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B’nai Brith Canada Commends Ontario Legislature for Rejecting BDS Movement

B’nai Brith Canada is commending the Ontario Legislature for officially joining the chorus of voices that staunchly reject the antisemitic boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel. The ‘Standing Firm Against Intolerance’ motion, introduced by Gila Martow, Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Thornhill, passed on Thursday, Dec. 1 by 49 to 5 votes. […]

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B’nai B’rith Denounces UN General Assembly For Anti-Israel Resolutions

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B’nai B’rith Canada condemns the United Nations General Assembly for a series of annual resolutions singling out Israel for condemnation and utterly disregarding Arabs’ fuelling of a continued conflict in the Middle East. One resolution calls for Israeli relinquishment of the strategically vital Golan Heights to Syria at a time when that country is the

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Ryerson Students Walk Out on Holocaust Education Motion

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada A motion to commemorate Holocaust Education Week failed at the semi-annual General Meeting of the Ryerson Student Union (RSU) on Tuesday night, after students opposed to the motion staged a walk-out that caused the meeting to lose quorum. The motion in question, submitted by a member

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Neo-Nazi-Linked Concert Cancelled After B’nai Brith Intervention

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada A Montreal concert by the neo-Nazi-linked band “Graveland” was cancelled Saturday night after B’nai Brith Canada warned the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) about the group. A CBSA spokesperson told B’nai Brith that, after the agency received B’nai Brith’s letter, Graveland was refused entry to Canada at Pierre

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B’nai Brith Condemns Canadian Government’s Decision to Fund UNRWA

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B’nai Brith Canada is outraged that the Government of Canada has committed $25-million in funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) – an organization previously criticized for its ties to the Hamas terrorist organization – without addressing the agency’s long history of incitement. “UNRWA has a track record of problematic behaviour

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U of T Graduate Students Reject Permanent BDS Committee

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On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the General Council of the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) rejected a proposal to transform its “BDS Ad Hoc Committee” into a permanent fixture of the organization. The vote needed a ⅔ majority in order to pass, but was defeated by a decisive margin of 34-17, with 11 abstentions.

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Antisemitic Vandals Target Jewish Sites in Montreal, Ottawa

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Over the past few days, Jewish sites in both Montreal and Ottawa have been targeted with an unusually heavy barrage of antisemitic vandalism. On Monday morning, a swastika was discovered on the wall of Hof Kelsten, an iconic Jewish bakery on Boulevard Saint-Laurent, just a block away from the memorial site for the late Jewish-Canadian

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B’nai B’rith Decries UN For Batch Of Rote Resolutions Against Israel

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B’nai B’rith International decries the United Nations for moving to adopt yet another ten resolutions against Israel. Members of the UN General Assembly met yesterday at the committee level to vote on several partisan resolutions claiming that the State of Israel violates the human rights of Palestinians. One resolution mirrors two that UNESCO (the United

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York U Vows to Stop Circulation of Antisemitic Publication

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York University has vowed to stop the circulation of Your Ward News – a publication deemed by various human rights groups as antisemitic, racist and homophobic – after copies of it were widely distributed on York’s Keele campus. A spokesperson at the York University President’s Office told B’nai Brith Canada that it “will take appropriate steps to

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BDS Stickers Deface Sodastream Products in Winnipeg

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – Stickers supporting and encouraging the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel have been discovered defacing products in two department stores in one of the largest malls in Winnipeg. The stickers were found on Sodastream products by two customers shopping at the Hudson’s Bay

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