On 14 June on behalf of Sumud Palestine Pat Mood attended a Women’s Institute meeting in Weston with a power point presentation on Picking Olives in Palestine: A voyage of discovery. She brought home another £45 to be added to a recent donation of £200 from Rana Tufail for which

Angela recorded what a marvellous day it had been despite wind and some drenching downpours. The elements cannot spoil such an alluring garden in such an arresting and beautiful setting. There is now a beehive as well as a prolific vegetable garden and all manner of plants for sale. The

Sumud Palestine was privileged to welcome Methodist Minister Brian J Brown to give a talk on commemorating the Naqba. Brian was administrative director of the Christian Institute of Southern Africa when he and it were banned in 1977 by the apartheid regime. Introducing Brian Angela Glendenning spoke about how Brian’s

Sumud Palestine UK and the Palestinian Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies join forces again to deliver a new training course for mental health professionals at Al Quds University. Our Swedish trainers arrived safely tonight (8 April) in Bethlehem. More information later on. Many thanks for your support. Mohammed Mukhaimar

Dr Hogstrom and Dr Vigerland (see below) are going to deliver a training course on CBT for anxiety problems among children and adolescents. The training is a joint force between Sumud Palestine, the Palestinian Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (PABCT) and Al Quds University. The training will take place

Mohammed Mukhaimar got in touch today to confirm that Sumud is sponsoring two psycho-therapists to attend a training course on the psychological treatment of children with severe psychological problems at Al Quds University from 10-12 April. Mohammed is currently working out the logistics with the Palestinian Association of Cognitive and

Thirty-six people attended our Food and Film evening yesterday. Eight people had signed up and didn’t come, four were sick and two gridlocked on the M6! £233.55 was raised for MAP. Before the film, Suha, a young asylum seeker from spoke movingly about her village near Nablus, the depredations of

From Owen Cooper on The Big Bike Ride 11 August 2016 Dear All What an AMAZING 3 days. Some great photos and videos on Facebook to help people relive the experience. Memories that will last a good while, and ones that will no doubt inspire many of us to become more involved in

‘Israel needs cultural bridges not boycotts (Guardian Letters, 23 October) Cina Zacune has just returned from Gaza and takes issue with those who signed a letter in the Guardian arguing for cultural bridges, not boycotts. Having just returned from two weeks in Palestine it is hard to articulate a response

The local news at present is dominated by the olive harvest which occupies thought and conversation to the exclusion of much else.  Here during the winter the north easterly means clear skies but windy and cold yet everybody harvests the olives with glee and the talk of town, for a