[van-announce] [ISM-Vancouver] Action Alert: Protest Aparthied Wall and Canada's abstension

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Please come out and join us in action against the Israeli Apartheid
Wall, on Friday, July 23. Community groups will gather at the Vancouver
Art Gallery (Robson side) at 4:30pm.

With the latest ICJ ruling and UN resolution vote, the Palestinians have
hailed these decisions as a major diplomatic victory. The UN vote helps
to endorse a recent non-binding world court ruling that said the barrier
was illegal and that parts already built on Palestinian land should be
torn down.

Assembly resolutions also have no legal force but represent the majority
of world opinion, and the Palestinians scored a victory in getting the
25-member European Union to unite behind the measure. The United States
was among the handful of states that voted against the resolution
(Australia,Israel,Marshall Islands,Micronesia,Palau,United States).
Canada was among the 10 abstentions.


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