RIF2011 Event: PALESTINE: A People in Resistance.

October 20th, 2011 • Events, News
Tags: 2011, Barnard-Boecker Foundation Centre, Events, festival, free, reading, Reading International Festival, risc, Steven Sizer, Theresa Wolfwood

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Monday 24th October 2011 @ 7.30pm

PALESTINE: A People in Resistance.

Don’t miss this powerful and moving presentation of a story of non violent resistance and the amazing resilience of a people who live daily under Israeli occupation by Theresa Wolfwood. Theresa is Director of the Barnard-Boecker Foundation Centre in Canada and a longstanding human rights activist. She has over the years built up deep contacts in all areas of Palestinian society, in the villages and cities of the West Bank to the refugee camps of Lebanon and Jordan. Often at the cutting edge of that resistance, she has been tear gassed and threatened by Israeli soldiers.

7.30pm Monday 24th October 2011 – Room 3, RISC (Above Global Cafe), 35- 39 London Street, RG1 4PS.

Free Entrance. A Joint RISC/Reading Palestine Solidarity Campaign Event.

Join us for the Reading International Festival 2011!

September 29th, 2011 • Events, News
Tags: 2011, Barnard-Boecker Foundation Centre, Events, festival, free, reading, Reading International Festival, risc, Steven Sizer, Theresa Wolfwood

We’re happy to announce two FREE events as part of the Reading International Festival 2011!

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Wednesday 19 October 2011 @ 7.45pm

THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT: A Christian Perspective

A free talk by the Reverend Dr Stephen Sizer, author and frequent visitor to the Middle East discussing the negative roll of the USA on the Israeli/Palestine peace process. He will discuss the negative and perverse way these beliefs distort the American political understanding of the Israeli/Palestine conflict. The Reverend Stephen Sizer is a leading expert on Christian Zionism especially in the USA.

7.45pm Wednesday 19th October 2011 – Large Hall, RISC (Above Global Cafe), 35 – 39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS

Refreshments, Palestinian Fairtrade Goods And Handicrafts Will Be Available.

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Click to download the flyer

Monday 24th October 2011 @ 7.30pm

PALESTINE: A People in Resistance.

Don’t miss this powerful and moving presentation of a story of non violent resistance and the amazing resilience of a people who live daily under Israeli occupation by Theresa Wolfwood. Theresa is Director of the Barnard-Boecker Foundation Centre in Canada and a longstanding human rights activist. She has over the years built up deep contacts in all areas of Palestinian society, in the villages and cities of the West Bank to the refugee camps of Lebanon and Jordan. Often at the cutting edge of that resistance, she has been tear gassed and threatened by Israeli soldiers.

7.30pm Monday 24th October 2011 – Room 3, RISC (Above Global Cafe), 35- 39 London Street, RG1 4PS.

Free Entrance. A Joint RISC/Reading Palestine Solidarity Campaign Event.

FILM: Death in Gaza – Free Screening

July 1st, 2011 • Events, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: Basingstoke Activist Film Group, Death in Gaza, free, QMC, screening

Our friends at Basingstoke Activist Film Group will be showing the “Death in Gaza” this Saturday. A harrowing, Emmy award-winning, documentary that portrays the horror of conflict.

The film opens in the West Bank, moving to Gaza and eventually Rafah. It concentrates on 3 children (Ahmed, Mohammed and Najla), concluding with the tragic death of its director, James Miller.

Admission is FREE + free cake & homemade lemonade! To be followed by Q&A and discussion with BAFG and PSC.

Saturday 2nd July @ 10.30am – 1.30pm

Queen Mary’s College, Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke, RG21 3HF

(look out for BAFG members at the QMC Reception)

*The film is rated 15, so may not be suitable for a young audience.

Send Free Text Messages to Gaza & West Bank

March 15th, 2010 • News
Tags: free, gaza, google, sms, text message, west bank

Following Google’s August 2009 launch of Google.ps, Palestine now joins the US, Israel & Ghana as countries where you can send SMS text messages for free. The available networks:

Palestinian Territories: Jawwal & Wataniya Mobile
Ghana: MTN, Zain, Tigo, Kasapa
Israel: Pelephone and Orange
United States: All operators

So, if your friends and/or family are on Jawwal or Wataniya Mobile, login to your Gmail/Googlemail account and try sending using the format: +970 xx xxxxxxx

NOTE: if you don’t see the ‘Send SMS’ option in your Gmail/Chat window, you will need to goto Settings > Labs and enable the “Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat” feature first.

Sending and receiving SMS from Gmail is free but the recipient will be charged the standard rate when replying to the message.