News and Updates
Just Peace Advocates joins in signing a call on Prosecutor Khan to Issue Arrest Warrants, Investigate Israeli Crimes and Intervene to Deter Incitement to Commit Genocide in Gaza
On 19 October 2023, 100 civil society organisations (CSOs), including Palestinian organisations monitoring and documenting violations of international humanitarian law against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Gaza Strip, and Genocide Scholars sent a letter to Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the...
Trudeau: Stop enabling genocide in Gaza
On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, Israel killed at least 500 at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Some among the one million Palestinians displaced in Gaza had sought refuge there. Hours before this assault, Israel bombed a UN school killing six. A few...
Canada: Stop Arming Israel
Weapons companies across Canada are making a fortune off of the carnage in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. For the first time, with our friends at World BEYOND War, we've made public a list of 13 weapons companies across Canada...
Release: Jagmeet Singh must withdraw from conference with advocates of genocidal violence against Palestinians
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is scheduled to speak at a large anti-Palestinian gathering beginning tomorrow, Monday, October 15, in Ottawa. The two-day conference organized by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and the Canada’s Jewish Federations is co-sponsored...
Canada must condemn Israeli violence against Palestinians
Canadian officials have expressed concern about Israeli suffering but have refused to criticize Israel’s recent killing of 1100 Palestinians, including more than 300 children.
City of Toronto: Be on Right Side of History
Once again, pro-apartheid Councilor James Pasternak has asked his fellow council members to condemn those who support Palestine. This time it is Roger Waters. Over 650 letters sent to city of Toronto council members.
Canadians need to expose the complicity of our own governments & institutions
Canada as a high signatory of the Fourth Geneva Convention to under Article 1 ensure that violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention do not occur under any circumstance. When Canada or other signatories fail to do so, they themselves are...
Petition to International Court of Justice: regarding Canada’s unacceptable submission in regard to Palestine
Over 1,000 individuals and more than 35 organizations joined in signing this petition. Musicians including Roger Waters and Bruce Cockburn, former member of Canadian parliament Libby Davies, co-founder of Al-Haq Jonathan Kuttab, faith leaders, academics, lawyers, artists, members of the...
Just Peace Advocates submission to the CFIA Origin Labelling Consultation
Read Just Peace Advocates submission to the CFIA regarding labeling. Send your submission before October 10.
Immediate Release: Canada joins Global Week of Action to End War in Ukraine, October 1-8, 2023
The Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network, made up of 49 organizations across Canada, is coordinating actions in eleven cities across Canada as part of the Global Week of Action to End War in Ukraine, October 1-8. The Global Week of...