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On the Legal Status of Jewish Refugees from Islamic Countries

Jan. 15, 2019 NEW YORK – Last month, human rights expert David Matas, who serves as B’nai Brith Canada’s senior legal counsel, delivered an address to the International Conference on Displacements of Jewish Communal Life in Islamic Lands and Cultural Reconstruction in Israel. Future Middle East peace negotiations will require the discussion of financial reparations to […]

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Europe Must Follow Canada’s Example in Labelling Hezbollah a Terrorist Organization

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Dec. 18, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – As the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) prepares to discuss Wednesday the recent Hezbollah terror tunnels attempting to infiltrate Israel, B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the European Union to follow Canada’s example in listing both Hezbollah’s political and

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SIGN OUR PETITION: Hamas Has Praised the Murder of an Infant Child. Is the UN Ready to Condemn Now?

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Dec. 12, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – On Sunday evening, two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a crowded bus station, wounding a 21-year-old pregnant woman, her husband (a Canadian-Israeli citizen) and five others. Within hours of this vicious attack, Hamas – the terrorist organization that rules

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Despite Support from Canada, U.S., UN Fails to Pass Anti-Hamas Resolution

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Dec. 7, 2018 This article was originally published on JNS.org. NEW YORK – The United Nations rejected a resolution on Thursday that required a two-thirds majority to pass condemning the terrorist group Hamas for launching rockets from Gaza into Israel in addition to its infrastructure such as building tunnels to infiltrate and attack the Jewish

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WATCH: MPs Pay Tribute to Jewish Refugees in House of Commons

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Nov. 30, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – MPs David Sweet (Flamborough—Glanbrook, Conservatives) and Marco Mendicino (Mount Royal, Liberals) both made statements in the House of Commons Friday to commemorate the Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from Arab Countries and Iran, also known

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Adopt Our Action Plan, B’nai Brith Canada Urges in Response to StatsCan Hate-Crimes Report

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Nov. 28, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Statistics Canada has released its dossier on police-reported hate crimes for the year 2017 – and the results confirm a worrying trend highlighted in B’nai Brith Canada’s 2017 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, the authoritative document on antisemitism in Canada. In response, B’nai

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PETITION: Demand Rescinding of Antisemitic Resolution by Canadian Federation of Students

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Nov. 20, 2018 On Friday, Nov. 15, 2018, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), representing some 530,000 Canadian university students across Canada, voted to endorse the antisemitic boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement, and has even pledged to provide in-kind support and funds up to a maximum of $500 dollars towards organizations engaged in BDS

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Montreal Police Issue Warrant for Alleged Neo-Nazi and Hate Propagandist

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Nov. 12, 2018 By Janna Minikovich and Ran Ukashi B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to learn that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Gabriel Sohier Chaput, a Montreal-area man alleged to be a neo-Nazi and hate propagandist. B’nai Brith complained about Chaput to the Service de Police de la Ville de

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Call to Action: Deport Nazi Helmut Oberlander Immediately

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The Honourable Minister Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Ralph Goodale We the undersigned are calling for the immediate deportation of former Nazi Helmut Oberlander following the exhaustion of all possible legal defences. For far too long, spanning two decades, Canadians have watched

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SIGN OUR PETITION: Urge Government to Immediately Deport Nazi Helmut Oberlander

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Nov. 8, 2018 By Daniel Koren & Marty York B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized in the House of Commons for Canada’s failures toward Jewish refugees during the Holocaust, the federal government is now in position to deport Nazi Helmut Oberlander. B’nai Brith Canada is urging the government to act

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