Over 100 people turned up to protest against the creation of Apartheid Israel. The Balfour declaration was signed 100 years ago and led to a catastrophe for the Palestinian people. More pictures here.
Manchester – Balfour
A group of Zionists wanted to celebrate 100 years since the Balfour Declaration. We believe that the creation of a new Apartheid state is nothing to celebrate. A group of us went from Sheffield. One of our sisters fell and broke some bones in her wrist and shoulder. Our thoughts are with her. We wish her a full recovery.
Join us this Friday 3rd November 5pm Sheffield Railway station. Bring a light.
The Healing Project Khuza
On Wednesday 18th October about 100 people came to the Appeal Launch of the Healing Centre Project Khuza at Sheffield Town Hall. Thanks to The Lord Mayor Anne Murphy, Angela Martin for the film Small Park big Run, the Socialist choir, and for the groups that raised the huge amount of money, especially Yemeni women, who have made this launch possible.
The Balfour Declaration “a Jewish perspective”
On Monday 23rd October about 70 people heard Robert Cohen, blogger and dissident, to talk about the impact of the Balfour declaration. 
It was a stimulating and inspiring talk. The lively discussions went on till the building had to be closed. The meeting was supported by Kairos and Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
One Hundred Years Since the Balfour Declaration
The Israelis want to celebrate Britain giving away someone else’s land. We want to demand justice for the Palestinians. Telephone 07415251055 for ticket. 8 am Paternoster Row Saturday 4th November
Appeal Launch of a new Trauma Centre in Gaza
The Appeal Launch of the Khuza’a Gaza Trauma Centre
7 PM Wednesday 18 October – Sheffield Town Hall – First Floor
Hosted by the mayor of Sheffield- Councillor Anne Murphy
Balfour centenary season dates – debating its legacy and significance
Sheffield PSC are putting on a number of events around Balfour this year as will other organisations, offering a range of perspectives. Please see below for details.
Balfour’s Shadow, Wednesday 20th September
David Cronin is a contributing editor with The Electronic Intifada, a website focused on Palestine.
His new book is Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel is out now and he is engaged in a tour to speak about how Britain has gone from giving declaratory backing to the Zionist movement to becoming actively complicit in Israel’s crimes.
Please come and join this discussion to open out the Balfour season in Sheffield.
Location: Quaker Meeting House, St.James. Sheffield
Time: 7.30pm
Longing and Belonging and Balfour, Saturday September 23rd
Chai for All, the Bristol based jazz-tinged klezmer and Middle Eastern music ensemble will be bringing their new work, Longing, Belonging & Balfour to Sheffield on the Saturday 23rd September for a 7:30 pm performance at the Sheffield Library Theatre, Tudor Square. This is new musical perspective on the Balfour Declaration of 1917, the letter which can be said to have set in train the facts on the ground in today’s occupied Palestine
Chai for All will be joined by virtuoso clarinetist and kaval (Bulgarian flute) player Katie Stevens, renowned storyteller Michael Loader, British-Israeli platinum record producer Mark Smulian and the voice of Palestinian poet Alissar Amali – melding klezmer Arabic and other idioms together in music composed and arranged by German-born Knud Stuwe.
There will be a post-show panel discussion to explore the various perspectives on the Balfour Declaration and give an opportunity for audience members to share their personal stories evoked by the performance.
Full booking details for the show are available on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/longing-belonging-and-balfour- tickets-36222883620
A non-Zionist Jewish Perspective on Balfour
In the first of a series of events to understand the impact (and certainly not celebrate) the Balfour declaration, Sheffield PSC are partnering with Kairos Sheffield, to welcome Robert Cohen who offers an anti-Zionist but religious Jewish perspective. Mr Cohen is an engaging and provocative speaker and blogger and well worth coming to see.
He will be speaking at the Quaker Meeting House on October 23rd from 7.30pm. Full details here
Benefit dinner
Please find attached a leaflet for our Benefit Dinner at St Andrew’s Hall Upper Hanover Street at 07 PM on Saturday 16 September 2017.
Please try to make it as it’s our first fundraising event for the coming campaigning year.
Balfour’s Shadow -Public Meeting and book launch
Wed 20th September 7.30 Quaker Meeting House, 10, St James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW
Boycott Saturday 2nd September
As part of our continuing campaign to highlight complicity from major corporations with the Irsaeli arms industry we will be assembling outside HSBC on Fargate, Sheffield city centre.
We are calling on them to end its support for the Israeli Arms industry.
Elbit 5 court case.
The Hearing on August 23rd was a travesty.
The CPS complained that the police had not spoken to them about the charges they had decided on and the CPS were not ready to proceed and might be considering another charge. They had given the defence no notice about this.
The case was therefore adjourned until 13th September to allow the CPS to sort itself out, but with no pressure on them to do anything other than to tell the defence ‘before the hearing’ what they planned to do. This means they can leave it until 7.30 a.m. on the day of the hearing, giving the solicitor no time to discuss things with the 5 people charged. the magistrates were completely uninterested in putting any pressure on the CPS to make a decision in good time.
So: another court hearing on Wednesday 13th Sept at Cannock magistrates court.