CARRY FORWARD THE MOMENTUMDear friends and allies,On October 22 to 24, 2010, a historic conference will take place in Montreal which aims to consolidate and move forward the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid.In 2005, over...
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From Tracy Basile
Word is out that Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center may be forced to close by January 2011. No operating budget as of the end of this year – due to budget cuts. No staff, no farmers, no programs. This is short-sighted. Earlier in...
From Al Awda
Al-Awda Shocked by Gruesome Murder of Abu Obeida Omran Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition is shocked, saddened and outraged at the gruesome and trajic murder of Abu Obeida Abdel Salam Omran. On Friday August 13, 2010, Abu Obeida was deliberately run over...
Toxic Gas Drilling Tours Upstate NY
TOXIC GAS DRILLING TOURS OF CHEMUNG COUNTY Sunday August 15, 2010, at 3:00pm We will meet at the corner of Route 14 and Wygant Road in Horseheads, New York (Dandy Mini Mart) to begin our tour. Look for the NO FRACK SIGNS....
What Happens to Women in Afghanistan…
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/14-4
Palestinians do not recognize Mahmoud Abbas
*Join Palestinians in Washington, DC on Thursday, Sept. 2 for a picketoutside the US State Department to say: Palestinian National Rights Are NotFor...
Broken Promise of US-Arab Relations
Each month, we conduct a review of a recent book that deals with issues relating to Palestine and/or the Israel/Palestine conflict. Books that are chosen for review can be academic or non-academic, historical or fictional. Next month we will be reviewing Negotiating...
Palestine 2011 Calendars available
Let me know if you would like one, and I can order a bunch for the WESPAC office in White Plains: Dear Nada I want to take this opportunity to inform you that the 2011 “Colors from Palestine” Calendar has already been posted on...
Diana Buttu on negotiations
Diana Buttu: direct talks bound to fail Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada, 30 August 2010 Diana Buttu As US officials arrived in Jerusalem last week to meet with Palestinian Authority and Israeli government officials, Nora Barrows-Friedman interviewed...
Palestinian Community Rejects Negotiations
US Palestinian Community Network www.palestineconference.org + [email protected] + (347) 521-7894 Press Contacts: Monadel Herzallah, US Palestinian Community Network, (408) 849-7977 [California] Hasan Newash, US Palestinian Community Network, (313)...
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November 19th marks the tragic police killing of Mr. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. Kenneth his son will open up the community forum with welcoming words and thoughts on this current moment:Please save the date and help us share widely!Our current slate of confirmed panelists includes: - Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of White Plains Joseph Castelli (Commissioner Hardy is already committed to another panel that evening)- Peekskill Police Chief Adam Renwick - Omar Lopez (Deputy Mayor and CCRB Chairman, Ossining) - Dennis Adams (CCRB Chairman, Peekskill) - Jay Buckiewicz (Secretary CCRB, Peekskill)Invited but not yet confirmed - City of Yonkers Public Safety Commissioner and Westchester County Public Safety CommissionerWe will have light refreshments from 6pm to 6:15pm and then we will head to the auditorium: @followers
WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
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