Below are sample letters to the MPs in Brighton & Hove – use them as the basis for your own letter to protest about the continued appearance in our town of a shop selling products made on an illegal settlement in the West Bank, and labelling them ‘Made in Israel’. Thanks for your support. ————————————————————————————————————— …
ETHNIC CLEANSING IS NOT GREEN Sodastream’s healthy modern eco-image is meant to disguise the fact that it has set up its factory on land confiscated from Palestinians. The Israeli government gives them tax breaks and legal support to work there. For its part the company uses the Made in Israel label to hide the fact …
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Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign presents OVER THE WALL Film show followed by Q&A session with Directors, Cast and Crew Thursday 6th December 7.30 p.m. (Tea and coffee from 7 p.m.) Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Brighton The film documents the physical and emotional journey to Egypt and Palestine of a group of …
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At each of our weekly Saturday pickets of the Israeli Ecostream store in Western Road our numbers have continually increased, to the point where this past Saturday (10 November) there were upwards of 100 protesters, including proud Palestinian comrades visiting Brighton for a Jordan Valley Solidarity international conference. For photographs and up-to-date commentary, visit Tony …
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Friday 9 November There have been four disruptions of the Batsheva Dance Ensemble’s performance at Brighton Dome tonight. Over 70 people protested against the dance performance outside the venue while several people purchased tickets and protested inside the performance. Soon after the performance began shouts of ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘End the occupation’ rang out inside …
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Brighton and Hove PSC, together with a number of other local pro-Palestinian and antiracist groups, mounted a lively and effective picket of the new Ecostream store in Western Road in Brighton. The picket is a local manifestation of the international campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) targeting Israeli economic, cultural, academic and sporting activities, …
Read more “Israeli Shop Sodastream (Ecostream) Opens in Brighton to Large Picket”