Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Gaza Protests Around the World
Demonstrations in support of Gaza have been planned across the world. Here are some of the cities you may be interested in.
Toronto
Today at 2 pm at Dundas Square. Yonge St. and Dundas Street.
Montreal
Tomorrow, 12:30PM Metro Atwater
UNITED KINDGOM:
BBC article about the Gaza protests in the U.K. today, planned by Annie Lennox:
READ MORE
Gaza protest in London TODAY:
London: Embankment tube station 12:30
Embankment Demo
Gaza protest in London TODAY:
London: Parliament Square (Westminster tube station) 14:00
Parliament Square Demo
Gaza protest in Manchester TODAY:
Manchester: All Saints Park 12:00
MANCHESTER
Gaza protest in Sheffield TODAY:
Sheffield: Town Hall 12:00
SHEFFIELD
Gaza protest in Durham TODAY:
Durham: Millennium Square 10:45
DURHAM
Gaza protest in Hull (U.K.) TODAY:
Hull: Queen Victoria Square 11:00
HULL
Gaza protest in Exeter TODAY:
Exeter: Bedford Square 12:00
EXETER
Gaza protest in Brighton TODAY:
Brighton: Churchill Square 12:30
Gaza vigil in Brighton everyday from January 5th:
Brighton: Clocktower 17:00-18:00
Gaza protest in Brighton on January 10th:
Brighton: Lloyds TSB, West Street 12:00-14:00
BRIGHTON
Gaza protest in Glasgow on January 9th:
Glasgow Hilton 17:00
GLASGOW
Gaza protests across the U.S. this month:
USA
Gaza protest in Denver TODAY:
Denver: State Capitol 14:00-16:00
DENVER
Gaza protest in Auckland TODAY:
QEII Square 14:00
AUKLAND
Gaza protest in Ireland TODAY:
Galway: Shop Street 12:30
Dublin: Central Bank Plaza 13:00
Limerick: City Centre 13:00
Cork: Daunt Centre 13:00
Sligo: O'Connell Street 15:00
Derry: Guildhall Square 15:00
IRELAND
Toronto
Today at 2 pm at Dundas Square. Yonge St. and Dundas Street.
Montreal
Tomorrow, 12:30PM Metro Atwater
UNITED KINDGOM:
BBC article about the Gaza protests in the U.K. today, planned by Annie Lennox:
READ MORE
Gaza protest in London TODAY:
London: Embankment tube station 12:30
Embankment Demo
Gaza protest in London TODAY:
London: Parliament Square (Westminster tube station) 14:00
Parliament Square Demo
Gaza protest in Manchester TODAY:
Manchester: All Saints Park 12:00
MANCHESTER
Gaza protest in Sheffield TODAY:
Sheffield: Town Hall 12:00
SHEFFIELD
Gaza protest in Durham TODAY:
Durham: Millennium Square 10:45
DURHAM
Gaza protest in Hull (U.K.) TODAY:
Hull: Queen Victoria Square 11:00
HULL
Gaza protest in Exeter TODAY:
Exeter: Bedford Square 12:00
EXETER
Gaza protest in Brighton TODAY:
Brighton: Churchill Square 12:30
Gaza vigil in Brighton everyday from January 5th:
Brighton: Clocktower 17:00-18:00
Gaza protest in Brighton on January 10th:
Brighton: Lloyds TSB, West Street 12:00-14:00
BRIGHTON
Gaza protest in Glasgow on January 9th:
Glasgow Hilton 17:00
GLASGOW
Gaza protests across the U.S. this month:
USA
Gaza protest in Denver TODAY:
Denver: State Capitol 14:00-16:00
DENVER
Gaza protest in Auckland TODAY:
QEII Square 14:00
AUKLAND
Gaza protest in Ireland TODAY:
Galway: Shop Street 12:30
Dublin: Central Bank Plaza 13:00
Limerick: City Centre 13:00
Cork: Daunt Centre 13:00
Sligo: O'Connell Street 15:00
Derry: Guildhall Square 15:00
IRELAND
Friday, January 2, 2009
Toronto, 3rd January Demo at Dundas Square
DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE ISRAELI ASSAULT ON GAZA!
*WHEN: 2pm on Saturday January 3rd, 2009
*WHERE: Yonge-Dundas Square (buses leave Palestine House 1:15pm sharp)
Meet under the OCAP banner.
Join in demonstrating against the latest Israeli assault on the people of
Gaza.
At least 400 Palestinians have been killed and at least 1600 have been
injured in the on-going assault on the Gaza Strip that began on Saturday.
This is the single largest massacre in Gaza since Israel illegally
occupied the area in 1967. The numbers of dead are mounting, especially
as the already limited medical supplies are running out due to the brutal
siege of Gaza since 2005.
While the Western media reports that the raids targeted Hamas 'operatives,'
the dead include women, children and men in all areas of life in Gaza.
"Operation Cast Lead" has echoes of previous Israeli raids into Gaza
that have been characterized by indiscriminate attacks on civilian
population centers, mass detentions, violent house demolitions and other
forms of collective punishment.
Such actions need to be strongly and unconditionally condemned.
This attack comes just days after the so-called 'ceasefire' between Hamas
and Israel expired. During this alleged ceasefire, Israel continued to
impose its brutal siege on Gaza, restricting the flow of aid, medical
supplies, fuel and other necessities of life into the territory. For the
past two years Gaza has been undergoing the daily violence of a
wide-ranging humanitarian catastrophe triggered by severely reduced
access to energy, food, and medicines. In effect, Gaza is the world's
largest open air prison. The UN and others in the international community
condemned the humanitarian disaster created by Israel's siege during the
time of this 'ceasefire'. Israel now claims that this operation is in
response to
Hamas refusing to renew this sham of a ceasefire. Once again, Israel is
imposing collective punishment on the people of Gaza for electing a Hamas
government.
Organizers are particularly angered by the Canadian government's on-going
support for the Israeli apartheid regime - including the intensification of
bilateral military, political and economic links between Canada and Israel.
These latest war crimes occur in the context of official Canadian complicity
with and support for Israel's illegal siege and starvation of the civilian
population in Gaza.
At this moment, we can only reaffirm our commitment in the strongest
possible terms to continue mobilizing to respond to the call by over 170
Palestinian civil society organizations for a comprehensive campaign of
boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) to end Israeli Apartheid. As H.E.
Father Miguel D'Escoto Brockman, President of the United Nations General
Assembly state in a recent speech: "More than twenty years ago we in the
United Nations took the lead from civil society when we agreed that
sanctions were required to provide a nonviolent means of pressuring South
Africa to end its violations. Today, perhaps we in the United Nations
should consider following the lead of a new generation of civil society,
who are calling for a similar non-violent campaign of boycott, divestment
and sanctions to pressure Israel to end its violations."
CONTACT:
Palestine House
info@palestinehouse.com
Demonstration Organized By:
Palestine House
Canadian Arab Federation
Women in Solidarity with Palestine (WSP)
Not In Our Name (NION): Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism
Muslim Association of Hamilton
International Jewish anti-Zionist Network – Toronto
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Muslim Unity
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
Canadian Druze Society
Canadian Syrian Social Club
Al Huda
Islamic Relief
Steel Workers Union
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Ontario)
Educators for Peace and Justice
Please send further organizational endorsements to: info@palestinehouse.com
*WHEN: 2pm on Saturday January 3rd, 2009
*WHERE: Yonge-Dundas Square (buses leave Palestine House 1:15pm sharp)
Meet under the OCAP banner.
Join in demonstrating against the latest Israeli assault on the people of
Gaza.
At least 400 Palestinians have been killed and at least 1600 have been
injured in the on-going assault on the Gaza Strip that began on Saturday.
This is the single largest massacre in Gaza since Israel illegally
occupied the area in 1967. The numbers of dead are mounting, especially
as the already limited medical supplies are running out due to the brutal
siege of Gaza since 2005.
While the Western media reports that the raids targeted Hamas 'operatives,'
the dead include women, children and men in all areas of life in Gaza.
"Operation Cast Lead" has echoes of previous Israeli raids into Gaza
that have been characterized by indiscriminate attacks on civilian
population centers, mass detentions, violent house demolitions and other
forms of collective punishment.
Such actions need to be strongly and unconditionally condemned.
This attack comes just days after the so-called 'ceasefire' between Hamas
and Israel expired. During this alleged ceasefire, Israel continued to
impose its brutal siege on Gaza, restricting the flow of aid, medical
supplies, fuel and other necessities of life into the territory. For the
past two years Gaza has been undergoing the daily violence of a
wide-ranging humanitarian catastrophe triggered by severely reduced
access to energy, food, and medicines. In effect, Gaza is the world's
largest open air prison. The UN and others in the international community
condemned the humanitarian disaster created by Israel's siege during the
time of this 'ceasefire'. Israel now claims that this operation is in
response to
Hamas refusing to renew this sham of a ceasefire. Once again, Israel is
imposing collective punishment on the people of Gaza for electing a Hamas
government.
Organizers are particularly angered by the Canadian government's on-going
support for the Israeli apartheid regime - including the intensification of
bilateral military, political and economic links between Canada and Israel.
These latest war crimes occur in the context of official Canadian complicity
with and support for Israel's illegal siege and starvation of the civilian
population in Gaza.
At this moment, we can only reaffirm our commitment in the strongest
possible terms to continue mobilizing to respond to the call by over 170
Palestinian civil society organizations for a comprehensive campaign of
boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) to end Israeli Apartheid. As H.E.
Father Miguel D'Escoto Brockman, President of the United Nations General
Assembly state in a recent speech: "More than twenty years ago we in the
United Nations took the lead from civil society when we agreed that
sanctions were required to provide a nonviolent means of pressuring South
Africa to end its violations. Today, perhaps we in the United Nations
should consider following the lead of a new generation of civil society,
who are calling for a similar non-violent campaign of boycott, divestment
and sanctions to pressure Israel to end its violations."
CONTACT:
Palestine House
info@palestinehouse.com
Demonstration Organized By:
Palestine House
Canadian Arab Federation
Women in Solidarity with Palestine (WSP)
Not In Our Name (NION): Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism
Muslim Association of Hamilton
International Jewish anti-Zionist Network – Toronto
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Muslim Unity
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
Canadian Druze Society
Canadian Syrian Social Club
Al Huda
Islamic Relief
Steel Workers Union
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Ontario)
Educators for Peace and Justice
Please send further organizational endorsements to: info@palestinehouse.com
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Chilling New Year message to BBC reporter
"Look outside, F-16s are smiling at you, missiles are dancing for you, drones are singing for you, because I requested them all to wish you Happy New Year." SMS to BBC reporter Rushdi Abou Malouf
Full Article
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Obama comments on Gaza
"Mr Obama's team, stressing that there is only one president at a time, has kept its statements about the crisis to a minimum, but has provided assurances of its support for Israel.
"He's going to work closely with the Israelis," said David Axelrod, a senior advisor to Mr Obama. "They're a great ally of ours, the most important ally in the region."
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