From Tadamon…

Montreal, September 18th 2007: The Montreal network of the Coalition against Israeli Apartheid welcomed former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney during a launch of his autobiography at Indigo bookstore by unfurling a banner denouncing the apartheid situation under which Palestinians are living.
Marcel Sévigny, a member of the network, wanted to call on Mr. Mulroney to speak out against the apartheid system now being used against the Palestinian people, given the role Mr. Mulroney is said to have played in bringing down the apartheid system in South Africa. However, Sévigny was removed by security before he could do so.
Several other people who have been active in opposing Israeli apartheid in Montreal were identified by the many security agents and forcibly removed by police from the public event without any provocation. “That they would kick us out without cause just shows how afraid Chapters is of having an open dialogue on this issue,” said Randa Chalhoub, who was removed before the event began.
Montrealers also used the event to denounce the role that Heather Reisman, major shareholder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music Inc, plays in the Heseg Foundation for ‘lone soldiers’. ‘Lone soldiers’ are individuals who have no link to Israel, but join its army.
Ms. Reisman was asked, “How do you justify establishing the Heseg foundation, which, according to its website, was set up to ‘express gratitude and provide support’ to what most people would call mercenaries who fight in the Israeli army?”
At the same time, a “Boycott Indigo, Boycott Israeli Apartheid” bnner was unfurled at the back of the room, facing Mulroney and Reisman. Security immediately converged on the trio and roughly forced them from the room. As they left, the three informed the public about Heseg and Reisman’s support for Apartheid in Israel, challenging Mulroney to see the link to south African apartheid and calling on the public to boycott Indigo/Chapters.

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