Nov. 20, 2018
On Friday, Nov. 15, 2018, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), representing some 530,000 Canadian university students across Canada, voted to endorse the antisemitic boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement, and has even pledged to provide in-kind support and funds up to a maximum of $500 dollars towards organizations engaged in BDS activism.
This shameful decision, which in no way reflects the views of the broad majority of Canadian students, coupled with the abuse of funds to support the antisemitic discrimination of Jewish students, must be condemned and challenged by all Canadians of good conscience.
BDS supporters have publicly and shamelessly called for the destruction of the State of Israel, promoted Holocaust Denial and absurd comparisons between Israeli policy and that of Nazi Germany, applied double standards to the State of Israel not applied to any other country in the world, and have also charged Jews with greater allegiance to Israel than their countries of citizenship, while also holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the Israeli government.
All of these antisemitic actions, in accordance with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, are part and parcel of BDS advocacy, a movement which has been resolutely condemned by our House of Commons.
We therefore call on the Canadian Federation of Students to immediately rescind this resolution, which should not have been tabled in the first place, as it is inherently antisemitic and discriminatory on the basis of national origin, and also violates the CFS's own policy on discrimination based on “place of origin, ethnicity, or citizenship.”
The CFS must make itself inclusive for all students regardless of national origin, rather than support the regressive forces that oppose peace and advocate for discrimination against only Israelis and Jews.
Sincerely,
<The undersigned>
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By Aidan Fishman
Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights
B'nai Brith Canada
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(Flyers distributed at the University of Victoria)
By Aidan Fishman
Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights
B'nai Brith Canada
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By Daniel Koren and Tevy Pilc
Media Coordinator | Staff Writer/Researcher
B'nai Brith Canada
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Sara McCleary |
As it turns out, student groups and professors aren’t the only ones on Canadian university campuses that promote anti-Israel stances. Administrators are guilty of it, too.
Read moreIt's Time to Hit the Reset Button at York University
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Aidan Fishman& Willem Hart |
This week, our community was exposed to yet another act of antisemitism at York University. According to reports, high school students who had journeyed to campus for an anti-racism workshop, including many from the heavily-Jewish Westmount Collegiate Institute in Thornhill, Ont. were told that discrimination against Jews is not a topic worthy of conversation, while being cursed at by York professors and students on account of their supposed “white privilege.”
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Sara McCleary |
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Read moreB'nai Brith Canada Lauds UBC Students For Rejecting BDS
 The University of British Columbia (Photo Credit: UBC) |
April 9, 2017
By Aidan Fishman
Campus Advocacy Coordinator
B'nai Brith Canada
VANCOUVER – After a week-long referendum, students at the University of British Columbia voted against endorsing the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, with 48 per cent for and 52 per cent against. Turnout in the referendum also fell well short of the eight per cent quorum required in order for it to be binding.
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 Swastikas discovered at the University of Toronto (Photo Credit: Facebook)
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April 7, 2017
By Aidan Fishman
Campus Advocacy Coordinator
B'nai Brith Canada
TORONTO – Over the past week, Jewish students have discovered either disturbing antisemitic graffiti or vandalism at four separate university campuses across the country.
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