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Boycotters Fail to Block Israeli Shipping in Vancouver

June 14, 2021 VANCOUVER – An attempt by anti-Israel activists to obstruct Israel-linked shipping off Canada’s west coast has failed, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. On Tuesday, a coalition of anti-Israel groups gathered at Woodland Park, just south of the Port of Vancouver, and marched to the Port in an attempt to obstruct the Northern Julie, a cargo ship …

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B’nai Brith Canada CEO in Toronto Star: Learn Jewish History

CLICK HERE TO READ THE OP-ED Our CEO, Michael Mostyn, just penned an important op-ed for the Toronto Star. It urges Canadians, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, to learn about the long and fascinating history of the Jewish nation and our origins in the land of Israel. Too often, contemporary political discourse erases this history and makes faulty …

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Canada’s Humanitarian Support for Palestinians Must Not be Used to Threaten Israel

June 1, 2021 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada has historically accepted our government’s decisions to provide urgent humanitarian support for Palestinians in the Middle East, but we also have regularly sought assurances that our aid would not be diverted to attack Israel or promote hate directed at the Jewish community. In recent days, Canada announced it will …

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Months Later, CBC Yet to Correct Record on Infant Hamas Claimed Died at Gaza Border

July 17, 2018 OPINION | By Josh Korn Special to B’nai Brith Canada The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. OTTAWA – Several months have passed since the media erupted with a story that an 8-month-old infant died, allegedly at the hands of Israeli forces, …

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Gaza Paramedic Who Treated Canadian Doctor Was Hamas “Holy Warrior”

May 18, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – New information exposed by B’nai Brith Canada suggests that a Gazan paramedic slain after assisting Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani was a member of the Hamas terrorist group and employed by its interior ministry. According to the Gaza-based Palestinian Information Center, Musa Abuhassanin was a 36-year-old Captain of the Gazan Civil Defence. …

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Israel opens new delivery point into Gaza for the first time in nine years

By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada On Thursday, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that a photographer had captured images of deliveries into the Gaza strip arriving through the Erez crossing, which has been closed for the past nine years. The Erez crossing has been restricted to individuals since 2007, with deliveries to Gaza arriving solely …

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