Yves Engler Archives - Palestine Chronicle

Canadian Media Prioritizes ‘Antisemitism’ over Freezing Gaza Babies

December 30, 2024

By Yves Engler As Gaza endures unimaginable suffering, Canadian media and politicians amplify narratives that overlook the Palestinian plight. Babies are dying of hypothermia. Cats have joined stray dogs in eating the dead. The last […]

Silencing Pro-Palestinian Voices – Why Is Canada Subsidizing NGO Monitor’s Anti-Free Speech Agenda?

December 20, 2024

By Yves Engler NGO Monitor seeks to demonize groups opposed to apartheid and genocide and cut off government funding for any groups or individuals who dare challenge its pro-Israel narrative. Ironically, this extremely anti-Palestinian organization […]

The Mississauga Case – Freedom of Speech Challenges Authoritarian Slide in Canada

November 28, 2024

By Yves Engler The Mayor of Mississauga’s defense of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms bucks an authoritarian slide. Zionist forces are seeking a return to a time when anti-war voices were violently suppressed. Recently, […]

War Criminal Israelis are Welcomed to Canada – Palestinians Barred

October 25, 2024

By Yves Engler While the government has officially granted 5,000 temporary visas to residents of Gaza, fewer than 334 have made it here in nine months. The double standard is egregious. Holocaust victims face extreme […]

Criminalizing Opposition – Biggest Terrorists Seek to Put Anti-Terrorists on Terror List

October 12, 2024

By Yves Engler Canada’s terrorist list targets those opposing Israeli terror. In a stark example of our upside-down world those promoting Israel’s endless crimes are on the offensive seeking to criminalize opposition to Israel’s holocaust. […]

Billions of Dollars in Public Subsidy – Pro-Israel ‘Charities’ Flout Tax Laws with Seeming Impunity

October 2, 2024

By Yves Engler United Israel Appeal is the most important Israel-focused charity in Canada. Its violation of tax law highlights the hubris of Zionist charities, which have received billions of dollars in public subsidy over […]

‘Supporting a Murderous Military’ – Momentum Grows to Stop Canada’s Tax Breaks for Genocide

September 8, 2024

By Yves Engler Have all Canadians underwritten $180 million of a billionaire power couple’s donations to a charity assisting a murderous military in violation of Canada Revenue Agency rules? How long until the CRA finally […]

Subsidizing Racism – End Tax Breaks for ‘Charities’ Pushing Genocide to Save Kids

August 24, 2024

By Yves Engler Dozens of registered charities, raising tens of millions of dollars in subsidized donations annually, are currently promoting Zionism to young Canadian Jews. The Jewish National Fund losing its charitable should be celebrated by opponents […]

End of JNF Charitable Status is Big Win for Canadian Activists – Little Thanks to the ‘Left’

August 15, 2024

By Yves Engler While most “left-wing” historic enablers of the JNF would likely claim ignorance of JNF racism and colonialism, it isn’t convincing. Historic. Maybe the biggest victory for Palestinian solidarity activists in Canadian history. […]

‘Victory against Genocide’ – Jewish National Fund of Canada to Lose Charitable Status

July 26, 2024

By Yves Engler The Canada Revenue Agency revoking the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund of Canada is an important victory against apartheid and Canada’s contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Score a significant victory against […]

Israeli Apartheid and Genocide – One Step Forward, One Back, for Ontario NDP on Palestine

July 20, 2024

By Yves Engler The NDP has been even more resistant to challenging Canada’s role in supporting apartheid and genocide. The leader of the Ontario NDP caved to a genocidal Jewish supremacist organization amidst Israel’s horrors […]

A Moral Outrage – Assaulted for Questioning ‘Charitable’ Donations by Billionaire

July 15, 2024

By Yves Engler Over the past two decades Reisman and Schwartz have put at least $185 million into HESEG. They’ve likely recouped nearly half of that sum through tax credits for “charitable” donations. On Friday I asked Heather […]

Niki Ashton and Public Expenditure – The Real Scandal is Undermining Discussion of Tax Subsidies for Israel

June 21, 2024

By Yves Engler The real scandal is how journalists either instigated or allowed themselves to be used to undermine a discussion about unlawful activity that costs taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year to […]

No Complicity – ‘Not One Cent of Canadian Tax Dollars Should Be Funding Genocide’

May 29, 2024

By Yves Engler Every year Canadian taxpayers are on the hook for about a hundred million dollars in subsidy to a country with a GDP per capita equal to Canada’s. A New York state bill […]

Zionism and Indoctrination – Modest Proposal to Prevent Hurt Feelings over Anti-Israel Demos

May 17, 2024

By Yves Engler Is it surprising that kids who have endured this indoctrination feel threatened by criticism of Israel? For many, university may be their first sustained interaction with anti-Zionism. According to a Parliamentary Commission […]

‘Fight Back Fiercely’ – Silence about Racist Mayor Speaks of Zionist Immorality

May 8, 2024

By Yves Engler A racist religious zealot, Levi is also deeply authoritarian. For months he has been pushing to repress all manner of protest against Israel’s genocide. An openly racist authoritarian, clamoring to kill more Palestinians, leads […]

Push to Erase Palestinians: Canadians Promoting Genocide

April 27, 2024

By Yves Engler For those of us who believe in human rights for all it’s necessary to disrupt the institutions seeking to erase Palestinians. In the name of protecting Canadian Jews many are promoting the […]

Gaza Genocide – The Many Ways Canada Could Send Message to Israel

April 11, 2024

By Yves Engler Canada’s arms ban made international headlines. But in reality, Ottawa isn’t severing assistance to Israel’s military. In a first, Parliament spent a full day debating a motion on the Israel/Palestine conflict. The March […]

‘Under the Rubble’ – Gaza is Final Nail in ‘Canada as Honest Broker’ Coffin

April 3, 2024

By Yves Engler It now seems quaint to call Canada an “honest broker”. Ottawa’s support for Israel’s holocaust in Gaza has made the idea seem absurd. In a recent speech, Avi Lewis repeatedly referenced Canada’s […]

Canada’s NDP Motion – A (Tiny?) Step forward in Palestine Solidarity

March 20, 2024

By Yves Engler This step forward was because hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets, heckled politicians, emailed officials, and occupied offices in recent months. I’m loath to congratulate the NDP for any step […]

Canadians Fighting in Gaza: Charge the Genocidaires

March 13, 2024

By Yves Engler Imagine growing up in a comfortable Toronto or Montréal home and deciding to cross the globe to slaughter a long-colonized people. It’s appalling Canadians are killing Palestinians, but can they be held […]

Sending an Important Message: Time to Target Liberal Ministers over Palestine

March 3, 2024

By Yves Engler Preparing such a campaign would send an important message to the Trudeau government. Successfully carrying it out would demonstrate there can be international human rights utility in engaging in electoral politics. Among […]

Amidst Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, Canadian NDP Leader Kowtows to Israel Lobby

February 15, 2024

By Yves Engler Amidst Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, the divide between Jagmeet Singh and NDP supporters, as well as his caucus, has become glaring. On Tuesday Singh once again followed the Israel lobby in smearing […]

Why Does Canada Revenue Agency Allow Tax Deductions for Help Killing Palestinians?

January 27, 2024

By Yves Engler Israeli universities are assisting a military slaughtering of Palestinians and all Canadians are subsidizing them. We must end this huge financial contribution that should run afoul of charity rules. In Israel, the […]

On ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’: Portrait of a Fanatically Pro-Israel Canadian Town

December 17, 2023

By Yves Engler The mayor of an exclusive Montréal suburb is okay with Israel killing 100,000 Palestinian children since “good needs to prevail over evil”. At a recent event with the Israeli consul of Montréal, I asked […]

For Pro-Israel Crowd in Canada, even Trudeau is an Antisemite

November 21, 2023

By Yves Engler If your principal concern is promoting Israel, perhaps it is politically sensible to minimize the distinction between Israel and Judaism. “Justin Trudeau is and always has been an antisemite”, according to Canada’s former […]

Why isn’t Cheering Israel’s Bombing of Civilians a Hate Crime?

October 12, 2023

By Yves Engler In a more sensible world, it would be the supporters of apartheid and ethnic cleansing that would be denounced and criminalized. Most of the leading human rights groups say Israel is committing […]

Canada’s Envoy ‘to Defend Apartheid’ Gets Israel medal

September 23, 2023

By Yves Engler Canada’s special envoy to combat antisemitism is actually a government emissary to promote Jewish supremacy. In a stark example of the Liberals’ anti-Palestinian policies, they have given public resources and prestige to […]

Revenue Canada Agency, Shut Down Pro-Israel ‘Burner Charity’ Now

August 30, 2023

By Yves Engler The Canada Revenue Agency must revoke the Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada’s (JHFC) charitable status. The group has highly suspect finances and assists Israeli war crimes. According to filings with the Canada Revenue Agency, […]

Canada and the ICJ: Ottawa Argues Legal Absurdity to Defend Israel

August 14, 2023

By Yves Engler Canada’s position is that the ICJ shouldn’t offer an opinion on the legal consequences arising for states and the UN from Israel’s occupation. The government actually tasked its bureaucrats with crafting an […]

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