Students to counter Apartheid Week

Jewish university students across Canada are coordinating campaigns to counter Israeli Apartheid Week.

Working with local federations, the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy and Hillel, students will get a one-week head start on the sixth annual Israeli Apartheid Week, which is slated to begin Monday, March  1, with a campaign called “Size Doesn’t Matter.”

Israeli Apartheid Week features a series of events worldwide that organizers say aims “to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system,” as well as to build boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns.

The Jewish campaign will stress that for a small country, Israel has achieved global renown in many areas. The second national push will feature posters with the messages “Don’t Twist the Truth” and “Don’t Play With the Truth.”

Several pro-Israel speakers are slated to appear at Ryerson and York universities and the University of Toronto. — jta