Bethlehem Campaign 2007 - information pack, articles, photos, and more

Bethlehem Campaign 2007

"Israel is strangling Bethlehem - Tourists are told "go at your own risk"; and no Israelis are allowed to come to Bethlehem, so there is total harassment, but Bethlehem depends on tourism. The noose is getting tighter around Bethlehem and Bethlehem is becoming more and more isolated. Over 95% of its inhabitants are not able to visit Jerusalem or parts of Israel. These people have difficulty visiting other cities in the West Bank and cannot travel to Gaza. So the Palestinians are being separated from themselves".

Bishara Awad - Principle of Bethlehem Bible College

This year again we would like to ask you to support the people of Bethlehem trapped behind the apartheid wall. The economic outlook is worsening and access to basic needs is getting increasingly difficult. Please use the information below to campaign and spread the word in the period leading up to Christmas. Everybody who will be celebrating this Christmas needs to be reminded of the ongoing Israeli occupation and the apartheid system imposed on the Palestinians in the Holy Land.

• Amos Trust - Bethlehem Pack "Voices from the Ghetto 2007" with information, poems, songs and alternative Christmas Carols: http://www.amostrust.org/resources/index.php?pageNo=351&parent=100

• National Geographic - Article and photo gallery in the current issue: Bethlehem 2007 A.D. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-12/bethlehem/finkel-text.html

• Banksy is back in Bethlehem: http://www.santasghetto.com/wall.asp see also www.picturesonwalls.com

• PSC Concert on the 7^th of December 2007: Voices for Bethlehem http://www.palestinecampaign.org/events.asp?d=y&id=2359

Book your tickets now for the annual PSC Christmas Concert

VOICES FOR BETHLEHEM

Friday 7^th December 2007 7pm

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church

235 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2

This is the annual Palestine Solidarity Campaign Christmas Concert to highlight the situation of the people of Bethlehem locked behind the wall. All funds raised will be used in the campaign for Palestinian people's rights.

FEATURING:

Seasonal readings by acclaimed author

Ahdaf Soueif

Traditional English choir songs and carols from

The London Finzi Consort

Music by Tunisian singer and Oud player

Firas Jabloun

And Palestinian singer

Amira Dibsy

Advance tickets: £10 Full price // £8 for concessions (unwaged and PSC members)

Tickets on the night: £12 Full price // £10 for concessions (unwaged and PSC members)

Children Under 12 accompanied by adults: Free

Available from the PSC: by card please phone 02077006192

Or send a cheque to PSC Box BM PSA WC1N3XX London.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BM PSA
London
WC1N 3XX

Email: info@palestinecampaign.org

Tel: 020 7700 6192
Fax: 020 7609 7779
Web: www.palestinecampaign.org

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