Ottawa, ON – December 10, 2024 – Today, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights released a report titled “Islamophobia on the Rise: Taking Action, Confronting...Read More
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“The Quebec government will not tolerate the Middle East conflict to be imported into Quebec,” he wrote in a post to X on Tuesday
This week, we expressed our dismay – but not surprise – at the most recent report from Amnesty International that, while purporting to be independent, is imbued with anti-Israel bias....Read More
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) blasts Amnesty International’s report accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza: Instead of holding terrorists accountable, Amnesty inexplicably inverts the narrative, blaming Israel for the violence perpetrated against it.
For the first time in nearly 10 years, Canada has voted in favour of a United Nations resolution on Dec.3 stating that Israeli settlements in disputed Palestinian territories are illegal and condemning how the Hamas-Israel war is affecting Palestinian civilians.
Richard Marceau, Vice President of External Relations and Legal Counsel, CIJA and co-author of the op-ed
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