CPA Statements – Page 15 – Canada Palestine Association

Palestinian Committee’s Call to Support Voice of Palestine‏

The Palestinian Committee of the Canada Palestine Association (CPA) extends its full support to the Voice of Palestine (VOP) Collective in its endeavors to pass a resolution at Coop Radio in support of the NCRA resolution that called for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. We also support the VOP statements, including Coop Radio places itself on the wrong side of history and Support for Palestine is Support for BDS‏.… Read more

Radio places itself on the wrong side of history

Dec. 1, 2011

Dear Friends and Supporters:

The Voice of Palestine (VOP) Collective brought two motions to Vancouver Coop Radio AGM on Nov. 27/11. We regret to inform you that both were defeated; we will be issuing a more detailed statement later, but here is a brief summary of what transpired.

The first motion was calling for an investigation into the secrecy around Coop’s recent “frequency swap” deal with Jim Pattison Industries; although we felt this was crucial to the future democratic health of the station, it was not something the majority of members supported.… Read more

Mr. Baird: Don’t Equate Zionism with Judaism‏

The following is an open letter that was sent on Nov. 7, 2011 to John Baird, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister regarding the incident that resulted in the departure of Linda Sobeh Ali, the representative of the “Palestinian Authority” to Ottawa.

Mr. Baird:

We emailed you on Oct. 22, 2011 enquiring about the version of the Palestinian poem read in Arabic by a young Palestinian girl “Palestinian, my name is Palestinian”, that was tweeted by Linda Sobeh Ali representative of the “Palestinian Authority” and allegedly stated “destroy the Jews”.… Read more

Mr. Baird:

Where Is the “Liberal” Party Concern For Palestinian Political Prisoners?

I sent the following brief response to an email message from “Liberal” Media.

Hanna

From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: STATEMENT: Gilad Shalit – DÉCLARATION : Gilad Shalit
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:05:36 +0000

Hypocrites:

Where is your concern for the suffering and dignity of the six thousand Palestinian political prisoners?

Whoever supports war criminals is complicit in their war crimes and this includes the Liberal Party of Canada.… Read more

I sent the following brief response to an email message from “Liberal” Media.

Hanna

From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: STATEMENT: Gilad Shalit – DÉCLARATION : Gilad Shalit
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:05:36 +0000

Hypocrites:

Where is your concern for the suffering and dignity of the six thousand Palestinian political prisoners?

Whoever supports war criminals is complicit in their war crimes and this includes the Liberal Party of Canada.… Read more

Freedom for Palestinian Prisoners

Ten Years Ago October, 2011

Canada Palestine Association (CPA) sent the following letter to the International Committee of the Red Cross in support of the demands of the Palestinian political prisoners currently on hunger strike.
CPA asks all our friends and all genuine human rights defenders to take action in support of the thousands of Palestinians in the Israeli detention camps.… Read more

We Will Remember‏

On the eve of the Freedom Flotilla II sailing to Gaza including the Canadian Boat Tahrir, we would like to remind people that in spite of the overwhelming support of the Canadian people for the flotilla , the leadership of the three major parties, the Conservatives, the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Liberals, are all in support of Israeli ethnic cleansing and apartheid policies.… Read more

Don’t force us to call for a boycott of Greek products‏

The following letter was sent to the Greek Ambassador to Canada:

July 1, 2011

Greek Ambassador to Canada
Your Excellency:

It seems that the Greek Government has succumbed to Israeli pressure and blackmail to stop the Freedom Flotilla from leaving Greece. By doing so, the Greek government has proven that it is prone to Israeli, US and European pressures and does not care for principles, the rule of international humanitarian law nor for the longstanding friendship between the Palestinian and Arab peoples and the Greek people.… Read more

The following letter was sent to the Greek Ambassador to Canada:

July 1, 2011

Greek Ambassador to Canada
Your Excellency:

Cashing out from MEC

“The Global Educator”, the Journal of the British Columbia Teachers for Peace and Global Education Winter 2011 issue offers a variety of indepth articles, including the following one by Patrik Parkes on page 25. Please note that Patrik is not a member of the Canada Palestine Association but we are publishing his article on our site on his behalf. (http://pagebc.ca/documents/Winter_2011_Journal.pdf… Read more

Egyptian Army Must Stop Being Israel’s Guards on Gaza Border

Canada Palestine Association, Vancouver and Voice of Palestine, Canada endorse the call by solidarity groups and civil society organizations to the Egyptian Military and government to immediately open the Rafah crossing. The crossing opening seems to be the last thing on the Egyptian military rulers’ agenda. Thousands of Palestinians are stranded at the Cairo airport, and all over the world. Some have gone on hunger strike and the last decision taken by the deposed Mubarak government was to ban Palestinians from entering Egypt.… Read more

Fateh Leadership Betrays the Memory of Abu Ammar and Abu Jihad

Bring Their Murderers to Justice

While the people all over the Arab world are rising up against their U.S.-Israeli puppet regimes, the current Fateh leadership represented by the so-called Palestinian Authority (PA) is sending messages of support to these dictatorial regimes. The PA is also trying to prevent and suppress the Palestinian popular expression with the Tunisian and Egyptian uprising against these brutal dictatorships.… Read more