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EYEWITNESS REPORT:
ISRAELI MASSACRE ON GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA A Public Forum With Flotilla Survivor Kevin Neish Friday, June 18, 7pm Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch), Alice McKay Room 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Free admission. Donations will be collected and all proceeds will go the next Freedom Flotillas. For more information email sphr.ubc@gmail.com or phone Omar Shaban 604-379-4050 Sponsored by Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign (BIAC) Canadian Islamic Congress Canada Palestine Association Canada Palestine Support Network Independent
Jewish Voices (IJV)
Jews for a Just Peace
No One Is Illegal Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) UBC StopWar.ca Voice of Palestine Background Kevin Neish, from Victoria, B.C., was a part of the international solidarity flotilla to break the siege and blockade of Gaza which was brutally stopped by the Israeli commandos in the early morning hours of May 31, 2010. The flotilla, which included six ships with over 600 activists from more than 30 countries, was carrying 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. Neish explained, "I got a taste of life in Gaza for the day," after witnessing the massacre on board the MV Mavi Marmara, where Israeli Forces killed at least nine people. In addition to witnessing and speaking out, Neish smuggled out photographs documenting the Israeli massacre which have been published in the Turkish press. This latest Israeli crime has been condemned worldwide. There have been protest actions across Canada -- including three rallies in Vancouver alone -- condemning the flotilla assault and the Harper government's uncritical support of Israel, whose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting with Harper in Ottawa when the May 31 massacre was carried out. Further reading: Victoria's B-Channel News has compiled stories about Kevin Neish here: Facebook event _________________________
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Global Day of
Action:
Saturday, June 5, 2010 On Saturday, June 5, human rights and community organizations will mobilize to join an emergency Global BDS Day of Action called by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC). In Vancouver, join us to protest the fatal attacks by apartheid Israel on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip (please see full BNC call-out at: http://bdsdayofaction.net/2010/06/02/emergency-bds-day-of-action-june-5th-2010/) R A L L Y & M A R C H ------------------------------------- A Sea of Black: Protest the Israeli Massacre of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla!
There will be a demonstration at*** 6 pm tomorrow at the Vancouver Public Library*** to denounce the Israeli military massacre of activists on a Gaza aid convoy. **To show solidarity with those brave activists who were killed fighting for the rights of Palestinians we ask that everyone please wear black (and a kuffiyeh if you have one.) ** At least 19 international activists were killed by Israel, with dozens injured. The death toll may rise. In an act of piracy and a blatant violation of international law, the Israeli government has committed a cold-blooded massacre on the high seas against a group of courageous individuals whose only crime was to extend a hand of solidarity to the besieged and blockaded people in Gaza. The Gaza aid flotilla is made up of seven ships carrying 700 people and bringing medical, construction and school supplies to besieged Palestinians in Gaza. It was attacked in international waters by 14 Israeli ships. Heavily armed Israeli commandos dropped onto the ships from helicopters and opened fire on the activists. Gaza has been blockaded by Israel since 2007 with full backing by the Canadian government. The blockade is a brutal form of collective punishment aimed at strangling the Palestinian people.Since coming to office, the Harper Government has continued with enormous support for Israel allowing the continued siege of Gaza, the occupation and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and Israel's non-stop war against all of the Palestinian people. ***Please come out and condemn this outrageous massacre and call for an immediate end of the siege of Gaza. Please wear black and your kuffiyeh if you can*** For more info, email: sphr.ubc@gmail.com or called 604-379-4050.  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108255595886882
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Flotilla __________________________________________ Seeking Mandela: Peace, Justice and Equal Rights for Palestinians May 7-9, 2010 More details ________________________________________________ It was with great sadness that Palestinians and
their supporters received the news of the death of Mahmoud Darweesh on
August 9, 2008. Darweesh was considered the Palestinian national
poet laureate and was one of the best known internationally of
the first generation of "resistance poets" after the
Nakba. _________________________________________ November 29, 2003 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Guest Speakers: Anne Roberts, Carel Moiseiwitsch, Splitting the Sky, Cindy and Craig Corrie The Canada Palestine Association and ISM Vancouver hosted an evening of
solidarity with the Palestinian People on Saturday November 29, 2003 at
the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver. Guest speakers included Cindy and
Craig Corrie, parents of slain 23 year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie. |
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