On Friday, June 2nd a mandamus was filed with the federal court Friday asking the Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino to deny former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett entry into Canada.
It was filed by Khaled Mouammar, a former national president of the Canadian Arab Federation, human rights groups Palestinian and Jewish Unity and Just Peace Advocates, and the think-tank Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.
Bennett is scheduled for a speaking engagement in Toronto on June 14.
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Over 1,000 letters have been written to the Canadian Minister of Public Safety.
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Press coverage
Groups file court application over whether Canada’s laws allow entry of former Israeli PM,
Jorge Barrera · CBC News · Posted: Jun 02, 2023
Canada NGOs request federal court block former Israel PM’s visit
Pitasanna Shanmugathas | Vermont Law School, US, June 3, 2023
Pro-Palestinian Voices in Canada Seek to Block Upcoming Visit from Former Israeli PM
Paul Salvatori, Palestine Chronicle, June 8, 2023
Canadian organizations seek to ban former Israeli Prime Minister from country
7 Israel National News, Arutz Sheva, May 31, 2023
Academics, activists fight to bar ex-Israel PM Bennett from entering Canada
Paul Salvatori, TRT, June 15, 2023
Canadian group sues to get Naftali Bennett refused entry
Israel National News, June 15, 2023
Pro-Palestine activists protest ex-Israeli PM Canada visit
Al Mayadeen, June 16, 2023
Endorsed by the following organizations
Over 40 organizations representing more than 70 individual groups have endorsed the campaign beyond those who filed the legal request.
Academics for Palestine-Concordia University, Montreal
Actions4Palestine, Toronto,
Al-Haadi Musalla, Toronto
Al-Quds Committee Toronto
Aldameer Association for Human Rights, Gaza-Palestine
Bathurst St United Church Toronto,
BDS Vancouver/Coast Salish Territories
Bruce R. Allen Paralegal St. Catharines
Canadian Arab Federation
Canadian BDS Coalition
Canadians for Justice and Peace in Kashmir
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)
Chrysalis Theatre Incorporated, Saskatoon
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Victoria, B.C.
Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships, Victoria, BC
Friends of Sabeel North America
Global Peace Alliance BC Society
Greater Toronto for BDS (GT4BDS )
Green Mountain Solidarity With Palestine, Waitsfield, Vermont USA
Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War
Independent Jewish Voices Canada
International Action Center, New York City, USA
Justice For All Canada
Justice for Palestinians, Calgary
Let Kashmir Decide Global Coalition
MCH, London, UK
Montreal for a World BEYOND War
Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine Israel, St Catharines
Oakville Palestinian Rights Association
Palestine House, Mississauga
Palestine Solidarity Committee Saint John, New Brunswick
Palestine Solidarity, St. John’s NL
Palestinian Alliance for Peace, Vienna, Virginia
Palestinian Canadian Congress
Regina Peace Council
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
StandWithKashmir
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy – MIFTAH, Palestine
Victoria Peace Coalition
Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, Virginia, USA
Toronto4Palestine
Palestine Network – Shining Waters Region, United Church of Canada
