By Dan Freeman-Maloy - May, 07 2008

When Ben Dunkelman...returned from the European battlefields of WWII...he had already been [asked]...to participate in the looming fight in Palestine. Soon, Dunkelman was juggling management responsibilities at Tip Top Tailors with his tasks as head of the Canadian branch of the Hagana. These included fundraising for weaponry, direct arms procurement, and recruitment for Hagana forces. By the summer of 1948, he was in command of a Brigade actively depopulating Palestinian villages by force - a unit so heavily comprised of recruits from Canada, the United States and South Africa that it came to be known as the "Anglo-Saxon Brigade."

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NO TIME TO CELEBRATE!
A Walk for Palestine Commemorating 60 years of Nakba
National Day of Action
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Saturday, May 10
Gather at 1 pm at Clark Park (Commercial Drive at 14th Avenue)

Followed by a silent march and rally at Grandview Park
**Please wear black**

By Dan Freeman-Maloy - May, 06 2008

...Canada is operating in particularly crude alignment with Israel against the Palestinians. Within the framework of the "war on terror," the Canadian government has criminalized nearly all major Palestinian political parties by designating them as "terrorist groups"...even as it cultivates ever more intimate trade, security and diplomatic relations with the Israeli state. On the United Nations Human Rights Council, Canada has emerged as the staunchest opponent of meaningful criticism of Israeli human rights violations and war crimes.

Around the world, plans are being made to mount major celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. But this year also marks 60 years since 750,000 Palestinians were brutally expelled from their homeland in what they refer to as the Nakba or “catastrophe”. Given this history, and the deepening conflict in the region today, we believe there is no grounds for celebration.

A group of non-native protesters blocked the Hanlon Expressway for about half an hour last night in a show of support for a group of Mohawks involved in a standoff near Deseronto, Ont.

Many updates following the action in Tyendinaga including the latest:

• Video from the barricade
• Statement from OCAP's Sue Collis on Shawn Brant's Arrest

by SchNEWS - Friday 18th April 2008

In the Quiche region of northern Guatemala...lies the isolated Ixcan Municipality. It is home to around 75,000 indigenous Mayans who are mostly subsistence farmers...[T]he area also contains many of Guatemala’s most coveted natural resources...One of these, the Chixoy River, is the controversial proposed location for what would be Guatemala’s largest hydroelectric development. If built, the dam is set to flood an area of 7.5km, displacing at least 3000 people and destroying the agricultural land and livelihoods of around 6-8000...Unsuprisingly, the plan is meeting huge resistance from the Ixcan population.

Bombs would fall under other circumstances, but when influential [Israeli] [R]abbis call for the total annihilation of the Palestinians the world watches without blinking...

By David Carrigg - Friday, April 18, 2008

Squamish band members will likely protest at the 2010 Olympic Games despite the chief signing an agreement with the Vancouver Organizing Committee to support the event...["W]e have 3,500 members and not all want to be part of the Olympics. They want to talk about the children and the hardships in the community and they have the full right to do that."

by Fuad Zir - IMEMC News

At their annual national convention, delegates of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)representing 50,000 workers across Canada, voted overwhelmingly in favor of resolution 338/339. The resolution commits the union to support the Palestinian people's inalienable rights including the right of return. The resolution also joins the global campaign of "boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS)against Israeli Apartheid."

John Burman | The Hamilton Spectator
BUFFALO (Apr 11, 2008)

A Six Nations man who has already done Canadian jail time for stealing a United States Border Patrol vehicle at the height of the violent times in the Caledonia land dispute two years ago now faces similar charges on the American side of the border.

By URI AVNERY - Apri1 7, 2008

The world media are shedding tears for the Tibetan people, whose land is taken from them by Chinese settlers. Who cares about the Palestinians, whose land is taken from them by our [Israeli] settlers?...[T]he Israeli spokespersons compare themselves - strange as it sounds - to the poor Tibetans, not to the evil Chinese. Many think this quite logical.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - CBC News

Teams of heavily armed [Ontario Provincial] police were poised to crack down on native demonstrators who erected blockades during a day of protest in eastern Ontario in June...