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Campaign to Oppose Israeli Military Recruitment in Canada Receives Boost

April 23, 2021

By Yves Engler The campaign to oppose illegal Israeli military recruitment in Canada has received a significant boost. A parliamentary petition calling for an investigation into IDF recruitment has quickly surpassed the number of signatures required to […]

NDP Motion Delivers Victory for Palestinian Rights, Grassroots Democracy in Canada

April 13, 2021

By Yves Engler On Saturday New Democratic Party members delivered a victory for Palestinian rights and a blow to the Israel lobby in Canada. Over 80% of convention delegates voted for a resolution calling for […]

Why Can’t Canadian Social Democratic Leader Jagmeet Singh Say ‘Palestine’

April 6, 2021

By Yves Engler On CBC’s The House on Saturday Jagmeet Singh was asked about resolutions submitted to next week’s NDP convention regarding “Canada’s relationship to Israel and the Palestinian territory”. Instead of responding to the question, the NDP leader mentioned […]

Palestine Solidarity Delivers Blow to JNF Colonialism

March 18, 2021

By Yves Engler Score a small, but symbolically significant, victory for pro-Palestinian and anti-racist forces. The Jewish National Fund of Canada has been forced to rebrand and distance itself from its Israeli parent organization. Under […]

Pro-Israeli Money with Strings Attached: B’nai B’rith’s Unfounded Accusations

March 10, 2021

By Yves Engler B’nai B’rith is at it again. The racist group is smearing a pro-Palestinian voice for pointing out a simple truth about Canadian life. Last week the anti-Palestinian organization released a statement headlined […]

Canada: B’nai B’rith Smears Leading Palestine Solidarity Activist

January 25, 2021

By Yves Engler Recently Israel’s largest human rights organization concluded the country was run based on a “regime of Jewish supremacy”. B’Tselem wasn’t only referring to the occupied West Bank but an “apartheid” system in place […]

Israel Lobby Will Face Blowback, Eventually

October 2, 2020

By Yves Engler How much is too much? When will Israeli nationalists in North America completely discredit themselves by overusing their power to crush those defending Palestinians? The recent ruthlessness of the Israel lobby is […]

Former Israeli Soldier Sues Pro-Palestinian Toronto Restaurant

August 11, 2020

By Yves Engler As part of a well-organized, multilayered, Israel nationalist lobby bid to bankrupt a small left-wing restaurant a prominent Toronto interior designer sued Kimberly Hawkins for $800,000. Shai DeLuca is claiming the Foodbenders […]

End the Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement

August 5, 2020

By Yves Engler On Sunday a demonstration is planned in Montréal against the Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA). Under the banner “Against Israel’s annexation of the Jordan Valley. No to the Canada Israel Free […]

Israel Lobby Seeks to Bankrupt Progressive, Pro-Palestinian Restaurant

July 11, 2020

By Yves Engler The pro-Israel community is engaged in a remarkable effort to bankrupt a small progressive Toronto restaurant. In their attack on Foodbenders, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and B’nai B’rith have once […]

Canada and UNSC: Palestinian Solidarity Unsettling Canada’s Diplomatic Apparatus

June 14, 2020

By Yves Engler The Palestinian solidarity movement is unsettling Canada’s diplomatic apparatus. In the final week of their multi-year campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, they’ve been forced to respond to […]

Canada’s Record on Palestinian Rights Should Disqualify it from UN Security Council

May 23, 2020

By Yves Engler Canada’s anti-Palestinian voting record should disqualify it from a seat on the UN Security Council. Hopefully when member states pick amongst Ireland, Norway, and Canada for the two ‘Western Europe and Others’ […]

On the ICC and Canadian Government Hypocrisy

March 4, 2020

By Yves Engler Just when you think Canadian government hypocrisy could hit no greater heights, the Liberals launch a double standards rocket to the stars. The Trudeau government recently pressed the International Criminal Court to […]

Canada Celebrates Agents of Palestinian Misery

February 12, 2020

By Yves Engler Last month the Canadian Embassy in Tel Aviv held an event to celebrate Canadians fighting in the Israeli military. They invited all 78 Canadians in the IDF to the ambassador’s residence to demonstrate their […]

United Church of Canada Should Come Clean on anti-Palestinian Accord

August 11, 2019

By Yves Engler Toronto church Trinity-St. Paul’s shameful suppression of a Palestinian youth cultural event highlights anti-Palestinian rot festering in the United Church of Canada. It ought to also shine a light on a little […]

United Church Suppresses Palestinian Youth Cultural Event

July 14, 2019

By Yves Engler The Jewish Defence League and B’nai Brith are boasting that they convinced the Trinity-St. Paul Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts to cancel a room booking “to celebrate the artistic and cultural contributions of Palestinians in the diaspora.” […]

Does Justin Trudeau Hate Palestinians?

July 7, 2019

By Yves Engler Is Justin Trudeau a racist? He and his government certainly accept and promote anti-Palestinianism. Two recent moves reaffirm his government’s pattern of blaming Palestinians for their dispossession and subjugation. Last week the […]

Apologist for Israeli War Crimes Disrupted

June 10, 2019

By Yves Engler Last week members of Quebec Movement for Peace disrupted a speech by Irwin Cotler on “Canada as a Human Rights leader” (at the last-minute ‘deputy’ foreign minister, Rob Oliphant, canceled his participation). […]

Canadian Social Democratic Party MP Randall Garrison’s Disgraceful Anti-Palestinian Politics

May 23, 2019

By Yves Engler Randall Garrison is an embarrassment to everyone who supports universal human rights. The Victoria area New Democratic Party MP’s anti-Palestinian politics are beyond disgraceful. Earlier this month Garrison was reappointed vice-chair of […]