On Monday 13th October, MPs will have the chance to debate and vote on whether the UK should recognise Palestine. Join the campaign asking them to vote yes. Sweden has just indicated that it intends to formally recognise the state of Israel, making it the first major European country to

On 13 August 2014 a young Muslim woman organised a Gaza fund-raising evening at which she spoke and screened a moving video taken, I believe from the website of Medical Aid for Palestinians. Another young woman, a student, was keen for a further meeting for her friends and in response

Over 30 people attended the meeting in Stafford on Monday organised by the Staffordshire N.U.T. to hear Roger King, Executive Member for the West Midlands, talk of his experiences as part of an N.U.T. delegation to Palestine. He compared it with the conditions when he visited ten years earlier and

Gaza Vigil and Protest Saturday 2nd August 2014, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent Our petition gathered 160 signatures and there were probably upwards to 200 people gathered during the two hour vigil. Rain inhibited the involvement of passing shoppers but nevertheless £449.73 was collected for Medical Aid for Palestinians. On Monday, twenty-five supporters met at the

Thanks to all supporters who made it to the Borough Arm Hotel to support Sumud massage about the recent horrific ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The participants discussed the testimony of an Israeli x-soldier from Breaking the Silence Movement and concluded ways to empower Palestinians in their struggle to achieve liberation

An enthusiastic Mother’s Union meeting of about 11 people produced a donation of £90 and an equally interested group of 12 elicited a further £25. It all mounts up!

To mark Refugee Week, Keele University invited ASHA (African Social Health Agency) invited to a small reception followed by a Photographic Exhibition and some music in the chapel. I went along to accompany ASHA and besides speaking about the needs of destitution asylum seekers, I met several people interested in

I received an email from a man named Rod Cox asking if he could borrow the short film about the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions. He wished to include it in a series of short films he was showing in Chester Town Hall Square to accompany the Gaza children’s art