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May 29, 2006
Boycott Canada
Anti-Semitism is sweeping the globe, masked behind the socially acceptable veneer of anti-Zionism. The latest group to succumb is the Canadian public employees' union.
The Ontario divison of Canada's largest union has voted to support an international campaign that is boycotting Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.
Delegates to the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario convention in Ottawa voted overwhelmingly Saturday to support the campaign until it sees Israel recognizing the Palestinians' right to self-determination. The Ontario group represents more than 200,000 workers.
The global campaign started last July and has been supported by many North American churches, 20 Quebec organizations, and others, Canadian Press said.
CUPE also condemned what they called Israel's "apartheid wall," saying it is illegal under international law.
"Boycott, divestment and sanction worked to end apartheid in South Africa," said Katherine Nastovski, chairwoman of the CUPE Ontario international solidarity committee.
"We believe the same strategy will work to enforce the rights of Palestinian people, including the right of refugees to return to their homes and properties."
Note the disgusting moral equivalence at work, the apartheid rhetoric directed at the only Western-style democracy in the Middle East. Do you, Dear Reader, understand the last paragraph? "[T]he right of refugees to return to their homes and properties" would mean the destruction of the Jewish State, created in the aftermath of the Holocaust as a refuge for a people who had been abandoned by the world community.
Not one word of the Arab denial of Jewish rights -- the illegality under international law of Hamas' and Fatah's attacks on Jewish civilians -- exemplified by blowing up discos, pizza parlors and public buses. While the Canadian union's spokeshole blithely blathers about Israel's wall as a symbol of apartheid, she somehow can't be troubled to mention that suicide bombings have declined more than 90 percent since the wall went up.
Contact the Canadian government, let them know what you think about this boycott.
Canadian Embassy
501 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-682-1740; Fax: 202-682-7701
canada@canadianembassy.org
Ambassador Michael Wilson
Fax: (202) 682-7678
Posted by Mike Lief at May 29, 2006 12:59 AM
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Comments
The mideast complexities may be beyond any politician's scope of negotiating. The Canadian union is selective (biased) in its attempts to help Palestinians, without acknowledging Hamas' violent attacks. Actually, denouncing Hamas would be critical for any peace developments.
I did have a problem when Ariel Sharon defied a request from George Bush not to respond to a specific act, several years ago. The US has been very good to Israel. In just that act, IMO, Sharon was wrong. But people felt that Israel needed to respond and defend itself.
If this situation could somehow be neutralized in our lifetime....
Posted by: Vermont Neighbor at May 28, 2006 10:59 PM