Until someone is able to visit Yatma again activities of Hastings Friends of Yatma are reduced.
Lots of activities at Hastings Palestine Solidarity, however! Here’s their May Newsletter:
http://www.hastingspalestinecampaign.org/newsletter_may2014.html
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A former head of Israel’s Shin Bet,Israel’s security agency, recently said that Israel doesn’t want to stop the price tag attacks that have terrorised the residents of Yatma and Palestinian communities throughout the West Bank. Carmi Gillon’s comments at a cultural event were reported in Jerusalem Post. He said that Shin Bet could stop the attacks if it wanted (presumably as criticism of the present administration). His comments were echoed by former head of Mossad, Shabtai Shavit.
‘Price Tag’ attacks are carried out by extremist Israeli settlers typically when the Israeli government does something they don’t like. For the most part the victims are Palestinians, although occasionally the extremists target Israeli government property. Attacks are often arson attacks against cars, spray painted walls, slashed tires, burned olive trees, uprooted crops. Yatma and the area south of Nablus have been plagued by these attacks, and the Israeli occupation forces have rarely done anything to identify the attackers. (In a rare exception, Israeli police recently arrested several people from the settlement of Yitzhar, which is just a few kilometres from Yatma).
Olive trees destroyed in ‘Price Tag’ attacks
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Palestine Solidarity activists set up a ‘Separation Barrier’ near the underpass in Hastings Town Centre on Saturday, to draw attention the the apartheid policies and human rights abuses of the Israeli government.
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Saturday May 3rd. We will be building a mini replica of the Apartheid Wall, a bit like street theatre, performance art even! The plan is to raise awareness of the daily restrictions to the freedom of movement endured by the Palestinians We will be setting up from 10.30, to start at 11.00. At the ‘tunnel’ (Sports Direct).
Please come along to support, heckle, paint slogans – do whatever you want to do – the more the merrier. This is part of Five Days in May.
This is the article about the event in the Hastings Online Times, with useful background information about the wall: Not The West Bank Wall: Permits available.
‘Bethlehem Unwrapped’ in Central London was the last time anyone built a replica of the Apartheid Wall in the UK. We aren’t quite in the same league!: they spent 8 months planning, 8 days building and a cost of several thousands. Here’s ‘Bethlehem Unwrapped’
A packed meeting at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings, heard from freelance journalist Yousef Al-Helou, who gave a comprehensive presentation of the situation in Gaza, its history, and an evaluation of the present day state of affairs. We were told how everyday life is affected by the blockade. Yousef described Gaza as the world’s largest prison.
The meeting started with the film “ Children In Chains”, detailing the abuse of Palestinian children in the Israeli military system. As Palestine Prisoner Day fell during the week, the meeting included the theme of political prisoners. The meeting was organised jointly by the Hastings Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Hastings Against War.
Yousef has worked with a wide range of media outlets including the BBC, CBC Radio Canada, Reuters Institute, Maan News Network and Real News among many others. At the meeting, he showed 3 of his reports for Real News. The last one showed how a growing number of Gazans are using social media to get the facts out to wider audience. This film, and a description of Yousef’s work is here: Gazans Use Social Media to Break Media Silence
Saturday 10 May. 12.00 – 14.00. To publicise our next meeting “Al Nakba,” and to promote solidarity work generally, we’ll be setting up a stall in the town centre.
Please come and support us, even if you can make it only for a while.
A full house at the Jenny Lind to commemorate Robert Tressell 100 years after the publication of ‘the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ on Saturday 26 April. There were several acts, with David Rovics from Portland, Oregon top of the bill. We had a series of “ rousing 5 minute speeches” before each set, from Hastings against War, World Development Movement, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, 5 Days in May and (of course!) Hastings PSC. Here’s our Palestine in 5 minutes. Tell us what you think.
The evening was a great success. David Rovics comes over like a breath of fresh air. All credit to Tony Street for organising.
All Aboard the Mavi Marmara – David Rovics
Al-Taiba: Occupation’s Daily Reality Check
Checkpoints and Other Barriers
Crushed to Death at an Israeli Checkpoint (January 2014)
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Abe Hayeem explains the significance of RIBA’s recent decision to boycott the Israeli Association of United Architects.
Article here: Boycotting the architects of Israel’s occupation
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A boat which planned to break the siege of Gaza was attacked in Gaza City port.
Article here: Gaza’s Ark project attacked with explosives
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Article here: Secret London meeting to plan battle against Israel boycott
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Video from the Apartheid Eventures series: Fields of Apartheid
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Article here: Europe’s largest teachers’ union endorses Israel boycott call
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