• JANUARY 12, 2007 Community alert regarding the voting taking place on January 18, 2007 at the Council of the Secondary Teachers Bargaining Unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation

• DECEMBER 13, 2006 Community alert

The Institute for International Affairs of B’nai Brith Canada is urging the general public as well as Jewish community members to sign on to this document, which is both a denunciation of the planned CUPE-Ontario boycott of Israel and a reaffirmation of unwavering support for the Jewish State. 

At a time when Israel is under the constant threat of attack from Hamas, now on its doorstep, from Iran which has called for the Jewish State to be “wiped off the map”, and from enemies who seek to delegitimize the Jewish State by advancing a clearly radicalized political agenda, supporters and friends of Israel must stand up and be counted.

Please contact your MP, MPP, city councillor, religious and community leaders, as well your colleagues in sectors such as the corporate, legal and educational fields to urge them to sign this Manifesto. If you belong to a union, call on your local representatives and fellow members to join us in publicly opposing this biased and counter-productive CUPE-Ontario move.

 

MANIFESTO DENOUNCING CUPE-ONTARIO’S BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
AND REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR THE JEWISH STATE

We support the State of Israel, a sister democracy to Canada, the only country in the Middle East founded on the rule of law

We applaud Israel as a vibrant society that respects the civil, religious and cultural rights of all its citizens

We oppose the CUPE-Ontario boycott of Israel, as inherently biased and discriminatory, betraying a politically-charged agenda

We understand full well that such boycotts, from wherever they emanate, do nothing to advance true peace in the Middle East, but rather create a roadblock to meaningful resolution of the conflict

We expose such boycotts as thinly veiled attempts to delegitimize the existence of the State of Israel and its right to protect its citizens against terror and violence
 
We warn that the “Right of Return” demanded by CUPE-Ontario would ultimately lead to the destruction of the Jewish State

We condemn the highjacking of CUPE-Ontario’s core mandate by individuals who have marginalized and ignored the views and values of union members who do not support the prevailing anti-Israel mindset

We note CUPE-Ontario’s failure to condemn the gross abuses perpetrated against trade unionists in many Arab countries, and question its failure to stand in solidarity with its union colleagues elsewhere, as is surely its sacred responsibility

We dispute the right of CUPE-Ontario - with its declared anti-Israel agenda -  to represent itself as a credible body to undertake public education on the Arab-Israeli conflict

We call on citizens of good will to demand that CUPE Ontario repeal its boycott which stands in stark contradiction to the established foreign policies and trade agreements set by the Government of Canada, which represents the Canadian people

PROTEST UNION INTERFERENCE –  STAND UP FOR ISRAEL

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The signed manifesto will be delivered to CUPE national offices and disseminated widely to policy makers, media and all sectors of Canadian society.

TO SIGN ON:

i)         If you have received this electronically, click here.

ii)        Or, you can fax or mail this document with your signature attached to

B’nai Brith Canada National Offices
15 Hove Street
Toronto, Ontario M3H 4Y8
Fax no. (416) 630-2159

For further information call 416 633-6224 ext. 140