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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tamils and Palestinians: Parallel realities of occupation
At
the close of 2008, I joined thousands in Toronto to protest Israel’s
attack on Gaza, and even spoke at some of the rallies. Like people all
over the world, we called for an immediate end to the war. At York
University, where I was a student, we mobilized the campus to stop the
bombing and to defend Palestinian rights. Only a few months after the
siege, the bombs dropped again, but this time, they were falling on my
own people – in the Vanni region of northern Sri Lanka. And once again,
we hit Toronto’s streets in protest.
At
the close of 2008, I joined thousands in Toronto to protest Israel’s
attack on Gaza, and even spoke at some of the rallies. Like people all
over the world, we called for an immediate end to the war. At York
University, where I was a student, we mobilized the campus to stop the
bombing and to defend Palestinian rights. Only a few months after the
siege, the bombs dropped again, but this time, they were falling on my
own people – in the Vanni region of northern Sri Lanka. And once again,
we hit Toronto’s streets in protest.