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The Toronto declaration is not a violation of artistic freedom
The protest is not against the individual Israeli filmmakers included in City to City, nor does it in any way suggest that Israeli films should be unwelcome at TIFF. However, especially in the wake of this year’s brutal assault on Gaza, protest is against the use of such an important international festival in staging a propaganda campaign on behalf of what the South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and UN General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann have all characterized as an apartheid regime.
Israel Apartheid Week in Canada welcomes Ronnie Kasrils and fights censorship and interference
Israel Apartheid Week in Toronto has welcomed veteran South African anti-apartheid activist and now politician, Ronnie Kasrils, in a climate of interference from university administrators and pro-Israel organizations.
There must be a serious and comprehensive economic boycott of Israel
Israel knows it can act with impunity and still get the support of the world’s superpower. It is up to consumers to make sure it suffers the economic consequences of its illegal occupation and violence.