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On the Ground in Palestine

Just Peace Advocates is pleased to share this summary prepared for the Mid East Working Group of Bathurst/Bloor/Trinity St. Paul's by Rev. Frances Combs.


More than 50 media releases to 2500 media contacts during 2021

During 2021, working with dozens of organizations across Canada, Just Peace Advocates put out more than one press release each week on topics that do not make the main stream media. Check out the releases we sent.


Two years later, Canada still silent on India’s colonization of Kashmir

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 Indian constitution and suspended the Jammu and Kashmir constitution.  The Canadian government and media, as is...


NDP convention to debate pro-Palestinian resolutions 

Over the past three days more than 800 individuals have emailed the NDP leadership asking them to resist efforts to suppress debate on Palestinian rights at the convention. 


500 letters in hours: to CBC on its dismissing of international law protection for Palestine

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 within a few hours to say this is not about Oslo, this is about ...


Towards A Nuclear Free World

Just Peace Advocates was pleased to join with the large network of organizations and individuals who joined to call for "a Nuclear Free World" and condemn Canada's failure to sign the multilateral treaty for nuclear disarmament that came into...


Baseless and misleading attack against the Canadian Arab Federation and a Muslim politician

It is unconscionable that the leader of the Bloc Quebecois is disseminating baseless and misleading information about the Canadian Arab Federation and Omar Alghabra, the newly-appointed Minister of Transport. The Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) was founded in 1967 and its first...


Canada welcomes normalization between Israel and Morocco

On December 11, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne, tweeted: "Canada welcomes the announcement of the normalization of relations between #Morocco and #Israel. This is a positive step that will help strengthen ties." He added that "Canada's long-standing position...


CROSS-CANADA DAY OF ACTION TO FREE MENG WANZHOU

Just Peace Advocates shared press releases with its 3K contadt list.


Canadian media repression of Palestine

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 Star have treated the UofT Law withdrawal of an offer of employment to human rights...