One-woman show about  the Life of Rachel Corrie The play tells the true story of Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist who lost her life working for peace in Palestine in March 2003. Based on her emails and diary entries, this one-woman play deals with cultural identity, humanity and courage. Part of  the Contact Theatre’s…

A thought-provoking photography exhibition showing everyday life in the village of bil’in in the occupied west bank of Palestine as seen through the eyes of the children who live there. The Eighth Day Café, All Saints, Oxford Road, central Manchester      1st – 29th April 2014 Launch on Tuesday 1st April 5 -7pm at the café:…

This year’s  speaker Daniel Machover (Head of Civil Litigation, Hickman & Rose Solicitors, London) Are Some Or All Palestinians Victims Of Israeli Apartheid? Daniel Machover specialises in international human rights law, civil actions against the state and representing bereaved families at inquests into deaths in custody. Daniel’s work for victims of war crimes, torture and…

Tears of Gaza is a Norwegian anti-war documentary from 2010. It looks at Operation Cast Lead, (Israel’s massive, 22-day military assault on the Gaza Strip killing some 1,400 Palestinians), through the eyes of a group of Palestinian children.  “Disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating, Tears of Gaza is less a conventional documentary than a record–presented with minimal gloss – of…

By Megan Driscoll,  Jerusalemites Campaign. Since 1967, more than 14,000 Jerusalemites have lost their residency IDs and, as such, their right to live in their city of birth.