Canadian Feminists Hate Israel Too
Charles Johnson
Mon Sep 30, 2002 at 6:44 pm PDT • Views: 196
A so-called “feminist” bookstore in Toronto is refusing to distribute free buttons calling for an end to suicide bombings in Israel, even as it sells buttons protesting the Israeli “occupation” of Palestinian territory.
A spokeswoman for the Toronto Women’s Bookstore declined to comment on the decision not to carry the CJC buttons. However, in a previous statement, the store’s staff and board said selling the pro-Palestinian buttons is ”consistent with our mandate.”
”The mandate of the Toronto Women’s Bookstore includes working in an anti-oppression framework that supports liberation struggles, anti-racist movements, struggles against anti-Semitism and human rights work.”
The statement also detailed the bookstore’s position on the Middle East.
”We work with individuals and groups within the Jewish, Palestinian, and social activist communities, such as Women Against the Occupation, Jewish Women’s Committee to End the Occupation, Creative Response and the Coalition for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. We support the right to self-determination for Palestinians, and we support the right for Jews and Palestinians to live in peace. We believe that ending the occupation is the first step in order to realize that goal.”
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