Mahmoud Sarsak - Palestinian Hunger Striker Footballer - London Talk
inminds 27 May 2013
Mahmoud Sarsak
Mahmoud Sarsak is a Palestinian footballer who was abducted, tortured and caged by Israel for 3 years without charge or trial. He finally won his freedom last year after enduring 96 days of hunger strike which mobiliesed an international campaign for his release.
During his first public meeting in the UK Mahmoud Sarsak spoke at length of how he was detained by Israel, of the methods of torture deployed by Israel against him, of his hunger strike, of the suffering caused by Israel's occupation of Palestine, of the destruction of Gaza's sporting and other facilities by Israel, of how unjust it is that a prestigious sporting competition such as the UEFA Under 21 soccer championships has been awarded to Israel when Israel continues to do so much to prevent Palestinians from taking part in sports and of his plans for the future.
Meeting was called by the Islington Friends of Yibna, Payday men’s network, and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network.
Video: Mahmoud Sarsak - London Talk 26th May 2013
0:00:00 Selma James - International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
0:06:45 Yael Kahn - Islington Friends of Yibna
0:10:49 Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi - Red Card Israeli Racism Campaign
0:16:10 Mahmoud Sarsak - Talk
0:55:30 Mahmoud Sarsak - Question/Answer session
1:36:30 Selma James - International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Selma James - International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Yael Kahn - Islington Friends of Yibna
Yael Kahn - Islington Friends of Yibna
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi - Red Card Israeli Racism Campaign
"Samina Malik, the first woman to be convicted under the terrorism act. Now what was Samina guilty of? Did she blow anything up? No. Was she caught by the police with a big cache of explosives? No. Was she caught tying a suicide belt around her waist? No. So what did Samina do? She wrote some poetry.. Now you contrast this with another case about 6-7 months ago of some former members of the BNP - that white fascist supremesist organization - Robert Cottage and David Jackson both who were caught with the biggest cache of explosives in the West Yorkshire region with notes about assassinating Tony Blair and talking about blowing up Mosques around the UK with plans and blue-prints for those Mosques. They weren't even charged under the Terrorism Act!"