The Palestine market stall is returning to Leek after the winter break. The stall will be in the Market Place on Saturday 15th March 9:15-3:00pm.  There will be a wide range of  Zaytoun products (including their prize-winning olive oil), Palestinian gift items, plants and local honey. All are welcome and

Sumud Palestine and Stoke Quaker Meeting have come together to arrange a WALK FOR PEACE. The Walk will raise money for the Palestine Trauma Centre and the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions, projects which are an exemplar of a social justice approach, one a Palestinian charity, the other an Israeli

This coming Wednesday 15th May is the day that Palestinians mark and remember the Nakba (an Arabic word meaning catastrophe) when the displacement and forced exile of some 700,00 Palestinians from their homes and land began in 1948. Today there are still some 5 million exiled Palestinians scattered throughout the

Tasha Zacune (Leek-Palestine Link Group) is striding out for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). In 31 days, she shall be completing 150km and virtually travelling from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and ending up in Rafah, Gaza. More info: https://medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/tasha-zacune Greg and Anna Hughes (Macclesfield PSC) have been busy training

Sumud Palestine has sent £16,920 to the JAI Keep Hope Alive Olive  Tree Campaign to support farmers in the West Bank. The cost of an olive tree varies but this sum reflects in the region of one thousand olive trees.

Sumud Palestine continues to support mental health professionals.  Mohammad Mukhaimar conducted a training course in Gaza in the summer of 2022 and an online training for the Palestine Counselling Centre in the autumn of 2024.  Sumud is due to pay the required annual registration fee for the Palestine Association for

Leek-Palestine Link GroupSome 50 people attended the film showing of GAZA on 13th May.We raised £400 for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).Many thanks for those who helped in the event and for your support. Palestinian Market Stall in LeekSaturday 20th AprilWe hope to resume the market stall in Leek with

On behalf of YMCA Scotland, Jaipreet Kaur, Senior Head of Philanthropy and Public Engagement wrote: After careful consideration and planning, and in consultation with East Jerusalem YMCA and YWCA Palestine, we have decided to transition the (JAI) campaign to YMCA Scotland. As part of this transition, YMCA Scotland will assume

Nidal Abuzulf, Manager of the JAI, wrote to say: ‘It is with heavy heart I need to inform you that my great journey with JAI has come to an end. I will be officially leaving on March 1st, 2024. The new JAI director will be our colleague Muhanad Al-Qaisi who

Letter by Lord Neuberger, Former President of the UK Supreme Court, Philippe Sands KC, Sandra Fredman, University of Oxford, Richard Hermer KC, Danny Friedman KC, Anthony Metzer QC, Jon Turner KC, Adam Wagner Financial Times, 17 October 2023 (ref Balfour Project) The laws of war must guide Israel’s response to Hamas atrocityWe