Al Quds Day Protest‏, Vancouver

When: Friday, July 25th at 6:15 pm
Where: Vancouver Art Gallery

Lets stand with all the humans of conscience including Jews, Christians and Muslims to show support for the innocent civilian victims of global Zionism, imperialism, occupation, racism and oppression, for the sake of the truth. Lets rise in support for Palestine, for its liberation.

FREE AL QUDS (Jerusalem)!!, FREE PALESTINE!!… Read more

VANCOUVER EMERGENCY PROTEST FOR GAZA, PALESTINE

Saturday, July 19
2:00 PM
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby St.
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
(Precisely: Hornby and Robson St. Corner)

Join Facebook Event

This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

GAZA IS UNDER ATTACK. Over 150 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed – including children – and THOUSANDS wounded at the hands of Israeli missiles, bombs and fighter planes since Tuesday.… Read more

Saturday, July 19
2:00 PM
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby St.
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
(Precisely: Hornby and Robson St. Corner)

Join Facebook Event

This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

GAZA IS UNDER ATTACK. Over 150 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed – including children – and THOUSANDS wounded at the hands of Israeli missiles, bombs and fighter planes since Tuesday.… Read more

VANCOUVER EMERGENCY PROTEST FOR GAZA, PALESTINE

Saturday, July 12
2:00 PM
CBC Building, Hamilton and Georgia Sts.
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories

This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

GAZA IS UNDER ATTACK! Over 100 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed – including over 22 children – and hundreds wounded at the hands of Israeli missiles, bombs and fighter planes since Tuesday.… Read more

Saturday, July 12
2:00 PM
CBC Building, Hamilton and Georgia Sts.
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories

This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

GAZA IS UNDER ATTACK! Over 100 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed – including over 22 children – and hundreds wounded at the hands of Israeli missiles, bombs and fighter planes since Tuesday.… Read more

Protest Israeli War Crimes!

Protest Israeli War Crimes!
Thursday July 3rd
5:30 pm sharp
Vancouver Public Library
Robson Street Steps
Facebook event
This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples.
Since mid-June Israeli war crimes in Palestine have escalated, allegedly in response to the disappearance and death of 3 teenage Israeli settlers. However, this latest attack is part and parcel of the illegal occupation of Palestinian land and ongoing Israeli war crimes.… Read more

Protest Israeli War Crimes!
Thursday July 3rd
5:30 pm sharp
Vancouver Public Library
Robson Street Steps
Facebook event
This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples.
Since mid-June Israeli war crimes in Palestine have escalated, allegedly in response to the disappearance and death of 3 teenage Israeli settlers. However, this latest attack is part and parcel of the illegal occupation of Palestinian land and ongoing Israeli war crimes.… Read more

Support From Within: Israeli Participation in the Palestinian Struggle – from demonstrations to BDS, from Matzpen to Anarchists Against the Wall (AATW) – and the legacy of the Bund”

A talk by Kobi Snitz of Boycott from Within and AATW
Sunday, April 13, 7 pm at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 W.49th Ave.(Oak and 49th).

Kobi will speak about support by Israelis for the Palestinian popular struggle, reviewing a decade of Israeli involvement in the Palestinian popular struggle and half a decade of support for BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) from Inside Israel (despite Israeli legislation making advocates of BDS subject to lawsuits by companies that anticipate possible future financial damage as a result).… Read more

A talk by Kobi Snitz of Boycott from Within and AATW
Sunday, April 13, 7 pm at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 W.49th Ave.(Oak and 49th).

Kobi will speak about support by Israelis for the Palestinian popular struggle, reviewing a decade of Israeli involvement in the Palestinian popular struggle and half a decade of support for BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) from Inside Israel (despite Israeli legislation making advocates of BDS subject to lawsuits by companies that anticipate possible future financial damage as a result).… Read more

Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh on Palestine Today and In the Future

Monday. April 7, 2014, 7:00pm
Rm. 1700, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings
A live recording of the full speech
Video clips of the speech

Free Admission

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh was born to a Palestinian Christian family near Bethlehem. As well as being Palestinian, he has U.S. citizenship and served on the faculty of both Duke and Yale Universities where he taught and did research in genetics before returning to Palestine to do the same work at Birzeit and Bethlehem Universities.… Read more

Monday. April 7, 2014, 7:00pm
Rm. 1700, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings
A live recording of the full speech
Video clips of the speech

Free Admission

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh was born to a Palestinian Christian family near Bethlehem. As well as being Palestinian, he has U.S. citizenship and served on the faculty of both Duke and Yale Universities where he taught and did research in genetics before returning to Palestine to do the same work at Birzeit and Bethlehem Universities.… Read more

Picket the JNF! Mark Palestinian Land Day!

Sunday, April 6, 2014, 5 pm,
Four Seasons Hotel (W. Georgia and Howe St.), Vancouver, B.C.

On April 6, 2014, the Jewish National Fund JNF Pacific Region is holding its annual “Negev Gala Dinner”. The JNF is publicly claiming to be enhancing the environment and aiding underprivileged youth, this year in conjunction with Canadian Friends of Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (also built on stolen Palestinian land).… Read more

Sunday, April 6, 2014, 5 pm,
Four Seasons Hotel (W. Georgia and Howe St.), Vancouver, B.C.

On April 6, 2014, the Jewish National Fund JNF Pacific Region is holding its annual “Negev Gala Dinner”. The JNF is publicly claiming to be enhancing the environment and aiding underprivileged youth, this year in conjunction with Canadian Friends of Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (also built on stolen Palestinian land).… Read more

Israeli Apartheid Week – Vancouver, 2014

Israeli Apartheid Week – Vancouver

2014 marks the 10th year that Israeli Apartheid Week has been marked.

Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) seeks to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Reflecting the global grassroots rejection of Israel’s military and political aggression, IAW was held in more than 200 locations in 2012 and more than 150 cities in 2013.… Read more

Israeli Apartheid Week – Vancouver

2014 marks the 10th year that Israeli Apartheid Week has been marked.

Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) seeks to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies towards the Palestinians and to build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Reflecting the global grassroots rejection of Israel’s military and political aggression, IAW was held in more than 200 locations in 2012 and more than 150 cities in 2013.… Read more

Past Correspondence with Amnesty International, Canada regarding David Matas

(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

Open Letter to Surrey Mayor and Council re Ehud Barak’s Visit

Feb. 18, 2014
Open letter to Mayor Dianne Watts and Council Members of the City of Surrey

On Dec. 17, 2013, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) reported that the “Mayor of Surrey Leads Trade Mission to Israel”.

CIJA then reported on Dec. 19, 2013, under the title INNOVATION IN ACTION: Surrey Trade Mission to Israel a “Game Changer”, that “The City of Surrey looks forward to hosting former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak along with the former leaders of Greece and Australia as part of an international panel on global innovation (at) the city’s Surrey Regional Economic Summit on February 27th, 2014.”… Read more

Feb. 18, 2014
Open letter to Mayor Dianne Watts and Council Members of the City of Surrey

On Dec. 17, 2013, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) reported that the “Mayor of Surrey Leads Trade Mission to Israel”.

CIJA then reported on Dec. 19, 2013, under the title INNOVATION IN ACTION: Surrey Trade Mission to Israel a “Game Changer”, that “The City of Surrey looks forward to hosting former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak along with the former leaders of Greece and Australia as part of an international panel on global innovation (at) the city’s Surrey Regional Economic Summit on February 27th, 2014.”… Read more