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
What’s next for BDS Activists in Canada?
Ontario’s Bill 202, the most direct effort so far by Zionist forces in Canada to criminalize support for the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, thankfully failed by a wide margin last week. We know we won’t have long to celebrate though, as new draconian efforts are surely on the horizon. Swift and coordinated activist pushback was critical to this defeat; there were also a myriad of other factors at play, including intra-Zionist squabbles (similar to what is going on now in the Israeli government) and even domestic Canadian politics.… Read more
What’s next for BDS Activists in Canada?
Ontario’s Bill 202, the most direct effort so far by Zionist forces in Canada to criminalize support for the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, thankfully failed by a wide margin last week. We know we won’t have long to celebrate though, as new draconian efforts are surely on the horizon. Swift and coordinated activist pushback was critical to this defeat; there were also a myriad of other factors at play, including intra-Zionist squabbles (similar to what is going on now in the Israeli government) and even domestic Canadian politics.… Read more
Update Oct/2015:
Eight months ago, Canada Palestine Association-Vancouver started the Tamam Defense Fund to help Tamam and Kenza al Zobaidi challenge Israel’s arbitrary denial of their legitimate Jerusalem residency rights. The response of supporters across Canada has been heartening; your support not only helped the family meet the financial costs for the legal process, but also let them know that they are not alone and that many people are committed to standing up to Israel’s outrageous policies that can render a family stateless and status-less.… Read more
Update Oct/2015:
Eight months ago, Canada Palestine Association-Vancouver started the Tamam Defense Fund to help Tamam and Kenza al Zobaidi challenge Israel’s arbitrary denial of their legitimate Jerusalem residency rights. The response of supporters across Canada has been heartening; your support not only helped the family meet the financial costs for the legal process, but also let them know that they are not alone and that many people are committed to standing up to Israel’s outrageous policies that can render a family stateless and status-less.… Read more
(Note: CPA’s work over the past 34 years has been largely undocumented on our website, but we are trying to rectify this.)
AI-Canada Stated Zionist Legal Network Coordinator Didn’t Compromise their Commitment to Impartiality
The following letters were exchanged between CPA and Bonnie Harnden, Executive Assistant of Amnesty International Canada in Jan./Feb 2002.
We checked recently with AI-Canada about the status of David Matas and we received the following response on Feb.… Read more
(Note: CPA’s work over the past 34 years has been largely undocumented on our website, but we are trying to rectify this.)
AI-Canada Stated Zionist Legal Network Coordinator Didn’t Compromise their Commitment to Impartiality
The following letters were exchanged between CPA and Bonnie Harnden, Executive Assistant of Amnesty International Canada in Jan./Feb 2002.
We checked recently with AI-Canada about the status of David Matas and we received the following response on Feb.… Read more
Please note that, as of the beginning of 2014, we added a counter on CPA posts which shows the views since Jan 1, 2014 on any specific post. The count is under the title and after the date of the post. … Read more
Following is a Statement from Voice of Palestine and Canada Palestine Association:
We, in the Voice of Palestine and the Canada Palestine Association, denounce the aggressive and possibly criminal behaviour of the Canadian security accompanying PM Stephen Harper at the holy place of the Nativity church. We demand an investigation and an apology from the Canadian government; their hypocrisy has no bounds and as one Palestinian journalist stated: “You wouldn’t do this in Israel (to Israeli journalists)”.… Read more
Following is a Statement from Voice of Palestine and Canada Palestine Association:
We, in the Voice of Palestine and the Canada Palestine Association, denounce the aggressive and possibly criminal behaviour of the Canadian security accompanying PM Stephen Harper at the holy place of the Nativity church. We demand an investigation and an apology from the Canadian government; their hypocrisy has no bounds and as one Palestinian journalist stated: “You wouldn’t do this in Israel (to Israeli journalists)”.… Read more
