2002 Press Releases

• December 31, 2002 - Swastika Bedecked Panda Reminder of Ongoing Need to Take Strong Stand against Hatred
  
• December 30, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH TO SEEK INTERVENER STATUS
  As acts of harassment and intimidation against students ensue
• December 17, 2002 - B’nai Brith calls for further action regarding Ahenakew
• December 16, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CALLS FOR HATE CRIMES PROSECUTION AGAINST AHENAKEW
  Urges First Nations Community to Follow Example of Chief Coon Come
• December 12, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada asks Teamsters to Withdraw Reference to Antisemitic Stereotype
• December 11, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada Withdraws Legal Action Against Government
• December 10, 2002 - RESPONSE FROM B’NAI BRITH CANADA TO THE CANADIAN ARAB FEDERATION
• December 9, 2002 - TORONTO AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GO ALL OUT AGAINST HATE
  Youth Leaders to Mark Human Rights Day at B’nai Brith Canada Conference
• November 29, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH ASKS COURT TO BAN HEZBOLLAH
  “Government not meeting obligations to protect its citizens”
• November 27, 2002 - NEW TERROR LISTING STILL LEAVES CANADIANS VULNERABLE
• November 18, 2002 - STAR MEDIA COLUMNIST PROMOTES LUNATIC FRINGE SITES
  “Conspiracy Theories Border on Hate Propaganda”
• November 13, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA CALLS UPON NDP LEADERSHIP CONTENDERS TO REPUDIATE DAVIES, ROBINSON ACTION AT CONCORDIA
  An appeal to all NDP leadership candidates
• November 8, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA QUESTIONS WISDOM OF CHOMSKY HOSTS
• October 18, 2002 - CANADIAN JOURNALISTS TO RECEIVE SPECIAL AWARD
• October 4, 2002 - Customs officials rectify error: Pro-Israel documents released
• October 1, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada commends President George W. Bush
• September 20, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada calls for Concordia Riot Inquiry
• September 20, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada Calls on Federal Government to Throw out Nazi War Criminals
• September 13, 2002 - Concordia Moratorium fails to Prevent Violence Against Jewish Student
• September 10, 2002 - INVITE NETANYAHU TO CONCORDIA, B’NAI BRITH URGES
  “University should not be held hostage to violence and intimidation”
• September 10, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada Demands Freedom of Speech Rights Be Respected
• September 9, 2002 - PRO PALESTINIAN GROUPS ATTACK JEWISH STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT CONCORDIA
• August 19, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada and Ontario Human Rights Commission forge alliance to fight hate in the schools
• August 12, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada calls on OISE to take immediate action
• July 31, 2002 - CANADIAN JEWS ASK WHY GOVERNMENT ONLY OUTLAWS TERRORIST GROUPS THAT TARGET AMERICANS
  “Does Canada value the lives of some victims more than others?”
• July 24, 2002 - CLOSURE OF ISRAELI CONSULATE IN MONTREAL WILL LEAVE A “TREMENDOUS VACUUM”, SAYS JEWISH ADVOCACY GROUP
• July 24, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA OUTRAGED AT THE GOVERNMENT’S “SHORT SIGHTED” RESPONSE TO TERROR
• July 19, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA THANKS CANADIAN PUBLIC FOR OUTPOURING OF SYMPATHY
  “Other minority groups understand only too well effects of prejudice and hatred”
• July 18, 2002 - 197 INCIDENTS AGAINST JEWS REPORTED IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2002
  FIGURES ARE UP ACROSS CANADA
• July 15, 2002 - STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA by Mrs. Chavie Rosenzweig
• July 14, 2002 - ‘Open Season on Canadian Jews’
  Father of 6 Murdered by Neo-Nazis in Toronto
• June 24, 2002 - BUSH’S CALL FOR AN END TO PALESTINIAN TERRORISM AND ARAFAT’S REMOVAL SEEN AS POSITIVE AND REALISTIC
• June 18, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA DISAPPOINTED OVER POSTPONEMENT OF SCHOOL TAX CREDITS
• June 14, 2002 - Government applauded for strong stance against perpetrators of hate crimes
• June 14, 2002 - Canadian Labour Congress Resolution on the Middle East seen as offensive
• June 13, 2002 - CANADIAN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS ANNOUNCE NEW STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
  Groups convene in Jerusalem to forge relationship in support of Israel
• June 5, 2002 - “WE WILL NOT DESERT ISRAEL”: CANADIAN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS VOW TO LEAVE ON JOINT SOLIDARITY MISSION AS PLANNED
• May 24, 2002 - “DON’T LET OUR COMMUNITY BE TARGETED”
  B’nai Brith Canada urges Government to act
• May 22, 2002 - 110 ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS REPORTED CANADA-WIDE IN FIRST FEW MONTHS OF 2002
  Latest synagogue attack is sixth incident targeting Jewish houses of worship in Quebec region
• May 9, 2002 - OUTRAGE AND DISBELIEF FOLLOW CHRÉTIEN’S REPORTED OFFER OF SANCTUARY TO WANTED TERRORISTS
• May 2, 2002 - PRIME MINISTER’S LONG-AWAITED STATEMENT CONDEMNING ANTISEMITISM DESERVED MORE THAN PASSING REFERENCE
  Jewish leaders disappointed at government’s limited response
• May 2, 2002 - GOVERNMENT APPLAUDED FOR LATEST MOVE TO EXTRADITE CONVICTED NAZI WAR CRIMINAL
• April 19, 2002 - “DEATH TO THE JEWS” HEARD IN MONTREAL AS JEWISH STUDENTS ARE ATTACKED
• April 17, 2002 - B’nai Brith Canada Applauds Foreign Minister Graham
  New UN Voting Trend Heartening to Canadian Jews
• April 17, 2002 - PRIME MINISTER MAINTAINS SILENCE ON RISE IN ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS
• April 16, 2002 - 74% OF CANADIANS LABEL ARAFAT A TERRORIST
• April 12, 2002 - PRESIDENT OF PALESTINE HOUSE QUESTIONS “SO-CALLED” HOLOCAUST ON RADIO TALK SHOW
  Israeli Consul General Outraged at Palestinian Revisionism
• April 12, 2002 - LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS ON NEW CANADIAN ALLIANCE LEADER TO REPRIMAND GALLANT
• April 9, 2002 - JEWISH COMMUNITY ASKS GOVERNMENT TO CONDEMN ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS
  Mideast tensions used as pretext for vandalism, harassment and physical assault against Canadian Jews
• April 2, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH LEADERSHIP GOING TO ISRAEL
• April 2, 2002 - RESTRAINING SELF-DEFENSE IS A DANGEROUS POLICY
  Stop the Double Standard
• March 21, 2002 - AUDIT OF ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS SHOWS RACISM STILL A THREAT
  New national survey of attitudes towards minorities featured in this year’s Audit
• March 20, 2002 - DESPITE ISRAEL’S CEASE-FIRE EFFORTS, NO RESPITE FROM PALESTINIAN TERROR
  Graham can show leadership by calling for a vote at United Nations Commission on Human Rights deliberations
• March 14, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA OUTRAGED BY MARC LAVIOLETTE’S UNACCEPTABLE COMMENTS ON ISRAEL
• March 11, 2002 - SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED WARNS JEWISH GROUP
• March 6, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CALLS ON THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE ITS POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
• February 25, 2002 - JEWISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP OUTRAGED OVER DESECRATION OF HINDU TEMPLE’S STATUES
• February 1, 2002 - 20 YEARS AFTER HAMA MASSACRE, FRESH ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SYRIA
  UN Security Council Member Accused of Violating UN Security Council Sanctions
• January 30, 2002 - REGULATIONS TO IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE ACT MUST BE AMENDED
  David Matas to present B’nai Brith Canada submission to committee hearings
• January 23, 2002 - HOW HONEST WAS MENEM?
  Let Canada’s voice be heard in Argentinean terrorist bombing investigation”
• January 17, 2002 - LATEST TERRORIST ATROCITY OUTRAGES JEWISH COMMUNITY
• January 17, 2002 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA CHALLENGES THE CBC: DEFENDS CANWEST MIDDLE EAST REPORTING
• January 16, 2002 - “HE WHO SAVES ONE LIFE, IT IS AS IF HE HAS SAVED THE WORLD ENTIRE”
  Canadian Jews Reflect on Raoul Wallenberg Day, January 17, 2002
• January 11, 2002 - GLORIFICATION OF ARAFAT IN TOPPS TRADING CARD OUTRAGEOUS

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