CANCELLED: Opposing Trump’s Deal and Ending UK Complicity – talk by Ben Jamal and Merton PSC AGM

Location for the latest Merton PSC event, William Morris House, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon (sarflondondunc/Flickr)

Dear Members and Supporters

Due to the current health crisis we will cancel all meetings and stalls until further notice.

We hope you and your families are well and will remain well. Thank you for your support and we hope to resume face to face events as soon as possible.

Merton PSC committee

7.15pm for 7.30pm

 EVENT CANCELLED

                    Merton PSC AGM and a talk by Ben Jamal, Director of PSC, the largest UK                               civil society organisation dedicated to securing Palestinian human rights:

Opposing Trump’s Deal and Ending UK Complicity

Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Theatre Collaboration with Gaza – Talk by Jonathan Chadwick – Wed 6 Nov 2019

In 2009, Az Theatre supported Gaza’s Theatre for Everybody’s production of Guernica by Arrabal. It was presented at a theatre festival in Gaza. (Az Theatre)

7.15pm for 7.30pm

 on Wednesday 6th November 2019

                        Merton PSC presents a talk by Jonathan Chadwick of Az Theatre:

Friendship and Creativity: London’s Az Theatre’s collaboration with Gaza’s Theatre for Everybody

Jonathan Chadwick is a theatre director and writer who is currently Director of Az Theatre, working on experimental, international and community projects (www.aztheatre.org.uk). Az Theatre are involved in a project to rebuild a cultural centre for Gaza after the Al Mishal Centre, once the centre of Gaza’s cultural and artistic community, was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in August 2018.

Jonathan has directed companies and plays with Theatre Foundry, the Crucible Theatre’s Vanguard Company, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Half Moon Theatre, The Roundhouse, Foco Novo, 7:84, and internationally in Australia, Romania, Canada, USA, Serbia and Kosovo. He has also directed and taught at LAMDA, RADA, the London Film School and elsewhere.

Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Ben White speaks “PALESTINE IN CRISIS – What can we do here?” – Tues 18th June 2019

Ben White Twitter image @benabyad

Still from Mizan the Poet’s Video for ‘She Wanted It’ GlobalFaction/Youtube

Merton PSC proudly presents

Ben White: “PALESTINE IN CRISIS – What can we do here?”
Tuesday 18th June 2019 – 19:00 – 22:30
@ Hatay Restaurant, Raynes Park, SW20 0AY
£20 per person (includes donation). Pay on the door
RSVP necessary

The situation on the ground in Palestine is only getting worse, with Palestinians dehumanised and fragmented in Israel’s apartheid system. Ben White will assess the latest developments, and address what we can do to support Palestinian rights.

Ben White is a journalist, analyst, and author, specialising in Palestine and Israel. Over the last decade, he has some 400 articles published by a variety of media outlets, including Al Jazeera, The Guardian’s Comment is free, The Independent, New Statesman and others.

With

MIZAN the Poet

Spoken word artist and activist, who will be performing his work “New Anti-Semitism”.

LOCATION

At Hatay Restaurant, 94-96, Coombe Lane, SW20 0AY

(Near Raynes Park station and bus stops for buses 131 and 57)

Cost: £20 per person (includes donation)

Meal

First course: Vegetarian meze

Second course: Choice of meat or vegetarian platter

Pay on entry but RSVP necessary:

– RSVP on Eventbrite website or

– Email: mertonpsc2017@outlook.com

Palestinian Women’s Day Event in Wimbledon -Wed 27th March 2019

7.30 pm to 10.00pm

 on Wednesday 27th March 2019

  Merton PSC and Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association (CADFA) presents:

                                           Palestinian Women’s Day

Including talks from, Hiyam Elayan (Co-ordinator of the Saraya Women’s Centre, Jerusalem) and Ruba Iman (Al Quds University), as well as Palestinian Food and Music.

Hiyam Elayan and Ruba Iman work in Jerusalem and will talk about the situation  for Palestinian women, in particular, in Israel and Palestine. They are visiting as part of CADFA’s Women’s visit and are in Wimbledon as part of a schedule of national talks and events organised by CADFA.

Entry on door £5 – please RSVP if possible, contact details below
Tickets also available on Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/2JwxOoD

All donations going to CADFA’s fundraising campaign to bring a Palestinian girls’ football team from the West Bank to the UK on a visit.

Venue: Tunnel 267, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Hebron under Occupation – talk by Laila Hasan – Wed 6th March 2019

7.15pm for 7.30pm

 on Wednesday 6th March 2019

                                          Merton PSC presents a talk by LAILA HASAN:

Hebron under Occupation

Laila and her sister Nawal set up the Women in Hebron non-profit fair trade co-operative in 2005 in an effort to provide women in the Hebron district the resources to provide for themselves and their families through the production and sale of Palestinian handicrafts.

Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Talk on recent National Education Union (NEU) delegation visit to Palestine – Wed 6th February 2019

7.15pm for 7.30pm

 on Wednesday 6th February 2019

                                          Merton PSC presents a talk by Muniza Khan:

Reflections on NEU Delegation to Palestine

Muniza Khan is a teacher in Merton who traveled to Palestine with the National Education Union as part of a delegation of teachers and union members during the October half-term. The purpose of the visit was to educate themselves so that they are able to share this with young people here on their return. In her talk, she will share her experiences and journey there.

Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Supporting better inclusion for people with disabilities and the victims of conflict in Gaza – a talk by Pauline Thivilliver and John McGeachy from Humanity and Inclusion (HI) – Wed 5th December 2018

from WHO Situation Report occupied Palestine territory, Gaza, 21 October – 3 November 2018

7.15pm for 7.30pm

on Wednesday 5th December 2018

  Merton PSC presents a talk:

Supporting better inclusion for people with disabilities and the victims of conflict in Gaza:
by Pauline Thivilliver and John McGeachy from Humanity and Inclusion (HI)

People with disabilities are often excluded from humanitarian responses and the talk will include support for victims of the 2014 Israeli offensive, recent work to better equip NGOs and others in Gaza to better include people with disabilities.

Venue: The William Morris Meeting Rooms, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Blurring the Invisible Border – a talk by Daphna Baram – Wed 7th November

7.15pm for 7.30pm

on Wednesday 7th November 2018

                                                              Merton PSC presents a talk

BLURRING THE INVISIBLE BORDER:
Israel’s displacement policy in Palestine and ICAHD UK

by Daphna Baram – Director of ICAHD UK

Daphna was an activist and a human rights lawyer representing Palestinians in military court and a commentator on Israel/Palestine. She is the author of ‘Disenchantment: The Guardian and Israel.’

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Venue: The William Morris Meeting Room, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Film screening – Wednesday 3rd October 2018

7.15pm for 7.30pm

on Wednesday 3rd October 2018

                                                              Merton PSC presents

“My Diaries in a Refugee Camp”

a film by The Palestinian Return Centre, produced by Al Jazeera

The story of Pietro Stefanini, a British citizen living in refugee camps in Lebanon, hosted by a Palestinian family, through whom he will learn about the situation of refugees and how their political and economic life is strongly connected and about their relationship with Lebanese authorities.

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Venue: The William Morris Meeting Room, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653

Talk by Abe Hayeem – Wed, 5 Sept 2018

7.15pm for 7.30pm

on Wednesday 5^th September 2018

                                                                      Merton PSC

Present a talk by

Abe Hayeem

an Iraqi Jew born in India and settled in the UK, has been an architect, writer, and peace activist since the 1960s. He is a founder member of Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine, (APJP) which campaigns against the building of the illegal settlements and the Apartheid Wall, and the projects that dispossess the Palestinians under Occupation and within Israel itself.

The Architecture of Occupation

How Architecture is used to define and alter the geography of East Jerusalem & the Occupied Palestinian Territories, to make civilian habitation suit a military and nationalistic agenda.

Israeli architects and planners involved in projects that appropriate land and natural resources from Palestinian territory are complicit in social, political and economic oppression. Their practice of architecture is based on the displacement of Palestinians, and against professional ethical codes, international & humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.

The relentless expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the ethnic cleansing of Bedouin from their unrecognized villages in the Negev within Israel and in the occupied West bank are considered as war crimes, and spell the end of the ‘two-state solution.’

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Venue: The William Morris Meeting Room, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1SD. 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Approx. 6 mins walk from South Wimbledon tube station on the Northern Line and 10 mins from Wimbledon Rail Station. Buses 57, 93, 131 and 219 stop outside.

Palestinian products on sale – cash only.

RSVP & more information contact: Mertonpsc2017@outlook.com
Mob: 07543858653