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Encampment in support of Palestinians sets up on the University of Manitoba campus (CTV News Winnipeg)

Tuesday's downpour didn't stop demonstrators from setting up camp on the University of Manitoba campus.

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May 07, 2024

CAMPUS WATCH: York politics department condemned for linking Israel’s existence to white supremacy (True North)

A leaked document from York University’s politics department claims that supporting Israel’s existence “upholds global white supremacy.”

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May 07, 2024

Some Jewish Canadians say this Passover comes with solemnity and complex emotions (Montreal Gazette, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Many Jews across the country will be marking the holiday in fear amid a rise in antisemitic incidents at synagogues and schools in Canada, says Shimon Koffler Fogel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

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May 07, 2024

Le premier ministre Trudeau se dit sioniste et pour une solution à deux États en Palestine (Le Devoir)

Le premier ministre du Canada, Justin Trudeau, a pris la défense de l’idéologie sioniste, de laquelle il se revendique, tout en réitérant lundi devant des membres de la communauté juive qu’il croit toujours en la solution à deux États en Palestine.

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May 06, 2024

Justin Trudeau se dit sioniste et en faveur d’un État palestinien (Le Devoir)

Le premier ministre du Canada, Justin Trudeau, a pris la défense de l’idéologie sioniste, de laquelle il se revendique, tout en réitérant lundi devant des membres de la communauté juive qu’il croit toujours en la solution à deux États en Palestine.

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May 06, 2024

2024 Yom HaShoah commemoration at the National Holocaust Monument

On Monday, May 6, Ottawa’s Jewish community, leaders from other faith communities, and elected officials came together in person at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa for a community-wide Yom...Read More

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May 06, 2024

Humanitarian aid shipments at risk as talks between Israel, Hamas collapse (The Globe and Mail)

The trucks slowly lumbered forward, passing single file through a gap in the seven-metre-high concrete barrier that separates Israel from the northern Gaza Strip. Twenty-eight flatbed trucks were allowed to enter on Sunday morning, each laden with giant sacks of Turkish flour.

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May 05, 2024

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, May 5, 2024

This week, we reached out to leadership at major Canadian post-secondary institutions to provide guidance on building formal plans for security and enforcing policies, called on Ontarians to tell MPPs...Read More

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May 05, 2024

Pro-Palestinian encampment coming to the University of Manitoba next week (CTV News Winnipeg)

The three-day event will be hosted by U of M students advocating for justice in Palestine in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Organizers are asking participants to stand together “in solidarity with land defenders globally.”

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May 04, 2024