From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Sun Nov 2 19:55:57 2014 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 19:55:57 -0800 Subject: Upcoming Palestine & Middle East events Message-ID: <005201cff71a$12ced930$386c8b90$@org> Fall 2014 Sacramento Area Middle East Events - Click for flyer Saturdays in November: Join Sacramento BDS bannering and leafleting at local stores asking shoppers to boycott Israeli products and divest from companies that profit from Israel's human rights violations. Sunday, Nov 9, 2014, 12:30pm, Sacramento Bethlehem Sister City Celebrates 5 years in "sistership" with Bethlehem, Palestine. Delicious Palestinian food; displays; and sales of holiday crafts and olive oil. St John's Hall, Our Lady of the Assumption Church, RSVP: SacramentoBethlehem at yahoo.com Monday, Nov 10, 2014, 5:30pm, Inter/Nationalism from the Holy Land to the New World: Encountering Palestine in American Indian Studies. A Public Lecture by Dr. Steven Salaita who was fired by the University of Illinois apparently over views critical of Israel. Multi-Purpose Room, Student Community Center, UC Davis. FMI: smaira at ucdavis.edu Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014, 7pm, Syria & the U.S. agenda in the Middle East. CSU Stanislaus Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil, author of the angryarab.blogspot.com addresses the effect of U.S. intervention in Syria and the region. 909 12th St, Sacramento 916-448-7157; sacpeace at dcn.org Thursday, Nov 13, 2014, Mass incarceration by Israel: The struggles of Palestinian political prisoners. Talk by Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer, an NGO that provides representation and advocacy for Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel, now over 6,000. 12 noon, Rm 2304, King Hall Law School, UC Davis, Davis and 5pm, Classroom A, McGeorge Law School 3200 5th Ave. Sacramento. 916-769-1641. Saturday, Nov 15, 2014, 2pm, Saving Wadi Foquin. In August, Israel issued orders illegally confiscating 1000 acres of West Bank Palestinian land to expand illegal Israeli settlements, including land from Wadi Foquin. Meet the village's mayor and learn about their struggle. Sacramento Japanese UMC, 6929 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento. SabeelSacramento at gmail.com Saturday, Nov 29, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. For info on local actions: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com In case you missed it: Click to see press coverage of Sacramento Kings protest . This was one of 6 US/Canadian-Israeli exhibition games this month (Cleveland , Brooklyn , Washington DC , Portland , Sacramento and Toronto) - all of which have been or are being protested because they are "sports-washing" Israel's illegal and racist policies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Thu Nov 13 22:37:39 2014 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 22:37:39 -0800 Subject: Gaza benefit & otehr Palestine events Message-ID: <000001cfffd5$7c416090$74c421b0$@org> Events November 2014: Saturday, Nov 15, 2014, 11am - 1pm, Boycott SodaStream & other Israeli products. Join weekly bannering & leafleting at local stores. For location: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com Saturday, Nov 15, 2014, 12noon, Emergency demonstration: no more war! The US government has approved 5.6 billion dollars for the expansion of the war against ISIS in Iraq that is just an excuse for corporations and the military to expand their control over the oil rich Middle East. Arden at heritage in front of entrance to Arden Mall, Sacramento. FMI: sac at ANSWERcoalition.org; 916-572-9680 Saturday, Nov 15, 2014, 2pm, Saving the Village of Wadi Foquin. In August, Israel issued orders illegally confiscating 1000 acres of West Bank Palestinian land to expand illegal Israeli settlements, including land from the village of Wadi Foquin. Wadi Foquin?s mayor will discuss the village?s resolve to retain the rights to their land and life in their historic homeland. Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church, 6929 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento. FMI: SabeelSacramento at gmail.com Saturday, Nov 15, 2014, 6:30pm, Gaza charity banquet for the children with featured speaker Miko Peled and spoken word artists Sohaib Khan and Tamana Ebrat. Derosa University Center Ballroom, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton. Click to get tickets. FMI: MSA.UOP at gmail.com Sunday, Nov 16, 2014, 3pm, Israel-Palestine, talk by local activist Don Knutson who went to Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and Syria in 2004 and Gaza in 2005. Reason Center, 1824 Tribute Road, Suite A, Sacramento. FMI: wilpf at nicetechnology.com Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014, 4 - 6pm, Vigil to protest U.S. Support for Israel's human rights abuses. End the blockade of Gaza. 16th & J, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; sacpeace at dcn.org Saturday, Nov 22, 2014, 11am - 1pm, Boycott SodaStream & other Israeli products . Join weekly bannering & leafleting at local stores. For location: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com Saturday, Nov 29, 2014, 11am - 2pm, Rally for International Day in Solidarity with the Palestinian People . Arden & Heritage. Sacramento. FMI: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com Take Action: ? Be part of the global movement to boycott and divest from Israel?s violations of human rights and international law, including its war crimes, occupation and apartheid. Don?t buy and ask stores not so sell Israeli products, see www.SacBDS.org/products. Don?t invest in companies that profit from Israel?s abuses, see: www.wedivest.org. ? Sign and share petitions in support of Palestinian rights: www.SacBDS.org/petitions ? Contact President Obama and Congress and tell them you want U.S. aid to Israel ended now. For questions or comments and to subscribe or unsubscribe, email: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Tue Nov 25 18:49:14 2014 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:49:14 -0800 Subject: 11-29 Day of Solidarity with Palestinian people & much more Message-ID: <00e201d00923$9082a210$b187e630$@org> ? Rally: International Day in Solidarity with the Palestinian People Saturday, November 29, 2014, 11am - 2pm, Arden & Heritage. Sacramento We demand an end to Israel?s war crimes, occupation, ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem, siege on & blockade of Gaza, illegal settlements, home demolitions, collective punishment, detaining, killing & torturing of Palestinians, & all its other violations of international law and human rights. FMI: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com ? Support our brothers & sisters in Fergusson, where police were trained by the Israeli military. Sign the petition to hold Darren Wilson accountable. Don?t shop on Friday, Nov 28th and join the protest 3pm at Arden & Heritage, Sacramento FMI: Sac at ANSWERcoalition.org ? Please sign the petition to defend Palestine supporters from ?anti-semitism? slander. ? This Holiday Season: ? Give Palestinian crafts or olive oil, contact SacramentoBethlehem at yahoo.com or purchase at these craft faire Sunday, Nov 30th, 2014, 12 noon ? 2pm at the Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church, 6929 Franklin Blvd. Sacramento ? Buy Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa and be part of the International Reading Campaign initiated by Librarians and Archivists for Palestine. If you are interested in participating, email: pdmc1234 at gmail.com ? Don?t buy from or invest in companies that profit from Israel?s abuses. ? Ask the Sacramento City Council, Mayor Johnson & the Sister City Council* to tell the Mayor of Ashkelon that Sacramento does not tolerate discrimination and neither should its sister cities. Click for more information. ? Tell Obama & Congress: The U.S. must end its support for Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank including home demolitions and vigilantism. For more info see: End the Violence: End the Ethnic Cleansing of Jerusalem . For more information, to subscribe or unsubscribe, email: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Sat Nov 29 11:47:01 2014 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:47:01 -0800 Subject: Today's action recheduled to 12-6-14, new petition, buy Palestinian crafts 11-30 In-Reply-To: <00e201d00923$9082a210$b187e630$@org> References: <00e201d00923$9082a210$b187e630$@org> Message-ID: <004f01d00c0d$3e517ba0$baf472e0$@org> UPDATE: Rally for International Day in Solidarity with the Palestinian People Rescheduled to: Saturday, December 6, 2014, 11am - 1pm, Arden & Heritage. Sacramento We demand an end to Israel?s war crimes, occupation, ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem, siege on & blockade of Gaza, illegal settlements, home demolitions, collective punishment, detaining, killing & torturing of Palestinians, & all its other violations of international law and human rights. FMI: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com Tell John Kerry: Peace in Jerusalem requires freedom & equality: click to sign petition. Give Palestinian crafts or olive oil, contact SacramentoBethlehem at yahoo.com or purchase at these craft faire Sunday, Nov 30th, 2014, 12 noon ? 2pm at the Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church, 6929 Franklin Blvd. Sacramento ? Please sign the petition to defend Palestine supporters from ?anti-semitism? slander. ? This Holiday Season: ? Buy Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa and be part of the International Reading Campaign initiated by Librarians and Archivists for Palestine. If you are interested in participating, email: pdmc1234 at gmail.com ? Don?t buy from or invest in companies that profit from Israel?s abuses. ? Ask the Sacramento City Council, Mayor Johnson & the Sister City Council* to tell the Mayor of Ashkelon that Sacramento does not tolerate discrimination and neither should its sister cities. Click for more information. ? Tell Obama & Congress: The U.S. must end its support for Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank including home demolitions and vigilantism. For more info see: End the Violence: End the Ethnic Cleansing of Jerusalem . For more information, to subscribe or unsubscribe, email: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: