Take immediate steps to stop Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank.
As the US/Israeli aggression on Iran, the Israeli ethnic cleansing of Lebanon, and the ongoing attacks and stopping of humanitarian aid to Gaza continue, so does the horrific rampaging and escalating violence of Israeli settlers and the occupation forces across the West Bank.
It is time for Canada to not just denounce this violence and ethnic cleansing but take concrete actions to hold the apartheid-state accountable.
Act, by sending a letter to foreign affairs minister Anand demanding immediate and tangible action. Copies will be sent to Canada’s rep for Palestine, your own elected official, and the leaders of the NDP and Green Party of Canada.
As Al Haq in its March 13, 2026, statement said:
”These violent attacks are not isolated incidents, but a direct result of Israel’s aggressive campaign of settlement across the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the wider imposition of its settler colonial apartheid regime. As recognised by the International Court of Justice, ‘Israel’s settlement policy has given rise to violence by settlers and security forces against Palestinians’ (para 148, Palestine AO, 2024). Settler colonialism is an embedded and exponentially violent aspect of Israel’s occupation, with Israeli government ministers, themselves illegal settlers in the West Bank, actively encouraging violence against Palestinians. Recently, Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir (a settler), approved the issues of gun licenses to Israelis in 18 additional illegal settlements in the West Bank. Israeli settlers are not only emboldened but also armed by the Israeli government and carry out lethal attacks with impunity.
Settler violence is a core component of Israel’s annexationist plans. On 8 February 2026, the Israeli cabinet approved the implementation of wide-sweeping, illegal measures aimed at accelerating the seizure of land from Palestinians. The measures introduced by the Cabinet alter the existing Jordanian regulations (which have been in force since before the commencement of occupation in 1967), and reactivate Israel’s land acquisition committee, whose purpose is to ensure the complete appropriation of Palestinian land across the West Bank including East Jerusalem. Minister of Defence Yisrael Katz and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich made their intentions to continue illegal annexation explicit in stating, “We are strengthening our grip on the territory and killing the idea of establishing an Arab terrorist state in the heart of the country.”
Read Al Haq’s full statement
Words of condemnation are not enough. Just Peace Advocates joins in the demands made by Al-Haq of all Third States to comply with their international and domestic law obligations to address the root causes and urgently.
Read the demands.
Take action.
