John Beeching: A Legacy of Principled Activism and Sumoud
UPDATE: Help us honour John’s legacy with a medical aid project to help the Palestinian people in Gaza. In coordination with John’s family, NECEF Sabeel have set up a fund raising campaign in John’s memory for Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City; we are also working to have a commemorative plaque placed in the hospital to reflect his lifetime of commitment to the Palestinians.… Read more
John Beeching: A Legacy of Principled Activism and Sumoud
UPDATE: Help us honour John’s legacy with a medical aid project to help the Palestinian people in Gaza. In coordination with John’s family, NECEF Sabeel have set up a fund raising campaign in John’s memory for Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City; we are also working to have a commemorative plaque placed in the hospital to reflect his lifetime of commitment to the Palestinians.… Read more
This article first appeared in PalestineChronicle.com.
By Marion Kawas
The challenges faced by the students of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights SPHR and the YestoBDS campaign at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in recent months serve as a template for what to expect from pro-Israel groups on campuses.
The ultimate end result was that the BDS referendum did not pass this year at UBC, although the students won an earlier landmark and (perhaps more significant) victory from the BC Supreme Court that dismissed a challenge to suppress the vote altogether.… Read more
This article first appeared in PalestineChronicle.com.
By Marion Kawas
The challenges faced by the students of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights SPHR and the YestoBDS campaign at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in recent months serve as a template for what to expect from pro-Israel groups on campuses.
The ultimate end result was that the BDS referendum did not pass this year at UBC, although the students won an earlier landmark and (perhaps more significant) victory from the BC Supreme Court that dismissed a challenge to suppress the vote altogether.… Read more
UPDATE ON CAMPAIGN
Air Canada Must be Held Accountable!
New article on Palestine Chronicle
Did you know that Air Canada is outsourcing maintenance work for its B787 jets to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)? And that IAI is the largest state owned defence and aerospace company in Israel? In fact, IAI is the subject of boycotts across Europe and is well-known for its drone technology and production.… Read more
UPDATE ON CAMPAIGN
Air Canada Must be Held Accountable!
New article on Palestine Chronicle
Did you know that Air Canada is outsourcing maintenance work for its B787 jets to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)? And that IAI is the largest state owned defence and aerospace company in Israel? In fact, IAI is the subject of boycotts across Europe and is well-known for its drone technology and production.… Read more
The Israeli Institute for National Security Studies has just issued its 275 page report entitled “Strategic Survey for Israel 2016-2017”. This Israeli research institute and think tank is headed by former IDF Military Intelligence Chief, General (ret.) Amos Yadlin. Its analysis offers a valuable insight into the how the Israeli intelligence and security community view and prioritize developments regionally and globally, and in the process, also exposes who are the real friends and enemies of Israel in the Arab world.… Read more
The Israeli Institute for National Security Studies has just issued its 275 page report entitled “Strategic Survey for Israel 2016-2017”. This Israeli research institute and think tank is headed by former IDF Military Intelligence Chief, General (ret.) Amos Yadlin. Its analysis offers a valuable insight into the how the Israeli intelligence and security community view and prioritize developments regionally and globally, and in the process, also exposes who are the real friends and enemies of Israel in the Arab world.… Read more
Boycott Israeli Wines campaign targets another BC Gov’t. Liquor Store
Video of Dec. 17 In-Store Flash Action
The Boycott Israeli Wines campaign in Vancouver, Canada held another flash action and picket on Dec. 17, despite the unusually cold temperatures in the city. The activists initially went into the government liquor store, and showed real “holiday spirit” with their chants and singing.… Read more
Boycott Israeli Wines campaign targets another BC Gov’t. Liquor Store
Video of Dec. 17 In-Store Flash Action
The Boycott Israeli Wines campaign in Vancouver, Canada held another flash action and picket on Dec. 17, despite the unusually cold temperatures in the city. The activists initially went into the government liquor store, and showed real “holiday spirit” with their chants and singing.… Read more
Please sign our new petition to the BC Government, calling on them to stop carrying Israeli Wines.
On August 6, there was a lively picket in Vancouver protesting the many BC Government liquor stores that carry Israeli wines and showing solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. The video which has already been viewed over 79,000 times on Facebook shows highlights of the flash action inside the store.… Read more
Please sign our new petition to the BC Government, calling on them to stop carrying Israeli Wines.
On August 6, there was a lively picket in Vancouver protesting the many BC Government liquor stores that carry Israeli wines and showing solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. The video which has already been viewed over 79,000 times on Facebook shows highlights of the flash action inside the store.… Read more
(By Hanna Kawas, Nov. 11, 2016: Four years later, anti-Palestinianism is as prevalent as ever.)
We remember our indigenous brothers and sisters, the victims of genocide by the European settler-colonialists in Canada and all over the world.
Justice and peace-loving peoples of the world will also remember Canadian complicity in Palestinian dispossession. Here are but a few examples of what we remember.… Read more
Vancouver Premiere of “Occupation of the American Mind”
Narrated by Roger Waters
Canada Palestine Association Vancouver and BDS Vancouver Coast Salish will be holding a public meeting and film showing in the evening of Dec. 2 to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The critically acclaimed film “Occupation of the American Mind”, which is narrated by Roger Waters, will be presented.… Read more
Vancouver Premiere of “Occupation of the American Mind”
Narrated by Roger Waters
Canada Palestine Association Vancouver and BDS Vancouver Coast Salish will be holding a public meeting and film showing in the evening of Dec. 2 to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The critically acclaimed film “Occupation of the American Mind”, which is narrated by Roger Waters, will be presented.… Read more
SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1700
October 8, 2016, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Presenters: Hanna Kawas and Sid Shniad
RSVP for registration: [email protected]
This plenary is just one of many informative sessions at Genocide: The politics of Denial, Forgetting and the Work of Memory
Facebook Event
Podcast of the session… Read more
SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1700
October 8, 2016, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Presenters: Hanna Kawas and Sid Shniad
RSVP for registration: [email protected]
This plenary is just one of many informative sessions at Genocide: The politics of Denial, Forgetting and the Work of Memory
Facebook Event
Podcast of the session… Read more
Highlights of flash action and picket to Boycott Israeli Wines, Vancouver, August 6, 2016.
Over 79,000 Viewed this video on Facebook.… Read more
Highlights of flash action and picket to Boycott Israeli Wines, Vancouver, August 6, 2016.
Over 79,000 Viewed this video on Facebook.… Read more
