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To Shoot an Elephant
January 22nd, 2010 • Awareness, Events, Film & Documentary
Tags: cast lead, documentary, film, gaza, screening, to shoot, to shoot an elephant
We have produced a version with enhanced subtitles: click here to download (468mb)
ei interview with Ewa Jasiewicz: “We are all complicit”
If you missed the film or would like to share the film with others, the filmmakers have made it available on DVD & to download free here…
Thanks to all those that attended the Jan 21 screening in Reading!
“…afterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant. The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing. Besides, legally I had done the right thing, for a mad elephant has to be killed, like a mad dog, if it’s owner fails to control it”. – George Orwell defined a way of witnessing Asia that still remains valid.
To shoot an Elephant, a film by Alberto Arce and Mohammed Rujaila, is an eyewitness account from the Gaza strip during the Israeli embargo. The film shot between December 25 2008 and January 16 2009, 21 days of urgent, insomniac dirty shuddering images from the only foreigners who decided and managed to stay in Gaza, embedded with the ambulance workers who pick up the wounded and dead from the streets. Read more »
Loss of Innocence: Children’s Artwork from Gaza
January 16th, 2010 • 1 comment Events, News
Tags: art, children, event, exhibition, gaza, library, reading
Thanks to all those that visited the exhibition Reading! Let your friends and family know that they can see it at:
- 19-31 Jan: Oxford Town Hall
- 1-14 Feb: Sherborne Abbey
- 15-28 Feb: Sherborne School
‘Loss of Innocence’ Gaza children’s artwork is an exhibition of paintings and drawings done by children in Gaza following the 22 day Israeli military operation called ‘Operation Cast Lead’ in early 2009. Read more »
I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother
January 13th, 2010 • 2 comments Events, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: brother, london, play, young vic, yusuf
A play by Amir Nizar Zuabi
Before it happened I didn’t know those people existed. Now I’m not certain that we do…
I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother
Direct from a tour of Palestinian villages in Israel and the West Bank, a powerful story of life in 1948 at the moment of ‘the catastrophe’.
1948. The British Mandate is ending. The United Nations votes on who will control what part of Palestine …
Ali is in love with Nada but her father won’t let them marry because his brother Yusuf is ‘odd’.
War begins. The villagers become refugees. The secret that kept Ali and Nada apart is revealed.
19 January 2010 – 6 February 2010 @ Young Vic Theatre, London (map) – Tickets £10-15 or call 020 7922 2923
From the frontline, a poetic exploration of loyalty and love by the director of Alive from Palestine ‘an astonishing testament to the power of theatre.’ (5-stars, The Guardian review)
Plus, a special event at St John’s Waterloo on Monday 01 February 2010:
The Role of Theatre in Conflict & War
Amir Nizar Zuabi, director of I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother, will talk about his experiences of writing and making theatre in Galilee and the West Bank. There will be a question and answer session with Amir Nizar Zuabi and Young Vic artistic director David Lan.
Vigil at Israeli Embassy in London
December 28th, 2009 • Action, Events
Tags: embassy, gaza, israel, london, PSC, stop the war, vigil
The vigil organised by PSC and Stop the War held outside the Israeli Embassy in London went ahead yesterday. Here are a couple of videos from the street:
Interview with UK MP Jeremy Corbyn
Interview with supporters.
Launch of Historic Palestine Kairos Document
December 13th, 2009 • Events, News
Tags: amos trust, history, Just Peace for Palestine, Kairos, palestine, press release
LAUNCH OF HISTORIC PALESTINE KAIROS DOCUMENT BY PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN LEADERS
JERUSALEM/LONDON, 8 DECEMBER 2009
Call by Palestinian Christians for a just peace inspired by anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa
- 11 December 2009 is the launch of the Palestinian Kairos document, “A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering”.
- 15 senior inter-denominational Palestinian Christian leaders co-author this historic call, 24 years after South African theologians published their Kairos Document.
- Christian initiative calls the Israeli occupation a “sin”, urges Western Church to “stand alongside” the “oppressed”, including use of boycott and disinvestment.
As Christmas approaches, the Western Church looks towards Bethlehem and remembers not just the events of 2,000 years ago, but also today’s ‘little town’ and the Palestinian Christians living under Israeli occupation.
Read more »
Gaza Freedom March
December 8th, 2009 • Action, Events
Tags: codepink, gaza, march
Gaza Freedom March
CODEPINK and other groups are organising a march on December 31 to the Gaza border:
- On December 31 the coalition is mobilizing an international contingent of over 1,000 people from over 40 countries for a nonviolent march alongside Palestinians in Gaza to end the illegal blockade and mark the fact that is has been one year since the Israeli attack.
Get more info at gazafreedommarch.org
Viva Palestina Convoy in the News
November 30th, 2009 • Comments Off Action, Events, News
Tags: convoy, gaza, tony, viva palestina
Local Newspaper Article
Tony from Reading PSC will be part of the 3rd Viva Palestina Convoy setting off from London on Sunday December 6th expecting to arrive in Gaza on Sunday December 27th – one year after Operation Cast Lead began.
We’ll be tracking the Convoy’s progress along the route here…
The Friends of Wadi Fuqeen Christmas Stall
November 23rd, 2009 • Events
Tags: Christmas, Events, The Friends of Wadi Fuqeen
The Friends of Wadi Fuqeen Stall
The Friends of Wadi Fuqeen sub-committee will be taking the stall selling fairtrade Palestinian handicrafts and foodstuffs to two further events in the run up to Christmas.
Newbury: Saturday, 28 November – 10am to 3pm – Newbury Fairtrade Christmas event at Newbury Library, The Wharf [map]
Caversham
Saturday, 12 December 2009 – 11am to 4pm
Christmas fayre at Church House, Caversham, Reading [map]
If you can help on the stall, email info@wadifuqeenfriends.com to get put on the rota. Volunteering just entails talking to people and taking money for the items, which are all priced up in advance. If you can spare an hour or two, it would be very much appreciated.
Israel’s Occupation of Palestine: Who profits and who doesn’t
November 18th, 2009 • Comments Off Events
Tags: LSE, meeting, occupation, oxfam, profits, PSC
Public Meeting @ LSE
19 November 2009 18:30
Location: London School of Economics, Clement House, Room D602
Speakers: Dr Dalit Baum – Who Profits & Salwa Alenat – Kav LaOved
Dr. Dalit Baum teaches Gender and the Global Economy at the Haifa University and Beit Berl college in Israel, and coordinates the ‘Who Profits from the Occupation’ project in the Coalition of Women for Peace. A feminist anti-occupation activist, she has been a co-founder of Black Laundry, the Community School for Women and the Coalition of Women for Peace.
In her talk she would discuss the grassroots research initiative “Who Profits” www.whoprofits.org, present its mapping of corporate involvement in the occupation, and tell the story of specific discoveries and challenges in on-going campaigns.
Salwa Alenat works for Kav LaOved (Worker’s Hotline), a nonprofit non governmental organisation committed to protecting the rights of disadvantaged workers employed in Israel and by Israelis in the Occupied Territories, including Palestinians, migrant workers, subcontracted workers and new immigrants. Kav LaOved is committed to principles of democracy, equality and international law concerning human and social rights. http://www.kavlaoved.org.il/default_eng.asp
Organised by LSE Student Union. Supported by Oxfam GB and PSC.
Nearest Underground: Holborn and Temple Tube — For more information: ayahijazi@googlemail.com
TV: Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby
November 15th, 2009 • Events
Tags: channel 4, israel, lobby, politics, tv, uk
Channel 4: Monday November 16, 2009 @ 8pm
Dispatches investigates one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in Britain, which is working in support of the interests of the State of Israel.
Despite wielding great influence among the highest realms of British politics and media, little is known about the individuals and groups which collectively are known as the pro-Israel lobby.
Political commentator Peter Oborne sets out to establish who they are, how they are funded, how they work and what influence they have, from the key groups to the wealthy individuals who help bankroll the lobbying.
He investigates how accountable, transparent and open to scrutiny the lobby is, particularly in regard to its funding and financial support of MPs.
The pro-Israel lobby aims to shape the debate about Britain’s relationship with Israel and future foreign policies relating to it.
Oborne examines how the lobby operates from within parliament and the tactics it employs behind the scenes when engaging with print and broadcast media.
