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This new initiative: Gaza's Ark, will build a boat in Gaza, using existing resources. A crew of internationals and Palestinians will sail it out of Gaza carrying Palestinian products.

London, Ontario activist David Heap, who was on board the Tahrir when it was boarded in international waters, will be speaking in Saskatoon on May 17 and Winnipeg on May 22.

Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and activist currently teaching at the University of Exeter in Britain. In May 2012, he toured Canada speaking about his current research.

On March 30, 2012, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire on marchers as they headed towards Jerusalem marking Palestinian Land Day.

By giving as little as $10, and then encouraging your network to do the same, you can help re-build and equip the practice and workshop "home" of the Strip's only breakdance group.

This show pulls content from the media co-ops on indigenous resistance and solidarity and looks to a Hip Hop album focused on eliminating diabetes

As of Monday evening, the death toll from Israeli's assault on Gaza was 25 Palestinians, with another 80 injured.

Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) has discovered information indicating that key players at the highest levels in Canada's Israel Lobby are backing the candidacy of Thomas Mulcair.

Barbara Lubin started the Middle East Children's Alliance in 1988. She has just returned from her latest visit to Gaza, a trip she describes as the most difficult she has ever taken.

During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Ottawa this weekend, Stephen Harper should take the opportunity and ask for the prompt return of the Canadian Boat to Gaza, the Tahrir.

Karen DeVito, an activist on the Canadian Boat to Gaza, was arrested in international waters and held in an Israeli prison for trying to break the siege of Gaza.

Contrary to the announcements emanating from the governments of Israel and Canada, Independent Jewish Voices believes there is no evidence that Iran is on the verge of producing nuclear weapons.

Despite multiple requests, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs under Minister John Baird is refusing to ask Israel to release the Tahrir and its cargo of desperately needed medical aid.

Palestine House has become the latest target of Jason Kenney's ongoing attacks on free speech rights and Palestine solidarity in Canada.

This Wednesday, the Canadian Boat to Gaza is kicking off a nine-city speaking tour to address Canada's role in the blockade of Gaza.

Canada's pro-Zionist government is complicit in the blockade of Gaza. The Canada Boat to Gaza challenges the blockade in November 2011.

The 1.4 million Palestinians who are citizens of Israel face discrimination on par with African-Americans prior to the civil rights movement.

The veteran scholar spoke with rabble.ca about Israel and Palestine, prospects for a two-state solution, shifting public opinion amongst North American Jews, and the threat of a war against Iran.

What happened in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead was not a war but a massacre, a massacre of a defenceless, imprisoned and besieged civilian population.

"Thick, unrelenting oppression touches every single aspect of life in Gaza," writes Dr. Abuelaish in his remarkable little book, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey.

Canadian writer and photojournalist Jon Elmer discusses ghetto Palestine and the challenges and possibilities for Palestinian resistance from a perspective not heard in mainstream media.

A low rumble mutes the car honks and the cries of children playing on the lane outside our house in Deir al Balah, central Gaza.

Seventy delegates from 20 countries, including parliamentarians from 11 countries, last week saw the disastrous effects of the 22-day Israeli attack on Gaza two years ago.

Rafeef Ziadah is a Canadian-Palestinian spoken-word artist and activist. Her debut CD Hadeel is dedicated to Palestinian youth.

One of the Canadians aboard the Tahrir, which attempted to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza earlier this month, gives a detailed account of being stopped at sea and taken to prison.