Tag archives for Gaza
Community News in Brief
Walk for Al-Mawasi Hastings has had links with Al-Mawasi, a fishing community in Gaza, for several years. Last year, Hastings Borough Council agreed to make it one of our Friendship…
Singing in the Rubble
FELICITY LAURENCE As a music educator, I have been honoured to help a little from afar in the current work of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM), which…
Empty Words: Dollimore’s Record on Gaza
GABRIEL CARLYLE asks how Helena Dollimore responded to the horrors unfolding in Gaza since becoming our MP in 2024 Helena Dollimore’s record as MP for Hastings & Rye tells a…
Gaza Campaigner Pleads Not Guilty
Hastings Gaza campaigner Gabriel Carlyle has pleaded not guilty to an alleged terrorist offence in Parliament Square on 5 July. He was arrested for holding up a placard which read:…
Dollimore on Israel and Palestine Action
KENT BARKER Does Hastings’ MP Helena Dollimore support arms sales to Israel? Our colleagues at the Hastings Online Times (HOT) allege that she does. In an article earlier this month…
The Link withAl-Mawasi
HUGH SULLIVAN Al-Mawasi is an area 14 kilometres long and one kilometre wide on the Mediterranean coast, at the southern end of the Gaza strip. Prior to October 2023, it…
Council Approves Palestinian Friendship Link – But No Funding
HUGH SULLIVAN After an impassioned debate on 16 July at which a large number of councillors spoke, Hastings Borough Council approved a resolution to recognise and support the friendship link…
Attack on Freedom of Speech
GABRIEL CARLYLE Why did I risk arrest and a possible jail sentence by joining the demonstration in Parliament square earlier this month? Instead of fulfilling its legal obligations under the…
Don’t All Children’s Lives Matter?
TERESA THORNHILL, a retired child protection lawyer, questions why we sell weapons to kill and main children abroad Mohammed Ibrahim, Unsplash In February, I participated in a town centre rally…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter In Defence of Gaza Thank you for publishing Mr Bennett’s letter, In Defence of Israel (HIP 268) albeit with a disclaimer. If nothing else, it does present an opportunity…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter Gaza: Decades of Atrocities Dear HIP Palestine Solidarity Campaign In the article Waiting for Answers by Rod Webb (HIP 267) you published a reply by our MP Helena Dollimore…
Waiting for Answers
ROD WEBB reacts to open letter written to local MP by Hastings & District Palestinian Solidarity Campaign As the Gaza conflict approaches the New Year after nearly 14 months of…
Protesting and Picketing
ROD WEBB Early on Wednesday morning, 16 October, peace activists picketed the entrance to the site of weapons manufacturer General Dynamics in Sidney Little Road to protest the latest Israeli…
Gaza Protest Trial Adjourned to Brighton
The trial of three local men charged with aggravated trespass at a community protest outside a St Leonards armaments factory in February has been adjourned to a further hearing in…
We Are All Mothers
We Are All Mothers is a series of drawings and paintings that tell stories of the Gazan people over the past several months. The work, using charcoal and oils, focuses…
Hastings Artists Unite to Raise Funds for Al Mawasi
Artists across Hastings have come together to raise funds for the community of Al Mawasi in Gaza. The Art Raffle is a collaboration between Stella Dore Gallery in St Leonards,…
Phil Colley: ‘Responsibility to Humanity’
Phil Colley is a long-time resident of and campsite owner in Brede. He is widely travelled, speaks eight languages and claims a “deep understanding” of global politics. His allegiance to…
Open Letter to Prospective Parliamentary Candidates
From Hastings Jews for Justice We are a new group in Hastings and surrounding districts formed amidst the unfolding genocide in Gaza with the aim of holding our political leaders…
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter Voiceless over Gaza Dear HIP Guy Harris wrote in HIP 240 wondering whether he is “the only constituent currently wondering where Cllr. Dollimore stands on the very pressing issue…
Gaza Campaigners Target Hastings Arms Manufacturer
Around 25 demonstrators held a rally and march last Thursday outside the offices of General Dynamics on the Castleham estate in St Leonards. The firm is one of the US…
A Look Inside Gaza Ghetto
Invitation from the Hastings & Rye Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Hastings locals are being offered the chance to take a filmic trip behind the barbed wire fences and inside Gaza, considered…