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We Will Not be Silent: Statement in Regard to Israeli Anti-Boycott Law

Alternate Information Center (Israel) 13 July 2011

“We’re going to arrest you, but it’s difficult with you because all you do is talk.” – Israeli soldier to Palestinian organizer Mohammad Othman, 2009 [1]

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Israeli Apartheid 101 – A Winnipeg IAW production

Presentation by Howard Davidson at Israel Apartheid Week, University of Winnipeg on Israel as an ethnocracy and provides evidence from Israeli sources that debunks propaganda claiming that talking about Israel and apartheid is the work of anti-Semites.

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Applauding UofT Provost position on Peto thesis

Press Release For immediate release December 9, 2010

Jewish Group Commends U of T Provost for Supporting Freedom of Inquiry

Independent Jewish Voices – Canada (IJV) applauds University of Toronto Provost Cheryl Misak for standing behind the student whose thesis on Jewish identity and Holocaust education programs has been criticized by some observers as [...]

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Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Conference, Montreal Oct. 22-24

http://bdsquebec.org

The IJV is organizing two workshops with Jewish Voices for Peace:

Jewish Support for BDS Jewish organizations and activists around the world are now supporting the BDS campaign. It hasn’t been easy, and in the case of Israeli organizations, it may soon be illegal. Invited panelists will discuss their analysis as Jewish supporters [...]

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Israel and Apartheid: Is It a Fair Comparison?

by Edward C. Corrigan / March 1st, 2010

in Dissident Voice.org

There is a controversy raging in North America over Israeli Apartheid Week (March 1-7 2010). A resolution was passed in the Ontario Provincial Parliament which was unanimously supported (only 30 MPPs voted) and declared the comparison of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to [...]

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Freedom of speech: the realities of campus criticism of Israel

The Trial of Israel’s Campus Critics

by David Theo Goldberg and Saree Makdisi

Tikkun Magazine septembre – october 2009

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains one of the most visible political issues on campuses around the nation. A rising level of concern about the continuing Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory (now in its fifth decade), [...]

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Jewish Canadians Concerned about Suppression of Criticism of Israel: 150 signatories

This statement was rejected by both the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail (as an op-ed). Please help this important statement get into broad circulation – pass it on to your networks (faculty, community, MPs, university presidents, unions etc.). You may also wish to write to the Star and Globe and express your dismay [...]

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“Zionism, not Judaism, is at issue” by Andy Lehrer

(Note: the article this letter addresses was originally headlined ‘Israel Apartheid’ talk draws 100 protesters in the print edition of The Star. The title was subsequently modified in the online version)

Mar 06, 2009 04:30 AM

Re: ‘Israeli Apartheid’ talk draws 100 protesters, March 4

This headline is misleading as the article goes on to [...]

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