Please join us outside the train station in Sheffield 4.30pm to demand an end to all Israeli army violence in Palestine and that the UK government end its backing for that violence.
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Sheffield and Nakba at 75
A great turn out tonight ; many many passing cars honked in support; and great singing too from Tadhamon.
Please make sure you come to see Saif Kassis tomorrow too.
Commemorate 75th anniversary of the NAKBA , 15th May
Last night’s bombing of Gaza when 12 people were killed is evidence, if any more were needed, that the Nakba continues.
It is also a key reason for us to gather together at the train station to commemorate the Nakba and say clearly that British state and industry complicity must stop .
So please come to the station at 5pm, Monday 15th May
(Picture below is protestors at Elbit near Leicester, making clear we need to close down the Israeli drone factory)
BADIL UK Tour
We are really pleased to be able to announce a two week tour in England and Scotland, by Saif Kassis, international advocay officer for BADIL.
The tour is a collaboration between BADIL and several Palestine Solidarity Campaign branches.
As we mark 75 years of Nakba, Israel continues to forcibly displace the Palestinian people.
Saif will provide insights into the current situation of Palestinian refugees, the ongoing denial of Palestinian collective rights to self-determination and return, and the responsibility of the international community.
The full schedule is here.
Ongoing Nakba talk 16th May 2023
We are really pleased to be able to welcome Saif Kassis, international advocacy officer for refugee rights organisation, Badil, as part of a UK-wide tour.
Saif will speak at the Showroom 5 on 16th May at 7pm
On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, Saif will show how through arbitrary arrest, house demolitions, restrictions on movement and denial of access to clean water, the Israeli state ensures the Nakba continues each and every day.
When we meet Saif, we will be able to
- get an update of the situation from a trusted source
- hear about Badil’s work and campaigns, especially the importance of the Right of Return
- find out more about their deeply principled stand in refusing funding from the EU
- see how we might be able to support them.
Please distribute this leaflet
Cinema Palestino 2023
We are really pleased to announce that in partnership with Showroom Cinema, we are showing The Stranger, Sunday 11 Dec 4pm Cinema Palestino at the Showroom.
In occupied Golan Heights, a desperate unlicensed doctor subverts his village’s expectations when he accidentally encounters a wounded soldier from the war in Syria:
NAKBA 74
It is 74 years since the Nakba: a word that measn catastrophe and signifes the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinians from thier homeland. It is a word Israel has banned from the education syllabus as it reveals the truth of what happened in 1948.
To commemorate the Nakba in 2022 Sheffield PSC will be screening two films at the Yemeni Community Centre on May 13th at 7pm
We will also be holding a rally on Saturday 14th May in Sheffield Town centre at midday in front of the Town Hall, where in collaboration with Badil, we will be joining in a worldwide event to light the Torch of Return.
You can read a strong statement from Badil on the ongoing resistance to the occupation and the meaning of the Nakba here
Protest at JCB HQ
Protestors gathered at the Head offices of JCB World HQ today, Wednesday 15th December 2021, calling for JCB’s Directors to end sales of bulldozers to Israel. JCB exports equipment to its sole dealer in Israel, Comasco, who in turn have a contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defence. JCB’s bulldozers are used by the Israeli military to demolish Palestinian homes, schools, health centres and even its olive groves and animal shelters.
The protestors held up graphic photographs of Palestinian families standing in shock and despair around the rubble of their homes, with JCB equipment shown clearly in the photographs. They sang ‘Homes Torn Down’ a song specially composed for the occasion focussing on the broken Palestinian lives and dreams as a direct result of JCB sales to Israel.
JCB have been regularly criticised for its actions in exporting its equipment to Israel, in full knowledge that their equipment is used by the Israeli military. Last month an investigation by the UK Department of Trade concluded that JCB was failing take any measure to check on the end use of its equipment, and that, in spite of its position as a major, prestigious global company, it had no human rights policy. Last week Amnesty International published a major report JCB Off Track on the sale of JCB equipment to Israel, concluding that JCB did not appear to care that its products have been used for years to destroy Palestinian homes and communities.
Natalie, one of the protestors, said:
JCB know perfectly well the destruction wreaked by its bulldozers in Palestine. There is a mountain of evidence and even the Department of Trade is now calling JCB to account. And yet JCB continues to treat with contempt any attempt to engage with them over this issue. For years it has ignored letters, reports and constructive attempts by NGOs to discuss with them measures that JCB could easily take to end its complicity with Israel’s war crimes. JCB exports its products to over 150 countries and could choose to suspend its policy of exporting to Israel without a dint in its profits. The Bamford family are always keen to highlight their philanthropic work, including its charitable donations to the biggest child welfare charity in the country, the NSPCC. And yet the family are utterly blind to the suffering of Palestinian children, living in the rubble of their lives after yet another JCB bulldozer ploughs through their homes.Today we handed in a letter to Graeme Macdonald calling on JCB to finally listen to the multitude of voices calling on the company to prove that it does care about human rights and the welfare of Palestinian children. We are not optimistic, as we have sadly seen the heartlessness of this company and its Directors over a number of years. But we do care, and we will continue to protest until the owners of this company finally come to their senses and show some humanity.
The protestors held a one minute’s silence to remember the Palestinian children who would be homeless this Christmas as a direct result of the Israeli Army’s use of JCB bulldozers and for all victims of Israeli war crimes.
Stop the demolitions
The random demolition of Palestinian homes has long been a feature of the drive to ethnically cleanse Palestine by the Israeli state.
Key machinery to carry out these actions is provided by JCB. They have their headquarters in Rocester.
Today, members of Sheffield PSC and others made sure everyone knew that behind the clean facade was a company actively engaged in ethnic cleansing. Read about their day here
