[Palsem09] Fwd: PFEX releases new critical report "The CPCCA's Hidden Message: Silencing Criticism of Israeli Apartheid"

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Alan Sears, a comrade with the New Socialist Group sent me this and  
wants it forwarded widely.

Marie (Montréal)
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> another great initiative to combat the CPCCA...
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> * Please circulate widely*
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> Monday, November 8, 2010
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> Dear friends and allies,
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> As you may know, the Canadian Government is hosting a meeting of  
> the Inter-parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism in Ottawa  
> this week from November 7th-9th. It is widely expected that the  
> Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism (CPCCA)  
> will use this opportunity to present the findings of their recent  
> inquiry into anti-Semitism in Canada.
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> To coincide with these meetings, the Toronto-based Palestine  
> Freedom of Expression Campaign has released our own report –
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> “The CPCCA’s Hidden Message: Silencing Criticism of Israeli  
> Apartheid - A Critical Report on the Canadian Parliamentary  
> Coalition to Combat Antisemitism”.
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> The full report is available online http://tinyurl.com/PFEXreport
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> As our report shows, this critical analysis of the CPCCA is widely  
> shared.  See, for example, two statements below:
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> KHALED MOUAMMAR - Toronto
> Mouammar is the President of the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF).   
> “The Canadian Arab Federation supports any initiative genuinely  
> aimed at ending anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and all forms of  
> racism. It has become clear that the CPCCA’s goals have far more to  
> do with creating a political climate in which criticism of Israeli  
> policies that violate Palestinian rights and international law will  
> be treated as anti-Semitic hate speech.  CAF expressed these  
> concerns in a submission to the CPCCA, but we were not even invited  
> to testify.”
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> ALAN SEARS - Toronto
> Sears is a Jewish Canadian who is a professor at Ryerson University  
> and a member of Faculty for Palestine. “I am deeply concerned that  
> the CPCCA is aiming to redefine anti-semitism, shifting the focus  
> from protecting the human rights of Jewish people to suppressing  
> debate about Israeli policies and Palestinian rights.  CPCCA’s  
> mandate was biased from the beginning and it invited very little  
> testimony from those who did not agree with their perspective.   
> Faculty for Palestine is deeply disturbed by the CPCCA’s threat to  
> academic freedom and freedom of dissent in this country.”
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> To ensure our critical analysis is available to parliamentarians,  
> PFEX mailed a copy of the report to all Members of Parliament last  
> week.
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> In that mailing we included two other important documents (also  
> available on our website and attached here):
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> * "Palestinian civil society condemns repression in Canada against  
> Palestine solidarity campaigns and humanitarian efforts" (May 26,  
> 2010) - a statement by the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and  
> Sanctions National Committee (BNC)
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> * "Le message caché du CPCCA: Faire taire la critique de  
> l'apartheid Israélien" - French translation of the report's  
> Executive Summary
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> TAKE ACTION TODAY!
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> i.  Read the report and attached statement from the Palestinian  
> BNC, and share widely.
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> ii. Write to your MP.  Remind them to read the report and ask them  
> to support it.  Encourage others to contact their MPs.
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> For more information on Palestine Freedom of Expression campaign:
> http://www.freeexpressionpalestine.org/
> To contact us, send an e-mail to:
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> pfex at freeexpressionpalestine.or
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