Another BDS Victory-- Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver British Columbia Canada

 
Video, Photos, Statement: Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver

Dozens of activists set up an information picket at Deltaport this
morning, designed to slow the transport of containers belonging to the
Israeli shipping company Zim. Demonstrators gave truckers and passers-by
information about the growing refusal by workers to unload and transport
cargo from Israel or shipped by Israeli companies. Vancouver Media Co-op
correspondents filed this report.

* Photos: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/photo/zim-ships-not-welcome/4508

* Video:
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/israeli-ships-not-welcome-vancouver/4507

* Press Release By Boycott Israeli Apartheid Coalition | August 24, 2010

Activists tell shipping firm Zim -- Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver

http://rabble.ca/news/2010/08/activists-tell-shipping-firm-zim-israeli-ships-not-welcome-vancouver

Vancouver - Port truck traffic slowed to a crawl along the Deltaport
causeway as a group of about 50 protesters approached drivers with
leaflets containing information about the illegal Israeli blockade of
Gaza. They also offered the drivers coffee and muffins in a gesture of
solidarity. The protesters were there to draw attention to the fact that
the Israeli container ship Zim Djibouti had landed in Vancouver to unload
its containers.

Zim is an Israeli shipping company, one of the largest in the world.

"This action was part of the growing international campaign to pressure
Israel to comply with international law and stop killing innocent
civilians," said Gordon Murray, spokesperson for the Boycott Israeli
Apartheid Coalition (BIAC).

"Workers in South Africa, Scandinavia, the United States, Turkey and India
have already responded to the Palestinian call for action to end the
illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and the suffering it is causing," said
Mike Krebs, BIAC's other spokesperson.

"The international solidarity movement has decided that the best way to
change Israel's behaviour is to take actions against Israeli companies and
institutions in order to put pressure on the government there."