Latest updates from CIJA

Roger Waters dropped by record label after Israel comments (The Jewish Chronicle)

Roger Waters has been dumped by his German record label following comments he has made about Israel, Ukraine and the United States.

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January 31, 2024

Canada warned to cut off military exports to Israel or face legal challenge (The Globe and Mail)

A coalition of Canadians and Palestinians is urging Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to cut off military exports to Israel, warning it may bring a legal challenge if Ottawa fails to act.

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January 31, 2024

An instructor at Vancouver's Langara College was dismissed due to remarks made at a pro (The Canadian Jewish News)

A faculty member of Langara College in Vancouver who celebrated the Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7 has been dismissed from her position, according to a statement released by the college on Jan. 26.

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January 30, 2024

Cabinet minister refuses to answer reporters' questions on timing of UNRWA funding pause (National Post)

Ahmed Hussen declines to say if planned $25M donation was made before Friday's announcement

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January 30, 2024

After a Fredericton synagogue is vandalized, the community turns out for a solidarity vigil (The Canadian Jewish News)

On Sunday, Jan. 28, one day after its front windows were broken on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Sgoolai Israel Synagogue in Fredericton was at capacity for a solidarity vigil organized by friends of the Jewish community.

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January 29, 2024

Archbishop Miller joins in global campaign remembering Holocaust (The B.C. Catholic)

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller offered his support to Vancouver’s Jewish community on International Holocaust Remembrance Day by posting a photograph of himself holding a sign reading “We Remember.”

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January 29, 2024

Canada's UNRWA funding pause was a long time coming, observers say (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

The evidence was so stark that there was clearly documentation that shows members of UNRWA were actually moonlighting as terrorists'

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January 29, 2024

This week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | January 28, 2024

This week, we responded to the Order from the International Court of Justice. We advocated for the dismissal of a post-secondary instructor who publicly celebrated the horrors of October 7,...Read More

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January 28, 2024

Langara College instructor who praised Hamas attack has been dismissed (Times Colonist, The Vancouver Sun)

Subsequent actions led to firing, college says

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January 27, 2024