On Sunday, November 9, 2003, a coalition of activists constructed a mock wall
along Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C. as part of the international day of action
against the Apartheid Wall that is being built by the Israeli Government in the
occupied Palestinian territories.
This day of action, called by The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and PENGON (The
Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network), marks the 14th anniversary of the fall
of the Berlin Wall.
The Vancouver construction displayed the path of the Wall as it divides the
West Bank into three ghettos. (Between 1994 and 1995, under the Rabin
government, Gaza was completely surrounded by a fence and a series of buffer
zones. It remains so today.) Images from villages and towns already destroyed
by Israeli bulldozers attest to the devastation this confiscation of lands and
annexation of settlements is causing the Palestinian people and graphically
illustrate how it is destroying any hope of a just peace.
A sunny afternoon in Vancouver, the downtown streets were busy. Many passersby
stopped to view the display, ask questions, and voice their support.
Discussions were lively. Several thousand information leaflets were distributed
The Road Map Hits the Wall.
One person stood with an outstretched Israeli flag - Anti-Apartheid Wall
campaigners stood with her with banners calling to "End the Israeli Occupation
Now" and other messages denouncing the Apartheid Wall.
Any wall created to divide people is doomed. The Berlin Wall, which stood for
more than 28 years, eventually fell. We act in the belief that the Apartheid
Wall will soon meet the same fate.
For more information contact: support@canpalnet.ca
For a press statement about the action, go to the Press Release issued November 6, 2003.
