World Interfaith Harmony Week 2013
In recent years interest in the Middle East has been increasing. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is a constant theme in the media. In this talk Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok argues for a two-state solution to this seemingly intractable problem. Drawing on the Jewish ethical tradition, he maintains that Jews world-wide must now press for the creation of a Palestinian state in the Holy Land and the empowered must empower those who seek nationhood, before it is too late.

Haringey CND Public Meeting: Maha Rahwanj, Executive member of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, will introduce a showing of the film, “Slingshot Hiphop” (85 minutes). Followed by questions and discussion. Wheelchair access.

Boycott Campaign action at Israel V Wales football match. Transport organised from Swansea.
Palestinian Footballers are repeatedly blocked by the Israelis from leaving GAZA and the WEST BANK to play abroad. One footballer Mahmoud Sarsak was up to last week on hunger strike in an Israeli jail, read more about it here:
http://www.palestinecampaign.org/index7b.asp?m_id=1&l1_id=4&l2_id=25&Con...

Time of silence, readings and prayers to mark this international day. All welcome.

Veolia has the waste management contract during the clearance and construction of the Olympic site, from its website, Veolia "/expects to be achieving the highest standards of cleanliness throughout Tower Hamlets before, during and after the games/".But there is another type of cleansing - ethnic cleansing - that Veolia is aiding and abetting.

World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel Focus for 2012 is Displacement and Dispossession. Resources leaflets can be ordered from Pax Christi. 0208 203 4884.

Public meeting organised by Action For Palestinian Children in conjunction with Defence of the Child Palestine (DCI-P), the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the National Union of Teachers.
The key speaker will be Gerard Horton from DCI-P who will report on the findings of their latest EU-funded DCI-P report into the arrest, detention and treatment of Palestinian children by the Israeli authorities.
Betty Hunter (Honorary President, PSC) and Kevin Courtney (DGS, NUT) will speak at the meeting which will be chaired by Geoffrey Bindman of Bindman's Solicitors.

A talk by Rabbi Ahron Cohen, Neturei Karta, followed by Q & A

An evening to mark Palestinian “Land Day”

Join us for a literary commemoration, 3 Years since the end of the 3 week Israeli assault on Gaza in December 2008/January 2009 and to reflect on the ongoing violence and siege against Palestinians living in Gaza. Featuring: Reading of “Love Letter to Gaza” http://calderbookshop.com/pagegaza.html Ahmed Masoud, Palestinian author from Gaza, Winner of the 2011 Muslim Writer of the Year Award. Baroness Jenny Tonge. Selma Dabbagh, British Palestinian writer of fiction based in London. Selma’s first novel, Out of It just published by Bloomsbury. Andy Slaughter MP. And many more.