Aside from the REAL people who stand up for justice & equality in Israeli society - the rest appear to be like the dumbed down & brainwashed americans. The commentary here proves, once again, the CONTINUAL WHINE of jewish so-called "anti-semitism". This cry and whine takes the place of REAL THINKING. What a pathetic commentary on a peoples thinking capacities. They are too weak, impotent and mentally flawed to take back their REAL place of dignity in this WORLD. They would rather blather stupidities and repeat like robots, the whine of anti-semitism. Get a grip. This world is full of holocausts - past & present. Basing your nation on blatant & elitist racism & indoctrinations of military superiority will never, in any universe, bring you peace nor make your nation great. Period. In your 50 years as a "state" you have only accomplished a continual stinginess, greed and theft of another people's land. Your leaders are, and have been nothing more than war mongers and power mad liars to gain what? DOMINANCE over another peoples and their rights. You damned right . Liars and thieves=israel. Period. Your greatest treasure is your activists and your refuseniks. You don't have enough of these and probably never will. The comparison's used here in these commentaries are stupid personnified. They do not apply. You deserve the boycotts. BTW: the canadian govt IS paying back monies for the GENOCIDE they perpetrated against the ORIGINAL PEOPLES of Canada & have issued APOLOGIES - something you will NEVER see in israel. NEVER - only with your workers for peace & justice - those also who are vilified by the rest of your dumbed down and racist in the extreme society. This is what YOU give to the face of the world. Keep silent about your false cries of anti-semitism! You give shame to yourselves and diminish the REAL anti-semitism & those who REALLY suffered this - then you just become the same racists yourselves. You then make the world WANT to boycott you. Period. You don't recognize your own lean old lying & brainwashed carcasses.

Most of you people listen, but do not hear. When progressive voices in democratic societies are calling you to account, what is your reaction? To scoff, ridicule and insult. Hear what they are saying rather than engaging in a knee-jerk spasm of anti-Semitic name calling.

Cupe does not represent me as a Canadian. I do not support this action.

Your coments show what a brainwashed bigot you are. Claiming that you are not an anti-Semite doesn't make you innocent of the charge. Your comment "Liars and thieves=israel. Period" in itself shows your Jew hatred. Try reading some real history of Israel and of the Jews before you open your big fat jew hating mouth.

Canada is full of East European antisemites. Ms. Nostovski is one good example. She also wants the refugees to return to Israel.

Well done CUPE, you are real representive of the average candain citizen

There is no racism here. The CUPE convention also condemned the Egyptian government crackdown on workers and democracy protesters. And it also voted to support the Six Nations land reclamation that is occuring outside Toronto. Face the facts: Israel was based on ethnic cleansing, and it has always been an apartheid state. Uri Davis, an Israeli academic, has documented this thoroughly.

I hope to see the world without Israeli state ,but to see a single country for all jews, muslims, arabs, .... in the region.

Twisted logic and verbal obfuscation by Zionnists and their sympathizers simply doesn't cut it anymore. More and more people are standing up to and speaking out against Israeli racism and brutality! Hurrah!! Name calling, slander and character assassination is seen for what it is...a sad and contemptible attempt to obliterate the truth. But the truth has a nasty habit of asserting itself -- sooner or later!!

Singling out Israel for condemnation while not doing the same for the Arab governments which have a long history of brutality is racist. CUPE is a partner in racism with the Arabs who refuse to recognize Israel and started this whole boycott Israel idea. This is nothing new, as the left made appeased and made common cause with the Nazis in WW2.

If you were really concerned about injustice in the world you wouldn't be focusing on Israel, but on the nations which are still at war with it. Also you say you are not an anti-semite then you invoke the same anti-semitic images of stinginess greediness, theivery which has been used by anti-semites throughout history to vilify the Jews.

with all do respect imagine a world without the persians.... Iran's contribution to the world in the last 60 years...... Islamic Culture of Death..... do me a favor, the world without the Persian Mullahs right now would be alot safer for all of us

The persians who helped jews (Old testament) and rescue them, don't want to see the world without jews. I love jews as my brothers and sisters, some of them r my friends here. but we all hate Israel and zionism, devils of the time because of their brutality, and this time we try to save the other side.

The Brirish and Canadian teacher's Unions have courageously voiced their opposition to the Israeli defiance to all laws and norms that bind people togather. Although out of context for academia to boycott itself ,painful price has to be paid for the utter neglegance in shoulderin its responsibilities towards Palestinian sufferings. Watching Israeli arrogance and its disdain to international law , one hopes that such action may alert the Israeli academic institution to voice their objection in the face of their government's policies

Debra from USA, have you had some contact with Muslim women from Ontario? There WAS discussion in the provincial gov't for about a week to allow Sharia law, and then it was thought "Well, who else's laws will we need to adopt if we allow this?" So the discussion ended. If you know of some Muslim women who are living like slaves in Ontario following Sharia law, it would be 'under the radar' of civil law here, and something you might consider reporting to our authorities.

Its about time that someone regognizes that," the way Israel treat the Palestinians" is wrong . Keep the good work I 've been boycotting Israel's goods for a long time its my small way of protesting

To say you are Anti-Zionist but not Anti-Semitic is a bit like saying you Anti-Koran but not Anti-Islam. Israelis deserve a right to defend themselves against terrorism. Just as Canadians do. http://indefenceoftherighteous.blogspot.com/

Canada does NOT allow sharia law in civil matters.

finally our country is responding to the terrorist israeli government. quit whining about anti-semitism, jews! your "nation" is perpetrating a holocaust against the palestinians. who can blame them for trying to blow up your people when you keep them crammed in refugee camps and destroy their leaders at will with your weapons from america?

it's great to see that people boycott terrorism of estate regardless of etnicity.

Israel has repeatedly stepped forward to peace talks centered on recognizing Palestinian self-determination, and every time the Palestinians blow it by in-fighting or breaking the cease fire. The penchant of the labor unions and academia and the left in general to revisionism is disgusting.