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B’nai Brith Canada Information Makes Waves in Israeli Knesset

By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Members of Knesset from at least three Israeli political parties are suggesting that an Israeli-Arab parliamentarian should be expelled because of his anti-Israel and antisemitic activities in Canada, The Jerusalem Post is reporting. Observers from B’nai Brith Canada attended and recorded a speech made by Dr. Basel Ghattas, the MK […]

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Green Party Sends Email to Members Questioning Anti-Israel Boycott Endorsement

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Green Party of Canada members have received an email from one of their highest-ranking officials asking them to reconsider the party’s adoption of the anti-Israel boycott movement (BDS) at last Sunday’s convention in Ottawa. The email, distributed Thursday afternoon and obtained by B’nai Brith Canada, is

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Sobey’s Investigating BDS Sticker Found on Sabra Hummus Container in Thornhill

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A supermarket north of Toronto was the victim of antisemitic vandalism this weekend. A sticker containing the words “Boycott Israeli Apartheid” was found on a Sabra Hummus container at a Sobey’s supermarket in Thornhill at the corner of Bathurst Street and Rutherford Road (not to be confused

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Taxpayer Dollars Fund Antisemitic Conference

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The World Social Forum (WSF), which is set to begin in Montreal on August 9th, is being used as a platform to promote antisemitism using public funds, reports B’nai Brith Canada. The WSF is an annual conference aimed at uniting various far-left and anti-globalization civil society groups. The “Partners” page on its website highlights the logos

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School Board Suspends Mississauga Teacher Who Praised Terrorists

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The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has announced that it has suspended with pay Nadia Shoufani, a teacher from St. Catherine of Siena Separate School who, as first reported by CIJNews (page doesn’t exist), praised terrorists at the Toronto al-Quds Day hatefest in July. B’nai Brith Canada had filed complaints with police. Separate investigations into Shoufani by both her

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Former Green Party President Reacts to Party Endorsement of BDS: “It’s Sickening”

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Paul Estrin, the former president of the Green Party of Canada, expressed severe concerns over the party’s endorsement of the boycott movement against Israel at its convention this past weekend. “The BDS movement has duped yet another organization into supporting hate and acts of segregation,” said Estrin in an

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B’nai Brith, JNF Irate over Green Party’s Anti-Israel Policy

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During its weekend convention in Ottawa, the Green Party of Canada added support for the anti-Israel boycott movement (BDS) to its official roster of policies. “With the Green Party’s support for unfairly singling out the world’s only Jewish state for contempt, it has firmly entrenched itself beyond the fringe of mainstream Canadian politics,” said Michael

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Government-Partnered Conference Spreads Antisemitism in Montreal

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The World Social Forum (WSF), a government-partnered event set to take place in Montreal on Aug. 9 through 14, is promoting antisemitism and the anti-Israel boycott movement (BDS). The WSF is an annual conference aimed at uniting various far-left and anti-globalization civil society groups. The “Partners” page on

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Anti-Israel Protesters Attempt to Disrupt Multicultural Festival in Winnipeg

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About a dozen people protested Tuesday outside the Israel Pavilion at Shalom Square, targeting crowds attending Folklorama, Winnipeg’s annual celebration of multiculturalism. This is the third year in a row in which demonstrators protested outside the Asper Jewish Community Campus, Winnipeg’s main Jewish hub, at Folklorama. This comes in a city where public antisemitism and anti-Israel activity

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Condemns Antisemitic Arabic Newspaper

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has condemned an antisemitic article appearing in a Southwestern Ontario publication. In an email sent to B’nai Brith Canada, Wynne did not mince words. “I want to condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the statements in the al-Saraha article that deny

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