[van-announce] Emergency Rally in Solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine

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***Join us at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Monday at 6pm to stand in solidarity with the peoples of Lebanon and Palestine and demand an end to Israeli aggression.***
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  Government contact information and sample letter below
 
 In the past 24 hours, the Israeli assault has killed 27 civilians in Lebanon, 10 of who were children.
 The attacks have destroyed 10 bridges, a television station, and Beirut International Airport, the only international airport in the country.
 
 The attack on Lebanon has come 19 days into a brutal assault on the Palestinians of Gaza in which Israel has killed 74 people, a disproportionate number of these martyrs were children. The Israeli military initiated this assault by destroying Gaza’s power supply, sealing it of from the outside world, and using constant bombing to terrorize Gaza’s inhabitants. Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and a majority of Gaza’s population are refugees, ethnically cleansed from their homes by Israel since 1947. Since 1967, when Gaza was occupied by Israel, Gaza has been isolated into an open air prison worse than the Bantustans of Apartheid South Africa.
 
 We cannot remain silent as Israel continues down the path toward a catastrophe in which hundreds more will be killed and forcibly expelled from their homes and lands. The Canadian government has been a major supporter of the Israeli Apartheid Regime, both economically (Canada has a Free Trade Agreement with Israel that grosses over 1 billion dollars) and diplomatically (Canada voted against the Palestinian Refugees Right of Return at the UN in March of this year, Canada was also the first country to declare sanctions against the Democratically elected Hamas government). 
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\nWhile actions across the country are being organized and announced, please take\nthe time to call, fax, or write your opinion to media outlets (too busy\ndescribing Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations to notice the destruction\nand death toll created by Israeli aggression); and to Canadian government\nofficials (see below).
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\nYou can find out who your member of parliament is by inputting your postal code\nat this website:
\nwww.parl.gc.ca
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\nOthers to send emails to: (Compiled from the list below):
\nHarper.S at parl.gc.ca, pm at pm.gc.ca, MacKay.P at parl.gc.ca, alghabra.o at parl.gc.ca,\nMourani.Ma at parl.gc.ca, Obhrai.D at parl.gc.ca, Obhrai.D at parl.gc.ca,\n",1] );  //-->
  
 While actions across the country are being organized and announced, please take the time to call, fax, or write your opinion to media outlets (too busy describing Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations to notice the destruction and death toll created by Israeli aggression); and to Canadian government officials (see below).
 
 You can find out who your member of parliament is by inputting your postal code at this website:
 www.parl.gc.ca
 
 Others to send emails to: (Compiled from the list below):
 Harper.S at parl.gc.ca, pm at pm.gc.ca, MacKay.P at parl.gc.ca, alghabra.o at parl.gc.ca, Mourani.Ma at parl.gc.ca, Obhrai.D at parl.gc.ca, Obhrai.D at parl.gc.ca, , Martin.Paul at parl.gc.ca, Duceppe.G at parl.gc.ca,\nLayton.J at parl.gc.ca
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\nStephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada,
\nOffice of the Prime Minister, 80\n  Wellington Street,
\nOttawa, K1A 0A2
\nFax: 613-941-6900
\nEmail: pm at pm.gc.ca
\nHarper.S at parl.gc.ca
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\nPeter MacKay, Minister of Foreign  Affairs and International Trade
\nTelephone: (613) 992-6022
\nFax: (613) 992-2337
\nEMail: MacKay.P at parl.gc.ca
\nOmar Alghabra, Member for Mississauga-Erindale
\n*Arab Member of Parliament*
\nPhone: 905-276-2806
\nemail: alghabra.o at parl.gc.ca
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\nMaria Mourani, Member for Ahuntsic,\n Quebec
\n*Arab Member of Parliament*
\nTelephone: (613) 992-0983
\nFax: (613) 992-1932
\nEMail: Mourani.Ma at parl.gc.ca
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\nDeepak Obhrai
\nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
\nTelephone: (613) 947-4566",1] );  //-->VanLoan.P at parl.gc.ca, Martin.Paul at parl.gc.ca, Duceppe.G at parl.gc.ca, Layton.J at parl.gc.ca
 
 
 Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada,
 Office of the Prime Minister, 80   Wellington Street,
 Ottawa, K1A 0A2
 Fax: 613-941-6900
 Email: pm at pm.gc.ca
 Harper.S at parl.gc.ca
 
 Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
 Telephone: (613) 992-6022
 Fax: (613) 992-2337
 EMail: MacKay.P at parl.gc.ca
 Omar Alghabra, Member for Mississauga-Erindale
 *Arab Member of Parliament*
 Phone: 905-276-2806
 email: alghabra.o at parl.gc.ca
 
 Maria Mourani, Member for Ahuntsic,  Quebec
 *Arab Member of Parliament*
 Telephone: (613) 992-0983
 Fax: (613) 992-1932
  EMail: Mourani.Ma at parl.gc.ca
 
 Deepak Obhrai
 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
 Telephone: (613) 947-4566\nFax: (613) 947-4569
\nE-Mail: Obhrai.D at parl.gc.ca
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\nPeter Van Loan
\nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
\nTelephone: (613) 996-7752
\nFax: (613) 992-8351
\nE-Mail: VanLoan.P at parl.gc.ca
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\nPaul Martin, Leader of the Federal Liberal Party
\nTelephone:  (613) 992-4284
\nFax: (613) 992-4291
\nEMail: Martin.Paul at parl.gc.ca
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\nGilles Duceppe, Leader of the Federal Bloc Québécois
\nTelephone: (613) 992-6779
\nFax: (613) 954-2121
\nEMail: Duceppe.G at parl.gc.ca
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\nJack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party
\nTelephone: (613) 995-7224
\nFax: (613) 995-4565
\nEMail: Layton.J at parl.gc.ca
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\nThe Parliamentary Address for all Members of Parliament  is:
\n*MP’s name*
\nHouse of Commons
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nK1A 0A6
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\nSample letter (Prepared by the Canadian Arab Federation):
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\nI call on the Canadian government to issue a stern warning to Israel to halt its military assault against Lebanon\nand to desist from any plans to invade the country.
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\nIsrael\nis heavily shelling Lebanese towns from land, sea and air. The bombings have\nresulted in the deaths of two civilians and the wounding of many others. An\nelectric power plant and a bridge connecting Sidon\nand Tyre, two major cities in ",1] );  //-->
 Fax: (613) 947-4569
 E-Mail: Obhrai.D at parl.gc.ca
 
 Peter Van Loan
 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
 Telephone: (613) 996-7752
 Fax: (613) 992-8351
 E-Mail: VanLoan.P at parl.gc.ca
 
 Paul Martin, Leader of the Federal Liberal Party
 Telephone: (613) 992-4284
 Fax: (613) 992-4291
 EMail: Martin.Paul at parl.gc.ca
 
 Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Federal Bloc Québécois
 Telephone: (613) 992-6779
 Fax: (613) 954-2121
 EMail: Duceppe.G at parl.gc.ca
 
 Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party
 Telephone: (613) 995-7224
 Fax: (613) 995-4565
 EMail: Layton.J at parl.gc.ca
 
 
 The Parliamentary Address for all Members of Parliament is:
 *MP’s name*
 House of Commons
 Ottawa, Ontario
 K1A 0A6
 
 
 		
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