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May 2010 Newsletter
Remembrance of Resistance & Liberation Day
Special Delivery: Petition against UK-Israel arms trade
Viva Palestina Arabia: The Summer University of Palestine Upcoming Events |
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Remembrance of Resistance & Liberation Day
On the 25th of May 2010, we observe the ten-year anniversary of the Lebanese Resistance and Liberation Day. A full decade has passed since the victory that baffled the Western world. A twenty-two year military occupation was virtually uprooted and expelled. The balance of global power was unhinged. Read more here.
Special Delivery: Petition against UK-Israel arms trade
FOL member Bruce Burgess has organised a petition which gets straight to the point: “We the undersigned call on HM Government to cancel immediately the supply of arms from the United Kingdom to the State of Israel.” He will be staging a motorcycle delivery ride from Merseyside to London in order to present the signed petition to Parliament. Sign in support of the petition here. Find more information on the petition here and the motorcycle run here.
Viva Palestina Arabia: The Summer University of Palestine
FOL is supporting an initiative by Viva Palestina Arabia: a “Summer University of Palestine” to be held this year in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. If you would like to attend, please contact Viva Palestina Arabia directly. If you would like to assist in organising the Summer University—as much or as little as you would like to contribute—please contact FOL for further details. The Summer University of Palestine takes place from Sunday 25th of July to Sunday 1st August 2010. Tuition for 7 Days/6 Nights is $850 USD—excluding travel to and from your home to the venue. Tuition includes full accommodation, transfers and excursions, as well as a full University syllabus with influential political renowned world wide speakers on Palestine. The venue for this unique experience is the Lebanese International University, nestled in the beautiful Bekaa Valley. With a specific focus on Palestine, the week long intensive course will cover issues on the history, geography and politics of the region. World renowned speakers are booked to lecture: George Galloway, Ghada Karmi, Norman Finkelstein, Abdul Rahim Mourad, Dr Ali Fayad, Ziad Hafez, Reem Nimer, Vangelis Pissias, Dr Daud Abdullah, Ma'an Bashour, Yvonne Ridley, Ramzy Baroud, Gabi Baramki, and Dr Azzam Tamimi. In addition to this residential educational event, there will be tours of Baalbek, Fatima's gate, Palestinian refugee camps and more. Places are limited so book now. For further details on Viva Palestina Arabia contact: Alicear Howard via email at alicear@vivapalestinaarabia.org
Upcoming events Check the June calendar of events here for a variety of London-based happenings. Please let us know if there are additional events of interest to FOL supporters. If you attend an event of particular merit (in the UK or beyond) and would like to share your experience in the following FOL newsletter, please do email in your comments.
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