Several WESPAC members stand vigil in Scarsdale in protest of Lowey and Engel being given “Champion of human rights award”
WESPACers Vigil in Scarsdale
FAST and IFTAR DINNER ON JUNE 13
IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN HUNGER STRIKERS
JVP-Westchester and WESPAC invite you to fast on June 13 in sympathy with the hunger strike by 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners. They are demanding that the conditions of their detainment meet international standards.
This day-long observance will culminate in White Plains with a talk the evening of June 13 by Professor Rahab Abdulhadi and an iftar dinner, the traditional Muslim meal after sundown that ends the days of fasting during Ramadan. Professor Abdulhadi is a senior scholar of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies at San Francisco State University.
To join in the fast and/or to RSVP for the iftar, go to goo.gl/forms/HZmKDfN8zBllRrMO2 .
Details about time and location will be provided to all who RSVP for the meal. The evening events are free and open to all. Questions? Email [email protected]
or call 914 449-6514.
Currently 6,300 Palestinians are held in Israeli prisons, including 500 administrative detainees held without charge or trial. The conditions of detention make a mockery of international standards. For background information on hunger strikes among Palestinian detainees, see electronicintifada.net/blogs/charlotte-silver/palestinians-launch-mass-hunger-strike and imemc.org/?p=74246.
Israel has detained nearly half of Palestinian men. In the United States, about one-third of African-American men can expect to be jailed. As we fast in sympathy with the Palestinian hunger strikers, we also stand in solidarity with the movement to end mass incarceration in the United States.
This hunger strike was launched on April 17 and has entered its sixth week. At this critical juncture prolonged fasting threatens serious deterioration in detainees’ health. The goal of our sympathy fast is to raise public awareness of the Palestinians’ plight and to galvanize media attention to an issue that has been largely ignored. The hunger strikers’ demands include:
1. an increase in family visits;
2. access to proper medical care and education; and
3. an end to administrative detention and solitary confinement.
Join us in demanding that Palestinians be accorded their fundamental rights under international law and that Israel respect international conventions governing the treatment of prisoners.
Fast in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners
June 13, 2017, 7:00pm - June 13, 2017, 9:00pm
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Westchester residents: please sign this statement in support of the hunger striking Palestinian Prisoners: goo.gl/forms/HZmKDfN8zBllRrMO2
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This page is dedicated to supporting over 1500 Palestinians on hunger strike to demand their basic rights inside Israeli prisons.
WESPAC stands in support of our Ramapough Lunaape Nation sisters and brothers. The Ramapough and their supporters have a right to peacefully gather for prayer and education. In the words of Owl, an advisor and member of the Ramapough Nation, “It is the pollution of our rivers and lakes that will cause irreparable harm, not a teepee or tent.”
Please continue to write letters of support and make calls to the Mayor of Mahwah and the Town Board (see below) and respectfully ask that they recognize that Split Rock Sweetwater Prayer Camp is on Ramapough territory and rescind all fines.
Please send comments to:
Mayor William C. Laforet
[email protected]
Work: 201-529-5757
Fax: 201-529-0061
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