Archived
Articles for February 2005
February
28, 2005
IMOPA: Minister
Pettigrew Challenged on Middle East Policy by PAJU members at his
riding open house last Friday There was no attempt to answer
any of the points brought to his attention, merely an implied belief
that such opinions are beyond the range of reasonable discussion.
"Powerless" Bedouin Village Still Seeking Health Care
Volunteer built solar-powered Medwed Medical Clinic in Wadi el Na'am
sits empty as Public Health crisis from toxic industrial site worsens
February
27, 2005
IMEMC: Who
really 'shattered' this truce?
from February 8th until February 25th, when the Tel Aviv attack took
place, 8 Palestinian civilians (5 adults and 3 children) have been
killed and 36 injured (according to the Red Crescent Medical Society -
RCS).
February
26, 2005
NowToronto:
Aug. 22, 2002 - Fingering the Goods: Why does Canada give Settlers
sweet Trade Deal Bloc Quebecois MP Pierre Paquette introduced
a private member's bill calling on Canada to amend CIFTA to exclude
settlement goods from the list of products entitled to lower duty
rates. CPNO Note: We are posting this
article from 2002 as background because Mr. Paquette
told Canada-Palestine Support activists, in a meeting that took
place on February 24, 2005, that he has re-introduced this Bill.
Settlement
Products
Reader
comments received on letter posted Feb. 20 to Foreign Affairs
Minister Pierre Pettigrew asking him to stop telling Palestinians to "Stop Fighting...Back!"
February
25, 2005
DailyStar:
Unrwa commissioner general pays price for support of Palestinians
Hansen has repeatedly denounced Israeli policy and urged the
international community to stop Israel's aggression and help the
Palestinian people rebuild their country.
WCC
central committee encourages consideration of economic measures for
peace in Israel/Palestine
The document points out that "illegal activities in occupied territory
continue as if a viable peace for both peoples is not a possibility",
and that multinational corporations have been involved in a number of
"violations of international law" within that territory.
February
23, 2005
Sabawi:
Beersheba! Stories from Jerash Camp - 1948 Revisited
"It was too frightening and we
were all families, many women and children in our tribe. The
elders heard of stories of brutalities elsewhere - about the Jewish
army burning down homes and killing people - and we were
petrified we would all be slaughtered. So we fled.” See also: Photo
story
February
22, 2005
ElectonicIntifada:
QUIT! premieres latest line of "Estee Slaughter" products on
Valentine's Day Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!)
premiered "Eternally Mine," "a stench beyond occupation," from Estee
Slaughter at its Valentine's Day Extravaganza at Macy's Union Square in
San Francisco. Eternally Mine joins Estee's signature scent
Occupation and Apartheid For Men in the group's killer product line.
Also on hand were special editions of Atrocity Cover Up, Bloody Hand
Cream, Take It Away Total Village Remover and the classic condom, "The
Wall" (nothing gets past it).
February
21, 2005
Counterpunch/Neumann:
A Shrinking Pie in the Sky - Strategies in Palestine
The Palestinians who continue their attacks are not trying to 'wreck'
any peace process. They are trying to counter a pattern of encroachment
which constantly works against them, and on which the peace process has
no effect.Israel's good-will gestures, however sincere, concern
everything *but* this encroachment.
February
20, 2005
Letter writer tells Minister Pettigrew to stop telling
Palestinians to Stop Fighting...Back!
This is
what the world has been telling the Palestinians since 1948, the year
when Israel was established, by force, on Palestinian lands
confiscated, robbed or sold under pressure.
February
19, 2005
CJN:
Watchdog to scrutinize Quebec media more closely
Toronto-based HonestReporting.ca, a privately funded organization that
monitors the Canadian media for what it views as inaccurate or unfair
coverage of Israel, is going to be watching the French-language media
in Quebec more closely.
CJN: Bloc MP
wants territories excluded from CIFTA
The Bloc
Québécois’s international trade critic has introduced a
private member’s bill to exclude from the Canada-Israel Free Trade
Agreement (CIFTA) any goods produced in territories administered by
Israel.
MedMon/Felton:
Radio station rolls over and crushes host
The station manager heard “ADL” and “anti-Semitic” and folded like a
cheap suit.
February
14, 2005
Canoe/Margolis:
Palestinian caution is warranted
Late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat always refused to accept any deal
that left Israel with 100% of Jerusalem and large swaths of the West
Bank. He insisted on some limited right of return for Palestinian
refugees and creation of a viable, independent state on the West Bank
and Gaza. Abbas remains mute about these issues.
CJNews: Liberal
MPs work to change UN voting pattern on Israel
Influential Liberal members of Parliament, including potentially seven
cabinet ministers, promise to redouble their efforts to change Canada’s
voting pattern on Israel at the United Nations, says one MP who
co-chairs a pro-Israel caucus.
February
12, 2005
Outlook:
Four papers presented at the May 30, 2004 forum on "Jewish Dissent in
Canada" at a conference of the Association of Canadian Jewish Studies
(ACJS) in Winnipeg: Fascinating, well written and informative
- the history, patterns and difficulties of Jewish dissent in
Canada, including Jewish Anti-Occupation Activism.
Canadian
Parliamentarians Condemn Israel Upon Return from Fact-Finding Mission
June
2002 - "Everybody
is shocked at how a strong, intelligent, wealthy, educated and liberal
society like the Israelis -- with a such a sad history of their own--
have themselves turned into human rights abusers," says Liberal MP
Carolyn Parrish.
February
11, 2005
Sun columnist slammed for 'shooting
the messenger'
Last Saturday (Feb 5), the Vancouver Sun ran a column by Barbara Yaffe
that criticized the labour movement in general, and CUPE BC in
particular, for criticizing Israeli policy on the West Bank. Yaffe
singled out the widely-read CUPE BC publication, The Wall Must Fall,
for particular scorn, saying that such publications "only contribute to
the negative climate on [university] campuses in B.C." CUPE
responded.
February
10, 2005
Liberal
Parliamentarians for Israel
Do you want
Canadian Members of Parliament promoting the interests of ANY foreign
country? We think most Canadians, whatever
their background would answer NO to
this question.
More Reader Comment re Linda Belanger's "The
Trouble with The Trouble with Islam"
Tikkun/Halper:
Israel in a Middle East Union: A "Two-stage" Approach to the Conflict
The Israeli public, battered, scared, caught in a lose-lose situation
but convinced by their leaders that there is no political solution to
the conflict, has taken itself out of the equation. It is passive,
waiting for outside intervention to resolve things. That leaves us—the
Israeli peace movement, our partner Palestinian peace-seekers, Diaspora
Jews, and other members of the international civil society—to join
together to defeat occupation and displacement, just as we defeated
apartheid. As the old saying goes: When the people lead, the leaders
follow.
CBC:
Sharon, Abbas agree to truce
Neither side used the term "ceasefire" at the summit, hosted by
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, and there was no formal written
document, just vocal assurances of a truce to stop the cycle of
violence.
February
9, 2005
Full
Text of Minister Pettigrew's speech to the Israel-Canada Chamber of
Commerce
JPost:
Pettigrew: Canada will always support Israel
Chamber of Commerce President attorney Yehuda Raveh, who has been
intensely involved with Canada for more than thirty years, was elated. "I have never before heard a Canadian foreign minister declare that
Canada will never waver in its support for Israel," Raveh told The
Jerusalem Post.
Ha'aretz:
High Court: Gov't can resume constructing fence segment
The court had earlier issued an interim injunction freezing the
construction until it reached a decision on a petition submitted by
residents of Biddu and Beit Surik, villages near the planned route.
February
5, 2005
B'Nai
Brith: Ministers with Integrity
A new era is upon us and we look forward to seeing the Paul Martin
Government in action. As a recipient of the prestigious B’nai Brith
Award of Merit in the past, Mr. Martin has long been recognized by our
organization for his integrity, foresight and commitment to all
Canadians. We are confident that this country will reach new heights,
both at home and abroad, under his watch.
TorStar:
Israeli lobby causes concern - They'll be on hand in Pettigrew
tour - But opponents are critical of move
Though
the
group is not part of the official delegation, their presence has raised
concerns within Canada's Arab and Muslim communities, causing some to
fret it may be a signal to the symbol-conscious region that Ottawa has
tilted towards the Israeli side of the conflict.
ACTION
ALERT:
Israeli Apartheid week at
University of Toronto is under attack.
A letter of thanks to the U of T, addressed to
Vice-Provost David Farrar, would help
ensure that the Apartheid Week makes it through the whole week. Click here
for background
information and sample letter
February
4, 2005
DailyStar:
Israel's latest land grab is part of an old strategy
The injustice of this legal sleight of hand is so apparent that,
uncharacteristically, the Americans have put pressure on Israel to end
the policy. Despite evidence that the Attorney General Menachem Mazuz
oversaw the government decision last year, he now claims never to have
been consulted. He has ruled that the decision be cancelled, although
Israeli legal experts say the government could still press ahead as it
is acting within the law.
IHT/Avi
Schlaim: Is Zionism today the real enemy of the Jews? Yes.
Occupation transformed the Zionist movement from a legitimate national
liberation movement for the Jews into a colonial power and an oppressor
of the Palestinians.
February
3, 2005
MONTREAL
JEWISH RESIDENT ASSAULTED BY ISRAELI ARMY IN PALESTINE
Yesterday, [Aaron] Lakoff, a
volunteer with the International Solidarity
Movement (ISM)
and several Palestinians were beaten for protesting construction of an
Israeli settlement road through Palestinian territory near Hebron.
February
2, 2005
More
Reader Comment on Linda Belanger's review of Irshad Manji's book, The
Trouble with Islam
February
1, 2005
G&M: Canadians
don't share Ottawa's pro-Israel
tilt
Of special concern to Canadian Jews, however, is the discovery that the
more Canadians say they know about that conflict, the greater their
support for Palestinians.
Reader
Gary
Keenan comments on Linda
Belanger's article, "Irshad Manji's Trip to Israel"
With the
vast amount of accurate and well documented information so easily
available, there is simply no excuse for Irshad Manji, an educated,
seemingly intelligent woman, to be so woefully misinformed regarding
the Palestinian/Israel conflict. For whatever reason, she has
decided
to peddle Israel/zionist fiction.
January 30, 2005
Axisoflogic:
Should people opposed to bigotry and anti-Semitism support Israel?
Zionist dogma is both morally and practically wrong...One Doesn't Win
the Fight Against Bigotry With More Bigotry
January 29, 2005
Belanger:
Irshad Manji's Trip to Israel
When
listening to politicians or reading certain columnists, I often have to
ask myself if they are stupid, ill-informed, or motivated by profit.
The views expressed on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by Irshad Manji
in her book The Trouble with Islam certainly leave me asking
these
questions.
January 28, 2005
G&M:
Jerusalem-born youth wants 'Israel' on
passport
B'nai
Brith Canada launched a lawsuit yesterday against the federal
government's passport policy, accusing it of discrimination when it
comes to passports of Canadian citizens born in Jerusalem.
January 27, 2005
Qumsiyeh: Palestine
ghost haunts UN Commemoration of Camp Liberation
David Ben Gurion, the father of the State of Israel and its first prime
minister, once stated: ''If I knew that it would be possible to save
all the children in Germany by bringing them over to England, and only
half of them by transporting them to Eretz Yisrael, then I would opt
for the second alternative. For we must weigh not only the accounting
these children, but also the historical accounting of Am Yisrael'
NJSol:
Zionism is the Issue: Building a Strong Pro-Palestinian Movement In the
US
Freedom for Palestine will not come as a result of a solution imposed
by the U.S., Europe, or any other power: it will come from a struggle
for liberation waged on the ground--both in Palestine, and in the
region surrounding it--or it will not come at all. A solidarity
movement that is genuine must find effective ways to support that
struggle.
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