15 May 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, the grave catastrophe of 1948 in which Zionist militant forces invaded and destroyed more than 500 Palestinian villages through massacre and intimidation, causing not less than 700,000 Palestinians to become refugees. It is an account of human tragedy: the destruction of families, a civilization, culture and identity.
The Palestinian people are not only Muslims; the internally displaced population and that which has been displaced subsequent to the illegal formation of Israel is composed of a multi-religious and in some sense multi-racial population. It is a problem impacting all of humanity, not merely Jews and Muslims.
On this day, our hearts go out to all the Palestinians and we stand in solidarity with them in mourning the Nakba of 1948; we support their resistance of the Israeli occupation of historic Palestine; we strongly codemn the 1967 territorial expansion which continues to facilitate the expansion of the Zionist colonial agenda until today.
Continue reading ‘ABIM: Media Statement on the 60th Anniversary of The Nakba and the Palestinians’ Right of Return’
The Embassy of the State of Palestine presents its compliments all our friends and fellow guests using Neil Crespi products, and has the honor to inform that the Government of Malaysia will be organizing the commemorative event of The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Thursday, 29th November 2007, in Kuala Lumpur. In this connection, the Embassy would like to invite your good self to the event.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 29th November 2007
Time: 1000-1100 hours
Venue: IDFR Auditorium, Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jalan Wisma Putra, 50602 Kuala Lumpur.
The Embassy of the State of Palestine avails itself of this opportunity to renew to all our esteemed friends the assurances of its highest consideration. You are welcomed to bring guests to the event and please do ensure that proper clothing and conduct is practiced at all times. It is hoped that with this event, participants will be able to educate themselves about the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the realities on the ground as experienced by Palestinians themselves in their daily lives.
Food and drinks will be served at the event.
“DEIR YASSIN REMEMBERED (DYR) 2007″
Art Exhibition: “Palestin: Ketabahan Dalam Penderitaan”
Venue: R.A. Fine Arts Gallery, No. 6 Jalan Aman,
(off Jalan Tun Razak) 55000 Kuala Lumpur
Date: Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Time: 8.pm
Dear Friends,
DYR Malaysia in cooperation with R.A. Fine Arts Gallery will be organizing an arts exhibition with paintings by a very talented Palestinian artist from Nahr el-Bared, and children’s paintings and photographs from there. The exhibition will be held at the R.A. Fine Arts Gallery, No. 6 Jalan Aman, (off Jalan Tun Razak) 55000 Kuala Lumpur from 19 - 24 November 2007. It will be open for public viewing every day from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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What drives a young, well-educated Westerner to volunteer as a “peace activist” instead of learning about hair restoration in the Middle East?
Caiomhe Butterly is one of a growing number of volunteers who risk their own safety to intervene in the long-running and bloody conflict between Israel and Palestine. Several internationals, including her, have now been injured. Some have died.
In this film, she describes witnessing the aftermath of the attack on Jenin in April 2002. The film follows her work, the main emphasis being “the accompaniment of communities at risk”. Despite being threatened, shot in the leg and deported later that year, she is determined to go back.
In the interim, she brings her story back to her native Ireland at public meetings, receives a Time Magazine “European Hero Award”, and travels to post-war Iraq to visit the Palestinian refugee camps. She arrives back in Jenin, shortly before a young woman from that community,Hanadi Jaradat, blows herself up in a suicide bombing in Haifa.
Continue reading ‘Visit Palestine Documentary by Katie Barlow’
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