A-MEN,

Stop the War On the People all over the world Please war is not the answer.

Elvira

ishaq1824@... <ishaq1824@...>WROTE:
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From: "Ishaq" <ishaq1824@...>
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Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 7:56 PM
Subject: [theblacklist-e] CUPE Ontario Letter to Harper: I call on you to
immediately denounce the state of Israel


> http://vancouver.indymedia.org/?q=en/node/1678
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> July 31, 2006
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> The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, M.P.
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> Prime Minister of Canada
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> Room 313S Centre Block
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> House of Commons
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> Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
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> Dear Prime Minister:
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> I call on you to immediately denounce the state of Israel with the same
> voice with which you denounce Hezbollah and Hamas. As president of the
> largest union in Ontario, representing over 200,000 workers in the
> public service, I ask that you stop supporting the heinous war crimes
> that Israel is committing against the people of Lebanon and Gaza.
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> The intentional bombing of infrastructure and civilian targets – which
> has already taken the lives of hundreds of men, women and this weekend
> another 37 young children, is criminal and violates all codes of
> international conflict and international law.
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> You have been complacent, and by extension have made the worldview of
> Canadians complacent, in taking the lives of innocent people and leaving
> the survivors without the bare necessities of life.
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> You have turned your back on Canada’s proud history as an honest broker
> of peace around the world. The proud history and tradition of Canada’s
> role as an international peacekeeper, begun by the Honourable Lester B.
> Pearson, has been made a laughing stock in the world.
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> Your unfettered support for the United States’ soft foreign policy on
> Israel has violated Canadian tradition and embarrassed many patriotic
> Canadians. Your “measured response” statement, delivered the day before
> eight Canadians were killed, has embarrassed many. Your lack of response
> and criticism to those deaths has embarrassed Canadians from coast to
> coast to coast.
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> Your blaming of the victims when Israel bombed a UN station is
> unconscionable. Canada lost a brave peacekeeper, a soldier who was
> upholding Canada’s marvellous tradition of peacekeeping, your silence in
> the face of his death is unacceptable – all other countries who lost
> citizens had the moral values and conviction to condemn Israel for this
> intentional hit on a peaceful observer station.
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> Your blind support for George Bush and his policies and your rejection
> of Canada’s traditional role in the world has left Canadians confused
> and angry.
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> You must call for an immediate cease-fire and a stop to the bombings by
> all parties. I urge you to take a strong leadership role, to reconsider
> the position you have taken, to be an active force in bringing peace to
> the Middle East, in saving the lives of hundreds more innocents, and in
> bringing Canada’s sense of fairness, social justice and peace to this
> critical situation.
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> Sincerely,
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> Original Signed By
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> Patrick (Sid) Ryan
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> President, CUPE Ontario
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> CC: Paul Moist, CUPE National President
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> CUPE Ontario Executive Board
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> CUPE Ontario International Solidarity Committee
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> CUPE Ontario Global Justice Committee
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> Bill Graham, Liberal Party
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> Alexa McDonough, NDP
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> cope343 S/Sidlet/Stephen Harper remiddleeast
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> Stay Strong
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> -"I testified/My mama cried/Black people died/When the other man lied"
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> "Be a friend to the oppressed and an enemy to the oppressor"
> --Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib (as)
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> "We restate our commitment to the peace process. But we will not submit
> to a process of humiliation."
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> "...we have the responsibility to make no deal with the oppressor"
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> "...in time, we will look back to this age with incredulity and
> amazement -- and victories like Hamas in Israel will be the *best* of
> our memories." -- mumia abu jamal -- "what state? what union?"
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> "...these people generate wars in Asia and Africa,...These are the
> people who, in the last century, caused several devastating wars. In one
> world war alone, they killed over 60 million people.... In the near
> future, Allah willing, we will put you to trial in courts established by
> the peoples...."-- mahmoud ahmadinejad
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