Open Letter to Jack Layton Regarding the CIC

CPA sent the following message to Jack Layton questioning him about Canada Israel Committee’s claim of investment in the NDP. Again, as of the posting date of this letter March 1, 2009, we did not receive even an acknowledgment from Mr. Layton.

Dear Mr. Layton:

Here in B.C., the “Jewish Independent” quoted Moshe Ronen, the chair of the Canada Israel Committee (CIC) and the vice-president of the World Jewish Congress as saying that New Democratic party leader Jack Layton has, along with Gil Duceppe, “agreed not to make Israel a wedge issue in Canadian politics”.… Read more

Canada-Israel Committee Harasses CPA Pickets/2008

Dear Friends:

After Canada Palestine Association in Vancouver announced its next “Boycott Israeli Wines” picket for Oct. 18th, 2008, we were informed about the following “Urgent Action Alert” issued by the Canada Israel Committee CIC. Since we began this campaign in BC against the sale of these wines under the “Israel” label in BC Liquor Stores (see our callout below), the local Zionists have reacted in an aggressive and “over-the-top” manner.… Read more

Palestinian “National Poet” Dies

Source: BBC

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died after surgery at the age of 67, hospital and Palestinian officials say. He suffered complications after undergoing open-heart surgery in Houston, Texas, said a spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

The Canada Palestine Association will be holding a memorial event in Mahmoud’s honour:

Mahmoud Darwish
Memorial – Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr.,… Read more

Source: BBC

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died after surgery at the age of 67, hospital and Palestinian officials say. He suffered complications after undergoing open-heart surgery in Houston, Texas, said a spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

The Canada Palestine Association will be holding a memorial event in Mahmoud’s honour:

Mahmoud Darwish
Memorial – Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr.,… Read more

Picket BC Liquor Store

BOYCOTT ISRAELI WINES 
June 7th 2008 Picket, BC Liquor Store, 1520 Commercial Dr., Vancouver

On this 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Israeli government has announced plans to “rebrand” its 60 years of dispossession and ethnic cleansing. Here in B.C., the focus of this “rebranding” is the promotion of wines under an Israeli label in B.C. liquor stores, which are now carrying products from the Galil Mountain Winery, the Golan Heights Winery and the Dalton Winery.… Read more

Letter to the Editor of the Georgia Straight Regarding Israeli Wines

The following letter was sent to the Georgia Straight on Feb. 15, 2008.

It might interest your readers to know that the “new-generation Israeli wines” that Jurgen Gothe was promoting (Feb. 14/08) are literally fruit from the vines of Israeli occupation. We recently sent a letter to the BC Liquor Distribution Branch on this very subject which they have responded to claiming this matter is not under their “jurisdiction” and they offer products on a commercial demand basis.… Read more

Don’t Drink with Apartheid – Boycott Israeli Wines

“‘The land of Israel has been producing wines for 5,000 years’, said Norman Gladstone, Principal of International Cellars Inc. ‘In the last thirty years, the wine industry in Israel has adopted modern technology leading to higher quality wines which have burst onto the international scene. We are pleased and honoured to bring Israel’s top wineries to British Columbia.'”

With these words, the news release issued by the Canada-Israel Committee on Dec 20, 2007 announced the introduction of these wines to the Canadian province of B.C.… Read more

What is Next for the Palestinian Secular Movement?

A statement of direction by the CPA, Voice of Palestine, and other supporting groups

With the fighting over the mirage “Authority” in Gaza winding down, the Palestinian people are once again faced with the only two alternatives currently available to them, either supporting the non-secular movement Hamas or the new collaborationist Fateh-controlled government. (Neither choice will bring the Palestinian people the future they so desperately need and deserve, and have sacrificed so much for over the years.)… Read more

Christmas Message 2006 – Message to the Prime Minister of Canada

By Hanna Kawas, a Bethlehemite and a descendant of the First Christians

Mr. Stephen Harper

I am a Christian Palestinian who, like the rest of my people, has been denied by your friends in Israel for the past thirty-nine years to go back home and live in my hometown Bethlehem (where we still have our own property).

My family, relatives, friends and the whole population of Bethlehem are enduring the most repressive and discriminatory regime the town has ever experienced and that includes the hated Roman (western) occupation of the city 2000 years ago.… Read more

Oppose Supporters of Israeli War Crimes at the World Peace Forum

The Canada Palestine Association, Vancouver (www.cpavancouver.org) and the Palestine Community Centre of B.C. (www.palestinecommunitycentre.com) issued the following statement on June 24, 2006.

It has come to our attention that the World Peace Forum (WPF) is regrettably associating with supporters of Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people. Following are examples of support given to Israel by the individuals in question. Peace without justice or peace without principles is of no use to the oppressed peoples of the world.… Read more

We will Remember – Stop the Deportation of Issam Al-Yamani

Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada
Mr. Prime Minister:

On March 10, 2006, the Canadian representative at the UN voted against a motion calling on Israel to allow all Palestinian refugee women and children to return to their homes. The UN Economic and Social Council adopted the South African-sponsored resolution by a vote of 41-2, with only Canada and the United States voting against it.… Read more