Latest updates from CIJA

House motion on Israel-Hamas war adds to Canada's divided views (The Globe and Mail)

On Monday, the House of Commons will vote on an NDP motion to recognize the state of Palestine and to prohibit the sale of arms to Israel. The motion is unlikely to pass. But it speaks to how views on Israel and the Palestinians have hardened in this country since the Hamas atrocities of Oct. 7.

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March 13, 2024

First-ever injunction issued protecting Jewish institutions from antisemitic mobs (The Suburban)

Another anti-Israel and anti-Jewish demonstration, this time outside the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, had a surprise ending as bailiffs arrived serving injunctions against the mob and dispersing it with the help of the SPVM riot squad. Some legal observers consider this precedent the first injunctive relief granted to protect Jewish institutions since the Hamas atrocities of Oct.7.

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March 13, 2024

Une aide d'Ottawa pour les Palestiniennes survivantes de violences sexuelles (La Presse, + syndication de La presse canadienne)

L’annonce cette semaine selon laquelle le Canada fournirait un financement aux Palestiniennes qui ont survécu à des violences sexuelles a immédiatement suscité une réprimande de la part d’une responsable israélienne.

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March 13, 2024

Groups seek to extend ban on pro-Palestinian protests near Jewish buildings (Montreal Gazette)

The Federation CJA and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs say it is "an effort to continue to protect our community."

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March 13, 2024

Face-to-Face with terror: Oct.7th survivors speak (The Suburban)

The Suburban sat down with three Israeli survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack — mother and daughter Batya and Rotem Holin, residents of Kibbutz Kfar Azza, and Assaf Artel, a community manager of Kibbutz Kissufim at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ offices at Federation CJA headquarters. Both kibbutzim were targeted by terrorists, who killed 1400 and took 250 hostage from other communities close to Israel’s border with Gaza.

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March 13, 2024

Former B.C. cabinet minister Selina Robinson talks about feeling heartbroken by the NDP government’s unwillingness to confront antisemitism in the province—and in caucus (The Canadian Jewish News)

A week after she left the governing NDP caucus in British Columbia because of what she described as the antisemitism within it, MLA Selina Robinson wonders where the leadership is going to come from to tackle the problem of antisemitism in the party, the public service and the province as a whole.

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March 13, 2024

Canada pledges help for Palestinian sex-crime victims, angering Israeli envoy (CityNews Halifax, + The Canadian Press syndication)

An announcement this week that Canada would provide funding for Palestinian women who have survived sexual violence drew an immediate rebuke from a senior Israeli official.

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March 13, 2024

Ottawa's new restrictions on kosher slaughter in Canada violate Jews' Charter rights: lawsuit (National Post)

New conditions smothering Canada's kosher meat industry, says claim, while regular slaughter avoids the same scrutiny

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March 12, 2024

David Eby commits to ending antisemitism after meeting with Jewish leaders

In the wake of controversy stemming from Selina Robinson’s allegations of antisemitism within the NDP caucus, British Columbia Premier David Eby convened with Jewish community leaders, committing to addressing and combat antisemitism across the province.

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March 12, 2024