posted to commemorate the 6th annual Israeli Apartheid Week which runs from 1st to 7th of March 2010 and is a part of the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) movement _                     

for more information on the week's activities please visit                                    http://apartheidweek.org

Defend free speech on Palestine! Canadians  Tell your MPs: Oppose Conservative motion that attacks Israeli Apartheid Week! Palestine Supporters worldwide, please email as well.

Conservative Member of Parliament Tim Uppal (Edmonton - Sherwood Park) has announced that he will introduce a motion in the House of Commons next week that condemns Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), a series of campus-based educational events that takes place at universities and colleges all over the world (see below the text of Uppal's motion). Uppal's motion also condemns the use of the term "apartheid" in any discussion or debate about Israel.

If Uppal's motion passes, it will represent an unprecedented attack on free speech in Canada. That it has even been proposed, however, is also a clear sign of the strength and exponential growth of the Palestinian-led solidarity campaign grounded in the 2005 call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel.