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.

Termed the quiet deportation, Israel’s intricate web of discriminatory policies in Jerusalem – including ID revocation, the ban on family unification, and barriers to child registration – are too often ignored in the discussion of Palestinian rights in Jerusalem.

This presentation will delve into these measures, examine their far-reaching consequences, and focus largely on what steps can be taken at the international level by policy-makers and solidarity activists alike to pressure Israel to end its efforts to ethnically cleanse the city.

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS.

7pm, Thursday 20^th  February 2014

  For more information contact Linda on 07985 624968

By Musheir El-Farra

In 2005 a group of young Palestinian folk dancers from the northern refugee camp in Jabalia toured the north of England. They entertained and educated raptured audiences. This is their story, the product of 7 years’ work.

The film, “And Still They Dance” takes you from the unbridled joy of their performances to their accounts of life in a refugee camp under Israeli occupation.

Musheir El-Farra, Chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign and director of “And Still They Dance”, will introduce the film and take questions after it’s screening.

Copies of the DVD will be available to buy on the night. All proceeds go towards supporting children’s projects in Gaza, Palestine.  As Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s website explains, “We currently support three childrens’ projects, and a mobile library, each project based in one of the many refugee camps which are found in the Gaza Strip. The four projects try to provide the children and young people who live in the camps with a safe place to play, socialise and to learn.”

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS. 7pm, Thursday 21st November 2013

For more information contact Linda on 07985 624968

The Right to Education campaign in Palestine is a grassroots movement that seeks to document, research and raise awareness about the issues facing Palestinian students, teachers and academic institutions under the Israeli occupation. It is a campaign of international awareness raising and lobbying to isolate and put pressure the Israeli government.

R2E Palestine was founded in 1988 in Birzeit University during the 1st Intifada when 11 universities and 1194 schools (plus nurseries) were forced to close. Birzeit University opened in 1973, since then it has closed 15 times. The longest period of closure was from 1988-1992. During this time, students and academics showed strong acts of defiance, including holding lectures outside the university gates or in lecturers’ houses.

Events 1. Monday 11th Stall Time: 12-4pm Venue: Outside the SU For more information about the stalls and how you can participate, please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11SlR8Otkw72ERH4dA6zPj0uT8Lk5oOeXjWodu3Vw4mE/edit?usp=sharing

Film Screening Time: 4-6pm Venue: Club Academy (SU) Price: Free For more information about the film screening, please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N8rQzfR0Z5pzuscfjIiP3esv55M50cb3Vr5iMmbBZmo/edit?usp=sharing

2. Tuesday 12th Stunt Time: 12-2pm Venue: University Place Direct Action and Stunts put across a strong visual message and are an effective way of reaching out to a wide audience. If you would like to participate in the stunt, please follow this link for more information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H4HWb9VGfqNw4sTZk8_fFTUIG2w10H8t2jLlzVxrbEU/edit?usp=sharing

3. Wednesday 13th Stall Time: 10-12pm Venue: Outside the SU

‘Voices from Palestine’ event: Video link with students at An-Najah University Time: 4-6pm Venue: Room 2 (SU) Price: Free This event will comprise of a talk by a guest speaker from ‘Friends of Al-Aqsa’ and a Video Conference with academics and Palestinian students from An-Najah University, allowing them to tell us first-hand about the barriers to education that are imposed by Israel, and to answer questions about life in Palestine as a Palestinian.

4. Thursday 14th Stunt Time: 12-2pm Venue: University Place

Technion Debate Time: TBC Venue: University Place, Lecture Theatre 1 Price: Free

5. Friday 15th Talk, Photo Exhibition and meal Guest speakers including Malaka Mohammad (student from Gaza) Time: 6:30pm – 10pm Venue: Lal Qila (Curry mile) Price: £8 Includes 3 course meal Tickets can be found at our stall outside the student union Monday and Wednesday. Alternatively you can contact the Action Palestine society to reserve a ticket.

If you would like to volunteer at any of our events, please attend our ‘Right to Education Week Volunteers Meeting’. Date: Wednesday 6th November Time: 5:30 – 7pm Venue: Room 7

Please join us at some of our events throughout the week to show your support to the Palestinian cause as well as highlighting the educational struggle of children all across the world in countries of conflict and war. A timetable of events can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkT-AKrGCiMfk0xBBbcj0n0jM5D9rFhReHGNNp6l30k/edit?usp=sharing

We hope you have had a lovely week. See you soon!

From, Your AP committee May Peace and Blessings be upon you. For any queries, contact Huma: 07557090180