By Adrienne Fong
See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/
If your post is about Palestine you can also list your action on the AROC calendar
Many other events are listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you
Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12
See Indybay for other listings of events
UPDATE on local college campuses camps for Palestine
(See listings of US & Worldwide college campuses with encampments / protest at end of announcements
UCSF Updates on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ucsf4palestine/
UCSF Solidarity Encampment
530 Parnassus St.
SF
Dress warm – it can be windy!
Ways to support UCSF Palestine Solidarity Camp:
USF Updates on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/usfcastudents4palestine/
USF Popular University for Gaza
2130 Fulton St.
SF
For donation of food & supplies, check: bit.ly/USFCAsupplies
(Please do not bring products made in “Israel”)
SFSU Updates on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sfsu4palestine/
There were negotiations and an agreement made with the administration.
The progress will be monitored.
The tents were removed but there will be a presence daily.
UC Berkeley
Free Palestine Camp ended after an agreement was made.
Shortly after that, some students took over an abandoned house owned by the university.
On 5/16, university police, Oakland, California Highway Patrol and Alameda County Sheriff’s Office tore down the barricades that the students had and removed the students from the house.
ARTICLES
A. UN urges US to stop forced returns to Haiti after latest deportation flight – May 17, 2024
UN urges US to stop forced returns to Haiti after latest deportation flight | Migration News | Al Jazeera
B. What is Trident, the US floating pier off Gaza? Will it work? – May 17, 2024
What is Trident, the US floating pier off Gaza? Will it work? | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
C. I’m a professor who got fired and arrested for protesting Israel’s Gaza war | Close Up – May 17, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYdBDl8zxTs
NYC
D. UC Irvine – May 17, 2024
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7CKNtsr9ra/
At least 9 different police agencies were involved in dismantling the protest
E. Sonoma State University president placed on leave for controversial message – May 16, 2024
F. May 16, International Court of Justice Hearing case of South Africa v. Israel – about 2 hours long
G. South Africa urges ICJ to order Gaza ceasefire, halt Israel’s Rafah assault – May 16, 2024
H. US State Dept. Acknowledges Lie but Leaves Cuba on Sponsors of Terrorism List – May 15, 2024
Events / Actions
For Saturday 5/18 & Sunday 5/19
Saturday, May 18
1. Saturday, 10:00am (PT); 1:00pm (ET), Update from the West Bank: Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?
Online registration: Update from the West Bank: Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? (everyaction.com)
Since Oct. 7, we have been mostly focused on the Israeli assault on Gaza, unable to look away from the bombing, displacement and starvation of the Gazan Palestinians. At the same time, the oppression and violence against Palestinians living in the West Bank has escalated. In the past 6 months, 7000 Palestinians have been detained in the West Bank, including 440 children, and over 1500 Palestinians have been displaced from Area C. (source: WAFA News agency and Reliefweb). At least 317 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces and settlers in the West Bank since the Gaza attack began, according to the Palestine Authority Health Ministry.
Our speaker will be Issa Amro, well-known Palestinian activist, who was highlighted in the May 1 NY Times rhetorically asking if Issa is the new “Palestinian Gandhi”. Working with B’tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, Issa coordinated the “Shooting Back” camera project in Hebron, which distributed cameras to Palestinians so they could document human rights violations by Israeli soldiers and settlers. In 2009 he won the One World Media award for that project. He also founded the organization “Youth Against Settlements”, whose mission is to promote the use of nonviolent resistance against the Israeli Occupation. He endures ongoing harassment by Israeli soldiers and settlers and has been arrested over 100 times. Issa will talk about the repression and harassment of Palestinians in the West Bank and how that has been exacerbated since Oct. 7.
Host: Massachusettes Peace Action
2. Saturday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, STOP THE NAKBA – All Out for Gaza
Meet at:
Harry Bridges Plaza (Embarcadero Plaza)
Across from the Ferry Building
SF
As Israel’s genocidal assault on Rafah escalates, join in solidarity with millions of Palestinians around the world who are rising to demand an END to the 76 year-long Nakba. Join us to demand an END to Israel’s war on Gaza. Demand an END to US complicity in Israel’s occupation, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes against the Palestinian people.
May of each year commemorates the anniversary of the Nakba, in which over 800,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed from their homelands by Zionist terrorists and settlers. The Nakba continues to this day. We are also over 220 days into Israel’s barbaric assault on Gaza, where they intend to ethnically cleanse over 2 million Palestinians living there. And the US government has backed the 76-year long Nakba, and the genocide in Gaza with weapons, lies, and political support
We refuse to allow our government to continue to be complicit in these crimes against Palestinians and against humanity. People around the world are rising to demand their schools, communities, and governments divest from Israel. Working people are refusing to allow their labor to supply and resource the occupation of Palestine. Israel is a rogue state, whose backers in the US government are more isolated than ever. The tide is turning and we will see a FREE PALESTINE within our lifetime.
Sponsors: AROC, PYM, PSL, JVP etc
Info from Jewish Voice for Peace
Sunday, May 19
3. Sunday,12Noon – 4:00pm, Anti-Chevron Day!
Meet at:
Unity Park
605 Ohio Ave.
Richmond
Join the Richmond and Bay area communities on Sunday, May 19th from noon to 4pm for Anti-Chevron Day: A community gathering for international solidarity. We will hear from speakers and performers from communities impacted by Chevron all over the world, along with org tables, food, live music and entertainment.
Come and participate in our Bay Area contribution to this global day of action. Speakers will include Steven Donziger, lawyer for Ecuadorians against Chevron!
Interviews with Spokespeople before the event can also be arranged and would be most welcome!!
Register at bit.ly/anti-chev
Info: Anti-Chevron Day! : Indybay
List of US colleges with encampments /protest for Palestine:
LIST of colleges worldwide with encampments / protest for Palestine
Appreciation to Houda Dhifallah
