Israeli Apartheid Week Montreal | March 15-22, 2018

Facebook Event

One week of panels, workshops, film screenings, demonstrations and
cultural events to raise awareness around the Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israeli apartheid. Events are taking
place at Concordia, UQÀM, Université de Montréal & McGill, as well as
community venues in Montreal.

In opposition to apartheid and occupation
In solidarity with Palestinian resistance
In support of social justice struggles everywhere

This year marks the 14th year of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) in
Montreal, joining with similar IAWs around the world. We are hoping to
continue building momentum for the BDS movement.

Israeli Apartheid Week- Montreal 2018 is endorsed by: SDHPP UQAM, SDHPP
U de M, SPHR Concordia, SPHR McGill, Independent Jewish Voices-McGill,
the Centre for Gender Advocacy, QPIRG Concordia, QPIRG-McGill, Tadamon!,
Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU), the Immigrant Workers Centre,
Solidarity Across Borders, CKUT Radio, the Union for Gender Empowerment
and the Midnight Kitchen.

Schedule:

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solidarity across borders, always !

After more than 6 months of struggling to depart Gaza, Palestine, Bissan, along with her 7-week-old child, Sarah, are now in transit back to Montréal. At this time, the Eid family and their supporters would like to thank the thousands of individuals and many organizations who supported Bissan and Sarah’s fundamental right to freedom of movement throughout this difficult period.

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#BringBissanHome

For immediate release:

Montreal community condemn Canadian government’s inaction in supporting Bissan Eid’s struggle to return home

Montreal, June 15, 2017- Dozens of Montreal community members gathered today in front of Concordia University in solidarity with Bissan to demand that Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government support Bissan Eid and facilitate her return home.

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A Community Gathering in Solidarity with Bissan at Norman Bethune Square

Thursday, June 15th @ 12h
corner of Rue Guy / Boul. de Maisonneuve O
Métro Guy-Concordia
Montréal, Québec
Facebook event

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a community gathering in solidarity with Bissan at Norman Bethune Square !

Thursday, June 8th @ 12h
corner of Rue Guy / Boul. de Maisonneuve O
métro Guy-Concordia
Montréal, Québec
facebook event

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For Immediate Release — Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Press Conference:
Thursday, April 27th, 10h
School of Community and Public Affairs
Classroom on first floor
2149 Mackay Street

#BringBissanHome

Montréal’s Bissan Eid, a Concordia graduate student remains blocked in the Israeli military besieged Gaza Strip. Now eight-months pregnant, she continues to call on the Canadian government for support.

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#BringBissanHome

For over four months, Bissan Eid, a 24 year old Concordia graduate student has been prevented from leaving the Palestinian territory of Gaza. She is in urgent need of support from the Canadian government to secure an exit visa from the Israeli government.

In June 2016, Bissan, a Canadian citizen since 2005, travelled to Gaza to get married and to visit her aging grandparents. When she tried to travel back to Canada, she was prevented from leaving due to the slow processing of her exit visa by the Israeli authorities, who seldom prioritize applications of the Palestinians from Gaza who hold other passports.

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Press Conference:
Thursday, April 13th, 10am
School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University
Basement room
2149 Mackay St.

#BringBissanHome

For over four months, Bissan Eid, a 24 year old Concordia graduate student has been prevented from leaving the Palestinian territory of Gaza. She is in urgent need of support from the Canadian government to secure an exit visa from the Israeli government.

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as part of Israeli Apartheid Week – Montréal 2015!

Mercredi 11 Mars, 20h30pm
La Passe – 1214 de la Montagne (événement facebook)
20h / 8$ suggérés, selon vos moyens

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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) Condemns Memorandum of Understanding Between Israel and Canada

Canada and Israel signed a series of cooperation agreements recently, one of which included an unprecedented commitment to work jointly to counter the continued growth of BDS.

On January 22, Canadian public safety minister Steven Blaney gave a speech at a meeting on anti-semitism at the United Nations General Assembly, convened in the wake of the Paris criminal attacks, that smeared the BDS movement as “anti-semitic.”

Rafeef Ziadah, a secretariat member of the the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the broad coalition of Palestinian civil society organisations that leads the BDS movement, said:

“Rather than seeking to hold Israel to account for its war crimes during the recent military assault on Gaza and its intensified colonization of the occupied West Bank, particularly in Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley, the Canadian government is further deepening its collaboration with Israel’s occupation and launching a shameful, propagandistic attack on free speech in the process.”

“The Canadian government’s continued unconditional support for Israel’s colonial policies and its smear campaign against BDS highlight the deeply ideological and reactionary character of this government. Canada is sending Israel the message that it can act with total impunity in violating human rights and international law.”

“Sadly, while claiming to defend free speech the current Canadian government is among the most repressive in the west; it has gone farther than most in suppressing free speech and infringing the rights of its own civil society, including trade unions, community and faith groups, to participate in human rights campaigning, as in boycotts against Israel’s injustices.”

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