On the day of this important ruling, members of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid gathered at Sheffield Station. Hilary Smith pointed out that the UK is a signatory to the Genocide Convention. The finding puts a legal obligation on the UK and all states to cease funding and facilitating Israel’s military actions which are plausiblyContinueContinue reading “International Court rules it is plausible that Israel has engaged in genocidal acts against the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
Category Archives: Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Christians and Health Care Workers support the Justice Now Camp
On Friday I was pleased to join with Christians from the Anglican, Catholic and Methodist Churches as well as Kairos Sheffield to visit the Justice Now Camp for Palestine. https://youtu.be/k3iOdvcl-4I Kairos Sheffield are a campaigning Christian charity that works for human rights, justice and equality for Palestinians in partnership/solidarity with the Christian community in theContinueContinue reading “Christians and Health Care Workers support the Justice Now Camp”
Sahar and Lena explain why they are camping outside Sheffield Town Hall.
Two Palestinian women, Lena Mussa and Sahar Awadallah, have started a week-long camp outside Sheffield Town Hall to raise awareness of the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. https://youtu.be/lUq2F-yJ_Vs Today they were joined by the Tadhamon Singers and the Well Dressed Band. Lena starts a hunger strike on Sunday night. Hear in their own words why theyContinueContinue reading “Sahar and Lena explain why they are camping outside Sheffield Town Hall.”
New Justice Now camp at Town Hall. Don’t buy goods grown on stolen Palestinian land.
Today Sheffield Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid rallied and marched from Waitrose to Sainsbury’s and then on to the Town Hall where a Ceasefire Now! camp has been set up. Waitrose and Sainsbury’s continue to sell goods grown on land stolen from the Palestinians, such as Dates, Peppers, Hummus and Avacados. Coca-Cola is also part ofContinueContinue reading “New Justice Now camp at Town Hall. Don’t buy goods grown on stolen Palestinian land.”
What is Sheffield doing on this map?
Annie O’Gara Last week I wrote about the murky connections between the oil and gas industry, Rishi Sunak and the war in Palestine. At the same meeting at Central URC Church, Annie O’Gara from the Sheffield Coalition against Israeli Apartheid explained how the Israeli state is also waging war on the environment. She told usContinueContinue reading “What is Sheffield doing on this map?”
