Dear Canadians Nov 20, 2025
Have you heard
about Canada Park?
created
atop
a Palestinian village
Have you heard about
the loudspeakers,
sleeping residents of Beit Nuba?
That Israeli tanks rolled through?
Were you told
that villagers, in pajamas,
rushed outside
trekked
through the mountains
leaving belongings
behind?
That the elderly and disabled
were buried
underneath?
How about
the Israeli army that refused
to let
refugees come
home?
Do you know (The Jordanian army withdrew.
It War had already ended.
was Villagers held up
a white flags.)
war crime?
Do you want to hear
that five million Pine trees
are planted
in Canada Park?
paid by Canadians
who donated millions
to The Jewish Natioinal Fund
Of Canada?
Do you care that
the separation barrier
prevents Palestinians
from accessing
Canada Park?
including families
that used to
live on the land?
Do you worry
that Canada
does not recognize
Israeli control over
Canada Park?
that The Jewish National Fund of Canada funded
Jewish-only villages in the Galilee?
that The Jewish National Fund of Canada funded
three other West Bank parks?
I am telling you
what the Canada Revenue Agency confirms:
a charity
cannot violate
public policy
that the CRA cannot comment
on The Jewish National Fund of Canada.
that The Jewish National Fund of Canada
was contacted.
Did not respond.
A part erasure/found poem based on the text found at: Canada Park, a popular picnicking spot for Israelis, created upon the rubble of Palestinian homes – Mondoweiss