july campaign
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Welcome to PalestineThe Palestinian Spring
ISM
• This activity came from successful Christmas 2010 week
• We believe transformation is possible
Creating a new working model• Working together
under the Palestinian flag, not a factional flag.
• Collective work of more than 40 Palestinian NGOs, Local Committees in Historical Palestine, and supported by political parties.
• Mobilized the international community
What we agreed to
-Theme of ending apartheid and ethnic cleansing-Unity of the Palestinian Struggle-Try to be inclusive -Develop collective and democratic mechanisms for
action-July 9 Chosen for date of World Court Ruling and
Palestinian Civil Society Call to Action-Use Palestinian flags and not factional flags at
events
July 8 BGU
July 8
Charles de Gaule Airport
Ministry of Interior, Tel Aviv
• Big media campaign at EU airports
>120 guests abducted at BGU kept in Ramle and Beer AlSabe’
Prevented welcome at
BGU
July 8- Press Conference in Peace Center, Bethlehem
Bil’in toNebi Saleh- July 9
Nebi Saleh
N Qalandia- July 9
N Qalandia
Qalandia- Regular demonstration
Beit Sahour- July 10
Aida to Checkpoint
July 10
Walaja-July 10
Rachel Corrie Press Conference July 11
Izbet Tabib- Qalqilya July 11
Hebron July 12
Beit Ommar July 12
JerusalemJuly 14-15
Important people interactions
Summary• 250,000 hits on the web and Over 1000 positive media stories
• Awareness of WB isolation - Great experience for visitors
• Huge cost to Israeli authorities
• Increased cooperation between local Palestinians and better organizational structures for future campaigns
• Lots of contacts of both internationals and of the media which we will leverage towards future campaigns
• Involvement of youth empowered them and we will build this movement (e.g. with Hirak Shababi and volunteers like those from Al-Walaja)
• Beginnings of joint plans between ISM, RTE, WTP campaigns
Future Directions
• New Campaign across the Jordan Bridge?
• Better collaboration with ISM and RTE campaigns
• Enhance local partnerships and mechanisms of collective work (we learned from many mistakes in these initial events)
• May, 14, 2012 and July 9, 2012 to become targets of mass mobilization.