On Tuesday, November 5th, Shane Martinez and six other Canadian lawyers launched a historic lawsuit against the Canadian government on behalf of two Palestinian Canadian citizens for failing to protect them from Israeli genocide. Read more….
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The Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF Canada) plans to hold its annual Negev Gala fundraising dinner on November 13th in Ottawa. It will honour Ontario Conservative MPP Lisa Macleod as guest speaker. The Negev dinner has a dark connection to past ethnic cleansing and and current genocide in Gaza. Read more…..
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Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian territories will be visiting several Canadian cities this week. The Israel lobby is trying to stop Canadians from hearing what she has to say. Why? Read more…
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Amina Elghabawi, Canada’s Special Representative for Combatting Islamophobia, has written a letter to all Canadian University presidents reminding them of their duty to protect free speech. “The right to a “safe space” does not mean that others are not allowed to express views or opinions on issues that someone may disagree with“, she wrote. Read more, including her letter….
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After the International Court of Justice found that there were plausible grounds that Israel is committing genocide, Foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly ducked questions about Canada’s response. She said that Canada would wait for a final judgement (at least a year away). But she avoided commenting on the urgent “provisional measures” which the court ordered. There are things that Canada could and should do right now. Read
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Canada Talks Israel/Palestine 