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NDP Deputy Leader Facilitates Pro-Shoufani Press Conference at Queen’s Park

The Deputy Leader of the Ontario NDP booked space for a press conference held last Wednesday at Queen’s Park that was aimed at defending controversial teacher Nadia Shoufani, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. Sources told B’nai Brith that Jagmeet Singh booked the Queen’s Park Media Studio for the unusual press conference, which was intended to galvanize support […]

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Green Party Announces Special Meeting to Reconsider Anti-Israel Boycott Movement

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By Aidan Fishman, Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Mere weeks after the Green Party voted to adopt the antisemitic boycott movement against Israel (BDS) at its annual convention, Party Leader Elizabeth May has announced a special general meeting to reconsider the resolution, along with other matters. May made the announcement during a news conference called to

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Prominent Israeli Arab Slams Basel Ghattas for Anti-Israel Tour of Canada

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The anti-Israel tour of Canada by Arab Member of Knesset Basel Ghattas is being harshly criticized not only by Israeli Jewish politicians, but by a major figure in Israel’s Arab community. Talab al-Sana suggested on Facebook that Ghattas was a hypocrite for advocating a total boycott of Israel at the World Social Forum in Montreal. Al-Sana asked, “If the

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Jewish Olympic Athletes We Shepped Nachas For in Rio

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Nearly 1,000 medals were awarded in the Olympic Games, which concluded Sunday night. Here’s a look back at the accomplishments and important stories of Jewish athletes who participated in the Olympics in Rio. Aly Raisman: U.S. gymnast Raisman tops the list for her stellar achievements in Rio. This year, Raisman won

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Israeli-Arab Politician Set to Speak at Venues with Antisemitic Histories

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Israeli-Arab Member of Knesset Basel Ghattas is set to address two Ontario organizations with a history of promoting antisemitism and anti-Israel conspiracy theories. This evening, Ghattas will appear before the Canadian Arab Society in London, Ont. The Canadian Arab Society’s official Facebook page claims, among other things, that Israel is exporting oil on behalf of ISIS and

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B’nai Brith Canada Information Makes Waves in Israeli Knesset

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Members of Knesset from at least three Israeli political parties are suggesting that an Israeli-Arab parliamentarian should be expelled because of his anti-Israel and antisemitic activities in Canada, The Jerusalem Post is reporting. Observers from B’nai Brith Canada attended and recorded a speech made by Dr. Basel Ghattas, the MK

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Green Party Sends Email to Members Questioning Anti-Israel Boycott Endorsement

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Green Party of Canada members have received an email from one of their highest-ranking officials asking them to reconsider the party’s adoption of the anti-Israel boycott movement (BDS) at last Sunday’s convention in Ottawa. The email, distributed Thursday afternoon and obtained by B’nai Brith Canada, is

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Sobey’s Investigating BDS Sticker Found on Sabra Hummus Container in Thornhill

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A supermarket north of Toronto was the victim of antisemitic vandalism this weekend. A sticker containing the words “Boycott Israeli Apartheid” was found on a Sabra Hummus container at a Sobey’s supermarket in Thornhill at the corner of Bathurst Street and Rutherford Road (not to be confused

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Taxpayer Dollars Fund Antisemitic Conference

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The World Social Forum (WSF), which is set to begin in Montreal on August 9th, is being used as a platform to promote antisemitism using public funds, reports B’nai Brith Canada. The WSF is an annual conference aimed at uniting various far-left and anti-globalization civil society groups. The “Partners” page on its website highlights the logos

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School Board Suspends Mississauga Teacher Who Praised Terrorists

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The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has announced that it has suspended with pay Nadia Shoufani, a teacher from St. Catherine of Siena Separate School who, as first reported by CIJNews (page doesn’t exist), praised terrorists at the Toronto al-Quds Day hatefest in July. B’nai Brith Canada had filed complaints with police. Separate investigations into Shoufani by both her

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