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Holocaust-denying Professor Anthony Hall Suspended Without Pay

B’nai Brith Canada is commending the University of Lethbridge for officially suspending Anthony Hall, a Globalization Studies professor who vocally supports Holocaust denial and conspiracy theories blaming the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks on Israel. A video posted to YouTube this morning by Hall outlines that he has been suspended from his position without pay, as the […]

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Waterloo Students Vote to Defund Anti-Israel Group

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo have voted to eliminate their $9.50 fee to Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG), which had given the organization an annual windfall of about $290,000. A whopping 82 per cent of Waterloo undergraduates voted to remove the automatic WPIRG fee. Through

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Alberta Professor Blames Sept. 11 Attacks on Israel, Supports ‘Open Debate’ on Holocaust

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B’nai Brith Canada is urging the University of Lethbridge in Alberta to investigate one of its professors over suggestions that he has promoted Holocaust denial and other antisemitic conspiracy theories. Anthony Hall, who teaches Globalization Studies, promotes the canard (page does not exist) that Israel, rather than al-Qaeda, was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist

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Manitoba MLA Faces Facebook Backlash After Visiting Jewish Camp

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By Aidan FishmanCampus Advocacy CoordinatorB’nai Brith Canada Prominent Manitoba First Nations activist, former CBC radio host and newly-elected NDP MLA Wab Kinew visited Camp Massad recently to discuss human rights issues. Massad is a Jewish summer camp located just north of Winnipeg, and was founded in 1953 as a vehicle for reviving the Hebrew language. After posting a

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B’nai Brith Complaint Leads to Dismissal of York University Staff Member

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York University has dismissed an employee following an investigation into his antisemitic social media use. Nikolaos Balaskas, a long-time lab technician in York’s Department of Astronomy and Physics, was the subject of a B’nai Brith Canada complaint to the university’s administration on Aug. 22. CIJNews reported (page doesn’t exist) Wednesday afternoon that a letter was sent

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Green Party Justice Critic says Netanyahu Shouldn’t be Allowed into Canada

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A prominent member of the Green Party of Canada thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be barred from entering Canada. Dimitri Lascaris made his remarks about Netanyahu after he was introduced as justice critic in the shadow cabinet of the Green Party at a “town hall

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Soccer Hooligans Intimidate Israelis, Jews in France and Poland – B’nai Brith Canada

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Hostility was the behaviour of choice this past week for soccer hooligans aimed at an Israeli team in France and Jews in Poland. It began in France on Thursday, August 25, when AS St. Etienne played host to Beitar Jerusalem in a Europa League playoff game. Beitar supporters

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Calgary Police Investigating Antisemitic Post on Facebook

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Police in Calgary have launched an investigation into an antisemitic Facebook post that was exposed by B’nai Brith Canada last Friday. Facebook initially determined that the post, which was a graphic explicitly calling for the genocide of all Jews, “doesn’t violate its Community Standards” and the global social media giant refused a request by B’nai

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Self-Proclaimed Israeli Boycott Activist Seeks Asylum in Canada

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Gilad Paz, an activist affiliated with the boycott and sanctions campaign against Israel, has applied for asylum in Canada. Paz, who landed in Montreal on August 11, claims that he is the target of persecution in Israel due to his political views. Paz has said he was involved with

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