Nakba Day of Action in Bristol

bristol | peace | event notice Tuesday May 13, 2008 11:57 by Ed Hill - Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Thursday 15th May 2008

Thursday, May 15th, 2008, commemorates 60 years of the Palestinian Nakba. In 1948 three-quarters of a million Palestinians living in the areas that became the state of Israel were ethnically cleansed. More than 500 Palestinian villages and towns were depopulated and later destroyed to prevent the return of the refugees.

NAKBA DAY OF ACTION IN BRISTOL
Meet 9.30am outside Miners Arms Pub, Mina Road, St Werburghs, Bristol
For 10.00am Tree-planting for Palestine at Narroways Junction
Followed by a day of Boycott-Israeli-Goods stalls and leafleting throughout the city
(Transport provided)
Culminating with a Special Peace Vigil
5.30-6.30pm on the Centre, opposite the Hippodrome.

Join us for a day long action in support of Palestine

For more information on the Nakba see:-
http://www.palestinecampaign.org/?sel=81
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day
Informative website by recent visitor to Palestine
http://israel-palestine.janineroberts.com/
Evidence of lost Palestine www.palestineremembered.com

Today there are a total of 7 million Palestinian refugees, dispersed throughout the world - the largest and longest running refugee problem yet unresolved. 60-years later, Israel continues to occupy and colonize Palestinian land through the construction of Jewish only settlements and the Wall in the West Bank. The Gaza Strip has been turned into one large prison. Israel violates international law and commits ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

To help publicise this injustice join the Bristol branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
FFI visit Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign website
at http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bristol-PSC/
Or email Bristol.Nakba60@yahoo.co.uk