I just recieved word that the 'Jewish Defense' League (JDL) will be picketing and demonstrating at York University in the coming weeks due to an upcoming two-day conference entitled: Israel/Palestine: Mapping Models of Statehood and Paths to Peace. The JDL feels this conference will end up being against the idea of a solely Jewish State, perhaps promoting a one-state solution for both Palestinians and Israelies. Speakers included in the conference are many prominent Arabs and Jews, including Jeff Halper, an Israeli who heads an organization that resists the demolitions of Palestinian houses.
This is really scary. The JDL is a terrorist organization in the list of terror organizations in the United States and even in Israel itself. Canada does not include them on their own list, in fact many members of the Conservative Minority Government have links to them, such as Peter Kent, Thornhill MP. The JDL had a big impact on the banning of George Galloway from speaking in Canada by Jason Kenney. The JDL moved to Canada from the United States and was founded by Rabbi Meir Kehane who himself used to shoot Palestinians in Hebron. Here are some pictures of grafitti done by the fascist JDL in the West Bank. Remember, this is the group that is coming to York Univeristy; this is terrifying and shouldn't be allowed.
