Author - Medjool

Lawyers, organizations & others urge Canada’s Head of Mission Wettlaufer to visit human rights defender Saleh Hammouri in Israeli prison

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, Palestine and elsewhere, and more than 100 lawyers, academics, faith leaders and others, most from...


Media Release: “Stop the War, Stop NATO” rallies planned across Canada during Madrid Summit

) 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 War, Stop NATO” actions will coincide with the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain. Rallies...


Webinar & Info: What is the CPPIB really up to? O que o CPPIB realmente está fazendo?

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 and provincial governments, not the contributors and beneficiaries. Over the years, the CPPIB has moved...


Breach of FIFA’s own statutes as they relate to human rights, anti-discrimination, and equality

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 they relate to human rights, anti-discrimination, and equality for the promotion of football in a...


Mohammad El Halabi Verdict

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 it is hundreds of pages long and may be classified. In his summary, the judge...


What is the CPPIB really up to?

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 and provincial governments, not the contributors and beneficiaries. Over the years, the CPPIB has moved...


Remembering 1967

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 capture the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, the Golan Heights (from Syria), and the...


CPPIB Invests at least 7 percent of our public pension in Israeli war crimes

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. Investments in WSP, the Canadian headquartered company providing leadership to the Jerusalem Light Rail was...


#JusticeforSalah

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, policies, and practices, to maintain an institutionalized regime of domination and oppression over the Palestinian...