Israel’s Blockade of Gaza- Canada’s Role
February 19, 2012
Contact Kevin Neish 250-595-3991
neish@victoria.tc.ca
Israel’s Blockade of Gaza- Canada’s Role
You are invited to attend a public forum and audio/visual presentation on the Israeli blockade of Gaza, Sunday, Feb. 19, 7pm at the University of Victoria, Harry Hickman Building, Room 105.
Ehab Lotayef will share his account of the Freedom Waves to Gaza aid flotilla in November 2011, when Irish and Canadian boats tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
Mr. Lotayef is a Montreal-based poet and long-time solidarity activist who was on board the Tahrir, a Canadian humanitarian aid boat. The Tahrir was heading to Gaza when it was hijacked by the Israeli navy in international waters.
Freedom Waves is part of an ongoing Global solidarity movement challenging the blockade of Gaza and working for freedom for Palestine, which Ehab describes as, "a group of unarmed civilians peacefully confronting Israel's blockade and occupation."
Admission is by donation. Pay park at the UVic Stadium lot.
Sponsored by the UVic Social Justice Studies department. For more information see www.tahrir.caor call Kevin Neish at 250 595-3991