Vancouver-based group organizes a national day of action against Chapters and Indigo Booksellers

Edited by Traci Lawson

Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign is rallying Canadians to Join them on December 15th for a National Day of Action to boycott Chapters and Indigo bookstores in response to their support for the execution of state-sponsored human rights violations in Israel. Pickets are scheduled to be held at store locations across Canada during the height of Christmas shopping to demand that majority shareholders Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz formally announce an end to reported their financial support for the Israeli military.

"Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz are the founders of the "Heseg Foundation for Lone Soldiers," says Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign activists, "which provides scholarships and other financial support to soldiers in the Israeli Military on the basis of need and military 'achievement'."

"At its peak, the foundation will distribute up to $3,000,000 annually to former 'Lone Soldiers' -- individuals without family in Israel who have chosen to join the Israeli military and remain in the country after the completion of their military service."

"As Israeli soldiers, they participate in a military that enforces the illegal occupation of Palestinian land, and has a well-documented history of human-rights violations and war crimes."

Millions of other Palestinians live as refugees in other Arab countries (as well as one million in Israel proper), after fleeing wars in 1948 and 1967. According to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 (1948) and subsequent resolutions, these refugees have the right to return to their homes, or to be compensated for their losses.

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