Open letters and statements to the public from the Canada Palestine Association.
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An Open Letter to Ballet BC regarding their Performances in Israel
By Marion Kawas
October 2, 2018
John Clark, Executive Director
[email protected]
Dear Mr. Clark:
As a young child, my mother took me to see The Nutcracker; when I became a mother, I did the same with my daughter and took her to a Ballet BC production of The Nutcracker, a tradition I was hoping to repeat soon with my granddaughter.… Read more
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An Open Letter to Ballet BC regarding their Performances in Israel
By Marion Kawas
October 2, 2018
John Clark, Executive Director
[email protected]
Dear Mr. Clark:
As a young child, my mother took me to see The Nutcracker; when I became a mother, I did the same with my daughter and took her to a Ballet BC production of The Nutcracker, a tradition I was hoping to repeat soon with my granddaughter.… Read more
The progressive Palestinian movement has always maintained that Zionism and anti-Semitism are two faces of the same coin and that they often feed off each other. Opposition to both is based on opposition to racism and on a principled and solid belief that human rights should be applied equally and universally to all human beings regardless of their nationality, color or religion.… Read more
The progressive Palestinian movement has always maintained that Zionism and anti-Semitism are two faces of the same coin and that they often feed off each other. Opposition to both is based on opposition to racism and on a principled and solid belief that human rights should be applied equally and universally to all human beings regardless of their nationality, color or religion.… Read more
Update: Our public response to David Eby’s brief reply and refusal to meet with representatives.
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Update on new endorsers of Open Letter:
Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver Peace Council
Victoria Social Justice Coalition
NDP Socialist Caucus
Independent Jewish Voices Victoria
The following letter, signed by 26 groups, was hand delivered to BC Attorney General David Eby’s office, during a picket to say “End Complicity in Israeli Occupation and War Crimes!”… Read more
Sabra Hummus is the target of boycott campaigns on many university campuses in the U.S., the UK and Canada because of the deplorable human rights record of one of its partner companies, Strauss Group. Strauss is the second largest Israeli food and beverage company and is known for supporting two Israeli military units implicated in human rights abuses, the Golani and Givati brigades.… Read more
Sabra Hummus is the target of boycott campaigns on many university campuses in the U.S., the UK and Canada because of the deplorable human rights record of one of its partner companies, Strauss Group. Strauss is the second largest Israeli food and beverage company and is known for supporting two Israeli military units implicated in human rights abuses, the Golani and Givati brigades.… Read more
UPDATE June 22, 2018
CBC won’t answer how the Zionist lobby dictated specific wording for its reporters!
On April 6, 2018, we issued a statement regarding CBC’s biased coverage of the Land Day Massacre of unarmed Palestinians by Israeli snipers. Both CBC executives and the CBC Ombudsman Office were made aware of our concerns, especially the issue of specific word changes at the behest of a third party (see below).… Read more
UPDATE June 22, 2018
CBC won’t answer how the Zionist lobby dictated specific wording for its reporters!
On April 6, 2018, we issued a statement regarding CBC’s biased coverage of the Land Day Massacre of unarmed Palestinians by Israeli snipers. Both CBC executives and the CBC Ombudsman Office were made aware of our concerns, especially the issue of specific word changes at the behest of a third party (see below).… Read more
Canada’s Shameful Hypocrisy on Display!
(For those who are not too blind to see)
Six weeks after Israeli snipers started killing and maiming Palestinians, including children, journalists and medical workers, Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau finally released a carefully worded statement regarding the situation. The statement came only after the wounding of a Canadian doctor on the ground in Gaza, Tarek Loubani.… Read more
Canada’s Shameful Hypocrisy on Display!
(For those who are not too blind to see)
Six weeks after Israeli snipers started killing and maiming Palestinians, including children, journalists and medical workers, Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau finally released a carefully worded statement regarding the situation. The statement came only after the wounding of a Canadian doctor on the ground in Gaza, Tarek Loubani.… Read more
Vancouver Nakba Day 2018
Personal Testimony, Canadian Complicity
Full coverage of all testimony and speeches given at the May 15 picket outside the office of Canada’s “Justice Minister”. The jury assembled for the Peoples’ Trial unanimously delivered a guilty verdict which was then delivered by a delegation to the minister’s office. Thanks to our videographer, Devin Gillan.
Vancouver Nakba Day 2018
Personal Testimony, Canadian Complicity
Full coverage of all testimony and speeches given at the May 15 picket outside the office of Canada’s “Justice Minister”. The jury assembled for the Peoples’ Trial unanimously delivered a guilty verdict which was then delivered by a delegation to the minister’s office. Thanks to our videographer, Devin Gillan.
Now is the time to stand up!! Stop celebrating Palestinian dispossession!
#Nakba70
Published in Palestine Chronicle
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the total dismemberment of the Palestinian people and nation, and as Israeli military snipers continue to pick off unarmed protestors in Gaza with the utmost arrogance and impunity, we call on our Jewish friends to say that now is the time to clearly disassociate from the Zionist narrative.… Read more
“Necessary Pragmatism” or Compromised Principles?
By Marion Kawas
The struggle against the Kinder Morgan pipeline is something of great importance to progressives in Canada. However, recently one group of anti-Kinder Morgan activists that are defendants in a lawsuit were criticized for inclusion in their ranks of a Jewish Defense League JDL sympathizer, a person who publicly calls for the total expulsion of all Palestinians from their homeland.… Read more
“Necessary Pragmatism” or Compromised Principles?
By Marion Kawas
The struggle against the Kinder Morgan pipeline is something of great importance to progressives in Canada. However, recently one group of anti-Kinder Morgan activists that are defendants in a lawsuit were criticized for inclusion in their ranks of a Jewish Defense League JDL sympathizer, a person who publicly calls for the total expulsion of all Palestinians from their homeland.… Read more
Why Israel Fears Ahed Tamimi!
(LE FRANÇAIS SUIT)
Published on Palestine Chronicle, Jan. 2, 2018
By Marion Kawas
The narrative of Ahed Tamimi, who has recently become the face of Palestinian child prisoners, reached a new low on the first day of 2018; Israel insisted that they will be charging the teenager and given the record of “Israeli justice”, that means she will almost certainly serve jail time.… Read more
Why Israel Fears Ahed Tamimi!
(LE FRANÇAIS SUIT)
Published on Palestine Chronicle, Jan. 2, 2018
By Marion Kawas
The narrative of Ahed Tamimi, who has recently become the face of Palestinian child prisoners, reached a new low on the first day of 2018; Israel insisted that they will be charging the teenager and given the record of “Israeli justice”, that means she will almost certainly serve jail time.… Read more
