News and Updates
105 organisations soumettent à la base de données de l’ONU l’entreprise de colonisation illégale de WSP basée à Montréal, appelant le nouveau haut-commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme à faire enquête
Aujourd'hui, Al-Haq et Just Peace Advocates ont soumis un rapport au nouveau Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme, Volker Türk, demandant que WSP Global Inc. (WSP), une entreprise canadienne, soit incluse dans la base de données des Nations...
105 Organizations Submit on WSP’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise to UN Database, Calling New UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Investigate
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 Canadian company, to be included to the UN database of businesses operating in illegal Israeli...
Walking into a minefield
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 it is viewed and interpreted is of vital importance to me. Much of the Western...
Launch: Militarizing the Sky: Opposing Canada’s Armed Drone Purchase
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 armed drones. Participants joined experts in the field to learn &speak out against the government's...
Free Mohammed El-Halabi
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 was convicted on a variety of charges that include diverting development money and providing additional...
As NDP Caucus gathers civil society calls on party to withdraw from Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group
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 groups as well as rock legend Roger Waters and academic Noam Chomsky telling Jagmeet Singh it’s...
Canadians call on Puma to end its complicity with Israeli Apartheid
Take one-minute to write to the head of Puma Canada and Puma North America.
#ElbitIsGuilty: We support Palestine Action and the #ElbitEight
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 for this notorious Israeli arms dealer, profiting from the killing, displacement and ethnic cleansing of...
Dozens of fellow artists join with civil society to tell Justin Bieber to not play apartheid
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 not play apartheid
One day under occupation is too long: Message to the United Church of Canada
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 under occupation is too long” to deny naming this injustice. After much posturing to delay...