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Immediate release August 27, 2024 CRA exposes Canadian subsidies for genocide Just released documents detailing the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) rationale for revoking the charitable status of the...
The Ne’eman Foundation, which recently had its charitable status revoked in Canada, is deeply entwined with settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and represents...
Not one cent of Canadian tax dollars should be funding genocide Actions are being planned on International Day of Charity, September 5th. Montreal, Sherbrooke, London,...
Send a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and federal liberal MPs. As Canadians standing for inclusivity and against hatred and discrimination, we are deeply concerned...
' The revocation of the Jewish National Fund's and Ne’eman Foundation's charitable status suggests a massive shift is underway in how Canada views the illicit funding...
Just Peace Advocates was pleased to be invited to join the Faculty for Palestine at University of Victoria for this critical and timely session. Over 300...
Immediate Release August 10, 2024 BREAKING: Canada Revenue Agency formally revokes the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) of Canada and Ne’eman Foundation of Canada. The...
Immediate Release Faced with its complicity in war crimes, the CDPQ is unable to answer the questions of the Quebec Coalition URGENCE Palestine Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal, August 8, 2024 -...
Jul 26, 2024 Jonathan Kuttab Arab Center Washington On Friday, July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its Advisory Opinion in the case brought before...
According to a statement JNF Canada released Thursday, the CRA has announced it will revoke the century-old organization’s charitable status. The reason reportedly given is its “support for...
WSP’s involvement in the decade-long Jerusalem Light Rail project along with its ongoing involvement should finally result in its addition to the UN database. On 15...
June 15, 2024 This week, the State Crime Journal published an article by Dr Miles Howe in regards to Zionist Philanthropy, with a case study...
Today a public letter was released challenging Canada's most significant contribution to Palestinian dispossession. “Stop Subsidizing Genocide” is signed by Gabor Mate, Yann Martel, Linda...
The CDPQ December 31, 2023 year-end report includes over $14 billion of investments in companies complicit with Israeli war crimes and genocide. This represents just...
Le rapport de fin d'année de la CDPQ au 31 décembre 2023 comprend plus de 14 milliards de dollars d'investissements dans des entreprises complices de crimes...
Grassroots advocacy groups Just Peace Advocates (JPA) and Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) are calling on the federal government to take immediate action in the...
It must be stressed that Mizrachi Canada is one of several Canadian charitable organizations that we are aware of which actively finance illegal Israeli settlement...
Eight public sector pensions, one in BC and five in Ontario, one in Alberta and the Federal Public Pension have over $350 millions dollars invested...
We were pleased to hear that Munther has been released, but stand in solidarity until all are freed. #FreeThemAll Read Munther's statement
Now is the time for us to come together as a movement to assess the period we are in and plan for the future ....
On March 15, activists will hold Scotiabank to account for its $500 million investment in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. Scotiabank’s asset fund is the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2024 le français suit LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO STOP ARMS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL TORONTO - A group of Canadian and Palestinian applicants...
The total for BCI investments in the 18 companies listed in the UN database and these other verified sources is $532.8 Million based on BCI’s...
Total for these investments listed by the UN and also by AFSC Investigate is $95 Million. This would seem to be about one percent...
“It’s been over a month since the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza. Canada and other governments are...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has done a grave disservice to Canadians and Canada’s long-term national interests by joining the US and UK-led Operation Prosperity Guardian...
Jagmeet's post on X that “Mount Sinai Hospital was targeted because of its ties to the Jewish community” is absolutely baseless. In fact, Singh's statement...
The global rally was a response to Canada and other governments' unconscionable decision to defund the UN aid agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) immediately after the...
The roundtable addressed the legal frameworks providing parallels and distinctions between settler colonial projects in Palestine, Kashmir, and Turtle Island. It aims to demonstrate how...
Topics covered included the current International Court of Justice cases on the Gaza genocide and the il/legality of the occupation, the International Criminal Court investigations,...
On January 28, a coalition of Canadians and Palestinians wrote to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly demanding that the federal government immediately halt all...
In response to the International Court of Justice finding that Israel may be committing genocide and delivering a provisional ruling that Israel must cease its...
On, January 10, 2023, Canadian Foreign Affairs Institute with Just Peace Advocates hosted a press conference calling on Trudeau to support South Africa’s case to the ICJ...
As civil society leaders and legal experts, we look to the Canadian government to uphold its international legal obligation to prevent genocide, by supporting South...
On Wednesday, January 10 at 12 NOON EST, South Africa’s High Commissioner, Palestine’s ambassador, legal experts and others will participte in a press conference...
Taxpayer subsidized donations by Canadian charities may well be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Just Peace Advocates has been using information available publicly for...
The hardships facing Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, only 73 kilometres away from Bethlehem, remind us of the hardships faced when the Virgin Mary...
The following are letters that have been written in the past, but are updated so you can continue to send them in the context of...
After Parliament adjourned for the holiday season, the Canadian government just quietly released plans to purchase their first fleet of military armed drones for both...
We call on Canadian churches, Canadians of conscience and all those who celebrate Christmas to show your solidarity with Palestinian Christians and all the Palestinian...
The return of Alex Saab on December 20, 2023 to Venezuela is a victory against the inhuman U.S. blockade on Venezuela and for oppressed people...
As Palestine solidarity advocacy on university campuses and in other settings is under attack, lawyers and legal scholars have raised concern about the attempts to...
Be sure to join with the Global Strike on Dec. 11. A statement from the Health Sector of the Palestinian NGOs Network concerning the distressing...
The webinar explored what may be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Under the cover of charity, organizations are bilking Canadian taxpayers to fund...
Check out information related to Canadian charities support of war crimes, apartheid and racism.
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN), a coalition of 45 peace and anti-war groups across the country, released a “Peace for Climate Justice” declaration...
Liberal cabinet members have been notified that they & other Canadian officials may be individually criminally liable for their role in aiding & abetting war...
Toronto, 16 November 2023 – The ICJP’s Legal Working Group for Canadian Accountability (ICJP LWGCA) has issued a notice to the Government of Canada of...
Just Peace Advocates joined other organizations to demand that States that have provided and continue to provide arms and other forms of military assistance to...
Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Palestinian and Arab Community, civil society, human rights, faith-based, ethnic, professional, humanitarian and relief organizations wrote to express our deep disappointment and...
On November 11, 2023, the health sector of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network made an urgent call to the world to act immediately. Take a minute and...
“Last week we shut down the Toronto arms manufacturer INKAS; today we’re escalating with workers and community members blockading and disrupting production at four different...
This week on rabble radio, rabble editor Nick Seebruch speaks with Karen Rodman, executive director of Just Peace Advocates. Just Peace Advocates is engaged in...
A recent access (ATIP) request from the Revenue Canada revealed that Israel received the highest amount of charitable donations from Canadian charities of any country. ...
A recent access to information (ATIP) received by Just Peace Advocates indicated over $10.5 billion of Canadian tax-subsidized charitable funds have gone to other countries...
Jama’s treatment exemplifies a history of marginalizing racialized voices. It is critical that we do not allow her to be silenced for defending Palestinian lives. For...
The message from more than 200 lawyers and legal scholars to Prime Minister Trudeau and the Canadian government, is that 'Prime Minister, your government’s...
Tomorrow (Saturday Nov 4) the 100K March for Gaza is taking place in at least two dozen cities across Canada. This is expected to be the...
Dr Gabor Maté, Roger Waters, Arcade Fire’s Richard Parry, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn, former NDP MP Jim Manly, former Ontario MPPs Rima Berns-McGowan, Gary...
Under international law, the Gaza Strip continues to be part of the Israeli occupied territory, and its status is governed by the Geneva and Hague...
With the U.S. and its NATO allies in full support, the Zionists have denied water, food, medical supplies, and electricity to the whole population. This...
Specializing in security and defense, INKAS highlights in press materials that their Israeli division has "supplied the government of Israel with more command & control...
On Monday, Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama was censured by the Ontario legislature for her criticism of Israel, which has killed 6500 Palestinians over the past two...
In September 2023, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at least 11 people and arbitrarily...
On 19 October 2023, 100 civil society organisations (CSOs), including Palestinian organisations monitoring and documenting violations of international humanitarian law against Palestinian civilians in the...
On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, Israel killed at least 500 at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Some among the one million Palestinians displaced in Gaza had...
Weapons companies across Canada are making a fortune off of the carnage in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. For the first time, with our friends...
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to speak at a large anti-Palestinian gathering beginning tomorrow, Monday, October 15, in Ottawa. The two-day conference organized by...
Canadian officials have expressed concern about Israeli suffering but have refused to criticize Israel’s recent killing of 1100 Palestinians, including more than 300 children.
Once again, pro-apartheid Councilor James Pasternak has asked his fellow council members to condemn those who support Palestine. This time it is Roger Waters. ...
Canada as a high signatory of the Fourth Geneva Convention to under Article 1 ensure that violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention do not occur...
Over 1,000 individuals and more than 35 organizations joined in signing this petition. Musicians including Roger Waters and Bruce Cockburn, former member of Canadian parliament...
Read Just Peace Advocates submission to the CFIA regarding labeling. Send your submission before October 10.
The Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network, made up of 49 organizations across Canada, is coordinating actions in eleven cities across Canada as part of the...
Good Shepherd Collective in partnership with several organizations, including the Youth of Sumud, the Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee, the Hebron Defense Committee, Human Rights Defenders, Jisoor, and Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement Pour...
SEPTEMBER 25 2023 — Today 45 leading civil society organisations, experts and academics released an open letter to Industry, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) Minister François-Philippe Champagne outlining...
Just Peace Advocates is once again pleased to co-present at TPFF. "Tomorrow's Freedom" is "a portrait of Palestinian leader and activist Marwan Barghouti tracing...
Register for a webinar that is part of building momentum for a series of upcoming anti-war actions across the country. Just Peace Advocates is pleased to endorse...
r. Diab requires the NDP’s political strength to help secure his freedom. In effect, since the NDP holds the balance of power, it is well...
Just Peace Advocates joined the social media storm #Free_Walid_Daqqah
We ask individuals and organizations to join in signing this statement that will be sent to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with copies to...
Ahmad's court date has been extended to September 20th. He has been held for over a year in solitary confinement — this is more than...
On August 20, 2023, the Israeli government launched a new 3.2-billion-shekel five-year plan (2024-2028) to develop east Jerusalem. Under pretexts of reducing social and economic disparities and...
Dr. Diab is immensely grateful to you for all the support you have shown him over the years. Unfortunately, his situation continues to be extremely...
So once again, as the Trudeau government crows about international law and the rules based international order, Canada is seeking to block the ICJ from...
Canada has made a written submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calling on the court to not fulfill a legal request from the United Nations General Assembly. On December 30,...
Written statements from states and international organization to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding a forthcoming advisory opinion on Palestine have been released. Once again...
Now four years later, the about 6,000 Kashmiri diaspora in Canada continue to wonder when the Canadian government will act on their concerns. There is...
Activists will be giving out free ice cream across Canada for a "Cones Not Drones" protest calling for an end to Canada’s planned armed drone...
A response through the Ontario Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) has revealed that the province of Ontario intends to implement the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...
Take a minute to write to Aldo’s CEO, David Bensadoun. Let him know that complicity with Israeli war crimes and apartheid is a crime. Aldo has...
July 15, 2023: Since the original letter written by Michelle Weinroth, and endorsed by Just Peace Advocates, was delivered to Prime Minister Trudeau ...
Read Jonathan’s story that begins as a child growing up in Palestine before the 1967 Naksa. Going to school in the US, Jonathan became a...
Why does Canada sanction beyond the sanctions put in place by the UN? Are sanctions beyond those specified by the UN, not acts of war...
Zakaria Odeh the exec director from the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights In Jerusalem sent the following message from Geneva where he was attending the...
Lululemon recently opened its first store in Israel and has plans to open seven more. Take Action: write to lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald, to let him know you will...
As NATO gathers for a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, we unite with pro-peace and anti-war actions occurring around the world at the same time to...
Human Rights Organisations Welcome the Release of OHCHR’s Update of the UN Database of Businesses Facilitating Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Call...
Just Peace Advocates joins with the Canadian BDS Coalition with the call that the Jenin invasion underlines the need for BDS in Canada: Isolate the...
Just Peace Advocates along with many other groups and individuals joined the Palestinian Youth Movement call on international actors to demand the immediate release of...
With Israel’s first ever weaponized drone strike in the Palestinian West Bank in June 2023 killing 3 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, and the recent use of armed...
June 26, 2023: Since the original letter written by Michelle Weinroth, and endorsed by Just Peace Advocates, was delivered to Prime Minister Trudeau 10 days...
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) is pleased to announce that, despite unsuccessful attempts to cancel and deplatform the Canada-wide Tour For Peace of...
Despite a promise in 2021 to review its portfolio for companies complicit with war crimes, CPPIB has failed to do so. CPPIB continues to be...
Mr. Trudeau, your remarks regarding the case of Hassan Diab – that Canada will always stand up for its citizens – yields hope, and the possibility that your...
Katz, PAJU’s co-president, added. “However, while the sell-off by Allied Universal is welcome news, there are still over 90 companies in the CDPQ portfolio that...
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) is pleased to announce that it has organized a Canada-wide speaking tour for citizen-diplomat Dimitri Lascaris to report...
The Question, CEO Emond: why is CDPQ comfortable to continue with $12.5 B investments in over 90 other companies that are complicit with Israeli war...
On May 29, 2023, lawyers filed a request on behalf of a Palestinian-Canadian and three Canadian organizations seeking to have the government declare former Israeli...
Just Peace Advocates was pleased to be able to support this Law for Palestine event, with Just Peace Advocates board member, Karen Rodman moderating ...
Just Peace Advocates congratulates CUPE Manitoba @CUPEMB on endorsing the BDS Resolution unanimously.
On Friday, June 2nd a mandamus was filed with the federal court Friday asking the Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino to deny former...
On Monday May 15, Deborah Lyons, the former Canadian ambassador in Tel Aviv, received an honorary degree from Mount Allison University. She was met with...
May 31, 2023: OTTAWA -- Over a hundred people have disrupted the opening of CANSEC, North America's largest military weapons convention in Ottawa, where 10,000...
The International Summit for Peace in Ukraine will be taking place in Vienna, Austria this coming weekend on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June...
Lawyers have filed a complaint on behalf ofa Palestinian-Canadian and four Canadian organizations seeking to have the government declare former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...
The recently released Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) December 31, 2022, year-end report shows that the Quebec public pension has at least...
The CDPQ December 31, 2022, year-end report is out and shows $2.4+B investments in a dozen companies (up from 10 from last year) that are...
On May 18th the Green Party of Canada (GCP) sent letter from Leader Elizabeth May and MP Mike Morrice to Minister of Foreign Affairs Joly...
Resources to inform yourself about the situation in Kashmir.
On Nakba75, May 15, 2023, Canada's former Ambassador to Israel, Deborah Lyons will be receiving an honorary degree. Lyons has praised Israeli war criminals responsible for...
This follows the members of the Kashmir Scholars Consultative Action Network along with 50+ organizations from around the world, 25+ which have members in Canada, which urged...
On May 2 newly elected Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama re-tweeted Palestinian academic Noura Erakat’s statement on the death of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who had just...
Organizations urge withdraw from G20 meetings planned for Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK) (including those reportedly being held on May 11 and May 22-24, 2023). We further...
On May 3 world-renowned intellectual Jeffrey Sachs will speak to a Canadian audience about “The Path to Peace in Ukraine". He will be joined by University...
During April 2023, an anti-sanctions book tour took place in Hamilton. Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, as well as a webinar. You can watch the webinar...
Dozens of organizations, and hundreds of individuals join Kashmir scholars, we submit this statement to express our deep concern over the Government of India's...
Canada has sanctions and related measures in place against a number of countries, as well as sanctions against specific individuals and entities identified as being:...
Under Article 1 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, all high signatories, of which Canada is one, are required to take actions to ensure that violations...
FIFA removes right to Indonesia host the U-20 Word Cup, when Indonesia rejects Israel's participation Meanwhile the Israeli military tear gasses the Palestinian final game.
It seems the SSI (Students Supporting Israel) at Toronto Metropolitan University cancelled their own event with an career Israeli military commander.
It has been such a gift to work with, Robert, a steadfast advocate for Palestine, throughout the years. It is with much heartbreak and grief,...
From March 25-27, the Yemeni community and peace groups are marking 8 years of the brutal Saudi-led intervention in the war in Yemen by holding...
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Lt. Col. Eyal Dror is scheduled to speak at multiple locations across Canada in the coming days. He will be at two...
March 26 2023 marks eight years of the brutal war in Yemen. A war that has killed over a quarter of a million people. A war...
Learn how you can join with the movement to call out RBC for its investments in Costal GasLink, Palantir, illegal Israeli settlements.
Lascaris, a leading Canadian peace activist, is planning to embark upon a mission of peace to Russia for the month of April 2023. He would...
Recently a formal complaint was submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency regarding Mizrachi Canada providing tax credits for donations to Kedumim, an illegal Israeli settlement...
The extradition law allowed the Canadian judiciary to forsake him utterly – to surrender him with “impunity” to France’s merciless legal system. For Dr. Diab,...
Just Peace Advocates welcomes this new report by the National Canadian Council of Muslims (NCCM) and the World Sikh Organization (WSO) of Canada. NCCM and...
We stand in solidarity with the Atlantic Canada Palestinian Society, and their call to write letters to the School Board of the Park...
Take action: call upon the Government of Canada to immediately and permanently end its unilateral economic sanctions on Syria so all impacted Syrian civil society can receive...
The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4th, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt,...
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) member groups will be holding actions across the country calling for an end to the war in Ukraine...
Halabi wanted to thank all those who supported him and believed his story from the very beginning. He asked me to assure all of you...
Just Peace Advocates, joins with the undersigned 88 Palestinian, regional and international civil society organisations welcome the historic announcement by the Barcelona City Council to suspend...
The Canadian government is moving quickly to award a contract for remotely piloted armed drones which would be used domestically and in foreign operations. ...
Jonathan Kuttab raised our concerns with the Canadian head of mission in Palestine--including about Canada’s position regarding a number of issues important to our work,...
Syria is not sanctioned by the UN, but the US has adopted crippling sanctions on the country. Canada has followed the US lead, adopting a...
As a member of the Canada-wide Peace and Justice Network, Just Peace Advocates is pleased to endorse this statement and related actions:
Join us for a panel and Q&A on Canada's proposed armed drone purchase. The Canadian military is currently picking a contender for up to 5...
Just Peace Advocates has joined together with 30+ other Canadian organizations to call on the federal government to abandon prospective measures that would integrate a...
Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even a suspension of its membership....
The United Church of Canada (UCC) during its 44th General Council in July 2022 once again sidelined justice for Palestine, even as it global partner Sabeel Jerusalem said “one day...
On January 26, 2023, the Israeli military carried out a massacre in Jenin. It was very much a deliberate callback to the 2002 Jenin massacre.
In 2021, over 10,000 letters were sent to RBC asking for them to break relations with Palantir Technologies Inc (PTI). Since that time, the values of the RBC’s...
Recently Khaled Mouammar and Rabbi David Mivasair submitted a detailed complaint to the CRA concerning Ne’eman Foundation Canada. See January 26, 2023 webinar, and information provided during...
“Colonialism is not charity” will explore what may be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Under the cover of charity, organizations are bilking Canadian...
Jonathan Kuttab, cofounder and board member of Just Peace Advocates will be preaching on "What is required of our church to be in solidarity with...
Actions are being planned across the country this weekend to call on the Trudeau government to cancel its procurement of 16 Lockheed Martin F-35...
Check out the work of Just Peace Advocates during 2022.
Just Peace Advocates led the drafting and obtaining of sponsors for three parliamentary petitions during 2022, as well as helped with several others. Resulted in...
During 2022, Just Peace Advocates sponsored 38 letter writing campaigns, with over 105,000 actions reaching about 2.5 million mailboxes. These included letters to elected Canadian officials,...
During 2022, working with dozens of organizations across Canada, Just Peace Advocates put out press release that do not make the mainstream media, but on...
Over 30 organizations have joined a campaign to tell the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) a campaign to tell the Canada Revenue Agency that colonialism is...
Today, Sunday, 18 December, the Israeli settler-colonial authorities are unlawfully deporting French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hammouri from his hometown, Jerusalem, to France for “breach...
Israel has recently announced it will imminently deport Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri, an act that could be a serious violation of international law....
“Canadian taxpayers shouldn’t be giving a penny to subsidize this violent settler colonialist organization” noted Rabbi David Mivasair. “The Canada Revenue Agency must audit Mizrachi...
Solidarité Québec Haiti and allies point out that the Parti Haitien Tèt Kale (PHTK) of former illegal President Michel Martelly is a terrorist organization...
While the CPPIB claims to be dedicated to the best interests of CPPIB contributors and beneficiaries, it would seem based on the recent meeting that...
Congratulations to the City of Saint Johns, and to the local Palestinian community on their recent #Palestine Flag Raising at city hall on November 29,...
Join a discussion of the latest developments in key regions of the world with several authors of the new anthology: SANCTIONS: A Wrecking Ball in a...
Salah Hamouri, the imprisoned French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention since March 2022, has been told he...
Thanks to the amazing "Self-taught Palestinian Artist, Poet and Filmmaker with a love for humanity" Lina Abojaradeh for this poweful video in support of #KickOutApartheid.
A bit of history about International Solidarity Day for the Palestinian people, and Canada's shameful stance In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance...
Just Peace Advocates joins with Within Our Lifetime, United for Palestine (WOL), Coalition for Civil Freedoms (CCF), Samidoun Palestinian Political Prisoner Solidarity Network and other...
This International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Addameer calls on the international community to demonstrate support for Palestinian political prisoners, both directly with...
For the fourth consecutive year, the Canadian government has cast its orphan “yes” vote for Palestine at the United Nations. Access request suggests this shift...
Today marks one-year since the Indian authorities arrested Khurram Parvez a widely respected human rights defender. Yesterday, leading human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation...
It is a year since Khurram Parvez, a leading global human rights defender was arbitrarily detained at his residence in Srinagar in Indian occupied Kashmir. Join...
AS THE WORLD CUP BEGINS...KICK OFF FOR THE #KICKOUTAPARTHEID CAMPAIGN! It’s time to score a goal for Palestine! We are launching the global #KickOutApartheid campaign with our...
Contact your local school board (administration, trustees, educators) and share the webinar and the anti-Palestinian racism report for the Canadian Lawyers' Association. Contact local...
Let Prime Minister Trudeau know you call on him and his government to honour his words by taking action now to end Dr. Hassan Diab’s long and...
It is that time of year again! The UN votes on Palestine! Nothing new– Canada’s vote at the UN since 1947 shows at best conditional...
We have written to AFC (Asian Football Association) telling them now is the time that the AFC hold FIFA and the UEFA accountable to suspend...
From October 4th to November 1st, 2022, dozens of activists showed up at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB) biannual public meetings. Attendees in...
Take one-minute and write to Foreign Affairs Minister Joly and ask her if she has responded to the request from Al-Haq that Canada intervene immediately...
On dit que la candeur est le meilleur témoignage de l’amitié. Puisque le Groupe interparlementaire Canada-Israël promeut « une amitié plus étroite », ainsi qu’une « coopération plus...
Throughout the month of October, dozens of activists showed up across the country at the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investment’s biannual public stakeholder meetings....
NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson asked the Liberals and Conservatives why there were not talking about the killing of Palestinian children, but the question...
The Israeli military has killed seven Palestinian children in October 2022 alone. Demand that Canada censure and sanction Israel for the outrage of killing Palestinian...
On 17 October 2022, 65 Palestinian, regional and international organisations sent a joint letter to the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk,...
“Most Haitians are opposed to another foreign military intervention”, said Bianca Mugyenyi, Director of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. “They have been calling for Canada...
Take one minute to write to Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Joly. Tell her clearly and unequivocally that Israel’s unrelenting practice of traumatizing and physically abusing...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to be part of the Canada Wide Peace and Justice Network. From October 15th to 23rd, join in demanding NO new...
Toronto Star Public Editor agrees that story needs to get to the context of the deaths of the young Palestinians faster, so moved up that...
Just Peace Advocates joins with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and 30+ organizations, in their call upon all supporters of the Palestinian struggle to...
In view of the official and public confirmation in the media that Uruguay will carry out the final preparation for the 2022 World Cup in...
CAF’s complicity with and profiteering from Israeli apartheid, illegal annexation of Palestinian land and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population has been well researched and...
With new school year underway, we would also be pleased to arrange for a "know your rights" workshop for your campus group with lawyers who developed...
It's time to fully embrace the views of most NDP party members and do the right thing regarding Palestine. It is time for Jagmeet and...
The Canadian government, as well as provincial and municipal governments, must immediately stop their blind and unconditional support for Israel which enables and maintains the...
Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even a suspension of its membership....
In anticipation of the Canada Public Pension Investment Boards’s (CPPIB) biennial public meeting this fall, we take this opportunity to call out its choice to...
The CDPQ December 31, 2021, year-end reports show investments in 10 companies with $3B fair-market value on the UN Data base as complicit with war...
Boycott with Blacklisted co-presented with Just Peace Advocates, Sunday September 25 at 530 PM ET in Toronto live or virtually on line.
Take one minute, and send a letter to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) with copy to Minister of Finance. Demand that CPPIB Divest from investments...
Take one minute and write to the newly appointed Canadian Head of Mission in Ramallah, David Da Silva. Ask him to take all actions at his...
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network, an association of numerous organizations from coast to coast in Canada working for peace, calls for all peace-loving and...
قدمت اليوم منظمي الحق Al-Haq ومناصرون للسلام العادل Just Peace Advocates تقريراً للمفوض السامي لحقوق الإنسان للأمم المتحدة الجديد، فولكر تيرك، تدعو فيه إلى ضم...
Today, Al-Haq and Just Peace Advocates submitted a report to the newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, calling for WSP Global Inc. (WSP), a...
I am a Palestinian whose entire existence has been impacted by the world’s reactions to the Holocaust, therefore the issue of the Holocaust and how...
Panel and Q&A on Canada's proposed armed drone purchase. The Canadian military is currently picking a contender for up to 5 billion CAD worth of...
Last week, the Israeli court finally issued a sentence in the case of Mohammed El-Halabi, former Executive Director for World Vision International in Gaza, who...
As the NDP caucus gathers in Halifax, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Just Peace Advocates is releasing a public letter signed by dozens of...
Take one-minute to write to the head of Puma Canada and Puma North America.
Just Peace Advocates stands with Palestine Action in the campaign to #ShutElbitDown. The direct actions taken by Palestine Action activists have led to two facilities...
Since February 2022, close to 100 artists, and dozens of civil society organizations as well as about 1500 individuals have been telling the Bieb to ...
The United Church of Canada (UCC) during its 44th General Council in July 2022 once again sidelined justice for Palestine, even as it global partner Sabeel Jerusalem said “one day...
Legal and policy experts from prominent Palestinian human rights organizations spoke about the threat by Israel to terminate their work and silence others. They were...
We call for immediate release and demand Israel rescind the decision to revoke Salah Hammouri's Jerusalem residency based on “secret evidence.”
Take one minute to write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. Demand that they pressure Israel to immediately rescind its designation...
Join legal and policy experts from prominent Palestinian human rights organizations to learn about the threat by Israel to terminate their work and silence others....
Just Peace Advocates endorses this event.
Amid Israel’s escalating attacks targeting their work, a group of more than 150 Palestinian, regional, and international organizations express our full solidarity with the designated...
25+ organizations from around the world--US, Canada, Europe, UK, Africa, Palestine and elsewhere say "Uruguay Don't Go"
The undersigned organisations extend their full support and pledge their ongoing cooperation with the UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine, which has been under mounting...
On August 5, 2022, Israel launched a military offensive on the Gaza Strip, killing 10 Palestinians including civilians—among them a five-year-old girl and a woman....
Today marks three years since the Kashmiri people lost their limited autonomous status. On August 5, 2019, the president of India arbitrarily revoked Article 370 and 35A...
While the exact contents of Israel’s “secret” files have not been made public, if the past is any guide the files almost certainly provide little to...
Topics will include: The repression of Julian Assange, free speech, and press freedom Israeli military repression of Palestinians, and BDS U.S. perpetual war and militarism, and The artist's role...
Solidarity with Palestine – St. John’s recently put ads on 3 Metrobuses covering routes in St. John’s and Mount Pearl denouncing apartheid practices of the...
Yesterday B’nai Brith announced a lawsuit against the McGill administration, Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) and student group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. The...
FIFA has to date not responded. We hope for more from the UEFA, the confederation in which the IFA plays. We call on the UEFA to...
July 14th discussion was covered in La Presse, Le Journal de Montreal and Le Soleil and was mentioned in the Globe and Mail.
The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist...
Montreal, July 12, 2022 -- On the eve of his July 15 performance at Montreal’s Bell Centre, the founder of Pink Floyd will be supporting McGill...
On the eve of Roger Waters Montreal’s Bell Centre performance, the rock legend will be supporting McGill students who’ve faced a litany of attacks for...
The existence of Hamas is also the lame excuse given for the paralysis of peace talks. Since the Palestinians are divided and Mahmoud Abbas cannot...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to support this call. As Israel continues its policy of colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing, we call for the intensification of...
A letter has been sent to the Canadian Head of Mission in Ramallah, Robin Wettlaufer signed by more than 30 civil society organizations from Canada,...
) Rallies will be held against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from June 24 to June 30 across Canada. The “Stop the Weapons, Stop...
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) manages a large and rapidly growing fund. The CPPIB however is accountable first and foremost to the federal...
Over 80 organizations and more than 700 individual write to President Infantino and Secretary General Samoura concerning a serious breach of FIFA’s own statues as...
Yesterday, the judge in the Halabi case issued a summary of his verdict. The full decision has not yet been issued, but the judge said...
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) manages a large and rapidly growing fund. The CPPIB however is accountable first and foremost to the federal...
June 5, 1967 was the first day of the Six-Day War, when Israel attacked its Arab neighbors, destroyed their airforces and armies, and proceeded to...
CPPIB had $524M (up from $513M in 2021) invested in 11 companies of the 112 companies listed on the UN Database as complicit international law....
Salah Hammouri’s case illustrates the Israeli authorities’ apartheid regime, including the widespread and systematic practice of illegal deportation and demographic manipulation, as manifested through its laws,...
Hundreds of people have blocked access to the opening of CANSEC, North America's largest weapons and "defense industry" convention at the EY Centre in Ottawa....
Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even a suspension of its membership....
In banning Huawei from any further participation in the deployment of Canada’s 5G network, the Trudeau government hurt Canadians and undermined global security. The move...
Just Peace Advocates has joined with civil society groups in signing a letter by a coalition of progressive Palestinian, internationalist, and leftist groups and collectives in...
Express your Rage and Heart Break at the Israeli military killing of Journalist Abu Akled
We commemorate 74 years of the original Nakba and recognize the ongoing colonization of remaining Palestine in similar pattern of Judaization of the West Bank...
Even when we fail to accomplish our ultimate goals (in this case, freedom for Halabi or the reversal of the terrorist designation against The Six)...
Al-Haq condemns in the strongest possible terms the direct killing of prominent Palestinian female journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh while on an assignment covering Israeli incursions in...
The Toronto Star responded to our request and changed the headline on killing of Shireen Al Jazeera journalist Abu Aqleh
Today, we are witnessing an intensified campaign by the pro-Israel lobby in Canada to smear Palestinian activists and their supporters. Last week, the National Post...
Karen Rodman was pleased to present at the World Social Forum on "Best Business Practices of Colonialism: Case Study Palestine" in regard to the Taybeh...
Celebrities oppose McGill’s anti-Palestinian and antidemocratic threats Today a public letter signed by Rock legend Roger Waters, author Yann Martel, former MP Libby Davies, author Chris...
Roger Waters, Richard Falk, John Dugard, Libby Davies, Yann Martel, Chris Hedges, as well as several hundred other academics, artists, lawyers and activists, and many...
Dozens of artists and organizations from around the world say #BiebsStay4Justice
Over the last 15 years, there have been at least 25 BDS victories on Canadian University Campuses. In 2022, there have been 5. Congratulations...
Just Peace Advocates congratulates the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Committee Against the Dissolution of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra on this important victory for Palestine. The French...
The Toronto Star takes no direct accountability for the AP stories it runs.
The Toronto Star has been running what seems like more articles (AP) than usual during Ramadan 2022, but the language is very problematic. We have...
Learn more about what to consider when purchasing Medjoul Dates in Canada to ensure they are not from Israeli companies, and to ensure you are purchasing...
We invite you to let us know about complicit companies and businesses, and to designate your organization or business an apartheid-free zone and list it...
Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound two times within 48 hours, on Friday, April 15 and Sunday, April 17. On Sunday Israeli forces attacked...
Support #IVotePalestine: Ontario Provincial Election June 2, 2022
Each year, April 17th marks Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, an international day of action, solidarity and resistance for the liberation of all Palestinian prisoners.
And why do this at Easter? Sometimes in the past the church has celebrated Easter quite separated from the life and teachings of Jesus and...
We note that, in the wake of the war hysteria over Ukraine that is gripping this country, respect for the rule of law is being...
While it was reassuring that MP Erskine-Smith sponsored E-3679 parliamentary petition calling for Canada to take a stance of support regarding the six Palestinian based...
This webinar will consider direct approaches to challenge corporate complicity in the continued colonization of Palestine. This will include judicial and non-judicial mechanisms in in...
Both Canada and South Africa have both taken forward legal complaints regarding illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada and South Africa.
Congratulations John Philpot, on receiving the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Democracy and Peace awarded on March 19 in Brussels.
"With a sticker price of $19 billion and a lifecycle cost of $77 billion, the government will certainly feel pressured to justify its purchase of these...
This webinar will consider direct approaches to challenge corporate complicity in the continued colonization of Palestine. This will include judicial and non-judicial mechanisms in in...
March 26 2022 marks seven years of the brutal war in Yemen. A war that has killed over a quarter of a million people. Over 4...
Perhaps this is push back related to the response from Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, in partnership with the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law...
3,000 letters have been sent to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Joly asking them to break the silence about Saudi Arabia’s actions. In...
“Zelensky’s call for a no-fly zone is a reckless bid to stoke direct conflict between NATO and Russia”, explained Yves Engler, a fellow with the Canadian...
Canadian government silence over the execution of 81 men in Saudi Arabia is deeply troubling.
Online picket action to hear important updates about the case of Alex Saab, directly from Camilla Saab, who is leading the campaign for his...
The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War is pleased to announce that it will hold a Zoom webinar, along with several co-sponsoring peace organizations, about...
On Palestine, this line is often a repetition of empty platitudes about supporting the two-state solution and strengthening civil society, but doing little or nothing...
Letter in response to https://www.thestar.com/news/world/middleeast/2022/03/08/israeli-troops-demolish-homes-of-palestinian-attackers.html Public Editor Bruce Campion-Smith Bureau of Accuracy/Public Editor The Toronto Star Toronto, Ontario publiced@thestar.ca March 9th, 2022 Dear Mr. Campion-Smith The Associated Press article published...
In Kashmir, press freedom has virtually disappeared. Journalists in Kashmir face threats, arrests, constant surveillance, criminal cases under terror laws, regular harassment by state authorities,...
The Associated Press article published by the Toronto Star on February 23, 2022, “Palestinian boy buried after being killed by Israeli fire” (which was later...
There was good news. The Israeli Supreme Court, on a rehearing, had just issued that afternoon its decision suspending all evictions indefinitely, declaring that the four...
Canadian churches: Now is the time to speak up in regard Israel’s apartheid crimes. Canadians can no longer close their eyes for the crimes against humanity...
Jonathan Kuttab’s timely and important book now available in arabic and hebrew.
I pledged that we would support them in their struggle, and I invited them to send us materials and specific action items that we could...
Two Parliamentary Petitions have been presented in the last week. The Canadian government has 45 days to respond.
In the end, the High Court judge stated he would speak to the District Court judge and ask when he expected to give his verdict,...
Jonathan continues this conversation, engaging in a discussion with renowned activists and academics about the necessity of a one-state solution. Panelists included Jeff Halper, and...
Ambassador Saab is set to appear in the United States before the South Florida District Court on February 16, 2022 His crime is to have...
“If our government is genuinely concerned that a Russian attack on Ukraine is imminent, it would make sense to have more not less eyes on...
This week the Arabic and Hebrew versions of Jonathan Kuttab’s book, Beyond the Two-State Solution. will be released.
On the 7th of February the Israeli occupation municipality, issued eviction orders to many businesses and structures in the industrial area of Wadi Al Jouz, in...
Major Israeli (Yesh Din and B’tselem) and international (HRW and AI) human rights organizations have determined that Israel is an Apartheid state. It is a fact and finally acknowledges...
The Amnesty International report on Israel apartheid was released today, February 1, 2022.
Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers “violation” of the illegal US economic warfare...
Today across Canada, there are emergency rallies taking place in cities from Victoria to Montreal calling on the Trudeau government to de-escalate and demilitarize the...
Citizens and residents of Canada, are invited to call upon the Minister of Justice to undertake a thorough investigation of those who have recruited or facilitated recruiting...
Dr. Diab is an innocent man who must be rescued from the offensive rulings of the French judiciary. Join with many other Canadians in demanding...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (from The Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War) Hamilton, ON January 27, 2022 Virtual Press Conference: “Course correction on Canada-China Relations” The Hamilton Coalition to...
January 26 2022 (Montreal) -- Today the Trudeau government announced it will extend and expand Canada’s military mission to the Ukraine. The Libera’s have already...
“On the three-year anniversary of Juan Guaidó declaring himself president of Venezuela the Trudeau government needs to recognize that their coup attempt has failed”, noted Canadian Foreign...
“The Core Group of foreign ambassadors has been dictating Haitians affairs for far too long”, noted Mugyenyi. “Friday’s conference is designed to reinforce US and...
Canada is playing a very concerning role in fomenting the dangerous, escalating conflict in Ukraine between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Government...
January 2022: An Addendum to the July complaint has been filed with the CRA based on CZCA’s filings with the Revenue Agency released through an access to...
Noura Erakat and Jeffrey Halper will be in dialogue with Jonathan Kuttab to discuss moving beyond the perpetuating of a status quo.
On January 5, 1949, the implementation plans for Kashmir’s self determination were put in place by a resolution of the UN Commission for India and...
e Bloc Québécois indique son soutien au peuple du Cachemire Rappelez-leur leurs promesses lors des élections d'automne. Appel à l'action maintenant.
A webinar was held on January 4, 2022 with Ali Abunimah, Karen Rodman, Yves Engler and Jonathan Kuttab to hear about the ways Canada arms...
Take one minute to write to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to remind her it is over a year since information was provided to her office.
“After some delays along the way, the revitalized RPAS procurement process has resulted in two teams being qualified to bid on the project. One of...
40 letter writing campaigns, 60 press releases, a half dozen social media storms, 75,000+ individual letters written to over 13.5 M, half a dozen webinars,...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to join with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute in organizing a public webinar on January 4 at 7 PM ET featuring Ali Abunimah and special guests to discuss Canada's...
John Philpot, board member of Just Peace Advocates was named by the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) executive as an observer to the November 21...
Over the last few weeks, almost 6,000 people have taken time to write to Prime Minister Trudeau and Global Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly with a...
Over the last month, almost 6,000 letters were sent to RBC asking for them to break relations with Palantir Technologies Inc (PTI). The RBC has...
FREE KHURRAM PARVEZ!RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS IN KASHMIR!Join Twitter StormDecember 22 and 23 Tweets available just prior to storm HERE Also sign &...
Along with the usual trend each December of Canada voting with Israel, the USA and a couple of small countries beholden to the US, opposing...
Press release sent by Just Peace Advocates, December 17 for Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. MONTREAL, Quebec -- The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute has launched an email...
More than 30 campaigns, resulting in more than 75,000 letters sent to over 13.5 million recipients.
During 2021, working with dozens of organizations across Canada, Just Peace Advocates put out more than one press release each week on topics that...
Sign petition that from residents of Canada, calling upon the Government of Canada to call for an urgent study by the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of...
RBC sent responses letter to the Palestine Solidarity organizations and to Gidimt’en Checkpoint leadership. In both cases response were sent from a basic company email...
The Liberals are moving towards acquiring 33% more F-35’s than even Harper’s Conservatives had planned to purchase. But the NDP has been largely silent as...
Indigenous Land Defender, Vanessa Gray, was targeted at her home by Toronto Police Services who charged her in connection to a solidarity action in Toronto...
This event was organized in response to the recent escalated crackdowns in the subject regions, the launching of the US-led “Summit for Democracy” (December...
As a grassroots, volunteer, not-for-profit organization, we depend on your support of our Palestine, Kashmir and other ant-imperial work. Therefore, we welcome any support you can...
On November 26, 2021, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) national council in a critical and historic move voted unanimously to oppose the IHRA definition. With this historic decision,...
On November 22, 2021, Khurram Parvez, a leading global human rights defender was arrested at his residence in Srinagar in Indian occupied Kashmir. Khurram Parvez and...
Almost 1K Canadian have signed parliamentary petition calling on Canada to reverse the designation of human right defenders. #StandWithThe6
Yesterday (November 25) the Canadian Press reported that Boeing was notified that its Super Hornet had been disqualified from the federal government’s planned fighter jet...
Certainly, it would not have looked good to vote against self-determination and expose that Canada had indeed cast its YAY vote in 2019 in an...
Beginning on Monday, November 22, a week of action will take place across Canada in opposition to the Trudeau government’s plan to purchase 88 new warplanes...
Just Peace Advocates expresses our strong solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people’s struggle to defend their territory from Canadian settler colonialism and the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Update from the Civic Coalition for Palestinain Right in Jerusalem about the high court unfair offer to the families of Sheikh Jarrah.
As we approach the end of 2021, we reflect on the shifts in Palestine advocacy over this year and its interface with law in Canada,...
The 2021 CPPIB Annual Report showed increased investments in Israeli war crimes with at least 10 companies identified by the UN...
This criminalization of Palestinian advocacy is unacceptable and unfounded; Palestinian-Canadians and their supporters have no intention of allowing biased officials to suppress their democratic rights...
Palantir provides their Artificial Intelligence (AI) predictive system to Israeli security forces, to identify people in occupied Palestine. The Royal Bank of Canada has over 2 M...
Just Peace Advocates joins with 230+ other groups to, express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders as Israel continues to...
Now with ten organizations, the Israeli regime has fully adopted as standard practice and policy the “terrorist” designation of organizations that effectively challenge its control...
With the recent attack on Al-Haq, DCIP and other organizations, the message of this petition is that we respect and value the decades of human rights and...
We join with Canadian civil society in a call to Trudeau in his new mandate to not follow the dictates of USA foreign policy, and...
On October 16, 2021, Alex Saab was kidnapped by the USA from Cabo Verde to the USA. The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in...
October 16: Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's envoy Alex Saab has been extradited to the United States - Cape Verde National Radio Canadian lawyerand member of the...
As organizations and individuals with expertise in anti-racism, we are profoundly concerned by the government’s proposed “online harms” legislation – purporting to address “terrorist content,” “content that...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to share information about the #LetKashmirDecide Global Coalition launch on Sunday, October 17 from Azad Jammu Kashmir and elsewhere around...
During #Exln44, several hundred people from across Canada have pledged to be in touch with candidates from all parties in almost one-third of the federal electoral...
With the federal election less than a week away, people from across Canada have been in touch with candidates from all parties in about 100...
Several NDP candidates and one GPC candidate have provided responses that support Canada taking steps to call for end of human rights violations in...
The BQ revealed in their response that they have written to the High Commissioner of India to express their disapproval of the repeal of Article...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to join with a global coalition of leaders –from civil society to academia, art, media, business, politics, indigenous and faith...
The Bloc Québécois (BQ) has responded to questions sent to the party and its leader in regard to its stance on Canadian foreign policy as...
Join the growing movement of individuals and organizations who have endorsed the Vote Kashmir campaign, which calls for a human rights based approach on Canada’s...
Today, a partnership of Canadian advocacy groups launched Vote Palestine: a campaign and online resource to put issues of human rights in Palestine-Israel on the...
Cancel the procurement process for the estimated $5 B contract for armed surveillance drones; Join over 50 civil society organizations in this call respresenting 70+ organizations.
Today marks two years since the Kashmiri people lost their autonomous status. On August 5, 2019, the president of India arbitrarily revoked Article 370 and 35A of the...
A formal legal complaint was submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency today concerning the charitable status of the Canadian Zionist Cultural Association (CZCA). Canadian Palestinian...
A moderated, dynamic and inter-generational discussion of the history, current challenges and prospects for the Palestine solidarity movement in Canada. August 3 Webinar. Be...
Just Peace Advocates joins in congratulating Jonathan Kuttab on his appointment as the Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) executive director. Jonathan is a cofounder and...
Just Peace Advocates is one of 65 organizations that has signed a joint oral intervention to the UN Human Rights Council 47th Session, as part...
More than 130 groups signed an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and members of his cabinet, raising concerns and calling for action in regards...
Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre Salma Zahid presented parliamentary petition that she sponsored calling for Israel's accountability in war crimes against Palestine's children. Almost 5,000...
The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law came under widespread criticism after being accused of caving to external pressure from a sitting federal judge and...
With the possible extradition of a Venezuelan diplomat to the US on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized by the International Campaign to...
anti-Semitism summit.
Garrison is out of step with NDP members on Palestinian rights. His militarism is also not shared by most in the party. It is time...
This war has killed almost a quarter of a million people, and Yemen today remains the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Over 4 million...
On 27 May 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold a Special Session in relation to the escalating human rights violations against the Palestinian...
Toronto, Ontario —Today members of the Jewish community and allies delivered a clear message at the Israeli consulate in Toronto about bloodshed from Israel’s violence in Gaza and across...
Just Peace Advocates welcomes the news that Reimagine Co. in London Ontario has announced it is apartheid free. The Coalition applauds Reimagine Co on being...
This event is for anyone living in Canada who wants to understand how Canada is complicit in Palestinian dispossession and what you can do about...
The Schulich School of Business conducts a “Doing Business in Israel” seminar, which entails sending Schulich students to study in Israel for a 10-day, 36-contact...
As Israel’s occupation forces escalate their violence against Palestinians Canada must apply its laws concerning support for foreign militaries. The Foreign Enlistment Act makes it illegal...
The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Just Peace Advocates and thousands of Canadians want the federal government to apply Canadian laws concerning support for foreign militaries...
As we mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, we, the undersigned, join together to reaffirm our commitment to the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice,...
As Israel’s occupation forces escalate their violence against Palestinians Canada must apply its laws concerning support for foreign militaries. Write letter to Minister Lametti and Lebouthillier...
In occupied Jerusalem, Palestinians from the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan are threatened with imminent expulsion and violent forced eviction from their homes by...
Take a minute citizens or residents of Canada to sign a petition to call upon the Minister of Justice to undertake a thorough investigation of those who have recruited or...
As we approach Palestinian prisoners day, Just Peace Advocates is pleased to have initiated this petition in support of justice for children who face military...
Ramadan Kareem. Be sure to Break fast with Palestinian medjoul. Boycott Israeli dates.
Four Palestinian families have been ordered by an Israeli district court to leave their homes by May 2 or face forced eviction, while three more...
At the party’s ongoing convention delegates voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Palestine Resolution. It calls for “Ending all trade and economic cooperation with illegal settlements...
Canadian BDS Coalition was founded 5 years ago and has highlighted many BDS campaigns over that time....#BoycottTEVA #BoycottPuma #AirCanadaComplicity #RaptorsDontGo #BoycottHP Just Peace Advocates is one...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to be one of over 50 organizations representing more than 1 million Canadians sent a letter to Justice Minister David...
It is with much heart break that we share the news of the death of Nour Ali Mallah. Nour, the 23 year old daughter of Just...
"Land Day 2021 conversation with Sabri Jiryis & Jonathan Kuttab" The Palestinian people’s future within the Ongoing Zionist Settler-colonial and Apartheid Project Moderator: Aseel al Bajeh, LLM,...
On April 29, 2020, 42 Canadian civil society organizations were among 183 Palestinian, Regional and International Human Rights Organisations that wrote to the International Criminal Court...
Rooted in institutionalised oppression, displacement, and dispossession of the Palestinian people since the start of the Nakba in 1948, Palestinians continue to experience an ongoing-Nakba...
An article appeared on the CBC website on March 16th using an Associated Press Article, entitled New Dead Sea scrolls found in desert cave...
Art: The Art of Occupied Palestine, Palestinian artist: Taqi Spateen, Just Peace Advocates supports research-based advocacy. This begins with the facts that further the principles...
On March 8, over 70 organizations along with dozens of individuals contacted the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board about its investment in funds related to...
LAST TIME, your tweets alone reached 3.1 million people – and thousands of you participated. With Mohammed El-Halabi, Palestine’s “Humanitarian Hero,” facing a new unjust...
Just Peace Advocates was one of an initial 25 groups that joined Canada Palestine Association to endorse a call to reject moves by the Israeli...
For Canada to promote peace in Israel/Palestine, it needs to break out of the conventional paradigm of previous administrations and seek out a policy that...
#Justice4ElHalabi Twitter Storm and Social Media Campaign Sunday, February 28 10 am Pacific - 1 pm Eastern - 7 pm central Europe - 8 pm Palestine Use the hashtag:...
Let Canadian government know you are concerned about evictions in East Jerusalem. Sign Parliamentary Petition On the 15th of February 2021, the Israeli district court rejected...
It is a crime in Canada to recruit anyone for a foreign military. It is also a crime to aid and abet such recruitment by...
February 5th is day of solidarity with the people of Kashmir. In November 2020, the government responded to three petitions with regard to the situation in...
Recent reporting on Covid-19 apartheid vaccination again qualified by CBC, this time negating international law with inaccurate rhetoric about Oslo. Over 500 people wrote the CBC...
In June 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated, “I think, for Hassan Diab, we have to recognize first of all that what happened to him...
On Wednesday, February 3, a coalition of 50+organizations is hosting an event to oppose illegal Israeli military recruitment in Canada. The event includes Bloc Québécois...
Over 600 have written to Justice Minister Garneau calling for an urgent action for Mohammed El Halabi, former World Vision director. Mohammed el-Halabi was arrested in...
On February 3, 2021, 1900 ET, a panel will discuss the illegal Israeli military recruiting happening in Canada.
Just Peace Advocates joins 300 organizations form around the world to say #StopArmingSaudi #YemanCantWait. Read the reease about activists blocking trucks at company transproting...
Jonathan Kuttab’s decades of legal service and creative activism has led him to write this important bok "Beyond the Two State Solution." Get your...
Just Peace Advocates hosted 30+ letter writing campaigns from April to December 2020, that reached well over 2M recipients, with 12,5+K letters sent. Several...
Send letter to RCMP Immediate Release Evidence delivered to RCMP for their investigation into illegal recruitment for Israeli military January 3, 2021 Today...
An overall analysis since 1947, has now been completed of Canada's United Nations voting record, by Just Peace Advocates, and it reminds us Canada's support...
An overall analysis since 1947, has now been completed of Canada’s United Nations voting record, by Just Peace Advocates, and it is a reminder of...
Ontario Attorney General Deputy confirms Order-in-Council relates to IHRA matters within the discretion of a Ministry of the Crown
Subsequent to Justice Minister Lametti's indication the the prosecutor and police would follow up on the legal complaint provided to him regarding illegal Israeli military...
OMNI Arab language interview with Khaled Mouammar regarding illegal Israeli miiltary recruiting in Canada.
Legal and civil society organizations have come together to say Stop Bill 168. Bill 168 is being considered by the Ontario Legislative Standing Commitee...
Over 1,000 joined us on Zoom and FB live for the public forum hosted by twenty-five Canadian civil society organizationson October 22 to consider Canada's...
Today, October 19, a complaint has been provided to Justice Minister Lametti, in regard to the illegal Israeli miliary recuriting happening in Canada. An open letter...
Take a minute. Write a letter to Jagmeet Singh and the New Democratic Party to say we've noticed that Palestine's children are not a priority...
On October 22, Canadian Foreign Policy Insitute, Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir, Just Peace Advocates, Justice for all Canada and others are organizing...
Take one minute and send a letter to public editors at the Toronto Star and Globe & Mail. Both the Globe and Mail and the Toronto...
Paul Manly, member of parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith presented a petition, signed by close to 3,000 people the federal parliament, urging Canada to demand Israel immediately...
On September 20, Bob Rae and Stephen Lewis spoke to the CBC’s Piya Chattopadhyay about the UN’s 75th anniversary and the institution’s continued relevance in...
Two petition calling the Canadian government to action related to Indian colonization in Kashmir were presented this week in paraliment. Kashmir was last mentioned in...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to join with Palestinian and other international civil society call to UNGA to investigate apartheid. Apartheid is a crime against humanity,...
Response to Kashmiri diaspora and allys from Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne totally ignored the military occupation, the year long lock down, and the rampid colonization...
Almost 700 people have written Canadian Heritage Minister Guilbeault to say he is accountable for the CBC, and the people of Palestine deserve an apology...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to share a letter written by Father Robert Assaly in response to comments from Stephen Lewis stating that Canada's recent...
Two petitions to the Government of Canada initiated by Just Peace Advocates and other partners have now closed. These await presentation by their MP sponsors...
Ireland defeated Canada for a United Nations Security Council seat on June 17, 2020, with the minimum number of votes required to avoid a runoff....
Most churches and Christian organizations are silent on Palestine. At General Council in 2003, a resolution was passed indicating that the United Church of Canada’s...
Over the past few months, Just Peace Advocates has written op-ed in the Toronto Star, Hill Times, Mondoweiss, Spring Magazine, Richocet, and several other media,...
Just Peace Advocates pleased to share its Palestine Legal Resources Canada portal and resources. NOW AVAILABLE: Legal and Tactical Guide and information bulletins.
Over a million letters sent! Between April 2020 and early September, well over one million letters were sent by friends of Just Peace Advocates to elected...
2000+ people have written to the CBC to condemn its deletion of the word Palestine and its subsequent apology for uttering the word Palestine. Despite...
Over 2,000 people have written to the CBC to condemn its deletion of the word "Palestine" and its subsequent apology for uttering it. Still, the...
Justice for Palestine and Black America. September 13 at NOON EDT. Fund raiser for the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem. Register. Watch. Donate.
The CBC director of Jouralistic Standards has written to the 2K+ people who have written the CBC to express concern about the deletion of the...
While the rest of the world is focused on restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kashmiris have been faced with a brutal human rights...
Just Peace Advocates indicated to the clerk of the Ontario Standing Justice Policy Committee that should there be consideration to moving Bill 168 toward Third...
Just Peace Advocates second year has proved to filled with many rich partnerships and much work in support of international law and human rights for...
For the last 53 years of Israeli occupation and annexation, Israel has been implementing a systematic and will planed policies and practices of colonization and...
Nine Canadian organizations join 83 organisations to send urgent appeal to UN Special Procedures on the wilful killing of Ahmad Erekat, Urging International Justice and...
Today, July 13 marks Kashmir Martyrs' Day. On this date in 1931, predating the independence of India and Pakistan from British colonial rule by 16...
Assurance was provided to the pro-Israel lobby that the resolutions passed by the United Church of Canada in Saskatoon in 1972 would not be implemented....
Rev. Dr. John Young on behalf of the United Church of Canada has provided a response to 100+ people who urged the United Church to...
in August 1972, a very strong resolution in support of Palestine was passed by the church membership at its national general council meeting in Saskatoon. Senior...
The Israeli High Court conducted a hearing about the Cable car Annexation project, on June 29, 2020. The families of Silwan await a decision. It is...
Attempts were made to silence editor of the United Church of Canada's Observer magazine, Rev. Dr. A.C. Forrest when in 1973 the United Church of...
The United Church of Canada policy on Palstine as of 2019, does not reflect the resolutions passed by grassroots church at General Council meetings over...
Jonathan Kuttab looks at what Israel's annexation in the West Bank may include. Few know exactly how the Israeli annexation of certain territories in the occupied...
Just Peace Advocates states emphatically that the Canadian government needs to follow its own domestic law and accountability to international law, and put sanctions...
Israel Electric Corporation is a public company, which produces and supplies electricity to all sectors of the Israeli economy, both within its so-called “1967” borders,...
“The Trudeau government’s anti-Palestinian voting record at the UN undoubtedly contributed to its failure to gain a seat on the Security Council,” said Karen Rodman....
An open letter signed by an impressive list of organizations and individuals will be delivered to all UN ambassadors asking them to vote for Ireland...
Just Peace Advocates expresses our full solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, including full support for an immediate independent inquest into the alleged murder...
Editors note: This post was originally published on March 20, 2025. However, with the call of the election, it is being updated regularly to include...
We’re coming together to demand the Canadian government condemn Israel’s killing, injuring, and detaining of children. We support the call for Canada to impose a full,...
“As environment minister Steven Guilbeault was repeatedly asked to condemn Israel’s killing and ecological destruction in Gaza,” explained Rose Marie Whalley, a campaigner. “The longtime...
As of our latest update (April 10), a total of 107 MP candidates across all 10 provinces have endorsed the Protect...
Activists are currently occupying foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly’s election campaign office to demand she block a Montreal firm’s large arm sale to Israel. Protesters...
Français ci-dessous Join the growing movement of individuals and organizations who have endorsed the Vote Kashmir campaign, which calls for a human rights based approach...
The Protect Palestinian Children Now (PPCN) campaign was launched in December 2024, as a follow-up to Defense for Palestinian Children International’s...
Candidat(e)s à la députation - Remplissez ce formulaire pour soutenir Vote Kashmir, 2025 Ce formulaire peut être rempli par les candidat(e)s à la députation ou leur...
Organisations - S'engager à votez Cachemire, 2025 If you have any questions, please email info@justpeaceadvocates.ca | Si vous avez des questions, veuillez...
Individus — S'engager à votez Cachemire, 2025 If you have any questions, please email info@justpeaceadvocates.ca | Si vous avez des questions, veuillez...
