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Sheffield to Palestine: Justice Now Camp

From 5th January to 13th January 2024 please visit and support the Justice Now Camp in front of the Town Hall.

Horrified by the complicity of the UK government and silence form MPs and councillors, in spite of the ceasefire motion passed some weeks ago, Palestinian women in Sheffield , supported by Sheffield Coalition against Israeli Apartheid, will be demanding action and camping outside the town hall.

We demand:

1/ Sheffield council to declare Sheffield an Israeli Apartheid Free Zone
2/ That the UK government investigate British citizens who have joined the Israeli Defence Force and bring criminal charges and cease it’s support for the Israeli army
3/ There is an immediate ceasefire , an end to the occupation, and a just political solution based on an end to discriminatory apartheid policies, settler-colonialism and ethnic cleansing.

You can read why the camp has been set up here and you can see updates about the camp here

Protest

Join us on the national demo 13th Jan

Israel has killed over 20,000 Palestinians in its brutal assault on Gaza. We can’t stop putting pressure on our government to call for a full Ceasefire NOW and an end to the siege of Gaza. We need to ramp up the pressure and increase our numbers.

Credit: Jess Hurd

Please join us in London on Saturday 13th January 2024. It has never been more important to stand with Palestine.

Get tickets for the national demo coach to London from Sheffield

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/palestinesolidaritycampaign/1097537

Cultural event, Protest

A Voice from Palestine, 6th Jan @ 6pm

January 6th at 6.00 Christ Church Pitsmoor, S3 9AQ

Gather together on the Feast of the Epiphany to sit with our crib scene on it’s last day in Church, and take time to listen to the voice of Palestine, as spoken by Revd. Munther Isaac. Light a candle. Hold the Palestinian people in thoughts or prayers.

While the gathering will be in a Pitsmoor Church listening to words recorded in a Bethlehem one, we see the event as open to people of all faiths and none. The cause at this time is just this one small way to ensure we listen, one small gathering to show our solidarity.
Bring your flags.

Cultural event, Protest

#ceasfirenow camp news year’s eve – timetable

See below for the timetable of the #ceasefirenow camp

Please encourage your friends and comrades to come and share the image on the left on insta

More about the camp and our demands can be found here

6pm
MeditiationShort silent meditation on peace
7pmPalestinian poemsPoetry reading in Arabic and English
8pmFoodPlease bring some food to share
9pmProcessionGetting noisy now – procession round the park
10pmMessages from PalestineReadings of messages from Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
11pmPalestinian songCome and learn a Palestinian song and sing with us
MidnightPalestinian danceDance dabke with us and celebrate Palestinian resistance
Protest

ceasefirenow camp, new years eve

A group of Sheffield residents from different backgrounds – Palestinian, British, secular as well as observant,  Jewish, Muslim and Christian – and will be setting up a #ceasefirenow camp at the top of Turner Hill in Meersbrook Park from 6pm on New Year’s Eve to half past midnight. 

It is to remind everyone, on this new year, that, while we are wishing each other a happy, peaceful and healthy twelve months ahead, the people of Gaza are undergoing a genocide at the hands of the Israeli State; it is criminal to remain silent in the face of this.

Please pay a visit, bring candles of hope, a spirit of peace and a deep passion for justice for Palestinian people. There will be short (10-15 minute) mini-events on each hour between 6 and midnight. 

We will start off with a quiet meditation and reflection and we will end with the power and passion of dabke dancing to launch our resistance to the genocide in the new year.

In between we will have Palestinian poems and singing. A full timetable will be available on our facebook and here on new years eve.

Please come and join in all or any of these events.

We are demanding:

  • an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli occupation
  • immediate permission for necessary aid at scale to avoid the starvation of people in Gaza
  • that Sheffield City Council declare Sheffield an Israeli Apartheid Free Zone until such time as the occupation of Palestine has ceased. Sign Israeli Apartheid Free Zone pledge here


Sheffield Ceasefire Now Camp

Campaign, Protest

Direct action for boycott

As the death toll in Gaza exceeded 19,000, Members of the Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid visited Waitrose and Marks and Spencer on Saturday and removed stock from the shelves that had been grown on land stolen from Palestinians.

As it is near xmas and lots of people buy dates at this time, we chose to concentrate on date products in the shops. More information about boycotting Israeli Dates here. You have to be very careful. The label rarely says “Israel”.

Protest

Boycott action Saturday 16th December

Saturday 16th Sheffield Boycott Israel Action: 

Assemble at 11.00 am outside the Israac Centre, 54 Cemetery Road, S11 8FP  (it’s between the Waitrose petrol station and the back of the Waitrose car park) for a mobile boycott action, walking around the town centre and ending in front of the Anglican Catherdal (arriving there at approximately 1.00pm with a very short rally).

Bring your Palestinian flags!

Israel both fears and hates the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement – because it’s global, grassroots and effective.

Our boycott event emphasises the power we all have in our everyday lives to reject Israel, its war crimes and land theft by the simple act of boycotting all Israeli products.