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Families of Oct 7 victims suing Trudeau government for resuming funding for UNRWA (The Post Millennial)

12 UNRWA staffers were allegedly involved in the October 7 massacre and approximately 10 percent of staffers had ties to Hamas.

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April 05, 2024

Jewish group, families of Oct. 7 victims, suing Trudeau government over UNRWA funding (True North)

A prominent Jewish organization, along with Canadian families who lost loved ones in the Oct. 7 attacks, are suing the federal government over its decision to restore funding to the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency.

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April 05, 2024

Canadian families who lost loved ones on Oct. 7 join court challenge to Canada’s decision to resume funding UNRWA (The Canadian Jewish News)

Four Canadians who lost family members in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel are joining the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ court challenge of the government’s decision to resume funding to UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians.

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April 05, 2024

Canadian families of Hamas victims sue Canadian government over UNRWA funding (Israel National News)

Canadian families who lost loved ones on October 7, together with Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, take Canadian government to court over decision to resume funding for UNRWA.

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April 05, 2024

Le CIJA demande à la Cour d'annuler le financement canadien à l'UNRWA (Noovo Info, + syndication de La presse canadienne)

Le Centre consultatif des relations juives et israéliennes (CIJA) demande à la Cour fédérale d'annuler la décision d'Ottawa de continuer à financer la principale agence des Nations unies venant en aide aux Palestiniens.

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April 04, 2024

Canadian Families File for Judicial Review of Ottawa’s Funding of UNRWA (Alberta Jewish News)

On April 4, Canadian families who lost loved ones in the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, together with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), filed a Federal Court application for judicial review of the Government of Canada’s decision to resume funding for the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), contending that the decision to do so was patently unreasonable because it violates Canadian law.

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April 04, 2024

CIJA, families of Hamas victims take Ottawa to court over UNRWA refunding (The Suburban)

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) together with Canadian families whose relatives were killed in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, have filed a Federal Court application today for judicial review of the decision by the Trudeau government to resume UNRWA funding. They contend that refunding UNRWA "is patently unreasonable because it violates Canadian law."

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April 04, 2024

Canadian Government Sued Over Resuming UNRWA Funding (The Epoch Times)

Canadian families who have links to victims of the terrorist group Hamas have taken legal action against the Canadian federal government for resuming funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which has members accused of taking part in the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel.

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April 04, 2024

Ottawa is being sued for restoring UNRWA funding by survivors of terror victims (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

By funding UNRWA, the litigants argue, the government is funding terror while violating its own policies on ensuring foreign aid aligns with Canadian values

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April 04, 2024

Israel advocates ask court to freeze Canadian funding for UNRWA, citing Hamas claims (CBC, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Canada suspended funding to the agency in January before restoring it again in March

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April 04, 2024

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Families of Oct 7 victims suing Trudeau government for resuming funding for UNRWA (The Post Millennial)

Jewish group, families of Oct. 7 victims, suing Trudeau government over UNRWA funding (True North)

Canadian families who lost loved ones on Oct. 7 join court challenge to Canada’s decision to resume funding UNRWA (The Canadian Jewish News)

Canadian families of Hamas victims sue Canadian government over UNRWA funding (Israel National News)

Le CIJA demande à la Cour d'annuler le financement canadien à l'UNRWA (Noovo Info, + syndication de La presse canadienne)

Canadian Families File for Judicial Review of Ottawa’s Funding of UNRWA (Alberta Jewish News)

CIJA, families of Hamas victims take Ottawa to court over UNRWA refunding (The Suburban)

Canadian Government Sued Over Resuming UNRWA Funding (The Epoch Times)

Ottawa is being sued for restoring UNRWA funding by survivors of terror victims (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

Israel advocates ask court to freeze Canadian funding for UNRWA, citing Hamas claims (CBC, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

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CIJA Statement: Developments in the Middle East

Combating Antisemitism

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Update on appeal for interlocutory injunction to protect production of Canada’s kosher meat

Canada-Israel Friendship

CIJA rejects the ICJ’s non-binding opinion on Israel's policies towards the Palestinian territories, calls on the government of Canada to do the same

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What’s at Stake—Toronto’s Proposed Bylaw on Safe Access Zones

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