May 2010 Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee.

Photo Yian Huang Israeli solider arrests Palestinian youth on Palestinian lands.

Occupied Palestine, May 26 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), strongly condemns the actions taken by Canadian state bodies, university administrations and pressure groups to defund, repress and otherwise attempt to weaken groups and individuals that provide assistance to, or campaign in solidarity with, Palestinians. Such blatantly anti-democratic measures are not only repulsive per se; they are forms of complicity with Israeli violations of international law and Palestinian rights and have far reaching adverse consequences for civil liberties. The BNC believes that this repression in Canada must be brought to an end.

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Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux

Photo: Active Stills Palestiniens manifestent contre le mur d’apartheid israélien à Bil’in.

Tadamon, le collectif montréalais de solidarité avec le Moyen Orient, voudrait féliciter les délégué(e)s du congrès Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain de la Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CCMM-CSN) qui a eu lieu du 17 au 21 mai 2010. Au congrès, les 297 délégué(e)s ont voté, presque à l’unanimité, en faveur d’une résolution d’appui de la campagne internationale pour le Boycott, le désinvestissement, et les sanctions (BDS) contre l’apartheid israélien.

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nous organisons une manifestation contre la venue de ce criminel de guerre.

Lundi 31 Mai
départ de l’autobus: 13h
Concordia University
Hall Building
1455 de maisonneuve ouest
(metro Guy-Concordia)
retour à Montréal à 10h

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May 23, 2010 statement from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid

Photo: Israeli apartheid wall cutting through Palestinian territories.

For the first time in its 30-year history, Pride Toronto has banned an LGBT community group from the parade. The board of directors voted on Friday to ban the words ‘Israeli Apartheid’ from any Pride events, including the Pride parade, dyke march, and trans march – directly targeting the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid.

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press release May 22, 2010

Photo Palestinian walks along Israeli apartheid wall in Palestine.

An important success for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israeli apartheid

Following lobbying efforts by the Italian Coalition Against Carmel-Agrexco, two major Italian supermarket chains, COOP and Nordiconad, announced the suspension of sales of products from Agrexco, the principal exporter of produce from Israel and the illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Nordiconad director Mr. Covili announced that as of the end of April Agrexco products will no longer be found in their supermarkets.

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Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel PACBI

Photo Moti Milrod A general view of the Jerusalem skyline and Israel’s West Bank Barrier in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem, 1 November 2005.

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is shocked and greatly concerned that UNICEF as well as one Palestinian and several international academics intend to participate in a conference organized by the Minerva Centre for Human Rights at the Hebrew University, jointly with the Van Leer Institute. We regard this participation as a violation of the Palestinian academic boycott Call and Guidelines and a most regrettable whitewash of the entrenched and well-documented complicity of Israeli academic institutions in maintaining Israel’s occupation and apartheid against the Palestinian people, and Palestinian children in particular.

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21-5-2010 Disabled child injured, three Israeli activists arrested in Bil’in

Photo Muhammed Muheisen. Palestinian demonstrator in a wheelchair reacts as he get caught in tear gas fired by Israeli troops, during a demonstration against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village Bil’in.

A disabled child were injured and three Israeli activists arrested today, And dozens of cases of suffocation as a result of inhaling the tear gas fired by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the village of Bil’in, today along with internationals and Israiles activists people from the village run the weekly march against the wall and settlements in the 62 anniversary of the Nakba.

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Haaretz by Avi Issacharoff and Chaim Levinson May 20 2010

Photo Israeli colony on Palestinian lands in the West Bank.

The Palestinian Authority has upgraded its campaign against products made in Israeli settlements, notwithstanding warnings from Israel.

On Tuesday, some 3,000 Palestinian volunteers, conscripted by the government of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad through a group set up by the Palestinian Finance Ministry, went from door to door in West Bank communities explaining the reasons they should boycott settlement products.

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le 3 juin 2010 le procès de Bil’in continue à Montréal

Jeudi, le 3 juin, participez aux activités organisées en appui à Bil’in!

9h30 : Audiences à la Cour d’appel du Québec
Salle Pierre-Basile-Migneault
100 Notre-Dame est
métro Champs de Mars

19h00 : Conférence avec des villageois de Bil’in et leur avocate israélienne
au Centre culturel Georges-Vanier
2450, rue Workman
(métro Lionel-Groulx)

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PACBI reaction to Elvis Costello’s cancellation of two gigs in Israel

Photo Larry Towell Palestinian youth resisting Israeli tanks with stones in Palestine.

Occupied Ramallah, 18 May 2010 – The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) warmly welcomes Elvis Costello’s cancellation of his scheduled performances in Israel. Costello’s decision is a great victory for the ethical responsibilities of international cultural figures, a key factor in the cultural boycott of Israel. It comes after similar cancellations by Gil Scott-Heron, Carlos Santana and Bono/U2 upon appeals by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and its international partners, particularly in the UK and U.S.

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