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WEEK OF ACTION AGAINST ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND APARTHEID, 2-9 JUNE

June 9th marks the 40th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan heights. This anniversary takes place just after the 59th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel through the expulsion of over 750 000 indigenous Palestinians from their homeland and the establishment of an exclusive, colonial state.

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Three actions, part of a rising global campaign of boycott,
divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid, are taking place in a week of action building
up to an international day of action on Saturday, June 9th.

June 9th marks the 40th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank,
Gaza Strip and the Golan heights.
This anniversary takes place just after the 59th anniversary of the creation of the state of
Israel through the expulsion of over 750 000 indigenous Palestinians from their homeland and the establishment of an exclusive,
colonial state.

For more details: http://tadamon.resist.ca

CALENDAR OF ACTIONS

* Saturday, 2 June, 1pm to 3pm, and every two weeks, Montréal

PICKET: Boycott Indigo Bookstore for links to Israeli Apartheid Indigo Bookstore, corner Ste.
Catherine & McGill College (McGill Metro)

More info: Tadamon! Montréal, tel. 514 664 1036, http://tadamon.resist.ca

* Sunday June 3, 2007 at 5:00 PM, Hamilton, Ontario

DEMONSTRATION in front of Hamilton City Hall,
Colin Powell will be speaking at the annual Negev Dinner,
which is a fund-raising event in Hamilton to finance the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homes,
nthrough the Jewish National Fund, The dinner will be taking place at the Hamilton Convention Centre this Sunday evening,
located at 10 MacNab Street South in Hamilton.

For more information about the protest, please contact the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War at
www.hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.com or (905)-383-7693.

Colin Powell’s Visit:

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=
1180134364908&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815

One example of how the JNF uses Canadian funding:

http://www.hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.com/Articles/CanadaPark.htm

* Tuesday, 5 June, 6.30pm, Montréal

PICKET & OUTDOOR FILM SCREENING: Cultural boycott of the 2nd Israeli film festival Cinema du parc, 3575 Parc Ave. (Place des arts Metro)

More info: Coalition against Israeli Apartheid-Montreal, bdsmontreal@gmail.com , tel. 514 664 1036

* Wednesday, 6 June, 4:30pm, Montréal

RALLY: Canada - Stop subsidizing Israeli Apartheid through the Jewish National Fund (JNF)
outside the Jewish National Fund (JNF) fundraising dinner with Allan Dershowitz Queen Elizabeth Hotel, 900 Boul.
Réné Lévèsque O. (Peel or Bonaventure Metro)

More info: Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) & the Jewish Alliance Against the Occupation (JAAO), tel. 514-961-3928

* Friday, 8 June, 12 noon to 1 pm and every Friday for 6 years, Montréal

END THE OCCUPATION!" PAJU VIGIL, Every Friday,
silent vigil in protest against the occupation, in front of the Israeli consulate

Corner Peel / René-Lévesque, Montreal

More Info: The Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) http://www.pajumontreal.org/

* Friday, 8 June, 1 pm to Saturday, 9 June, 1pm, Montréal

24-Hour INFO-FAIR: "40 years of occupation,
59 years of apartheid" Dorchester Square, corner of Peel and René-Lévèsque (Peel or Bonaventure Metro)

More info: Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine, http://cjpp.org

* Saturday, 9 June, 1pm, Montréal and internationally

DEMONSTRATION: "40 years of occupation, 59 years of apartheid" gather at Dorchester Square, corner of Peel & René-Lévèsque (Peel or Bonaventure Metro)

More info: Coalition pour la justice et la paix en Palestine, http://cjpp.org

* Saturday, 9 June, 1:30pm, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, UK (nearest Tube: Holborn and Embankment)

National Demonstration: March and Rally in Trafalgar Square

End the Israeli Occupation – Justice for the Palestinians! Free Palestine!

The ENOUGH!
coalition is organising a major national demonstration and Rally in Trafalgar Square to take place in London on the afternoon of 9 June 2007
- the international day of action to mark the 40th anniversary under the slogan:
"The World Says No to Israeli Occupation".

Speakers from Palestine:
Mustafa Barghouti - Palestinian Minister of Information, Anglican Bishop Riah Abu El Assal,
Video message from Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh

Also: Prof Manuel Hassassian (Palestinian Delegation to the UK),
Lord Andrew Phillips, Bruce Kent, Richard Burden MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Emily Thornberry MP, George Galloway MP,
Caroline Lucas MEP, Dr Daud Abdullah (MCB), Ismael Patel (Friends of Al Aqsa), Dr Azzam Tamimi, Mairead Corrigan Maguire
(Nobel Peace Laureate), Keith Sonnet (UNISON), Netan’l Silverman (Combatants for Peace

* Internationally:

Stop the Wall, http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/1460.shtml

* Palestine BDS Campaign, www.bds-palestine.net

* Stop the Wall, www.stopthewall.org

* Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), www.pacbi.org

* Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (Toronto), www.caiaweb.org/indigoboycott