UNRESTRICTED MEDIA RELEASE 25 MAY 2018 Brighton to host a boat from the 2018 Freedom Flotilla to Gaza 5-8 June Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign, together with the international Freedom Flotilla Coalition, are very pleased to announce that Brighton will be hosting one of the boats sailing from Scandinavia to Gaza this summer. Like …
The UK is complicit in Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights through our arms trade. Despite the illegality of Israel’s occupation and apartheid system, the UK is one of the main arms exporters to Israel as well as a major purchaser of Israeli weapons and weapon technology. The chain of complicity extends to various corporate …
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A new petition has been posted on the UK government website, calling on the government to impose an immediate two-way arms embargo between the UK and Israel. Follow this link to sign online. Once the petition has been signed by 10,000 people the government is required to respond. Palestinian civil society has called on the …
We were fortunate enough to welcome Haim to Brighton on the 12th of April. He enlightened us with his talk the history of the so-called ‘left’ in Israel. Many in the audience were so inspired by Haim’s talk that they asked for links to his website, and to related websites. The links are provided below, …
Today (April 5) Palestinians prepare for a second Friday of mass demonstrations in what Palestinians are calling the “Great March of Return”. A total of 22 Palestinians have died on Gaza’s border since the protests were launched – 17 were shot by Israeli soldiers on Friday, two others killed in shelling, and two more have died …
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The Argus ran a story this afternoon about a security crisis at Hove Town Hall. The Argus reported that the City Council and local police were concerned about the threat posed by ‘a planned pro-Palestine protest’ to the lighting of the Chanukah Menorah – so concerned in fact that the ceremony had to be held …
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