[Bloquez l'empire!] MONTREAL: Boycotting APARTHEID : Besieging OCCUPATION - THURSDAY, November 9th, 2006.

[mary foster]

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> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:01:00 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tadamon! <tadamon at resist.ca>
>
>
> Boycotting APARTHEID :: Besieging OCCUPATION
>
> An evening of presentations, poetry and music in Montreal on the 4th
> International Day of Action Against the Israeli Apartheid Wall.
>
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> THURSDAY, November 9th, 7pm
> Maison de l'Amitie,
> 120 Duluth East
> East of St. Laurent,
> [Sherbrooke metro]
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>
> * Tea & Refreshments, * Free Child-Care Available, * Whisper Translation
> Provided in English, French & Arabic.
>
> Tadamon! is holding an evening of presentations, inspiring poetry &
beautiful
> music to advance the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions [BDS] campaign
against
> Israeli apartheid in Montreal. This event is being held in coordination
with
> groups internationally who are organizing events to mark the 4th
international
> day of action against the Israeli apartheid wall.
>
>
> ----> Including Presentations from:
>
> * JOONEED KHAN: Renowned international affairs reporter for La Presse, who
has
> covered conflicts in over 50 countries. Khan has reported on Apartheid
from
> South Africa & Palestine, where he covered both the 1st Intifada in the
1980's
> & in recent years the 2nd Intifada.
>
> * MOSTAFA HENAWAY: Independent journalist & social activist with the
> International Solidarity Movement - Montreal, who will speak on Israeli &
> Canadian apartheid, drawing links between the struggle in Six Nations & in
> Palestine. Henaway is the current Community News Coordinator at CKUT Radio
in
> Montreal, 90.3fm.
>
> * Tadamon! Montreal: Representatives from Tadamon! will provide a
report-back
> from the landmark Toronto conference of Israeli apartheid, outlining the
> growing call for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions against
Israel.
> Tadamon! will present an analysis of the ways Israeli apartheid directly
> affects the entire Middle East region.
>
>
> ----> Featuring Performances by:
>
> * KAIE KELLOUGH: Celebrated Montreal writer & poet who is a key member of
the
> Kalmunity Vibe Collective. Kellough has performed widely throughout North
> America, is author of "Lettricity" & the upcoming anthology "Talking Book"
> published by Cumulus Press - http://www.cumuluspress.com.
>
> * STEFAN CHRISTOFF on Piano & YASSER SHOUKRY on Percussion: A modern
musical
> duo which blends classical improvisation on piano and Arabic percussion
> rhythms.
>
> * HOSSEIN SHARANG, an Iranian poet born in Jiroft, Iran, who will recite
poetry
> in Persian & French with CLAUDE MAHEU's 'musique actuelle' sounds on a
variety
> of instruments.
>
> * GHADA CHEHADE: Social justice activist, PhD student & member of Tadamon!
> currently writing a book on US foreign policy in the Middle East and a
> dissertation about the criminalization of dissent post-9/11. Chehade will
be
> reading two poems that deal with her experience as a Palestinian in
Diaspora
> and her identity as an Arab Woman.
>
>
> ----> Israeli Apartheid & Building an International Boycott, Divestment &
> Sanctions Movement:
>
> Israel's "Separation Wall" has become a glaring symbol for a 58 year
legacy of
> apartheid colonialist policies in Palestine. In 1948, Israeli settlers
expelled
> approximately two-thirds of the indigenous Palestinian population from the
land
> which became Israel. To this day, while Jewish people anywhere in the
world are
> welcomed to Israel, the Palestinians who have been expelled can't return.
>
> In 1967 the Palestinian people suffered further expulsion & dispossession
when
> Israel occupied the remaining 22% of their homeland. Israel consolidated
its
> claims to the occupied West Bank & Gaza Strip by developing an elaborate
policy
> of territorial integration and demographic separation.
>
> Israel systematically enclosed & expropriated Palestinian land while
allowing
> the establishment of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.
Settlers
> continue to be governed by Israeli laws, while Palestinians are subjected
to
> military laws & decrees that regulated their civilian, economic and legal
> affairs.
>
> Apartheid Israel a close ally to the U.S. & Canada, expanded its war of
> dispossession beyond Palestine. For decades, Lebanon has been subjected to
> brutal Israeli military assaults. In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon, killing
over
> 14,000 people, largely civilians, during the first two weeks of the
assault.
> Israel occupied much of south Lebanon up until 2000.
>
> Israel's 2006 assault on Lebanon, carried out with full US and Canadian
> support, claimed the lives of over 1100 civilians, injured more than 4000
> others and displaced 1 million people. Israel wiped out thousands of homes
> leaving entire villages destroyed & many homeless. According to a U.N.
> estimate, apartheid Israel dropped an estimated 2 million bomblets during
its
> 34-days military campaign on Lebanon, that's two or three bomblets for
every
> man, woman and child in southern Lebanon.
>
> Hundreds of thousands of unexploded bomblets lurk in farms, in tobacco
fields,
> on rooftops, mixed in with rubble. Bomblets are injuring people
continually &
> have killed tens of people since the U.S. brokered cease-fire in August.
Israel
> continues violating the cease-fire [view a list of major violations,
updated
> daily, at: http://tadamon.resist.ca].
>
> Isolating apartheid Israel and containing its brutal US backed aggressions
is
> more urgent than ever. In July 2005, 170 Palestinian civil-society
> organizations - including Palestinian labour unions, student groups,
women's
> unions, peasant organizations, refugee committees and popular movements -
> joined to launch a call for a comprehensive Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions
> [BDS] strategy as the centerpiece of international solidarity efforts with
the
> Palestinian people [http://www.bds-palestine.net]. In Lebanon, a strong
boycott
> campaign is already underway.
>
> In October of 2006, over 600 people responded to the international call in
> Canada by attending the Boycotting Israeli Apartheid Conference in Toronto
held
> to discuss strategies for an effective BDS movement. The conference
represented
> a landmark moment in the movement to end Israeli apartheid, with leading
> anti-apartheid activists from Palestine, South Africa, Canada & England
sharing
> their visions on how to move forward with this campaign.
>
> * For information on the Toronto conference: http://www.caiaweb.org
>
> * Presentation from Rafeef Ziadeh, an organizers of the Toronto
conference,
> during Tadamon's Fires of War & Voices of Resistance event in Montreal:
> http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/14544.php
>
> In conclusion to the Toronto conference, activists from across Canada
agreed to
> coordinate BDS-related actions & events on the international day of action
on
> November 9th, called by the Stop the Wall campaign, based in the occupied
West
> Bank. Tadamon! Montreal has taken up the call.
>
> * Listen to an interview with Jamal Juma, of the Stop the Wall campaign,
on
> CKUT Radio Montreal: http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/14545.php.
>
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