19th May 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Awad Abdelfattah is the General Secretary of the National Democratic Assembly (NDA), which used to be known as Balad. The NDA is the party of Haneen Zoabi and Azmi Bishara and forms part of the Joint List, which is currently the third largest grouping in the Israeli…

Speaker Niparun Nessa (Oldham NUT)Nessa was part of an NUT delegation to Palestine in February of this year. The aim of the trip was to continue to develop new and existing links with teachers, trade unionists and activists, while finding out more about the issues ongoing in the area. The delegation stayed in Jerusalem, and also…

Waqas from Manchester Palestine Action recently spent 3 months in Hebron/Al-Khalil where he saw up close the horrors of Israeli occupation and the recent surge in violence. In the most shut-down area in Hebron/ Al-Khalil, Waqas was a witness to these crimes with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and will present his experience to us…

Details 18th Feb 2016 7:00 pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester The Government’s ‘Prevent Strategy’ imposes a legal duty on Public Sector workers (e.g. Education, Health, Social Services) to report

After the hugely successful talk with Jeff Halper about his new book, “War Against the People” about Israel’s growing military industrial power worldwide through its occupation of Palestine last October, Jeff is back in Manchester for a discussion meeting. Don’t miss a chance to have a closer conversation with him about Israel/Palestine and the future…

The Eleventh Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture will be given by Adam Hanieh 1st Mar 2016 6:00 pm Facebook link for event: https://www.facebook.com/events/692025647601043/ Adam Hanieh is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London.  Prior to joining SOAS, he taught at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates. From 1997-2003, he worked in the NGO and…