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Archived Articles for September 2004 September 29, 2004 Johal: It's the Occupation, Stupid! Four years ago on September 28, 2000, when Ariel Sharon made his operatic visit to the Temple Mount, no one could have predicted how dire the situation would become so quickly...The Al Aqsa Intifada is a disaster for Israelis and Palestinians as it hits its fourth year with no significant advances, no real agreement in sight, and no end to the violence. September 26, 2004 ACTION ALERT The Jewish National Fund of Ottawa is hosting a dinner on November 15 at the Westin Hotel, Ottawa with Alan Dershowitz as their keynote speaker. Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli is to be the Honorary Chair of the event. Please phone or e-mail Mayor Chiarelli's office ( 580-2496 or e-mail Bob.Chiarelli@ottawa.ca ) - to tell him about the NJF - to provide some background on Alan Dershowitz (See Counterpunch article for information) - ask him not to attend Sample Letters CRIES FROM THE LAND IS BACK! Cries from the Land ran for four nights in May 2004 and was very enthusiastically received. If you have not yet seen this play don't miss the two dates for this Fall in Ottawa. This hilarious yet heart breaking play is your opportunity to educate friends who claim not to be interested in "politics". Tickets for the October 14th performance are on sale now. Please note their will be another performance on Nov. 3rd at the University of Ottawa. This show will not include the presentation by Canon Ateek. Tickets will be available within the next few weeks. Watch our Upcoming Events page for further details. NCCAR in the media CanWest: Don't vilify Muslims By Mazen Chouaib September 24, 2004 NDP SHIFTING POSITION ON THE MIDDLE EAST? Open letter to Jack Layton on NDP/Middle East over signatures of 25 party members "...new language coming from both [Jack Layton] and the caucus" FOP: Apartheid Israel: Uri Davis interview Jon Elmer: Your autobiography subtitle describes you as an "anti-Zionist Palestinian Jew." By way of introduction, can you explain that designation? Uri Davis: Well, that particular designation is informed by a commitment to a rather conventional principle: the separation of religion from the state. I very much adhere to this principle, which I think is a hugely important contribution of the American and French revolutions, and a great advance toward humanism worldwide. Dr. Davis wil be speaking at Carleton this evening. Wearing down Sharon Visiting peacenik says recent Israeli ruling could erode Wall I can be cautiously optimistic that quite a few villagers will get back the land stolen from them by the Wall. Moving it even 1 or 2 kilometres means hundreds of families get back their land. September 22, 2004 CTV (AP) Montreal protesters rally against deportation "There is no appeal process and some immigration officials don't have enough knowledge of the danger in Palestinian refugee camps to render fair judgements" EVENT: SEPTEMBER 24 - Ottawa - 7 pm Apartheid Israel - Possibilities for the Struggle Within Lecture By Israeli Dr. Uri Davis Azrieli Theatre, Room 101 Carleton University More Information September 20, 2004 ACTION: RESTORE THE GOOD NAME OF SUSAN HOWARD-AZZEH The "Canadian Arab Federation Legal Defense Fund" & friends of Susan Howard-Azzeh call upon your help to restore the good name of long-time human rights activist, Susan Howard-Azzeh, after she was unjustly portrayed as an anti-Semite & holocaust denier in the St. Catharines Standard, April 20, 2002. At the time, the paper was owned by Izzy Asper's CanWest Global Company. Ms. Howard-Azzeh's reputation was permanently damaged and a promised fulltime executive position was lost as a result. Madonna stirs up Israelis Paparazzi plague singer's pilgrimage - Some offended by foray into kabbalah September 18, 2004 NCCAR and CAF Call on Ontario Press Council to Investigate Biased Reporting Against Muslims and Arabs In a radio report aired this morning on CBC Radio Ottawa, journalist Evan Dyer reported on how CanWest publications have been altering words and phrases and inserting biased qualifiers in wire copy stories dealing with the war in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. September 17, 2004 CBC: Newspapers accused of misusing word 'terrorist' The owner of the National Post and dozens of other papers across Canada is being accused of inappropriately inserting the word into newswire copy dealing with the Middle East, thereby changing the meaning of those stories. Hear audio report ACTION: Please send a short message of support to Reuters at: David.Schlesinger@reuters.com - with copies to: editor.reuters@reuters.com; toronto.newsroom@reuters.com; editor@reuters.com Zayid: Letter to Globe & Mail - Re-Writing History Different perspectives are fine but they have to bear relevance to historic facts. September 16, 2004 Counterpunch/Himmelstein: Folke Bernadotte - A Rosh Hashonah Remembrance This year, the second day of Rosh Hashonah (which is determined by the Hebrew lunar calendar) marks the fifty-sixth anniversary of the assassination of Folke Bernadotte, the Swedish diplomat who served as United Nations Mediator in the Middle East in the turbulent period following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. September 12, 2004 Toronto Star: All is rubble for ill-fated family A son killed, three in Israeli jails, two houses destroyed - Palestinian mother says `this disaster was imposed on us' September 10, 2004 Rabble: Combining revolution with art “The only thing that can compete with the glory of a revolutionary act is the glory of an artistic act.” When the world learned of the death of Aisha El-Zaben, 55, a participant in the hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners held by the state of Israel, it was a sobering reminder of the tragedy of the struggle in the Middle East. So too, is the music of Al-Awda, a band from Palestine whose members were on a North American tour when the death was announced. Belanger: Lying by Omission Letter to the CBC regarding absence of reporting on the destruction of Beit Hanoun. If Israel will not allow journalists into the Gaza strip, could you please tell us. This would be news in itself. September 9, 2004 Sabawi: My Palestinian Diary - Part VII: The Learning Experience About an hour’s drive from where I sat peacefully, and at the exact same time, worried Palestinian parents and their terrified children were having to live through a different kind of schooling experience. September 7, 2004 Johal/Brous: Hell in Hebron "I have an obligation to raise my children without hatred - to be good people and not to hate Jews, Muslims or Christians. I want them to be able to shake hands with the soldiers. But they treat us like animals. What are we supposed to do?" Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun: FBI Painting Ugly Picture Last week the results of a controversial two-year FBI investigation were leaked to the media. The story is potentially a huge scandal and may indicate a furious power struggle between neocon supporters of Israel's far right Likud Party, who dominated the Pentagon and National Security Council, and the CIA and the state department. September 6, 2004 Shunpiking: Have they forgotten Palestine Yet? Before the launch of the Israeli experiment in 1948, one of its founders summarized the solution to the existing population of Palestine thus: The old ones will die, and the young ones will forget. How is the solution progressing? September 1, 2004 Sabawi: Part VI - My Palestinian Diary: The Arab Wound Before I came to Amman, I was warned that the residents of Amman are not friendly people, but I have been here for a month and have met the most genuine people I’ve known in all my life. It is not that they are unfriendly; it is only that they are wounded. |
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