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Regards Palestiniens

@regardspal.bsky.social

A Montreal-based collective of artists / scholars organizing and curating Palestinian film screenings and public discussions at the intersection of aesthetics, politics, cinema and resistance. We fully endorse #PACBI 📍Tiohtià:ke | Montreal

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Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

This whole thread: Concordia University "neutrality" = censorship, firing and repression. #montreal

Academics for Palestine - Concordia@a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

On Jan. 9, Palestinian artist Rehab Nazzal joined us for a powerful artist talk & protest against #ConcordiaUniversity administration's unjust dismissal of curator Pip Day, the now-former Director of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery due to her pro-Palestine programming. #Montreal

Featuring artist Rehab Nazzal holding up a protest sign, leading a group of students, academics and artists through the halls of Concordia's EV building to the Bina Ellen Gallery, following her artist talk.

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Academics for Palestine - Concordia@a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Absolutely horrific, please amplify: Palestinian student assaulted in the Hall building - Christopher Bahnan condemns Concordia’s refusal to send out a warning to students following his assault in December. #Montreal #ConcordiaUniversity #antipalestinianracism theconcordian.com/2025/01/pale...

Screenshot of an article from the Concordian newspaper featuring an image of a keffiyeh and a headline that reads:

Palestinian student assaulted in the Hall building

Christopher Bahnan condemns Concordia’s refusal to send out a warning to students following his assault in December.

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Katherine Franke: "While the university may call this change in my status 'retirement,' it should be more accurately understood as a termination dressed up in more palatable terms."

Activists back US professor ‘forced’ from Columbia over Palestine advocacy

Katherine Franke says she was forced to retire over her views critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

aljazeera.com

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Curious (and beyond shameful) that @lapresse.ca would fail to mention that the store targeted with gunfire Sunday morning, Supermarché Mizan, is an openly Palestinian-owned business. Feels like a pretty giant detail to omit. #montreal #antipalestinianracism #doublestandards

Montréal | La vitrine d’un commerce brisée par un impact de balle

Un commerce situé à une centaine de mètres de la station de métro Guy-Concordia a vraisemblablement été atteint par un coup de feu.

lapresse.ca

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Anyone can fill in this form, whether you are a member of staff, a director, or a board member of a cultural org. Any information will help us in this process. Later this month we will announce a new list of orgs that have committed to PACBI, building on the 22 endorsements announced last fall.

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Help strengthen the cultural front dedicated to Palestinian liberation. Please take a moment to fill out the nationwide #PACBI survey, contributing to an updated list of PACBI endorsements across so-called “Canada" : tinyurl.com/PACBI-SURVEY

Visual featuring white and red text on a black background that reads:

Nationwide PACBI Survey - for cultural organizations in "Canada"

What is your organizations relationship to PACBI?

Already endorsed PACBI?
In the process of endorsing PACBI?
Would like more information about PACBI?
Needs help to restart endorsing PACBI?

Help strengthen the cultural front dedicated to Palestinian liberation. Please take a moment and fill out the nationwide PACBI survey, contributing to an updated list of PACBI endorsements across so-called "Canada"

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Past and present Board members of the Azrieli network represent ties to illegal weaponry research (via Weizmann Institute), Israeli military intelligence, and efforts to ‘rebrand’ the image of Israel, donating $25k annually to Honest Reporting Canada."

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

"The Azrieli Group has holdings in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The Azrieli Group also continues to profit from the colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories through its shares in Bank Leumi."

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Note that #ConcordiaUniversity also shamefully has an official longstanding relationship with the Azrieli Foundation via their Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies.

Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies - Concordia University

concordia.ca

Regards Palestiniens@regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

️‍🔥️‍🔥️‍🔥 via Artists Against Artwashing: Yesterday, artists in #Toronto delivered a letter with over 200 signatures calling on the Toronto Arts Foundation to cut ties with the zionist Azrieli Foundation. #palestine #PACBI

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please join us this coming Thursday Jan. 9th @ 6pm for an artist talk w Palestinian-Canadian artist / filmmaker Rehab Nazzal. Rehab's work documents Israel’s settler colonial practices in Palestine + the resilience & resistance tactics of residents, primarily those in refugee camps. #montreal

Promo event poster for an artist talk featuring Palestinian artist and filmmaker Rehab Nazzal at Concordia University (downtown campus) this coming Thursday January 9th at 6pm. Location: EV 1.605.

White background with a thin red border + a red, green and black traced image of a deaf girl named Amal from northern Gaza who was featured in Nazzal's brilliant documentary film 'Vibrations From Gaza'. She is holding her arms out in a 'power' pose.

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

"I can no longer ethically or morally consent to use my labor in any way that supports an institution that is explicitly manufacturing consent for the unrestrained, illegal, “apocalyptic” ongoing series of “calculated” genocides to destroy the people of #Palestine."

‘Do you value life, SJSU?’: longtime professor resigns over San Jose State University support for Gaza genocide

“I can no longer ethically or morally consent to use my labor in any way that supports an institution that is explicitly manufacturing consent for the unrestrained, illegal, ‘apocalyptic’ ongoing seri...

mondoweiss.net

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

More of this please: "Over 7,000 writers, editors, translators, illustrators, publishers, agents, librarians, and other book industry workers have now joined the boycott of Israeli literary institutions complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people." #pacbi #palestine #bds

7,000+ AUTHORS AND BOOK WORKERS JOIN HISTORIC BOYCOTT AGAINST COMPLICIT ISRAELI PUBLISHERS — The Palestine Festival of Literature

Thousands Join Pledge for Palestinian Rights since October

palfest.org

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Palestinian Struggle: From Genocide to Global Realignment | Al-Shabaka

Tareq Baconi reflects on over 12 months of genocide in Gaza and discusses its ramifications on the Palestinian liberation movement

al-shabaka.org

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Awful doesn't even come close to describing this tragedy. #endthegenocidenow

Twins killed in Gaza after Ontario university acceptance were 'vibrant,' 'full of dreams,' family says | CBC News

The University of Waterloo community is mourning after twin sisters who were set to enter a PhD program in Ontario were killed this month in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. Their family says the two “...

cbc.ca

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

"The [PACBI] solidarity campaign, heeding the call from Palestinian civil society, takes aim at institutional complicity, not the identity or national origin of any individuals or groups of people."

Academics for Palestine - Concordia@a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

via @boycottindigobooks (insta): #BoycottIndigoBooks is a grassroots campaign calling for the boycott of Indigo / Chapters due to its CEO’s ongoing involvement in the oppression of Palestinians and her complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. #bds #montreal

An image composite featuring a background photo of an Indigo Kids store display, with an overlay of 4 square slides that read (from left to right):

1. Your purchase makes Indigo CEO richer

2. Indigo CEO is a Director of HESEG Foundation

3. HESEG recruits mercenaries to the Israeli military

4. Israeli military commits genocide against innocent children

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

via Rehab Nazzal: Israel has been testing weapons in Gaza since '08. After each of the 5 onslaughts on the Strip between '08 - '23, [they] marketed weapons to international regimes as 'tested & proved'. Over the past 14months, new weapons have been used, the latest of which melts flesh and bones.

This photo is close up image of a child's hand holding the remnants of a drone missile that melted a car in Tubas, north West Bank, the passengers were sitting beside it, two were killed, and the third was severely injured and kidnapped from a hospital.

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔥 from The Link: #ConcordiaUniversity "refuses to address the real issues at hand—its complicity in violence, its financial ties to colonialism and war profiteers, and its silence in the face of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people." #montreal #bds

Gaslight, deny, repeat | Opinions

Students respond to the hypocrisy of Concordia University’s call “to denounce violence in all its forms” while the university still supports genocide in Palestine.

thelinknewspaper.ca

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's about time!

Regards Palestiniens@regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

️‍🔥️‍🔥️‍🔥 #PACBI #BDS "Though this endorsement is an extraordinary measure, it is not the first time that PEN America has stood with besieged writers, as we have done for writers silenced by the South African apartheid regime and for Ukrainian writers under assault by Russia."

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

PEN America endorses the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

PEN America today announced that it has joined the call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) and committed to complying with the guidelines for the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cu...

pen-america.org

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

#ConcordiaUniversity, are you not ashamed? Sign our open letter demanding that Concordia immediately end their contract with Perceptage, a security contractor run by a former IDF soldier: tinyurl.com/Sign-On-Lett... #montreal #palestine #endthegenocide #idfoffcampus

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2y ago

A report by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth says that several universities in the US and Canada have entered into agreements with Israel-linked security companies to suppress Palestine solidarity protests occurring on their campuses. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/es3

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

And this is tomorrow night! #cinema #montreal

Regards Palestiniens@regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

via CKUT-FM: Join us this Sunday for an evening of music, poetry and projections to raise funds for a project in #Beirut that supports #Palestinian youth living with disabilities in Burj El Barajneh refugee camp. Featuring 2 short films by RP members Razan AlSalah & Muhammad ElKhairy. #Montreal

Event poster featuring a black background, an abstract illustration of a white dove of peace, and text that reads:

Spectacle-benefice for Palestinian youth living with disabilities in Lebanon.

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024
Doors 8pm, suggested donation $15-25
La Sotternea
4848 St. Laurent, Montreal

Poetry, Sonya Ben Yahmed
Dabke Al Ajaweed Collective
Films: Muhammad ElKhairy + Razan AlSalah (Regards Palestiniens)
Guitar + synth, Stefan Christoff
Artwork by Mouneer Al Shaarani

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Next Wednesday! #montreal #lebanesecinema #foodsovereignty #resistance #documentaries

Regards Palestiniens@regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

via Racines de la résistance: Dec 11 @ #LaSalaRossa. Tiotià:ke / #Montreal PREMIERE OF 3 SHORT FILMS on #Lebanon 's biodiversity, created through a residency that paired environmentalists w filmmakers. These works reflect our relationship with the land, the environment, our history, and future.

Event poster: the background is an illustration of two figures walking through Lebanon's lush landscapes, with tiny sheep grazing the fields. There is a subtle grid overlay.

The text reads:

SHORT FILMS SCREENING & DISCUSSION

ROOTS OF RESISTANCE: Biodiversity, food sovereignty, and resistance in times of war.

11 Dec | 7pm
La Sala Rossa

All profits will go to Lebanon's relief funds.

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Open to local and international academic communities + Concordia community incl. alumni. Please sign if you can and help us send #ConcordiaUniversity a message that the IOF does not belong on our university campuses! #montreal #palestine #copsoffcampus #idfoffcampus

Academics for Palestine - Concordia@a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

via SPHRConcordia: #ConcordiaUniversity admin has hired Israeli-owned security companies to brutalize / surveil pro-Pali students & faculty on campus. Both companies are founded & managed by ex-IDF officers / soldiers. #montreal Sign our open letter to Concordia here: tinyurl.com/Sign-On-Lett...

Slide 1 of 4 - Slide description: the background image features a red and black photograph of Israeli-owned private security personel brutalizing pro-Palestinian Concordia University students on campus. Text reads: CONCORDIA HIRES IDF MERCENARIES TO ATTACK PRO-PALESTINE STUDENTS - EXPOSED

The image also features the logos for Perceptage and Moshav Security Consultants.

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

3/3 - Here is our open letter to #ConcordiaUniversity, feel free to share the slides! #montreal #palestine #idfoffcampus #copsoffcampus

1 of 4 - Open Letter Slide that reads:

We, the undersigned Concordia faculty, students, staff, alumni; members of the Montreal community; as well as members of the broader Canadian and international academic community are deeply shocked and appalled by Concordia University's decision to hire the contractor Perceptage for the purpose of policing, surveillance, and targeting their students.

Since October 7, 2023, the university administration has called for a “safe and respectful” space for all, “where we can debate, discuss and explore different, even polarizing, ideas”. Yet we now know that the university hired a security contractor run by a former IDF soldier. Furthermore, employees of this firm who have been coordinating activities with Concordia security include former IDF soldiers or reservists and veterans of the Canadian military. The presence of this Israeli-linked security company on Concordia's campus further intensifies a climate of intimidation, repression and violence that those standing in solidarity with Palestine have been enduring.

2 of 4 - Open Letter Slide that reads:

For over a year, thousands of Concordia University students have mobilized in support of Palestine and in opposition to what the International Court of Justice has described as a plausible genocide in Gaza. Students and their organizations have repeatedly demanded that the university disclose its investments and divest from Israeli apartheid. The university administration has consistently refused students' demands and claimed political neutrality. However, Concordia's decision to contract an Israel-linked security contractor, whose CEO supports Israel's ongoing occupation and war crimes, starkly exposes its one-sided position. In this context, the university's stated commitment to decolonization and to equity, diversity and inclusion rings hollow and hypocritical.

3 of 4 - Open Letter Slide that reads:

The presence of this security company, above and beyond the already heightened policing on campus, is traumatizing for Palestinian and Lebanese members of Concordia's community, many of whom have lost family or have family presently facing displacement, siege and starvation. The militarization of Concordia's campus is also triggering for other BIPOC and 2+LGBTQ members, especially considering that Concordia's Campus Safety and Prevention Services coordinate regularly with Montreal's Police Services (SPVM) - a police force who were, as recently as September 2024, found to be engaged in systematic racial profiling by a Quebec Superior Court judge.

4 of 4 - Open Letter Slide that reads:

The decision by the Concordia administration to hire Perceptage undermines the community-building work which is so vital at this moment in the history of the university. Heightened security and militarized policing should not be the way the university interfaces with its students, staff and faculty.

We, the undersigned, request an immediate end to the contract with Perceptage, and call for full transparency into who was involved in hiring this company and what procedures were followed to procure its services.

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

2/3 - Al Jazeera reported on it earlier this morning. Please help us put pressure on #ConcordiaUniversity - let them know that hiring ex-IDF members to surveil / brutalize Palestinian & Lebanese students & faculty + allies on campus is beyond unacceptable! #palestine #montreal

Screenshot from an article on Al Jazeera that reads:

US, Canadian universities hire Israeli firms to curb pro-Palestinian protests: Report

A report published on Saturday by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth says that several universities in both the US and Canada have entered into agreements with Israel-linked security companies to suppress pro-Palestinian protests occurring on their campuses.

The report notes that after the election of Donald Trump, who pledged to penalise academic institutions that failed to control “radicals and Hamas supporters,” a number of universities in both countries turned to Israeli security firms to manage pro-Palestinian protests.

Screenshot from an article on Al Jazeera that reads:

The City University of New York (CUNY), a major hotspot for protests last year, has recently signed a $4m contract with Strategy Security Corp. This company, owned by Yosef Sordi, a former New York City police officer, has publicly disclosed his professional training in Israel.

Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, also enlisted two Israeli security firms: Perceptage International, led by Adam Cohen, the former head of security for the Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem, and Moshav Security Consulting, operated by Eyal Feldman, a former Israeli army reserve commander and ex-advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Defence.

Regards Palestiniens @regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please sign! #ConcordiaUniversity has no business bringing ex-IOF members on our campuses! #montreal #palestine

Academics for Palestine - Concordia@a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/3 - SIGN-ON LETTER: #ConcordiaUniversity must drop Israeli-linked security and surveillance firm! Open to the Concordia community (inc. alumni) + local and international academics + *all* members of the #Montreal community. Please sign and share! tinyurl.com/sign-on-letter-link

Academics for Palestine - Concordia @a4p-concordia.bsky.social · 2y ago

This Sunday! #montreal #fundraiser

Regards Palestiniens@regardspal.bsky.social · 2y ago