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B’nai Brith Investigation: Radical Syrian Group Uses Canadian Politicians as Propaganda Tools

September 26, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – Three of this country’s elected officials have attended events associated with the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), B’nai Brith Canada has learned. Two of the officials expressed regret when approached by B’nai Brith. One, with the backing of Ottawa’s mayor, did not. During its investigation, B’nai Brith reached out to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Ottawa City Councillor Eli El-Chantiry with concern that the […]

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B’nai Brith Welcomes Groundbreaking UN Antisemitism Report

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September 24, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada welcomes the ground-breaking new report on antisemitism by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. The complete report, by Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, has been posted on the Special Rapporteur’s website. It will be presented by Shaheed to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee

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B’nai Brith Demands NDP Drop Candidate Who Defaced Store Products

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September 19, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is deeply disturbed by the New Democratic Party’s nomination of a candidate who was filmed affixing “warning” labels to Israeli products on Canadian store shelves and encouraging Canadians to boycott them. Miranda Gallo, the NDP candidate for the Montreal riding of Saint-Laurent, starred in the troubling videos in 2016

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B’nai Brith Condemns Antisemitic Vandalism Across the Country

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September 17, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada condemns the rash of antisemitic vandalism against election-campaign signs and billboards across the country during the past several days. Every federal election year, campaign signs and billboards of all parties are vandalized with antisemitic slogans, swastikas, and other hate-filled messages and propaganda. This year, however, there

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B’nai Brith Releases Exclusive Summary of Major Parties’ Positions Ahead of Election

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September 16, 2019 OTTAWA – Following the launch of our Elections Centre and the announcement of our upcoming debates, B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to release a summary of the positions of the major political parties ahead of the coming federal election. The major parties all received questionnaires from B’nai Brith earlier this year, giving them an opportunity

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Parliamentarians and Human Rights Activists Release Action Plan

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September 15, 2019 TORONTO – Major initiatives to hold the Iranian regime to account were proposed Sunday by representatives of Justice 88, B’nai Brith Canada, and The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. At an event commemorating the Iranian regime’s brutal massacre of thousands of political prisoners in the summer of ’88, parliamentarians and human rights activists called on

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B’nai Brith Canada Elections Guide 2019

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September 13, 2019 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to announce the launch of our online Elections Centre, where voters in the Jewish community can find all the information they may need regarding the coming federal election. Detailed guides on how to vote, what you need to know before election day, and where the major political parties

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MPP Kaleed Rasheed Rescinds Certificate to Palestine House-Toronto

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September 11, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The MPP for Mississauga East-Cooksville has rescinded a certificate of appreciation that was extended to a Palestine House–Toronto representative because of past antisemitic tropes and remarks. In August, MPP Kaleed Rasheed had presented a certificate to Amin El-Maoued, the former public relations chief of Palestine House. El-Maoued left the Mississauga-based

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Canadian Government to Appeal Israeli Wines Decision

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September 6, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – The Attorney-General of Canada has filed a notice of appeal against a court decision that would have barred certain wines from being labelled “Product of Israel,” B’nai Brith Canada has learned. On July 29, Justice Anne Mactavish of the Federal Court ruled that it was “false, misleading or deceptive” for

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Montreal Cab Driver Charged in Violent-Assault Case

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September 5, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – A former taxi driver has been charged after a violent assault of a Jewish man on July 28, 2019. As reported at the time by B’nai Brith Canada, a taxi driver in Montreal was caught on camera violently assaulting a visibly Jewish man in a parking garage. The perpetrator allegedly hurled

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