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Paint the Skies of Occupied Al-Quds Black

By Mary Rizzo • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Children's Corner, Grassroots Activism, Ideas and Projects, Nakba and Right of Return, Palestine, Resistance

Participate in painting the skies of Occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) with black
21,915 (365 days x 60 years) black balloons
Please read and ask your friends to help. It will be a great show of support for a fighting, oppressed and 60 years suffering people.
Lutuf
Dear Beloved Friends,
Many thanks to our friend, Dr Ahmad Kamal, who passed this info. [...]



The Nakba, Voices for Palestine event with Gilad Atzmon

By Gilad Atzmon • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Gilad Atzmon, Grassroots Activism, Music, Poetry, Events, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance

Exeter Friends of Palestine Society Presents:
The Nakba - Voices for Palestine
Featuring: His Excellency Dr. Manuel Hassassian the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Gilad Atzmon and band, Nizar Al Issa and More…
University of Exeter, Monday May 12th, 2008:
 
On commemoration of the 60th anniversary of The Nakbah, meaning: “The Catastrophe”: The expulsion and dispossession of hundreds [...]



Silent March in West Jerusalem to Rembember the Nakba

By Mary Rizzo • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Grassroots Activism, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Zionism

הזמנה לצעדה שקטה
בשכונות במערב ירושלים
לציון 60 שנה לנכבה
הינכם מוזמנים להצטרף לצעדה שתתחיל בטלביה עד בקעה. הציבור מוזמן לבוא בלבוש שחור. בלי כרזות או דגלים, בבקשה.
תאריך: יום ראשון, 11 למאי, 2008
שעה: 16:00 עד 18:00
מקום מפגש: חזית תיאטרון י”ם בטלביה. רח’ דויד מרכוס ליד כיכר סלמה (כיכר וינגייט)
האירוע מאורגן על ידי ניצולי נכבה, קבוצת ירושלמים המעוניינת בהעלאת [...]



Let Gaza Speak!! Free Gaza in Turin on occasion of the Book Fair of Shame

By Mary Rizzo • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Grassroots Activism, Israel, Palestine, Resistance, Zionism

National conference of the Italian “Gaza must live” committee to end the embargo
Turin, Saturday May 10th, 10am to 2pm
Dar al-Hikma Italian-Arab Center
Via Fiocchetto 15 (Porta Palazzo zone)
With the intervention of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, in live broadcast from Gaza
- To listen to the voices of those who suffer everyday under the oppression
- To learn [...]



World’s Largest Key in Bethlehem

By Mary Rizzo • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Grassroots Activism, Ideas and Projects, Israel, Palestine, Resistance

Bethlehem / Munjed Jadou - The Aida Youth Activity Center is located in northern Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp.
Today it has launched a project to build a gigantic structure in the shape of key hole, in addition to the largest iron key which goes next to it. This is all in memorial of 60 years of [...]



Song for “Israel’s” Birthday “Do they know it’s Apartheid?”

By Mary Rizzo • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Grassroots Activism, Israel, Zionism

Dave at Israel’s 60th Birthday came upon an interesting scoop. Trevor Horn (ex Buggles, ex Yes) is promoting a disc for the worst birthday party in the world. Dave has suggested lyrics for the new Band Aid turned Apartheid Aid CD.  The rest is his post:
Anyone want to make our own youtube video to counter [...]



Call on Dubai to boycott Leviev’s stores over Israel settlements

By Haitham Sabbah • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Grassroots Activism

New York human rights activists, and representatives of the West Bank Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous called on the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates to boycott the jewelry stores of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements. According to a flurry of recent [...]



Children of the World, reach out to the children of Gaza!

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 3rd, 2008 • Category: Action Alert, Children's Corner, Education, Grassroots Activism, Ideas and Projects, Palestine

On the Palestinian Mothers web community (which I urge caring people to join) EshaAmeena asked if there was any way that her children and other children could write to kids in Gaza to show friendship. I asked a friend in Gaza if there was a school that could accept these letters, and he gave this [...]



Gaza is a victim of a unilateral war - STOP Israel!

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: Action Alert, Grassroots Activism, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Resistance, Zionism

Israel is conducting a unilateral war against the population of Gaza. IT CANNOT BE TOLERATED! There is no excuse!!!! On the left, please see the Black Ribbon that Sabbah’s Blog has set up. Created by his friend Za3tar, it is suitable to attach to your letters, sites, anywhere you want people to see that we [...]



Release 11.000 Palestinians in Israeli jails!!! Please sign this petition

By Iqbal Tamimi • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: Action Alert, Grassroots Activism, Petitions, Resistance

please sign and support these political prisoners!
Disgrace for Democracy, Israel is detaining right now 40% of the Palestinian MPs who represent the people
Sponsored by:
Iqbal Tamimi Creator of Palestinian Mothers Network
Disgrace for Democracy: 51 Palestinian MPs and Ministers are Detained in Israeli prisons along with 11.870 Palestinian citizens
A serious crime and new political slap in [...]