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Royal Ontario Museum proceeds with unlawful exhibit

Posted on: June 7, 2009

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

7 June 2009

Dear Friends,

Later this month, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be showcasing artifacts illegally seized by Israel in 1967 after it occupied East Jerusalem. In cooperating with the Israel Antiquities Authority to import and exhibit the Dead Sea Scrolls, the ROM would be in violation of Canada’s obligations under UNESCO legal conventions and protocols, and its own obligations as a member of the Canadian Museums Association (CMA).

Please click here to send an email to officials at the ROM, the CMA as well as provincial and Federal … Continue reading


Updated on June 7, 2009
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Palestinian village sends pair to sue Quebec companies

Posted on: June 3, 2009

CBC Canada

2 June 2009

Two representatives of a small West Bank Palestinian village will tour Canada this month, as they prepare a lawsuit against two Quebec-based companies for allegedly violating international law by building Israeli settlements on occupied territory.

Mohammed Khatib is a member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in the town of Bil’in, west of Ramallah. He will hold a news conference on June 4 at Quebec Superior Court, along with Israeli lawyer Emily Schaeffer, who represents Bil’in.

The town’s claim was filed July 9 against sister companies Green Park International and Green Mount International. It also asks … Continue reading


Updated on June 3, 2009
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Bil’in tour: Israeli apartheid on trial

Posted on: May 29, 2009
Apartheid Wall

Tadamon

23 May 2009

Bil’in speaking tour featuring:

Mohammed Khatib.
Popular Committee Against the Wall, Bil’in, Occupied Palestine

Emily Schaeffer.
Israeli lawyer representing the village of Bil’in

Bil’in, a Palestinian village in the West Bank, has become an internationally celebrated symbol of Palestinian popular resistance to the ongoing construction of the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements on their land. Since 2005, villagers have led weekly protests, with the active participation from both Israeli and international solidarity activists, in opposition to illegal Israeli colonization and annexation of Palestinian land.

In June 2009, Mohamed Khatib of Bil’in’s Popular … Continue reading


Updated on May 29, 2009
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It takes a village

Posted on: May 7, 2009

Stefan Christoff | Hour

7 May 2009

Montreal’s ties to illegal Israeli settlement

In April, Palestinian activist Bassam Ibrahim Abou Rahme was killed by Israeli military forces after being shot at close range by a teargas canister, becoming the 18th Palestinian to have been killed for protesting against the Israeli wall being built in Bil’in, a farming village.

“Bassam was a leader from the Bil’in movement against Israeli apartheid. Everyone in the village loved Bassam, who regularly worked with Israeli activists,” remembers Abdullah Abu Rahme, a Bil’in resident and activist.

Local residents have held weekly demonstrations every Friday in attempts to alert the … Continue reading


Updated on May 7, 2009
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Jewish Women occupy Israeli Consulate in Toronto

Posted on: January 15, 2009

Eight Jewish Canadian and Israeli women occupied the Israeli Consulate in Toronto on January 7, 2009 to protest Israel’s attack on Gaza.


Updated on January 15, 2009
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