Month: January 2020

Rally to support Palestine and reject Trump’s plan

Sunday Feb. 2, 2020 at 2:30 PM – 4 PM

Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C/Robson St.

Facebook event (photos and videos of the rally now up on FB page)

EXIST. RESIST. RETURN.
PALESTINE IS NOT FOR SALE!!

The Trump Administration has just unveiled the details of its “Deal Of The Century”. This plan includes, but is not limited to:

-Giving legitimacy to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine
-Annexing parts of the West Bank (including the Jordan Valley)
-Granting Palestinians a “state” made up of non-contiguous cantons similar to the Bantustans under apartheid in South Africa.… Read more

Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat – Freedom for Palestine

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 7 PM – 9 PM

Centre For Socialist Education
706 Clark Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia V5L 3J1

Facebook Event

Join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) Canada and the Canada Palestine Association for an important discussion on the case of Ahmad Sa’adat, Palestinian political prisoners and the struggle for the liberation of Palestine today at the Centre for Socialist Education:

Speaker:
KHALED BARAKAT, Palestinian writer and international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, will present an analysis of the Palestinian situation and the liberation movement today.… Read more

BC Attorney General: Still stonewalling on illegal Israeli wines in BC stores

The following letter was sent to BC Attorney General David Eby on December 9, 2019. Once again, he has chosen to ignore our concerns and refuses to respond with any explanation.

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Dear Mr. Eby:

Since we sent you our letter on Oct. 17, 2018 regarding your refusal to remove Israeli wines from BC Liquor Stores, we have not received any further reply regarding our concerns.… Read more

CPA statement on the Bias of N.S. Human Rights Commission

Canada Palestine Association sent a letter last month to Christine Hanson,
CEO of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission (NSHRC), enquiring about the reasons behind its rescinding “of the Human Rights Award presented to Rana Zaman”. To date, the NSHRC have chosen not to answer nor even acknowledge our letter.

We are left to conclude that the reason for their arbitrary and cruel action to rescind their award to Ms.… Read more