By Simon Pelsmakher B‘nai Brith Canada The Empire State has dealt a severe blow to the Israel Boycott and Sanctions movement. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order requiring agencies under his purview to divest from companies and organizations aligned with the anti-Israel Boycott and Sanctions movement. Speaking at the […]
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Another Al-Quds Day Speaker in Toronto Calls for Israelis to be Shot B’nai Brith Canada, which is on the record as warning that the 2016 al-Quds Day rally would once again descend into open support for terrorist organizations and antisemitic incitement, has called for a criminal investigation into hate speech at the event. One keynote
By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada “I think it is not only false, it’s stupid.” That’s what the Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn said when asked about his feelings on the boycotts and sanctions movement against Israel in an interview with Arutz Sheva. The Cardinal is generally perceived to be second in the Catholic Church’s
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By Aidan Fishman B’nai Brith Canada Campus Affairs Coordinator In a landmark decision for Canada, issued Tuesday of this week, the Judicial Board of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) ruled against the anti-Israel Boycott and Sanctions Movement, finding that it violates the student union’s constitution. This decision followed three attempts within the past 18 months
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Spanish Tribunal Rejects Boycott of Israel By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada For the second straight week, Spanish authorities delivered a resounding dismissal of local motions to boycott Israel. The Ministerio Fiscal, a high-ranking court authority that upholds and ensures equality in the Spanish judiciary, passed a non-binding recommendation calling for the removal of a
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French Bank Delivers Blow to Boycott and Sanctions Movement By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A large French bank has delivered a massive blow to the Boycott and Sanctions movement. According to the Jerusalem Post, the Credit Mutuel bank has closed the account belonging to La Campagne BDS France.The group was caught using
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After a condemnation from B’nai Brith following a notorious Holocaust denier and conspiracy theorist’s lecture at the University of Toronto’s JJR Macleod Auditorium on April 29, 2016, the university responded by banning Modern Knowledge, the promotional group which brought O’Keefe to campus, from booking any halls or venues on campus in the future. During the April 29
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Iran’s annual international cartoon contest, which trivializes the Holocaust and compares Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the horrors of the Nazi regime, perpetuates antisemitic stereotypes, B’nai Brith Canada says. The contest, which began May 14, runs for two weeks and has already received 150 entries from over 50 countries. “Iran’s continued hostility and threats against the Jewish
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Iran’s annual international cartoon contest, which trivializes the Holocaust and compares Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the horrors of the Nazi regime, perpetuates antisemitic stereotypes, B’nai Brith Canada says. The contest, which began May 14, runs for two weeks and has already received 150 entries from over 50 countries. “Iran’s continued hostility and threats against the Jewish
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May 16, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director, The League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada VANCOUVER – The office of B.C. Premier John Horgan is standing by its praise of a Vancouver imam who slammed “malevolent Jews” and “criminal Zionists” in a public prayer session and urged congregants to send weapons to Palestinians. Tarek Ramadan, of
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