by Rt Hon Sir John Battle (Chair Leeds Diocesan J & P)(former Minister of State at Foreign Office)A ceasefire pause and the release of some Israeli captives and Palestinians prisoners […]
Palestine
14 Jan – Holocaust Memorial Day Citizen’s Commemoration
We have received the following invitation from a group of people from a number of different faith and social activism traditions Invitation to a Holocaust Memorial Day Citizen’s Commemoration 12-1pm […]
31 Dec – 3431 Mile Fundraising Ride
epic fundraising effort by Pudsey parishioner and peace campaigner TIm Devereux
9 Dec – Red Carpet in Gaza
By Joe Burns, Commission member The Commission part-sponsored the Leeds Palestinian Film Festival event at Wheeler Hall on 30 November. Rather than an individual film, this event showed several short films. […]
27 Nov – Where Olive Trees Weep
The SPARK-sponsored film in the Leeds Palestinian Film Festival this year (the tenth year) was called ‘Where Olive Trees Weep’. The film cleverly cut between talking heads, filmed footage from […]
15 May – Leeds to Brighton for MAP
You may remember, from previous years, the incredible fundraising of Tim Devereux.For the last three years, he has cycled for four or five days in the summer, covering about 250 […]
25 Apr – Stop Arming Israel
By David Somerville, Our Lady & St Cuthbert parishOn the 2nd April, around 200 people joined a march organised by the Bradford Friends of Palestine in Baildon, Shipley to the […]