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Toronto: Emergency Meeting Monday, July 17 and Rally on July 22nd

1) EMERGENCY PUBLIC MEETING: Monday, July 17
2) MASS RALLY: Saturday, July 22

1) EMERGENCY PUBLIC MEETING
Monday, July 17
7:00pm
Steelworkers' Hall
33 Cecil Street
(south of College, east of Spadina)

By TTC: Take southbound streetcar from Spadina Station to College Street; walk south one block to Cecil Street; walk east along Cecil to 33 Cecil Street, on the south side.

SPEAKERS
Hon. Joe Comartin - Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party
Ali Mallah - Vice-president, Canadian Arab Federation
Rafeef Ziadah - Palestinian activist and member, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Naomi Binder Wall - Member, Jewish Women's Committee to End the Occupation
Dr. Abigail Bakan - Professor of Political Studies and Women's Studies, Queen's University
Rev. Vicki Obedkoff - United Church minister
Zafar Bangash - Member, Muslim Unity Group - Toronto

MODERATOR
Peter Leibovitch - Member, Trade Unionists Against the War


2) MASS RALLY
Saturday, July 22
1:00pm
Israeli Consulate
180 Bloor Street West
(west of Avenue Road, north side of Bloor)

The situation in the Middle East has rapidly escalated into an international crisis that threatens to pull the entire region into full-scale war. In response to the capture of one of its soldiers, Israel has attacked Gaza - bombing water and electricity stations, bridges, roads and other vital infrastructure, creating a humanitarian disaster for hundreds of thousands of people. Israel has now spread its attack to Lebanon - bombing Beirut's international airport, major highways and other civilian infrastructure, at the same time issuing threats to Syria and Iran.

Scores of innocent people in both Gaza and Lebanon have now been killed by Israeli bombs. These are war crimes.

Join the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War and its allies for an emergency public meeting on Monday night to discuss the growing threat of war throughout the region and what we can do to stop it. Then join us for a mass rally on Saturday to demand an immediate stop to Israel's attack on Gaza and Lebanon and to oppose an attack on Syria and Iran.

Organised by
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War

Endorsed by
Canadian Arab Federation
Jewish Women's Committee to End the Occupation
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
Muslim Unity Group - Toronto

For more information or to endorse, please e-mail stopthewar@sympatico.ca.


Toronto Coalition to Stop the War

TCSW is Toronto's city-wide anti-war coalition, comprised of more than fifty labour, faith and community organisations, and a member of the Canadian Peace Alliance.
www.nowar.ca
stopthewar@sympatico.ca 416-795-5863

posted by Annamarie at 8:35 PM