Event: Israeli and Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum
| May 6, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Cambridge Union (behind the round church)
Wednesday 6th May, 7:30pm
(Co-hosted by the Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths and the Cambridge Union)
It’s difficult to believe that anything positive can come out of losing a family member in the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Robi Damelin has lost her son. Ali Abu Awwad has lost his brother and spent 4 years in an Israeli prison. And yet they direct their grief and personal tragedies to building bridges and promoting peace and humanity. Both are members of this remarkable forum, a grassroots organization of 500 bereaved Palestinian and Israeli families. Together they promote reconciliation as an alternative to hatred and revenge. By recognising that the other side has a story of pain and suffering too, these individuals, despite their deep pain and resentment, are able to break down the de-humanising attitude of ‘us’ and ‘them’ and work to find solutions together.
At the Union they will be speaking on this theme, as well as sharing their story with the audience. There will be plenty of time for questions from the floor.
National Demo: “Remember Gaza – Free Palestine” Demonstration
| May 16, 2009 |
Meet Cambridge Railway Station
Saturday 16th May, 10:30am
Please join members of Cambridge PSC and Cambridge SWC, who will be meeting at Cambridge Railway Station at 10:30am to travel down to London for the 2009 annual national “Free Palestine” demonstration.
The demonstration itself will assemble on Malet Street in London at 12noon. The demonstration is called by PSC, Stop the War, BMI and CND.
- Free Palestine
- End Israeli Occupation
- End the Arms trade
For more information about the demonstration, please contact the PSC central office:
Tel: 020 7700 6192
Email: info@palestinecampaign.org
Web: www.palestinecampaign.org
Film: “The Lemon Tree” at Arts Picturehouse
| March 29, 2009 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Arts Picturehouse, Regent Street, Cambridge
Sunday 29th March, 5:00pm
Film Review from Time Out London
Inspired by a real-life incident, this captivating Israeli film is both a compelling story of self-determination and an astute evaluation of the current state of a divided territory. On the border of the West Bank, a Palestinian household has tended its lemon grove for generations, but when the Israeli Defence Minister (Doron Tavory) moves in just the other side of the perimeter, his guards decide that the trees constitute a security risk and must be chopped down.
Fortysomething widow Salma (Hiam Abbass, the wonderful Palestinian actress from Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Visitor’) won’t give up on her family’s heritage so easily. As new military watchtowers loom over her property, she makes the decision to engage an overworked local lawyer (Ali Suliman) to tackle the full might of the Israeli state in court.
Israeli director Eran Riklis’s film, co-written by Palestinian journalist Suha Arraf, encompasses wider issues beyond this admittedly engrossing legal mismatch. For one thing, it exposes the vulnerable position of a lone widow in a retrenched, conservative Arab community, yet it also allows for glimmers of compassion across the partisan rift, fascinatingly tracing a surprising complicity between Salma and the Defence Minister’s increasingly sceptical spouse (Rona Lipaz-Michael). Mindful of its evidently symbolic import, yet generous to its characters on both sides, the story builds narrative momentum from its battling underdog through-line, yet there’s no hint of oversimplification. Persuasive, lived-in performances inscribe the possibility of hope on an individual level, yet Riklis is also enough of a realist to work his way towards a powerfully sobering final image. Abbass’s soulful resilience is the emotional clincher.
Author: Trevor Johnston
Talk: “Engaging Hamas, a necessity not a choice” Khaled Hroub
| April 23, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
Thursday 23rd April, 7:30pm
(organised by Cambridge PSC)
Speaker:
Dr Khaled Hroub
Director of Cambridge Arab Media Project
Author of “Hamas: A Beginner’s Guide”
There will be an opportunity for a question and answer session after the talk.
National Demo: G20 Demonstration at US Embassy
| April 1, 2009 |
US Embassy, London
Wednesday 1st April
**G20 Demonstration**
Meeting at Cambridge Railway Station, 11.30am
Demonstration assembles 2pm at US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London. (Marking first presidential visit of Barack Obama to the UK.)
- Get the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan
- End the siege of Gaza - free Palestine
- Create jobs not bombs
- Stop arming Israel
- Abolish all nukes
Fundraiser: Rob Johns Classical Guitar Charity Concert
| April 25, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Michaelhouse, Trinity Street, Cambridge
Saturday 25th April, 7:30pm
Tickets £10, Tel: 01223 510171 /214438
Charity Concert in aid of ICAHD (Israeli Committee against House Demolitions) and Christian Peacemaker Teams, peace groups working in the Palestine/Israeli situation.
Classical guitarist Rob Johns has performed widely throughout the UK. His concerts have received outstanding critical acclaim. He has been seen on BBC television and heard on radio 3 and radio 4.
Update: Change of Venue for Talk
Please note that the venue for the talk by the Palestinian Women’s delegation (Hiba Abdul Kareem Ayyad and Rawan Abuamriya) will now be held in the Debating Chamber, Cambridge Union (behind the round church) at 6pm on Tuesday 10th March, immediately before the talk by Israeli refuser Tamar Katz.
See event descriptions below for more information.
Talk: Israeli Refuser Speaks
| March 10, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Debating Chamber, Cambridge Union Society
Tuesday 10th March, 7:30pm
(Organised by Workers’ Liberty)
Israeli student jailed for refusing to serve in army speaks in Cambridge, 7 pm, March 10th at the Union Society. Tamar Katz is one of the Shministim (refusers); Israeli high school students jailed for refusing to fight in the occupied Palestinian territories, and will be speaking on her conscientious objection to joining the Israeli military.
For more information, see here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=58477081490&ref=mf
Performance: Seven Jewish Children
| March 4, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
| March 5, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
| March 6, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
| March 7, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Lakrum Studio, ADC Theatre, Cambridge
4th-7th March, 10pm
(Publicised by CamGazaSol)
This Caryl Churchill play is being put on from Wednesday to Saturday, at 10pm in the ADC Lakrum Studio. This event is independent of Cambridge Gaza Solidarity, but it looks to be a thought-provoking production around which there will be a lot of debate. On the Saturday there will be an open discussion with the cast about the play, and live music afterwards. Find out more here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=63407983853&ref=ts
The performance is free to attend and there will be a collection for Medical Aid for Palestine afterwards.
Public Meeting: Cambridge Gaza Solidarity
| March 5, 2009 | ||
| 3:30 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
Chetwynd Room, King’s College
Thursday 5th March, 3:30pm
(Organised by CamGazaSol)
There will be a Cambridge Gaza Solidarity general meeting in the chetwynd room in Kings College on Thursday 5 March from 3.30 onwards. Please do come along - it is open to all. We will be discussing our future actions, including educational events, fundraising, convoys and more.
ALL WELCOME.
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