Canadian Boat to GAZA
It's time to send a Canadian Boat to Gaza
Canadian civil society has a responsibility to fight the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and to expose the Canadian government's unjustified support for Israel.
The time has come to send a Canadian boat to challenge the blockade of Gaza, in coordination with similar international efforts.
We need to raise $300,000 (cost of boat and crew, not including aid to carry to Gaza) over the course of the coming couple of months. We need to approach Canadian public figures to be on the boat.
The blockade of Gaza goes two ways, it restricts bringing materials into Gaza and it does not allow anything to leave Gaza either. This, in addition to starving the population, denies the Palestinians of Gaza the ability to trade with the world, further suffocating them.
The Canadian boat, working with the Palestinians in Gaza, will aim to carry exports out of Gaza. Thus asserting their right to export, trade and provide for themselves rather than be at the mercy of international aid.
Together we'll break the siege
Endorsers
* Association Musleme de Montreal
* Canadian Arab Federation
* Canadian Islamic Centre
* Canadian Muslim Forum
* Canadian Peace Alliance
* Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
* CodePink, Canada
* Educators for Peace and Justice
* Fredricton Islamic Association
* Gaza Freedom March
* Independant Jewish Voices
* International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)
* Palestine House
* People for Peace, London
* Regroupement des Algeriens RAQ
* Women in Solidarity with Palestine (WSP)
* Zatoun and Beit Zatoun
To support the Canadian Boat to Gaza please make your cheque payable to:
Alternatives
(please write: "Canadian Boat to Gaza" in the remark field)
and mail it to:
Canadian Boat to Gaza
C.P. 92087, Portobello
Brossard, Quebec
J4W 3K8
Founded in 1994, Alternatives Action and Communication Network for International Development is a non-governmental, international solidarity organization.
See also a reply to a hostile editorial in the Calgary Herald by Ehab Lotayef , a spokesman for Canadian Boat to Gaza.
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