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Delegates on the Canadian Boat to Gaza, the Tahrir, November 4, 2011 shortly before being taken by force by the Israeli Navy. Photo: Lina Attalah Two Canadians who were on the Gaza blockade boat the Tahrir will embark on a national speaking tour to address Canada’s role in the Gaza blockade. [...]  Dr. Yousef Abdul Haqq RAMALA – The Israel military court has extended the administrative detention of civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at Tanweer Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum and the Cultural Coordinator for the Tanweer Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum. Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq has already spent three months in [...] The IJV-Canada Steering Committee has unanimously endorsed the Jenin Freedom Theatre’s Freedom Bus project. From September 23 to October 1st, 2012 the Freedom Bus will engage locals and internationals in a nine-day ride through the West Bank of occupied Palestine. During this ride, an ensemble of Palestinian actors and musicians will [...] In a decision monumental for the anti-Israeli-apartheid movement in Canada, the membership of the University of Regina Students’ Union (URSU) voted on Feb 8th to adopt a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) position. IJV Canada would like to express our solidarity and support for URSU and its membership, and our respect for their adopting [...] Bell Media radio station CFRA AM in Ottawa has fired talk show host and commentator Michael Harris, a long-time voice of reason on a range of peace and justice issues. While Bell Media’s CTV television news network originally reported that he and 15 others were laid off due to ’corporate restructuring,’ the [...] Letters to the Editor Ottawa Jewish Bulletin February 6, 2012
As a Jewish human rights activist, I was disturbed and disappointed by Oliver Javanpour’s November 28 World Affairs column (Is Israeli Apartheid activism creating the next generation of anti-Semites?). Javanpour refers to “a soup” of Palestinian human rights organizations as “Jew-hating.” [...] VICTORIA BC Feb 4th, 2012 — The program Our Way to Fight, the record of an evening with peace activist author Michael Reardon recently hosted by the Victoria Chapter of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada, the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, and University of Victoria Social Studies, is being censored by Shaw Cable in Vancouver. Pasifik.ca, [...] It’s time to shift gears, obey rule of international law, and move on By David Cohen thespec.com January 19 2012 http://www.thespec.com/opinion/columns/article/656981–the-arab-israeli-dispute-can-be-settled “Genug shoin!” Roughly translated from the Yiddish: “Enough already!” Depending on one’s point of view, the Arab-Israeli conflict has been going on since 1967, or [...] The French parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee published an unprecedented report two weeks ago accusing Israel of implementing “apartheid” policies in its allocation of water resources in the West Bank. [...] Why has the generation of Jewish-Canadian boomers aged 50 and up been so silent in the face of so many Israeli atrocities? IJV Steering Committee member Judy Haiven believes that the time has come to end the silence. [...] |
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