Palestine solidarity campaign articles
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Derry branch of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign to mark 76th anniversary of Nakba
‘Nakba’, translated from Arabic means ‘catastrophe’, and relates to the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in 1948 during the Palestinian war. At the end of the war, according to the United Nations, there was a ‘permanent displacement of more than half of the Palestinian population’. Currently, according to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), ‘more than 5 million Palestine refugees are scattered throughout the Middle East’. "Today, Palestinians...
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Palestine Solidarity in Japan
Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt, sitting in for Eric Draitser on CounterPunch Radio, talks with Hanin Siam, a Palestinian organizer based in Tokyo, Japan. They discuss the challenges of organizing the Palestine solidarity movement in Japan, including the nuances of their communities in Tokyo and Hiroshima. From the history of Japanese support for Palestine, to BDS, to More
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‘Disgust and anger’ after Foyle Bridge Palestine solidarity mural daubed with yellow paint
Yellow paint was spattered all over several flights of steps painted in the Palestinian colours in solidarity with the people of Gaza in April. A mural depicting a grieving Palestinian woman holding a dying or sick child was also daubed with paint in the attack. Catherine Hutton, chair of the Derry branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) said the group is ‘extremely disgusted and angry by this wanton act of vandalism of Derry’s Palestine Steps’. A slogan at the foot of the...