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Petition to Prime Minister Trudeau: Take Strong Stand on Palestinian Child Soldiers

February 18, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada Dear Mr. Prime Minister, For decades, the plight of Palestinian children has largely been ignored by the global community. They have fulfilled the roles of combatants, labourers, support staff, and even suicide bombers. As a result, their childhoods have been shortened by death, severe injury, or imprisonment. Neglect and …

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Sign Our Petition: Canada Must Denounce the Use of Palestinian Child Soldiers

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February 18, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the federal government to speak out forcefully against the recruitment and use of Palestinian child soldiers in advance of Palestinian Child Soldiers Week (Feb. 18-21). TO SIGN OUR PETITION, PLEASE CLICK HERE. Canada has been at the forefront of tackling the international problem of …

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Federal Government Put on Notice by Canadian Jewish and Iranian Groups

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January 13, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – Leaders from Canada’s Iranian and Jewish communities have given the federal government 30 days’ notice to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in its entirety as a terrorist organization. At a news conference in Ottawa Monday, leaders from the Council of Iranian Canadians, the Justice 88 Campaign and B’nai Brith Canada urged the government to …

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Sign Our Petition to Revoke SAIA York’s Club Status

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Rhonda Lenton Office of the President 1050 Kaneff Tower 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Dear Professor Lenton, We, the undersigned, demand that the York University administration immediately revoke the club status of Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) York, pending a full investigation into the events of Nov. 20, 2019. Swift remedial action should be taken against …

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York Must Take Action against Anti-Israel Rioters

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November 26, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that York University act against the student club that organized last week’s riot against a pro-Israel event – but we need YOUR help to make it happen. On Nov. 20, an enraged mob tried to prevent a panel featuring Israeli reservists from taking place on campus. …

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SIGN OUR PETITION: Keep Holocaust Denier Kevin Barrett Out of Canada

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Kevin Barrett, who has been invited to speak at the vehemently anti-Israel al-Quds Day rally in Toronto, continues to engage in Holocaust denial, which both the governments of Ontario and Canada clearly define as an act of antisemitism, as well as promote conspiracy theories blaming the State of Israel and the “Zionist lobby” for the …

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