500 Montreal artists supporting the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid (2010): “ Artists Against Israeli Apartheid: Montreal, February 25th 2010 . Today, a broad spectrum of Montreal artists are standing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and supporting the growing international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli state. Last winter, the Israeli state launched a violent military assault on the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip, leaving over 1400 Palestinians dead, including over 300 children. Despite the official end of military operations, the blockade continues to this day, with devastating consequences for Gaza’s residents. Over 60 years from the beginning of the ongoing Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) in 1948, in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced from historic Palestine through Israel’s creation, Montreal artists are united in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice…” (“500 artists against Israeli apartheid”, Tadamon, 25 February 2010: https://www.tadamon.ca/post/5824 ).