Latest updates from CIJA

Suspect charged in shooting on Jewish school in Montreal (Montreal Gazette)

Abdirazak Mahdi Ahmed, 20, was charged with intentionally discharging a firearm at a location knowing that a person might be inside.

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May 22, 2024

Pushing back against antisemitism (Jewish Independent)

With antisemitism rising in British Columbia, professionals from three sectors – health care, post-secondary education and K-12 schools – have started organizing so incidents of hatred in their workplace are challenged at every opportunity.

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May 22, 2024

United Church moderator, other church leaders march on Parliament Hill to call for Gaza ceasefire (Broadview)

The ecumenical march came two weeks after the church condemned the Israel Defense Forces’ ongoing assault on Rafah

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May 22, 2024

‘We are angry’: ‘Indigo 11’ accused speaks publicly for the first time after charges dropped (Toronto Star)

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May 22, 2024

Le Canada souffle le chaud et le froid quant au possible mandat d’arrêt contre Nétanyahou (Le Devoir)

Les ministres libérales Mélanie Joly et Chrystia Freeland n’étaient pas complètement sur la même longueur d’onde, mardi, dans leur appréciation de la demande de mandat d’arrêt international visant le premier ministre d’Israël, Benjamin Nétanyahou.

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May 21, 2024

Canada Must Reject ICC Assault on Israel

Ottawa, ON – May 21, 2024 – Yesterday, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan filed applications for warrants of arrest for senior Hamas terrorists and senior Israeli officials.  In...Read More

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May 21, 2024

Petition urges governments to consider antisemitic protest chants 'hate speech' (National Post + Postmedia Syndication)

Petition targets common anti-Israel, anti-Jewish chants, including 'from the river to the sea,' 'globalize the intifada' and 'Long live Oct. 7'

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May 20, 2024

This week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | May 19, 2024

This week, we celebrated the enacting of Bill 166 that will ensure all Ontario post-secondary institutions implement an anti-hate policy, mourned the thousands of Israeli lives lost in defense of the...Read More

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May 19, 2024

No hate speech charges against Adil Charkaoui for comments at pro-Palestinian protest (Montreal Gazette)

The activist made comments at an Oct. 28 pro-Palestinian protest that drew condemnation from politicians and Jewish groups.

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May 16, 2024