“Palestinians, both in Palestine and those among the diaspora, and their allies observed Palestine Land Day March 30th. It was the 50th commemoration of the 1976 murder of six people protesting the State theft of land in Galilee. Israel chose the same date to pass in its Knesset the ‘Death Penalty for Terrorists Law’, an infamous, one-sided statute codifying capital punishment (for some) while providing only limited recourse to appeal, or commutation. Worse, the “Gallows Law” is expected to apply equally to Palestinian children.
Hanna Kawas is chairperson of Vancouver’s Canada-Palestine Association. He’s too a long-time radio journalist whose program, Voice of Palestine had been a beacon for the city’s diaspora community, and others facing both Canadian state repression, and media marginalization…CPA will be front and centre this Friday, April 17th in Vancouver, at Creekside Park for Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.”Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Hanna Kawas, John Helmer April 7/15, 2026
Month: April 2026
All out for Palestinian Prisoners Day
Let us take it to the streets this 17th of April to send a message that we will not forget our prisoners.
Free all Palestinian Political Prisoners
Friday April 17, 2026, 6:30 pm
Creekside Park, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver
