A tip o' the hat to MW for this one:
Toronto Rally for Gaza and
Commemorating 70 Years of Nakba
DATE: May 12, 2018
TIME: 1:30-3 PM
WHERE: 180 Bloor St.
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WHAT: Rally
Join us as we commemorate 70 years of NAKBA,
and as we stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are marching for their
right of return!
In 1948, Zionist forces expelled 750,000
Palestinians from their homes to create the state of Israel. Palestinians
commemorate this tragedy as the Nakba – the Palestinian Catastrophe.
The ethnic cleansing campaign left hundreds of
Palestinian towns and villages destroyed in its wake, and turned two-thirds of
the Palestinian people into refugees still struggling for their inalienable
right to return—a right enshrined in international law and stipulated in UN
General Assembly resolution 194.
On March 30, 2018, on the annual Palestinian
Land Day, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza marched to the militarized boundary
fence to demand their right to return and an end to Israel’s illegal blockade.
They were met with violence as Israeli snipers took position behind the fence
and above the hills to shoot at the protesters. So far, at least 35 Palestinians
have been killed and hundreds injured.
Palestinian civil society has reiterated its
call for a global arms embargo on Israel. It’s time for Canada to
comply.
This demonstration is proudly organized as the
launching event of the Association of Progressive Palestinian
Canadians.
#AmYisraelChai, eliminationists!
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