How rallying around divestments helped unify Canada’s pro-Palestinian movement
The encampments at Canadian campuses have followed months of protest marches, petitions, sit-ins and hunger strikes by pro-Palestinian activists since Israel’s military response to the Oct. 7 attacks led by Hamas. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press) The encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill University in Montreal is nearing the three-week mark, having survived heavy rains, a failed […]
How the NDP’s motion on Israel could bring a profound shift in Canadian foreign policy
An Israeli soldier takes up a position next to a damaged car that is piled up with concrete as protection for Israeli soldiers next to UNRWA headquarters in Gaza on Feb. 8, 2024. (Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press) Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly made it clear within minutes of the passage of the NDP’s motion on the Gaza war […]
Palestinian-Canadians feel ignored in human rights museum
Some Palestinian-Canadians are upset that plans for Winnipeg’s new Canadian Museum for Human Rights don’t include an exhibit with their story. Some Palestinian-Canadians are upset that plans for the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg don’t include an exhibit with their story. “As the opening comes closer, I become more and more concerned that […]