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Canada: Launch of Boycott Campaign Against Chapters/Indigo Bookstores
Nimer | 12/21/2006 - 15:45
LAUNCH OF BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN AGAINST CHAPTERS & INDIGO
CUT THE TIES WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID!
What: Information Picket
Date: Saturday, Dec 23 2006
Time: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: In front of Indigo Books store at 55 Bloor St.
(Bay and Bloor).
On Thursday 21 December, activists in Toronto and
Montreal officially announced the launch of a boycott
campaign against Chapters and Indigo Bookstores. The
campaign demands an end to the financial support
offered by the majority owners of Chapters and Indigo
to Heseg – the Foundation for Lone Soldiers. This is a
program of financial support for former ‘lone
soldiers’ in the Israeli military.
WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR LONE SOLDIERS?
- Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz, majority owners
of Chapters and Indigo bookstores, founded an
organisation called Heseg the Foundation for Lone
Soldiers. At its peak, it will distribute up to $3M
per year to provide scholarships and other support to
former ‘Lone Soldiers’ in the Israeli military. ‘Lone
Soldiers’ are individuals who have no family in Israel
but decide to join the Israeli military. As Israeli
soldiers, they participate in a military that operates
checkpoints that restrict Palestinian freedom of
movement, enforces the occupation of Palestinian land,
and has a documented history of human rights
violations.
- Many members of the Heseg Board of Directors are
high-ranking Israeli military personnel. Board member
Lt. Colonel Mike Hartmen joined the IDF as a lone
soldier and is now "head of the marksmanship and
sharpshooters section of the IDF." Board member Major
General (Res.) Doron Almog was Commander of the IDF's
Southern Command from 2000-2003. In 2005, a warrant
was issued in the UK for his arrest on suspicion of
war crimes. Moshe Ronen, Co-Chair of the Canada-Israel
Committee, also sits on Heseg's Board of Directors.
- Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz own or control
over 68% of the shares in Indigo Books and Music Inc.
which owns and operates bookstores under the names
Indigo, Chapters, World's Biggest Bookstore,
SmithBooks, Coles, The Book Company or Indigospirit.
Reisman is chair and CEO of Indigo Books and Music
Inc.
- According to HESEG website
(www.lonesoldiers.org.il), "Canadian couple Gerry
Schwartz and Heather Reisman established HESEG to
express gratitude and provide support to the thousands
of Former Lone Soldiers who serve annually in the
Israel Defense Forces".
Keep your holiday season apartheid free – boycott
Chapters and Indigo!
Demand that the controlling owners of Chapters and
Indigo publicly announce that they will cut all
financial ties to Heseg – the Foundation for Lone
Soldiers.
This campaign is part of an international boycott,
divestment and sanctions campaign against the
apartheid state of Israel. The information picket has
been called by the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
(CAIA) and endorsed by Not In Our Name: Jews Against
Israel's Wars.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
Join the picket this Saturday.
Download an information leaflet (English and French
versions available) from www.caiaweb.org to distribute
outside your local Chapters or Indigo store.
Tell friends and relatives not to shop at
Chapters/Indigo. Encourage them to support independent
book retailers!
Write/fax/phone a protest to the board of
Indigos/Chapters demanding a public renunciation of
Reisman and Schwartz’s financial support of the Heseg
Foundation for Lone Soldiers.
Indigo Board of Directors,
500-468 King St W Toronto ON, MSV 1L8
Tel: (416) 364-4499; Fax: (416) 364-0355
Get in touch and join the Coalition Against Israeli
Apartheid at endapartheid@riseup.net
CUT THE TIES WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID!
What: Information Picket
Date: Saturday, Dec 23 2006
Time: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: In front of Indigo Books store at 55 Bloor St.
(Bay and Bloor).
On Thursday 21 December, activists in Toronto and
Montreal officially announced the launch of a boycott
campaign against Chapters and Indigo Bookstores. The
campaign demands an end to the financial support
offered by the majority owners of Chapters and Indigo
to Heseg – the Foundation for Lone Soldiers. This is a
program of financial support for former ‘lone
soldiers’ in the Israeli military.
WHAT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR LONE SOLDIERS?
- Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz, majority owners
of Chapters and Indigo bookstores, founded an
organisation called Heseg the Foundation for Lone
Soldiers. At its peak, it will distribute up to $3M
per year to provide scholarships and other support to
former ‘Lone Soldiers’ in the Israeli military. ‘Lone
Soldiers’ are individuals who have no family in Israel
but decide to join the Israeli military. As Israeli
soldiers, they participate in a military that operates
checkpoints that restrict Palestinian freedom of
movement, enforces the occupation of Palestinian land,
and has a documented history of human rights
violations.
- Many members of the Heseg Board of Directors are
high-ranking Israeli military personnel. Board member
Lt. Colonel Mike Hartmen joined the IDF as a lone
soldier and is now "head of the marksmanship and
sharpshooters section of the IDF." Board member Major
General (Res.) Doron Almog was Commander of the IDF's
Southern Command from 2000-2003. In 2005, a warrant
was issued in the UK for his arrest on suspicion of
war crimes. Moshe Ronen, Co-Chair of the Canada-Israel
Committee, also sits on Heseg's Board of Directors.
- Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz own or control
over 68% of the shares in Indigo Books and Music Inc.
which owns and operates bookstores under the names
Indigo, Chapters, World's Biggest Bookstore,
SmithBooks, Coles, The Book Company or Indigospirit.
Reisman is chair and CEO of Indigo Books and Music
Inc.
- According to HESEG website
(www.lonesoldiers.org.il), "Canadian couple Gerry
Schwartz and Heather Reisman established HESEG to
express gratitude and provide support to the thousands
of Former Lone Soldiers who serve annually in the
Israel Defense Forces".
Keep your holiday season apartheid free – boycott
Chapters and Indigo!
Demand that the controlling owners of Chapters and
Indigo publicly announce that they will cut all
financial ties to Heseg – the Foundation for Lone
Soldiers.
This campaign is part of an international boycott,
divestment and sanctions campaign against the
apartheid state of Israel. The information picket has
been called by the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
(CAIA) and endorsed by Not In Our Name: Jews Against
Israel's Wars.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
Join the picket this Saturday.
Download an information leaflet (English and French
versions available) from www.caiaweb.org to distribute
outside your local Chapters or Indigo store.
Tell friends and relatives not to shop at
Chapters/Indigo. Encourage them to support independent
book retailers!
Write/fax/phone a protest to the board of
Indigos/Chapters demanding a public renunciation of
Reisman and Schwartz’s financial support of the Heseg
Foundation for Lone Soldiers.
Indigo Board of Directors,
500-468 King St W Toronto ON, MSV 1L8
Tel: (416) 364-4499; Fax: (416) 364-0355
Get in touch and join the Coalition Against Israeli
Apartheid at endapartheid@riseup.net
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