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Public Forum and Book Launch
Palestine: The Canadian Connection in the Current Crisis
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Thursday, October 4
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
6:30 Iftar Dinner
8:00 Speakers and Discussion
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Join us for a public educational forum and Iftar dinner ($10-20
donation requested for dinner).
Featuring: Toufic Haddad,
Co-editor and contributing author of Between the Lines: Readings on
Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. War on Terror
AND
Adam Hanieh,
Member of Palestine House
Board of Directors, on the role of the Canadian government in
supporting Israeli apartheid, and how we can organize solidarity to
support the people of Palestine.
This event is also a launch of the acclaimed book, Between the
Lines: Readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. War on
Terror, co-edited by Toufic Haddad and Tikva Honig-Parnass (see
below for more info).
In the spring of 2006, democratic elections saw a majority of
Palestinians support a new government under Hamas. Stephen Harper's
Tory government shamefully led the international community in
imposing a siege on the Palestinian people for exercising their
democracy under Israeli occupation, the first time in human history
that sanctions have been imposed on a people under occupation. Since
then, the US,EU, Canada and Israel have worked to bolster the regime
of Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) as he works to negotiate away the
historic rights of the Palestinian people to the delight of the
Israeli apartheid regime.
Organized by Palestine House
Endorsed by a coalition of supporters including: Canadian Arab
Federation; Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid; The Muslim Unity
Group; Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada (NECEF);
Not in Our Name (NION)-Jewish Voices Against Israel's Wars; Sabeel;
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War; Toronto Conference of the United
Church of Canada; Trade Unionists Against the War; Yosher - Jewish
Social Justice Network; International Socialists; New Socialist
Group; Socialist Project, and others.
To endorse this event or for more info contact:
Palestine House: 905- 270-3622
info@palestinehouse.com
www.palestinehouse.com
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Comments on: Between the Lines: Readings on Israel, the
Palestinians, and the U.S. War on Terror
TOUFIC HADDAD, a Palestinian American, and TIKVA HONIG-PARNASS, a
Jewish Israeli, were co-editors of the Jerusalem-based journal
Between the Lines.
- NOAM CHOMSKY, author of The Fateful Triangle:
"The destruction of a nation is not an everyday event in history. It
is being carried out before our eyes, systematically and
consciously, with cruelty and self-righteousness, and with the
backing of the global superpower. These acute and informed essays
develop a perspective on the background and unfolding of these
events that is remote from anything likely to be heard in the West.
They merit close attention and thoughtful consideration."
- GILBERT ACHCAR, author of The Clash of Barbarisms:
"This collection from the very much missed bulletin Between the
Lines gives an idea of the considerable accumulated debt that all
those passionately interested in the Israel-Palestine issue owe
Tikva Honig-Parnass and Toufic Haddad. This book also shows how
fortunate it is that Honig-Parnass and Haddad have not ceased
writing. Their writings are essential contributions to a radical
left assessment of Middle East politics. The long introduction alone
is a masterly synopsis of the histories of Zionism, Israel, and the
Palestinian people, and makes the book well worth acquiring."
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