Wondering where your generous donations at our third annual fundraiser have gone to? The kindergarten at Khasam Al Daraj is on its way to opening its doors in during September. Click here to get the latest update on this kindergarten project.
Please take action – and pass this on to others
Urgent action – please sign our online petition
Our online petition asks Foreign Minister Bob Carr to make urgent representations to Israel’s Ambassador in Australia regarding the need to lift the demolition orders on the fifty one (51) structures in the village of Susiya, near Hebron, including a clinic funded by Action Aid Australia and solar panels funded by EU countries.
More information here or go straight to the petition at http://www.communityrun.org/petitions/help-save-susiya-village-clinic-and-solar-panels
Please let Minister Carr know you expect him to act to protect this investment of the Australian taxpayer and the homes of Susiya villages.
Email Foreign Minister Carr foreignminister.carr@dfat.gov.au – write your own letter or use the model letter here or telephone his office (02) 6277 7500
If you couldn’t make it to the Festival on Saturday you can still support our pre-school projects in the South Hebron Hills by making a tax-deductible donation to the Kindergarten Appeal. By donating to this appeal you will be helping support early childhood education facilities for Palestinian communities in the south Hebron hills.
We still have some ceramic pieces and kuffiyehs from Hebron and they will be on sale at the Addison Road Winter Magic Festival on Saturday 30th June – we will be there from approximately 1-5pm.
Getting the festival organised is a big job, and we’d like to say thanks to everyone who is helping. Today’s special thank you is to BDS South Africa, who are leading the international solidarity movement against Israeli apartheid. Check out the BDS South Africa website; it has a very good section on greenwashing and video of the Russell Tribunal.
We’re delighted to announce that the latest stall confirmed for the Festival of Friendship on 23 June is Australian aromatherapy company Perfect Potion. Perfect Potion have a range of products made from Palestinian Olive Oil, including soaps, skin lotions and hand creams. They were the first Australian company to obtain certified natural cosmetics (BDIH) status from Europe for the majority of products. The majority of the essential oils that Perfect Potion offers are certified organic. You can see the whole selection of products on the Perfect Potion website.
Come to the festival to support fair trade products that support Palestinian communities!
2pm, Sunday 29 April, 2012
Leichhardt Town Hall
An important event for all Friends of Hebron, please come and elect the committee for the coming year, hear a report on what we have done and our plans for this coming year. http://www.facebook.com/events/284290868326361/
A reminder that membership renewals are due now.
Film: “Return to Gaza” 3 for 3:30pm, Sunday 29 April, 2012
Or arrive at 3pm for light refreshments then, at 3:30pm, we will screen our film “Return to Gaza” about, Fetah Sabawi, a Palestinian Australian, born on a refugee camp in Jordan, who wants to return to Gaza with his family. See the trailer here
All welcome, entry is free, your donation appreciated.
http://www.facebook.com/events/351827928199425/
The Golani Brigade left Hebron last week and a collective sigh of relief passed through the town. The Golani are famous for being tough on the civilian Palestinian population, and there was some hope that the violations administered by the Golani Brigade would not be repeated by the newly arrived Kfeer brigade. Three weeks ago, on a visit to the Mutanabbi boys school (which is located on a road that settlers use frequently), the principal reported that 27 instances of physical and verbal abuse against the school children by the army during one week alone. A teacher was detained at a checkpoint for 4 hours while on his way to work, and flying checkpoints (pop-up checkpoints) had been set up outside the school, where harassment of the children was regular. When speaking to the principal he told us that the week prior a settler, armed with an M16 assault rifle, had walked into the school, and threatened to blow up the school if students didn’t stop throwing stones. In any other instance this threat would be taken seriously and investigations would ensue. However, in Hebron, the residents say that settlers rule the army and protection is only for the chosen few. Read more
13/03/2012
The village of Um al Khair is a small, Bedouin community survives in spite of the high levels of insecurity it faces due the occupation and the harassment of the settlers from the Karmel settlement. Some of the Bedouin tents have received demolition orders and the ongoing theft of land, despite evidence of land ownership by the Palestinian community, make this one of the most vulnerable and impoverished villages in the West Bank. Read more
They have arrived! We are very excited to announce that we have received another lot of kuffiyahs, direct from the Herbawi textile factory in Hebron. Our last batch sold out in one day at our Festival of Friendship, 2011 and we aniticapte that these kuffyahs will be snapped up in no time. We have a selection of both colour and the traditional black and white kuffiyahs.
We will be selling the kuffiyahs at upcoming events so stay posted to know where we we’ll be. This week we will have a stall at the Miko Peled lecture, Moving towards a democracy in Israel/Palestine.
Details:
Date: Tuesday, 27th September, Location: Teacher’s Club, 22-33 Mary St, Surry Hills Sydney NSW, Time: 6.30pm for a 7pm start
Tribes and Nations are bringing their professional espresso machines combined with organic Fairtrade beans roasted especially for your day. We will enjoy the full flavour of beans freshly roasted and served with style and professionalism. Anything from a macchiato to a lush 30% cocoa hot chocolate or 
frothy double shot cappuccino with extra full cream milk! And we can be sure that this coffee has paid the farmer a living wage!
Come and enjoy:
Professional espresso coffee from freshly roasted T&N single origin coffees and served in fully biodegradable BioCups.
http://store.tribesandnations.com.au/
friendsofhebronsydney.org.au 
