News and Updates
TRUDEAU: Stop bombing Yemen! Canada, Out of the Red Sea!
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 in the Red Sea. This latest imperial military adventure is illegal because it lacks the...
Jagmeet Singh smears anti-genocide protesters
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 perpetuates anti-Palestinian racism as it distracts from the 1.5 million desperate people Israel is currently...
Immediate release: Trudeau Envoy supported fired Minister after racist outburst
Amidst a chorus of voices decrying BC Post-Secondary Education minister Selina Robinson’s anti-Palestinian racism she was forced from cabinet yesterday. Ignored in the controversy is the implication of the government’s Special Envoy on Combating Antisemitism Deborah Lyons.
Global Rally Against Complicity in Gaza Genocide
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 International Court of Justice ruled that Israel is plausibly committing genocide, including through deprivation of...
From Turtle Island to Kashmir to Palestine: Settler Colonialism is a Crime
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 the Indian, Israeli, Canadian, and US governments build on each other's actions to reinforce their...
Seminar: Palestine & International Law for activists & organizations, Wed. Jan. 31, 7 PM EST
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, the application of the Genocide Convention to the situation in Palestine, and the relationship between...
Immediate Release: Arms Exports to Israel Violate Canadian and International Law, Says Canadian and Palestinian Coalition to Federal Government
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 exports and transfers of Canadian military goods and technology to Israel.
End Canadian assistance to military suspected of committing genocide
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 genocidal policies in Gaza, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Just Peace Advocates are calling...
Trudeau must support Israel genocide case
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 with the South African High Commissioner, the Palestinian Authority’s representative in Ottawa, Richard Falk, Avi...