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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The following letter was hand-delivered to a representative of Minister MacKay at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa

Honourable Peter MacKay,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
125 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, Ontario CANADA

27 July 2006

Dear Minister MacKay,

We, Montreal-area residents and organisations, are writing to express our outrage at the Canadian government’s uncritical stance and unconditional support for Israeli aggression in Lebanon, as well as in the occupied Gaza Strip.

The Israeli attacks on Lebanon are not just “disproportionate” – the term being used by those who want to level a minimal rebuke at Israel – they are unjustified, unjust and criminal. (more…)

‘HUMAN CHAIN’ MARKS OPPOSITION TO HARPER’S WAR SUPPORT
 
Buses leave Montreal: 3300 Cremazie east, Thursday, 27 July at 9:00am
Rally in Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs, 125 Sussex Drive at 12:30pm

A human chain encircling the Department of Foreign Affairs will convey opposition to Israeli war crimes in Lebanon, with buses arriving from Montreal to be joined by Ottawa supporters.

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EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE AT CANADA’S SUPPORT FOR ISRAELI WAR CRIMES

In Lebanon as in Gaza, hundreds of people have been killed; bridges, roads, buildings, power plants, petrol stations, ports, airports, vehicles have been destroyed. Israel is maintaining a land, sea and air blockade of the country, with devastating consequences. People are abandoning their homes and fleeing in the hundreds of thousands. Yet the Prime Minister of Canada, continues to frame the military assault as a matter of Israel’s legitimate right to self-defence and to characterize it as “measured”. Peter MacKay, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in a 12 July statement, condemned Hizballah for its actions against Israeli military targets but remained absolutely silent about Israel’s crimes against civilian populations.

Please CALL, FAX and EMAIL Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Mackay TODAY, as buses from Montreal travel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa to bring the message that WE WILL NOT TOLERATE his support for war crimes.

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Source: The Guardian, 21 July 2006
(www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1825670,00.html)

350 dead, almost entirely civilian population. At least 1/3 children.

Energy

• Jiye power station, 20 miles south of Beirut, repeatedly hit; electricity generator hit in Sibline.
• Electricity in Beirut said to be “feeble and flickering”, with large areas cut off.
• In south, electrical supply almost completely cut. Estimated total of 750,000 people without electricity.
• Four gas stores hit; 17 fuel stores destroyed; 12 petrol stations bombed. Prices have rocketed sixfold in some cities, such as Tyre.

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Here are some MacKay “truisms”, and responses
 
Fiction: “A ceasefire and a return to status quo is a victory for Hezbollah.”
 
Fact: A ceasefire will save the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians, including those in Israel, and end the barbaric destruction of Lebanon’s infrastructure in urban and rural areas. Hezbollah has agreed to a ceasefire. The U.N. and other nations including France, which have no sympathy for Hezbollah, have joined the U.N. in its call.

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Our latest program includes live interviews with Bassem Chit of the Sanayeh Relief Center in Beirut, Wissam Moussa of the Lebanese Muslim Youth Association in Montreal and Hachem Safiedine, freelance Lebanese journalist based in Montreal. Also included is an excerpt from the latest Democracy Now! report on the using of cluster bombs and white phosphorus in Lebanon by the Israeli army.

» Listen to the July 25th Radio Tadamon! program on CKUT Montreal

» Go to the July 21st Radio Tadamon! program on Electronic Intifada

Photo essay of some of the solidarity actions this weekend in Montreal:

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5187.shtml

by Montreal photographer and solidarity activist Darren Ell