Defending Palestinian Civil Society: Understanding Canada's Role

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Defending Palestinian Civil Society: Understanding Canada’s role

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

1 PM ET/ 8 PM Palestine

Join legal and policy experts from prominent Palestinian human rights organizations to learn about the threat by Israel to terminate their work and silence others. They will be joined by Michael Lynk and Yavar Hameed who will speak about how Canada has enabled the Israeli war on Palestinian Civil Society and how Canadian civil society can respond.

Background:
In the early morning hours of August 18, the Israeli military raided the offices of seven prominent Palestinian civil society organizations, destroying property, seizing files and office equipment, and welding the entrances to the offices shut. Since then, the Israeli Security Agency, the Shin Bet, has interrogated or called in for questioning representatives of the organizations who have refused to abide the closure of their offices.

A year ago the Israeli Knesset passed legislation designating six of these organizations as “terrorist organizations” and the Israeli military issued regulations determining them to be “unlawful associations.”

Ottawa has refused to condemn Israel’s actions. Canada continues to say it is waiting for information from Israel.

Co-convened by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Just Peace Advocates
Panel includes
Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq
Sahar Francis, General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
Michael Lynk, legal academic, associate professor at the University of Western Ontario and former United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Yavar Hameed, lawyer in Ontario with a focus on racial profiling, lawful expression, equality rights, prisoner rights and migrant protection
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Sorry I missed this yesterday, thank you for the upload! Thank you Saha for updating us on current violations by Israeli authority, Michael Lynk for a very useful history of Canada's complicity and pointing out continued support for Israel's violation of international laws and Yavar for showing us the frightening out reaching tentacles of Israeli support facing us all regarding ' free speech' and human rights.What a fantastic job you did Bianca, thanks to all speakers.

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Excellent talk thank you for the support

eliasmadbak
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sorry i missed this yesterday. I am watching now! thank you for the upload!

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