Weekend of Protests Against the Attack on Gaza

Stop Israel’s Massacre: Mass Rallies Featuring Jeff Halper, Israeli Peace Activist
WHEN: Rally at 1pm, Sunday January 18, 2009. March at 1:30pm
WHERE: Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Stop Israel’s Massacre: Stop Canadian Complicity
Rally against the Canadian government’s unconditional support for Israel’s wars.
WHEN: Monday 19 January at 12:00pm
WHERE: 125 Sussex, Foreign Affairs Ministry

Featuring Jeff Halper, Co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions; the only Israeli on the Free Gaza flotilla that broke the Gaza Siege; and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. For more on Jeff’s work visit: www.icahd.org

Over 1000 people in Gaza have been killed since Israel’s massacre began, including 300 children. Join us this Sunday to demand that the Canadian government call for an immediate halt to Israel's attacks, an end to the siege of Gaza, and the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid!

ORGANIZED BY: The Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians (APAC), Independent Jewish Voices (IJV - Canada) and the Ottawa Palestine Solidarity Network (OPSN).

The ongoing Ottawa demonstrations are supported by: Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA-Carleton), Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR Ottawa), Not In Our Name: Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism (NION), Canadian Peace Alliance, Ottawa Peace Assembly, NOWAR-PAIX, Rassemblement outaouais contre la guerre, the Coalition of Arab Canadian Professionals and Community Associations (CAPCA), and others.

For more information contact: nion.ottawa - at - gmail.com. For ongoing pan-Canadian event listings against Israel’s war on Gaza visit the website of the Canadian Peace Alliance at: http://acp-cpa.ca/en/GazaEvents.html

Stay tuned for upcoming Palestine solidarity events in Ottawa at www.ottawapalestine.blogspot.com.