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Israel Justified in Closing Palestinian NGOs Argues Renowned Human Rights Lawyer

CLIQUEZ ICI pour le français September 19, 2022 WINNIPEG – David Matas, B’nai Brith Canada’s Senior Legal Counsel and a world-renowned human-rights activist, recently penned an op-ed arguing that Israel’s closure of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was justified. In October 2022, Israel closed six organizations – al‑Haq, Addameer, Defense for Children International ‑ Palestine, the …

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B’nai Brith Canada demande au Chili de s’excuser pour avoir snobé l’ambassadeur d’Israël

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CLICK HERE for English Le 16 septembre 2022 Ottawa – B’nai Brith Canada a envoyé aujourd’hui une lettre à Raul Fernandez, ambassadeur du Chili au Canada, pour demander à son pays de s’excuser d’avoir récemment snobé Gil Artzyeli, le nouvel ambassadeur d’Israël au Chili. L’incident s’est produit hier. L’ambassadeur Artzyeli est arrivé au …

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B’nai Brith Canada Calls on Chile to Apologize for Snubbing Israel’s Ambassador

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CLIQUEZ ICI pour le français September 16, 2022 Ottawa – B’nai Brith Canada today issued a letter to Raul Fernandez, Chile’s Ambassador to Canada, calling on his country to apologize for recently snubbing Gil Artzyeli, the new Ambassador of Israel to Chile. The incident occurred yesterday. Ambassador Artzyeli arrived at the Presidential Palace in Santiago …

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B’nai Brith Urges Reform of UN Human Rights Council Election Process and Appointment of an Effective High Commissioner

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CLIQUEZ ICI pour le français August 30, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada today renewed its call to reform the electoral process for membership at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and is urging UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to choose a more effective candidate for the post of High Commissioner. In terms of …

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B’nai Brith applauds Canada’s parliament for online hate strategy

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B’nai Brith Canada praised Canada’s parliament for recommending a strategy to fight online hate, including libellous smears against Israel. CLICK HERE to read the article.

B’nai Brith Canada welcomes Saudi decision to open airspace to Israel

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B’nai Birth Canada’s reaction to Saudi Arabia opening up its airspace to Israeli flights is covered in this article. CLICK HERE to read the article.

B’nai Brith Canada salue la décision de l’Arabie saoudite d’ouvrir l’espace aérien à Israël comme un pas vers l’amélioration des relations.

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CLICK HERE for English 19 juillet 2022 B’nai Brith Canada se réjouit de la décision de l’Arabie saoudite d’ouvrir son espace aérien aux vols à destination et en provenance d’Israël. Cette décision constitue un pas important vers la normalisation complète des relations entre les deux pays et contribue à isoler l’Iran et ses mandataires terroristes …

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McGill President Promises “Action” over Illegitimate Anti-Israel Referendum

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Cliquez ici pour la version française March 24, 2022 MONTREAL – Responding to outreach by B’nai Brith Canada, and the many concerned citizens spurred on by it to action, the president of McGill University has come out strongly against a recent student referendum that has dangerous implications for Jewish students. On Monday of this week, …

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B’nai Brith Urges Action to Disqualify Biased Chair at UN

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March 15, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada has formally asked Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations, to help remove the highly biased Chair of the “Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). B’nai Brith urged Rae to raise Navi Pillay’s lack of …

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B’nai Brith Canada Submits Analysis in Advance of UN Commission Report

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March 02, 2022 B’nai Brith Canada is standing up against anti-Zionism and antisemitism by submitting a detailed report addressing the root causes of continued attacks on Israel to a United Nations body dominated by anti-Zionist countries. These countries seek to delegitimize and demonize the Jewish State through the latest so-called United Nations Commission of Inquiry on …

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