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Canadian PM Mark Carney says he will recognize Palestine as a state. But what do Palestinians in Canada think? A Guardian cartoon on July 29 illustrating what the artist believes are the west’s empty words on the starvation in Gaza It was a dramatic shift in Canadian foreign policy — and, to many, a hollow […]
Vice President of the Palestinian Canadian Congress and legal clinic lawyer, James Kafieh says students need to be congratulated on their leadership during this historic event; the genocide in Gaza Janella Milord Ashford Farida El-Sharkawy holding a Palestinian flag in solidarity. On June 19, a graduate of the film and media production program planned on […]
he OCDSB said speeches are for celebrating academic life and “designed to facilitate respectful, safe and supportive discussions.” Sam Hersh, a member of Independent Jewish Voices Ottawa, stands in front of Bell High School, where this year’s valedictorian made comments about Palestinians and Truth and Reconciliation last week in her speech. Hersh, along with some […]
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 […]
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 […]
People take part in a protest in support of Palestinians in Montreal on October 13, 2023. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press) For many years now, Israelis have been told that the biggest threat to the survival of the Jewish state is Iran’s quest to obtain nuclear weapons. But another long-term trend could be eroding the foundations of […]
PCC files a claim with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
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