[VegChat] Public demonstration, Saturday, July 22nd at 11 am on Parliament Hill for Lebanon and Palestine

[Edelweiss D'Andrea]

MessageWhy pressure the Canadian government?

Since last Thursday, Israel attacks have killed more than 300 innocent
civilians in Lebanon, hurt hundreds more and forced the displacement of
hundreds of thousands more. Adding up to this are the damages to main
transport and communication means for the country, effectively trapping the
population inside. During that time, the Canadian government spports (more
than all other states, including the United States) the Israel military
strikes unconditionally. This is the image Canada is now sending to the rest
of the world... even if most of us believe war is a last resort, that the
terrorization and killing of innocent civilians is not a valid means of
defense, like it is said explicity in the Fourth Geneva Convention on the
protection of civilians (1949). The same type of "collective punishment" is
currently applied to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense
Forces.


What to do?

1 - Write to the Prime Minister (Stephen Harper - Harper.S at parl.gc.ca ), to
the Foreign Affairs minister (Peter McKay - Mackay.P at parl.gc.ca ). Send a
copy of your message to your MP: (
http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimeP
eriod=Current&Language=E), and to the medias:
Ottawa: Le Droit (French, alarocque at ledroit.com), Ottawa Citizen (English,
letters at thecitizen.canwest.com  )
National: La Presse (French , forum at lapresse.ca), Le Devoir (French,
redaction at ledevoir.com ), The Globe and Mail (English,
egreenspon at globeandmail.com ), The National Post (English,
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/info/contactus/mailto.html?name=Letters&S
UBJECT=Letter%20To%20The%20Editor)

2 - Participate to the public demonstrations (July 22nd):
http://www.acp-cpa.ca/en/Palestineaction.htm
in Ottawa, the demonstration will be at 11 AM on Parliament Hill.

3 - Encourage people you know to do the same.



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