PRESS RELEASE 25 Feb 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION:

Saturday 7th March 2009

Justice For Palestine Presents Viva Palestina!!

Learn more about the situation in Palestine and Gaza.

WEA (59 Gloucester St, Christchurch) Saturday 7th March. 2pm onwards.

Gold Coin Donation. Workshops, Speakers, Films Afternoon Tea and a shared Halal dinner. Bring a plate of Halal or vegetarian food to share if u wish. All Welcome!

Learn more about the situation in Palestine and Gaza.

There are going to be several speakers, most of whom have first hand experience of living and working in Palestine including:

Ali Nissenbaum, a Jewish anti-Zionist who was recently in Israel and the West Bank during the recent war in Gaza. She will be speaking about Israeli and joint Israeli-Palestinian resistance to the occupation.

Omar El-Hadad who is one of the Imams at the Christchurch Mosque. Omar has been involved in political activities in Egypt against the American air bombing of Iraq in 1998, which resulted in him getting fired from the university. He will speak about the older history of the area, in particular it's 14 centuries of peace, except for the crusades and now the Arab-Israeli wars. The talk will focus on the Israeli claims that this piece of land was empty and the continuous denial of any non-Jewish history in that part of the world.

The Justice For Palestine group formed in response to the recent bombings and massacre of hundreds of Palestinian people living in Gaza by the Israeli Military. We stand in solidarity with Arabic and Palestinian peoples who have been living within a state of aparteit within their own country for the last 60 years. We support an end to State violence and war and the cycles of endless violence against the people living in Palestine including Gaza and we support the resistance spirit of all the Palestinians who stand for justice.

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