Author Archives: Nick

Discussion with Musheir El-Farra, author of Gaza: When the Sky Rained White Fire

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Nick

Wednesday 30th October, 7.30pm Room T9, Dundee University Tower Building  Musheir El-Farra is originally from Gaza and is a leading figure in the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign. He is speaking at meetings across Scotland about his book which contains first … Continue reading →

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Public Meeting – Area C and the Death of the Two State Solution

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Nick

Friday 4th October, 12 – 2pm Accountancy Lecture Theatre, Dundee University, 1 Perth Road (left of Tower Building) Speaker: Hamed Qawasmeh How do Palestinian human rights activists and international and local organisations support Palestinian communities at risk in the occupied West … Continue reading →

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Time to Divest Conference in Edinburgh

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Nick

19th and 20th OCTOBER 2013 GRASSMARKET CENTRE, EDINBURGH A two day conference bringing international speakers and groups and organisations actively supporting the Palestinian call for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) aims to build on boycott successes and … Continue reading →

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Gaza’s Ark – Dundee meeting

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Nick

Talk by James Godfrey, Gaza’s Ark International Steering Committee Member Tuesday 20th August, 7.30pm,     Room T9, Dundee University Tower Building All welcome Why is Gaza’s Ark needed? Restrictions by the Israeli government on the freedom of movement for Palestinians in … Continue reading →

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Palestinians need Justice, not more Peace Talks

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Nick

In this recent article from his blog, Alister Rutherford exposes the reality of the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli ‘peace’ talks. (Alister is an activist in Tayside for Justice in Palestine) The latest round of peace talks or to be more … Continue reading →

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A call for action: Stop the Prawer Plan!

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Nick

On Monday, July 15, thousands of Palestinians protested in their cities, towns and at busy street junctions against the Prawer Plan, in a day that was designated as the national day of rage, or Anger Strike. From Bir Sabe’ to … Continue reading →

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No to G4S

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Nick

Three security guards employed by the private security firm G4S have evaded prosecution over the death of Angolan asylum seeker, Jimmy Mugenga, who died of suffocation after being held down during a deportation attempt. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/17/jimmy-mubenga-death-no-prosecution G4S has also been in … Continue reading →

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Eric Burdon cancels gig in Israel “under increasing pressure”

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Nick

Eric Burdon performs in Scotland (Edinburgh) tonight in the only UK date of a tour that was to have included a gig in Tel Aviv, Israel, on August 1st.  Palestine solidarity activists welcome yesterday’s announcement that he has pulled out … Continue reading →

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An ordinary day in Nablus

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Nick

The article below was written for Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association and first published in their Newsletter.  The writer is a first year student at Al-Najah university in Nablus and in it she describes how daily life for students is very different … Continue reading →

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Wednesday 26th June, 7.30pm: Meeting with Rich Wiles, editor of ‘Generation Palestine – Voices from the BDS Movement’

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Nick

During June, there will be a Scottish tour to help launch this important new book on Palestine. The tour comes to Dundee on Wednesday 26th June when there will be a meeting at the Tower Building, Dundee University at 7.30pm. … Continue reading →

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