Latest updates from CIJA

Toronto schoolchildren taken to protest on grounds it was an Indigenous-themed field trip (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

The students, aged 12 to 14, were told to chant 'from Turtle Island to Palestine, occupation is a crime'

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September 19, 2024

L’Assemblée générale de l’ONU réclame la fin de l’occupation israélienne des territoires palestiniens (Le Devoir, + syndication par Agence France-Presse)

L’Assemblée générale de l’ONU a réclamé mercredi la fin de l’occupation israélienne des territoires palestiniens dans les « 12 mois » et appelé à des sanctions contre Israël, une résolution non contraignante qui a provoqué la colère d’Israël, la qualifiant de « cynique ».

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September 18, 2024

Canada abstains from UN motion calling on Israel to end occupation of Gaza, West Bank (National Post, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Canada's ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae, said the motion was too one-sided to support, but the Canadian government agrees that Israel is illegally occupying those territories

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September 18, 2024

L’ONU adopte massivement une résolution demandant le retrait des troupes israéliennes (Le Droit)

L’Assemblée générale de l’ONU a soutenu massivement mercredi une résolution palestinienne non contraignante exigeant qu’Israël mette fin d’ici un an à sa «présence illicite» dans la bande de Gaza et en Cisjordanie occupée.

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September 18, 2024

Canadian Government Breaks UN Promise

Ottawa, ON – September 18, 2024 – Today, the Canadian government abstained from voting at the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution based on a biased and problematic International Court of...Read More

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September 18, 2024

Le Centre consultatif des relations juives et israéliennes appelle le Parlement canadien à prendre des mesures immédiates face aux menaces antisémites (Radio J)

https://www.radioj.fr/actualite-24455-le-centre-consultatif-des-relations-juives-et-israeliennes-appelle-le-parlement-canadien-a-prendre-des-mesures-immediates-face-aux-menaces-antisemites

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September 17, 2024

CIJA calls on Canadian parliament to take immediate action on antisemitic threats (The Jerusalem Post)

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs urged the government to adopt 4 new policies to ensure the safety of Canadian Jewry

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September 17, 2024

Royal Bank-sponsored Vancouver Queer Film Festival has banished Israeli cultural institutions (The Canadian Jewish News)

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), currently underway through Sept. 22, supports BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) and will not work with Israeli cultural institutions or show films “commissioned by an official Israeli body,” according to a statement released by Out On Screen, the organization that runs the popular annual event.

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September 17, 2024

More UWindsor donors pull funding over deal with pro-Palestinian protesters (Windsor Star + Postmedia Syndication)

Dozens of lawyers, including at least 44 members of University of Windsor’s “largest” alumni donor group, are among “disappointed and angry” benefactors who cut off funding to the school over its controversial deal with pro-Palestinian protesters.

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September 17, 2024