16th Nov 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

A  Talk by Ben White

Synopsis:  Israel is a rogue state – a serial violator of international law and human rights. These systematic violations and abuses are only possible because of the impunity Israel enjoys. Until there is accountability, Israel will continue to consolidate an apartheid one-state reality.

Ben White is a writer, journalist, researcher, and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He has published two books, ‘Israeli Apartheid: A Continue reading Meeting: Rogue State-Israeli’s Human Rights Violations and Ongoing Impunity →

31st Oct 2017 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Whitworth Building, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL

The University of Manchester  will be hosting an event co-organised by the Israeli embassy and the Zionist Federation, to celebrate 100 years since the Balfour Declaration on Tuesday 31st October at 7.30pm. Although not yet made public, this event is planned to be held in the Whitworth Building and will be one of these main national “Celebration” events for Balfour. This comes after the recently exposed collaboration between the University of Manchester Vice Chancellor Nancy Rothwell and various Pro-Israel groups including the Israeli Embassy.

Students societies have  called a protest a protest outside the event on Tuesday evening 31st of October, 6:30pm. Called by University of Manchester BDS Society, it is supported by Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Manchester Palestine Action, Manchester Jewish Action for Palestine and the Boycott Israel Network. The event details are here.

Please note that the meeting may be relocated so please check emails or event Facebook close to the date for any changes.

Details 
31st Oct 2017 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Whitworth Building, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL

Talk by Robert Cohen – former senior broadcast journalist with BBC Radio 5 Live and writer in Mondoweiss and other publications.

Event Leaflet pdf

A hundred years ago this November, Arthur Balfour committed the British government to ’the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people’. His ‘declaration’ was welcomed by the still-young Zionist movement.

But why were so many Jews at the time opposed to Balfour, and to Zionism?

And why has the Chief Rabbi lately called Zionism ‘one of the axioms of Jewish belief’?

Robert Cohen is one of this country’s leading dissident Jewish voices. He writes and speaks with great insight into both the history of Britain’s Jewish community and the range of opinions within it today.

Details 
19th Oct 2017 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 5NS

A CENTURY OF BRITISH SUPPORT FOR ZIONISM AND ISRAEL

21st Sept 2017 7:00 – 9:00 pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 5NS Event Leaflet pdf

David Cronin will be presenting his new book Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel , recently reviewed by Robert Fisk in the Independent.

Britain’s support for the Zionist project is arguably far more tangible today than it was 100 years ago. Continue reading BOOK LAUNCH: BALFOUR’S SHADOW: →