Hard on the heels of the previous meeting came another which I especially enjoyed. I had experienced a disorderly day spending more time than I could spare looking for some photos I had lost! Eventually I found the photos but I arrived at the meeting feeling in some disarray. The

Kidsgrove Townswomen’s Guild gave Pat Mood a very warm welcome when she spoke at their meeting last week.   They were interested to hear about the background to the current situation in Palestine, and to learn something of Angela’s and Pat’s experience of helping with the olive harvest and visits

The thing about speaking to Rotary Club meetings is that they are invariably preceded by a good dinner! Our second invitation suggests that we may be on a Rotary mailing list! I was certainly trying to accomplish this six months ago!   My talk was well received on this occasion

On 4 May Deborah and Patrick Darnes leafleted Sainsbury’s in Stoke. They report that :   We did what we could as it was just us!   We managed 45 minutes before being moved on; security arrived with some staff and a PCSO. We decamped to the other entrance on

HAHO or Hartshill and Harpfields Occasions first international event took place on 3 May and Sumud set out its table-top exhibition alongside that of ASHA (African Social Health Agency).   A huge number of organisations and businesses were represented together with a good smattering of BME organisations   A few

The third training workshop (Treatment of complex Trauma) for Palestinian Counselling Centre PCC staff in Ramallah is taking place as I write (15 April) and I cannot resist quoting from an email Mohammed Mukhaimar has just received from psychotherapist Harry Ari OHayon  (Director, PG Programmes in Evidence Based Psychological Treatments, Charlie Waller

In April I spoke to a Rotary Club near Cannock Chase and in addition to a very good supper I returned home with £200. This above average amount from a small group was not solely attributable to my dynamic talk!   Pat had offered an overhead presentation on Picking Olives

Beautiful Resistance: “As the Israelis are destroying our lives, we are transforming them through the power of art, music, drama and dance.” Civil society is stepping up non-violent actions against the occupation. ICAHD  keeps the torch of political resistance alive by building houses and Jeff Halper, founder and director, called

Sumud Palestine enjoyed a Skype call to Rana Nashashibi, peace activist and a founder of the Palestinian Counselling Centre, on 18 March. Rana is a member of a distinguished Jerusalem family with roots going back 800 years; the Nashashibis hold the keys to the Holy Sepulchre.    Rana  spoke about