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Canadian BDS Coalition submission to the United Church of Canada Taskforce on Palestine

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Canadian BDS Coalition …working together to promote justice for Palestinians. www.bdscoalition.ca bdscoalition@gmail.com March 15, 2020 Dear Rev Dr Martha Ter Kuile and Task Force members: We in the Canadian BDS Coalition were pleased to learn that the United Church of Canada is reviewing the appropriateness of your existing policy, UCC Policy on Palestine and Israel […]

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Background photo of a rally in support of Palestine. A young person is wearing a football jersey with "Nakba" in place of a name and waving a Palestinian flag. Title reads: Nakba78

Nakba78

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May 15 marks 78 years of ongoing Nakba — of Palestinian dispossession and attempts to erase Palestine from the map of the world and Palestinians from their land. It also marks decades of Palestinian resistance and refusal to accept Israeli settler colonialism and occupation. This year we share BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and

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BDS discussion in Kingston Ontario

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The Canadian BDS Coalition & International BDS Allies were pleased to join a Coalition of organizations supporting Palestine in Kingston for Nakba 2024.   Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Campaign Discussion – Karen Rodman – YouTube   The text as shared by Karen Rodman. I am very pleased to join you, and share a little about

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The Coalition joins 105 Organizations Submission on Montreal Based WSP’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise to UN Database

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The Canadian BDS Coalition joined with over 100 organizations, many of them across Canada, as well as around the globe, to the newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, calling for WSP Global Inc. (WSP), a Canadian company, to be included to the UN database of businesses operating in illegal Israeli settlements

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Anti-Racist groups speak out on “online harms” proposed legislation

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The Canadian BDS Coalition signed on with dozens of anti-racist and human rights groups across Canada in a joint statement warning of the dangers to freedom of expression and racialized communities presented by the Canadian government’s “online harms” proposed legislation. As the statement notes, “as currently formulated, it risks exacerbating the existing, well-documented pattern of

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#NoIsraeliArms4Canada

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The Canadian government is moving nearer to obtaining armed drones, worth $5 billion of Canadian taxpayer dollars.
Let Ministers of transport and procurmenet know we call on them to cancel the procurement process for an estimated $5 B contract for armed surveillance drones;
cancel the contract with Elbit Systems for Arctic surveillance drones;
prohibit ZIM ships from accessing Canadian ports; and
end all trade in weapons with Israel through a two-way arms embargo and ending military-security cooperation with Israel.

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Winnipeg Commemorates Nakba71 as part of cross-Canada call

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Note: the change of date and time The film 1948: Creation and Catastrophe will screen SATURDAY, MAY 18 at Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St, Winnipeg at 11:30 am. See the Trailer HERE Endorsed by: Independent Jewish Voices-Winnipeg, Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Canadian Palestine Support Network Manitoba, Winnipeg  Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Mennonite Central Committee-Manitoba, Mennonite Church Manitoba

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