CAIA Peterborough
Demonstrate Against the Israeli Assault on Gaza! LIFT THE SEIGE!
When: Saturday, January 17, 2009 Time: 12:00 p.m.
Where: City Hall, 500 George Street, Peterborough
As the Israeli ground, air and sea assault continues on the civilian population of Gaza – we need to continue mobilizing against these war crimes. At least 800 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured in the single largest massacre in Gaza since Israel illegally occupied the area in 1967.
These latest war crimes occur in the context of official Canadian complicity with Israel 's illegal siege, bombardment and starvation of the civilian population in Gaza. We must denounce this on-going support - including the intensification of bilateral military, political and economic links between Canada and Israel . Palestinian civil society continues to urge solidarity in the form of a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign until Israel complies with international law. This is the time for people of conscience to take up this call from Palestine.
On January 3rd, over 10,000 people rallied in Toronto in the largest Palestine solidarity demonstration in decades. This coming Saturday, millions of people across the globe will return to the streets in internationally coordinated demonstrations against the Israeli onslaught.
Join us this Saturday to demand that the Canadian government call for an immediate halt to Israel 's attacks and an end to the siege of Gaza!
Demonstration Endorsed By:
Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity (PCPS)
Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty (PCAP)
Decolonization & Anti-Racism Coalition (DARC)
Trent Active Minds
Transmission
Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Peterborough (OPIRG)
Trent University Native Association (TUNA)
Trent Women's Centre
Trent Queer Collective (TQC)
Zatoun
CUPE Local 3908
For more information, contact: peterboroughcps@gmail.com / darcpeterborough@riseup.net
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Protest against Israeli Attack on Gaza – Peterborough
This Saturday, January 17th 2009, at 12pm the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity (PCPS), Peterborough Coalition Against Poverty (PCAP) and the Decolonization & Anti-Racism Coalition (DARC) will rally outside City Hall to protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. All members of the Peterborough community are encouraged to join us in speaking out in support of the people of Gaza.
The current situation in Palestine is devastating. Nearly 800 people have been killed so far, including several hundred women, children and aid workers. Thousands of innocent people have also been injured. As a massive humanitarian crisis unfolds among Gaza's 1.4 million citizens, Israel is prohibiting shipments of medical supplies and other necessities from entering Gaza, as well as preventing the International Committee of the Red Cross and foreign journalists from entering the area. Most Palestinians living in Gaza are now struggling to survive without basic necessities and access to medical treatment.
People around the world are protesting against the violence being carried out by the state of Israel. We call on the people of Peterborough to join the growing chorus of voices calling on Israel to end its attacks on Gaza. As PCPS and DARC member Muna Ali points out, "This rally will give the people of Peterborough a chance to join thousands of people in speaking out and condemning the state of Israel's actions."
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Contact Person: Ayesha Asghar
Contact Number:(705)-868-3699
E-mail: hussein.ayesha@gmail.com
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The Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity is a coalition of individuals who share an ethos of social justice, dignity and self-determination for all, and who came together out of a shared interest in building a broad-based collective voice in support of the growing Palestinian solidarity movement. The aim of PCPS is to encourage awareness and informed debate, to create spaces for engagement and dialogue, and to organize collectively against Israeli apartheid. PCPS opposes racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism and hopes to make links with decolonization and Indigenous resistance movements. PCPS also seeks to make links with ongoing International struggles to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, such as the Wall Must Fall and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaigns. Through organizing regular public events and actions PCPS aims to connect these struggles to broader social justice movements in Peterborough and in Canada.
Our demands are based upon a July 2005 call from over 170 Palestinian organizations in support of a global campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions.
Boycott, divestment and sanctions should be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law by:
1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands, dismantling the Wall and freeing all Palestinian and Arab political prisoners;
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality;
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3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN General Assembly resolution 194.
For more information, please contact us at peterboroughcps@gmail.com.