20th Aug 2015 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm  @ Friends Meeting House Presenter:  Kathy Brooks  From the birth of political Zionism in the late 19th century to the current time, successive world powers have betrayed the Palestinian people. Examining the events of the first half of the last century Kathy details how decisions taken by Britain, the…

 Beginning July 8, 2014, Israel launched air strikes and a ground invasion of Gaza that lasted fifty-one days, leaving over 2,000 people dead, the vast majority of whom were civilians. During the assault, at least 10,000 homes were destroyed and, according to the United Nations, nearly 300,000 Palestinians were displaced. Max Blumenthal was on the…

The Palestinian Team at the London 2012 Olympics Can international action, such as the campaign to expel Israel from both UEFA and FIFA, put pressure on Israel to comply with international law?

Stop Arming Israel: Campaigning for a military embargo on Israel Saturday 13 June 2015 10.30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street Manchester, M2 5NS Organised by Boycott Israel Network  in association with the Campaign Against Arms Trade. With support from War on Want and Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Free event but please REGISTER NOW to book your place.…

3rd Jun 2015 7:00 – 9:00 pm Speaker: Khalil Al-Amour from Adalah As the dust settles after the Israeli election, what future faces the Bedouin communities, if Israel becomes the State of the Jews? IDF destroy Bedouin homes in Beit Hanina

21st May 2015 7:00 – 9:00 pm Speaker: Paveen Yaqub, Peace Campaigner and Humanitarian Aid Worker. On 31 May 2010  IDF  (Israeli Defence Forces), attacked six civilian ships of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. On the lead ship, the Mavi Marmara, nine activists were killed in the raid and…