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	<title>National Council on Canada-Arab Relations  &#124;  Conseil National des Relations Canado-Arabes &#187; Palestine</title>
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		<title>NCCAR: &#8216;Time to End Israel&#8217;s Free Ride&#8217; &#8211; Published</title>
		<link>http://www.nccar.ca/2010/06/nccars-opinion-in-embassy-canadas-foreign-policy-newsweekly-published/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>NCCAR&#8217;s opinion piece entitled &#8220;Time to End Israel&#8217;s Free Ride&#8221; was published in Embassy today.</p>
<p><a href="http://embassymag.ca/page/view/freeride-06-09-2010"><img class="alignleft" src="http://hilltimes.com/site/system/adserver/www/images/625c0320706f73300a94f682274b25a3.png" alt="" width="188" height="141" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://embassymag.ca/information/view/about">Embassy </a>is Canada’s influential foreign policy newspaper. With a weekly readership of over 60,000 it is the forum for debate on international issues for politicians, foreign policy experts, diplomats, aid workers, the military, ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/06/nccars-opinion-in-embassy-canadas-foreign-policy-newsweekly-published/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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		<title>NCCAR Condemns Israeli Attack on Gaza Aid Fleet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 06:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: #000066; font-size: medium;">National Council on Canada-Arab Relations &#124; Conseil National des Relations Canado-Arabes</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"> </span>



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NCCAR Condemns Israeli Attack on Gaza Aid Fleet


<a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/nccar-condemns-israeli-attack-on-gaza-aid-fleet/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1366 alignright" title="Aid flotilla" src="http://www.indymedia.org/images/2008/11/915522.jpg" alt="" width="246" height="182" /></a>Ottawa, ON, May ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/nccar-condemns-israeli-attack-on-gaza-aid-fleet/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Netanyahu&#8217;s Visit is Canada&#8217;s Opportunity to Uphold International Law and Human Rights.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 17:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: #000066; font-size: medium;">National Council on Canada-Arab Relations &#124; Conseil National des Relations Canado-Arabes</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"> </span>



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Mr. Netanyahu&#8217;s Visit is Canada&#8217;s Opportunity to Uphold International Law and Human Rights.



<a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/mr-netanyahus-visit-is-canadas-opportunity-to-uphold-international-law-and-human-rights/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1366 alignright" title="Benjamin-Netanyahu101" src="http://www.nccar.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Benjamin-Netanyahu101-276x300.jpg" alt="" width="166" height="180" ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/mr-netanyahus-visit-is-canadas-opportunity-to-uphold-international-law-and-human-rights/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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		<title>Economic underpinnings of occupation: illegal settlements products and the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/products-from-illegal-israeli-settlements-under-canada-israel-free-trade-agreement-published/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 19:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; color: black;">Economic underpinnings of occupation: </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; color: black;">illegal settlements products and the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement</span>
<p>By <a href="http://rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/6370">Bahija Réghaï</a> &#124; May 26, 2010</p>
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<p>They are illegal, &#8220;a violation of the <a href="http://www.international.gc.ca/name-anmo/peace_process-processus_paix/canadian_policy-politique_canadienne.aspx?lang=eng#a06" target="_blank">Fourth Geneva Convention</a> and &#8230; constitute a serious obstacle ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/products-from-illegal-israeli-settlements-under-canada-israel-free-trade-agreement-published/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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		<title>Al Nakba: Expelled from Home and Native Land but not from History</title>
		<link>http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/al-nakba-expelled-from-home-and-native-land-but-not-from-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/al-nakba-expelled-from-home-and-native-land-but-not-from-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 04:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a rel="attachment wp-att-1276" href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/al-nakba-expelled-from-home-and-native-land-but-not-from-history/fleeing-1948-nakba-palestine_006-1/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1276 " title="fleeing-1948-nakba-palestine_006-1" src="http://www.nccar.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fleeing-1948-nakba-palestine_006-1-300x189.jpg" alt="Fleeing homes 1948 Nakba" width="300" height="189" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A Palestinian family piles into a truck, becoming part of the Nakba in 1948. (UNRWA)</p>
<p>By Bahija Reghaï</p>

<p style="padding-left: 60px;" dir="ltr"><em><span style="color: #800000;">&#8216;Here on the slopes of hills,  facing the dusk and the cannon of time
Close to the gardens ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/05/al-nakba-expelled-from-home-and-native-land-but-not-from-history/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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		<title>May 1st: Arthur Milner&#8217;s play &#8220;FACTS&#8221;, and a discussion with the playwright</title>
		<link>http://www.nccar.ca/2010/04/1083/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attend the play and join NCCAR for dinner and drinks with the play&#8217;s playwright Arthur Milner.
<a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/04/1083/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1087  " title="Facts, a play by Arthur Milner" src="http://www.nccar.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Facts-background_0.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="320" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Facts, a play by Arthur Milner</p>
<p>NCCAR invites you to join us in attending Arthur Milner&#8217;s play &#8220;<span style="color: #339966;">FACTS</span>”  at the Great Canadian Theatre ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/04/1083/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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		<title>About Canada&#8217;s Statement on the Building of Settlements in East Jerusalem</title>
		<link>http://www.nccar.ca/2010/03/about-canadas-statement-on-the-building-of-settlements-in-east-jerusalem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nccar.ca/2010/03/about-canadas-statement-on-the-building-of-settlements-in-east-jerusalem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-937" href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/03/about-canadas-statement-on-the-building-of-settlements-in-east-jerusalem/cannon-cp-6667442/"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-937" title="cannon-cp-6667442" src="http://www.nccar.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/cannon-cp-6667442-150x101.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="101" /></a>The National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR) welcomes the <a href="http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2010/100.aspx" target="_blank">statement</a> by  Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon that the building of settlements by  Israel in occupied East Jerusalem is “contrary to  international law and therefore condemn it.” We hope ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/03/about-canadas-statement-on-the-building-of-settlements-in-east-jerusalem/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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		<title>A Cultural Trip through the Middle East</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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An NCCAR co-sponsored cultural trip through the Middle East




<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">*** REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED ***</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><img class="alignleft" style="border: 0px;" src="http://www.visitjordan.com/Portals/0/petra/img_rock_striations.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="189" height="128" /> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">As part of our efforts to celebrate the heritage and culture of the Lebanese, Jordanian and Palestinian people, the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations ...<b><a href="http://www.nccar.ca/2010/02/a-cultural-trip-through-the-middle-east/">Continue reading</a></b>]]></description>
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