Palestinian activist Yousef Aljamal to address Derry meeting
Palestinian author, journalist and campaigner Yousef Aljamal will address a public meeting in St. Columb’s Hall on Tuesday, April 21 at 7pm.
Dr. Aljamal is the co-editor of a new book ‘Displaced in Gaza’.
He is Gaza coordinator at the Palestine Activism Program at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Originally from Al-Nusierat refugee camp, he holds a PhD from Sakarya University in Turkey
Yousef will take part in a panel discussion ‘on the situation in the Middle East, Trump and Netanyahu's illegal war, the genocide and displacement now being perpetrated in Lebanon and the West Bank’, the Derry Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) said.
Spokesperson Janine McLaughlin says: “The meeting will provide the opportunity for people to talk through why we need to continue to campaign against Israel’s determination to ‘eliminate’ Palestinians both in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the ongoing BDS campaign and the anti war movement.”