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Controversial UN official to speak at Montreal event featuring leader of designated terror group (National Post + Postmedia Syndication)

Charlotte Kates is on a panel at the 'Coordinating Council 4 Palestine' conference and Francesca Albanese will give the concluding keynote address

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October 31, 2024

Why did Canada delay designating Samidoun as a terror group (Jerusalem Post)

Up until 15 October, Samidoun enjoyed non-profit status, providing fundraising opportunities and tax reductions.

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October 31, 2024

CIJA Celebrates the Launch of the Canadian IHRA Handbook

 Government of Canada Handbook Helps Better Understand Antisemitism and Jews’ Peoplehood Ottawa, ON – October 31, 2024 – The Government of Canada and the office of Deborah Lyons, Canada’s Special Envoy...Read More

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October 31, 2024

Better late than never, Jewish, pro-Israel leaders say of Canadian listing of Samidoun as terror group (Jewish News Syndicate)

“We have provided officials with voluminous documentation supporting this demand,” Shimon Fogel, CEO of Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, told JNS. “The case for listing it as a terrorist entity was clear.”

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October 31, 2024

Calls mount for Canada to bar UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese over antisemitic remarks (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

Albanese is scheduled to speak at the University of Toronto on Nov. 7 about international law and genocide.

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October 30, 2024

Samidoun on terrorist list (Jewish Independent)

Samidoun was an organizer of an Oct. 7 rally celebrating Hamas’s terror attacks on Israel a year earlier. Protesters tried to burn the Canadian flag while shouting that Israel should burn. They also chanted “death to” Canada, the United States and Israel.

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October 29, 2024

Montrealers say limits are needed for boisterous Friday evening demonstrations against Israel (Canadian Jewish News)

Chants begin almost every Friday evening as the crowd—varying from dozens to hundreds—heads westward slowly and loudly along Saint-Catherine Street towards Westmount Square, the sprawling commercial, office and residential block that houses the Israeli Consulate, which has been site of anti-Israel demonstrations including violent encounters with police and counter-protesters over the last several years.

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October 28, 2024

Canadian Jewish groups call on University of British Columbia to address ‘sharp rise’ in antisemitism (Jewish News Syndicate)

They suggest five actions directed towards the administration to counter such concerning behavior at the start of a new academic year.

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October 28, 2024

CIJA Calls on Government of Canada to Condemn UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

Ottawa, ON – October 28, 2024 – Today, at a press conference on Parliament Hill, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) highlighted the concerns of the Canadian Jewish...Read More

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October 28, 2024