All posts for January 2009

Photos: Montreal stands with Gaza

January 5th, 2009 | Posted in Boycott, Canada, Palestine, Quebec

    a photo essay documenting Montreal solidarity protests with Gaza.

Photo: Sabrien Amrov Demonstrators gather in the thousands in downtown Montreal.

Thousands gathered in downtown Montreal yesterday to protest Israel’s ongoing military siege on Gaza hours after Israeli forces commenced a major land invasion. As over 500 Palestinians have been killed in the past week under an Israeli aerial bombardment protests have swept across the world including major demonstrations in Canada. Demonstrators in Montreal also targeted the Canadian government support for Israeli military actions in Gaza which have heavily targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure in Gaza.

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Demonstration: Solidarity for Gaza

January 5th, 2009 | Posted in Boycott, Canada, Palestine, Quebec

    End Israeli Apartheid!

    SATURDAY JANUARY 10th
    13h00 Dorchester square
    Corner Peel and René-Lévesque
    metro Peel
    Montréal, Québec

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Israeli troops move into Gaza Strip

January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Palestine
    Reuters, January 3rd 2009.

    Photo: Impacts from Israeli air strikes in Gaza.

GAZA – A column of Israeli tanks, some firing their weapons, rolled into the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, a Palestinian witness said, in what appeared to be the beginning of a ground offensive against Islamist Hamas.

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Paris: Demonstrations for Gaza

January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in France, Palestine

    Photo essay by photojournalist Carole Kerbage, January 2009.

Photo: Carole Kerbage. Thousands in the Barbès district Paris in solidarity with Gaza.

Protests have swept the globe in response to the current Israeli attack on Gaza and thousands have taken to the streets in France this past week, including multiple demonstrations in Paris. Thousands gathered in the Barbès district Paris for a demonstration, while a major protest was staged in downtown Paris to protest the visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who was hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy last week.

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Gaza: Disastrous humanitarian situation

January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Palestine

report by Sameh A. Habeeb, photojournalist and peace Activist in Gaza Strip.

Photo: Sameh A. Habeeb. Palestinian youth in Gaza.

Gaza Strip, 3 January, 2009: In the recent reporting period of this report, Israeli army is using all naval, ground and air forces to attack Gaza. With the early hours of Saturday morning, Israeli army started to shell and launch heavy air strikes against Gaza. Most of the bombings targeted buildings, farming and agricultural fields. The bombings range dramatically increased midday leaving 5 dead and ten other wounded.

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Israël ne se défend pas, il extermine avec la complicité du gouvernement canadien

January 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Palestine

    Le Devoir, Lorraine Guay.

    Photo: Gaza, Palestine.

Le gouvernement canadien a réagi aux attaques meurtrières contre la population de Gaza exactement de la même manière qu’il l’avait fait quand Israël avait bombardé sauvagement le Liban à l’été 2006: en claironnant «qu’Israël a le droit de se défendre» et en affirmant mollement sa préoccupation pour la catastrophe humanitaire vécue par les Palestiniens.

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