Montreal events in response to Israeli aggression against Lebanon

Check for frequent updates: http://www.tadamon.ca
and www.stopdestroyinglebanon.com.

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Fact-sheet prepared by the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade

“Few Canadians realize that their country is one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of advanced, war technology. Such is the power of the long-prevailing mythology that Canada is a great, global force for peace.

However, many of Israel’s most-deadly, US-made weapons systems–now being used in air strikes against Lebanon–would not be able to function without hundreds of crucial, high-tech, electronic components supplied by Canadian war industries, and subsidized unwittingly by Canadian taxpayers.”

» Full article : Canadian Military Components used in Israel’s War Against Lebanon

» More information : Stop Canada Pension Plan Investments in War!

Here are the three latest reports by the Arab NGO Network for Development.

» Update 15 – Monday, July 31st

» Update 14 – Sunday, July 30th

» Update 13 – Saturday, July 29th

CEASEFIRE NOW!

Friday, 4 August, 9:00 am
Nav Canada, 1950 Montreal Road, Cornwall Ontario
* See driving directions below
* Details on rides from Montreal below. 

This is a CHILD-FRIENDLY rally, please feel free to bring your children!

Less than a week after the worst massacre yet in Israel’s bloody attack on Lebanon – the killing of 65 civilians in Qana on Sunday – the Conservative party is holding a caucus meeting in Cornwall, Ontario.

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PLEASE CALL MAYOR TREMBLAY

On Thursday, Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay participated in a public event named the “Blue and White Rally for Peace”, called by the pro-Israeli organisation B’nai Brith. It was a pro-Israel rally which portrayed Israel as acting in self-defence and its attacks on people in Lebanon as legitimate. La Presse reported that Mayor Tremblay defended his participation in the rally by saying that it was a gathering for peace. At the same time, he refused to call for a cease-fire and or to acknowledge the disproportionality of Israel’s actions.

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Report prepared by Tadamon! Montreal

As the Israeli military campaign on Lebanon entered the sixteenth day with upwards of 400 Lebanese dead, two busloads of Montrealers took their demand for an immediate cessation of Israeli aggression to Ottawa on Thursday.

After two weeks of letter-writing and actions without results, three Montreal organizations – Al Hidaya Association, Association des jeunes libanais musulmans, and Tadamon! – called on people to travel to Ottawa and bring a message directly to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay, who has publicly taken a radically pro-Israel position, defending and justifying the Israeli attacks on civilians.

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To mourn the dead of Qana and everywhere in Lebanon

McGill College and Ste. Catherine
Monday, 31 July from 8pm til midnight

Sunday saw the worst attack on Lebanon in this latest string of Israeli aggression. Qana is now witness to yet another massacre.

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Stop Israeli War Crimes! – Rally at Israeli Consulate
Over 50 Civilians Massacred in Shelter in the Lebanese Town of Qana!

SUNDAY, JULY 30th, 1:30pm
Israeli Consulate
Corner of Peel & Rene Levesque
Metro Peel

Today the Israeli military carried out another major attack on Lebanese civilians in the town of Qana, in Southern Lebanon. Over 50 civilians lost their lives when the Israeli military bombed a small crowded civilian shelter in a deliberate massacre, which has been condemned throughout the world.

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UPDATES FROM A LEBANON UNDER UNJUSTIFIED ISRAELI WAR RAGE

These updates were prepared in the last few days by the Arab NGO Network for Development (AAND), who is currently assisting with relief efforts in Lebanon. Here are the 12 first updates, in PDF format. We will be posting future updates as they come in.

» Update 12 – Friday, July 28th

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Original report from Beirut Independent Media Center

At least 10,000 tons of heavy fuel oil have been spilled into the Lebanese sea, causing an environmental catastrophe with severe effects on health, biodiversity and tourism, environmentalists and the Environment Ministry said Wednesday. 15,000 tons are expected to leak into the Mediterranean from another tank that is still burning. Two weeks ago, Israeli bombs targeted the Jiyye power station, located on the coast 30 kilometers south of Beirut. Part of the oil in storage tanks has been burning ever since and the other part is leaking into the Mediterranean.

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