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B’nai Brith Complaint Leads to Dismissal of York University Staff Member

York University has dismissed an employee following an investigation into his antisemitic social media use. Nikolaos Balaskas, a long-time lab technician in York’s Department of Astronomy and Physics, was the subject of a B’nai Brith Canada complaint to the university’s administration on Aug. 22. CIJNews reported (page doesn’t exist) Wednesday afternoon that a letter was sent […]

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B’nai Brith Canada Represents Jewish Community at U.S. Forums

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By Marty York Chief Media Officer B’nai Brith Canada David Matas, renowned international human rights, immigration and refugee lawyer based in Winnipeg, was B’nai Brith Canada’s representative at The High Level Forum on Global Antisemitism at the United Nations in New York last week. Please click here for information on the event. Please click here for David’s blog on the

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Green Party Justice Critic says Netanyahu Shouldn’t be Allowed into Canada

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A prominent member of the Green Party of Canada thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be barred from entering Canada. Dimitri Lascaris made his remarks about Netanyahu after he was introduced as justice critic in the shadow cabinet of the Green Party at a “town hall

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Soccer Hooligans Intimidate Israelis, Jews in France and Poland – B’nai Brith Canada

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Hostility was the behaviour of choice this past week for soccer hooligans aimed at an Israeli team in France and Jews in Poland. It began in France on Thursday, August 25, when AS St. Etienne played host to Beitar Jerusalem in a Europa League playoff game. Beitar supporters

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Calgary Police Investigating Antisemitic Post on Facebook

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Police in Calgary have launched an investigation into an antisemitic Facebook post that was exposed by B’nai Brith Canada last Friday. Facebook initially determined that the post, which was a graphic explicitly calling for the genocide of all Jews, “doesn’t violate its Community Standards” and the global social media giant refused a request by B’nai

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Self-Proclaimed Israeli Boycott Activist Seeks Asylum in Canada

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Gilad Paz, an activist affiliated with the boycott and sanctions campaign against Israel, has applied for asylum in Canada. Paz, who landed in Montreal on August 11, claims that he is the target of persecution in Israel due to his political views. Paz has said he was involved with

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NDP Deputy Leader Facilitates Pro-Shoufani Press Conference at Queen’s Park

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The Deputy Leader of the Ontario NDP booked space for a press conference held last Wednesday at Queen’s Park that was aimed at defending controversial teacher Nadia Shoufani, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. Sources told B’nai Brith that Jagmeet Singh booked the Queen’s Park Media Studio for the unusual press conference, which was intended to galvanize support

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Green Party Announces Special Meeting to Reconsider Anti-Israel Boycott Movement

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By Aidan Fishman, Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Mere weeks after the Green Party voted to adopt the antisemitic boycott movement against Israel (BDS) at its annual convention, Party Leader Elizabeth May has announced a special general meeting to reconsider the resolution, along with other matters. May made the announcement during a news conference called to

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Prominent Israeli Arab Slams Basel Ghattas for Anti-Israel Tour of Canada

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The anti-Israel tour of Canada by Arab Member of Knesset Basel Ghattas is being harshly criticized not only by Israeli Jewish politicians, but by a major figure in Israel’s Arab community. Talab al-Sana suggested on Facebook that Ghattas was a hypocrite for advocating a total boycott of Israel at the World Social Forum in Montreal. Al-Sana asked, “If the

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