Reporting from South Lebanon
August 27th, 2006
Hicham Takache
In the afternoon, I took my family and made a tour to the neighboring villages and towns to survey the war damage. Yohmor in particular was badly hit. This small village overlooking the Litani River was bombed mercilessly by all types of ammunition; from artillery shells, to cluster bombs, to smart bombs shot from Apache helicopters and F16 fighter jets. The damage is extensive and incredible.
—>To view photos from this demonstration, visit:
http://gallery.cmaq.net/Gazzette-Demo
Montreal, August 15, 2006 On the morning of Tuesday, August 15, approximately 30 activists from Montreal entered the lobby of the Gazettes downtown office to begin a demonstration. Being the same day that a certain American war criminal was due to speak at a conference in Montreal, the demonstrators were determined to send a message to the staff of the Gazette that this would not be normal work day.
Watch right here the 2-part video filmed and produced by Santiago Bertolino, who was present at the August 4th rally in Cornwall, Ontario to denounce the Canadian government’s uncritical and uncondition support for Israel and to demand an immediate ceasefire.
Civilian Resistance: Call For Action & Solidarity For Lebanon
From : Civilian Resistance in Lebanon – lebanonsolidarity.org
We, the people of Lebanon, call upon the local and international community to join a campaign of civil resistance to Israel’s war against our country and our people. We declare Lebanon an open country for civil resistance.
A Prisoners Justice Day Benefit for the Saneyah Relief Centre in Beirut, Lebanon
Wednesday August 9th doors open at 7pm, films will start right away
Sala Rosa 4848 St. Laurent
$5 or donation of a book for book to prisoners
Books 2 Prisoners asks for books on wide range of subjects including health, self-help, sexuality, black history, women’s issues,aboriginal issues, politics, psychology, philosophy, resource manuals, some law books, plus an array of novels.
A Benefit Concert for the Sanayeh Relief Center in Beirut, Lebanon
Tadamon! Montreal, in collaboration with local musicians and artists, presents a benefit concert in solidarity with the people of Lebanon.
Mayssoun Sukarieh writing from Beirut, Live from Lebanon, 5 August 2006
Electronic Lebanon
They were working in the fields, to save what is left from the season while Israel constantly targets fruit trucks and convoys all over Lebanon.
They were men and agricultural workers.
They were workers having a break after a long day of peach and plum picking, resting to continue their day of work that extends to the night.
They were men, thirty-three of them, who died because they were working at a time when we are supposed to be all sitting home scared or demonstrating against the resistance as the enemy wishes.
Report prepared by Tadamon! Montreal
As the Israeli military campaign on Lebanon entered the sixteenth day with upwards of 400 Lebanese dead, two busloads of Montrealers took their demand for an immediate cessation of Israeli aggression to Ottawa on Thursday.
After two weeks of letter-writing and actions without results, three Montreal organizations – Al Hidaya Association, Association des jeunes libanais musulmans, and Tadamon! – called on people to travel to Ottawa and bring a message directly to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay, who has publicly taken a radically pro-Israel position, defending and justifying the Israeli attacks on civilians.
A first-hand account from Beirut
Letter from Rasha [a young woman] in Beirut:
“Dear All,
I am drafting this entry in this unusual diary at 11:30 pm. I have about half an hour before the generator shuts down. Most of Beirut is in the dark. I dare not imagine what the country is like. Today was a relatively calm day, but like most calm days that come immediately after tumultuous days, it was a sinister day of taking stock of damage, pulling bodies from under destroyed buildings, shuttling injured to hospitals that have the capacity to tend to their wounds more adequately. The relative calm allowed journalists to visit the sites of shelling and violence.
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