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Canada schools blasted for ban on anti-Israel 'apartheid' poster
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: anti-Semitism, Israel news 
 

Two Canadian universities came under criticism this week for banning a poster which is seen to be depicting Israelis as child-killers and accusing Israel of apartheid. Brazilian politicians and scholars, meanwhile, lambasted a recent student exchange accord between Tel Aviv University and a Catholic academy from Sao Paulo.

The posters from Canada, which were banned from Ottawa University and Carleton University, are advertisements for an annual series of events labeled as "Israeli Apartheid Week," due to begin on Monday, March 1. The "Israeli Apartheid Week" tradition began in 2005 in Toronto, spreading since to other campuses and cities.

The poster, circulated by pro-Palestinian activists, depicts a gunship with the word "Israel" on it firing a missile at a boy wearing a kaffiyeh and holding a teddy bear. In explaining the ban, Ottawa University said: "All posters approved must promote a campus culture where all members of the community can play a part in a declaration of human rights."
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The poster has roused controversy in Canadian and international press and on campuses, where supporters of Israel said it was unacceptably portraying Israelis as child-killers - an old anti-Semitic theme.

One student from the Ottawa university, who preferred their names be withheld from this article, told Haaretz that the decision to ban the posters was "a blatant violation of free expression for students speaking out on human rights."

Activists also circulated letters and emails with phone numbers for the universities' directors, urging students to call and protest. Pro-Palestinian activist Jessica Carpinone argued that Carleton officials have given "no valid reason for banning the poster other than that it's a controversial issue."

B'nai Brith Canada executive vice-president Frank Dimant praised the universities' action but said the colleges should ban the week's entire "hate fest."

"Israel should be treated as an apartheid state"

Commenting on the student exchange agreement between the Brazilian university and Tel Aviv University, Valter Pomar, foreign relations secretary for Brazil's ruling party, the PT, told Haaretz that "now is not the time for such accords."

The accord was the first signing of a cooperation initiative between a Brazilian and an Israeli university since Israel's operation in Gaza.

Pomar added: "It would be proper to apply to the Israeli government the same treatment that the apartheid government of South Africa had received," said Pomer, who stressed he was speaking in his private capacity and not for the party.

Last month, Pomar cosigned an official announcement by the party accusing Israel of "state terrorism" and comparing its actions in Gaza to Nazi blitzes.

Brazilian priest José Oscar Beozzo, a prominent theologian from Sao Paulo, also indicated his reservations about the exchange deal, citing "Israel's condemnable massacre in Gaza."
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  1.   Brazils Ruling Party 22:37  |  Charles 26/02/09
  2.   Don`t forget to ban the photographs as well 22:40  |  Colin Wright 26/02/09
  3.   Don`t forget who started the War 23:06  |  idf_sergeant 26/02/09
  4.   Brazil 23:30  |  Mike B 26/02/09
  5.   MORE AND MORE 03:52  |  indrajaya 27/02/09
  6.   freedom of speech with responsibility 04:34  |  ryan 27/02/09
  7.   Poster was very misleading 05:59  |  Mark 27/02/09
  8.   Posters and Israelie propaganda 06:01  |  jim the mechanic 27/02/09
  9.   Canada schools blasted for bans.... 06:17  |  Michael 27/02/09
  10.   "a blatant violation of free expression for students... 08:11  |  scallywag 27/02/09
  11.   Hateful posters similar to Der Stuermer 09:27  |  Elly 27/02/09
  12.   Let`s see: apartheid (Canada schools...) 09:47  |  Ben 27/02/09
  13.   A more accurate counter Poster 09:49  |  Shmulik 27/02/09
  14.   "pro-Palestinian activists" 10:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/02/09
  15.   Anti-Israel Apartheid poster. 10:28  |  David Nigel Braham 27/02/09
  16.   IDF success in killing more children... 11:12  |  Nico Mavelli 27/02/09
  17.   Human rights? 12:10  |  Haris 27/02/09
  18.   Freedom of speech to be fair 12:40  |  Lola 27/02/09
  19.   PS 13:03  |  brazilian 27/02/09
  20.   to # 16 13:09  |  Hans 27/02/09
  21.   Colin Wright Watch Channel 2 News 13:29  |  Gil 27/02/09
  22.   Week of Hate, 4th try 13:59  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  23.   Children of Gaza and Sderot deprived of childhood, 4th try 13:59  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  24.   Week of Hate, 5th try 14:28  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  25.   Children of Gaza and Sderot deprived of childhood, 5th try 14:28  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  26.   Children of Gaza and Sderot deprived of childhood, 6th try 14:55  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  27.   #2 Colin Wright - invariably wrong 15:01  |  Magpie 27/02/09
  28.   #19 brazilian..not to forget the child soldiers in Africa 15:02  |  Lynn 27/02/09
  29.   # 14 Cipora JK....yes, indeed 15:17  |  Lynn 27/02/09
  30.   MIsleading headline 15:20  |  POP 27/02/09
  31.   MIsleading headline 15:20  |  POP 27/02/09
  32.   Violation of Freedom of Thought and Speech 15:24  |  Steven Grumman 27/02/09
  33.   to # 9 15:27  |  david 27/02/09
  34.   One hundred and one uses of a dead cat 15:28  |  zmogus 27/02/09
  35.   #5 - Indrajaya 15:36  |  Maurice 27/02/09
  36.   To censor: Have you worked a censor for Pravda? 15:36  |  17 27/02/09
  37.   "Die,Jew,get the hell off campus." yelled members 15:38  |  Canadian 27/02/09
  38.   Ryan, that`s nonsense 15:50  |  Ernst 27/02/09
  39.   Jews should join the Jewish Defence League 15:52  |  Meir Weinstein 27/02/09
  40.   Ottawa school system discriminates 16:16  |  a Jew 27/02/09
  41.   Michael in far off safe Perth Australia....says.... 16:50  |  Ari ben Yisrael 27/02/09
  42.   Seems accurate 16:54  |  Joe 27/02/09
  43.   #24 Canadian Well said. When you said Funny Kids 16:55  |  Ari ben Yisrael 27/02/09
  44.   Evidence for #24 please! 16:57  |  Mike 27/02/09
  45.   maurice#22 16:59  |  ron 27/02/09
  46.   On The Poster - Free Speech Aside 17:01  |  Eli 27/02/09
  47.   It should be permited , but only if next to it 17:04  |  TOMY 27/02/09
  48.   Free Speech 17:08  |  GideonPope 27/02/09
  49.   How About A Picture of A Hammas Rocket 17:08  |  Brad 27/02/09
  50.   Brazil`s Catholic hierarchy is still stack 17:09  |  TOMY 27/02/09
  51.   Free Speech Doesn`t Go This Far 17:10  |  Zach 27/02/09
  52.   Wrong Joe, Poster Depicts A Wrongful Intent 17:10  |  Eli 27/02/09
  53.   One hundred and one uses of a dead cat 17:18  |  zmogus 27/02/09
  54.   I have a problem with the Tedy bear 17:21  |  TOMY 27/02/09
  55.   IDF does not kill kids 17:36  |  Zulik 27/02/09
  56.   Mike here is the link 17:36  |  Canadian 27/02/09
  57.   I can`t recall 17:38  |  Joseph 27/02/09
  58.   Rascist 17:38  |  Natalie 27/02/09
  59.   jim the mech 17:43  |  zulik 27/02/09
  60.   Preparation 17:48  |  Joseph 27/02/09
  61.   everybody loves using the word apartheid but how is war apartehid 17:51  |  zionist forever 27/02/09
  62.   #2: How Wright Can Be Always So Wrong! 17:53  |  Lavi 27/02/09
  63.   Ernst stop hiding Hamas responsibility for Gaza casualties 17:58  |  Meo 27/02/09
  64.   To Gil - Sources for Civilian Casualties in Iraq, Kosvo, etc.. 18:17  |  Eli 27/02/09
  65.   Israeli Apartheid 18:19  |  Martin 27/02/09
  66.   Hey folks....wake up! 18:34  |  Maria 27/02/09
  67.   #Hans why insults? Proof me wrong! 18:37  |  Nico Mavelli 27/02/09
  68.   Intent - To Joe and Others 18:39  |  Eli 27/02/09
  69.   Jim the machanic - how many israeli children died? 18:39  |  David Israel 27/02/09
  70.   #28 Eli- Another falacy about Gaza dispelled 19:04  |  Ari ben Yisrael 27/02/09
  71.   The Point I`ve Been Trying to Make - David and Jim 19:09  |  Eli 27/02/09
  72.   Jim the mechanic 19:18  |  curtis jackson 27/02/09
  73.   Our Enemies In The West No Longer Deserve Freedom 19:26  |  UsedToPostHere 27/02/09
  74.   Children of Gaza and Sderot deprived of childhood, 8th try 19:28  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  75.   What is missing in this poster? 19:48  |  Moshe 27/02/09
  76.   Mike here is the link 20:02  |  Canadian 27/02/09
  77.   Mike here is the link 20:11  |  Canadian 27/02/09
  78.   Eli according to Human Rights Watch 20:19  |  Gil 27/02/09
  79.   Week of Hate, 7th try 20:21  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  80.   Human rights in Brazil 20:22  |  Daniel Campos 27/02/09
  81.   Brazil and Race Harmony 20:28  |  Peacefull Observer 27/02/09
  82.   Canadian 20:52  |  Connie 27/02/09
  83.   idf_sergeant #3 20:59  |  Westwell 27/02/09
  84.   Did They Ban South Africa Posters? 20:59  |  Norman Schwartz 27/02/09
  85.   It seems schools which allow these hatefests should be liable for 21:04  |  Travis 27/02/09
  86.   #21 - Gil. Typical Propaganda! Stop killing2Steal Land! 21:08  |  Bully! 27/02/09
  87.   Hitler is not an alien ! 21:10  |  Akram Zekaria 27/02/09
  88.   Good for Canada...inciting and inflaming 21:14  |  Lynn 27/02/09
  89.   #24 Canadian....Haaretz conveniently leaves 21:21  |  Lynn 27/02/09
  90.   #30 Mr. Nico- Show me the proof 21:39  |  Don Rosenberg 27/02/09
  91.   #3 idf-sergeant ..2nd try 21:41  |  maoriboy 27/02/09
  92.   "Apartheid" Is Just Name-Calling, Nothing More 21:56  |  JP 27/02/09
  93.   To Nico from Ferenza, here goes NATO, 2nd try 22:05  |  Sceptic 27/02/09
  94.   Thanks Gil - Let`s Hope People Listen To Reason 22:12  |  Eli 27/02/09
  95.   #31 Re :Intent 22:23  |  Joe 27/02/09
  96.   To Gil - check your numbers 22:28  |  Solomon 27/02/09
  97.   One hundred and one uses of a dead cat (7th try!!!) 22:32  |  zmogus 27/02/09
  98.   To Eli 22:32  |  Solomon 27/02/09
  99.   If this could be allowed then... 22:36  |  Snipes 27/02/09
  100.   Funny thing is... 22:41  |  Snipes 27/02/09
  101.   Gaza 22:57  |  Rob 27/02/09
  102.   to peaceful Observer 23:18  |  Antonio da Silva 27/02/09
  103.   To #23: Haaretz, Pravda, same s**t, different names 23:29  |  Antileft 27/02/09
  104.   Solomon - I am Sorry To Hear This Can You 23:29  |  Eli 27/02/09
  105.   Canada schools blasted for bans... 23:32  |  MJack 27/02/09
  106.   anti-israeli poster 23:32  |  Sabah 27/02/09
  107.   to solomon #52 23:59  |  JD 27/02/09
  108.   Joe quoting well known misquotes. Give source! 00:03  |  Rob 28/02/09
  109.   Solomon, spreading stories without sources. 00:05  |  Rob 28/02/09
  110.   Legitimizing Anti Semitism, just the begining. 00:07  |  Stephen. 28/02/09
  111.   lets finially stop taking their b.s. and turn this around 00:10  |  JD 28/02/09
  112.   #52 &53 snipes 00:13  |  JD 28/02/09
  113.   Canada is not a model country either Lynn. 00:15  |  Canadian 28/02/09
  114.   canada affair 00:29  |  Roberto 28/02/09
  115.   Canada views Israeli settlements as illegal 00:29  |  POP 28/02/09
  116.   Canada views Israeli settlements as illegal 00:29  |  POP 28/02/09
  117.   To the antisemite Israel haters 01:16  |  Cipporania Juliania 28/02/09
  118.   To the antisemite Israel haters (fifth try!) 01:32  |  Cipporania Juliania 28/02/09
  119.   To POP 01:39  |  Melech Gendin 28/02/09
  120.   ZMOGUS - #50 the smartest analisis of jew 01:44  |  Ghanem 28/02/09
  121.   jim the mechanic 01:44  |  D. Khan 28/02/09
  122.   To Roberto 01:48  |  Melech Gendin 28/02/09
  123.   POP Canadians have to go here 01:52  |  Canadian 28/02/09
  124.   To Snipes 01:54  |  Melech Gendin 28/02/09
  125.   Solomon (#49)You want people to take your comments seriously 02:02  |  Gil 28/02/09
  126.   Solomon (#49)You want people to take your comments seriously 02:03  |  Gil 28/02/09
  127.   To #3 02:28  |  Jerrold Cohen 28/02/09
  128.   #32 David Israel 03:22  |  jim the mechanic 28/02/09
  129.   #33 Curtis Jackson 03:46  |  jim the mechanic 28/02/09
  130.   re: jim the mechanic 04:43  |  UsedToPostHere 28/02/09
  131.   jim the mechanic 05:51  |  David Israel 28/02/09
  132.   If Israel is going to be falsely accused 07:40  |  Gregor 28/02/09
  133.   Apartheid and Israel 10:04  |  Don 28/02/09
  134.   #67 Nico Mavelli 11:51  |  Sarah 28/02/09
  135.   Spreading hate is a crime in Canada 12:10  |  jor frazier 28/02/09
  136.   peaceful observer and the shops in brazil 12:19  |  scallywag 28/02/09
  137.   Dont complain! You cant expect the world to forget it 12:23  |  fritz t. 28/02/09
  138.   As for our so called Apartheid in WB and Gaza 13:29  |  Gil 28/02/09
  139.   david: yes, Australia is treating Aborigines as second-class 16:04  |  AT 28/02/09
  140.   UsedToPostHere: nice 16:16  |  AT 28/02/09
  141.   Where can I get a bunch of these posters? 01:34  |  ragged_soul 01/03/09
  142.   #121 d kahn Why didnt Idf allow press into gaza 01:42  |  jim the mechanic 01/03/09
  143.   #130 used to post here Blood on who`s hands 02:14  |  jim the mechanic 01/03/09
  144.   #131 David Israel Occupation came first 02:38  |  jim the mechanic 01/03/09
  145.   Words from a Canadian university student 02:47  |  Spadina 01/03/09
  146.   I`m an organizer of IAW and I am not `filled with hate` 08:56  |  Rob Caballero 01/03/09
  147.   jim the mechanic - Rejectionist Arab policy came first in 1947 17:44  |  David Israel 01/03/09
  148.   David Israel Senseless bashing 21:58  |  jim the mechanic 01/03/09
  149.   To Jim the Mechanic 09:50  |  Stas 02/03/09
  150.   to Nico Mavelli 09:53  |  Stas 02/03/09
  151.   would it be unfair if it was muslim instead ? 12:59  |  muslim 03/03/09
  152.   re: AT 10:14  |  UsedToPostHere 04/03/09
  153.   Who paid for the poster? 16:09  |  Roman 04/03/09
  154.   The poster - part 2 16:10  |  Roman 04/03/09
  155.   "Die Jew"? 21:17  |  cacananadada 04/03/09
  156.   A Great Move 03:24  |  E 07/03/09
  157.   Connie 10:03  |  Taylor 07/03/09
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