November 26: Human Rights – with Issa Amro
November 26: Human Rights – with Issa Amro
On November 26, 2024, Issa Amro will join us to discuss ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians.
Time: Tuesday, November 26 at 6:00 pm Palestine time (UTC+2). That’s…
- Pacific (Seattle/Vancouver): 8 am
- Central (Chicago): 10 am
- Eastern (New York/Toronto): 11 am
- Atlantic: 12 pm
- Newfoundland: 12:30 pm
- Greenwich (London): 4 pm
- Central Europe (Paris/Stockholm): 5 pm
- South Africa: 5 pm
- Manila: 11 am
- Sydney: 2 am (+1 Day)
- Auckland: 4 am (+1 Day)
Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/94679502800 (You might need to do a quick registration. This link is the same, either way.) Remember, if you’d like to receive a reminder about the gathering an hour before it begins, please use the registration form at the bottom of the page.
Urgent Actions
Find a Protest
US https://uscpr.org/oct-2023-protests/
UK https://palestinecampaign.org/events/
World https://palactions.com/#home
United States: Thank senators who oppose weapons to Israel
This week, 19 Senators – nearly 40% of Senate Democrats – voted to support the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval blocking weapons to Israel. Join the JDC in thanking those senators for their support: https://adc.org/tell-senators-thank-you-for-supporting-stopping-arms-to-israel/
And continue to join Jewish Voice for Peace in demanding that Congress stop arming Israel. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/nobombs/
UK: Stop Genocide in Northern Gaza
Join PSC to demand a stop to the extermination of Palestinians in northern Gaza. Sign the petition here.
Canada: Cut ties with Azrieli
One of Toronto Arts Foundation’s top donors, the Azrieli Foundation, is the charitable counterpart of the genocidal Azrieli Group AKA “Israel’s largest real estate company”. The Azrieli Group’s assets include illegal settlement infrastructure in the occupied West Bank & East Jerusalem, and shares in Bank Leumi, an Israeli bank violating international law by financing illegal settlements and extracting natural resources in Palestine. Learn more here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCpLEcVSoWK/?img_index=4
Get involved in the campaign to cut ties with Azrieli: Talk to your peers and arts organization(s) about Azrieli’s complicity and sign on to the open letter demanding Toronto Arts Foundation cut ties with Azrieli Foundation: tinyurl.com/NoAzrieli
World: Get Chevron OUT of Palestine
Get Chevron OUT of Palestine. Join the #BoycottChevron for Gaza campaign – and send a letter to Chevron CEO Mike Wirth now.