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Palestinian Nakba, May 15: Oppose Recruitment of Settlers in Toronto

In Commemoration of the 58th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) - Join the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) to:

>>>> PROTEST THE CONTINUING COLONIZATION OF PALESTINE!!! <<<
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Date: Monday May 15, 2006
Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: The Lipa Green Building (4600 Bathurst Street - for TTC directions
see bottom of callout)

Join us on May 15 2006 anytime from 4-6pm at the Lipa Green Building (4600 Bathurst) to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba - the Catastrophe of 1948 that heralded the beginning of beginning of the Occupation. More than 450 Palestinian villages were destroyed and around 900,000 Palestinians driven from their homes, beginning a process of ethnic cleansing that continues to this day.

We will be protesting a settler-recruitment drive by Nefesh B'Nefesh, a Zionist settlement organization that recruits Canadians and facilitates their settlement in Palestine. These colonialist activities should not be taking place in Canada and have no place in the 21st century! While Zionist colonization continues, Palestinian refugees violently expelled in 1948 and 1967 are refused their internationally recognised Right of Return by the Israeli apartheid regime!

Nefesh B'Nefesh was founded with the purpose of recruiting North Americans for settlement activities in Palestine. In 2002 Nefesh B'Nefesh sponsored the largest simultaneous 'aliyah' (Hebrew for 'ascent' to the 'promised land') of settlers from North America to Israel. Incentives are being offered to Zionists to relocate to occupied arreas of Jerusalem and settlements deep in the West Bank, like Maaleh Adumim. Despite this a growing number of citizens of Jewish faith and/or cultural background are objecting to Zionist political pressure, refusing to be recruited to
participate in the colonial occupation of Palestinian land. The false concept of 'aliyah' is one of the many tools used to persuade North Americans and other citizens that they have a homeland in someone else's land!

THIS COLONIZATION OF PALESTINIAN LANDS MUST STOP!

This is not something happening in far away lands that we can't do anything about. It is happening right here in the city of Toronto and must not go unchallenged.

For more information contact the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) at: endapartheid@riseup.net

IF YOU'RE TAKING THE TTC:

+ From York University: 196B to Bathurst, change to 160 or 7 north

+ From Downsview subway station: 84 or 196B east on Sheppard to
+ Bathurst,
change to 160 or 7 north

+ From Sheppard subway station: 84 or 196B west on Sheppard to Bathurst,
change to 160 or 7 north

posted by Annamarie at 9:09 PM