the police to have them arrested again, the police never showed up. As a result the occupation continued for a second day. On February 8th the board made clear that they would only discuss the demand of campus accessibility while refusing to acknowledge the other demands or even the very legitimacy of the occupation. Furthermore the right of protest was infringed again by declaring an arbitrary deadline of 19:00 to leave the building. When the deadline arrived the students exited the building with banners and chants while sending a crystal clear message: We will be back.

Samidoun Netherlands was also present at the occupation and spoke with numerous students about Palestine and the university’s ties with the Zionist entity. The overwhelming majority of the student movement expressed their clear support of Palestinian liberation from the river to the sea. Students took pictures with signs denouncing the ‘Israeli’ occupation and the university’s complicity with the occupation, including its promotion of exchange programs with Bar-Ilan University.

Samidoun supports the Occupy EUR movement and all students who wage a just struggle against criminal corporations and complicit university officials. We call on all students to recognize the struggle against the fossil fuel industry and its detrimental effect on the climate as a topic inherently interwoven with anti-imperialism and the colonization of Palestine. As Europe cuts ties with Russian gas, the fossil fuel industry is casting its greedy eyes on Palestine and its gas resources in besieged and steadfast Gaza. We will continue to support the Occupy EUR movement and their courageous efforts.

Samidoun Network announces the educational campaign: Over 30 Years – Pre-Oslo Prisoners

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“Deans of prisoners” is a term used by the Palestinian people for those who have been imprisoned by the Zionist occupation for more than 20 years continuously. Over the years, many Palestinian prisoners were liberated through prisoner exchange deals or other forms of political concession, such as those released in 1995 after the Oslo Accords; the prisoner exchange deal imposed by Hezbollah in 2004 with which 400 Palestinian prisoners were freed; the Wafa al-Ahrar prisoner exchange in 2011, where 1027 Palestinian prisoners were liberated in exchange for the release of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit captured by the resistance; or in 2013 when the occupation announced the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners coinciding with the return of the Palestinian Authority to negotiations and the continuation of its security coordination with the occupier under the terms of Oslo and its corollaries.

However, there are many prisoners who played leading roles in the Palestinian resistance and revolution, especially prisoners from the territories occupied in 1948, whom the occupation refuses to include in these deals because of “security concerns” or under the pretext that the prisoner holds the “Israeli” nationality, trying in vain to separate our Palestinian people from the occupied lands in 1948 from the rest of the Palestinian people.

With that, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network announces the start of an educational campaign about the 23 Palestinian prisoners who are languishing in enemy prisons since before the Oslo agreement. We will introduce three Palestinian prisoners every week and provide materials and posters that you can print and hang in your cities. Get involved and send your contributions to samidoun@samidoun.net

Mohammad Ahmad al-Tus (65 years old) – from al-Khalil

Mohammed Ahmad al-Tus is the longest-held Palestinian prisoner and one of the deans of the prisoners movement who is imprisoned since before the Oslo Accords. The occupation forces arrested him on 6/10/1985 in an ambush, where all his comrades were martyred, while Mohammad was seriously injured. He was charged with belonging to the Fateh movement and resisting the occupation within a military commando group, and was given multiple life sentences. He has now been imprisoned for 39 years. Mohammad is currently held in Ramon prison and suffers from severe health problems, most notably a fluid cyst in the kidneys, chronic stomach problems, and loss of half of the vision in his right eye due to deliberate medical negligence.

Ibrahim Nayef Hamdan Abu Mokh (63 years old) – from Baqa’a Al-Gharbiya in occupied Palestine 1948

Ibrahim Abu Mokh is imprisoned in the Negev desert prison. He was seized by occupation forces on 3/24/1986 on charges of capturing and killing an occupation soldier in the occupied city of Umm Khaled in early 1985, after receiving military training in PFLP bases in Syria, along with his comrades Rushdi Abu Mokh, Ibrahim Bayadseh and Walid Daqqa. He was sentenced to life in prison, then his sentence was set to 40 years, of which he has now spent 38 years. Abu Mokh suffers from leukemia which was worsened severely as a result of the policy of “slow death” — deliberate medical neglect — and the prison administration’s disregard for his life.

Walid Daqqa (61 years old) – from Baqa’a Al-Gharbiya in occupied Palestine 1948

Walid Daqqa is known as one of the most prominent thinkers and intellectuals of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement. He was seized by occupation forces on 3/25/1986 on charges of forming a commando cell and kidnapping and killing a Zionist soldier. He was initially sentenced to death, and later the sentence was commuted to 37 years in prison. The occupation added two years to his sentence in 2018, bringing him to 39 years, for smuggling mobile phones into prison.

Born in 1961 in Baqa’ al-Gharbiyya in occupied Palestine ’48, he has been imprisoned since 25 March 1986 along with Ibrahim Abu Mokh, Rushdi Abu Mokh and Ibrahim Bayadseh, for forming a military cell of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine that participated in a Palestinian resistance operation in 1985 in which an occupation soldier was captured and killed.

Once behind bars, he obtained a master’s degree in political science and wrote several books in the realm of political theory as well as fiction, including children’s fiction. On multiple occasions, he has faced harsh repression, including solitary confinement, especially targeted toward his expressive work. For example, Daqqa was thrown into solitary confinement when he published a new children’s book, “The Secret of Oil”; a launch event for the book in the town of Majd al-Kurum was shut down by far-right Israeli minister Aryeh Deri. In the preface to the book, Daqqa wrote, “I write until I am freed from prison, with the hope of freeing the prison from me.” This followed the defunding of a Haifa Palestinian theater that exhibited a play based on his work “Parallel Time.”

In the book, Daqqa tells an imaginative story about a child born through smuggled sperm, where Palestinian prisoners smuggle sperm to their wives to allow them to have children from behind bars. In 1999, Daqqa married Sana’ Salameh, even as he was behind bars, and in 2020, Sana’ gave birth to their daughter, Milad, conceived from Daqqa’s smuggled sperm.

Daqqa is in Ashkelon prison, and in recent years he has been subjected to severe medical neglect, with complete disregard for his life, and not allowing specialized doctors to examine him. In December 2022, it was revealed that he has myelofibrosis, a rare form of cancer, after initially being diagnosed with leukemia. He is continuing to fight to receive the treatment that he needs.

Mohammed Ahmed Al-Tus poster:

Ibrahim Abu Mokh poster:

Walid Daqqa poster:

Poster template

12 February, Vancouver: Banner Drop for Palestine

Sunday, Feb 12
12 Noon
Meet at Main and Prior
Vancouver, BC

As part of the global Days of Rage and Resistance called for by the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil), join Samidoun Vancouver for a banner drop for Palestine. We’ll drop banners, share information and highlight the ongoing Palestinian struggle for liberation and return, challenging Canadian complicity in ongoing Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity. Meet us at Main and Prior so we can set up banners and reach thousands of people with a visible message for Palestinian liberation!

Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Abu Ali dies in occupation prisons amid ongoing policy of medical neglect

On Friday, 10 February, Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Badr Abu Ali, 48, from Yatta, al-Khalil, lost his life inside the occupation’s Naqab desert prison, once again linked directly to the policy of medical neglect, delay and mistreatment to which the Palestinian prisoners are subjected to on an ongoing and systematic basis.

Abu Ali was transferred to Soroka Hospital in the dawn hours of 10 February after a serious deterioration in his health condition, with some reports indicating that he suffered a heart attack or stroke, and his transfer to the hospital was significantly delayed. He has been detained since 2012 and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. A married father of nine children, his parents both died while he was held behind bars, and he was denied the ability to attend their funerals or bid them farewell.

Abu Ali is one of a number of severely or chronically ill prisoners in the occupation prisons, suffering from many health problems. He underwent a heart catheterization surgery last year after ongoing delays from the prison administration. His health condition worsened since 2022 and he was discovered to have an irregular heartbeat and highly symptomatic diabetes.

There are over 600 ill prisoners in the occupation prisons, including 60 with severe disease of various types and 24 suffering from cancer.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the martyred prisoner Ahmad Abu Ali and extends our condolences to his family and the Palestinian people on this latest crime of the Zionist occupation. He is the 235th Palestinian prisoner whose life has been taken inside the occupation prisons, including at least 75 due to the ongoing policy of medical neglect, negligence and abuse.

We further demand the immediate release of the martyred prisoner’s body, noting that multiple Palestinian prisoners and martyrs continue to be imprisoned after death in the morgues of the occupation, as a form of collective punishment targeting the families and communities of the prisoners and the entire Palestinian people. 

We further emphasize the full responsibility of the occupation and its backers, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, the British government and European governments, for the ongoing and systematic crimes against the Palestinian prisoners, including the policy of slow killing and medical neglect, part and parcel of the ongoing Nakba targeting the Palestinian people.  

 

Barcelona suspends twinning with Tel Aviv and all institutional relationships with Israel

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the popular movement and the people of Barcelona on the occasion of the Mayor of Barcelona’s announcement that all institutional relations with Israeli apartheid, including the Catalan capital’s twinning with Tel Aviv, will be suspended. We praise Mayor Ada Colau for taking this important step forward, a step that has come after years of work, organizing and dedicated action by many organizations, coalitions and thousands of residents of the city.

The twinning agreement between Barcelona and Tel Aviv had been in place since 1998. In the official announcement of the suspension of the relationship in a letter to Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Barcelona Mayor stated: “As Mayor of Barcelona, a Mediterranean city and defender of human rights, I cannot be indifferent to the systematic violation of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian population. It would be a severe mistake to apply a policy of double standards and turn a blind eye to a violation that has been, for decades, widely verified and documented by international organisations.”

In the letter, Colau specifically notes that this action comes in response to an official petition by 100 social organizations and thousands of residents under the slogan “Barcelona says NO to Apartheid, Barcelona says YES to human rights.” She emphasized the widespread support by human rights organizations for considering the Israeli regime to be an apartheid state, as well as a June 2022 Catalonian Parliament resolution.

The announcement today is a clear and resounding victory for the supporters of justice in Palestine who have been and continue to mobilize for the international isolation of the Israeli state as a settler-colonial, racist project that has oppressed the Palestinian people and dispossessed them of their land for the past 75 years, with the full complicity of imperialist powers internationally. It is a testament to the tireless work of many and the broad support for the Palestinian people from social movements, anti-racist campaigners, women’s organizations, labour organizations and wide sectors of society, and a strong victory for anti-racist and anti-colonial organizing.

At the same time, a temporary suspension of relations is an important step, but not enough: Barcelona should and must go further to completely sever relations with the illegitimate settler-colonial project.

This important achievement in Barcelona is also a clarion call to municipalities around the world, particularly in Europe and in other countries where “twinning” or “sistership” with Israeli cities have been a common route to promote Zionist propaganda and normalization at the expense of the Palestinian people. “Twinning” relationships of this type are a form of complicity in the Israeli occupation regime, its war crimes, crimes against humanity and the ongoing Nakba against the Palestinian people.

In particular, we note the campaign of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra in Toulouse for an end to the Toulouse-Tel Aviv twinning relationship. The right-wing mayor of Toulouse continues to attempt to suppress Palestine organizing in the city, condemns Amnesty International for reporting on Israeli apartheid and promotes twinning with Tel Aviv.

However, this important news from Barcelona must compel progressive municipal officials, city council members and organizations to take action — in Toulouse and everywhere — and stand for an end to this ongoing municipal complicity with apartheid, settler colonialism and occupation.

The labour and social struggle in France, confronting the pension cuts: Palestine is present!

Throughout the cities and towns of France, mass mobilizations, one-day general strikes and ongoing labour actions have mobilized tens and hundreds of thousands to take to the streets to defend labour rights against the pension “reform” plan that aims to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 and increase the number of years a person must work in order to earn a full pension. The proposed measures are rejected by 93% of working people in France.

The trade union movement has made clear that it will not allow the crisis of French capitalism and imperialism to be resolved on the backs of working people. As three mass strikes have taken to the streets since 19 January 2023, these mobilizations have not been limited entirely to domestic concerns. Anti-imperialist organizers, including Palestine liberation campaigners, have been involved and present in the strikes across France.

The Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, has been involved in supporting all three strike days, and throughout that time, trade unionists, youth and labour organizers have also made clear that they recognize that Palestine is a workers’ and social justice issue.

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On 7 February, hundreds of students marching in the youth and student march as part of the general strike that day in Toulouse which brought nearly 80,000 people to the streets, expressed their support for Palestine as they passed the stand of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, which distributed thousands of leaflets denouncing French complicity with the Israeli occupation.

In Tarbes, the Collectif 65 pour la libération de Georges Abdallah joined the demonstrations, calling for the liberation of Palestine and of Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 38 years.

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Many participants in Toulouse also expressed their support for the immediate release of Georges Abdallah and participated in a solidarity photo campaign for the longest-held political prisoner in Europe.

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Amid the strike action, Collectif Vacarme(s) Films, the directors of “Fedayin: Georges Abdallah’s Fight“, have made the film freely available for organizations hosting events to benefit strike funds, along with other films focusing on Palestine and liberation struggles.

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Solidarity initiatives with Palestine were also present in Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy, Marseille and Rennes. This built upon the mobilization of 31 January, which also drew 80,000 to the streets in Toulouse alone and elicited wide support for Palestine from workers and youth visiting the stand of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra.

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In addition to displaying flags and banners for Palestine and Georges Abdallah, activists also highlighted the role of French corporations in complicity with the Israeli occupation, including the recent expansion of the Carrefour Group in occupied Palestine, in particular in multiple illegal settlements in Palestine’s West Bank.

Demonstrators expressed their solidarity with Jenin after the massacre that was committed by the occupation forces killing 9 Palestinians, and several contingents in the mass march took up slogans for Palestine as they passed by the outreach table.

During all of these actions, which began on 19 January, the Collectif has issued a statement highlighting the links between the workers’ struggle in France and the Palestinian cause:

Why are we advocating for Palestine in the mobilization to protect pensions? Fighting for social justice is also supporting the Palestinian people!

In Palestine, Israeli colonization continues with ever increasing violence. Israel’s newly elected far-right government has made clear its intentions to further intensify the policy of ethnic cleansing that began 75 years ago with the Nakba. It has also declared its aim to intensify the repression against any form of Palestinian resistance to the occupation. The message sent is clear.

Also evident is the complicity of the French government in the situation in Palestine. But let’s not forget the increasingly important role of employers and corporations in supporting colonialism!

For example, the Carrefour Group has decided to set up in settlements in the West Bank and the French arms dealer Thalès is collaborating with the Israeli company Elbit Systems in the production of weapons of war (including drones). We should also mention the companies Veolia and Alstom which have actively participated in the development of metro lines to the settlements surrounding Jerusalem.

The French government and employers are defending their interests here by attacking social gains and there, in Palestine, by trampling on the legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people against the occupation! Winning the battle for pensions is striking a major blow against this complicity!

Fighting the government and employers here also means denouncing the French government’s unconditional support for Israeli apartheid and its privileged diplomatic, political and economic relations. It also means denouncing the continuous crimes against the Palestinian people!

Solidarity is mutual aid in the common fight!
Let us develop the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist struggle everywhere!

 

 

Supporters of Palestine confront war criminal Netanyahu’s visit in Paris

Photo: Audrey MG

From 2 to 5 February 2023, Israeli war criminal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was hosted in Paris by the French government. On this occasion, he met French President Emmanuel Macron as well as figures from the business sector and representatives of organizations that aim to fight the growing movement to boycott Israel in France. Faced with this renewed collaboration with the Israeli war criminal regime, various mobilizations have been organized by supporters of justice in Palestine in Paris. On the evening of Thursday, 2 February, activists from the Boycott Apartheid Israel – Paris Banlieue Collective, AFPS Paris 14-6 and Paris Sud, Samidoun Paris Banlieue, the French Jewish Union for Peace and CAPJPO-EuroPalestine organized a spontaneous rally at the Invalides, carrying signs and banners: “From Gaza to Jenin, long live Palestinian resistance” and “Stop collaboration with the criminal Israeli state” . 

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On Saturday afternoon, 4 February, CAPJPO-EuroPalestine organized a rally in the heart of downtown Paris to denounce the arrival of Netanyahu and to affirm clear support for the legitimate resistance of the Palestinian people in the face of colonialism, occupation and apartheid. Bringing together several hundred people, various organizations were also present, in particular the Collective Boycott Apartheid Israel – Paris Banlieue , the Association of Palestinians in Île-de-France, Samidoun Paris Banlieue, sections of the AFPS, Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre and the NPA Paris.

 

Photo credit: Audrey MG

For several hours, the demonstrators chanted pro-Palestinian slogans like “Palestine will live, fascism will not pass,” paid tribute to the martyrs of Jenin and all of Palestine and denounced the complicity of the French government with the Israeli occupation. Olivia Zémor of EuroPalestine particularly denounced the recent cancellation of a conference in Lyon with Franco-Palestinian lawyer and former political prisoner forcibly deported from his homeland, Salah Hamouri, following pressure from far-right Zionist organizations and even from the Interior Ministry. Faced with this new attack on freedom of expression, she emphasized that an action was organized in Lyon to highlight the reality of the occupation, in particular mass imprisonment and extra-judicial executions.

Photo: Audrey MG

A young activist from EuroPalestine also emphasized the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance, including armed and popular resistance, in confronting Israeli State terrorism. He ended his speech by chanting “Long live the resistance of the Palestinian people!” Another young woman took the floor to call for the intensification of the boycott of Israel as one of our weapons to fight the colonial economy, in particular urging the boycott of TEVA, PUMA and Carrefour. The gathering continued with other interventions, such as that of the Collectif BAI – PB, then concluded with a dabké dance paying homage to the immense richness of Palestinian culture.

Photo: Audrey MG

The next day, a huge banner was unfurled in downtown Paris where it read “Israel assassin, Macron complice” (Israel is the assassin, Macron complicit) to denounce the intensified complicity of France with the Israeli occupation.

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Samidoun Paris Banlieue warmly thanks all the people who have supported and engaged during these activities and underlines the importance of building a broad and united mobilization to face the major challenges ahead. As the Israeli far right regime increases its attacks against the Palestinian people, we must intensify our support for the resistance until the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea. To participate in our activities and find all of our actions and mobilizations, do not hesitate to contact us on our social networks (Instagram,  Facebook,  Twitter) or by email at  parisbanlieue@samidoun.net

7 February, Ann Arbor: The Struggle for Black and Palestinian Liberation – Political Prisoners

Tuesday, 7 February
7 pm
Union Anderson Rm D
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLCbCEvMiG/

First event for Palestine Awareness Week is coming up!! Check out the event description below!

In this event, political prisoners are highlighted as freedom fighters as we discuss their strive towards liberation. Political prisoners have endured unethical means of suffering and have found ways to resist in both Palestine and Turtle Island (North America). While looking into the US Prison Industrial Complex and Israeli prisons, join us as we discuss the importance of collective liberation, build solidarity with Black and Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for freedom, and
the interconnected struggles between marginalized communities.

This event is happening in person but there is a virtual option as well. To receive the link for the virtual live stream please check out the link.

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