Canada’s Record at the UN General Assembly 2013:
17 Votes Against the Palestinian and Arab Peoples, And In Support of Israel Aggression and Apartheid
Canada’s voting pattern at the United Nations shows that the current government blindly and unconditionally supports Israel’s position, even when it is in contradiction with officially stated Canadian policies. The most recent UN General Assembly voting record of Canadian representatives demonstrated the shameful and biased positions of the Canadian Government that fly in the face of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.… Read more
Canada’s Record at the UN General Assembly 2013:
17 Votes Against the Palestinian and Arab Peoples, And In Support of Israel Aggression and Apartheid
Canada’s voting pattern at the United Nations shows that the current government blindly and unconditionally supports Israel’s position, even when it is in contradiction with officially stated Canadian policies. The most recent UN General Assembly voting record of Canadian representatives demonstrated the shameful and biased positions of the Canadian Government that fly in the face of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.… Read more
Speaker: Dr. Hani Faris
Adjunct Professor, UBC Department of Political Science
Friday, January 24, 2014, 7:00pm
Rm. 1700, SFU Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings St.
In fall 2013, the Palestine Awareness Coalition posted four maps on Vancouver`s TransLink buses and SkyTrain stations entitled Disappearing Palestine. This ad campaign received wide attention & media coverage at both the provincial & national levels.… Read more
Speaker: Dr. Hani Faris
Adjunct Professor, UBC Department of Political Science
Friday, January 24, 2014, 7:00pm
Rm. 1700, SFU Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings St.
In fall 2013, the Palestine Awareness Coalition posted four maps on Vancouver`s TransLink buses and SkyTrain stations entitled Disappearing Palestine. This ad campaign received wide attention & media coverage at both the provincial & national levels.… Read more
Dec. 20, 2013
Open letter to John Baird, Canadian Foreign Minister
Mr. Baird:
Your latest call for the removal of Richard Falk, the U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, smacks of hypocrisy and racism; it also exposes your (and your government’s) blind support for Israeli war crimes and Apartheid.
While your government officially claims that “Canada does not recognize permanent Israeli control over territories occupied in 1967 (the Golan Heights, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip)”, you are nonetheless supporting not only settlement building but also settlement products that are not exempt under the “Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA)”.… Read more
Dec. 20, 2013
Open letter to John Baird, Canadian Foreign Minister
Mr. Baird:
Your latest call for the removal of Richard Falk, the U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, smacks of hypocrisy and racism; it also exposes your (and your government’s) blind support for Israeli war crimes and Apartheid.
While your government officially claims that “Canada does not recognize permanent Israeli control over territories occupied in 1967 (the Golan Heights, the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip)”, you are nonetheless supporting not only settlement building but also settlement products that are not exempt under the “Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA)”.… Read more
Sodastream Boycott Campaigns are growing around the world, an attempt to pressure Israel to obey international law and respect Palestinian human rights. Here in Vancouver we are asking London Drugs to remove these products from their shelves. Our next protest will be:
SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 2-3 P.M.
In front of LONDON DRUGS, 525 W Broadway, Vancouver
BROADWAY JUST WEST OF CAMBIE
Solidarity Notes Labour Choir will be singing
Join Facebook event
SodaStream is an Israeli company whose main factory is situated in the West Bank near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, under conditions of military occupation, outside the internationally recognized borders of Israel.… Read more
Sodastream Boycott Campaigns are growing around the world, an attempt to pressure Israel to obey international law and respect Palestinian human rights. Here in Vancouver we are asking London Drugs to remove these products from their shelves. Our next protest will be:
SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 2-3 P.M.
In front of LONDON DRUGS, 525 W Broadway, Vancouver
BROADWAY JUST WEST OF CAMBIE
Solidarity Notes Labour Choir will be singing
Join Facebook event
SodaStream is an Israeli company whose main factory is situated in the West Bank near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, under conditions of military occupation, outside the internationally recognized borders of Israel.… Read more
The Bankruptcy of the US Empire Displayed in a Keynote Address by US Secretary of State John Kerry to the Saban Forum.
In the speech Dec. 7, 2013, Kerry described the US as “the honest broker”. However, in explaining his own record as just such an “honest broker”, he stated: “I have spent almost 30 years in the United States Senate, and I’m proud of my 100 percent voting record for Israel”.… Read more
The Bankruptcy of the US Empire Displayed in a Keynote Address by US Secretary of State John Kerry to the Saban Forum.
In the speech Dec. 7, 2013, Kerry described the US as “the honest broker”. However, in explaining his own record as just such an “honest broker”, he stated: “I have spent almost 30 years in the United States Senate, and I’m proud of my 100 percent voting record for Israel”.… Read more
December 7, 2013
Canada Palestine Association, Vancouver and the Voice of Palestine, Canada received the news of Nelson Mandela’s passing with great sadness and extend our deepest condolences to his family, the South African people and all of humanity. We have lost a unique and selfless leader who never wavered from his principles and never bowed to expediency in the most critical moments of the anti-Apartheid and anti-Colonialist struggles.… Read more
December 7, 2013
Canada Palestine Association, Vancouver and the Voice of Palestine, Canada received the news of Nelson Mandela’s passing with great sadness and extend our deepest condolences to his family, the South African people and all of humanity. We have lost a unique and selfless leader who never wavered from his principles and never bowed to expediency in the most critical moments of the anti-Apartheid and anti-Colonialist struggles.… Read more
The following email was sent on Dec.4, 2013 to NDP MPs and Party Officials:
Please stop pandering to the pro-Israel lobby, you will never win their vote. Instead, you are losing the progressive vote, your pride and your humanity.
Hanna Kawas
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Nov. 22, 2013
NDP solidly supports Israel
Editorial by: (“Jewish Independent”)
We call it the “kishkes” question. Any politician can mouth platitudes that sound good to Jewish voters.… Read more
The following letter was sent to Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, regarding her position on Israeli “democracy”.
Elizabeth May
Leader of the Green Party of Canada
You were quoted in the “Jewish Tribune” as saying that “Israel plays as the bulwark of democracy in the Middle East.” It seems to me that you “have not thought through the real politic of life in the Middle East” to quote you.… Read more
Gaza in Crisis: Eyewitness Reports
Friday, November 29th, 2013, 7PM
SFU Harbour Centre, Fletcher Challenge Theatre
515 W. Hastings, Vancouver
Guest speakers – Eva Bartlett, human rights activist and journalist who lived for extended periods in Gaza
Kevin Neish, a Victoria activist and Mavi Marmara survivor who just returned from Gaza
Admission by donation ($5-10 suggested)
Organized by: Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, Canada Palestine Association, Gaza’s Ark and Independent Jewish Voices
For more info, email: [email protected]… Read more
Gaza in Crisis: Eyewitness Reports
Friday, November 29th, 2013, 7PM
SFU Harbour Centre, Fletcher Challenge Theatre
515 W. Hastings, Vancouver
Guest speakers – Eva Bartlett, human rights activist and journalist who lived for extended periods in Gaza
Kevin Neish, a Victoria activist and Mavi Marmara survivor who just returned from Gaza
Admission by donation ($5-10 suggested)
Organized by: Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign, Canada Palestine Association, Gaza’s Ark and Independent Jewish Voices
For more info, email: [email protected]… Read more
