Category Archives: Our supporters
Our supporters
| First name | Last name | Country | Position/Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tariq | Ali | UK | Historian, writer, journalist & filmmaker |
| Warren | Allmand | Canada | Solicitor General of Canada (1972-76) |
| William | Ayers | USA | Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar |
| Ramzy | Baroud | USA | Journalist & author |
| Bob | Bossin | Canada | Singer, songwriter, performer. |
| Noam | Chomsky | USA | Linguist, political analyst & author. |
| Françoise | David | Canada | Leader of the Québec Solidaire, Member of National Assembly of Québec |
| Martin | Duckworth | Canada | Filmmaker |
| Shirin | Ebadi | Iran | Nobel Peace Laureate (2003) |
| Laila | El-Haddad | USA | Journalist; Steering Committee, BBC Palestine Media Project |
| Hedy | Epstein | USA | Holocaust survivor |
| Mireille | Fanon Mendes | France | Expert, UN Human Rights Council's Working Group on Afro Descendants. |
| Leymah | Gbowee | Liberia | Nobel Peace Laureate (2011) |
| John | Greyson | Canada | Filmmaker |
| Annette | Groth | Germany | Member of the Bundestag |
| Dr. Aleida | Guevara | Cuba | Pediatrician, advocate for Human Rights, author & daughter of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. |
| Denis J. | Halliday | Ireland | UN Assistant Secretary General (1994-98) |
| Jamelie | Hassan | Canada | Artist (Governor General's Award for Visual Arts, 2001) |
| John | Hemming | UK | Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley |
| Tawakkol | Karman | Yemen | Nobel Peace Laureate (2011) |
| Sir Gerald | Kaufman | UK | Member of Parliament (1997-present) |
| Amir | Khadir | Canada | Member of National Assembly of Québec. |
| Anton | Kuerti | Canada | Pianist, composer |
| Carlos | Latuff | Brazil | Political cartoonist |
| Mairead | Maguire | Ireland | Nobel Peace Laureate (1976) |
| Jim | Manly | Canada | Former Canadian Member of Parliament (1980-88), Retired United Church Minister. |
| Federico | Mayor Zaragoza | Spain | Director General of UNESCO (1987-1999) |
| Brian | McIntosh | Canada | United Church Minister |
| Rigoberta | Menchú Tum | Guatemala | Nobel Peace Laureate (1992) |
| Robert | Naiman | USA | Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy |
| Miko | Peled | Israel/USA | Author |
| John | Pilger | Australia | London-based Australian Journalist, Writer, Documentary Filmmaker |
| Leon | Rosselson | UK | Song Writer, folk singer and writer of children’s books. |
| David | Rovics | USA | Singer, Songwriter |
| Grace | Said | USA | Peace and justice activist (Edward Said's sister) |
| David | Shoebridge | Australia | Member of NSW Parliament (2010-present) |
| Clare | Short | UK | Member of Parliament (1997-2010) |
| Heather | Spears | Canada & Denmark | Writer & artist (Governor General’s Award for Poetry, 1989) |
| Baroness Jenny | Tonge | UK | Member of Parliament (1997-2005) |
| Larry | Towell | Canada | Award-winning photojournalist & writer. |
| Archbishop Desmond | Tutu | South Africa | Social rights activist & Nobel Peace Laureate (1984) |
| Hon. Lynda Jane | Voltz | Australia | Member of the NSW Legislative Council (2007-present) & Deputy Opposition Whip |
| Hans C. | von Sponeck | Germany | UN Assistant Secretary General (1998-2000). |
| Alice | Walker | USA | Author, Pulitzer Prize winner (1983) |
| Naomi | Wallace | UK | Playwright and film writer |
| Mark | Weisbrot | USA | co-director of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, DC |
| Suzanne | Weiss | Canada | Holocaust survivor. |
| Jody | Williams | USA | Nobel Peace Laureate (1997) |
Video: Team South Africa Gaza 2013
Published on Apr 3, 2013
Team South Africa Gaza consists of a group of 37 South Africans who will be going to Gaza for 7 days to show support and solidarity to those living in Palestine, suffering under Occupation of the Jewish Military. As South African's this trip holds special significance as we know first hand the cruelties of Apartheid and through this trip we aim to show support as Muslim and also as South Africans.
PGFTU support Gaza’s Ark
Dear friends,
I am happy to inform you that the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions supports your superb initiative to break the unjust blockade of Gaza. I would like to let you know that we are ready to cooperate with you to make your initiative a success. We have previously met with Dr. Haidar Eid and Mr. Mahfouz Kabariti and expressed our availability to participate in making it successful.
Please let us know what is required of us and we will work tirelessly with you till it materializes with God's will.
Warm regards
Elias El-Jilda
Member of the PGFTU executive committee in Gaza
Executive members of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions in Gaza, with Mahfouz Kabariti and David Heap, of Gaza's Ark (October 2012)
Peace-building Facilitate Global supports Gaza’s Ark
Gaza's Ark welcomes the support from Facilitate Global, the "not for profit organisation, promoting peacebuiding, human rights and international humanitarian law with a special focus on economic regeneration and development".
Diana Ralph of Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) on Voice of Palestine
(January 26, 2013) This week Voice of Palestine talks with Diana Ralph, member of the national steering committee of Independent Jewish Voices Canada, about their group’s activities, including support for Gaza's Ark, the upcoming tour of Miko Peled, their campaign against the Jewish National Fund, and the historic petition Jews for the Palestinian Right of Return. Our closing piece of music is by Omayma El Khalil, They Wore the Keffiyeh, and is dedicated to all those international activists that wear the keffiyeh as a statement of support for Palestinian human and national rights.
Download an audio file of today’s entire show to listen at home on your computer or stream it from VoP's YouTube channel or directly from Voice of Palestine's audio archive.
