On June 21, 2007, activists from the Campaign Against Israeli Apartheid confronted majority shareholders at Reisman and Schwartz about Israeli military links at Indigo Books and Music Inc. Shareholders Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwarz founded and support Heseg – Foundation for Lone Soldiers. Heseg, founded in 2005, provides financial support to former Israeli “Lone Soldiers” through scholarships. On Heseg's board sit several retired Israeli military officers, including Doron Almog, who narrowly avoided arrest in 2005 in London, UK, for war crimes. Heseg has no charitable function. Its sole purpose is to provide financial support to mercenaries who wish to settle in Israel after serving in occupied Palestine.
CAIA has called for a boycott of Indigo Books and Music Inc. in a growing nationwide campaign that saw pickets of dozens of Chapters and Indigo bookstores nationwide on June 9th, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation. Over 100,000 leaflets were distributed that day in the greater Vancouver and Toronto areas, Victoria, Calgary, Winnipeg, St. Catharines, London, Montreal, and Halifax. Weekly and bi-weekly vigils in front of Chapters and Indigo bookstores continue in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
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