Boycott From Within, an organization of Israelis supporting the Palestinian BDS call, has sent an open letter to Bryan Adams asking him to heed the Palestinian call for BDS and cancel his upcoming performances in Israel.
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For Immediate Release Nov. 5, 2017 The Canadian BDS Coalition was recently informed by Air Canada management that the 5-year, multi-million dollar contract with Israel Aerospace Industries Bedek Group [IAI] for heavy maintenance on Air Canada B767 jets was terminated in “early 2017”, with two years remaining. The maintenance work will now be undertaken by
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The Canadian BDS Coalition joins in offering congratulations to d the Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) at York on their historic Canadian first! Note: at the subsequent FES meeting the minutes from the October 26, 2017 minutes were approved, and a subsequent vote was called to overturn this action. This vote did not succeed, so
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Nov. 2, 2017 Canadian BDS Coalition Declares Partial Victory in #AirCanadaComplicity Campaign (le français suit) On November 1, 2017, we were informed in writing by Air Canada management that the 5-year contract with Israel Aerospace Industries Bedek Group for heavy maintenance on its B767 jets had been terminated early. That contract, reported to be worth
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The Toronto Sun published a pro-BDS op-ed by Stephen Ellis on Sunday, October 22 but has since removed the op-ed from its website. Did the Toronto Sun cave to pressure from apartheid apologists like B’Nai Brith Canada? At around the time that the pro-BDS op-ed was removed, the Sun published a denunciation of the op-ed
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Over the last two weeks, people have joined in Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec City to say #Shukran2Roger4TearingDownWalls. Most recently, a group gathered in Montreal. Watch for more pictures, and news. 16 octobre 2017 Bonjour. Nous étions environ 35 personnes devant le Centre Bell à Montréal le 16 octobre 2017 au spectacle de Roger Waters
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The Canadian BDS Coalition has just released this important open letter to Air Canada regarding its partnering with Israel Aerospace Industries. Civil society groups in Canada and around the world have signed on to say “Halt this Complicity with Israeli War Crimes”! #AirCanadaComplicity ___________________________________________________________ (le français suit) OPEN LETTER TO AIR CANADA CEO Oct.
Air Canada’s complicity with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been matched by its silence. Technology of Israel Aerospace Industries: Tested on Palestinians, Exported to the World By Marion Kawas Friday, October 06, 2017 Two weeks ago, it was revealed that a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Elta North America, would be involved in
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On November 2, 2017, it will be a century since the road for colonization of Palestine was set. Recognizing a century since the Balfour Declaration, 70 years since the Partition Plan and approaching 70 years since the Nakba, 50 years of occupation of the territory taken in the 1967 set-back, and 10 years seize on
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