Author: uspcn
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Statement: Palestinians in North America say NO to the resumption of negotiations
The following statement was initiated by Palestinian activists in North America: SIGN ON: Email [email protected] or use the form: ://bit.ly/NoToNegotiations We, the undersigned Palestinians and Palestinian organizations in shatat and exile, write today to express our firm opposition to the resumption of bilateral Israeli/Palestinian negotiations under U.S. auspices in Washington DC, today, July 29. For twenty years, the…
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May 15 and 19: Mark the Nakba in Washington, DC
Wednesday, May 15th, 7-9 pm at the White House Candle Light Vigil featuring George Mason University Students for Justice in Palestine (GMU-SJP), and guest speaker Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights://www.addameer.org/etemplate.php?id=602 More info: s://www.facebook.com/events/373740329412153/ Sunday, May 19th, 6-8 pm at Arlington Central Library This event is Free and open to the public and will be live streamed as part of ADC Arabesque…
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USPCN Supports Addameer U.S. Tour with Director Sahar Francis – May 6th-24th
Addameer is pleased to announce that our director Sahar Francis will be conducting a speaking tour in the United States in the month of May. This tour comes at a crucial moment: Over 4,900 Palestinians are detained by Israel, including 236 children, 14 elected members of the Palestinian Legislative Council and 170 administrative detainees…
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April 17: Call-in Day for Palestinian Prisoners on Prisoners’ Day!
On April 17 – International Palestinian Prisoners Day – we call on all activists around the world to contact their leaders and – Demand justice for Arafat Jaradat and Maysara Abuhamdieh and Demand freedom for Samer Issawi and all Palestinian political prisoners. We call on activists in the U.S., to contact President Obama and the…
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May 3 – 5: Conference of the Palestinian Shatat in North America – Vancouver
The US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) encourages all of its supporters, members and friends to register and attend this conference. Return and Liberation, the Conference of the Palestinian Shatat in North America, is being organized collectively by Palestinian organizers across North America, including USPCN organizers. USPCN will not be holding a separate national conference this…
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March 15: Call in Day: Demand the release of Samer Issawi, Ayman Sharawna, and all Palestinian prisoners!
Friday, March 15 Call-in Day to demand the release of Samer Issawi, Ayman Sharawna and all Palestinian political prisoners 8:00 am to 4:00 pm CDT Call President Obama – Call Secretary of State Kerry – Call the Office of Mideast Affairs Samer Issawi continues on his hunger strike–which is in its 236th day–until he wins an absolute agreement…
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Friday 3/1: Call-In Day for Arafat Jaradat, Samer Issawi and Palestinian Prisoners
Israel has TORTURED and KILLED another Palestinian in prison! Maan News Agency reported on Sunday that political prisoner Arafat Jaradat was beaten and hanged for many hours while in Israeli custody, this according to his lawyer, Kameel Sabbagh. An autopsy conducted in Israel in the presence of Palestinian officials revealed that the 30-year-old Jaradat had…
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March 6, Chicago: Street Action for Palestinian Prisoners
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 4:30-6:30 pm Israeli Consulate, 500 West Madison, Chicago, IL 60661 Facebook: s://www.facebook.com/events/170685889745774/ On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Chicago activists and people of conscience will gather in support of Samer Issawi, Ayman Sharawna, Tareq Qa’adan, and Ja’far Izzidine, along with other Palestinian prisoners undergoing hunger strikes to protest their inhumane and illegal detainment…
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San Francisco, March 1: Protest Israeli Torture, Killing and Illegal Detention
please circulate widely PROTEST ISRAELI TORTURE, KILLING AND ILLEGAL DETENTION OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE END US AID TO ISRAEL AND DIPLOMATIC COVER UP FRIDAY MARCH 1ST, 4-6 PM ISRAELI CONSULATE, 456 MONTGOMERY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA Endorsed: AROC, PYM, USPCN, PAN- Palestine Action Network Facebook event: s://www.facebook.com/events/492099190854979/ for endorsements, please call: 415-861-7444 —————————————————————————————————- The…
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Chicago protest disrupts speech by Israeli drone war expert
From Fight Back News Chicago, IL – An Israeli legal theorist and former officer in the Israel Defense Forces spoke Feb. 25 at the University of Chicago. Professor Amos Guiora helped provide the justifications for ‘targeted killing’ programs like the one pursued by the Obama administration. 40 protesters, including ten from the campus’ Students for…