Stefan Christoff and Mohammed Shublaq writing from Beirut, Live from Lebanon, 14 July 2006.

Full report at http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5011.shtml

Israeli war planes are bombing Beirut. Over 70 Lebanese civilians have died since the Israeli military launched a major military offensive against Lebanon on Wednesday, July 12th. Bombs targeted civilian infrastructure throughout the country, including the key highways and bridges across southern Lebanon effectively halting all cross-country transportation. Pictured in this photo is a mosque on the edge of Beirut’s southern suburb with smoke in the sky above due to Israeli missile strikes on the Beirut international airport.

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Sawsan Kalache & Stefan Christoff writing from Beirut, Live from Lebanon (re-posted from Electronic intifada, http://electronicintifada.net)

Syrian TV images of the Israeli bombing of Beirut International Airport. Around the Arab world, people were glued to their television sets in horror at Israel’s decimation of the civilian infrastructure. (EI)

Israeli war planes are bombing Beirut. Over 50 Lebanese civilians have died since the Israeli military launched a major military offensive against Lebanon on Wednesday, July 12th. Bombs have targeted civilian infrastructure throughout the country, including key highways and bridges across southern Lebanon, effectively halting all cross-country transportation.

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From: Al Awda Toronto, info@al-awda.ca, www.al-awda.ca

CALL/FAX/EMAIL Members of Parliament to demand that Canada act to stop Israeli aggression

Government contact information and sample letter below

In the past 24 hours, the Israeli assault has killed 27 civilians in Lebanon, 10 of who were children ((latest reports are 47 civilian deaths)). The attacks have hit 10 bridges, a television station, and Beirut International Airport, the only international airport in the country.

The attack on Lebanon has come 19 days into a brutal assault on the Palestinians of Gaza in which Israel has killed 74 people, a disproportionate number of these were children.

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Show your support for the Palestinian people of Gaza and the people of Lebanon! Express your outrage against the Israeli military invasion of Gaza and Lebanon! Call on the Canadian government to act!

DEMONSTRATION!!

FRIDAY, JULY 14, noon
Outside the Israeli consulate (north-west corner of Peel and Rene-Levesque, Montreal; metro Peel)

Featuring speakers, music, and recorded statements from Palestine, Lebanon and the middle east. Bring your banners, noisemakers, and placards!

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Montreal solidarity activists in Beirut – available for interview on current crisis

13 July 2006, Montreal/Beirut – Members of the Montreal-based Tadamon! collective are in Beirut and available for interviews on the current crisis. Since mid-June, the three-person delegation from the Montreal group has been working out of Beirut, meeting with social justice and cultural organisations, participating in popular campaigns, coordinating solidarity projects between Montreal and Beirut, and creating radio reports on social justice issues in the country. Delegation members were chosen for their experience and knowledge of Lebanese and regional affairs.

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Montreal Stands in Solidarity with Palestinians from Gaza to Lebanon

Israeli shell explodes in open space next to Beit Hanoun, 1 July 2006 (MaanImages/ Inbal Rose).

In the face of the ongoing, major Israeli military attack on the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip, individuals and organizations in Montreal committed to principles of social justice and self-determination express their unqualified solidarity with the Palestinian people who are resisting the latest assault on their cities, villages, institutions and social infrastructure.

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Weekly Reports on Struggles for Social & Economic Justice in LEBANON

Tadamon! a collective of media activists & community organizers from
Montreal working to build solidarity with movements for social & economic
justice in Lebanon are currently on a delegation to Lebanon and the Middle
East. As part of this delegation members of Tadamon! will be producing
weekly 30 minutes audio reports for individual download, podcast &
broadcast on upwards of 20 campus / community radio stations in Canada.

Tadamon!’s weekly audio reports will focus on the present day cultural,
social and political realities in the Middle East from a perspective of
social justice. Radio Tadamon!’s reports will be produced on a weekly
basis and will be regularly uploaded from the Middle East each THURSDAY
for broadcast, download & podcast internationally throughout July &
August.

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Charbel Rouhana blends political awareness, traditional Arabic music and
compositional experimentation

By Stefan Christoff
Special to The Daily Star
Friday, July 07, 2006

BEIRUT: Somehow Lebanon’s electric political climate always seems to provide
fertile ground for innovative artistic expression. Such expression may be
rooted in the country’s rich cultural history, but on occasion, it also offers
important insight into the present challenges facing Lebanon (and by extension
the region at large).

Over the past nine years, Charbel Rouhana has become a fixture on the local
music scene. A rising star and longtime “special guest” at the Blue Note Cafe
in Hamra, Rouhana uses song to present an inspiring voice for social change.
The celebrated oud player and contemporary composer has successfully harnessed
folkloric Lebanese traditions and combined them with present-day musical
innovation and insightful social commentary.

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A Fundraising Dance Party for Tadamon!
Montreal’s 2006 Delegation to Lebanon.

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WEDNESDAY, June 14th
Cafe Esperanza. 5490, St-Laurent
[Corner of St. Viateur]
Doors 9pm / Suggested Donation 7$
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Featuring: 1 Speed Bike * DJ Dang * DJ Dexter X * DJ Kandis & more….

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Tadamon! MONTREAL: Community Fundraising Dinner!
for Tadamon!’s 2006 Delegation to LEBANON

Including: Presentations from Tadamon!, * Middle Eastern Cuisine, * Slide-Show
on Lebanon, * Musical Performance from Stefan Christoff.

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SUNDAY, June 11th, 6pm
Maison de l’Amitie
120 Duluth St. East
[Metro St.Laurent & Bus #55]
Suggested Donation: 10$-20$
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to Reserve Tickets Contact Tadamon! at:
514 690 8499 / tadamon[at]resist.ca

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