New England Committee to Defend Palestine calls:
Protest “Boston Celebrates Israel” !
Sunday, June 19, 2006, 11:30 AM, Boston Government Center.
The Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston has announced its annual “Boston Celebrates Israel” event. The title implies the backing and involvement of the city of Boston. It is explicitly advertised as being “in support of Israel.” The event consists of a rally at Copley Square at 10:30 AM, a walk to Government Center, and a celebration at City Hall Plaza starting at 12:30 PM.
For the fourth year in a row The New England Committee to Defend Palestine calls for a protest of “Boston Celebrates Israel.” We ask the people of Boston in whose name this event is being held: Is the oppression of the people of Palestine and the theft of their land since 1948 something to“celebrate”?
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New England Committee to Defend Palestine observes:
May 15, 2005: Commemoration of Al-Nakba
"On May 15 Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the 57th Anniversary of Al-Nakba, or “Catastrophe” in Arabic. In 1948 the Zionist campaign burst into full force in an effort to settle Palestine with Jews. Thus, the state of Israel was established, resulting in the mass displacement of an indigenous population. More than 700,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes, villages and towns; civilians were strategically massacred by Zionist armies; and more than 500 villages were razed to clear the way for Jewish settlers. The Palestinians, who had lived in this territory for centuries, were pushed toward the east or scattered throughout the world as refugees."
– From "Al-Nakba Remembered" Date posted: May 14, 2005 by MIFTAH
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New England Committee to Defend Palestine sponsors:
Film showings of Women In Struggle
See schedule for United States Tour
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"The documentary film Women in Struggle is about Palestinian women who are ex-political detainees demonstrating their struggle during their years of imprisonment in Israeli jails exploring the effects and influence on their present life and their future outlook.
The focus will be on the lives of four women who came out of their regular roles as sisters, mothers, wives, and took on a different role being involved in the Palestinian national struggle for independence. Without narration, these women give their testimony in their own words about their past difficult experiences, of their suffering while living their daily difficult life in the current Palestinian Intifada which was not an element present during the initial research of this documentary nor was the so called "war on terror and the apartheid wall
These additional three elements have made this film critical in exploring, identifying, and understanding how these women detainees made the effort to preserve their dignity and integrate in the social and political aspects of the Palestinian life. Although these four women are out of the actual Israeli prison they actually find themselves in a bigger prison carrying "prison" within them in every aspect of their life."
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Land Day, March 30, 2005
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Statement by the New England Committee to Defend Palestine:
On March 30, 1976, Palestinians living inside the territory seized by the state of Israel in 1948 held a massive general strike to protest Israel's ongoing expropriation of Palestinian land in the Nazareth area--part of its policy of "Judaizing the Galilee." Israeli border guard units killed 6 Palestinians during the strike and injured hundreds more. Palestinians have commemorated the event every year since then as "Land Day." (continued)
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The New England Committee to Defend Palestine presents:
"From Deir Yassin to Jenin"
Film and discussion
Friday, April 8, 2005, 6:00pm
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 2, Room 2-105
(Entrance to MIT is located at 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
On April 9, 1948 armed Zionist squads from the Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization) and the Stern Gang--under the command of Menachim Begin, who would later become Prime Minister of Israel--attacked the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, killing some 250 men, women, and children. The massacre at Deir Yassin was part of a deliberate terror campaign aimed at emptying Palestine of its indigenous Arab population in order to make way for the creation of the state of Israel. More than 450 villages were destroyed; over 80% of the population became refugees.
On April 3, 2002 the Israeli army invaded the Jenin refugee camp destroying hundreds of homes and committing what members of its own military and political establishment referred to as a "massacre."
In commemoration of Deir Yassin Memorial Day, we invite you to a showing of "Palestine Under Siege," a short film by Richard Hugus documenting life under Israeli occupation. Made in the summer of 2002, the documentary includes extensive footage of the destruction of Jenin Refugee Camp and eyewitness accounts from the people who live there.
Following the film, there will be talks by Richard Hugus and Rawan Barakat, both members of the New England Committee to Defend Palestine.
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The New England Committee to Defend Palestine cosponsors:
Homeland Security and the Criminalization of Dissent in Boston:
Police Surveillance, Secret Dossiers, and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Cases
An evening of information and discussion concerning the Lafayette 8, Richard Picariello, and the DNC3
Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 7:00pm
Community Church of Boston,
565 Boylston St. Boston
(Across the street from Copley Square)
What do the Lafayette 8, Richard Picariello and the DNC3 all have in common?
All are activists arrested in or around Boston near or during the time of the Democratic National Convention whose cases are now making their way through the courts. In all three cases, political activists were targeted for arrest under heightened police security and surveillance using a joint local and federal police apparatus created under the pre-text of "fighting terrorism." In all three cases, police and prosecutors have used this same pretext for refusing to turn over evidence and police intelligence related to the arrests. These cases are part of a pattern under the system of Homeland Security: secret evidence, secret information sharing, secret dossiers on people engaged in all forms of political activity, and the criminalization of protest under the pretext of "fighting terrorism."
Learn more about all three cases and about local police surveillance and repression against activists. Information obtained through FOIA petitions on behalf of Amer Jubran--a Palestinian activist arrested in 2003 and later forced to leave the country--will also be presented. This will include a short film with clips from more than 12 police surveillance tapes of local demonstrations, as well as evidence of coordinated information sharing between local and federal police agencies aimed at creating extensive files on people engaged in political activities protected under the First Amendment.
There will be brief talks by Michael Auffinger of the Lafayette 8, representatives of the other defense cases, and Richard Hugus of the Amer Jubran Defense Committee.
Sponsored by
Anarchist Black Cross of Boston
(www.anarchistblackcross.org)
and the New England Committee to Defend Palestine
(www.onepalestine.org)
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New England Committee to Defend Palestine Presents:
"The Wall, Apartheid and Human Rights," a talk and slide-show presentation by Bina Ahmad. (.PDF)
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
7:00-8:30 PM
Cambridge Public Library, Central Square Branch
Lewis Room
45 Pearl Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bina Ahmad is a 3rd year law student at Northeastern University specializing in international human rights. From August to November of 2004 she served as an intern with Al-Haq, an internationally recognized Palestinian human rights organization affiliated with the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva. As part of her internship, she traveled extensively in Palestine, documenting Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians.
She will give a report on the current status of the wall that Israel has been building in the West Bank, placing it in the broader context of human rights and Israeli policy.
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New England Committee to Defend Palestine Presentation:
November 13, 2004. NECDP made presentaions on Iraq, Palestine, and the case of Amer Jubran on Saturday, at an encuentro organized by the Worcester, Massachusetts Global Action Network. The encuentro was titled "Decriminalizing Resistance: Building Community Security, Racial and Economic Justice." For information see http://WoGAN.
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The New England Committee to Defend Palestine calls:
PROTEST MASSACRES IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ! (.PDF, text)
SATURDAY OCTOBER 9, 2004, 12 NOON
TRIANGLE PARK ACROSS FROM "ISRAELI" CONSULATE, PARK PLAZA HOTEL, BOSTON
These past two weeks have been among the deadliest for Iraqis and
Palestinians at the hands of their American and Zionist occupiers. With
an almost total lack of protest in the United States, and only weak
criticism in the international community, the U.S. government and the
colonial apartheid government of "Israel" have once again demonstrated
their willingness to destroy entire communities in order to achieve the
goal of stealing all of the lands and resources from the indigenous
populations of Palestine and Iraq.
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The New England Committee to Defend Palestine calls:
Rally In Support of Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike (.PDF, text)
Saturday, September 4, 2004, 1 PM, Copley Square, Boston
"Why should US citizens be concerned about prisoners in Palestine? Because the US government directly supports the occupation of Palestine, and is fully aware of the abuse and torture being carried out daily in Israeli prisons there. The occupation is itself a form of imprisonment. US taxpayers pay for this and other forms of injustice in Palestine directly . . . "
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The New England Committee to Defend Palestine calls:
Protest "Boston For Israel"
Sunday, June 20th, 2004, 11:30 am, City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA
Protest "Boston for Israel." Are you for:
- The razing of more then 400 villages and dispossession of 750,000 Arab Palestinians for the creation of the state of Israel in 1948?
- The creation of Apartheid laws granting nationality in colonized Palestine to Jewish people born anywhere in the world while denying fundamental human rights--such as the right of return for refugees--to indigenous Palestinians?
- The military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967, and the subsequent imposition of military laws depriving the Palestinian inhabitants of democratic and human rights?
- The military closure of Palestinian villages and cities under a system of check-points, blocked roads, and house-imprisonment ("curfew"), strangling the Palestinian economy, destroying civilian infrastructure and preventing ordinary people from conducting their day-to-day lives?
- The construction of prison walls and fences converting Palestinian villages and cities into a system of ghettoes and open air prisons?
- Mass home demolitions?
- Shooting children for rock throwing and other acts of protest against armed occupation?
On June 20th, 2004, under the title "Boston for Israel" a march and rally will take place in Boston in support of all of the following:
If you oppose colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing--paid for with US tax dollars--join us in protest.
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The New England Committee to Defend Palestine calls:
Protest "Israel's Road to Peace" Conference
November 1 - 2, 2003.Why did we asemble to protest "Israel's Road to Peace: the Role of American Jews," at the Park Plaza on Nov. 1st & 2nd?
Although the event was being billed as a peace conference, its real aim was to shore up support for Israel during a period when the brutality of Israeli military aggression in Palestine has increasingly revealed the racist and genocidal character of the colonial-settler regime. See our full statement here.
The New England Committee to Defend Palestine and Jericho Boston present:
Columbus Day: A History of Genocidefrom Turtle Island to Africa and Palestine.
October 9, 2005, 5 PM, Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St. (Copley Square),
Boston, Massachusetts
Columbus Day is a national holiday in the United States, going back to the day in October1492
when Columbus is said to have “discovered America.” Exactly what do we celebrate on
Columbus Day? Come listen to three speakers – a Mashpee Wampanoag. a New Afrikan, and
a Palestinian – in a panel discussion of the history of the European settler in from Turtle Island
(present-day North America), Africa, and Palestine.
Music by The Foundation.
“America” 1838–1839 Trail of Tears, Expulsion of native people from southeast U.S.
Africa, 19th century European slave trade
Palestine 1948, “Expulsion From Ramle”
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