Category: Events

Join us to Commemorate Palestinians Killed in the Attack on Gaza

Vancouver Art Gallery North Fountain, Vancouver
Dec. 8, 2012, 1:30pm
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Each person will have a placard with the name of a Palestinian killed in the recent Israeli attacks. We will begin by lining Georgia St. and then move towards Granville St., proceeding one person at a time as the name of the Palestinian killed is read out.

We insist that each Palestinian and their families, who were robbed of the lives of their loved ones, deserve to be recognized, not just politically, but as individual humans. Their deaths are not in vain. The occupation will end and justice will be won but only with broad support for the Palestinian resistance. More details are available at the Boycott Israel Apartheid Campaign website. If you can, let us know in advance if you are coming by contacting boycottapartheid@gmail.com or phone 604-254-1803

Mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People in Vancouver

Canada Palestine Association is pleased to announce that Cindy and Craig Corrie, the parents of the late Rachel Corrie, the American student who was brutally killed by an Israeli military bulldozer, will be speaking in Vancouver on November 29th as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians. The Corries, who spoke on the same occasion here in 2003, will update us on their lawsuit against the Israeli government. They will be joined by our special guest singer and songwriter David Rovics and the Gram Partisans.

Time: 7PM Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Doors open 6:30 pm

Place: SFU Downtown Harbour Centre, Fletcher Challenge Theatre, 515 W. Hastings, Vancouver

Admission by donation ($10 suggested) • All proceeds to The Rachel Corrie Foundation

Info at www.cpavancouver.org or email cpavancouver@gmail.com

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Listen to a recent interview (Nov 20, 2012) with the Corries on Voice of Palestine, Vancouver

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EMERGENCY CALL-OUT: PROTEST ISRAEL’S DEPUTY AMBASSADOR – WAR CRIMINALS’ REPRESENTATIVES NOT WELCOME!

Protest Jason Kenney and Israel’s Deputy Ambassador Eliaz Luf!

Former Tory Cabinet Minister Stockwell Day also showed up to support Israeli war crimes.

Wednesday, November 21
7:00 PM – Outside Temple Sholom
7190 Oak Street, Vancouver (Oak and 55th)
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While Israel’s bombing attacks have so far killed over 143 Palestinians in the occupied, besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli Deputy Ambassador to Canada, Eliaz Luf, is coming to Vancouver in order to promote, defend and support Israeli war crimes. He will be joined by Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, expressing the Canadian Government’s support for Israeli war crimes.

Israel is besieging a people and continuing an illegal military occupation, while strafing civilians with hundreds of airstrikes. Since November 14 the Israeli military has continuously attacked Gaza with drones, Apache helicopters, F-16 fighter jets, naval vessels and artillery. On the seventh day of this attack the death toll in Gaza rises to over 143 with over 800 injured. While calls have arisen around the world for a military embargo of Israel, Canada’s government has not only failed to condemn the attacks, but instead has affirmed that it “stands with Israel” as the Israeli army continues its deadly campaign against Palestinians in Gaza.

Kenney has been one of the Harper Government’s loudest cheerleaders for Israel while ramping up deportations and anti-migrant legislation targeting migrants and refugees; he has also been central in attacks on Arab and Palestinian community organizations in Canada.

COME OUT WEDNESDAY TO TELL ELIAZ LUF THAT WAR CRIMINALS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT WELCOME HERE! TELL JASON KENNEY THAT HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR US!

Questions? Gaza@vancouverforpalestine.org

WHEN: 12:30 – 1:30pm Thurs, Nov 22

WHERE: Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues (6476 North West Marine Drive)
UBC – Unceded Musqueam territories

Since Wednesday, November 14, Israel has been brutally bombarding Gaza. Over 1300 places have been bombed. More than 100 Palestinians have died, over 600 are injured, and the death toll is rising rapidly. Israel has called on 75,000 reservists and is gathering its tanks and forces at the border to prepare for a ground incursion, which could take place in as little as 36 hours according to the ultimatum issued by the Israeli government.

Join us on unceded Musqueam land for a panel discussion and critical dialogue to address the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza, global solidarity movements, and resistance against colonialism and occupation. Our speakers include Hanna Kawas, the chair of Canada Palestine Association and host of Voice of Palestine. He will discuss international complicity in the attacks and siege on Gaza, and the Canadian role in particular. Khaled Barakat is a Palestinian writer and community activist. He will discuss the history of resistance and struggle in Gaza. This event will be facilitated by Razan Abu-Remaileh, a Palestinian activist and student who is taking First Nations Studies and Women’s Studies at UBC. She will make connections between Indigenous struggles in Canada and Palestine.

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