[van-announce] URGENT vigil for Gaza / Jan 10th rally reminder

[Harsha]

Urgent vigil to mourn the nearly 700 Palestinians killed, and
to protest the Canadian government's complicity in Israel's war crimes

Outside of official 'Stand with Israel' rally.

Thursday, Jan. 8
Gather at 6:45pm. Vigil: 7 to 8pm
at Schara Tzedeck Synagogue, 3476 Oak St (at 19th Ave)
We will have banners, Palestinian flags and candles

"Stand with Israel" rallies are being organized on Jan 8. across Canada.
Please join us outside this event in a dignified vigil and memorial for
the hundreds of Palestinian victims of Israeli war crimes.

*** Whether or not you can make tomorrow's urgent action, please join the
effort to spread the word for the next Gaza solidarity rally, Jan. 10, 1pm
at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

3rd VANCOUVER RALLY TO END THE SIEGE ON GAZA & PROTEST ISRAELI WAR CRIMES !

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Saturday Jan 10 @ 1 pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
For info email vancouver.gazaprotest at gmail.com
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With the ground invasion starting this week, recent bombings of schools,
and a growing number of fatalities, our ongoing support for the people of
Palestine - along with millions of other people of conscience worldwide -
is critical. In the past two weeks in Gaza, over 3000 Palestinians have
been injured and 700 Palestinians have been murdered, of whom over 300 are
women and children.

Demonstrations across Canada this weekend were held in Winnipeg, Ottawa,
Calgary, Edmonton, Windsor, London, Hamilton, as well as Montreal and
Toronto where 10,000 people gathered in each city. With further actions
being planned globally, please come out for a 3rd rally (rain, snow or
shine!) to demonstrate your outrage and our collective humanity in
response to the latest massacre of Palestinians.

*** For reports, photos, and coverage of recent rallies in Vancouver: 
http://mostlywater.org/reportback_vancouver_rally_against_israeli_assault_gaza


==> TAKE ACTION <===

1) Email the prime minister, foreign affairs minister, and leaders of the
opposition. Visit:
http://www.cjpme.ca/action_gaza_2008_12.shtml

2) Respond to biased media coverage. Visit
http://letgazabeheard.wordpress.com to send sample emails to the BBC, CNN,
and Fox News regarding their biased coverage and use those template
letters to send to Canadian media outlets.

3) Take 5 minutes to directly call the offices of Prime Minister Stephen
Harper and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lawrence Cannon

- Stephen Harper: tel: 613 992 4211 or 403 253 7990
email: harper.s at parl.gc.ca

- Lawrence Cannon, tel: 613 992 5516 or 819 281 2626
email: cannon.l at parl.gc.ca


==> FURTHER INFORMATION <==

* Jewish women freed after protest at Israeli consulate in Toront:
http://www.thestar.com/article/563126

* Open Letter by Anti-Zionist Jewish Youth in Canada
http://aaron.resist.ca/node/235

* UN rejects IDF claim that militants operated from school
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053455.html

* Israel's fabricated rocket crisis:
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10123.shtml

* UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-falk/understanding-the-gaza-ca_b_154777.html

* Israel's righteous fury and its victims in Gaza:
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/20150

* The Gaza Crisis Talking Points by Phyllis Bennis
http://www.zmag.org/zspace/commentaries/3727

* Gaza: the logic of colonial power in The Guardian
http://tinyurl.com/8sp9bf

* The Gaza Ghetto Uprising:
http://countercurrents.org/massad050109.htm

* Israeli Slaughter, International Culpability
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/20075

* If Hamas Did Not Exist: Israel Has No Intention of Granting a
Palestinian State by Jennifer Lowenstein
http://www.counterpunch.org/loewenstein01012009.html

* Current Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza:
http://www.freegaza.ps/english/index.php?scid=100&id=555&extra=news&type=55