IJV & PAJU Montreal Calls Demonstration Against Jewish National Fund
by IJV/PAJU
At its June 1st fund-raiser, Jewish National Fund (JNF) Canada is
honouring Conservative Party icon Stockwell Day for his long-time
support of Israel’s expansionist policies.
The fundraiser comes on the
heels of the news that the Conservative government succumbed to pressure
from Israel in opposing a moderate G8 position on Israel’s occupation
of Palestine.
Last week, British Prime Minister David Cameron
terminated his status as an Honorary Patron of the controversial Jewish
National Fund (JNF).
Registered as an official Canadian charity, the JNF is a charity
like no other. Funded by private, tax-deductible donations, it is an
official arm of the Israeli state’s Land Authority.
Stockwell Day guest of Honour at JNF fundraiser
Wednesday, June 1 at 5:30pm
Synagogue Shaar Hashomayim
450, av Kensington, Westmount, QC
The JNF is based on
the removal and permanent exclusion of all non-Jews (Palestinians and
Bedouins) from Israeli-controlled land.
JNF Canada’s continuing
tax-exempt charitable status has Canadian tax payers unwittingly
participating in the on-going destruction of Palestinian and Bedouin
villages, orchards and productive agricultural land, and the
displacement of the inhabitants.
The very same ethnic cleansing took
place under the auspices of the JNF with the Canadian government’s
complicity when Canada Park was built on the ruins of three Palestinian
villages.
Independent Jewish Voices is committed to supporting the global
campaign against the JNF and the central role it plays in excluding and
destroying the livelihood of non-Jewish citizens of Israel and those
living under Israeli occupation.
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More information:
Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) www.pajumontreal.org
