Friday, 11 March 2011

Education, Not Hate

It is important to make it crystal clear this is NOT a series of events to promote hate towards the Jewish Community or the Jewish Faith (in fact, many of our co-organizers are themselves Jewish). It is a series of educational events to raise awareness about the state of Israel's apartheid policies toward Palestinians and to raise awareness toward the global BDS campaign as a non-violent strategy to pressure the state of Israel to comply to the following demands HERE.

One of 94 cities across the world!

Halifax' Israeli Apartheid Week events are among similar events being organized in 94 cities across the world!

Halifax is among:

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

BDS Bieber

http://vimeo.com/19406115

BDS Bieber by John Greyson

BDS Bieber is a video parody of Justin's #1 youtube hit song 'Baby' which calls on him to honour the boycott call of Palestinian civil society and cancel his planned April concert in Tel Aviv. (Despite efforts of the pro-Israel lobby to censor this video, it's still available on youtube thanks to the fair use/fair comment provision of copyright law which protect parody.)

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Join us March 14 to 25!

Our series begins Monday, March 14. See our schedule for our full list of events and details.

Join us in our discussions about Israeli occupation, apartheid policies toward Palestinians and the global Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement growing in response.

Don't shy away from the issue. Learn what's at stake and how you can make a difference!