On October 23, 2015 dozens of Pro Palestinian activists held a rally in Vancouver in support of the Palestinian Intifada (known as the Knife Intifada/ Al-Quds Intifada) and the liberation of Palestine.
The event page on Facebook read:
Rally in Solidarity with Palestine!!
Hosted by Hanna Kawas
Friday, October 23, 2015 at 1 PM PDT
Vancouver Central Public Library, 350 W. Georgia St (Robson St. side)
Join us on Friday for a rally outside the Vancouver Public Library (Robson St. side) to express our solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially the youth that are challenging the current status quo. They are saying: Enough of Occupation, Enough of Collaboration, Enough of Apartheid. There have been massive rallies and protests around the world and in cities in Canada – lets show Vancouver is part of the global wave of actions in support of the Palestinian struggle.
“The ongoing, youth-led Palestinian uprising is a response to Israel’s intensifying ethnic cleansing and oppression of Palestinians, especially in occupied Jerusalem. In recent months, Israel has sped up its theft of Palestinian land and demolition of Palestinians homes, stepped up its racist attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, tightened the siege on Gaza and implemented new racist measures against Palestinian citizens of Israel.”
“Join an international Wave of Action in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. Stand with the Palestinian struggle…..take action, and develop Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions efforts.” (Statement from BDS Movement, Palestine)
Organized by Canada Palestine Association-Vancouver and BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish Territories.
Endorsed by Alliance for People’s Health, International League of Peoples Struggle, Samidoun
For more info, contact [email protected]
Free Palestine!! Boycott Israel!! The Struggle Continues!!
http://www.cpavancouver.org/index.php/2015/10/19/rally-in-solidarity-with-palestine/
Representatives of Frente Hugo Chavez, Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights and Vancouver Solidarity for Ayotzinapa (Mexico) also attended the rally.
Aiyanas Ormond, a member of BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish Territories, said in his speech:
We are here because we are inspired by the youths of Palestine who are rising up, taking on tanks with slingshots, taking sledgehammers to the apartheid wall, rising up and standing for their liberation. And we are here, because we condemn Israel for its blatant oppression for its extreme violence against Palestinians, who are merely trying to claim their right to resist occupation and to their own liberation… The Palestinian youths are rising and the whole world is with them in this struggle.
Hanna Kawas, the chairperson of Canada Palestine Association, said in his speech:
We tell them: no more peace process… we call from here, from Vancouver, that the litmus test for any regime in the Arab world, the litmus test for any organization is where they stand from the US imperial designs on the Middle East? We say: Those who are collaborating with the US designs on the Middle East are traitors, no to the Palestinian people but also to the Arab peoples and also to humanity in general… The Palestinian uprising is going on and it’s not going to stop this time… we tell them: the Intifada will continue till liberation, till liberation, till liberation.
Martha Roth, a founding member and the co-chair of Independent Jewish Voices Canada, said in her speech:
I’m representing independent Jewish voices which is an organization of Jews, Canadian Jews, all across the country who are not on board with the Conservative party’s position of support for the [Benjamin] Netanyahu government. We believe that our interests, the interests of, the true interests of the Israeli people as well as well as all peoples are consonant with the liberation of Palestine. We are a Palestinian solidarity organization. That’s our second identity after after independent Jewry. I am awed by the restraint of the Palestinians. They put up with daily violence, humiliation and harassment. They and their children are targeted, beaten, shot and jailed and their legitimate grievances are not addressed in the world’s courts. And now in the face of extreme provocation the Israeli brazen seizing of Al-Haram Al-Sharif, the Temple Mount, and the attempt to bar Muslims from the holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque, I’m afraid I would advise my comrades to do far worse than the mostly young Palestinians of Jerusalem have done so far… In the name of peace Israel wages a daily war against the Palestinians. What we are witnessing in the West Bank and across the Gaza Strip is a continued national liberation struggle that needs to be fulfilled. They want an ordinary life she wrote. But no ordinary life can be obtained without freedom. Unless the West acknowledges this reality it is perpetuating injustice and acquiescing in Israeli crimes. And don’t count on a day or so later wrote the escalating violence in Palestine is mostly the outcome of a total absence of hope. Violence is the language of those who believe they have nothing to lose. It is beyond our power, those of us who support the Palestinian desire for freedom, it is beyond our power to offer hope to these young people. Yes that is what we must do. We must stop acquiescing in Israeli crimes and do everything we can to persuade the Canadian policymakers to treat Israel like any other country and hold it to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people. Only when the rich and powerful countries of the West cease their collaboration with Israel Israeli war criminals can Palestine ever be free.
List of terrorist attacks by Palestinians prior to Vancouver Rally in Solidarity with Palestine
During a month long Intifada or flare-up (September-October 2015), Palestinians in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Jerusalem initiated confrontations with Israeli security forces and many hundreds of attacks were carried out against Israeli civilians, including shootings, firing rockets (from Gaza), detonating explosive charges, running-over, stabbing, stone throwing, and firebombings. Eight Israeli Jews were murdered and and dozens were wounded in these attacks.
The Palestinian Intifada is also widely called the Knife Intifada as stabbing attacks aimed at Jews by Palestinian youths have become rampant in Israeli cites and are the hallmark of the current struggle.
(Source: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center – ITIC. Links: A, B, C)
Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Israeli Vehicle near Beit El (October 23, 2015) – On October 23, 2015, Palestinian terrorists threw a Molotov cocktail at a civilian Israeli vehicle on the road between Givat Asaf and Beit El (north of Ramallah). They wounded an Israeli couple and their three children. A four year-old girl was seriously burned and the rest of the family suffered minor burns. A Magen David Adom ambulance evacuated the family to a hospital in Jerusalem (Haaretz, October 23, 2015).
Stabbing Attack Prevented in Jerusalem (October 23, 2015) – On October 23, 2015, residents of the Nof Zion neighborhood in Jerusalem reported a suspicious man observing their houses. Policemen sent to investigate found and overcame him. A knife was hidden in his sleeve. He was 21 years old and lived in Jabel Mukaber. During interrogation he admitted he had been planning to carry out a stabbing attack (Facebook page of Red Alert, October 23, 2015).
Stabbing Attack near the Gevaot Roadblock in Gush Etzion (October 23, 2015) – On the morning of October 23, 2015, a Palestinian stabbed an IDF soldier at the Gevaot roadblock in Gush Etzion. The soldier suffered minor injuries. The terrorist was shot in the leg and evacuated to a hospital in serious condition (Facebook page of Red Alert, October 23, 2015).
Palestinian Minors Detained, Planned Stabbing Attack in Jerusalem (October 23, 2015) – On October 23, 2015, Border Policemen detained four Palestinian minors aged 12-14 from Shuafat who planned to carry out a stabbing attack at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. They were detained while trying to bring two large knives (in a bag) from Shuafat into Jerusalem. One of them was related to a Palestinian terrorist who carried out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem last month (Ynet, October 23, 2015).
Stabbing Attack Prevented in Hebron (October 22, 2015)
On October 22, 2015, a Palestinian terrorist tried to stab an IDF soldier and Israeli woman in the Tel Romeida neighborhood of Hebron. The soldier fired into the air and the terrorist fled (Ynet, October 22, 2015).
Stabbing Attack in Beit Shemesh (October 22, 2015) – On the morning of October 22, 2015, two Palestinian terrorists tried to get on a school bus in the Beit Shemesh (west of Jerusalem). When passersby asked them why, they got off. From there they went to a bus stop in the city and stabbed a 27 year-old ultra-Orthodox man, wounding him. Arriving on the scene, police shot at the terrorists, killing one and critically wounding the other (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 22, 2015).
The two Palestinian terrorists were Mahmoud Khaled Mahmoud Ghaneimat, 22, who was shot dead, and Miqdad Muhammad Ibrahim al-Khikh, 20, both from the village of Surif, north of Hebron (Facebook page of QudsN, October 22, 2015). Both worked in construction in Beit Shemesh and were known to the Israeli security forces. One was a Hamas operative and the other had been imprisoned in Israel between 2012 and 2014 for a security offense (captured in possession of a knife at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron). Under their shirts they were wearing Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades T-shirts; the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades is Hamas’ military-terrorist wing (Haaretz, October 22, 2015).
Improvised Bomb Attack Prevented (October 21, 2015)
On October 21, 2015, Israeli policemen, relying on intelligence information, stopped a Palestinian vehicle at the entrance to Kfar Azaria near Ma’aleh Adumim. Two improvised bombs were found in the vehicle; they were neutralized and destroyed by a police demolitions expert. According to the initial investigation, the two Palestinian suspects planned to use the bombs to attack Israeli security forces (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 21, 2015).
Vehicular Attack near Beit Umar (October 21, 2015) – On the evening of October 21, 2015, five IDF soldiers were inured in a vehicular attack not far from Beit Umar, between Hebron and Efrat. Two of them were in critical condition and the others suffered minor injuries. According to the initial investigation, the Palestinians first threw stones at an Israeli military vehicle. When the passengers got out, the Palestinian drove up and ran them over. Despite their wounds, the soldiers shot and wounded the terrorist (Ynet, October 22, 2015).
The terrorist was Muhammad Fahim Shalaldah, 21, from Sa’ir. Hamas was quick to issue a formal death notice for him, claiming he served in its ranks (Facebook page of PALDF, October 22, 2015). However, the Palestinian ministry of health in Ramallah and the Palestinian prisoners’ club claimed he was still alive (Panet, October 22, 2015).
Stabbing Attack at Kikar Adam, north of Jerusalem (October 21, 2015) – On October 21, 2015, a 19 year-old female soldier was stabbed and critically wounded at Kikar Adam, north of Jerusalem. According to an initial investigation, two Palestinians stabbed the soldier, who served as security. One of the terrorists then ran towards another female soldier, who shot and killed him. Another Palestinian accomplice was detained (Haaretz, October 21, 2015). The terrorist killed was Muataz Ataallah Qasem, 22, from the Al-I’zariya neighborhood of east Jerusalem (Facebook page of QudsN, October 21, 2015).
Stabbing Attack in Hebron (October 20, 2015)
On October 20, 2015, two Palestinian terrorists tried to stab two IDF soldiers at Beit Hashalom in Hebron. One soldier suffered minor wounds. IDF soldiers at the scene shot and killed the two terrorists. They were Bashar and Husam al-Ja’abari, 15 and 17 years old, from Hebron (Haaretz and Hamasmsb, October 20, 2015).
Death of Man Wounded in Shooting and Stabbing Attack in Armon Hanatziv – Richard Lakin, 76, who was critically wounded in the terrorist attack on the number 78 bus in Armon Hanatziv, Jerusalem, died. He was shot in the head and stabbed in the chest. His death raises the toll in the attack to three. Two other passengers were killed, Alon Govberg and Haim Haviv. The updated number of Israelis killed in the current wave of terrorism now stands at 12.
Stabbing attack near Beit Levenstein Hospital in Raanana, morning, October 13, 2015: A Palestinian terrorist used a knife to stab Israelis near the hospital. One was stabbed in the neck and critically wounded, and three others incurred minor injuries. The terrorist then ran towards the main street. A man who drove by realized what was happening and hit the terrorist with his car. A taxi diver helped him overcome the terrorist. Israeli policemen detained the terrorist (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 13, 2015). The terrorist worked as a cleaner in Beit Levenstein Hospital. He was from east Jerusalem and carried an Israeli ID card (Ynet, October 13, 2015).
Stabbing attack in Raanana, morning, October 13, 2015: A Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli at a bus stop on the main street. Israeli civilians overcame the terrorist and held him until the police arrived. The wounded man was evacuated for medical treatment. The terrorist was critically wounded and evacuated to a hospital (Facebook page of Red Alert, October 13, 2015).
Combined stabbing and vehicular attack near Gan Shmuel, near Hadera, October 11, 2015: A 19 year-old female IDF soldier was critically wounded and a 20 year-old male IDF soldier was seriously wounded in a combined stabbing and vehicular attack near the Israeli community of Gan Shmuel, near Hadera. A 14 year-old Israeli boy and a 45 year-old man suffered minor injuries. The terrorist was apprehended by a police patrol near the entrance to the community. According to the initial investigation, he first ran over the woman soldier, exited his car, stabbed her and then stabbed the others (Ynet, October 11, 2015). The terrorist was Alaa’ Ra’ed Mahamid (Zayoud) from Um el-Fahm[1] (Facebook page of Gaza al-‘Aan, October 11, 2015).
Stabbing attack at the central bus station, Afula, October 9, 2015: A female terrorist entered the central bus station, took out a knife and was apparently going to attack a soldier near one of the platforms. Two Border Policemen, a soldier and a security guard saw her holding the knife and ordered her to drop it. When she did not they shot at her legs (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 9, 2015). The terrorist was Israa Zaydan Tawfiq ‘Abed, 29, divorced and mother of three, an Israeli Arab from Nazareth and a student at the Technion, the Israeli Institution of Technology, in Haifa (Israeli HaYom, October 11, 2015).
Stabbing attack in Afula, October 8, 2015: A Palestinian terrorist stabbed Israelis on the main street in Afula, seriously wounding a 21 year-old IDF soldier. He was pursued and caught by civilians, who held him down until the police came. He was Tareq Abd al-Fattah Yahya, 20, a Palestinian from the village of Arqa near Jenin. He was not previously known to the Israeli security forces (Ynet, October 8, 2015).
Stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, October 8, 2015: A Palestinian terrorist used a screwdriver to stab a female IDF soldier in the middle of Tel Aviv, the area of the Kiriya compound. He tried to grab her weapon, was unsuccessful, and stabbed four other Israelis. An armed IDF officer got out of his car and shot and killed the terrorist (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 8, 2015). He was Ta’er Abu Ghazala, 19 from Kafr Aqab, north of Jerusalem (Facebook page of Silwanticnet, October 8 2015).
Stabbing attack in Petah Tikva, evening, October 7, 2015: A Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli man near the entrance to a mall in Petah Tikva. He was overcome by Israeli civilians, who called the police. The victim suffered minor wounds. The terrorist was not previously known to the Israeli security forces (Haaretz, October 7, 2015).Tamer Varidat, from Dahariya, south of Hebron (Facebook page of PALDF, October 8, 2015).
On October 7, 2015, according to initial reports, Amjad al-Jindi, a Palestinian from the village of Yatta in southern Hebron, who was staying in Israeli illegally, grabbed the gun of an IDF soldier in the southern town of Kiryat Gat. He fled to a residence nearby and was shot to death by police.
On October 6, 2015, Border Policemen prevented a stabbing attack at the Tapuah Junction in Samaria. A Palestinian aroused their suspicions because when he came close he threw a box cutter on the ground. He was detained and found to be carrying another box cutter (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 6, 2015).
On October 5, 2015, a Palestinian youth was killed while rioting against the Israeli security forces in Tulkarm. The Palestinian media reported the death of Hadhifa Othman Ali Suleiman, 18, from the village of Bal’a (east of Tulkarm) (Wafa News Agency, October 5, 2015). Hamas issued a notice claiming he was one of their operatives (Hamas website, October 5, 2015).
Left: Hamas death notice issued for Hadhifa Suleiman. At the right, under the inset of a Palestinian throwing stones, the Arabic reads, “The intifada of the stone-throwers” (Facebook page of the Islamic Block at Bir Zeit University, October 5, 2015). Right: Hadhifa Suleiman (Watan, October 5, 2015).
Left: Hamas death notice issued for Hadhifa Suleiman. At the right, under the inset of a Palestinian throwing stones, the Arabic reads, “The intifada of the stone-throwers” (Facebook page of the Islamic Block at Bir Zeit University, October 5, 2015). Right: Hadhifa Suleiman (Watan, October 5, 2015).
On October 5, 2015, a Palestinian boy was killed in a riot against the Israeli security forces in the Al-Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem. The Palestinian media reported the death of Abd al-Rahman Shadi Abir Allah, 13 (Safa News Agency, October 5, 2015).
On October 5, 2015, Palestinians threw stones at a bus on Uzi Narkiss Street in Jerusalem. Four passengers suffered minor injuries and were treated on site (Facebook page of Red Alert, October 5, 2015).
On October 5, 2015, IDF soldiers located weapons in the villages of Yatma and Huwwara (south of Nablus). They included two rifles, ten magazines, five knives and a large quantity of ammunition (IDF Spokesman, October 5, 2015).
On October 4, 2015, a Palestinian terrorist stabbed a young Jewish man on Hanevi’im Street in Jerusalem then fled the scene. Nearby policemen saw the terrorist with a knife in his hand and neutralized him. The wounded man was taken to a hospital for treatment in serious condition (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 4, 2015). The terrorist was Fadi Aloun, 19, from Issawiya in east Jerusalem. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed he had died “defending Al-Aqsa mosque” (Facebook page of the DFLP. October 4, 2015; Facebook page of PALDF, October 5, 2015; Facebook page of PALINFO, October 5, 2015).
On October 4, 2015, a number of masked Palestinians were sighted near the Tomb of Rachel; they were preparing to throw stones. When Border Policemen chased them they threw a Molotov cocktail. A Border Policeman was wounded in the leg (Facebook page of the Israel Police Force, October 4, 2015).
On October 3, 2015, a rifle bullet hit a car in the vicinity of the village of Issawiya on the road between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim. The man and woman in the car did not stop, and later saw the roof of the car had a bullet hole in it. The bullet was later found inside the car (Ynet, October 3, 2015).
On September 23, 2015, IDF soldiers identified a Palestinian approaching their post near Taysir in the Jordan Valley. They detained him and found him to be carrying an explosive device ready for detonation (IDF Spokesman, September 23, 2015).
Late on the evening of September 22, 2015, on a road west of Hebron, a local Israeli resident noticed an improvised roadblock of stones. A short time later an IDF patrol arrived and an explosion was heard. A search of the area revealed a dead Palestinian, apparently killed when a hand grenade exploded as he tried to throw it at the Israeli security forces (IDF Spokesman, September 22, 2015). The dead terrorist was Diya Abd al-Halim al-Talahma, 21, a PIJ operative from the village of Kharsa in the Hebron region. After his death local Palestinians rioted. His funeral was held in Kharsa, attended by Hamas and PIJ operatives (Ma’an News Agency, Facebook page of QudsN, Jerusalem Brigades website, Samaa News Agency, September 22, 2015).
On September 22, 2015, a Palestinian woman attempted to carry out a stabbing attack at an IDF military post in Hebron. The soldiers shot and wounded the terrorist, who was taken to a hospital where she died (IDF Spokesman, September 22, 2015). According to the Palestinian media she was Hadil al-Hashalmoun (Wafa News Agency, September 23, 2015; Facebook page of PALDF, September 22, 2015).
On September 21, 2015, Palestinians threw stones at a bus on the road between Givat Asaf and Beit El (north of Ramallah). The front window was shattered. One passenger suffered minor wounds and was treated on site (Facebook page of Red Alert, September 21, 2015).
On October 3, 2015, a rifle bullet hit a car in the vicinity of the village of Issawiya on the road between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim. The man and woman in the car did not stop, and later saw the roof of the car had a bullet hole in it. The bullet was later found inside the car (Ynet, October 3, 2015).
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