Join us next Thursday for our final demo of the year! Councillors meet again for the full council meeting. We’ll be outside to remind them that one year after the debate of our petition, our demands have still not been met! See you all then 🥁🇵🇸❤️ 📍Islington Town Hall 🗓️Thursday 4 December ⏰6pm

Today I stood with peace activists outside Westminster Magistrates Court, in solidarity with those who have been arrested for protesting against genocide. The proscription of Palestine Action is truly shameful. We must defend the right to demonstrate!

They need our support to stand against the repression and to continue to fight for the liberation of Palestine and an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people. ❤️‍🔥 ℹ️ Find out more about the demands of the hunger strikers here: prisonersforpalestine.org

Political prisoners are resisting state oppression for taking action to end the Israeli genocide in Palestine are engaging in a hunger strike to demand: 1. End all censorship 2. Immediate bail 3. Right to a fair trial 4. Deproscribe 5. Shut Elbit down

🚨 SUPPORT THE HUNGER STRIKERS 🚨 📣 Join us at a demo outside HMP Pentonville on Saturday 15th November, 4-6pm.

Join us for a night of Palestinian flavours, laughter & community! Enjoy authentic home-cooked dishes and a fun quiz about Palestine with prizes for the winners 🎁 🗓️ 5th, 12th, 19th November 3rd, 10th December 18:30 📍 Cafe Metro, N19 5RQ 🎟️ £35. Booking required 🔗 bit.ly/faten-dinner-nov-dec

Sainsbury’s markets itself as a brand that delivers “good food for all of us”. But stocking products from companies directly involved in Israel’s occupation and apartheid regime they’re in direct contradiction with their values. Take action send a letter to Sainsbury’s (link in bio)!

🚨 Twelve British citizens including Islington residents, are aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza. The UK government has a legal obligation to protect its citizens and vessels. Unlike Spain and Italy, who are providing protection for their nationals, the UK has done nothing.

We invite you to November's session of our 📚 Alareer Book Club 📚series in collaboration with Housmans Bookshop. 🎟️ £5 - donations will go to The Sameer Project, supporting displaced Palestinian families in Gaza. Concessions available. 🔗 Purchase a ticket at bit.ly/alareerbc5

📢 This Saturday! Join the national demo at Labour Party conference, where we'll be brining the message to Keir Starmer: #StopArmingIsrael #StopStarvingGaza. 📅 27 September 📍 St. George's Plateau, Liverpool ⏲️ Assemble 12 noon

Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people. 🧵1/3

Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday. Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.

Victory! People power stops Italy’s energy giant and genocide-profiteer Eni from exporting oil to Israel!

We welcome the council’s commitments but we are urgently pushing them to do more to take meaningful steps to cut financial ties with Israel. 📸 @/virginia.plath

• ⁠tell local MPs to highlight a foreign affairs select committee report, specifically its demand for the government to say how continuing to supply f35 parts is consistent with upholding international law • ⁠twinning with Aizariyeh, Palestine

At the full council meeting, Islington Independents councillor Ilkay’s proposed motion was passed unanimously. It called for • a complete ceasefire • ⁠a full arms embargo continued.

We stood along upper street with our placards, banners and flags, in solidarity with Palestine. We paid respect to the 680,000 souls who have been taken, martyred by the Israeli terrorist state, allowed to happen with the agreement of our government.

Thank you everyone who joined us once again outside Islington Town Hall. We marked a year since we submitted our divestment petition, and with 2 years of genocide nearing, and the UN Commission of Inquiry declare genocide in Gaza Islington Council MUST divest.

Today we joined over 100+ groups protesting the shameful DSEI-one of the world’s largest arms fair. 100s of war criminals in suits were in attendance & we gave them the welcome they deserved.The police protected the merchants of death & showed us once again they don’t keep us safe, we keep us safe.

🕯️On Thursday 18th September at 6pm we will gather outside of Islington Town Hall, to demonstrate to our council that our concern has not faltered, and that we will continue to scrutinise the actions (or lack thereof) that are taken, as is our responsibility as conscientious constituents. Join us ❤️

This petition was backed by 2,300+ residents who expressed grave concerns about our local government’s financial connections to companies which are entangled in the subjugation of Palestinian people, & directly linked to the genocide in Gaza. One year on-how has Islington Council responded?

‼️SILENT DEMO‼️ In September 2024, we presented a petition to Islington Council which called on them to Work toward divesting pension funds from all companies complicit in war crimes End their relationship with Barclays Review their procurement policies to exclude companies violating human rights

We also had a range of goodies on sale, from @/cafemetron19 @/zaytoun_cic @/salaamcola @/kenzastreasure and Richard’s t shirts (supporting 2 families in Gaza). Money raised will go towards the essential work @/grassroots_gaza are doing. ❤️

Thank you everyone who dropped by our stall yesterday at Angel Canal Festival ☀️ We chatted with locals about our upcoming silent demo, marking a year since submitting our divestment petition, as well as other campaigns they can get involved in.

43 - The number of terror charges seven key spokespeople have received for speaking on public Zoom calls. The seven Defend Our Juries key spokespeople have been released after over two days in custody. All seven have been charged with crimes under the Terrorism Act 2000. 1/3 🧵

🔗bit.ly/faten-dinner Proceeds (after food & running expenses) will be sent to Faten’s family in Gaza. Additional donations are greatly appreciated. PLEASE NOTE: Refunds will be available up to one week in advance of the dinner. This is to ensure that all food costs are appropriately accounted for.

🗓️ Upcoming dates: 10th, 17th, 24th September Doors will open at 18:30, dinner will be served at 19:00. 📍 Cafe Metro, N19 5RQ 🎟️ £35. Booking in advance is required, we will not be able to accommodate walk-in guests. This is an intimate venue so we recommend booking your place as early as possible.

Faten’s Family Dinners is Archway’s newest and coziest supper club! 🍽️ On Wednesday evenings, Cafe Metro’s own Faten Hajaji will be serving her favourite Palestinian dishes over three courses. You can expect one main dish (vegan options available), plenty of side dishes & homemade dessert.

Our workshop facilitators: Print 4 Palestine, Each Child a Light, & Asherah Jewerelly. All of our volunteers who kept the day afloat and lead educational stalls on ethical banking and consumer boycotts. The day couldn’t happen without the support of volunteers from Culpeper Garden. 📸 @/tarunisms

Thank you to our incredible performers: Les Levidow from Cafe Palestina Trio, the Maydan Ensemble (North African Jazz Collective & Speit. To our stall vendors & artists: Maqam Books, Mama’s Crafts, Asherah Jewellery, Jades Room, Islington Copwatch, Inga Bystram and Café Metro.

We raised £1,500+ for Grassroots Gaza, a mutual aid initiative run by & for Palestinian people in Gaza & Egypt. They have built an avenue to aid that international bodies have failed to provide & the essential work that they carry out is emblematic of the steadfast resilience of a diaspora in exile.

Just over one week ago, our community came together in Culpeper Community Garden for an intimate afternoon of music, making, and connecting with neighbours who stand in solidarity with Palestine and who seek to uplift Palestinian culture in our borough.

We invite you to September's session of our 📚 Alareer Book Club 📚series in collaboration with @housmansbookshop.bsky.social We will be reading Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd. 🧵(1/n)

Bring your friends and family along for a day in the sun in a botanical oasis and connect with your local community! 🗓️Saturday 9 August, 4-8pm 📍Culpeper Community Garden, N1 0EJ 🎟️ free - £20 🔗 register at bit.ly/culpeperfundraiser

There will be live performances, workshops to take part in, as well as stalls hosted by Palestinian business owners and local community groups. Our friends from Cafe Metro in Archway will be cooking up traditional Palestinian food for purchase, as well sweet treats, fruit, and BDS-friendly drinks.

Join us for a day of solidarity, community building, and celebration of Palestinian culture. We’ll be raising funds for Grassroots Gaza, which provides direct aid to Palestinians displaced within Gaza and Egypt.

We were also joined by Richard, who was selling t shirts to support families in Gaza. Funds raised are split between the Salibi family, and Meena’s family - a 9 year old girl in Gaza whose beautiful artwork featured on some of the t shirts. Proceeds will be donated to the Sameer Project ❤️

Today we were at Whitecross Street Party selling BDS friendly products including Kenzas Treasures, Zaytoun, Gaza Cola, Salaam Cola and connecting with locals.

We supported a resident in asking a question on how the council’s relationship with Barclays stands in relation to its climate goals. Council democracy shamefully redacted key elements of this question to strip it of any context before publishing it in the agenda. We will share details of this soon.

We heard from our Independent and Green party councillors who have been championing the Palestinian cause in council meetings, and we heard from a council worker and union member, calling on the council to show leadership, stand up for what’s right, and stay accountable to its employees.

We gathered yesterday again in front of the town hall, as the Islington full council holds its quarterly meeting, to demand that our council end its complicity in genocide and stop banking with Barclays.

It’s time that changed.Boycott Airbnb & encourage others to do the same.We have a letter template you can use to send an email to Airbnb’s corporate offices & a message you can send to Airbnb hosts you know.If you are an Airbnb host, de-list your property & write to Airbnb expressing your concerns.

Most maliciously, it participates in and contributes to the expansion of illegal settlements, which constitutes war crimes under international law. And yet, Airbnb dominates the homestay market.

Airbnb doesn’t have a great reputation amongst even its most loyal users — it fuels gentrification, demands opaque fees and cleaning policies, and operates an unreachable customer service line.

One of the companies identified in UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s recent report investigating corporate involvement in the displacement of the Palestinian people, Airbnb is the first major tourism company we’re taking a look at in our ‘Don’t Book Apartheid’ series.

Airbnb profits from illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and incentivizes apartheid and dispossession. Tourism should never fund oppression.

Thank you to Kenza Treasures, Salaam Cola, Gaza Cola, and Zaytoun for letting us showcase your great products! Proceeds from yesterday will go to the Sameer Project ❤️

Our team had a great day yesterday at the Cally Festival connecting with local residents, selling BDS friendly products, and informing our community about our divestment campaigns and how to get involved locally. We appreciate everyone who stopped by for a chat!

This short novel reminded us that stories can bear witness to history that official records fail to recognize. Faced with warped media & state-sponsored biases & denial of apartheid & genocide, it’s crucial we take time to read stories that grant us an embodied perspective of life under occupation.