Tous les posts pour décembre 2009

Joe Sacco: Eyeless in Gaza

11 décembre 2009 | Posté dans Palestine
    The Observer Sunday 22 November 2009

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    Photo: Focus Zero Mosque in Gaza Strip sky.

In his books, Joe Sacco always draws himself the same way: neat and compact, a small bag slung across his body, a notebook invariably in his hand. At a single glance, the reader understands that he is both reporter and innocent abroad, an unlikely combination that propels him not only to ask difficult questions, but to go on asking them long after all the other hacks have given up and gone home. You sense in this black-and-white outline, too, a certain taut, physical alertness. Should there be trouble, he is, it seems, ready to run.

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Will Harper criminalize criticism of Israel?

6 décembre 2009 | Posté dans Boycott, Canada, Palestine, Politique
    rabble.ca by Murray Dobbin | November 2009

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Photo: Sabrien Amrov Solidarity demonstration with Palestine in downtown Montreal.

Ever since the Israeli invasion of the Gaza strip last December the global debate surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has intensified with both sides upping the ante, and the stakes of the framing battle increasing almost daily.

One of the most recent — but almost totally unreported — developments in Canada is something called the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism (CPCCA). It is not an official parliamentary body but is a multi-party, voluntary association of 13 MPs. It is currently holding an inquiry into anti-semitism because, it says, “The extent and severity of anti-semitism is widely regarded as at its worst level since the end of the Second World War.”

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Madinat Montreal II | Kaza Maza

4 décembre 2009 | Posté dans Beirut, Canada, Culture, Lebanon, Palestine, Quebec

a year-end solidarity gathering | musical performances celebrating Sheikh Imam

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    SATURDAY DECEMBER 12th 20h
    entrance: $5-10
    Kaza Maza, 4629 Avenue du Parc
    north from Mont-Royal street
    Montréal Québec

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Tous et toutes en avant contre l’Apartheid Israélien

1 décembre 2009 | Posté dans Boycott, Canada, Événements, Palestine, Quebec
    Annonce d’une conférence québécoise et pancanadienne sur le BDS

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    UQÀM, Montréal, Québec – 22 au 24 octobre 2010

Depuis l’appel historique des Palestinien(ne)s et de nombreux individus et membre d’organisations de solidarité de la société civile israélienne pour un mouvement international de Boycott, désinvestissement et sanctions (BDS) contre l’apartheid israélien, nous avons témoigné des succès importants au sein de ce mouvement au Québec et ailleurs au Canada. C’est pourquoi, il est maintenant temps de mettre la lumière sur les succès de ce mouvement BDS accomplis jusqu’à aujourd’hui, de consolider et d’intensifier ces efforts en solidarité avec le peuple palestinien qui continue à souffrir sous le système brutal de l’apartheid israélien.

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Dubai: Plea to boycott firms with Israel link

30 novembre 2009 | Posté dans Boycott, Dubai, Palestine
    by Abbas Al Lawati, Gulf News November 2009

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    Photo: Piax. Dubai skyline from airplane.

Dubai: A pressure campaign targeted at Gulf states was launched in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday by a coalition of 170 Palestinian organisations urging Arab states to boycott companies complicit in Israel’s expansion in the holy city.

In a rare public pressure campaign, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Palestine, a grouping of Palestinian civil society organisations, has turned its focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which is preparing to build a multi-billion dollar railway to link its six members.

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Gaza: Resisting through education

30 novembre 2009 | Posté dans Palestine
    Marryam Haleem, Gaza Strip, Electronic Intifada November 2009

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Photo: Rusty Stewart Palestinian children crossing road to school by Israeli tank

“That was the happiest day of my life,” Ahmad explained, “I was freed that day.”

“Come on,” I laughed as we walked down the dusty Gaza street, the Mediterranean sun beating down hard on our faces. “It couldn’t have been that bad. I mean, we all dislike school to some degree, but it has its nice things too.”

His grave eyes looked wholly unconvinced. “The day I graduated from university was the best day of my life,” he firmly repeated. And then he added, more to himself than to me, “I wish I could erase all my memories of my time in school.”

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Palestinian Trade Union Movement Unanimously Confirms Support for BDS

26 novembre 2009 | Posté dans Boycott, Palestine
    Press Release – 25 November 2009

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    Photo: Palestinian flag at a solidarity demonstration in London.

In reaction to reports alleging that a Palestinian trade union official has stated his reservations about the Palestinian civil society campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), the full spectrum of the Palestinian trade union movement has expressed solid support for the BDS National Committee (BNC)* and for the global BDS campaign against Israel as an effective form of resisting its military occupation, war crimes and apartheid policies.

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Shot With My Hands In The Air

25 novembre 2009 | Posté dans Palestine
    Ctrl.Alt.Shift interview by Jody McIntyre 16/11/09

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Photo: Valerian Mazataud Palestinians continue to protest in Bil’in against all odds.

Earlier this year, Khamis Fathe Abu Rahmah, aged 27, was shot in the head with a high-velocity tear gas canister whilst participating in a non-violent demonstration at the wall in Bil’in, a Palestinian village. It was the same weapon the Israeli Occupation Forces would use to murder his close friend Bassem Abu Rahme, in the same village, just a few months later. Jody McIntyre spoke to Khamis to hear about his experiences…

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Montreal: Free Gaza Movement

25 novembre 2009 | Posté dans Palestine
    A lecture by Huwaida Araff and Adam Shapiro.

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    Wednesday, November 25, 2009
    19h30 – 22h
    Concordia University
    Pavillon Hall Building
    Room/Local H-767
    1455 De Maisonneuve O
    Montreal, Quebec

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Articulating Israeli apartheid

24 novembre 2009 | Posté dans Boycott, Palestine
    An interview with author Ben White by Stefan Christoff.

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Photo: ActiveStills Palestinian held at Israeli military check-point during Ramadan.

Public discourse towards the Palestine-Israel conflict has shifted. More and more, we hear the word “apartheid” associated with discussions concerning Israeli policy towards the Palestinian people. Such an analysis of apartheid makes connections between the contemporary conflict in the Middle East and the apartheid era in South Africa. It is, in part, this political tie that has mobilized grassroots networks globally in solidarity with Palestine.

U.K.-based author Ben White, author of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide, has just topped off a cross-country tour of major Canadian universities where he has lectured on Israeli Apartheid.

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