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June 13, 2006
Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians on CUPE Resolution to Boycott Israel The Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians welcomes the resolution passed
May 27 by the Ontario branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
(CUPE) * as a sincere attempt to bring peaceful means to bear on the
increasingly intolerable and explosive situation between Israel and the
Palestinians.
We regret to say that Israel's refusal to abide by international
humanitarian law standards for the treatment of Palestinians over 39 years
of occupation has brought considerable shame on the Jewish people and
isolation to Israel. The policies of the current government of Israel have
in no way mitigated the situation, and in some senses have exacerbated it.
We think it perfectly appropriate for a Canadian union to seek some means of
counteracting the Canadian government's reckless support for Israeli
government intransigence -- for example, by trying to destabilize the
elected government of the Palestinian authority. This is the opposite of
Canada's legal obligations under both international and Canadian law, which
require it to oppose such practices as targeted assassinations, land
annexation, and the building of settlements and a "security" wall on
Palestinian land.
We disagree with the denunciation of the CUPE resolution by the Israeli
Ambassador and the Canadian Jewish Congress. We find unacceptable this
continued demonization of legitimate criticism and, above all, of the
advocacy of peaceful and lawful means for a just resolution to a tragic
situation that should not be tolerated by the international community.
The Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians is a coalition founded this year
of Jewish anti-occupation committees from various Canadian cities across the
country, together with individual academics and activists. As a voice of
Jewish dissident opinion the 114 members of the ACJC represent the concerns
of a majority of Jewish Canadians who have not had their views carried by
the leading bodies of the Jewish community on the lack of a peaceful
resolution in the Israel Palestinian conflict. We invite those interested in
the media, the Jewish community and the general public who are interested in
further communication to contact the ACJC at the address ACJC2006@yahoo.ca .
ACJC Contact Toronto: Michael Mandel (416) 736.50.39
ACJC Contact Montréal: Abraham Weizfeld (514) 294.66.42
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