Events and updates, by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Public events next 24 hours as we wind our Australia and New Zealand tour Wednesday 5 June 4 PM EST: Environmental Impact of Explosive Weapons in Gaza https://internationalpolicy.org/event/environmental-impact-of-explosive-weapons-in-gaza/ Thursday 6 June 6:30 doors open 7 PM Aukland, NZ time public talk “Climate Change Actions and Biodiversity Conservation in Occupied Palestine. “Dr. Russel Norman (director of Greenpeace) in Conversation with Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh. Organized by Palestinian Youth Aotearoa and Dayenu: New Zealand. Western Springs Garden Community Hall, Hall 2; 956 Great North Road, Western Springs Friday 7 June 6:00-9:00 PM Arabic language discussion of current affairs at Fickling Convention Centre in Mt Albert, Aukland Open letter from Academics in the Gaza Strip to the world https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/29/open-letter-by-gaza-academics-and-university-administrators-to-the-world I cannot find any way to describe these latest atrocities committed by the Israeli forces. The scenes could haunt us forever: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/6/3/israels-forced-starvation-in-gaza-has-killed-dozens-of-children https://x.com/abierkhatib/status/1797666132381598019 https://x.com/EyeonPalestine/status/1797662407046918336 https://www.newarab.com/news/over-3500-under-5s-gaza-risk-death-due-malnutrition and Israeli soldiers proud of stealing aid https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240531-israeli-soldiers-film-themselves-stealing-aid-from-starving-gazans/ andb kill Palestinians who ran a soup kitchen https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240531-israel-kills-3-palestinian-men-who-ran-soup-kitchen-in-gaza/ Let me introduce you …to Australian supported Gaza ‘nippers’ https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/gaza-nippers-among-thousands-children-killed-israels-genocide …to Habiba… baby found under the rubble https://x.com/OnlinePalEng/status/1797759566450700555 ….to Fatima and her bird. She has walked a great distance, after being 'displaced'. This is what she has to say to the photographer who asked to speak to her: https://x.com/EyeonPalestine/status/1797669755790495997 An example of censorship at academia (and a good reason for the ongoing student led encampments at universities that aid genocide) https://x.com/luigidaniele10/status/1797919941834014988 https://theintercept.com/2024/06/03/columbia-law-review-palestine-board-website/ Occupation of the Israeli embassy in San Francisco: https://x.com/Kuffiyateam/status/1797679941427048528 Toward a Global Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine: Johannesburg Declaration on Israel's Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Genocide https://socialistproject.ca/2024/05/toward-a-global-anti-apartheid-movement-for-palestine/ "Uniting for Peace" is Next Step in Invoking Genocide Convention Process to Protect Palestine https://husseini.substack.com/p/uniting-for-peace-is-next-step-in Hypocrisy and Deceit Down Under – Is Australia a Zionist Stronghold? https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hypocrisy-and-deceit-down-under-is-australia-a-zionist-stronghold/ Australia public servants standing up to the Albanese Government to call for an end to the two-way arms trade https://x.com/DavidShoebridge/status/1796045068907753751 people in the commonwealth shoul push governments to apply sanctions like they did against apartheid South Africa in 1986 \ https://thecommonwealth.org/news/archive-sanctions-agreed-against-apartheid-era-south-africa Stay Human and keep Palestine alive