International solidarity activists have issued a call for a global one-day hunger strike on Thursday, May 25 in support of more than 1,500 hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners who have been participating in the Strike for Dignity and Freedom for more than month. The strikers’ demands are for basic human rights: an end to the denial of […]
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As the hunger strike for Freedom and Dignity by 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners enters its 37th day, the Canadian BDS Coalition issues the following statement in solidarity with the hunger strikers: The Government of Canada risks becoming complicit with the actions of the Government of Israel in the mistreatment of Palestinian political prisoners held in
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On the 69th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) released the following statement: BDS: Upholding our Rights, Resisting the Ongoing Nakba The BNC Commemorates the 69th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba It is possible… It is possible at least sometimes… It is possible especially now To ride a horse Inside
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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) will make its first-ever touring appearances in Israel, with performances in Jerusalem on May 11, 2017 and Tel Aviv on May 13, 2017. The tour, coming just days before the 69th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and less than a month before the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of
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The Canadian BDS Coalition has the following open letter signed by over 20 Canadian organizations to the directors of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) asking them to reconsider the TSO’s participation in two upcoming concerts in Israel. You can take action to call on the TSO to respect the Palestinian call for cultural boycott by
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As part of its #RedCardIsrael campaign, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is calling on FIFA to take action at its May 11 congress on Israeli football teams based in illegal settlements. More information on how you can take action is below. FIFA will make a decision on Israeli
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The Canadian BDS Coalition congratulates the King’s BDS Network at the University of Western Ontario and the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) at the University of British Columbia. At King’s University College at University of Western Ontario, 76% of the students who cast a vote in a recent referendum supported their student council in
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The Canadian BDS Coalition joins with organizations from across Canada and worldwide, including the BDS National Committee (BNC), Independent Jewish Voices, Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice, and Palestinian and Jewish Unity in condemning the detention of BDS Movement co-founder Omar Barghouti by Israeli authorities with the following statement: The Canadian BDS Coalition expresses sorrow, anger,
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The Canadian BDS Coaliton coordinated the following open letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on the passage of Israel’s so-called Regularization Bill. March 20, 2017 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Minister of Foreign Affairs, House of Commons, Ottawa K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Freeland: We come together to express our grave concern regarding actions taken
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As part of the global Boycott HP campaign, the following open letter signed by friends and members of the Canadian BDS Coalition was sent to HP President & CEO Mary Anne Yule and Canadian HPE President and CEO Meg Whitman: March 19, 2017 Mary Anne Yule, President and CEO at HP Canada 5150 Spectrum Way
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