New flyers are available for local printing
The most effective way to change someone's opinion is to talk face-to-face. Handing out printed flyers wherever you can find the opportunity is the simplest way to engage the minds of the people who are going to change the Israeli Problem.
Woody Allen said, "Eighty percent of sucess is showing up." Here's your chance. Download your favorite flyer here and take it to a local copy shop. Show up at a political event. Show up where you worship. Show up where you teach. Show up on the street.
Sling Shot Hip Hop in Grandview Park Sept 3rd
Slingshot Hip Hop documentary braids together the stories of young Palestinians
living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop
and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and
poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms
and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing
the borders that separate them.
More Bil'in arrests of non-violent protesters
From: ISM Media Group <media@palsolidarity.org>
Date: August 3, 2009
Take action against suppression of Palestinian non-violent resistance in Bil'in
Reply-To: palsolidarity+owner@googlegroups.com
At about 3:00 on today, a large military force wearing combat paint and masks invaded the West Bank village of Bil'in. Israeli soldiers raided several homes, arresting two Palestinian children, five Palestinian adults including Mohammad Khatib of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements.
BDS 1, Veolia 0
If you haven't met Sid Shniad you've at least read his posts. And if you haven't read his posts, now's your chance. Sid is a one-man news wire who, every day, surprises us with unexpected, often very encouraging reports about Palestine. You'll bee seeing more of Sid here.
Sid sends this recent item from Omar Barghouti of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
------ from Omar Barghouti of Palestine Solidarity Campaign ---------------------------------
Facts on the ground -- Bil'in's ground
Human Rights lawyer Emily Schaeffer is in Vancouver this week answering
our questions about the village of Bil'in, about the lawsuit she is conducting
against two Canadian corporations, and what life can be like for her
firm's clients in The Occupied West Bank and Gaza. Dina El-Kassaby and Fatemah Meghji of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights listen to Emily's descriptions.
Ghettoizing Palestine - Massacring Gaza
A SERIES OF PUBLIC FORUMS WITH JEFF HALPER
January 28th-30th
Wednesday, January 28 – 7 p.m.
Unitarian Church, 49th & Oak St, Vancouver
Suggested donation $10, no-one turned away
Friday, January 30 – 5 p.m.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre ( Main Library), Room 182
Sponsored by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)
Suggested donation $10, no-one turned away
Friday, January 30 - 8 p.m.
Masjid Al-Salaam Mosque
5060 Canada Way (East of Sperling), Burnaby
Free Underground Parking
Donations appreciated
Surrey Rally to End the Siege on Gaza and Protest Israeli War Crimes
Saturday, January 17, 2009
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Holland Park, 13428 Old Yale Rd, Surrey
Right Across King George Sky Train Station
On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=69572879128
Please come out this Saturday January 17th to join with the diverse communities in Surrey who are organizing a rally in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Gaza. With the ground invasion starting this week and a growing number of fatalities, our ongoing support for the people of Palestine - along with millions of other people of conscience worldwide - is critical.
End the Siege of Gaza!
THIRD VANCOUVER RALLY TO PROTEST ISRAELI WAR CRIMES IN GAZA
Saturday Jan 10 at 1 pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
For more info email vancouver.gazaprotest@gmail.com
Nearly 1000 people came out in the rain, sleet and snow in Vancouver on Monday December 29th to show solidarity with the people of Gaza. With the continued escalation of the ground invasion and the number of dead in Gaza now over 600, our ongoing support for the people of Palestine - together with millions of other people of conscience demonstrating worldwide - is critical.
Talking Points and Background on the Gaza Crisis
From the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
http://www.caiaweb.org/
* Gaza is the world's largest open-air prison. 1.5 million residents are packed into an area 45 km long x 10 km wide, while Israel controls Gaza's air space and borders. Over 80% of the population are refugees denied their legal Right to Return to the homes and lands from which they were expelled in 1948. Israel also illegally restricts Palestinian freedom of movement into and out of Gaza. For example, in August 2008, Israel denied three Gazan Fulbright Scholars their basic right to education by having their American entry visas revoked.
