Connecting London with Palestine, Kennington with Bethlehem
Good luck to everyone involved in the ‘Small Park Big Run’ in Sheffield and across Palestine on 15th & 16th June. The Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Heely Trust have linked up with 7 centres across Palestine to raise Read More …
On Thursday we met another Israeli citizen who had struggled with his conscience to eventually oppose the occupation. As we drove through Jerusalem with Dan Owen from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions he told us of his time as Read More …
Members of the Kennington Bethlehem Link were invited to the annual ‘Iftar Meal’ in St Anselm’s Church on Sunday night. The event was organised by Kowsar Hoque (owner of Kennington Tandoori) and Reverend Angus Aagard of St Anselm’s. Iftar, which Read More …
Join us on 5 July for a fundraising event for the Youth Centre at the Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. Quiz Night Flyer 7.00pm St Anselm’s Church, Kennington. Entry fee £10.00 Table teams of 8 people. If you would like Read More …
Another day, another divided city. On Wednesday we drove south to Hebron, where a population approaching half a million people is divided by a pocket of settlers. The city is divided between H1 (Palestinian) and H2 (Israeli). How it has Read More …
This is a National event. If people wish to join with the Lambeth and Wandsworth PSC group they will meet in Brixton at 11.00am on the day to go as a group. The Palestinian people need our solidarity more than Read More …
Tuesday started with a tour of the Church of the Holy Nativity in Bethlehem. It was good to have a Palestinian guide, Mustafa. All too often pilgrims are bused into Bethlehem to visit the holy site as Israel tries to Read More …
High on a hill above Jerusalem, blue skies and an April breeze, it feels as though the whole conflict is laid out before us. The Mount of Olives opposite sits above the Palestinian area that is dotted with their black Read More …
Members of the Kennington Bethlehem spent last weekend in Nablus and Sebastiya in the West Bank at a ‘Friends Gathering’ for twinning groups between the UK and Palestine. We were joined by representatives of Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, who Read More …
On our recent tour of Palestine Kennington’s Archbishop Sumner School formed a link with the Dar Al Kalima school in Bethlehem. The group met with Head Teacher Tony Nassar, who spoke of his hope for peace for the Palestinian people. Read More …