[Bloquez l'empire!] MONTREAL Demonstration: Break the Siege on Gaza! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9th

[Tadamon!]

* MONTREAL Demonstration: Break the Siege on Gaza!
occurring within the context of
the international Israeli Apartheid Week...

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 12:30
Maisonneuve & Mackay
(metro Guy-Concordia)
Montreal, Quebec
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http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/1145

* bring banners, signs, placards, noise-makers...

Gaza is under siege. Israel is imposing collective punishment on the 1.5 
million Palestinians of Gaza, who continue to face chronic shortages of 
electricity, fuel, food and basic necessities in the context of an ongoing 
campaign of military violence executed by the apartheid state of Israel.

Israel's sanctions, unilaterally imposed on Gaza, are enforced through an 
illegal military occupation, that in recent months has lead to the total 
closure of all entry and exit points into Gaza. UN officials recently observed 
that the "situation has deteriorated into a full-fledged emergency because of 
the cutoff of vital supplies for Palestinians." As a result of Israeli actions, 
Gaza has become a giant prison.

In the early morning hours on Wednesday, January 23rd, the Palestinian people 
illustrated a spirit of resistance to the world, destroying the border wall 
along the Egypt-Palestine border. In an act of popular resistance 
hundreds-of-thousands of Palestinians opened the Egypt-Palestine border, 
illustrating to the world the dire circumstances facing the people of Gaza, 
while breaking down a barrier of apartheid essential to the ongoing 
imprisonment of the Palestinian people.

Although the wall has fallen, the Israeli siege continues.

Meanwhile the Israeli army continues its military attacks on the imprisoned 
Palestinian people of Gaza, demolishing homes, factories and agricultural land 
and carrying out arrests. Fatal bombing raids continue, killing Palestinian 
men, women and children.

Canada stands complicit in the ongoing campaign of starvation, military 
violence and terror directed at the people of Gaza.

Canada's Conservative government has developed an international reputation as 
the most pro-Israeli government in the world, standing against Palestinian 
human rights and self-determination at all moments possible, within the United 
Nations and through the growing bilateral relations with the apartheid state of 
Israel.

As the Canadian supported and Israeli imposed siege on the Gaza Strip continues 
it is essential for people internationally to support the growing international 
campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid to 
support the demands of the July 2005 grassroots appeal: full equality for Arab 
citizens of Israel; an end to the occupation and colonization of the West Bank 
and Gaza; and the implementation of the right of return and compensation for 
Palestinian refugees pursuant to UN resolution 194.

* Organized / endorsed by:

Al-Hidaya Association
Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians, Montreal Chapter.
Alternatives Montréal
Association des jeunes libanais musulmans (AJLM)
Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI), 
Montréal
Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (ASSÉ)
Block the Empire, Montréal
Bolivarian Society of Quebec
Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec (CPF-Q)
Centre for Philippine Concerns (CPC)
Centre communautaire musulman de Montréal
CKUT Radio, Montreal
Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees
Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP)
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA)
Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ)
Fédération des infirmieres et infirmiers du Québec (FIIQ)
GrassRoots Association for Student Power (GRASPÉ-McGill)
Immigrant Workers Center (IWC)
Ligue des droits et libertés
Muslim Students Association (MSA)
Muslim Council of Montreal
No One is Illegal, Montreal
Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU)
Solidarity Across Borders
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)
South Asian Women.s Community Center (SAWCC)
Syrian Students Association, Montreal
Tadamon! Montreal

* for more information:

Tadamon! Montreal
tadamon at resist.ca
514 664 1036
http://tadamon.resist.ca

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