Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation

Thank you for your support!

2009-09-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

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Support for the ‘Toronto Declaration – No Celebration of Occupation’ has been tremendous. We sincerely thank every individual and organization that has joined in our efforts. We also wanted to share some important updates with you regarding the Toronto Declaration:

Although TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey vehemently denied any links between the spotlight and Brand Israel, the Canadian Jewish News reported today (Sept 16/09) that the Mayor of Tel Aviv confirmed the involvement of the Israeli government in TIFF’s City-to-City Spotlight. According to the report, Mayor Ron Huldai “said that while the City to City program was initiated by the festival, the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs was involved as part of its Brand Israel media and advertising campaign, which was launched last year.” We are glad to see that the connections between the Spotlight and the Brand Israel campaign have been clarified; we had hoped these answers would come from TIFF directly.

A reminder: we are protesting because we could not stand idly by as Tel Aviv, the heart of Israel’s economic and military power, was being celebrated as if this was an apolitical decision. Palestinians in Gaza continue to live under a brutal Israeli siege that has turned Gaza into what countless observers have described as an open-air prison, with access even to food and medicine greatly restricted. We protested the spotlight to call attention to a humanitarian emergency and an ongoing crime. The UN fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict led by the renowned South African constitutional court judge Richard Goldstone has just concluded that Israel indeed committed war crimes in Gaza earlier this year, and further that there is evidence that Israel may have committed crimes against humanity. This was why we said "no celebration of Occupation," facts deliberately ignored in most press reports.

As you have no doubt heard, our petition is being falsely accused of "blacklisting" Israeli filmmakers. Anyone who had read the letter knows this is untrue. The irony is that we couldn't find a single newspaper to publish our letter, despite the fact that it is now an international phenomenon. And unlike our critics, we don't have the resources to buy advertisements that reiterate the editorial line that the newspaper has already taken. And yet, despite the bullying we are all facing, we have to remember that this is only a sideshow. Many Palestinian artists and filmmakers, denied freedom of movement by Israel's Occupation and pass system, are de facto boycotted, unable to communicate with their communities or travel freely. The double standard is mind-boggling and, slowly, these are the issues we are helping to put under a spotlight.

The stated goal of the Brand Israel campaign is to change the subject from these kinds of human rights abuses to more pleasant topics like art and medicine. Thanks to your work and support, in the case of the Toronto International Film Festival, the strategy has failed miserably. The JTA, the leading Jewish news agency, just reported that, "rather than talking about Israel's rich cinematic culture, the buzz this week in Toronto has centered on the one thing Israeli officials had sought to avoid: the conflict with the Palestinians." We firmly believe that is exactly where it belongs.

Because of your courage in speaking out early, you are now inspiring others to raise their voices as well. Yesterday, the respected U.S.-based non-profit Jewish Voices for Peace launched a petition in support of the signatories of the Toronto Declaration. The petition states: "I stand with you against the bullying attacks which are attempting to silence discussion and dissent regarding Israel. Thank you for your courageous stand. You speak for me." In less than 24 hours, roughly 7,000 people have added their names. Check out the petition here and encourage your friends to sign. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/t/9047/p/dia/action/public/?action_key=1433 We’re sure you will join us in thanking those signers as well.

So this is just an update to let you know that, despite all the overheated language and misinformation, our message is getting out and we are opening up the debate that should have happened at TIFF. We have managed to turn the Spotlight on the festival and asked it to take responsibility for the political choice it made to celebrate Tel Aviv and make TIFF this year, the year of the Gaza assault, a showpiece for the Brand Israel propaganda campaign.

Defamation, intimidation, and diversion won't stop us from protesting crimes that no amount of rebranding can erase. Please take the time to fight back agaist the misinformation: write letters, post comments, write op-ed and link to the original letter as much as you can, so people can judge for themselves.

The Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation

2009-09-09T23:00:00.000-07:00

An Open Letter to the Toronto International Film Festival:

September 2, 2009

As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine.

In 2008, the Israeli government and Canadian partners Sidney Greenberg of Astral Media, David Asper of Canwest Global Communications and Joel Reitman of MIJO Corporation launched “Brand Israel,” a million dollar media and advertising campaign aimed at changing Canadian perceptions of Israel. Brand Israel would take the focus off Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and its aggressive wars, and refocus it on achievements in medicine, science and culture. An article in Canadian Jewish News quotes Israeli consul general Amir Gissin as saying that Toronto would be the test city for a promotion that could then be deployed around the world. According to Gissin, the culmination of the campaign would be a major Israeli presence at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. (Andy Levy-Alzenkopf, “Brand Israel set to launch in GTA,” Canadian Jewish News, August 28, 2008.)

In 2009, TIFF announced that it would inaugurate its new City to City program with a focus on Tel Aviv. According to program notes by Festival co-director and City to City programmer Cameron Bailey, “The ten films in this year’s City to City programme will showcase the complex currents running through today’s Tel Aviv. Celebrating its 100th birthday in 2009, Tel Aviv is a young, dynamic city that, like Toronto, celebrates its diversity.”

The emphasis on 'diversity' in City to City is empty given the absence of Palestinian filmmakers in the program. Furthermore, what this description does not say is that Tel Aviv is built on destroyed Palestinian villages, and that the city of Jaffa, Palestine’s main cultural hub until 1948, was annexed to Tel Aviv after the mass exiling of the Palestinian population. This program ignores the suffering of thousands of former residents and descendants of the Tel Aviv/Jaffa area who currently live in refugee camps in the Occupied Territories or who have been dispersed to other countries, including Canada. Looking at modern, sophisticated Tel Aviv without also considering the city’s past and the realities of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza strip, would be like rhapsodizing about the beauty and elegant lifestyles in white-only Cape Town or Johannesburg during apartheid without acknowledging the corresponding black townships of Khayelitsha and Soweto.

We do not protest the individual Israeli filmmakers included in City to City, nor do we 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, we object to the use of such an important international festival in staging a propaganda campaign on behalf of what 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.

This letter was drafted by the following ad hoc committee:

Udi Aloni, filmmaker, Israel; Elle Flanders, filmmaker, Canada; Richard Fung, video artist, Canada; John Greyson, filmmaker, Canada; Naomi Klein, writer and filmmaker, Canada; Kathy Wazana, filmmaker, Canada; Cynthia Wright, writer and academic, Canada; b h Yael, film and video artist, Canada

Endorsed By:

Ahmad Abdalla, Filmmaker, Egypt
Hany Abu-Assad, Filmmaker, Palestine
Mark Achbar, Filmmaker, Canada
Zackie Achmat, AIDS activist, South Africa
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Filmmaker, Jerusalem
Anthony Arnove, Publisher and Producer, USA
Ruba Atiyeh, Documentary Director, Lebanon
Joslyn Barnes, Writer and Producer, USA
Harry Belafonte, Musician/Actor, USA
John Berger, Author, France
Walter Bernstein, Screenwriter/Film Producer, USA
Dionne Brand, Poet/Writer, Canada
Daniel Boyarin, Professor, USA
Judith Butler, Professor, USA
David Byrne, Musician, USA
Noam Chomsky, Professor, USA
Julie Christie, Actor, USA
Nandita Das, Actor/Filmmaker, India
Guy Davidi Director, Israel
Na-iem Dollie, Journalist/Writer, South Africa
Igor Drljaca, Filmmaker, Canada
Eve Ensler, Playwright, Author, USA
Eyal Eithcowich, Director, Israel
Lynne Fernie, Filmmaker and Programmer, Canada
Sophie Fiennes, Filmmaker, UK
Peter Fitting, Professor, Canada
Jane Fonda, Actor and Author, USA
Danny Glover, Filmmaker and Actor, USA
Noam Gonick, Director, Canada
Malcolm Guy, Filmmaker, Canada
Rawi Hage, Writer, Canada
Anne Henderson, Filmmaker, Canada
Mike Hoolboom, Filmmaker, Canada
Annemarie Jacir, Filmmaker, Palestine
Gordon Jackson, Jazz Musician, South Africa
Fredric Jameson, Literary Critic, USA
Nadia Kamel, Filmmaker, Egypt
Juliano Mer Khamis, Filmmaker, Jenin/Haifa
Bonnie Sherr Klein Filmmaker, Canada
Joy Kogawa, Writer, Canada
Paul Laverty, Producer, UK
Min Sook Lee, Filmmaker, Canada
Paul Lee, Filmmaker, Canada
Yael Lerer, publisher, Tel Aviv
Mark Levine, Professor, USA
Jack Lewis, Filmmaker, South Africa
Ken Loach, Filmmaker, UK
Arab Lotfi, Filmmaker, Egypt/Lebanon
Kyo Maclear, Author, Toronto
Guy Maddin, Screenwriter/Director, Canada
Mahmood Mamdani, Professor, USA
Fatima Mawas, Filmmaker, Australia
Anne McClintock, Professor, USA
Tessa McWatt, Author, Canada and UK
Viggo Mortensen, Actor, USA
Cornelius Moore, Film Distributor, USA
Yousry Nasrallah, Director, Egypt
Joan Nestle, Writer, USA
Rebecca O'Brien, Producer, UK
Pratibha Parmar, Producer/Director, UK
Anand Patwardhan, Documentary Film Maker, India
Jeremy Pikser, Screenwriter, USA
John Pilger, Filmmaker, UK
Shai Carmeli Pollak, Filmmaker, Israel
Ian Iqbal Rashid, Filmmaker, Canada
Judy Rebick, Professor, Canada
David Reeb, Artist, Tel Aviv
B. Ruby Rich, Critic and Professor, USA
Wallace Shawn, Playwright, Actor, USA
Eyal Sivan, Filmmaker and Scholar, Paris/London/Sderot
Elia Suleiman, Fimmlaker, Nazareth/Paris/New York
Eran Torbiner, Filmmaker, Israel
Alice Walker, Writer, USA
Thomas Waugh, Professor, Canada
Christian Wiener Freso, President – Union of Peruvian Filmmakers, Peru
Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director Women Make Movies, USA
Howard Zinn, Writer, USA
Slavoj Zizek, Professor, Slovenia

Signatories A-E

2009-09-09T22:35:00.000-07:00

Peter	A. Schnapp	Management	USA
Nuzhat	Abbas	Writer	Canada
Lamia	Abbas		Jordan
Fadia	Abboud	Film Festival Director	Australia
Fuad	Abboud	Lawyer (Rd)/ Playwright	Canada
Muhaned	Abd	Elhamid	Palestine
Reem	Abd Elhamid		Palestine
Qais	Abd Elkarim		Palestine
Ahmad	Abdalla	Filmmaker	Egypt
Majd	Abdel Hamid	Artist	Palestine
Arab	Abdel-Hadi		Palestine/Egypt
Malak	Abdel-Hadi		Palestine/Jordan
Monica	Abdelkader		Canada
Fadi	Abdelnour	Graphic Artist	Palestine/Berlin
Ashraf	Abdel-Qader	Student
Gamal	Abdel-Shehid	Professor	Canada
Nahla	Abdo	Professor	Canada
Hoda	Abdul Fattah		Australia
Reem	Abdul Qadir	Social Worker	Canada
Ghassan	Abdulla		Palestine
Wasim	Abdullah		Palestine
Mohammed	Abed	Professor	USA
Noa	Abend	Teacher	Israel
Walid	Abid Elsalam	Musician	Palestine
Mohsin	Aboobaker		UK
Bassel	Abou Jamra		Germany
Paula	Abrams-Hourani		Austria
Amani	Abu Al Sameed		Jordan
Adnan	Abu Alash		Palestine
Miasar	Abu Ali		Palestine
Rasmi	Abu Ali		Palestine
Usama	Abu Ali		Palestine
Darwish	Abu El Rish	Filmmaker	Palestine
Mahmoud	Abu Elhiaa	Poet	Palestine
Mousa	Abu Gharbieh		Palestine
Ala'	Abu Ghoush	Filmmaker	Palestine
Hisham	Abu Ghoush		Palestine
Hakeem	Abu Jaleela	Filmmaker	Italy
Fadi	Abu Sada		Palestine
Bashar	Abu Saifan	Producer	Lebanon
Suhail	Abualsameed		Canada/Jordan
Hany	Abu-Assad	Filmmaker	Palestine
Rashid	Abu-Ghazalah	Research Fellow	Canada
Amany	Abu-Hammad	Project Manager	Canada
Mahmoud	AbuHashahs		Palestine
Mark	Achbar	Filmmaker	Canada
Zackie	Achmat	AIDS activist	South Africa
Serge	Adam	Professeur (Rt)	Canada
Mary-Louise	Adams	Professor	Canada
Francisco	Adrianzen	Filmmaker/Professor	Peru
Inés Maria	Agresott Gonzalez	Director – Cuzco International Short Film Festival	Peru
Muhammad Idress	Ahmad	Writer/Journalist	Scotland
Mara	Ahmed	Filmmaker/Artist	USA
Sameeta	Ahmed	Architect/Assistant Professor	Pakistan
Amany	Ahmed Hosney		Egypt
Nora	Akawi		Palestine
Darina	Al Joundi	Writer/Actress	France
Nehal	al Tarhuni	Dentist	Canada
Issam	Al yamani	Writer	Palestine/Canada
Hala	Alabdalla	Réalisatrice	Syria
Tamam	Al-Akhal	Artist	Palestine
Mohamed	AlAsmar		Palestine
Fathi	Albis		Palestine
Greg	Albo	Professor	Canada
Ammiel	Alcalay	Writer	USA
Harold	Alden		Canada
Dawud	Al-Eisawi	Professor	Jordan
Conrad	Alexandrowicz	Director/Writer	Canada
Ra'anan	Alexandrowicz	Filmmaker	Jerusalem
Muhammad Ali	Al-Hashimi	Student Phd	UK/USA
Saiqa	Ali	Charity Worker	UK
Noaman	Ali		Canada
Radfan	Ali Hindad	Artist/Filmmaker	USA
Seyyed	Ali Mirzadeh	Clinical Psychologist	USA
Yazan	AlKhalili		Palestine
Jocelyne	Allen	Translator	Canada
Zain	Almasri	Student	Jordan
Hugo	Almeida		Portugal
Manal	Al-Qasem	Professor	USA
Osama	Al-Qasem		USA
Basma	Alsharif	Artist	Palestine
Galit	Altshuler		Germany
Gloria	Alvernaz Mulcahy	Filmmaker/Professor	Canada
Azmat	Alvi		Canada
D.	Alwan		Palestine/USA
Basil	Alzeri	Artist	Palestine
Mo'min	Alzyoud		Palestine
Zainab	Amadahy	Community Worker	Canada
Ahmed	Ameer	Filmmaker	Egypt
Merav	Amir	Academic and Activist	Israel
Hana	Amoury		Israel
Ziad	Amra		USA
Reem	Anani		USA
Andreas	Andersson		Sweden
Saed	Andoni	Producer	Palestine
Raed	Andoni	Filmmaker	Ramallah/Paris
Francesca	Antinucci	Designer	Italy
Rachad	Antonius	Professor	Canada
enzo	apicella	designer	UK
Laura	Arau	Cinematographer	Spain
Alberto	Arce Suarez	Filmmaker	Spain
David	Archibald	Film Academic	UK
Anthony	Arnove	Publisher and Producer	USA
Shahrzad	Arshadi	Photographer/Filmmaker	Canada
Shahrzad	Arshadi		Canada
Shrouk	Asaad	journalist	Palestine
Christopher	Assad	CAPCA	Canada
Najla	Atamnah	Music Therapist	Palestine
Maha	Atiani		Palestine
Ruba	Atiyeh	Documentary Director	Lebanon
Mamoun	Attili	Human Rights and Good Governance Outreach Specialist	Palestine
Suha	Audi	Small Business Owner	USA
Mimi	Avishai		Israel
Nitzan	Aviv		Israel
Shaza	Awada		Lebanon
Nahed	Awwad
Neddal	Ayad	Writer	Canada
Wally	Ayad		Australia
Dima	Ayoub		Canada
Raneem	Azzam	Teacher	Canada
Grietje	Baars		Netherlands
Feyzi	Baban	Professor	Canada

Susan	Babbitt	Professor	Ontario
Liana	Badir	Filmmaker	Palestine
Liali	Badir		Palestine
William	Badovinac	Artist	Canada
Rolla	Bahsous	Teaching Assistant	Canada
Naim	Baidoun		Palestine
Beverly	Bain	Professor	Canada
Rebecca	Bain	Musician	Canada
Sepideh	Bakhtshirin		USA
Isam	Bakir		Palestine
Viviane	Baladi		France
Indira	Balkissoon	Writer	Canada
Diane	Ballantyne		Canada
Nicole	Ballivian	Filmmaker	USA
EInguna	Balode	Social Worker	Latvia
Charlotte	Bank	Film Video Curator	Germany/Syria
Charlotte	Bank		Germany/Syria
Kaushalya	Bannerji	Poet and translator	Canada
Himani	Bannerji	Writer, Professor	Canada
Hala	Barakat		Palestine
Yahia	Barakat,	filmmaker	Palestine
Frank	Barat		UK
Diane	Bardier	Secretary	Canada
Stefani	Bardin	Media Maker	USA
Ellen	Barfield		USA
Ronnie	Barkan		Israel
David	Barkham	Artist/Production Designer	Canada
Ian	Barnard	Professor	USA
Joslyn	Barnes	Writer and Producer	USA
Ramzy	Baroud	Author/Journalist	Palestine/USA
Pepe	Barragan	Artist	Spain
Sam	Barry	Accountant	Canada
Gwen	Bartleman	Artist/Arts Worker	Canada
Jim	Bartley	Writer	Canada
Elena	Basile	Professor	Canada
Judith	Bates		Canada
Fiona	Bateson	Web Designer	Canada
Hussein	Bayoumy	film critic	Egypt
Becky	Beasley	Visual Artist	Belgium
Roger	Beck	Professor Emeritus/Writer	Canada
Julie	Beddoes	Professor	Canada
Joel	Beinin	Professor	USA
Harry	Belafonte	Musician/Actor	USA
Saïd	Bellari		Netherlands
Jessica	Belle		USA
Gaby	Belz		Switzerland
Hisham	Ben Khamsa	Producer and Film Festival director	Tunisia
Ronnen	Ben-Arie		Israel
Abdulhakim	Benayoune	Student	Canada
Aicha	Benayoune	Social Worker	Canada
Mohammed	Benbrahim		Canada
Norman	Benbrahim		Canada
Sara	Benbrahim		Canada
Khalil	Bendib		USA
Dev	Benegal	Writer/Director	India
Jesse	Benjamin	Professor	USA
Khalil	Benkirane	Filmmaker	Morroco?Quatar
John	Berger	Author	France
Rachel	Berger	Professor	Canada
Greta	Berlin	Free Gaza Movement	France
Greta	Berlin
Mark	Berman	writer	USA
Martin	Bernal	Professor	UK/USA
David	Bernans	Author	Canada
Karl	Beveridge	Visual Artist	Canada
Davina	Bhandar	Professor	Canada
Amiel	Bibliowicz
Robert	Bideau	Teacher	Canada
Andrew	Bigioni	Student	Canada
Anat	Biletzki	Professor	Israel
Üstün	Bilgen-Reinart	Writer	Turkey/Canada
Naomi	Biner Wall	writer	Canada
Pat	Bird	Retired	Canada
Leah	Birnbaum		Canada
Rana	Bishara	Artist	Palestine
Rozeen	Bisharat	Filmmaker	Palestine
Francioli	Bittner		USA
Leonard	Bjorkman		USA
James	Black	musician	United States
Simon	Black	Writer	Canada
Bonnie	Black		Canada
Derek	Blackadder		Canada
Adrian	Blackwell	Artist/Urbanist	Canada
Lukas	Blakk	Filmmaker	Canada
Jeffrey	Blankfort	Radio host	USA
Peter	Blendell		Canada
Anita	Block	Social Worker/Activist	Canada
Niko	Block
Marusya	Bociurkiw	Artist/Professor	Canada
Goran	Bockman		UK
Guy	Bollag		Switzerland
Keith	Booth		Canada
Hagit	Borer	Professor	USA
Richard	Borshay Lee	Antropologist	Canada
Rosa	Bosch	Producer	UK
Hans	Bosscher	producer/director	Netherlands
Sheryl	Boswell		Canada
Kamal	Boullata	Visual Artist	France
bob	bowes		usa
Geoff	Bowie	Filmmaker	Canada
Daniel	Boyarin	Professor	USA
Sarain	Boylan	Actor	Canada
John	Boylan	Actor, teacher	Canada
Sarah	Bracke	Professor and Filmmaker	Belgium
Dionne	Brand	Poet/Writer	Canada
Hanna	Braun		UK
Erin	Breault		USA
james	brennan	Citizen	UK
Kevin	Brezina	Musician	Canada
P.C.	Brickell	Visual Artist	Canada
Enrique	Brieba	poet	Canada/Chile
Mordecai	Briemberg	Radio Broadcaster	Canada
Mark Robert	Brill	Anti-Poverty Activist	Canada
Linda	Briskin	Professor	Canada
Christine	Bro		Canada
David	Brooks		Canada
Rene	Broussard	Video Artist/Film Programmer	USA
Chris	Brown	Musician	Wolfe Island
Jeffrey	Brown	Professor	Canada
Dan	Browne	Filmmaker	Canada
Paolo Francesco	Brunello		Italy
Benny	Brunner	Filmmaker	Netherlands/Israel
Morton	Brussel	Professor of physics emeritus	USA
Dana	Bseiso	Publicist	USA
Fayek	Bseiso	Student	USA
Nimra	Bucha	Actor	Pakistan
Chris	Buchner	Professor	Canada
Roberta	Buiani	Teacher	Italy
Ken	Burch		USA
Michael	Burg	Actor	USA
Margaret	Burgess		Canada
Mike	Burke	Professor	Canada
Jenny	Burman	Professor	Canada
Tam Dean	Burn	Director	Canada
Rain	Burroughs		USA
Leroy	Burt	Screenwriter	USA
Hikmat	Bushnaq-Josting		Germany
Don	Bustany		USA
Antoine	Bustros	Film Composer	Canada
Judith	Butler	Professor	USA
Nina	Butska	Writer/Educator	Canada
Diana	Buttu	Lawyer	Canada/Palestine
David	Buwalda	Consultant	Canada
David	Byrne	Musician	USA
Umayyah	Cable	Photographer	USA
Edith	Cacciatore		USA
Wendy	Campbell	Producer	USA
Paola	Canarutto		Italy
Caitriona	Cantillon	Filmmaker	Canada
Antonio	Caracciolo	Professor	Italy
Bonita	Caracciolo	Plant Farmer	USA
Anna	Carastathis	Professor	Canada/USA
Sheryle	Carlson	Filmmaker	Canada
Pat	Carmeli		USA
Shai	Carmeli Pollak	Filmmaker	Israel
Smadar	Carmon		Israel/Canada
Dr. Nancy	Caro Hollander		USA
Robert	Carr		Jamaica
Courtney	Carter		USA
Rhonda	Case		USA
Shelia	Cassidy		USA
Cristina	Castello	Poète et journaliste	Brazil/France
Sheila	Cavanagh	Professor	Canada
Ron	Caven	Visual artist, documentary film maker and social activist	Canada
Carmen	Celestini	Producer	Canada
Boban	Chaldovich	Filmmaker	Canada
Karen B. K.	Chan		Canada
Janan	Chandler	Teacher	Canada
Hannes	Charen	writer	USA
Harpreet	Chattha	Student, Grad	Canada
Abir	Chattopadhyay		India
Samer	Chaya	Student	Canada
Sheba	Chhachhi	Artist/Photographer	India
Aline	Chirinian		Lebanon
Michelle	Cho		Canada
Cynthia	Choucair	Director/Producer	Lebanon
Julie	Christie	Actor	UK
Alan	Clark	Writer	UK
Isabelle	Cloutier	Writer/Poet/Researcher	Canada
Wendy	Coburn	Artist and Professor	Canada
Mike	Cogan	Financial Analyst	Canada
Lynne	Cohen	Artist	Canada
Yulie	Cohen	Filmmaker	Israel
Matan	Cohen		Israel
Alan	Collins	Producer	Canada
Ann	Colonese		USA
Carolyn	Combs	Filmmaker	Canada
Joyce	Conaty		Canada
Carole	Condé	Visual Artist	Canada
Stephen	Connolly	filmmaker	UK
Kevin	Conor	Taxi driver	Scotland
Joie	Cook	Poet
Ana	Cop	photographer	Canada
Trevor	Copp	Actor	Canada
Edward	Corrigan		Canada
Gale	Courey Toensing	journalist	USA
Sylla	Cousineau	Professor	Hong Kong/Canada
Deborah	Cowen	Professor	Canada
Susan	Crean	Writer	Canada
Ferne	Cristall		Canada
Kim	Crosby		Canada

Gary	Crowdus	Editor-in-Chief, Cineaste Magazine	USA
James	Cullingham	Filmmaker	Canada
Jordy	Cummings	Writer/Academic	Canada
Patrick	Cummins		Canada
Ned	Curthoys	Research Fellow	Australia
Mike	Cushman		UK
Hamid	Dabashi	Professor	USA
Cherine	Dabis	Filmmaker	USA/Palestine
Faten	Dabis		U.S.A.
Adi	Dagan		Israel
Yousef	Daibes		Canada
Victoria	Daibes		Canada
Huma	Dar		Canada
Salle	Dare	Retired	UK
Guy	Davidi	Director	Israel
Howard	Davidson	Professor	Canada
Bill	Davidson	Artist	Canada
Adam	Davidson-Harden	Postdoctoral Fellow/Singer-Songwriter	Canada
Adam	Davidson-Harden	Singer/Song Writer/PhD	Canada
Elias	Davidsson	Composer	Germany
Elisa	Davinca		Austria
Mary Ellen	Davis	Filmmaker and Professor	Canada

Uri	Davis	Writer	Palestine
Heather	Davis	Writer	Canada
Allan	Davison	Professor	Canada/South Africa
Colin	Dayan	Professor	USA
Livia	Daza-Paris		Venezuela-Canada
Emily	De Ferrari		USA
Mercedes	de la Gala	Artist	Spain
Herman	De Ley		Belgium
Hierry	de Ravel	Production Manager	Mauritius
Jaap	de Vreugd		pastor
Helen	de Witt	Festival Producer/Lecturer	UK
Nicola	Debbo		Canada
Terri	DeBono	Filmmaker	USA
Randi	Deguilhem	Professor	France
Consuelo	Delgado	Editor	Spain
David	Demchuk	writer	Canada
Trude	den Burger		Canada
Zivia	Desai Keiper	Film Festival Co-Director/Producer	South Africa [Cape Town]
Karen	Deslierres		USA
Janet	Desrohes	Writer/Administrator	Canada
Jim	Deutsch	Professor/Physician	Canada
Judith	Deutsch		Canada
Mary Ann	DeVlieg	Director of an international arts association	Italy
Marcello	Di Cintio	Writer	Canada
Michel	Di Pollicino	Filmmaker	USA
Mike	Dibb	Film-maker UK
Victor	DiCarlo		Canada
Bill	Dienst		USA
Emily	Dische-Becker	Writer	Lebanon/USA
Su	Ditta	Curator/Arts Consultant	Canada
Jeff	Dixon	writer	USA
Murray	Dobbin	Writer/Broadcaster	Canada
Jess	Dobkin	Artist	Canada
Katherine	Dodds	Film Promoter	Canada
Bajis	Dodin	Professor	USA
Na-iem	Dollie	Journalist/Writer	South Africa
Brian	Donnelly	Professor	Canada
Mark	Dowdy	Professor	USA
Igor	Drljaca	Filmmaker	Canada
Aliza	Dror	Social Worker	Israel
Brett	Drugge	Teacher	USA
Omisoore	Dryden	Scholar/Activist	Canada
Nancy	du Plessis	Filmmaker/Solo Performer	USA
Ghada	Duaibes	Journalist	Palestine
Mohamed	Duar	Arab Film Festival	Australia
Siphiwe	Dube	Professor	Canada
Martin	Duckworth	film-maker	Canada
Martin	Dufresne	Screenwriter/Translator	Canada
Sandra	Dughman Manzur		Chile
Sinead	Dunphy		Ireland
Svetlana	Durkovic		Sarajevo,
Claire	Egan	Artist	Canada
Kate	Eichhorn	Writer/Professor	USA
Kate	Eichhorn		USA
Ewald	Eichler	Scientist	Austria
Leuan Goch ab	Einion	Compositeur	France
Shiri	Eisner		Israel
Eyal	Eithcowich	Director	Israel
Ivar	Ekeland	Professor	Canada
Myriam	El Hajj	Filmmaker	Lebannon
Christo	El Morr	Professor	Canada
Ehab	El Torky	Journalist	Egypt
Intisar	El Wazir		Palestine
Muhib	ElBarghuti	Photographer	Palestine
Yousef	Eldiek,	filmmaker	Palestine
ItidalAbd	Elghani,		Palestine
Tarek	Elghawaby		canada
Peter	Elgin	Professor	Canada
Hakim	El-Hachoumi	Filmmaker	Germany
Azza	El-Hassan	Filmmaker	Palestine
Albert	Elhiani		USA
Simon	Elhiani		USA
Raed	Elhilu	Filmmaker	Palestine
Noelle	Elia	Artist/writer
Noelle	Elia	Artist/Writer	Canada
Khaled	Elian		Palestine
Omar	Eljalad	Musician	Palestine
Mansour	El-Kikhia	Professor	USA
Kim	Elliott	Publisher, rabble.ca
Joyce	Ellman-McLean		USA
Akram	ElMalki	Actor	Palestine
Emtiaz	ElMughrabi	Journalist	Palestine
Richard	Elofer		France
Majdi	El-Omari	Filmmaker	Canada
Ruth	El-Raz		Israel
Laura	Elrick		USA
Safaa	El-Sawy		Egypt
Yousef	Elshaib	Journalist	Palestine
Abd	Elslam Al Attari		Palestine
Maha	Eltamimi		Palestine
Haithem	El-Zabri		USA
Morgan	Elzey	Activist	USA
Tayseer	Elzubidi		Palestine
Irmgard	Emmelhainz		Mexico/Canada/Ramallah
James	Ennes		USA
Eve	Ensler	Playwriight/Author	USA
Daniel	Epp-Tiessen	professor	Canada
Hamutal	Erato		Israel
Eshrat	Erfanian	Artist	Canada
David	Evans		USA
Joel M.	Evans, M.D.		USA
Mohamed	Ezzeddine	Visual Artist	Canada

Signatories F-K

2009-09-09T22:03:00.000-07:00

Reem	Fadda	Curator	Palestine
khadija	Fadhel		France
Dionne	Falconer		Canada
Nather	Faleh		Palestine
Joseph	Farag		UK/Canada
Randa	Farah	Professor	Canada
Munir	Farah		Canada
Laila	Farah		Canada
Naji	Farah		Canada
Nada	Farah		Canada
Mimi	Farah		Canada
Sura	Faraj		USA
Imad	Farajin	Actor	Palestine
Amber	Fares	Filmmaker	Canada
James	Faris		USA
Emmanuel	Farjoun	Professor	Israel
Naama	Farjoun		Israel
Abou	Farman	Writer/Artist	USA/Canada
Nancy	Farrell		USA
Anita	Fast		Canada
Kaneez	Fatima	News Anchor	Iran
David	Faubion	Publisher	USA
Dror	Feiler	Composer/Musician/Artist	Sweden
Heba Hage	Felder	Development worker	Switzerland
Andrew	Felluss	Music Producer	USA
Andrew	Felluss	Music Producer	USA
Todd	Ferguson	Trade Unionist	Canada
Marilyn	Fernandes	Graphic Designer	Canada
Sharon	Fernandez	Visual Artist and Writer	Canada
Lynne	Fernie	Filmmaker and Programmer	Canada
Carlos	Ferrand	Filmmaker	Canada
Carlos	Ferrand	filmmaker	Canada
Jack	Fertig	Writer	USA
Sophie	Fiennes	Filmmaker	UK
Dennis	Findlay		Canada
Erica	Fischer	writer	Berlin
Dan	Fischer		Canada
Barry	Fisher	Educator (Retired)	Canada
Douglas	Fisher		Canada
Peter	Fitting	Professor	Canada
Janet	FitzGerald		USA
Andrea	Fitzpatrick	Professor	Canada
Blair	Fix	Musician	Canada
Harriette	Fleising		Canada
Marnie	Fleming	Curator	Canada.
Mireya	Folch-Serra	Professor	Canada
Jane	Fonda	Actor and Author	USA
Martin	Forberg	Journalist	Germany
Christian	Forsberg	Senior TV Editor	Finland
Robert	Forsberg		USA
Paul	Forster	professor	Canada
Hassan	Fouda		USA
Dennis	Fox	Writer, Photographer, Professor	USA
Grazia	Francioli Bittner
Margot	Francis	Professor	Canada.
Linda	Frank		USA
David	Frankovich	Artist	Canada
Helmut	Franz		Germany
Rob	Freeman		Canada/USA
Gavin	Fridell	Professor	Canada
Eugene	Friedman		USA
Benjamin	Frymer	Professor	USA
Vanessa	Fuertes	Sociologist	Scotland
Susumu	Fujita	Professor	Japan
Sancia	Gaetani		Italy
Céline	Gagne		France
Racheli	Gai		USA
Oscar	Gaibor		Ecuador
Tag	Gallagher	Film historian	USA
Brooke	Gallagher	Theatre Co Manager	UK
Kathleen	Galt	Self Employed - Rental Business	USA
Philip	Ganchev		USA
Charlene M.	Gannagé	Professor	Canada
Maria	Garcia	Film critic	USA
Justyna	Gardzinska		Poland
Vibhor	Garg	Educator	Canada
Amber	Garlan		USA
Zoe	Garnett	Filmmaker/Actor	Canada
Rebecca	Garrett	video artist	Canada
Alissar	Gazal	Filmmaker	Australia
Jack	Gegenberg	Professor	Canada
Elio	Gelmini	Filmmaker	Canada
Dina	Georgis	Professor	Canada
Dina	Georgis, PhD	Professor	Canada
William	Gepford		USA
John Bart	Gerald	Writer / Poet	Canada
Alfred	Gerteiny	Professor and author	USA
Heinz	Gess	Professor	Germany
Mahmoud	Ghandour	Writer/Poet	Lebannon
Qais	Ghanem	Physician/Poet/Prof	Canada
Asim	Ghani	Journalist	Pakistan
Jess	Ghannam	Professor	San Francisco
Maryam	Gharavi	Filmmaker	USA
Dr.S.M.	Ghazanfar	Professor Emeritus	USA
Radwan	Ghazi Moumneh	Artist	Canada/ Lebanon
Jill	Gilliland	Child Care Provider	USA
Jessica	Gillis	Graphic Designer / Painter	Canada
Kwoi	Gin	Filmmaker	Canada
Terri	Ginsberg	cinema studies professor	USA
Rachel	Giora	Professor	Israel
Carla	Giovanna Razzano		Italy
Marco	Giovannelli	Multimedia Artist	Italy
Eirin	Gjorv	filmmaker	Norway
Danny	Glover	Filmmaker and Actor	USA
Ira	Glunts
Neta	Golan
Ronald	Gold	Physician/Professor (Rt)	Canada
Penny	Goldsmith	Publisher	Canada
Sue	Goldstein	Artist and activist	Canada
Noam	Gonick	Director	Canada
Carlos	Gonzalez-Carrasco		UK
Selwyn	Goott		South
Patricia	Gordon	Artist	USA
Rachel	Gorman	Artist/Academic	Canada
Peter	Gose	Professor
Amy	Gottlieb		Canada
Sarah	Gouda	Student	Egypt
Rebecca	Granato		Palestine
Datejie	Green	Documentarian	Canada
Roger	Green	Professor/Writer	Canada
David J.	Grefrath	Activist/Gardener	USA
Richard	Grehan	director
Cecilia	Greyson	Writer	Canada
Matt	Greyson	filmmaker	Canada/Berlin
Chris	Greyson-Gaito		UK
Jeremy H.	Griffith	Software Architect	USA
Andrew	Griggs		USA
Silvia	Gruner	visual artist	Mexico
Daniele	Guevara	Designer for Theatre	Canada
Michael	Guillen	Film Journalist	USA
Cathy	Gulkin	Filmmmaker	Canada
John	Gultig		Canada
Georges	Gumpel		France
Durul	Gur	Filmmaker	UK
Freda	Guttman	Artist	Canada
Malcolm	Guy	Filmmaker	Canada
Khadijeh	Habashenh,		Palestine
Nadia	Habib		Canada
Syeda	Habiba Maghrabi		USA
Connie	Hackbarth		Israel
Rania	Haddad	Film Critic	Jordan
Abdul	Hadi Abo-Issa		Palestine
Joana	Hadjithomas	Filmmaker/Artist	Lebannon/France
Rawi	Hage	Writer/Visual Artist	Canada
Ghassan	Hage	Professor	Australia
Larry	Haiven	Professor	Canada
Ibrahim	Hamarsheh,		Palestine
Safa	Hamed	Professor	USA
Ayesha	Hameed	Filmmaker/Writer	Canada
Fareed	Hameed	Pharma Professional	Canada
Lily	Hamer		Canada
Sarah	Hamilton		Canada
Sousan	Hammad	Writer	Palestine
Sherif	Hampton	Solicitor	UK
Leila	Hanaineh-Abdelnour	Professor	Jordan/Palestine
Judith	Haney	Publisher	USA
Michael	Hanna-Fein	Editor and Publisher	Canada
Jens	Hanssen	Professor	Canada
Tanweerul	Haq	Director of Technology	USA
Fajr	Harb		Palestine
Pam	Hardyment	Writer	UK
Laurel	Harig	Writer	New York/ Beirut
Michael	Harris		France
Alan	Hart	author	uk
Nadia	Hasan		Canada
Gita	Hashemi	New Media Artist and Curator	Canada
Annaliese	Hasler	Artist/Nurse	Canada
Sophia	Hasnain	Engineer	Germany
Faycal	Hassairi	Producer	Tunisia/Switzerland
Yasmine	Hassan		Canada
Jamelie	Hassan	Visual Artist	Canada
Heba	Hassanein		Canada
Hisham	Hassanein		Canada
Dina	Hassanein		Egypt
Ossama	Hassanein		USA
Amir	Hassanpour	Associate Professor (Retired)	Canada
John S.	Hatch	Writer/Filmmaker	Canada
Sarah	Hawas		Egypt/USA
Ryan	Hayes		Canada
David	Heap	Professor	Canada
Meagan	Heath	Student	Canada
Iris	Hefets		Israel
Mary	Heffron	Musician	USA
Gerald	Heidel	Musician	USA
Maya	Helwani		Canada
Dorothy	Hénaut	Filmmaker/Artist	Canada
Anne	Henderson	Film director
Ida	Henderson	Supporter	Canada
Gordon	Hendrickson		USA
Lynne	Henry		Canada
Larry	Hermeling	Retired	USA
Sarah	Hershberg	Singer/Songwriter	Canada
Avi	Hershkovitz	Filmmaker	France/Israel
Annette	Herskovits	Writer	USA
Shir	Hever		Israel
Rob	Heynen	Professor	Canada
Sulfa	Hijazi		Palestine
Abdullah	Hijazi		Palestine
Saad	Hijjawi		Middle
Feras	Hilal		Jordan
Brent	Hilderman		Canada
Curtis	Hinkle		USA
Jim	Hodder	Student	Canada
Greg	Hofer		Canada
Phil	Hoffman	filmmaker/teacher	Canada
Morris	Hoffman	Retired	South Africa
Sonia	Hoffman	Retired	South Africa
Pearl	Hoffman		USA
Tikva	Honig-Parnass		Israel
Mike	Hoolboom	Filmmaker	Canada
Suzanne	Hoover	Professor	USA
Sandra	Hoy	Student	Canada
Wafa	Hozien		USA
Peter	Hudyman	Worker Rep/Paralegal	Canada
Cynthia	Huerta	Actor/Writer	USA
Mina	Hunt	Retired/Director of foundation	Canada
Adrienne C.	Hurley	Professor	Canada
Ali AK	Husein	Mechanical Engineer	Canada
Hassan	Husseini	University Instructor / Trade Unionist	Canada
Lynn	Hutchinson	Visual Artist	Canada
Stuart	Hutchison		USA
J.D.	Hutton	Student	Canada
Dua Asiya	Hyjaz	Student, Law	Canada
Yudit	Ilany	Photographer	Israel
Dina	Iordanova	Director of the Centre for Film Studies	Scotland
Ian	Iqbal Rashid	Filmmaker	Canada
Jerome	Irwin	Author/Publisher	Canada
Ali	Ispahany	Entrepreneur	Canada
Arnold	Itwaru	Writer	Artist and activist scholar
Mary	Izett		USA
Samieh	Jabbarin	film theatre director	Palestine/Germany
Jumana	Jaber		Jordan
Sara	Jabir	Student	Canada
Ammara	Jabir	Student	Canada
Annemarie	Jacir	Filmmaker	Palestine
Maria	Jackman		Canada.
Paul	Jackson	writer	Canada
Lois	Jacobs
Irfaan	Jaffer		Canada
Kajri	Jain	Professor	Canada
Nadir	Jalal,		Palestine
Sherazad	Jamal	Designer	Canada
Fredric	Jameson	Literary Critic	USA
David	Janzen		Canada
Oscar	Jarzmik	Student	Canada
Rodrigue	Jean	Filmmaker	Canada
Sandra	Jeppesen	writer and professor	Canada
Karl Michael	Jerke	Student	Germany
Jharana	Jhaveri	Director	India
Sadaf	Jilani		Canada
Farrukh	Jilani		Canada
David	Jobson	Teacher	Canada
Eric Michael	Johnson	Writer	Canada/USA
Sabrina	Johnson	Activist/Cuba	Canada
Brian	Johnston	Professor	UK
David	Johnston		USA
Myna Lee	Johnstone		Canada
Lindsay	Jolly	Social Service Worker	Canada
Rachel Leah	Jones	filmmaker	Israel [Tel Aviv]
Jeff	Jones		Canada
Khalil	Joreige	Filmmaker/Artist	Lebannon/France
Samir	jubran	Musician	Palestine
Ali	Kaaf	Artist	Berlin/Damascus
Lenore	Kadish		USA
Waleed	Kadray	Student	Canada
Nadia	Kamel	Filmmamer	Egypt
Omar	Kamel	Producer/Writer/Musician	Egypt
Isam	Kamel		Germany
Hatim	Kanaaneh		Palestine
Louay	Kanafani	Filmmaker	Canada
Dalia	Kandiyoti	Professor	USA
Patricia	Kane	Actor/Theatre Director	USA
Ilan	Kapoor	Professor	Canada
Lara	Karaian	Professor	Canada.
Sonja	Karkar		Australia
Frigga	Karl	Vidéaste	France/Austria
Sumayya	Kassamali	Student, Grad	Canada
Mousa	Kassis		USA
Susan	Kasurak	Teacher	Canada
Mohammed	Kateeb	Producer	UAE
Christophe	Katrib	Artist and Musician	Lebanon
Jared	Katsiane	Filmmaker	USA
John	Katz	Journalist	Israel
Reena	Katz	Artist	Canada [Canada]
Laura	Kaufer		Canada
Bill	Kaufmann	Writer	Canada
Saseen	Kawzally	Journalist/ Theater director and writer	Lebanon
Durriya	Kazi	Artist	Pakistan
Rosina	Kazi	Musician	Canada
Colleen	Kearney		Canada
Michael	Keefer	Professor	Canada
Gary	Keenan	Musician	Canada
Shannon	Kelley	Film Programmer	USA
David	Kelly	Retired	USA
Stephanie	Kelly		Canada
Kamala	Kempadoo	Professor	Canada
Yashar	Keramati	NGO Founder	Canada
Ziad	Khadash		Palestine
Nalan	Khalaf	Occupation Sales Engineer	Canada
Razan	Khalaf	Architect	Jordan
Lilian	Khalaf	IT consultant	Jordan
Ahmad	Khalifa	Mother & Concerned Citizen	Canada
George	Khalifeh	Filmmaker	Palestine
Muhammad Ali	Khaliki	Professor	Canada
Naela	Khalil		Palestine
Laleh	Khalili	Academic	UK
Khulud	Khamis		Israel
Arshad	Khan	Filmmaker	Pakistan
Anusha	Khan	Homemaker	Canada
Faiza Sultan	Khan	Writer	Pakistan
Salma Ahmad	Khan	Parent	USA
Adam	Khan	Writer	Canada
Saeed	Khan		Canada
Mohammed	Khan		Cananda
Sohail	Khan		USA
Zulfiqar	Khandwala	Businessman	USA
Alex	Khasnabish	Professor	Canada
Mira	Khazzam		Canada
Punam	Khosla	Academic	Canada
Raja	Khouri	Human Rights Commissioner	Canada
Maria	Khoury	Educator	Palestine
Buthin Canaan	Khoury	Filmmaker	Palestine
Maria	Khoury		USA
Gary	Kibbins	Artist	Canada
Dorothy	Kidd	Associate Professor	Canada
Sarah	Killoran		Canada/Jordan
Janine	Kilroy		UK
Bernard	Kilroy		UK
Eleanor	Kilroy		UK
Gloria	Kim
B.	Kimiko		Canada
T.	Kim-Trang	Artist/Educator	USA
Ed	kinane		usa
Brooks	Kind	Artist	Canada
Samantha	King	Professor	Canada
Nick	King	Writer	UK
Steve	King		USA
Ruth	King		USA
Paul	Kingston	Professor	Canada
Alec	Kinnear	Creative Director	Austria
Gary	Kinsman	Professor	Canada
Jeff	Kipilman		USA
Jane	Kirby	Student/Activist	Canada
Mark	Klein
Annette	Klepzig		Germany
Yana	Knapova		Israel
Susie	Kneedler		USA
Rudolf	Knutti		Switzerland
Mustafa	Koc	Professor	Canada
Joy	Kogawa	Writer	Canada
Eigo	Komai	Designer-Builder	USA
Saki	Komatsu	Student	Japan
Jacob	Korczynski	Curator	Canada
Khadija	Kotb		Canada
Dusan M.	Kovacevic	Filmmaker	Serbia-Canada
Kirsten	Kozolanka	Professor	Canada
Wayne	Kraft	Professor	USA
Nancy	Kricorian	Writer & Activist	USA
Slawomir	Krolak		Poland
Lealea	Kroll	Writer	Canada
Atif	Kubursi	Professor	Canada
Anton	Kuerti	Musician	Canada
Clarice	Kuhling	Professor	Canada
Subrat	Kumar Sahu	Filmmaker	India
Saurabh	Kumar Shahi	Journalist and Film Critic	India
Jason	Kunin		Canada
Nadia	Kurd	Student	Canada
Michael	Kuttner		Canada

Signatories L-P

2009-09-09T22:02:00.000-07:00

Jason	Lafolle	Réalisateur	Canada
Lainna	Laine El Jabi		Canada
Claude	Lalumière	Writer	Canada
Roger	Langen	Writer/Union activist	Canada
David	Langille	Executive Producer	Canada
Julie	Lapalme	Artiste	Canada
Aitor	Lara	Photographer	Spain
Paul	LaRose	Producer	Canada
Carole	Larsen	Film Editor	Canada
Kethrin	Lases-Johnson	Interpreter	Mexico/USA
Sheldon	Laskin	Lawyer/Writer	USA
Allison	LaSorda	Student	Canada
Brian	Latour		Canada
Jean	Latreille	Teacher	Canada
Anne	Lauel Carter	Writer	Canada
Paul	Laverty	Producer	UK
George	LaVoo	Filmmaker	USA
T	Lawand		Canada
Mary	Layoun	Professor	USA
Shu	Lea Chang	Artist	USA
Pierre	LeBlanc		Canada
Hervé Joseph	Lebrun	Filmmaker	France
Min Sook	Lee	Filmmaker	Canada
Paul	Lee	Filmmaker	Canada
Louise	Lee	Teacher	Canada
Peggy	Lee Karfills	Producer	Panama and Canada
Genevieve	Lehr	Poet	Canada
Yael	Lerer	publisher	Tel Aviv
Michael	Lesher	Writer, Lawyer and Activist	USA
Michael	Levin	Musician	USA
Mark	Levine	Professor	USA
Aaron	Levitt		USA
Jack	Lewis	Filmmaker	South Africa
Richard	Lewis	Social Worker	USA/Canada
Josef	Lewkowicz		USA
Melissa	Lewkowicz		USA
Rita	Lewkwowicz	Fashion Designer	USA
Chelsey	Lichtman	Artist and activist	Canada
David A	Light		USA
Peter	Lilienthal		Germany
Cheng-Sim	LIM		USA
Kim	Linekin	Film Critic	Canada
Abby	Lippman	Professor	Canada
Robert	Lipton	Poet/Epidemiologist	USA
Margret	Little	Professor	Canada
David	Lloyd	Writer/Professor	USA
Marie	Lo	Professor	Canada/USA
Ken	Loach	Filmmaker	UK
Luigia	Locatelli-Luxereau		France
Amir	Locker-Biletzki		Israel
William	Loeber		USA
Dawn	Logan	Writer	Canada
Kristin	Loken		USA
James	Loney		Canada
Brenda	Longfellow	Professor of Film	Canada
James	Longley	Filmmaker	USA
Juan	Lopez	Artist	Spain
Yosefa	Loshitzky	Professor	UK
Arab	Lotfi	Filmmaker	Egypt/Lebanon
Mary	Louise Adams	Professor	Canada
Georgette	Loup	Professor	USA
Henry N.	Lowi		Canada
Anthony	Löwstedt
Charles	Lozada	Artist	USA
Jorge	Lozano	Film/Video	Canada
Le-Ann	Lue-Fatt	Student, Med	Trinidad and Tobago
Andrew	Lugg	Professor Emeritus	Canada
Ian	Lumsden		Canada
Kate	Lushington	Theatre Director	Canada
Philippe	Luxereau		France
D.Clifford	Luyt		Canada
Muhammad	M.M		Nigeria
Michael C. K.	Ma	Community Worker	Canada
Sara	Maali	Administrator	Tunisia
Julie	Maas	Artist	Canada
MaryBeth	MacDonald	Musician	Canada
Scott	Macdonald	Immigration	Canada
David	Macias	Artist-Musician	Spain
Angelica	Macklin	Filmmaker	South Africa/USA
Scott	Macklin	Filmmaker	South Africa/USA
Kyo	Maclear	Author	Toronto
Graeme	MacQueen	academic and writer	Canada
Khaldoun	Madi	Engineer	Jordan
Jamie-Lynn	Magnusson	Professor	Canada
Sairally	Mahmood		France
Sairally	Mahmood, Dipl. Arch.		France
Roberto	Maiocchi		USA
Abdul	Majeed	Admin Manager	UAE
Dania	Majid	Supporter	Canada
Saree	Makdisi	Professor	USA
Safana Anna	Makhdoom	Physician	Canada
Sana	Makhoul	Art Historian	USA
Jaro	Malanowski	Filmmaker	Canada
Gregory	Malas	Visual Artist	Canada
Mahmood	Mamdani	Professor	USA
Duraid	Manajim	Filmmaker	Canada
Sherif	Mandour	Film Director – Producer
Maxine	Mangat		Canada
Ali	Manji	IT	Canada
Fatima	manjra	Student	UK
Polly	Mann		USA
Maria	Manrique	Artist	Spain
Carol	Mansour	Filmmaker	Canada
Mehreen	Manto	Lawyer	Pakistan
Eilat	Maoz		Israel
Montaser	Marai	Filmmaker	Palestine
Janine	Marchessault	Professor	Canada
Richard	Marcuse	Arts Consultant	Canada
Michael	Marino		USA
Fareed	Marjaee		USA
Rania	Marjieh		Palestine
David Ben	Mark	Trucker (Rt)	Canada
Laura	Marks	Writer	Canada
George	Martell	Professor	Canada
William James	Martin	professor	USA
Dr. Ruchama	Marton		Israel
Hasan	Matani		Israel
Anat	Matar	Professor	Israel
Haggai	Matar		Israel
Pamila	Matharu	Visual Artist	Canada
Petrosino	Matteo		Italy
Sara	Matthews	Professor	Canada
Peter	Matthews-Wright	Professor	USA
Fatima	Mawas	Filmmaker	Australia
Bakrieh	Mawasi		Palestine
Brock	May	Photographer	Canada
Rela	Mazali	Writer & Activist	Israel
Nicole	Mazgo	Social Worker	Canada
Kerri	McCanna		USA
Tim	McCaskell		Canada
Jon Paul	McClellan	Ballroom Dance School Owner/Musician/Radio Talk Show Host	USA
Anne	McClintock	Professor	USA
Margaret	McClintock	Eduitor/Writer	Canada
Glenn	McConell	University Academic	Australia
John	McCorkell	Entertainer/Commedian	Canada
George	McFetridge	Musician	Canada
Thomas	McGuire	Insurance Executive	Canada
Malcolm	Mckeil	CAS	Canada
David	McNally	Professor	Canada
Phil	McNally		USA
Tessa	McWatt	Author	Canada and UK
Murtaza	Meghji		Canada
Shahira	Mehrez		Egypt
Nadia	Melhem	Marketing	USA
Maria Teresa	Melorin		Italy
Juliano	Mer Khamis	Filmmaker	Jenin/Haifa
Diana	Meredith	Visual Artist	Canada
Roy	Merrens	Professor	Canada
Maria	Mesa	Poet/Visual Artist	Canada
Nissrine	Messaoudi	Journalist	Germany
Jeffrey	Metcalfe	Minister	Canada
Bill	Meyer	Musician	USA
Marika	Mikulak	Student	Poland
Bogdan	Milek		Germany/Poland
John	Miller	Writer	United States
Amy	Miller	Filmmaker	Canada
Tina Lekas	Miller	Artist and Writer	USA
Henry	Mills	Poet	USA
Arthur	Milner	Playwright	Canada
Susette	Min	Professor and Curator	USA
Nighat	Mir	Editor	Pakistan
Jazmin	Miranda	Photographer	Canada
Davis	Mirza	Teacher/Dancer/Choreographer
Davis	Mirza		Canada
Roy	Mitchell	Arts Administrator/Video Artist	Canada
Tarek	Mizan		Canada
Zohreh	Mizrahi		USA
Hans	Modlich	Engineer	Canada
Haideh	Moghissi	Professor	Canada
Hamzi	Moghrabi	Environment Engineer & Activist	Lebanon
Michelle	Mohabeer	Filmmaker/Academic	Canada
Samih	Mokbel	Businessman	Canada
Albert	Mokhiber	Human Rights Activist	USA
Elizabeth	Molchany		USA
Kevin	Moloney		Canada
Valerie	Molyneux	Artist	Portugal
Radhika	Mongia	Professor	Canada
Colin	Mooers	Professor	Canada
Cornelius	Moore	Film Distributor	USA
Dianne	Moore	Actor/Artist/Writer	Canada
Shani	Mootoo	Writer	Canada
Céline	Moragues-Maury	Psychologist (Retired)	France
Ruth	Moran	Artist	Spain
Chris	Morrison	Filmmaker	Canada
Arlene	Moscovitch	Writer	Canada
Elise	Moser	Writer	Canada
Nadia	Moss	Artist	Canada
Khaled	Mouammar	Canadian Arab Federation	Canada
Randa	Mouammar-Nimry	Lawyer	Canada
Mohamad	Mourad		Canada
Aiyman	Mourad		Canada
Abir	Mousa		Palestine
Imad	Mousa		Palestine
Noémie	Moutel	Filmmaker	Paris
Astrid	Mrkich	Professor	Canada
Nazih	Mroue		Canada
Edward	Mualim		Palestine
Aamir	Mufti		USA
Nadia	Muhanna	Journalist	Syria
Elba	Muler		Argentina
Stuart	Murray	Professor	Canada
Karren	Murray	Professor	Canada
Izidore	Musallam	Filmmaker	Canada
Rami	Muslih		Palestine
Zubeida	Mustafa	Journalist	Pakistan
Inas	Muthfar		Palestine
Mel	Mutlu	Mucisian	Turkey
Dorit	Naaman	film theorist/video maker	Canada/Israel
Karma	Nabulsi.		UK
Denise	Nadeau	Professor	Canada
MaMary-Jo	Nadeau	Assistant Professor	Canada
Leilah	Nadir	Writer	Canada
Nathan	Nahm		USA
Joanne	Naiman	Professor	Canada
Neil	Naiman	Professor	Canada
Katrina	Najjar		Jordan
Najwa	Najjar	Filmmaker	Palestine
Meena	Nanji	Filmmaker	USA
Rola	Nashef	Filmmaker	USA
Basim	Nasir	Baker	Canada
Nadine	Nasir	Student	Canada
Yousry	Nasrallah	Director	Egypt
Maria	Nassaf		Morocco
Rémy	Nassar		Canada
Karen	Nassar		Chile
Jolaina	Nasseri		Malaysia
Donna	Nassor		USA
Katherine	Natanel		UK
Ahmad	Natche	Filmmaker	Spain/Palestine
Susan	Nathan	Author	Israel
Susan	Nathan	Writer	Israel
Sameera	Natour,		Palestine
Robyn	Naylor		Canada
Rehab	Nazzal	Visual Artist	Canada
Mothepa	Ndumo		Lesotho
Ofer	Neiman		Israel
Karin	Nemri	Artist	USA
Joan	Nestle	writer/teacher	USA
Martha	Newbigging	Artist	Canada
Marcy	Newman	Professor	Jordan
Melanie	Newton	Professor	Canada
Judith A.	Nicholson	Professor	Canada
David	Nir		Israel
Bobby	Noble	Professor	Canada
Ayesha	Noorani		Canada
Abdelaziz	Nouayd		Morocco
Abdelaziz	Nouaydi		Palestine
Orwa	Nyrabia	Film Producer	Syria [Damascus]
Rebecca	O'Brien	Producer	UK
Jordan	O'Connor	Composer	Cabada
Rula	Odeh	Business woman	Canada
May	Odeh	FilmMaker	Palestine
Dalia	Odeh		Amman/Jordan
Jun	Oenoki	Artist	Japan
Ananya	Ohri	Filmmaker	Canada
Mercy	Okalowe	Human	Canada
Derrick	O'Keefe		Canada
Eileen	Olmsted		USA
Reginald	Olson	Realtor	USA
Colleen	O'Manique	Professor	Canada
Midi	Onodera	Artist/filmmaker	Canada
Franz	Oppacher	Professor	Canada
Syed	Osama Afaq		Oman
Michael	Ostroff	Director	Canada
Aysha	Oudeh		Palestine
Iman	Oun		Palestine
Rupal	Oza		USA
Mel	Packer		USA
Gary	Pallone	Scientist	USA
Leo	Panitch	Professor	Canada
Dino	Paoletti	Psychotherapist	Canada
Ralph	Pape	Playwright	USA
Anne	Paquier	photographe	France
Shahin	Parhami	Filmmaker	Canada
Pratibha	Parmar	Producer/Director	UK
Barbara	Parnes		USA
Nora	Parr	Editor	Canada
Jocelyn	Parr	writer/student/teacher	Canada
Stephen	Parsons	Musician	USA
Bruce	Parsons	Artist	Canada
Xavier	Part Balerdi		Spain
Matt	Paruske	Self Employeed	USA
Kaz	Patwa		UK
Anand	Patwardhan
Leila	Paul	Journalist	Canada
Leiser	Peles		Israel
Jack	Pencharz		Australia
Rosalie	Pencharz		Australia
Miranda	Pennell	Film Maker/Lecturer	UK
James	Penney	Professor	Canada
Jan	Pennycook		Canada
Paz	Perez Ramos	Artist	Spain
Nalini	Persram	Professor	Canada
V. Spike	Peterson	Professor	USA
Tonanieva	Peurtas Cuellar		Peru
Lia	Philcox		UK
Monika	Pichler	Retired	Austria
Elizabeth	Pickett	Law Professor/Writer	Canada
Terica	Pickrell	Activist	USA
Jeremy	Pikser	Screenwriter	USA
John	Pilger	Filmmaker	UK
Brendan	Pinto	Service industry	Canada
Christina	Piovesan	Producer	Canada/Palestine
Marianne	Pita	Professor	USA
Catherine	Podojil	Writer	USA
Céline	Poirier		Canada
Jonathan	Pollal	Graphic Designer	Tel Aviv
Richard	Porton	writer	USA.
Klaus	Poulsen	Singer	Denmark
Elaine	Power	Flimmaker/Assistant Professor	Canada
MJ	Pramik	Novelist/Travel Writer	USA
Alanna	Prasad	Student	Canada
Valérie	Prat		Canada
Arthur	Preisinger	Pastor/Professor	USA
Franco	Preparata	Professor	USA
Rosa Maria	Preparata	Biologist	USA
Andrew	Preston	Student/Musician	Canada
Sigal	Primor	Artist	Israel
Jim	Prues	video director	USA
Trevor	Purvis	Professor	Canada
Lawrence	Pushee		Canada

Signatories Q-Z

2009-09-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

Sawsan	Qaoud	Filmmaker	Palestine
Osama	Qashoo	Director/Producer	Palestine/UK
Richard	Quaintance	Professor	USA
Charles	Questenberg	Writer	USA
Ricardo	Quinones		USA
Mazin	Qumsiyeh	Professor	Palestine
Nazer	R	Engineer	Canada
Jared	Raab	Filmmaker	Canada
Kathrin	Raab-Questenberg	Sculptor	USA
Nihal	Rabbani	Documentary maker	Netherlands
Peter	Rachleff		USA
Hussini	Radwan,		Palestine
McKinley J.	Raham	Musician	Canada
Eliane	Raheb	filmmaker	Lebanon
Talal	Rahmeh		Canada
Saeed	Rahnema	Professor	Canada
Anumita	Raj		India
Aneil	Rallin	Professor	USA
Jan	Ralske	filmmaker	Germany
Dina	Ramadan		Egypt
Tijan	Ramahi		Netherlands
Reverend Martin	Rambow	Human Rights Observer in Israel and the Occupied Territories, Jan-Apr 2009	Germany
Gene	Ramsbottom	Retired	USA
Denis	Rancourt	Professor	Canada
Safiya	Randera	Filmmaker	Canada
Simone	Rapisarda-Casanova	Filmmaker	Canada
Judy	Rebick	Professor	Canada
David	Reeb	Artist	Tel Aviv
Maurizio	Regondi		Italy
Tayie	Rehem	Founder of SoulTV
Rush	Rehm	Theatre Director/Professor	USA
Matthias	Reichl	journalist Free Radios	Austria
Leo	Reichmanis	Retired	Canada
Steve	Reinke	Artist and Writer	Chicago/Canada
Aurora	Reinlein	video editor	Spain
Fanny-Michaela	Reisin	Professor	Germany
Anne G.	Remley	Writer	USA
Alessandra	Renzi	Researcher	Canada
Jacko	Restikian	Visual Artist	Canada
Andrea	Reye Elizondo	Designer	Mexico/Netherlands
David	Reynolds	Library Technician	Canada
B. Ruby	Rich	Critic and Professor	USA
Priscilla	Rich	writer/documentarian	USA
Glen	Richards	video maker	Canada
Norman	Richmond	Radio Producer/JournalistCanada
Andrea	Rideout	Theatre Artist	Canada
Yvonne	Ridley	Journalist, film-maker and author
Esther	Riley	Author	USA
Amina	Rimmawi		Palestine
Velcrow	Ripper	Filmmaker	Canada
Sarah	Ritter		USA
philip	Rizk	filmmaker	egypt
Hasnain	Rizvi	Professor	Canada
S. Waqar	Rizvi	Accountant	Iran
Sana	Rizvi		USA
Crystal	Robert	Ballet Dancer	Canada
Johnny	Roberts	Retired	Canada
Campbell	Robertson	Retired	Canada
Stewart	Robinson	Professor (Rt)	USA
Wendy	Rofihe	Designer/Writer	Canada
Ellen	Rohlfs		Germany
Mateen	Rokhsefat	Student	Canada
Roger	Rolfe	Researcher	Canada
Richard	Romanus	Actor/writer	Greece
Alejandro	Romero		Spain
Deborah	Root	Writer	Canada
Joseph	Rosen	Professor	Canada
Carl	Rosenberg	Editor	Canada
Herman	Rosenfeld	Writer and teacher	Canada
Emma	Rosenthal	Artists/Writer/Educator	USA
Naila Kamel Elie	Rosenthal	Journalist/Writer	Egypt
Penny	Rosenwasser	Writer/Pr0fessor	USA
Grafton	Ross	Public servant	Canada
Stephen	Ross	Professor	Canada
Ellin	Rossberg		USA
Reuben	Roth	Professor	Canada
Marty	Roth	Emeritus Professor of Film Studies	Canada
Martha	Roth	Freelance Writer	Canada
Timothy	Rothermel		Palestine
Jill	Rowan	Community Worker	Scotland
Elizabeth	Rowley		Canada
Amudhan	Rp	Filmmaker	India
Marivi	Ruiz	Graphic Designer	Spain
Corvin	Russell	Activist/Writer	Canada
Curtis	Russell	Homemaker	USA
Paul	Rutten	International Trade Consultant	Canada
Kim	Rygiel	Professor	Canada
Doha	Saad		Palestine
Nadia	Saah	Producer	USA
Dima	Sabi	PR Consultant	USA
Adam	Sabra	Professor	USA
Bee	Sack	Filmmaker	Canada
Yousef	Saed		Palestine
Safdar Rahat	Saeed	Social Activist	Pakistan
Axel	Saffran	Artist	Netherlands
Hicham	Safieddine	Journalist	Canada
Roula	Sahyoun	Reinsurance Claims	Canada
Mohamad	Said Ali Bazzi	Artist & Art Educator	USA
Ben	Saifer	Student	Canada
Mucie	Saitowitz	Artist	Canada
Kerri	Sakamoto	Writer	Canada
Trish	Salah	Writer and Educator	Canada
Hala	Salameh		Canada
Babak	Salari	Photographer	Canada
Sandy	Salem	Engineer	Syria
Mohammad	Salemy	Visual Artist	Canada
Dr. M.I.	Salik		Germany
Niaz	Salimi	Artist/Filmmaker	Canada/Iran
Jayce	Salloum	Artist	Canada
Rasha	Salti	film curator	free-lance writer.
Lubna	Samara		UK
Nicholas	Sammond	Professor	Canada
Julian	Samuel	Artist	Canada
E.	San Juan	Professor	USA
Lucas	Sanchis Monsalve		Spain
Jaspreet	Sandhu	Filmmaker	Canada
Anick	Sandian	Réalisatrice	L'Ile Maurice
Renee M.	Saracki		USA
Kayvon	Sarfehjooy	Music Entrepreneur	USA
Bhaskar	Sarkar	Professor	USA
Beena	Sarwar	Filmmaker	Pakistan
Donald	Sassoon	Professor	UK
Nabil	Sater		USA
Renee	Saviour	Teacher	Canada
Nicolas	Sayegh	Columnist	Canada
Nicolas	Sayegh		Canada/Palestine
Emily W.	Schaeffer		Israel
Craig	Schaffer	Choir Director	USA
Alan	Schechner	Artist	England
Eric	Schechter	Professor	USA
Michael	Scheinberg	Educator	USA
Gail	Schenbaum	Producer/ Creative Consultant	USA
Josef	Schick		Israel
Kira	Schlesinger		South
Daniela	Schmid	Artist	Germany
Hildegard	Schmid		Austria
Sharon	Schnapp	Management	USA
Christiane	Schomblond	Professor	Belgium
Michael	Schreier	Artist	Canada
Michael	Schwalbe	Professor	USA
Steve	Schwartz	Business	USA
Alan	Sears	Professor	Canada
Sarita	See	Professor	USA
Moses	Seenarine	Filmmaker	USA
Evalyn	Segal		USA
Gareth	Seltzer	Designer	Canada
Shikha	Sen	Video Editor	India
Soraya	Sepahpour-Ulrich		USA
Sophia	Sepperer	Professor	Germany
Ki	Seung Rhee	actor, writer, and filmmaker	USA
Aharon	Shabtai	poet	Israel
Amjed	Shacker		Saudi
John	Shafer		Canada
Maya	Shahid	Student	Canada
Khalil	Shahin,		Palestine
Noa	Shaidlinger	Student	Canada
Hatim	Shakfa		Palestine
Sally	Shalabi		Jordan
Sarah	Shamash	Media Artist	Canada
Yom	Shamash		Canada
Sally	Shami		Palestine
Anton	Shammas	Professor/Author	USA/Palestine
Ayala	Shani	Film School Student	Israel
Maia	Shani		Israel
Tal	Shapira	Artist	Israel
Peter	Shapiro	Aikido Instructor/Musician	Switzerland
Rasha	Sharif		Palestine
John	Sharkey	Writer/Programmer	Canada
Nandita	Sharma	Professor	USA
Poonam	Sharma	Writer	Canada
Rowitha	Shaw		Canada
Wallace	Shawn	Playwright	Actor
Ben-Z.	Shek	Professor	Canada
Paul	Sheldon Foote	Professor	USA
Amina	Sherazee
Bonnie	Sherr Klein	Filmmaker	Canada
Magid	Shihade	Professor	Pakistan
Sid	Shnaid	Union Researcher	Canada
Kian	Shokouhi	IT/Database/Software Developer	Canada
Eric	Shragge	Professor	Canada
Dafna	Shveid		Mexico
Michèle	Sibony	Teacher	France
Saad	Siddiqui	Actor	Canada
Muhammad	Siddiqui		Canada
Allan	Siegel	Filmmaker/Writer/Teacher	USA
Marc	Siegel		Germany
Allan	Siegel,	Filmmaker/Writer/Teacher	Hungry/USA
Alan	Silverman	professor	Canada
Richard	Silverstein		USA
Alvin	Simonson		USA
Marilyn	Simonson		USA
Nadia	Sindi	Professor/Interpreter/Translator	USA
Jack	Singer		South
Bikrum	Singh
Wisam Kazaleh	Sirdenis	Educator/Writer	USA
Eyal	Sivan	Filmmaker and Scholar	Paris/London/Sderot
Bill	Skidmore	Professor	Canada
Åsa	Sköld		UK.
Orest	Slepokura		Canada
Drew	Small		Canada
Neil	Smith	Professor	United States
Genevieve	Smith	Student	Canada/USA
Sam	Smith	Videographer	USA
Brittany	Smith	Student/Activist	Canada
Kobi	Snitz
Erik	Snyder
Nancy	Snyitar	Actress/Musician	Canada
Kerstin	Sodergren
Norman	Solomon	Author and Media Critic	USA
Frances-Anne	Solomon	filmmaker	Canada
Jente	Somers		Belgium
Lucia	Sommer	Artist	USA
Necati	Sonmez	Filmmaker	Turkey
Yong	Soon Min	Artist
Ahdaf	Soueif	writer	Egypt/UK
Fatema	Sowaid		Australia
Stan	Squires	Factory Worker	Canada
Roderick	Stackelberg	Professor Emeritus	USA
Martin	Starkman		Canada
Kayla	Starr	Jewish peace activist	USA
Greg	Starr		Canada
Daiva	Stasiulis	Professor	Canada
Steve	Staso	Director	USA
Julia	Stein	Writer	USA
Felix	Stelzer	Bookseller	Austria
Elisabeth	Sterken		Canada
Sophie	Stern	Filmmaker	UK
Luis	Stern Adler		Mexico
Paul	Stevens	Professor	Canada
Ernest	Stewart	writer/producer	U.S.A.
Philip J.	Stewart	Author	UK
Stefan	St-Laurent	Video artist/Curator	Canada
Jason	St-Laurent	Curator and Artist	Canada
Carol	Stone		Canada
Rich	Stone		USA
Patricia	Storace	Writer	USA
Paula	Stoyanoff		Canada
Jordan	Strom	Curator/Editor	Canada
Ffarooq	Sulehria	Journalist	Sweden
Elia	Suleiman	Fimmlaker	Nazareth/Paris/New York
Raoul	Swart		South
Donald	Swartz	Professor	Canada
Najeeb	Syed
Heather	Sykes	Professor	Canada
Vera	Szoke	Teacher	Canada
Ula	Tabari	Filmaker	Palestine/France
Nabil	Tabbara	Professor	Canada
Wael	Tadros	Scientist	Canada
Romin	Tafarodi	Professor	Canada
Randah	Taher	Lecturer	Canada/UAE
Dala	Taher	Manager	Canada
Ahmad	Tahir	Student	USA
Bisan	Tai	journalist	Lebanon
Syed	Talat Ali		Pakistan
Rachel	Talitman		Canada
Vera	Tamari	Visual Artist	Palestine
Ashwini	Tambe		Canada
Hoang	Tan Nguyen	Videomaker and Professor	USA
Jill	Tanenbaum		USA
Nicole	Tanguay	Musician/Writer	Canada
Jase	Tanner	Filmmaker	Canada
Arturo	Tapia	Journalist and Sociologist	Mexico
Manuel	Tapial	Producer/Filmmaker	Spain
Sandra	Tarlin	Professor/Poet	USA
Tirtza	Tauber		Palestine
Helga	Tawil-Souri	professor and documentary film-maker	USA
Elke	Taylor	Director	Australia
Lisa	Taylor	Professor	Canada
Erwin	Tegtmeier		Germany
Jose	Teitelnaum		Canada
Kris	Templin		Canada
Amir	Terkel	Director of Photography	Israel
Jake	Terpstra		USA
Martin	Terrones		USA/Mexico
Seydanur	Tezcan	Student	Turkey
Fadi	Theodori		Palestine
Sunera	Thobani	Professor	Canada
Noel	Thomas	Journalist	Canada
George	Thompson	System Engineer	USA
Vincent James	Thompson		Canada
Mary Ann	Thompson		Canada
Jordan	Thornton		Canada
Marcelo	Tobar	Filmmaker	Mexico
Harley	Tompkins	Humanist	USA
Arthur	Topham	Publisher	Canada
Eran	Torbiner	Filmmaker	Israel
Lucinda	Torre	Filmaker	Spain
Osnat	Trabelsi	Producer	Israel
Peter	Traino	Student	Canada
Almerinda	Travassos	Video Artist	Canada
Betsy	Trowell	Attorney	USA
Mike	Tulley	Sound Recordiswt	Canada
Bob	Turcotte	Retired Teacher	Canada
Kevin	Tyner	Teacher	Canada/Viet Nam
Colin	Tyner	Professor	Canada/Japan
Howard	Tyner	Teacher	Canada
Jean	Tyner	Nurse	Canada
Lily	van den Bergh	Filmmaker	Netherlands
Frans	van den Muljsenberg	Publisher	Netherlands
Dirk	van Loon	Publisher	Canada
Rolene	van Zyi		South
Wanda	VanderStoop	Distributor/Musician	Canada
Chiara	Varese	Cineaste	Peru
Natalia	Varevac		Canada
Donald	Veach	Producer/Activist USA
Miguel	Ventura	Artist	Mexico
Peter	Vickers	Writer/political analyst	Canada
Jens	Viggo Fjord	Musician	Spain
Patricia	Villavicencio Carrillo	Clinical Psychologist	Spain
Karl	Vischer		USA
Nizar	Visram	Jounralist	Tanzania
Andrea	von Schoening		Canada
Stephen	Von Sychwski		Canada
Tam-Ca	Vo-Van	Arts Administrator	Canada
Bernadette L.	Wagner	Poet	Canada
Amar	Wala	Filmmaker	Canada
Rinaldo	Walcott	professor	Canada
Angela	Waldegg	Artist	Austria
Abdulhadi	Walid Ayyad	writer	Abu Dis/London/Kuwait
Alice	Walker	Writer	USA
Jessica	Walker	Teacher	Canada
Sarah	Walker	Artist	Canada
Simon	Wallace	Student	Canada
Donna	Wallach		United
Martha	Wallner	Media Justice History Project	USA
Shannon	Walsh	Filmmaker	Canada
Viktoria	Waltz		Germany
Peter	Watson	CEO of Recorded Picture Company & Hanway Films	UK
Thomas	Waugh	Professor	Canada
Allan	Webster	Tracher	Canada
Judith	Weisman		Canada
Robin	Weiss	CSR - EU Fraud	Germany
Suzanne	Weiss	Writer/Activist	Canada
Einat	Weizman	Actor	Israel
Elian	Weizman		UK
Mary	Wells	Filmmaker	Jamaica/USA
Robert	Wendt	Mucisian	USA
George	Wheeler	Civic Worker	Canada
Ryan	White	Filmmaker	USA
Andrew	Whiteman	musician	Canada
Rolf	Wieneke		Germany
Christian	Wiener Freso	President – Union of Peruvian Filmmakers	Peru
Richard	Wigton		USA
Michael	Wiles	Advertiser	Canada
Travis	Wilkerson	professor and documentary filmmaker	USA
Anna	Willats	Professor	Canada
Doug	Willbanks		USA
Raymond	William Baker	Professor and Author	USA
Jacqueline	Windh	Writer/Broadcaster	Canada
Mat.	Windrum	Retired	UK
Karen	Wirsig	Media union staffer	Canada
Joseph	Wong	Filmmaker/Youth Worker	Canada
Brian	Woods		Canada
Mizuko	Yakuwa	Artist	Japan
Ezgi	Yalinalp	Program Coordinator of Ankara International Film Festival	Turkey
Mahnoor	Yar Khan		India
Tamar	Yaron		Israel
Chi Bun	Yau	Student/Office Worker	Canada
Bilal	Yousef	Filmmaker	Palestine
Marcus	Youssef,	Playwright	Canada
Zohra	Yusuf	Human Rights Activist	Pakistan
Saed	Zahran		Palestine
Hasan	Zaidi	Filmmaker and Film Festival Director	Pakistan
Hasan	Zaidi	KaraFilm Festival	Pakistan
Anna	Zalik	Professor	Canada
Vazira	Zamindar	Historian	USA
Kathy	Zarur		USA
Charo	Zayas	Designer	Spain
Ismail	Zayid	Physician	Canada
Ismail	Zayid		Canada
Andy	Zee		USA
Vivian	Zelaya		USA
Olivia	Zémor	journalist	Paris
Marjorie	Zimmer
Max	Zimmer
Sophie	Zimmer
Debra	Zimmerman	Executive Director Women Make Movies	USA
Jesse	Zimmerman		Canada
Maha	Zimmo	Writer	Canada
Jasmin	Zine	Professor	Canada
Howard	Zinn	Writer	USA
Slavoj	Zizek	Professor	Slovenia
Shadi	Zmurd		Palestine
Gale	Zoë Garnett	Author, actor, film-worker	Canada
Rachel	Zolf	Poet	USA/Canada
Manar	Zuabi	Artist	Palestine
Anis	Zuberi	Poet	Canada
Saira	Zuberi		Canada
Elia	Zureik	Professor	Canada
Martha	Zweig	Poet	USA

Adding Your Name

2009-09-09T21:05:00.000-07:00

The deadline to sign has passed and we are no longer able to collect signatures. Thank you all for the tremendous support!

For further reading on this issue:

Letter by Canadian filmmaker John Greyson on withdrawing his film from the Toronto International Film Festival in protest against City to City:

http://tiny.cc/tiff_open_letter

Response by TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey to Greyson’s withdrawal and this petition:

http://www.tiff.net/livefromthefestival/openlettercitytocity

Report in Israeli daily Haaretz:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1110750.html spages/1110750.html

Report in Guardian newspaper, UK:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/sep/01/israel-palestine-boycott-film

Statement by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1085 etemplate.php?id=1085

Palestine House Responds to False Media Reports

2009-09-09T21:00:00.000-07:00

Palestine House Educational and Cultural Center congratulates the filmmakers, artists and cultural workers who drafted and endorsed the Toronto Declaration – No Celebration of Occupation protesting the Toronto International Film Festival’s City to City Spotlight on Tel Aviv. Their efforts are very much appreciated by the Palestinian community in the Greater Toronto Area.

We would like to briefly respond to some accounts about the media phone number being used for the Toronto Declaration. Today, Jonathan Kay of the National Post reported that the media phone is a Palestine House number and that the organization behind the protests is Palestine House. That is not true.

The artists, filmmakers and cultural workers who drafted the statement did so on their own initiative. Palestine House can only commend them for their efforts to break the silence around the crimes of the Israeli state against the Palestinian people.

Unlike other organizations and politicians who have direct connections to the Israeli state, Palestine House is an independent community organization with no ties, financial or political, to the Palestinian Authority. In Canada, the general delegation of Palestine, located in Ottawa, represents the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. The Canadian government deals with it as such.

It is very disappointing to see that journalists such as Mr. Kay, would publicly threaten Palestine House with taking information to minister Jason Kenney. Our positions in support of Palestinian human rights are very clearly stated on our website and we stand by them. We are not afraid to speak for international law and human rights, last time we checked Canada was a free country and Canadian-Arab Palestinians have a right to freedom of expression.

It is unfortunate that instead of focusing on the real issues raised by the Toronto Declaration and truly opening up the debate on the question of the “Brand Israel” initiative, some are trying to create a story to delegitimize the protest. We urge Mr. Kay and others in the media to seriously address the questions brought up by this important protest, rather than resorting to thinly-veiled threats against the Palestinian community and its supporters in Canada.

Finally, for the record, the cell phone number that Mr. Kay is referring to is registered to an individual (not to our organization). Mr. Kay would do well to fact-check his article and not rely on anonymous bloggers as his source. Palestine House did not receive a call from Mr. Kay to verify the information before he published it.

National Post uncovers the mystery of a Jewish-Canadian with a cell phone

2009-09-09T20:58:00.000-07:00

On September 15, 2009, Jonathan Kay of the National Post reported that Palestine House is the real organization behind the Toronto Declaration. His explanation is based on the discovery that the media contact number that was used for the Toronto Declaration was also used for several pro-Palestine events, including the Toronto protests against Israel's assault on Gaza. While this story is filled with lies and absurd accusations, it is true that the same number has been used as a media contact for all these events - I should know because it is my phone.

I am a Jewish-Canadian who is involved in the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto. Despite Kay's accusations, I am not affiliated with Palestine House, the Canadian Arab Federation or The Palestinian Authority. I have however, on various occasions, offered the use of my extra cell phone as a media contact for local events that I happen to support.

The real issue behind this newest attack on the Toronto Declaration and Palestine House is that there are those in this country, including Jonathan Kay and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney, who believe that nobody, especially Arabs, have the right to talk about Palestine in Canada. Kenney made headlines in March when he pulled funding from the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF), because of CAF's involvement in protests against Israel's assault on Gaza. Jonathan Kay is now hoping that Kenney will do the same to Palestine House. If Kenney decides to go after Palestine House for taking a position in support of Palestine, then the state of freedom of speech in this country is far worse than I imagined.

- Jenny Peto

A CELEBRATION OF SOLIDARITY: A Different Kind of Spotlight

2009-08-09T23:01:00.000-07:00

A CELEBRATION OF SOLIDARITY: A Different Kind of Spotlight

Monday, September 14th at 7:00 p.m.
Rogers Communications Centre, Ryerson University
80 Gould Street, Toronto
(northeast corner of Church Street)

The Toronto Declaration is unstoppable. Over 1,000 filmmakers, actors, writers and other cultural producers from around the world -- including Israel and Palestine -- have signed on to the statement objecting to the Toronto International Film Festival's celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv.

New signatories include music and cinematic legends Harry Belafonte and Julie Christie. Actor Viggo Mortensen, who will be attending this year's festival, just added his name. Leading intellectual figures Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler and Anne McClintock have also recently endorsed the declaration, along with prominent Canadian writers Rawi Hage, Joy Kogawa, Dionne Brand and Kerri Sakamoto. Celebrated local filmmakers Velcrow Ripper, Min Sook Lee and Lynne Fernie have also signed the letter.

International support for the declaration continues to grow despite denunciations, unfounded personal attacks on earlier signatories Jane Fonda, Danny Glover, and Naomi Klein, and despite an aggressive campaign of misinformation regarding the letter’s content.

Come out this Monday, September 14th at 7:00 p.m. to see some of the names behind the Toronto Declaration, with messages of solidarity and responses to their critics.

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