7 June 2O20 Our annual Open Garden to raise money for the Keep Hope Alive Olive Tree Campaign in Palestine was cancelled this year due to the corona virus. This highly popular event attracted some 160 visitors last year who enjoyed not only a unique garden but also delicious cakes,

West Midlands PSC hosted a book launch for Max Blumenthal in Birmingham on 1 August. Max was in Gaza last summer and in his extraordinary and penetrating account of Israel’s attack which he classes as a war as Hamas fought back, he dissects the military orders which preceded the conflict

To mark one year since Israel’s attack on Gaza and to remember those who died. In London the Vigil will be held on Friday, 10 July opposite Downing Street in Richmond Terrace from 5.30-7.30 pm. In Hanley the Vigil will be held at the same time, Friday 10 July from

Congratulations and Cheers for Cina and Jim. This year’s Open Garden was even better than the previous two which pretty good even when it rained and was a bit wet and soggy! It was overcast on Sunday but strolling around the garden was a delight. Cars parked all down the

Casting around for ways to raise money Jim Kinnibrugh came up with an inspired suggestion to ask a Camilla, a member of Stafford’s own world music vocal group, Fish from Oblivion, if Fish would sing for Palestine. Thus it came about that around 45 people gathered in St Dominic’s Sports

Obstacles to Peace: re-framing the Israeli Palestinian conflict (1) is the title of Jeff Halper’s analysis of the current situation. Halper described how Israel’s house demolition policies represented a concrete expression of Israel’s declared policy of “judaizing” the country. More than 52,000 Palestinian homes in villages, towns and urban neighbourhoods