MEDIA ADVISORY: June 9th Day of Action

MEDIA ADVISORY: On 40th Anniversary of Israel's Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, groups picket Indigo in a National Day of Action. (June 9, 2007)

WHAT: A National Day of Action against Indigo Books & Music Inc. majority shareholders' support for Israeli Apartheid. The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid and allies will picket selected Chapters/Indigo and World's Biggest Bookstore locations.

Similar actions will be held in cities across Canada including Halifax, Montreal, London, Winnepeg, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria.

WHEN: June 9, 2007, the 40th anniversary of Israel's military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Syrian Golan Heights. 11am-1pm.

WHERE: Chapters/Indigo locations across the GTA and nationwide.

GTA LOCATIONS:

Square One (Indigo)
Bloor West (Indigo)
Bay/Bloor (Indigo)
John & Richmond (Chapters)
Eaton's Centre (Indigo)
Elm St (World's Biggest Bookstore)
Yonge/Englinton (Indigo)

WHO: Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid

WHY: To protest majority shareholders' Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwarz's founding and support for Heseg – Foundation for Lone Soldiers. Heseg, founded in 2005, provides financial support to former Israeli 'Lone Soldiers' in the form of scholarships based on need and military achievement. One of the members of Heseg's board, Doron Almog, avoided arrest in 2005 in London, UK, for war crimes.

The federal government recently granted Heseg charitable status. Heseg has no charitable function. In fact, it provides financial support to mercenaries to settle in Israel after serving in occupied Palestine.

This National Day of Action is part of a growing global campaign to isolate apartheid Israel through boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS).

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Naomi Binder-Wall (at Bay/Bloor picket location)
Andrew Hugill 647-831-5516