Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has announced that the City of Ottawa will raise the Israeli flag on May 14th to celebrate the creation of the State of Israel. It has done so since 2007. However, many people find this an insensitive and hurtful decision this year as Israel continues its murderous bombardment of Gaza. Read more....
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After Israel began its murderous bombing of Gaza, some Jews found a way to express both their Jewishness and their support for Palestinian human rights at the same time. See more...
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Israel has been attempting to undermine UNRWA by alleging it “financed and aided” the Hamas’ attack on October 7th. That claim has now been taken up by CIJA in a lawsuit against the federal government for resuming its funding to the organization. Watch an exclusive CTIP interview with former UNRWA executive Chris Gunness who comments on the allegations.
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Former Prime Minister Harper visited Israel in February. Before going, he wrote a long opinion piece in the National Post attempting to provide justification for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. It came in the wake of polls show an increasing number of conservatives are breaking ranks with Israel and joining the call for a “ceasefire’. Read more.
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On November 10th, 1975, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379, determining that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination“. After intense lobbying by the USA, it was revoked 16 years later by Resolution 46/86, adopted on 16 December 1991. But political developments in Israel and its brutal attack on Gaza have revived the discussion. Read more…
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Canada Talks Israel/Palestine 