Pro-Palestinians in Canada to boycott bookshops owned by IDF donor - Haaretz

Last update - 22:59 14/05/2007

Pro-Palestinians in Canada to boycott bookshops owned by IDF donor

By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent

Pro-Palestinian Groups in Canada have launched a campaign to boycott a chain of bookstores owned by Jewish billionaire Gerry Schwartz, who donates money to lone IDF soldiers.

Schwartz and his wife Heather Reisman established the Heseg Foundation two years ago which supports hundred of lone soldiers serving in the IDF. The foundation donates roughly three million dollars a year.

The Coalition against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) in Canada launched a campaign last week for a consumer boycott of Chapter and Indigo bookstores, which are owned by Schwartz and Reisman.

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The CAIA said that by giving donations to IDF soldiers, Schwartz and Reisman were aiding the oppression of Palestinians by Israeli security forces.

Schwarz and Reisman refused to respond to the campaign launched against them, however associate Aviv Bushinsky said "these provocative actions due not lessen their commitment to Israel. In fact, the opposite is true. In the last dew months the amount of donations to Israel has only gone up".

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1.	The Impact Shouldn`t Be Too Great...	23:04	\|	Butch ben Yok	14/05/07

2.	Cdn. PAL`s to boycott Jerry& Heather`s stores	23:14	\|	Michael Greenberg	14/05/07

3.	No ad for Heseg in "Haaretz",are they against supporting of IDF?	23:18	\|	Absolute Sweden	14/05/07

4.	Anti Boycott	23:27	\|	Aviv	14/05/07

5.	good move!	23:50	\|	ron	14/05/07

6.	I didn`t know anti-Semites could read ;)	23:53	\|	Paul Henzen	14/05/07

7.	Indigo: Books, music & apartheid	23:56	\|	Sami	14/05/07

8.	What is really happening in Canada	23:59	\|	Jewish Canadian	14/05/07

9.	re Aviv	23:59	\|	Axel	14/05/07

10.	Lets all buy from Indigo	00:02	\|	Ash	15/05/07

11.	Maybe Gerry and Heather don`t deserve it	00:04	\|	John	15/05/07

12.	Those Palestinian get stupider by the minute	00:09	\|	Rick	15/05/07

13.	boycott	00:35	\|	Shmuelshachor	15/05/07

14.	The boycott is not only symbolic but is in line	00:40	\|	lakshmi	15/05/07

15.	Great FOr Business	00:46	\|	TOBIA	15/05/07

16.	Quick someone call Mark Elf	00:47	\|	Steve	15/05/07

17.	Zionism is a cloak for anti-Goy hatred	00:53	\|	Bobby	15/05/07

18.	What Canadians really think about Pro- Palrstinian groups	00:54	\|	Andrew	15/05/07

19.	Wake Up	01:04	\|	Abe	15/05/07

20.	USA	01:11	\|	Washington DC	15/05/07

21.	Maybe he should donate to Hamas-Fatah civil war in Gaza	01:16	\|	Cynic	15/05/07

22.	Jewish candian Speak For yourself	01:19	\|	Samuel Le Bon	15/05/07

23.	boycott	01:33	\|	aboud	15/05/07

24.	Respond to # 8 - Israeli Canadian	01:37	\|	Shahahr Hlinovsky	15/05/07

25.	Let The Boycott!! Who Needs Them Or Their Business?	01:45	\|	Bill Foonman	15/05/07

26.	Re#22	01:51	\|	Sheikh Rattle & Roll	15/05/07

27.	#18 What Palestinians Think About Pro-Palestinian Groups	01:52	\|	Bill Foonman	15/05/07

28.	Samuel LeBon ,have you obeyed your Padre and sired 16 offsprings?	01:55	\|	Absolute Sweden	15/05/07

29.	to Samuel le bon	02:00	\|	La Grange	15/05/07

30.	to the islamo facist on # 14	02:11	\|	Shmuelshachor	15/05/07

31.	#22 Samuel W/ the boon up is A--.	02:11	\|	Stright 2 the point	15/05/07

32.	To #17	02:16	\|	Shmuelshachor	15/05/07

33.	The Effect of the Boycott	02:19	\|	Ronnie Wolman	15/05/07

34.	From Canada...	02:22	\|	Goldstein	15/05/07

35.	Apartheid is a meaningless term now	02:31	\|	Bill	15/05/07

36.	GOLDSTEIN ARE YOU RELATED	02:33	\|	TOBIA	15/05/07

37.	South Park The Movie Is Coming True	02:33	\|	Yosemite	15/05/07

38.	Boycott Chapters Indigo is the moral choice	02:35	\|	Meirav	15/05/07

39.	#22	02:53	\|	Moshe	15/05/07

40.	Alarming trend for Canada	02:57	\|	Comanche	15/05/07

41.	re Axel	03:04	\|	Rob K	15/05/07

42.	#38 Please watch the video documenting our action last week	03:19	\|	Bill Foonman	15/05/07

43.	30Shmulscakor,the Islamophobe	03:27	\|	lakshmi	15/05/07

44.	don`t think they can read anyways	03:29	\|	Dani	15/05/07

45.	Well,well,whoever thought that Chapters and Indigo were financed	03:31	\|	Vijaya	15/05/07

46.	There is no sympathy whatsover for Mulims in Canada...	03:40	\|	Rafa	15/05/07

47.	Article	03:55	\|	Scott	15/05/07

48.	Mickey Muslim	03:57	\|	GZLives	15/05/07

49.	Sauce For the Goose	04:00	\|	J Olson	15/05/07

50.	Re; Axel	04:02	\|	Aviv	15/05/07

51.	Boycotting books?????????????	04:22	\|	Carlos Murphy	15/05/07

52.	congratulations	04:28	\|	Daisy Day	15/05/07

53.	17 Well said,BOBBY,and I too received a nasty post from that low	04:47	\|	lakshmi	15/05/07

54.	Buy your books online from these fine people....	04:52	\|	richard	15/05/07

55.	Well now anyting that upsets these little knowalls.	04:57	\|	Rae Emmerson	15/05/07

56.	The real boycott	04:58	\|	IW	15/05/07

57.	Poor and a lone soldier	05:22	\|	lonesoldier	15/05/07

58.	# 1 to butch ben yok regarding definitions	06:02	\|	eric	15/05/07

59.	# 18 andrew`s subjective views	07:00	\|	eric	15/05/07

60.	maybe if the reismans were to witness...	07:31	\|	eric	15/05/07

61.	# 57 now if this doesn`t deserve an oscar...	08:13	\|	eric	15/05/07

62.	Video: Reisman heckled for her support of Israel	08:51	\|	Nimer	15/05/07

63.	Better Media in Canada	08:55	\|	Kyle	15/05/07

64.	axel, no. 9	09:59	\|	saul a. readner	15/05/07

65.	" I did`nt know anti Semites could read"	15:40	\|	Nick Brajkovich	15/05/07

66.	#57 good luck	16:20	\|	Carlos Murphy	15/05/07

67.	Boycott Schmoycott who gives a rats	16:51	\|	Carlos Murphy	15/05/07

68.	dream on	23:55	\|	nonya	15/05/07

69.	Why do fascists adorn aparthied	04:47	\|	Ravi Lieberman	16/05/07

70.	Anyone Who Supports Soldiers......	05:11	\|	warmapril	16/05/07

71.	boycott	07:04	\|	deborah	16/05/07

72.	Boycotts don`t work if anything they	10:05	\|	James McNamara	16/05/07

73.	Hate crime???	17:28	\|	Harley	18/05/07