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Here are the Archived entries for 09 2011


Amira Hass: "Palestine / Israel: Fear of the Future"
Sep 23, 2011 at 02:02 PM

Vancouver, Wednesday September 28, 2011, 7:30 PM

UBC - The Hebb Theatre. 2045 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Come out to hear Ms. Hass, an award winning writer and the only Israeli journalist living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; bring an open mind and your questions.  

Please note that space may be limited and you are encouraged to purchase in advance online if possible. The ticket price covers the expenses of the tour and is not a fundraiser.

Tickets are $15 for non-students and $10  for students (with ID). If you cannot pay, do not hesitate to tell the organisers at the door.

Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3919385

For more information, please contact Julie Graham, Education and Campaigns Coordinator (Dignity and Rights) at KAIROS: 1 877 403 8933 x233 or jgraham@kairoscanada.org
Protest War Criminal Dick Cheney
Sep 23, 2011 at 01:04 PM

Monday, Sept. 26
5:30pm
Outside the 'Vancouver Club' at 915 W. Hastings

http://stopwarca.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/september-26-protest-war-criminal-dick-cheney/

The misnamed 'Bon Mot Book Club' in Vancouver is hosting war criminal and unrepentant torture and war advocate Dick Cheney at the Vancouver Club on Sept. 26.
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Accountability for Torture: George W. Bush Visits B.C.
Sep 23, 2011 at 12:57 PM
Panel Discussion

Bush is scheduled to speak in Surrey, B.C. on October 20th. Is there a case against Bush for torture? Should Canada investigate him? Will Canada prosecute Bush for torture?

Thursday, September 29, 2011
6:30 - 8:30 pm

UBC Robson Square
Room C180  (enter by the ice rink)
800 Robson St., Vancouver

For directions, visit: http://robsonsquare.ubc.ca/find-us/
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Civil society responds to Dick Cheney's scheduled Vancouver appearance
Sep 23, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Friday, September 23, 2011

'Laws against war crimes must be enforced'

What: Press conference by civil society and local politicians regarding Dick Cheney's upcoming visit to Vancouver.

When: 12:30pm Friday, September 23

Where: W2 Media Cafe (111 W. Hastings, at Abbott)

Who: Statements will be made by Vancouver-Kingsway Member of Parliament Don Davies, Immigration Critic for the Official Opposition, Gail Davidson of Lawyers Against War, and Derrick O'Keefe of the StopWar Coalition and the Canadian Peace Alliance, as well as other spokespeople for civil society groups.

Why: Former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney has chosen Vancouver as the first stop outside of the United States for his ongoing book tour. Local anti-war and human rights activists, and other civil society groups, have organized to demand that the Canadian government, in accordance with both Canadian and international law, arrest Cheney for war crimes including authorizing torture. 

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Prominent ex-Israelis to speak in Vancouver
Sep 18, 2011 at 02:07 PM

Authors Zalman Amit and Daphna Levit will read from and discuss their new book, Israeli Rejectionism: A Hidden Agenda in the Middle East Peace Process (Pluto Press, 2011).

At the Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territories (604-872-3166).

Sunday, October 2nd, at 6:30 PM.. Suggested donation - $10. (No one who will be turned away for inability to pay.)

The importance of their book:

The Palestine-Israel conflict is one of the longest running and intractable crises in the modern world. This book examines the 'peace process' to find out why so little progress has been made on the key issues. As Amit and Levit explain, the dominant perspective on what has gone wrong has been fundamentally flawed.

Israel had a partner for peace, but the Palestinians did not. The mainstream media's narrative of the failing peace process, 'Arab Rejection' has it all backwards: Israeli Rejectionism was the main enemy of the peace process.

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EMERGENCY PROTEST: RACIST SETTLER AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN NOT WELCOME!
Sep 18, 2011 at 01:58 PM
Monday, September 19 2011
7:30 PM
Outside Avigdor Lieberman Speaking Event, Jewish Community Centre, 950 W. 41st Ave, near Oak Street., Vancouver, BC

The infamous Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, is coming to Canada this Monday! He will be visiting Toronto and Vancouver, where he will meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and then travel to Vancouver for local meetings and public speaking events.

Avigdor Lieberman is not only the foreign minister of the state of Israel, which regularly violates international law by building settlements on occupied land, denying Palestinians' fundamental human rights, and engaging in siege and attacks on occupied Palestinians in Gaza, but is best known as an advocate of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. 
 
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Protest War Criminal Dick Cheney in Vancouver
Sep 08, 2011 at 03:25 PM
Time
26 September · 17:30 - 19:00
Location
Outside the 'Vancouver Club'
915 W. Hastings
Vancouver, BC
For

Vancouver StopWar Coalition

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154483901306055

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BEYOND THE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD INITIATIVE:
Sep 08, 2011 at 03:18 PM
Freeing Palestine and Delegitimizing Israel

A TEACH-IN AND DISCUSSION
Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011
2:00 PM-4:30 PM
Vancouver Public Library
Alma VanDusen Room
350 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241166679261361

 
Featuring Discussions:
"Palestinian Struggle: Liberation or Statehood?"
KHALED BARAKAT, Palestinian writer and activist

"Canada and Israel: Settler-Colonial United Front"
MIKE KREBS, organizer with the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign (BIAC)

"Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Global Solidarity for Palestine"
CHARLOTTE KATES, solidarity activist and advocate for Palestinian refugees' right to return
 
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Driver who sparked Acre riots: I'd sacrifice myself to bring back coexistence

Haaretz Sunday, October 12, 2008

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1028249.html

By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters

The Arab man who drove into a Jewish neighborhood in Acre on the eve of Yom Kippur, sparking a series of riots and violent clashes, told the Knesset Committee of the Interior on Sunday that he would "sacrifice his neck" to bring coexistence back to the bi-national nothern city.

"If what I did caused this, I am ready to sacrifice my neck right here on this table, on lowered gallows, just to return peace and quiet back to the city of Acre, to bring co-existence back to its place.

Jamal said that contrary to the accusations brought against him, he had not been drunk nor playing loud music when he entered the Jewish neighborhood last Wednesday. "I just wanted to go home, I made and mistake and tried to ask for forgiveness. This has been a harrowing experience."

He also said that he had been one of the founders of a community co-existence committee in Acre: "We invented co-existence," he said. "They have made me out to be a murderer, they've turned me into a fascist. We are not Nazis, we are not fascists.
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