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May 25, 2008 Bruce Katz - An open letter to Michael Ignatieff This is a must read open letter on Michael Ignatieff's speech delivered at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto in which Mr. Ignatieff apologized for having stated that Israel's 2006 attack on the United Nations observation post at Qana was a war crime. The points made in this article exemplify what is wrong with the Liberal party and why it is failling Canadians who value their country's reputation for peace building and support of human rights. In their misguided quest to curry Zionist favour, the Liberals are abandoning the values that inspired Canadians and made them the ruling party of Canada for the better part of the 20th century. Unfortunately, the Conservatives are worse - but the differences are becoming so minor that it is unlikely that the coming century will be dominated by the Liberal party. Which, under the circumstances will be as it should - but one has to fear for the future of this country if the political left fails to unite to challenge the dismal Liberals and the even more dismal Conservatives. Bruce Katz is a founding member and current Co-President of Palestinian and Jewish Unity/ Palestiniens et Juifs Unis (PAJU), a member of the executive committee of the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine, and a member of Independant Jewish Voices. South Africans' statement on 60 th anniversary of Apartheid Israel We fought apartheid; we see no reason to celebrate it in Israel now! May 21, 2008 YaYaCanada - Jews and Arabs united against Israel@60 celebrations Full photo report of the exciting demonstration of Jewish/Arab solidarity that took place at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa last evening, May 20, in protest of the Symphony Association' s celebration called " Israel@60 ". May 19, 2008 Independent Jewish Voices (Montreal) Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper We read with dismay and sadness the report of your remarks in the Montreal Gazette with regard to those who criticize the State of Israel. As Jews, and as Canadians, we are deeply offended by your allegations that objections to Israeli policies that include the occupation, forced eviction, and denial of human rights to Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank.... Ma'an News - Rafah incursion devastated Gazan agriculture Gaza – Ma'an – Israeli military bulldozers destroyed ten poultry farms and vast areas of farmland in the Shoukah area east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the Gaza-based Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement on Sunday. More on the destruction of Gaza - Family farm of Ottawa resident and Canpalnet friend destroyed by Israeli forces. May 15, 2008 The Independent (UK) - Blast kills Gaza teacher in front of her children The UN is demanding an investigation into how the Israeli military killed one of its Palestinian school teachers by blasting open the front door of her Gaza home with explosives in the presence of three of her children. (No doubt this operation was essential to the security of Israel) May 14, 2008 The Guardian (UK) - Hamas condemns the Holocaust But it should be made clear that neither Hamas nor the Palestinian government in Gaza denies the Nazi Holocaust. The Holocaust was not only a crime against humanity but one of the most abhorrent crimes in modern history. We condemn it as we condemn every abuse of humanity and all forms of discrimination on the basis of religion, race, gender or nationality. May 11, 2008 Christian Peacemakers Teams - HEBRON: International NGOs rally to rescue Hebron orphanage [YEP folks, the brave Israeli Defence Forces are shutting an orphanage - for security reasons no doubt.] May 10, 2008 CTV News - Israel ambassador's comments 'unjustified': critics "Israeli Ambassador to Canada Alan Baker on Thursday defended comments he made to a national newspaper regarding Canada's Muslim population. WRITE TO PARTY LEADERS AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU THINK OF ALAN BAKER'S RACIST COMMENTS. [Addresses and sample letter] Comment by Toronto Star Columnist Haroon Siddiqui. May 9, 2008 Ottawa Citizen - Harper condemns criticism of Israel as thinly-veiled anti-Semitism (Someone should tell Harper that the old "criticism of Israel is anti-semitism line" just does not fly anymore. Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and scores of other individuals and organizations have described Israel as an apartheid state. The use of the term "anti-semitism" to describe criticism of Israel's brutal and illegal policies towards the Palestinians is also extremely dangerous for Jews as it so dilutes the term that it can desensitize people to real anti-Jewish racism when it does occur.) Canpalnet (Vancouver) Nakbah ad runs in The Georgia Straight in Vancouver and The Now in Toronto Thursday, May 8 May 7, 2008 Montreal Gazette - States creation had ugly side [Note: The Montreal Gazette is a Canwest newspaper. It should be congratulated for this balanced and truthful article letters@thegazette.canwest.com ) The creation of Israel had an ugly side to it which shouldn't be forgotten or ignored. It is the destruction of a people and the creation of the world's largest refugee population and longest- lasting refugee crisis. Albert Einstein commented on these events, which are at the core of this problem, 60 years ago. In a letter he wrote on April 10, 1948 to the executive director of American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel, in response to a request for a meeting, he wrote, "When the real and final catastrophe should befall us in Palestine the first responsible for it would be the British and the second responsible for it the terrorist organizations built up from our own ranks. I am not willing to see anybody associated with these misled and criminal people." May 2, 2008 PAJU - Gaza being starved to death Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has called Israel's blockade of Gaza a crime and an atrocity. Speaking at the American University in Cairo, Carter said Palestinians in Gaza were being "starved to death," receiving fewer calories a day than people in the poorest parts of Africa. Independent (UK) - Blockade puts Gaza on brink of serious food crisis, says UN Showing that Palestinians are having to spend a higher and higher share of their shrinking incomes on food, the findings are that the proportion of Gazan incomes now going on food is 66 per cent – significantly higher than the 61 per cent recorded for Somalia. Seventy per cent of Gazans are at a "deep poverty" income level of $1.20 (60p) per head per day or less.
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