Naomi Klein addresses Canada's first Independent Jewish Congress

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Naomi Klein discusses how Canada has been sucked into taking a more active role in the supposed "war on terror" by Canadian politicians who, in the wake of 9/11, willingly accepted US and Israeli spin that the West is engaged in a "clash of civilizations" with Muslims.

This video is the first of 3 parts.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVJm0UNcV7g

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehMB8pl5a1s

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzGz6f5Vo-M

[JohnyCanuck]

1. kick n/t

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2. Canadian Jews form an organizat to promote peace and justice in the Middle East

Shalom Toronto
April 3, 2008

More than 100 Jews from 26 cities across Canada met March 28-30 to form an organization committed to promoting real peace and justice in the Middle East. Convened by the Alliance of Concerned Jewish Canadians (ACJC), the conference brought together Canadian Jews belonging to 18 different groups to offer an alternative to the uncritical support of Israeli policies by the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canada-Israel Committee and B’nei Brith, as well as those of the Harper government.

The new organization will instead advocate for Canadian policies which respect international and humanitarian law. Award-winning Jewish-Canadian author Naomi Klein offered a keynote address, “Whatever you do, don’t be normal,” which called on participants to challenge Israel’s “normalization” of policies such as torture, targeted assassinations, and collective punishment in the name of security.

Representatives of progressive Jewish national groups in the US, the UK, and France spoke about the growing “tidal wave” in their countries of Jewish opposition to Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian people. They included Jewish Voice for Peace (the United States), Brit Tzedek v’Shalom (the United States), Independent Jewish Voices (Great Britain), the International Jewish Solidarity Network, European Jews for a Just Peace, and l’Union Juive Française pour la Paix.

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Participants unanimously endorsed the following principles: “Human rights are universal and indivisible. This is as applicable in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories as it is elsewhere. Palestinians and Israelis alike have the right to peaceful and secure lives. Peace and stability require the willingness of all parties to the conflict to comply with international law. There is no justification for any form of racism, including anti-Semitism, anti-Arab racism or Islamophobia…The battle against anti-Semitism is undermined whenever opposition to Israel’s government policy is automatically branded as anti-Semitic.”

http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/04/05/1745/

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3. Naomi is awesome.