International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Message from:

Dear Melissa, Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Here at War on Want, we believe the best way to show solidarity is to take concrete steps to end our government’s complicity in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. Ask your MP to take a stand for the rights of Palestinian children. TAKE ACTION Israel holds over 6,000 Palestinians as political prisoners. Over 200 of them are children below the age of 18.  Palestinian children, some as young as 9 years old, are arrested and tried in Israeli military courts, detained in prisons and detention centres away from their homes and families, and denied their most basic rights. The UK Government knows about these systematic violations, and it must take action now to stop them. Richard Burden MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the UK Government to pressure Israel to end the widespread and systemic human rights violations suffered by Palestinian children in Israeli military custody This EDM has already been signed by MPs from across political parties. Other MPs can sign on too, so they need to hear from constituents that this issue is important for you.  EMAIL YOUR MP Please email your MP and ask them to sign the EDM, and to support the call for the UK Government to call Israel to account over its violations. In Solidarity, Ryvka Barnard Senior Campaigner (Militarism and Security), War on Want P.S. If you can make it to London next week, come see a free exhibition we're hosting: ‘Memory Metamorphosis: an exhibition on Palestinian memory’ at the Menier Gallery.

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MEMORY METAMORPHOSIS: AN EXHIBITION ON PALESTINIAN MEMORY

DATES: Tuesday 5 December to Saturday 9 December 2017

OPENING TIMES:

Tuesday: 11.00am - 5.00pm
Wed-Fri: 11.00am - 6.00pm
Saturday: 11.00am - 4.00pm

LOCATION: Menier Gallery (Lower Ground Floor Gallery*), 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU

*We regret that the gallery is not wheelchair accessible.

War on Want is excited to host an exceptional exhibition of artworks by established and emerging artists based in Gaza, Jerusalem and New York. Memory Metamorphosis: an exhibition on Palestinian memory features painting, collage, film and photography, inspired by interviews with Palestinians in the diaspora about their memories of home.

Memories establish a connection between personal and collective past, heritage and history. They give shape to identity that has been fragmented by displacement and life in exile. There are over 6 million Palestinians living in diaspora; most were displaced or expelled over the past 70 years by war and occupation. When a people’s history, culture and existence are being altered, erased or appropriated, holding onto their memories and creating their own historical record can be seen as an act of resistance.

Discover the artists:

• Mohammed Al Hawajri (mixed media artist, Gaza)
• Marguerite Dabaie (illustrator, New York)
• Tanya Habjouqa (photographer, Jerusalem)
• Omnia Hegazy (musician, New York)
• Dina Matar (painter, Gaza)
• Suhel Nafar (musician, filmmaker and motion graphics artist, New York)
• Jacqueline Reem Salloum (artist and filmmaker, New York)

Alongside this exhibition we will be showcasing the powerful documentary photography of award-winning photographer, author and film-maker Rich Wiles, who has been based in Palestine for many years. His work explores notions of home, identity, resistance, and has been published and exhibited widely.

You can see some of Rich's work here, capturing the stories of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention for a project by War on Want and Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Centre.

Read more about our work for justice for Palestine.