The Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) is a human rights organization that explicitly recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to national existence and to live in security. We condemn all violations of human rights. PAJU was co-founded in Montreal by Bruce Katz, a Jewish Canadian and Rezeq Faraj, a Palestinian Canadian who have been friends for more than 25 years. Our group is comprised of Jews, Palestinians and other Canadians of good conscience who work together to promote peace in the Middle East and to educate the public on the Palestinian question.
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"End the occupation !" PAJU Vigil # 493, July 23, 2010: Israel feels threatened by human rights organizations and international law
It is one thing to criticize the Geneva conventions or International Humanitarian Law. It is utterly different to construe IHL itself and its advocates as a threat to the existence of a state and to initiate a systematic process of combating them.
Many details remain to be established about the Israeli commando assault on the Mavi Marmara - the lead ship in a flotilla intent on carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip - in the early hours of May 31, 2010. But whatever the investigation of the incident ultimately reveals, the killing of nine activists is indicative of a dramatic recent transformation in Israel’s relationship to civil society organizations and international humanitarian law itself.
Petition: For a lasting and prosperous peace between the peoples of Israel and Palestine
Dear friends,
I invite you to sign this petition which you will find on the site of the QuebecNational Assembly.
https://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/exprimez-votre-opinion/petition/Petition-721/index.html
Bruce Katz
Président
Palestinian and Jewish Unity
Boycott Israeli Apartheid Celebrating 5 years since the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions!
Join us at Palestinian and Jewish Unity’s weekly picket of Indigo bookstore to celebrate the successes of the first 5 years of the global movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid!
Friday July 9, 12pm
In front of Indigo Bookstore
1500 McGill College St., corner Ste-Catherine West
Metro McGill
Fed up of Mulcair
Dear fellows citizens,
We take this occasion to express our profound indignation concerning Thomas Mulcair’s insidious comments about New Democratic MP, Libby Davies. In failing to condemn the criminal and terrorist actions of the State of Israel, and in attacking those who defend the principle of rights and freedoms, such as Libby Davies, Mr. Mulcair makes himself complicit in the ethnic cleansing of which the Palestinian people are victims. Moreover, history will record the cowardice of contemporary governments and politicians as regards the Palestinian situation.
Israel’s Attack On The Freedom for Gaza Flotilla
June 15th, 2010 - During the night of Sunday, May 31st into the early hours of Monday, June 1st, 2010, the Israeli army attacked ships of the Freedom for Gaza flotilla, killing at least nine civilians and wounding many others. The international civilians on board the flotilla intended to deliver 10, 000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza which has been subjected to an illegal, immoral and inhuman blockade by Israel for more than three years now. According to Bruce Katz, president of PAJU, passengers aboard the flotilla, unarmed and non-violent, were victims of a “cold-blooded execution.” In effect, autopsies performed in Turkey have revealed victims hit by more than 30 bullets and shot from close range. Kevin Neish, a Canadian citizen aboard a ship, confirmed that he had been brutalized while in detention in Israel for three days.
Demonstration in support of the «Gaza Freedom Flotilla »
DEPARTURE : CORNER PEEL and STE-CATHERINE
END POINT : THE OLD PORT OF MONTREAL
To denounce Israel’s bloody attack against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
To demand the complete lifting of the siege on Gaza
- Bring a small tent to plant on site !
We will build a camp where we will all be refugees of Gazawaiting for the ships transporting humanitarian aid to arrive.
Organised by the broad Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine following the international call out made by the Free Gaza Movement
Support activities organized on behalf of Bil’in’s struggle in Palestine
Activities in Montreal, June 3, 2010.
- 9h30: Appeal at the Quebec Court of Appeal
Courtroom Pierre-Basile-Mignault 100 Notre Dame East metro Champ-de-Mars Montreal, Quebec
- 12noon: Solidarity demonstration in front of the Court Quebec Court of Appeal
100 Notre Dame East metro Champ-de-Mars Montreal, Quebec
- 19h : Conference with villagers from Bil’in and Israeli lawyer
Georges-Vanier Cultural Center 2450 Workman Lionel-Groulx metro
Commemorating the Palestinian Nakba in Montreal, May 11 to 15, 2010
A week of events in solidarity with Palestine and in commemoration of 62 years since the Nakba in 1948 as well as the ongoing Nakba taking place today in Palestine.
Between 1948 and 1949, over 750,000 Palestinians, or 75% of the indigenous population, were forcibly expelled from their homes and lands in Palestine. During this time Zionist forces supported by the British colonial regime destroyed over 500 Arab villages and towns in an attempt to erase the memory of Palestine and ethnically cleanse the indigenous Palestinian population.
Michel Chartrand, Ardent Defender of the Palestinian People
Press release- April 15, 2010- The members of Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) join with the thousands of Quebecers who mourn the loss of Michel Chartrand, a man who marked the history of Quebec in the twentieth century. Michel Chartrand, a trade unionist true to his convictions, was a man who fought all his life for the principle of social justice and in the defence of working people and the poor.
A faithful friend of the Palestinian people, it was Michel Chartrand who brought the knowledge of the living conditions and legitimate demands for nationhood of the Palestinian people to Quebecers in the 1970s. Having witnessed the oppression of the Palestinians during a trip which he made to the occupied Palestinian territories in 1972, Michel Chartrand, in association with Rezeq Faraj, co-founder of PAJU and other activists from Quebec began to work with trade unions and popular groups to advance the cause of the Palestinian people in Quebec. The president of PAJU, Bruce Katz, spoke of the passing of Michel Chartrand in the following terms: Michel Chartrand was a man of quick wit, an honest man who was frank in his comments. He was profoundly human, a valiant defender of Palestinian human rights. Michel Chartrand was an original, someone authentic, an honourable man, a man for all seasons.
PAJU’s members wish to express their sympathy to the family of Michel Chartrand as well as to all Michel’s friends, trade unionists and workers who mourn his loss.
Rezeq Faraj passed away on October 24th 2009
Dear Friends,
It is with great sadness that I inform you that my Palestinian brother, Rezeq Faraj, passed away at 7:20 PM on October 24th. Rezeq was as courageous in the face of death as he was in the face of the obstacles and challenges which marked his life. He never sank to his knees, but stood tall as do the Palestinian people. He will remain in my heart forever. We continue the struggle for a just and durable peace in the Middle East. Long live the memory of Rezeq Faraj! Long live the Palestinian people!
Bruce Katz President of PAJU
Weekly Friday Vigil - Noon to 1 PM
End the occcupation !
Join PAJU and support the heroic resistance of the Palestinian People. Become part of the longest-running protest vigil in Canadian history, every Friday
in front of in front of Indigo Books on the north-west corner of Ste-Catherine St. and Mcgill College
Every friday, silent vigil in protest against the occupation.
Time: Noon - 1 pm
Place: corner of Ste-Catherine St. and Mcgill College