http://www.fopwa.org Friends of Palestine Western Australia (FOPWA) BLOG Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:46:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have good news to report. Thanks to a deluge of complaints from our supporters, The Perth Voice at last saw reason and decided to publish our final response to the Jewish Community Council's Steve Lieblich. Thanks to everyone who took the time and effort to write letters to the ... http://www.fopwa.org/2010/03/a-victory-for-fopwa-in-the-perth-voice/ second-perth-voice-article1 http://www.fopwa.org/2010/02/further-debate-in-the-perth-voice/ Breaking the Siege ...inspiring tales from the Gaza Freedom March Though it was barred entry into Gaza by Egyptian authorities, the Gaza Freedom March was nevertheless an incredibly inspiring event that marked yet another significant step forward in the struggle to build a determined, powerful and truly global Palestinian solidarity movement. If you ... http://www.fopwa.org/2010/02/316/ If you want to help shape the work of our organisation over the coming year, it's vital that you attend our Annual General Meeting, which will be held from 2.00pm to 5.00pm on Saturday February 20th at the Hellenic Club, 75 Stirling St, Perth. The agenda will be as follows:- 2.00pm-2.45pm: A ... http://www.fopwa.org/2010/02/formal-notice-of-fopwa-annual-general-meeting/ Below are two articles from the last two editions of The Perth Voice. The first is dated 16/1/10 and is by Steve Lieblich, the director of public affairs of the Jewish Community Council. Below his article is our reply. http://www.fopwa.org/2010/01/debate-in-the-perth-voice/ Dear Friends of Palestine,   On December 27 we will commemorate 1 year since Israel began its deadly "Cast Lead" attack on the defenceless civilians of Gaza.   At least 1400 died and 5000 were seriously injured.   Israel continues to strangle Gaza; prohibited items ranging from crayons to concrete, so as winter takes hold Palestinians ... http://www.fopwa.org/2009/12/commemorating-gaza-1-year-on-perth-december-27/ Our performance of Seven Jewish Children last Saturday was a great success.  Around 50 people were in attendance and all the performers did a great job.  In the end we staged the play directly outside the doors of Kulcha, thus ensuring the arts venue's management received the message loud and ... http://www.fopwa.org/2009/11/seven-jewish-children-a-play-for-gaza-performance/ In light of the fair degree of media attention its cancellation has received, we have decided to organise a performance of Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza this Saturday. We will be inviting people to have their say on both the play itself and the political questions it raises immediately ... http://www.fopwa.org/2009/11/fopwa-presents-and-performs-seven-jewish-children/ 11/11/09 Friends of Palestine WA P.O. Box 1410 West Perth 6872 Ph: 0407 850 962 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE We have received information this afternoon which indicates the WA branch of Amnesty International made the final decision to cancel this Sunday's performance of Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza, in part because the play's controversial content ... http://www.fopwa.org/2009/11/latest-update-on-the-cancellation-of-seven-jewish-children-performance/ 11/11/09 Friends of Palestine WA P.O. Box 1410 West Perth 6872 Ph:  0407 8... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIENDS OF PALESTINE WA CONDEMNS KULCHA'S DECISION TO CANCEL THE PERFORMANCE OF SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN: A PLAY FOR GAZA THAT WAS DUE TO TAKE PLACE THIS SUNDAY. FURTHERMORE, FRIENDS OF PALESTINE WA IS DISAPPOINTED THAT CONTRADICTORY REASONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN ... http://www.fopwa.org/2009/11/friends-of-palestine-wa-condemns-kulchas-decision-to-cancel-the-performance-of-seven-jewish-children/