Tuesday: Picket & Outdoor Film Projection to Boycott the 2nd Israeli Film Festival in Montreal
BOYCOTT THE ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL! END ISRAELI APARTHEID!
As part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israeli apartheid,
In the context of a week of action against Israeli occupation and apartheid,
PICKET & OUTDOOR FILM PROJECTION to
BOYCOTT the 2nd ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL IN MONTREAL
TUESDAY, JUNE 5th, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Cinéma du Parc
3575 avenue du Parc
Metro Place des Arts
In early June, Palestinians will mark 40 years of Israel’s illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan heights, and the 59th anniversary of the 1948 Palestinian Nakba (“great disaster” in Arabic) that saw the creation of the state of Israel through the displacement of over 750 000 indigenous Palestinians and the establishment of an exclusive, colonial state in historic Palestine. Groups working in solidarity with the people of Palestine living under apartheid, under occupation and in exile, have responded to a call from the Palestinian organizations at the forefront of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israeli apartheid and are holding actions globally to mark these anniversaries. In Montreal, a week of actions has been organized to denounce 40 years of Israeli occupation and 59 years of Israeli Apartheid.
In addition to the academic and economic boycott, in August 2006, over 100 Palestinian filmmakers, artists and cultural workers called on filmmakers and artists worldwide to cancel art exhibitions planned in Israel, to boycott Israeli film festivals, Israeli cultural venues, and to end all cooperation with Israeli art, film and cultural organizations and institutions sponsored by the Israeli government.
It is therefore cynical that supporters of Israeli apartheid, sponsored by, among others, the Israeli consulate in Montreal, have chosen this particularly sad anniversary to organise an Israeli film festival, apparently trying to divert public attention away from the darker side of Israel policy and the Palestinian tragedy: apartheid, military occupation and documented war crimes.
JOIN US on Tuesday 5th of June at 6:30pm, in a picket where we will screen Palestinian movies in front of Cinéma du Parc in downtown Montreal.
We call upon Cinéma du Parc to cancel the Israeli film festival.
We call upon everybody to boycott this event!
For information about 5 June: Coalition against Israeli Apartheid-Montreal, 514 664 1036, bdsmontreal@gmail.com
For information about Montreal June 9th demonstration: Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine.
Background Information:
Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel Campaign
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto)
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
