Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is proud to announce that we will be hosting an Anti-Zionist Refusenik Speaking Tour! Starting March 4th, Israeli conscientious objectors Tal Mitnick and Einat Gerlitz will be traveling across the country, speaking about their experiences resisting genocide and why they refused to serve in the Israeli military.
Mitnick and Gerlitz will be hosted by IJV chapters across Canada to talk about war resisters in the movement for a free Palestine, nonviolent resistance to Zionist fascism in Israel, pinkwashing of Israeli apartheid, and how Canadians can support resistance to Israeli warcrimes.
Mitnick and Gerlitz are leading figures in a growing wave of dissent among Israeli youth, challenging the brutal military occupation and advocating for Palestinian liberation. Both of them have paid the price for their stand, enduring time in Israeli military prisons for their refusal to participate in what they call a violent system that perpetuates apartheid and genocide. Their actions have sparked a global conversation about the vital role of war resisters in the fight for human rights and a free Palestine.
IJV has partnered with the Mesarvot Network on this tour, which will also feature speakers from the Palestinian solidarity movement in Canada. Mesarvot’s mandate is to support and raise the profile of young Israelis who refuse to be part of Israel’s war machine. These speakers approach this work from an anti-Zionist perspective while aiming to build a broad coalition in order to defeat the ongoing forces of oppression within and outside Israel.
Find an event near you!
- Montreal on March 4th – REGISTER HERE
- Halifax on March 6th – REGISTER HERE
- Ottawa on March 8th – REGISTER HERE
- Kingston on March 10th – DETAILS HERE
- Toronto (campus event) on March 12th – REGISTER HERE
- Toronto (Shabbat event) on March 14th – REGISTER HERE
- Hamilton on March 15th – REGISTER HERE
- Kitchener-Waterloo on March 17th – STAY TUNED (IJV WATERLOO INSTAGRAM)
- London on March 18th – REGISTER HERE
- Winnipeg on March 20th – STAY TUNED (IJV WINNIPEG FACEBOOK)
- Vancouver on March 21st – REGISTER HERE
- Vancouver on March 22nd-REGISTER HERE
- Comox Valley on March 24th -NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- 11:30 AM PT- 1111Northwest Road, Denman Island,
- 7 PM PT-2300 Ryan Road, Courtenay
- Victoria on March 25th – REGISTER HERE
Links will be updated here regularly. You can also follow local IJV chapters for updates.