Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity Campaign in 2002 set up a ‘Twin’ borough campaign with the Israel occupied Palestinian City of Jenin.
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Hiyam Elayyan argues that raising awareness in this way is vital in order to put pressure on the British government and effect change.
She told us, “I think people should be involved and know what is going on in Palestine and Jerusalem in general. And they should in a way, affect their government, their decisions, their human rights decisions at least.”
Sybil Cock, chair of the Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity Campaign told City News, “In 2002, the Israelis stormed with helicopters and tanks into the refugee camp in Jenin killing unknown numbers of people… and injuring lots of others. The refugee camp was completely demolished. We had friends in Jenin who were affected by that and we thought, this is the place we’re going to have our special relationship with.”
Local residents also felt that having these type of events and the variety of speakers provided by the campaigners helped to expand their knowledge of the issues.
With friends being affected, the members feel that this is a very personal campaign which centres around getting justice for what they feel is a breach of basic human decency.
Albinia Stanley a local resident told City News, “I was really excited by the fact that… it was Palestinian women speaking about their own experiences. It was slightly different from a normal student Palestinian society that has been my historic experience of campaigning on the issue.”
The charity capping hope that events such as this one will help to turn the community’s concern for Palestinians into enough action that governments will be pressured to find a fair resolution. They plan to continue their efforts until this happens.
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Hiyam Elayyan argues that raising awareness in this way is vital in order to put pressure on the British government and effect change.
She told us, “I think people should be involved and know what is going on in Palestine and Jerusalem in general. And they should in a way, affect their government, their decisions, their human rights decisions at least.”
Sybil Cock, chair of the Tower Hamlets Palestine Solidarity Campaign told City News, “In 2002, the Israelis stormed with helicopters and tanks into the refugee camp in Jenin killing unknown numbers of people… and injuring lots of others. The refugee camp was completely demolished. We had friends in Jenin who were affected by that and we thought, this is the place we’re going to have our special relationship with.”
Local residents also felt that having these type of events and the variety of speakers provided by the campaigners helped to expand their knowledge of the issues.
With friends being affected, the members feel that this is a very personal campaign which centres around getting justice for what they feel is a breach of basic human decency.
Albinia Stanley a local resident told City News, “I was really excited by the fact that… it was Palestinian women speaking about their own experiences. It was slightly different from a normal student Palestinian society that has been my historic experience of campaigning on the issue.”
The charity capping hope that events such as this one will help to turn the community’s concern for Palestinians into enough action that governments will be pressured to find a fair resolution. They plan to continue their efforts until this happens.
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