July 4, 2018 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, B’nai Brith Canada has always been a strong supporter of Canada’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. We favour a robust Canadian contribution to security of the Euro-Atlantic region, including […]
June 28, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications/League for Human Rights Associate B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is commending the Ottawa Jazz Festival for standing up to the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which wrongfully singles out the Jewish state. The festival, which runs this year from June 21 to July 1,
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June 26, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications/League for Human Rights Associate B’nai Brith Canada THORNHILL, Ont. – The perpetrator behind an attack of antisemitic vandalism at the Chabad Flamingo synagogue in Thornhill, Ont., has still not been identified, three months after the incident occurred. Detective Mark Topping of the York Regional Police told B’nai Brith Canada Tuesday that extensive work has been done in
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June 22, 2018 By Violet Levin Government Relations Associate B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is supporting a new initiative to combat antisemitism from UNESCO and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. At the same time, B’nai Brith strongly urges UNESCO to reconsider politicized
June 21, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A professor at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta is peddling fresh antisemitic conspiracy theories over the Internet, despite facing an investigation into his earlier activity. Anthony Hall, who was formally reinstated as a faculty member in November
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June 20, 2018 The following is a press release issued by B’nai Brith International. GENEVA – The United States’ decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) presents the international organization with an important opportunity for dramatic and urgently needed reform, as the steady politicization of the body has rendered it largely irrelevant
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June 15, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to report significant progress in having the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) designated as a terrorist entity in Canada, a position the organization has strongly advocated for many years. The IRGC, a branch of
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June 14, 2018 By Benjamin Paul Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada KITCHENER, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is perturbed by revelations that an organization, whose spokesperson called for the “eradication” of Israelis, is receiving federal funding through the Canada Summer Jobs program. Sheikh Shafiq Huda, listed as the public contact for the Islamic Humanitarian Service in Kitchener, Ont., delivered his
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June 12, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Jews must be “dismantled.” Israelis should be “shot,” “run over” and “eradicated.” These are just some of the hateful, inflammatory remarks that we have heard at Toronto al-Quds Day rallies in the past few years. On Friday, Toronto
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June 10, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is in the process of filing a complaint with Toronto Police after a speaker at Saturday’s al-Quds Day rally in downtown Toronto called for the “eradication” of Israelis. Sheikh Shafiq Huda of the Islamic Humanitarian
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