PALESTINE ACTION
1) Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC: campaigning locally as ‘Lancaster for Palestine’)
Rallies in support of Palestine continue to be held in Lancaster every Saturday at 1.00 p.m., normally starting at the plinth in Market Square but sometimes behind the museum when the plinth is in use by other groups.
There is also a protest each Wednesday starting at 5.00 p.m. outside the town hall in Dalton Square.
– Local mailing list for anyone who would like to be added to the mailing group or WhatsApp group:
– Contact for booking coach places for national protests in London.
– Look at resources available on the national PSC website: https://palestinecampaign.org/resources/
2) Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)
Learn more about the Palestinian-led BDS movement, and about personal choices you can make to give your support:
https://palestinecampaign.org/campaigns/bds-2
3) Put a poster, flag, or other Palestinian image in your window
Make your support for the Palestinian people visible, and make it a talking point.
4) Direct action against BAE Systems
Support protests at factory sites of BAE and its sub-contractors.
Contact: Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/palestinesolidaritylancs
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/palestinesolidaritylancs/
5)Petition James Cropper/Technical Fibre Products (TFP)
TFP, based at Burneside, are sub-contractors for BAE Systems on the F-35 fighter programme.
Please sign the petition by South Lakeland CND:
6) Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
Consider donating to MAP: https://www.map.org.uk/
7) Other personal actions:
Encourage support for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza from your trade union, faith group, or other organisation.
Write to your MP with your views and ask for their support.
Challenge any use of the restrictive IHRA definition of anti-Semitism (e.g. by Cumberland Council).
Share our view that events in Gaza and the West Bank are being misrepresented by the Israeli government.
Complain to the BBC about false ‘balance’ in reporting on Palestine and Israel – and, watch news on Al Jazeera.
8) Learn about Palestinian history and culture
Project work in schools? Zine making? If you have influence in schools, or in youth and community organisations, could you help encourage exploring positive representations of Palestinian history and culture?
palestine Resources
Film
Blue Box documents how the Jewish National Fund acquired land in Palestine before and after the creation of the state of Israel. Director Michal Veits draws on his great grandfather’s diaries and powerful black-and-white film footage. First shown on Channel 4 in 2021, the film is available on BBC Four – Storyville.
Reading
Ilan Pappe, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006)
Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (2020).
Booklet: An Introduction to the Troubles in Palestine
Deena Jayousi and Stephen Dickinson have put together an information resource which attempts to outline the historic background to the current troubles in Palestine. It also provides a set of Personal Stories written by a small representative cross section of the many people who regularly support the Lancaster Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) rallies.
This resource is available as:
60-page booklet version
www.jauntyelf.com website version
It may be downloaded free of charge directly, or printed versions may be obtained from Deena deena_jayousi@hotmail.com or Stephen s.dickinson@gmx.co.uk at a cost of £5.00 each (where £3 covers printing costs and £2 as a donation to Palestine).
