By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A United Nations committee has determined that sending children to Christian schools, assemblies and churches is a violation of the child’s human rights. A report conducted by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which reviews the state of children’s rights in the United Kingdom, found …
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B’nai Brith Stands in Solidarity with Victims of Dallas Shooting Last night, snipers fatally shot five officers and wounded seven others during a demonstration in downtown Dallas. “Our thoughts are with the families of the officers and all those in Dallas affected by this act of violence,” said Amanda Hohmann, National Director of the League for …
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By Simon Pelsmakher B’nai Brith Canada On July 4, it was reported that Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued a joint statement calling for Saudi Arabia to be suspended from United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Founded in 2006, the UNHRC is a 47 member-state organization dedicated to promoting human rights around the globe. …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA)have successfully conducted a test meant to check the integration of Israeli and American defense systems. The jointly operated program tested for real-time communication and coordination between defense systems taking place in multiple locations in Israel …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada A top Israeli Minister is accusing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of having “some of the blood on his hands” of murdered teenager Hallel Yaffa Ariel. Gilad Erdan (Likud) Israeli Minister of Public Security, Strategic Affairs, and Information harshly criticized Facebook for allowing Palestinian incitement and hate speech to appear on …
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By Simon Pelsmakher B’nai Brith Canada In another sign of thawing Turkish-Israeli relations, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come out condemning the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, the group responsible for the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident which soured relations with the Jewish State. President Erdogan stated that the Hamas affiliated “charity” never received proper …
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A Toronto billionaire is threatening to sue one of the bigger Israeli newspapers for libel. Mitch Goldhar, a Toronto-based real estate developer, has been given approval by the Ontario Court of Appeal to sue Ha’aretz in Canada over an article he claims damaged his reputation. The article …
By Simon Pelsmakher B’nai Brith Canada Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed American President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Ottawa Wednesday as part of the North American Leaders’ Summit. Better known as the Three Amigos Summit, this event brings the three leaders together to discuss a host of regional issues such as cross-border …
B’nai Brith Canada applauds the office of Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion for its condemnation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s medieval antisemitic remarks. Abbas’s malicious allegations that rabbis demanded the government to poison Palestinian walls harken back to hundreds of years of blood libels used to demonize and physically attack Jews. “Abbas is purposely inflaming tensions by utilizing …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada New Jersey has become the 23rd state to have an anti-boycotts law and the 13th to outright ban the movement. The state’s legislature approved a bipartisan bill, introduced by Senators James Beach (D) and Loretta Weinberg (D) March 10. It was passed in the general assembly with 69 voting …
