August 24, 2010
Video, Photos, Statement: Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver
Dozens
of activists set up an information picket at Deltaport this morning,
designed to slow the transport of containers belonging to the Israeli
shipping company Zim. Demonstrators gave truckers and passers-by
information about the growing refusal by workers to unload and
transport cargo from Israel or shipped by Israeli companies. Vancouver
Media Co-op correspondents filed this report.
* Photos: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/zim-ships-not-welcome/4508
* Video: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/israeli-ships-not-welcome-vancouver/4507
Activists tell shipping firm Zim -- Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver
http://rabble.ca/news/2010/08/activists-tell-shipping-firm-zim-israeli-ships-not-welcome-vancouver
Vancouver
- Port truck traffic slowed to a crawl along the Deltaport causeway as
a group of about 50 protesters approached drivers with leaflets
containing information about the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza. They
also offered the drivers coffee and muffins in a gesture of solidarity.
The protesters were there to draw attention to the fact that the
Israeli container ship Zim Djibouti had landed in Vancouver to unload
its containers.
Zim is an Israeli shipping company, one of the largest in the world.
"This
action was part of the growing international campaign to pressure
Israel to comply with international law and stop killing innocent
civilians," said Gordon Murray, spokesperson for the Boycott Israeli
Apartheid Coalition (BIAC).
"Workers
in South Africa, Scandinavia, the United States, Turkey and India have
already responded to the Palestinian call for action to end the illegal
Israeli blockade of Gaza and the suffering it is causing," said Mike
Krebs, BIAC's other spokesperson.
"The
international solidarity movement has decided that the best way to
change Israel's behaviour is to take actions against Israeli companies
and institutions in order to put pressure on the government there."
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