Star and Shadow Statement Re: Palestine Action Event

The Star and Shadow Cinema Co-op stands in solidarity with anyone who seeks to build a kinder, just world.

We also believe it is important to hear from marginalised people, particularly those who exist within regimes that deny their rights to dignified and equal lives.

This event is about hearing from an organisation who are campaigning to end the deadly trade in military drone equipment and save the lives of Palestinians. Ends.

Every day Palestinians are under siege: they face constant surveillance, every move is monitored, homes demolished, their families killed in the streets, and their freedom deprived. 232 Palestinians were murdered by their occupier last year alone. The repression of the indigenous population of Palestine is facilitated by Western nations: none less so than Britain.

Elbit Systems, maintains 8 sites across Britain – including arms factories which ship weapons directly to Israel. Elbit's weapons are also sold on to Western nations - arms they market as 'battle-tested' on Palestinians. The people of Palestine, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen have all been the targets of Elbit's 'tested' weapons.

Petitions, lobbying, and all appeals to the British establishment to end their century-long complicity in the colonisation of Palestine have failed. But we know, and Elbit knows, that they are vulnerable when people take action. Through direct action, Palestine Action has cost Elbit their arms factory in Oldham, London Headquarters and over £280million in contracts with the Ministry of Defence.

In 2023, Palestine Action are ramping up this campaign, and we'll need to take along every person who stands in solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle for liberation. Are you with us?

Tickets: https://www.palestineaction.org/event/newcastle-talk/