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Balfour Declaration – 100 Years of Settler Colonialism
In 2017, we marked the centenary of 1917 Balfour Declaration. It was to usher in 100 years of settler colonialism. The parallels between the apartheid nature of Israel and South Africa – both settler colonial projects in their origins – are clear. Palestinian campaigners have long condemned the Balfour Declaration as a pledge issued by…
Mark Mandela’s centenary & commit to supporting BDS
Honouring Nelson Mandela’s centenary through the ties that bind civil rights, anti-apartheid & Palestine struggle movements.
On Mandela Day
Make Apartheid History highlights from our first year.
Support BDS
To express our support for BDS – Boycott Divestment and Sanctions on Israel until it complies with international law – we gathered in London to spell out our call.
Voices of Palestine
Palestinian Artists supporting MAH tell us how apartheid operates and its impact on them.
Wall animation
Everything you need to know about the apartheid wall.
What is MAH?
Want to know what Make Apartheid History is all about? Just watch this short film.
Why MAH?
A short film explaining why we still need to Make Apartheid History once and for all.
Interviews
#UNInvestigate
UN played a central role in the successful dismantling of apartheid in South Africa… it should play an equally important role in ending Israel’s apartheid regime against Palestinians.
A cultural response
Justin Butcher and Ahmed Masoud discuss their response to Israel’s attacks on Gaza and the role of the arts in showing solidarity and support.
Academic boycott
Jonathan Rosenhead, member of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine, discusses the academic boycott of Israeli universities.
BDS is necessary
Omar Barghouti of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign on why this type of pressure is needed to make Israel respect international law.
BDS is working
The campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel is working. Interview with American-Palestinian human rights activist and lawyer, Huwaida Arraf.
Brian Eno
Brian Eno, born on the same day that Israel was founded, speaks about his support for Palestine.
Collective action
From Rosa Parks to the Palestinian Freedom Riders. Interview with American-Palestinian human rights activist & lawyer, Huwaida Arraf, on Israeli apartheid & collective action.
Corporate complicity
Ryvka Barnard at War on Want discusses government and corporate complicity and the growing BDS movement in solidarity with Palestinians.
Cultural boycott
Naomi Wimborne Idrissi of Artists for Palestine UK discusses Israel’s use and abuse of art and culture and the role of cultural boycott.
Freedom Theatre
Ahmed Tobasi and Zoe Lafferty talk about the Freedom Theatre, the reaction of British audiences to their production of The Siege and the role of cultural resistance.
From South Africa to Israel
Ronnie Kasrils, South African politician and former ANC Minister for Intelligence, talks to Make Apartheid History about South Africa and Israel as an apartheid state. (Short version)
Israel & Apartheid
Jeff Halper, co-founder and director of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions) discusses Israeli apartheid. (Short version)
Israeli apartheid
Jeff Halper, co-founder and director of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions) discusses Israeli apartheid.
Ronnie Kasrils
Ronnie Kasrils, South African politician and former ANC Minister for Intelligence, talks to Make Apartheid History about South Africa and Israel as an apartheid state.
Starting point
Playwright, actor and director Justin Butcher talks about Bethlehem Unwrapped in 2013/14 and how it lead to the Make Apartheid History project today.
Why we say ‘no’
Interview with David Calder on the campaign against the Globe Theatre’s invitation to Habima, National Theatre of Israel in 2012.
Why we say ‘no’
Interview with Miriam Margolyes on the campaign against the Globe Theatre’s invitation to Habima, National Theatre of Israel in 2012.
Readings
Bethlehem
Palestinian film director Leila Sansour reads from one of her articles about life under occupation. Mandela Festival, Southbank Centre, London 2015.
Children of Palestine
Kika Markham reads ‘From the Diary of an Almost-Four-Year-Old’ and ‘Oh Rascal Children of Gaza’. Mandela Festival, Southbank Centre, London 2015.
Freedom Riders
Paterson Joseph reads about Rosa Parks and a BBC report about the Palestinian Freedom Riders. Mandela Festival, Southbank Centre, London 2015.
Gaza The Girl/The Scream
Brian Eno reads The Girl/The Scream (2006) by Mahmoud Darwish.
It’s also fine
Sam West reads ‘It’s Also Fine’ by Mourid Barghouti, trans. by Radwa Ashour. Mandela Festival, Southbank Centre, London 2015.
Life imprisonment
Miriam Margolyes reads extract from Nelson Mandela and ‘Palestine Speaks’. Mandela Festival, Southbank Centre, London 2015.
Linking movements
Jeremy Hardy connects civil rights, apartheid and Palestinian movements. The Mandela Festival, Southbank Centre, London 2015.
Mark Thomas
Comedian and writer Mark Thomas reads a short extract from his book ‘Walking the Wall’
Poem for Gaza
Playwright, actor and director Justin Butcher reads ‘Tonight the bombs fall down on Gaza’.
Sabrina Mahfouz on Hebron
Sabrina Mahfouz, a visiting author with the 2014 Palestine Festival of Literature, performs a poem written about her recent experience of al Khalil / Hebron.
Southbank 2015
Edited highlights of readings as part of the Mandela Festival at the Southbank Centre London in 2015.
The Sea
A poem by Sabrina Mahfouz
To Our Land
The Freedom Theatre’s Ahmed Tobasi reads ‘To Our Land’ by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Joudah.
To Our Land (Arabic)
The Freedom Theatre’s Ahmed Tobasi reads ‘To Our Land’ by Mahmoud Darwish in Arabic.
Vanished
Writer and director Ahmed Masoud reads from his novel ‘Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda’.
We teach life, sir
Spoken-word artist and activist, Rafeef Ziadah, performs ‘We teach life, sir’, a poem written in response to the media.
Remembering
Remembering MAH Supporter Jeremy Hardy
Rest In Peace dear Jeremy.
Visual Arts
A tale of two red carpets
Palestinians living in Gaza are attend Karama, a film festival on human rights. There are no stars or paparazzi but Gaza rolls out its red carpet through the rubble.
Animated film Samouni Street
Four children of the extended Samouni family in Gaza express what happened to them and their family during ‘Operation Cast Lead’, through animated drawings.
Bethlehem Unwrapped
‘Bethlehem Unwrapped’: a full-scale replica section of Israel’s apartheid Wall constructed in central London Xmas 2013, with a two week creative festival.
Khaled Jarrar: Whole in the Wall
A video walk through of Khaled Jarrar’s “Whole in the Wall” exhibition at Ayyam Gallery London. (143 New Bond Street, June 20 – August 3, 2013)
Showing the human side of struggle
A series of paintings by Palestinian artist Monther Jawabreh’s showing the human side of the Palestinian struggle against Israel’s occupation.
The art of Suleiman Mansour
Palestine resists through the eyes of artist Suleiman Mansour – one of the leading Palestinian artists born in the Palestinian village of Birzeit in 1947.
Human Rights
Al Araqib to Susiya
Two Palestinian villages, Al-Araqib and Susiya – one in Israel one in the West Bank – that share a single story of struggle against forced displacement.
Child labour
Israeli settlement farms in the West Bank are using Palestinian child labor to grow, harvest, and pack agricultural produce, much of it for export.
Discriminatory laws
Hassan Jabareen, the General Director of Adalah, the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, describes discriminatory laws in Israel.
Activism
Aida refugee camp
Film by PSCC (Popular Struggle Coordination Committees), Palestinian partner in the Beyond Walls project, about a graffiti project in Aida refugee camp.
An Nabi Saleh
The village of An Nabi Saleh, which has been staging weekly non-violent demonstrations in opposition to the illegal Israeli settlement of Halamish.
BDS 2015
Learn more about the colonial logic of conquest, destruction and expulsion and the role of BDS in the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality.
ICAHD UK – London wall projection about JCB bulldozers
Shocking pictures and film footage of JCB bulldozers demolishing Palestinian property were projected in London for all to see.
Israel’s global military and security reach
Jeff Halper, founder Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, talks about Israel: A regional military power with ever and increasing global reach
Love & social justice
People from five different cities gather to speak Love to Power and rally against a racist law that keeps tens of thousands of lovers apart.
South Hebron Hills
Palestinian villagers in the South Hebron Hills struggle against the ongoing colonisation of their land by settlers, the separation wall and the Israeli military.
Sport
After Banksy
In response to graffiti artist Banksy’s ‘Make this the year you discover a new destination’, video, Gaza’s parkour team show us what real life is like there.
Field of dreams
Palestine’s fight for recognition on the football pitch. “Don’t think you’re just a footballer. As a Palestinian, football is different for you.”
Speed Sisters
The Speed Sisters are the first all-women race car driving team in the Middle East. They’re bold. They’re fearless. And they’re tearing up tracks all over Palestine.
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