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Calgary Al-Quds Day Rally Met with Strong Backlash

Pro-Palestinian groups gathered outside Calgary’s City Hall this past Saturday to commemorate al-Quds Day, an annual event promoting solidarity with the Palestinian people and protesting the existence of Israel. B’nai Brith video from the event shows pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups facing off from opposite sides of the street. While the al-Quds supporters chanted “no justice, no peace”

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Small Crowd Turns Out for Edmonton Al-Quds Day Hatefest

By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada The Alberta Legislative Building, ordinarily the daily meeting place for many lawmakers and proponents for the good of the everyday person, became a site occupied by a very small and underwhelming gathering of hate-fueled Israel bashers. A reported crowd of fewer than 50 people congregated on the

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Antisemitic, Anti-Gay Groups gather for Al-Quds Day Hatefests

By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada  A weekend in Toronto typically highlighted by themes of happiness and inclusion is about to get a massive dose of good-old fashioned hate. Sandwiched between Canada Day (Friday July 1), the Pride Parade (Sunday July 3) and the July 4 holiday in the United States will be the International

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Abbas to EU: Israel Poisons Water, if ‘Occupation’ Ends So Will Terrorism

By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada While the world was engrossed in the UK referendum vote to leave the EU, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wasted no time delivering a plethora of nonsensical anti-Israel rhetoric to the very same European parliament this week. Addressing the EU parliament in Brussels on the purpose of

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B’nai Brith Calls for Action in Response to Elizabeth May’s Email

  On June 22, 2016, B’nai Brith Canada issued a statement  informing Canadians about two anti-Israel motions being proposed at the Green Party’s convention in August, one of which is co-sponsored by a representative from Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), while the other was submitted by an IJV member. IJV, as has been previously exposed by B’nai

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Reactions Pour in to B’nai Brith on Green Party and IJV

Following the revelation of the Green Party’s heavy reliance on the discredited Independent Jewish Voices organization this week, B’nai Brith Canada has received a large number of responses and reactions from the Jewish community, praising the work of our advocacy and communications teams. Past B’nai Brith investigations revealed that the group promotes Holocaust denial, 9/11 conspiracy theories, boycott

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Discredited IJV Dictating Green Party Foreign Policy

The Green Party of Canada is relying heavily on the discredited “Independent Jewish Voices” organization to formulate its new foreign policy, which reveals the party’s shocking lack of rational thought, B’nai Brith says. Only two foreign policy resolutions are to be debated at its annual convention in Ottawa in August, and both single out Israel.

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