A film screening will raise money for medical aid for Palestinians later this month.

The Carlisle and District Palestine Solidarity Group, an activist group which has staged several peaceful protests in the city centre calling for a ceasefire to stop the killing of civilian Gazans, will hold the event on August 23 at the Church of Scotland, Chapel Street.

The film – Palestine Under Siege – features real survivors of the Nakba along with Palestinian and Jewish activists who share insights into living under what leading human rights organisations like Amnesty International have called Israeli apartheid.

The Nakba, meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of around 700,000 Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, which followed the creation of the state of Israel.

As a result, many Palestinians lost their homes and became refugees, a situation that has remained unresolved and continues to impact the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Nakba is a key event in Palestinian history, symbolising loss, displacement, and the ongoing struggle for statehood.

The term is also used to cover the fracturing of Palestinian society, the long-running rejection of the right of return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and the ongoing persecution and displacement of Palestinians by the state of Israel.

Entry is by donation.