CIJA in the News

WARMINGTON: While it was not a terror attack at a Toronto university, students say they felt terrorized (Toronto Sun)

Dressed as a “Hamas terrorist,” this masked man ominously stood still in the middle of the student Toronto Metropolitan University lobby like a statue.

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November 01, 2024

Arsen Ostrovsky: Why is Canada welcoming an antisemitic, terror-supporting UN official? (National Post)

It is said that there are generally only two certainties in life: death & taxes. We can add a third, that the United Nations is rotten to the core in antisemitism, and at the top of this pyramid is Francesca Albanese.

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November 01, 2024

Medical journal 'equity' audit ignores Jewish doctors, medical professionals (Toronto Sun, + Postmedia Syndication)

Canada's explosion of antisemitism since Oct. 7 have left Jewish doctors and medical students facing unprecedented hatred and harassment

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November 01, 2024

UN official withdraws from Montreal conference featuring Canadian leader of Samidoun terror group (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

An updated list of individuals participating in the inaugural 'Coordinating Council 4 Palestine' conference has removed Albanese's name as the keynote speaker on Saturday evening

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November 01, 2024

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

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

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