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Silencing Palestine in the Education System
Contact your local school board (administration, trustees, educators) and share the webinar and the anti-Palestinian racism report for the Canadian...
Ontario Municipal and School Board Election 2022 #IVotePalestine
The Canadian government, as well as provincial and municipal governments, must immediately stop their blind and unconditional support for Israel...
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...
Electronic Intifada publishes “Canada’s contradictions on Palestine” by Jonathan Kuttab
On Palestine, this line is often a repetition of empty platitudes about supporting the two-state solution and strengthening civil society,...
The Canadian Association of University Teachers resolution marks a critical moment in the protection of academic freedom
On November 26, 2021, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) national council in a critical and historic move voted unanimously to oppose the...
Palestine advocacy and the law in Canada
As we approach the end of 2021, we reflect on the shifts in Palestine advocacy over this year and its...
Anti-Racist Groups Concerned Canada’s Proposed “Online Harms” Legislation Could Do More Harm Than Good
As organizations and individuals with expertise in anti-racism, we are profoundly concerned by the government’s proposed “online harms” legislation – purporting to...
This federal Election: Vote Palestine
Today, a partnership of Canadian advocacy groups launched Vote Palestine: a campaign and online resource to put issues of human...
Release: CRA exposes Canadian subsidies for genocide
Immediate release August 27, 2024 CRA exposes Canadian subsidies for genocide Just released documents detailing the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) rationale for revoking...
Ne’eman Foundation, the Israeli military and settler funder that had its charity status stripped in Canada
The Ne’eman Foundation, which recently had its charitable status revoked in Canada, is deeply entwined with settler violence in the...
International Day of Charity, Sept. 5, Day of Action at Canada Revenue Agency Offices
Not one cent of Canadian tax dollars should be funding genocide Actions are being planned on International Day of Charity,...
Condemn Liberals for boycotting Capital Pride
Send a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and federal liberal MPs. As Canadians standing for inclusivity and against hatred and...
Revocation of the JNF’s charitable status indicates massive shift in how Canada views the Israeli occupation
' The revocation of the Jewish National Fund's and Ne’eman Foundation's charitable status suggests a massive shift is underway in how...
A Turning Point or More of the Same? The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Palestine and Its Global Impact
Just Peace Advocates was pleased to be invited to join the Faculty for Palestine at University of Victoria for this...
BREAKING: Canada Revenue Agency formally revokes the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) of Canada and Ne’eman Foundation of Canada.
Immediate Release August 10, 2024 BREAKING: Canada Revenue Agency formally revokes the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) of Canada...
Release: Faced with its complicity in war crimes, the CDPQ is unable to answer the questions of the Quebec Coalition URGENCE Palestine
Immediate Release Faced with its complicity in war crimes, the CDPQ is unable to answer the questions of the Quebec Coalition...
The ICJ Decision on Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinian Territories
Jul 26, 2024 Jonathan Kuttab Arab Center Washington On Friday, July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its Advisory Opinion...
Release: CRA Win for Palestine: Jewish National Fund revoked by Canada Revenue Agency
Presser: CRA Win for Palestine: Jewish National Fund revoked by Canada Revenue Agency Virtual Press Conference Noon EST, Friday, July 26. The recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5vN3F_AgIE Media coverage
WSP Global: updated submission to the UN database
WSP’s involvement in the decade-long Jerusalem Light Rail project along with its ongoing involvement should finally result in its addition...
“Canadian Charities and Palestinian Erasure” exposed in academic article, press conference and submissions to the UN
June 15, 2024 This week, the State Crime Journal published an article by Dr Miles Howe in regards to Zionist...
Zionist Philanthropy and Palestinian Erasure: Jgive.com and the Mizrachi Organization of Canada, Miles Howe, June 11, 2024
by Dr. Miles Howe, June 11, 2024, published initially in State Crime Journal
Original publication: Author(s): Miles Howe 1 Publication...
Public Letter “Not one cent of Canadian tax-dollars should be funding genocide”
Today a public letter was released challenging Canada's most significant contribution to Palestinian dispossession. “Stop Subsidizing Genocide” is signed by...
The CDPQ has investments of $14B in war-crimes-and-genocide-complicit companies even as the International Court of Justice considers Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The CDPQ December 31, 2023 year-end report includes over $14 billion of investments in companies complicit with Israeli war crimes...
La CDPQ a investi 14 milliards de dollars dans des entreprises complices de crimes de guerre et de génocide, alors même que la Cour internationale de justice se penche sur le génocide israélien à Gaza
Le rapport de fin d'année de la CDPQ au 31 décembre 2023 comprend plus de 14 milliards de dollars d'investissements dans...
Release: ‘Canadian charities funding war crimes in Israel,’ say advocacy groups; demand action
Grassroots advocacy groups Just Peace Advocates (JPA) and Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) are calling on the federal government to...
Canada Must Investigate and Revoke Charities Funding Israeli war crimes
It must be stressed that Mizrachi Canada is one of several Canadian charitable organizations that we are aware of which...
$35 Billion of our public pensions invested in Israeli war crimes
Eight public sector pensions, one in BC and five in Ontario, one in Alberta and the Federal Public Pension have...
Cemetery of the Living: A Plea for the Rights of Palestinian Detainees Statement by the freed Palestinian detainee, Munther Amira
We were pleased to hear that Munther has been released, but stand in solidarity until all are freed. #FreeThemAll Read Munther's...
UNAC Conference : Decolonization and the fight against Imperialism
Now is the time for us to come together as a movement to assess the period we are in and...
20+ ScotiaBank Branches Adopted so far for March 15 Day of Action to End Genocide Profiteering!
On March 15, activists will hold Scotiabank to account for its $500 million investment in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems....
Immediate release: LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO STOP ARMS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2024 le français suit LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO STOP ARMS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL TORONTO - A group...
BCI: Investments in companies complicit with international law violations
The total for BCI investments in the 18 companies listed in the UN database and these other verified sources is...
IMCO: Investments in companies deemed to be violating international law
Total for these investments listed by the UN and also by AFSC Investigate is $95 Million. This would seem...
BREAKING: Canadians ramp up pressure on Trudeau and Joly with coordinated blockades of weapons manufacturers as UN calls for immediate arms embargo on Israel
“It’s been over a month since the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza....
TRUDEAU: Stop bombing Yemen! Canada, Out of the Red Sea!
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has done a grave disservice to Canadians and Canada’s long-term national interests by joining the US...
Jagmeet Singh smears anti-genocide protesters
Jagmeet's post on X that “Mount Sinai Hospital was targeted because of its ties to the Jewish community” is absolutely...
Global Rally Against Complicity in Gaza Genocide
The global rally was a response to Canada and other governments' unconscionable decision to defund the UN aid agency for...
From Turtle Island to Kashmir to Palestine: Settler Colonialism is a Crime
The roundtable addressed the legal frameworks providing parallels and distinctions between settler colonial projects in Palestine, Kashmir, and Turtle Island....
Seminar: Palestine & International Law for activists & organizations, Wed. Jan. 31, 7 PM EST
Topics covered included the current International Court of Justice cases on the Gaza genocide and the il/legality of the occupation,...
Immediate Release: Arms Exports to Israel Violate Canadian and International Law, Says Canadian and Palestinian Coalition to Federal Government
On January 28, a coalition of Canadians and Palestinians wrote to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly demanding that the...
End Canadian assistance to military suspected of committing genocide
In response to the International Court of Justice finding that Israel may be committing genocide and delivering a provisional ruling...
Trudeau must support Israel genocide case
On, January 10, 2023, Canadian Foreign Affairs Institute with Just Peace Advocates hosted a press conference calling on Trudeau to support South...
Statement Calling on Canada to Support Gaza Genocide Case at the ICJ
As civil society leaders and legal experts, we look to the Canadian government to uphold its international legal obligation to...
Press conference, Jan, 10th at 12 NOON EST: Trudeau must support South Africa’s ICJ submission
On Wednesday, January 10 at 12 NOON EST, South Africa’s High Commissioner, Palestine’s ambassador, legal experts and others will...
Rabble article: CRA asked to investigate charities supporting Israeli military
Taxpayer subsidized donations by Canadian charities may well be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Just Peace Advocates has been...
Release: A Christian Palestinian Arab Semite from Nazareth denied the right to return since 1948
The hardships facing Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, only 73 kilometres away from Bethlehem, remind us of the hardships...
Letters that you can send
The following are letters that have been written in the past, but are updated so you can continue to send...
Quietly Canada purchased first fleet of military armed drones
After Parliament adjourned for the holiday season, the Canadian government just quietly released plans to purchase their first fleet of...
Our Message is to Support the Call from Palestinian Christian Churches
We call on Canadian churches, Canadians of conscience and all those who celebrate Christmas to show your solidarity with Palestinian...
Alex Saab is Free! but the work continues…
The return of Alex Saab on December 20, 2023 to Venezuela is a victory against the inhuman U.S. blockade on...
Palestinian rights advocacy and international law
As Palestine solidarity advocacy on university campuses and in other settings is under attack, lawyers and legal scholars have raised...
Dec. 11th Global Strike, and an important statement by the Health Sector of the Palestinian NGOs Network
Be sure to join with the Global Strike on Dec. 11. A statement from the Health Sector of the Palestinian...
Solidarity with the Peace 11: Why the HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers should have its charitable status revoked
The webinar explored what may be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Under the cover of charity, organizations are...
Canadian Charities providing money towards Palestinian dispossession
Check out information related to Canadian charities support of war crimes, apartheid and racism.
Immediate release: Canadian civil society groups release “Peace for Climate Justice” declaration for COP 28
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN), a coalition of 45 peace and anti-war groups across the country, released a...
Media coverage of notice of intention to seek prosecution of Canadian politicians for complicity in war crimes in Gaza
Liberal cabinet members have been notified that they & other Canadian officials may be individually criminally liable for their role...
ICJP’s Legal Working Group for Canadian Accountability issues Canadian government with notice of intention to seek prosecution of politicians for complicity in war crimes in Gaza
Toronto, 16 November 2023 – The ICJP’s Legal Working Group for Canadian Accountability (ICJP LWGCA) has issued a notice to...
Just Peace Advocates was pleased to join the international call: Ending complicity in international crimes: a two-way arms embargo on Israel
Just Peace Advocates joined other organizations to demand that States that have provided and continue to provide arms and other...
Just Peace Advocates joins Joint Statement against the attack on free speech
Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Palestinian and Arab Community, civil society, human rights, faith-based, ethnic, professional, humanitarian and relief organizations wrote to...
Gaza Health System in Final Stage of Collapse
On November 11, 2023, the health sector of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network made an urgent call to the world to act...
Immediate Release: 200 Workers block access to Toronto weapons-maker, L3Harris, amidst blockades at three other weapons plants arming Israel in Ontario and Quebec
“Last week we shut down the Toronto arms manufacturer INKAS; today we’re escalating with workers and community members blockading and...
Just Peace Advocates on Rabble Radio
This week on rabble radio, rabble editor Nick Seebruch speaks with Karen Rodman, executive director of Just Peace Advocates. Just...
Over 10% of reported Canadian donations go to Israel, a country with GDP per capita equivalent to Canada
A recent access (ATIP) request from the Revenue Canada revealed that Israel received the highest amount of charitable donations from...
Over $10B of charity donations to other countries over last 5 years
A recent access to information (ATIP) received by Just Peace Advocates indicated over $10.5 billion of Canadian tax-subsidized charitable funds...
Defend Sarah Jama, stop the attack on Gaza
Jama’s treatment exemplifies a history of marginalizing racialized voices. It is critical that we do not allow her to be...
200+ lawyers and legal scholars letter send letter to Prime Minister Trudeau on Canada’s ongoing failure to call for a ceasefire in regard to Gaza
The message from more than 200 lawyers and legal scholars to Prime Minister Trudeau and the Canadian government, is that...
Immediate release: 100K March for Gaza tomorrow in at least two dozen cities across Canada
Tomorrow (Saturday Nov 4) the 100K March for Gaza is taking place in at least two dozen cities across Canada. This...
Release: Prominent musicians, labour leaders and former NDP MPPs defend Sarah Jama
Dr Gabor Maté, Roger Waters, Arcade Fire’s Richard Parry, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn, former NDP MP Jim Manly, former...
The Laws of War
Under international law, the Gaza Strip continues to be part of the Israeli occupied territory, and its status is governed...
SanctionsKill Campaign Exposes U.S. Responsibility for Israeli War Crimes of Collective Punishment
With the U.S. and its NATO allies in full support, the Zionists have denied water, food, medical supplies, and electricity...
Immediate release: “Canada Stop Arming Israel”: Workers block entrance to Toronto company arming Israeli military
Specializing in security and defense, INKAS highlights in press materials that their Israeli division has "supplied the government of Israel...
Press Release: Rally to defend Sarah Jama
On Monday, Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama was censured by the Ontario legislature for her criticism of Israel, which has killed 6500...
Kashmir Human Rights Updates – September 2023
In September 2023, Indian authorities continued to commit grave human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK). Indian forces killed at...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Regavim: Canadian charitable donations are funding indigenous erasure
Good Shepherd Collective in partnership with several organizations, including the Youth of Sumud, the Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee, the Hebron Defense Committee, Human Rights...
Advocates demand proper consideration for AI regulation
SEPTEMBER 25 2023 — Today 45 leading civil society organisations, experts and academics released an open letter to Industry, Science, and Economic Development...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to co-present “Tomorrow’s Freedom” at 2023 Toronto Palestinian Film Festival
Just Peace Advocates is once again pleased to co-present at TPFF. "Tomorrow's Freedom" is "a portrait of Palestinian leader...
Webinar: Cluster bombs & depleted uranium weapons in Ukraine: Two more reasons to end the war NOW!”
Register for a webinar that is part of building momentum for a series of upcoming anti-war actions across the country. Just Peace...
Justice for Hassan Diab: 725+ people & 20+ organizations ask NDP Member of Parliament Heather McPherson, to follow through on her words of April 21, 2023.
r. Diab requires the NDP’s political strength to help secure his freedom. In effect, since the NDP holds the balance...
Sign petition to International Court of Justice regarding Canada’s unacceptable submission in regard to Palestine
We ask individuals and organizations to join in signing this statement that will be sent to the International Court of...
Canada Must Tell Israel to Free Ahmad Manasra and all of Palestine’s Child Prisoners — Call on Mme Joly to speak out and take action
Ahmad's court date has been extended to September 20th. He has been held for over a year in solitary confinement...
Canada complicit with annexation of East Jerusalem
On August 20, 2023, the Israeli government launched a new 3.2-billion-shekel five-year plan (2024-2028) to develop east Jerusalem. Under pretexts of reducing...
Justice for Hassan Diab: thank you to supporters, an update & call for NDP Heather McPherson to follow through on her words of April 21, 2023.
Dr. Diab is immensely grateful to you for all the support you have shown him over the years. Unfortunately, his...
rabble.ca: Canada’s defense of Israel to the International Court of Justice is an insult
So once again, as the Trudeau government crows about international law and the rules based international order, Canada is seeking...
Immediate release: Canada seeks to block World Court advisory opinion on Palestine
Canada has made a written submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calling on the court to not fulfill a legal request from the United Nations...
Canada attempting to block the ICJ advisory opinion on Palestine
Written statements from states and international organization to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding a forthcoming advisory opinion on...
Rabble.ca article: India-administered Kashmir, four years later
Now four years later, the about 6,000 Kashmiri diaspora in Canada continue to wonder when the Canadian government will act...
Immediate Release: “Cones Not Drones” – Activists Rally against armed drone purchase in Montreal with ice cream for peace
Activists will be giving out free ice cream across Canada for a "Cones Not Drones" protest calling for an end...
Ontario, anti-Palestinian racism, in an updated anti-racism strategy is not a good look!
A response through the Ontario Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) has revealed that the province of Ontario intends to implement the...
Take Action: Tell Aldo that Apartheid is not a “playful style”
Take a minute to write to Aldo’s CEO, David Bensadoun. Let him know that complicity with Israeli war crimes and...
650+ individuals call on Prime Minister Trudeau to say “No” to a second extradition for Hassan Diab
July 15, 2023: Since the original letter written by Michelle Weinroth, and endorsed by Just Peace Advocates, was delivered...
Jonathan Kuttab Releases Memoir
Read Jonathan’s story that begins as a child growing up in Palestine before the 1967 Naksa. Going to school in...
Canada’s pathetic response to civil society call to remove sanctions on Syria following Feb. 2023 earthquake
Why does Canada sanction beyond the sanctions put in place by the UN? Are sanctions beyond those specified by the...
Report from Geneva of the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem
Zakaria Odeh the exec director from the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights In Jerusalem sent the following message from Geneva...
Take Action: Lululemon Dressing up Apartheid!
Lululemon recently opened its first store in Israel and has plans to open seven more. Take Action: write to lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald, to...
Stop the War, Stop NATO! Opposing the 2023 NATO Summit
As NATO gathers for a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, we unite with pro-peace and anti-war actions occurring around the world...
Just Peace Advocates joins the Joint Statement Regarding the Release of OHCHR’s Update of the UN Database, and Call for Full and Annual Implementation of the Mandate
Human Rights Organisations Welcome the Release of OHCHR’s Update of the UN Database of Businesses Facilitating Israeli Settlements in the...
Jenin invasion underlines the need for BDS in Canada: Isolate the occupier!
Just Peace Advocates joins with the Canadian BDS Coalition with the call that the Jenin invasion underlines the need for...
Just Peace Advocates joins the call to Free Walid Daqqah!
Just Peace Advocates along with many other groups and individuals joined the Palestinian Youth Movement call on international actors to...
Armed Drones Killing in Palestine! Armed drones purchase underway in Canada!
With Israel’s first ever weaponized drone strike in the Palestinian West Bank in June 2023 killing 3 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy,...
500+ individuals & 25+ organizations sign letter to say: Prime Minister Trudeau, “No” to a second extradition for Hassan Diab
June 26, 2023: Since the original letter written by Michelle Weinroth, and endorsed by Just Peace Advocates, was delivered to...
Release: Despite Cancelling Attempts, Dimitri Lascaris’ Canada-wide Tour for Peace Continues
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) is pleased to announce that, despite unsuccessful attempts to cancel and deplatform the...
CPPIB continues to hold over $10.B in companies complicit with Israeli war crimes.
Despite a promise in 2021 to review its portfolio for companies complicit with war crimes, CPPIB has failed to do...
Prime Minister Trudeau: Say “No” to a second extradition for Hassan Diab!
Mr. Trudeau, your remarks regarding the case of Hassan Diab – that Canada will always stand up for its citizens – yields hope,...
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec sheds Israeli police training but still invests $12.5 Billion of Quebec pensioners money in Israeli war crimes
Katz, PAJU’s co-president, added. “However, while the sell-off by Allied Universal is welcome news, there are still over 90 companies...
Release: Dimitri Lascaris’ Canada-Wide Speaking Tour
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) is pleased to announce that it has organized a Canada-wide speaking tour for...
The CDPQ continues to have about $12.5 B Quebec pension funds invested in Israeli war crimes, even after Allied Universal drops investment in Israeli police training.
The Question, CEO Emond: why is CDPQ comfortable to continue with $12.5 B investments in over 90 other companies that...
Webinar/Press Conference: Why should Naftali Bennett be barred from Canada?
On May 29, 2023, lawyers filed a request on behalf of a Palestinian-Canadian and three Canadian organizations seeking to have...
Law for Palestine Event Highlighting Canada’s Responsibility Towards Palestine Under International Law
Just Peace Advocates was pleased to be able to support this Law for Palestine event, with Just Peace Advocates board...
CUPE Manitoba passes BDS, joining a 17 years of Canadian Labour Movement Support for BDS
Just Peace Advocates congratulates CUPE Manitoba @CUPEMB on endorsing the BDS Resolution unanimously.
Mandamus filed with federal court to request to ban Naftali Bennett from Canada
On Friday, June 2nd a mandamus was filed with the federal court Friday asking the Canadian Minister of Public Safety...
Host a pizza party for Canadians in the IDF, expect turned backs on you when you are given an Honorary Degree
On Monday May 15, Deborah Lyons, the former Canadian ambassador in Tel Aviv, received an honorary degree from Mount Allison...
Protest disrupts opening of North America’s largest weapons fair
May 31, 2023: OTTAWA -- Over a hundred people have disrupted the opening of CANSEC, North America's largest military weapons...
Immediate release: Canadian civil society representative going to Vienna for International Summit for Peace in Ukraine
The International Summit for Peace in Ukraine will be taking place in Vienna, Austria this coming weekend on Saturday,...
Legal brief filed to bar former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett from Canada
Lawyers have filed a complaint on behalf ofa Palestinian-Canadian and four Canadian organizations seeking to have the government declare former...
Release: CDPQ has at least $14B of Quebec pension contributors and recipients public pension money invested in Israeli war crimes
The recently released Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) December 31, 2022, year-end report shows that the Quebec...
CDPQ has at least $14B of Quebec pension contributors and recipients public pension money invested in Israeli war crimes
The CDPQ December 31, 2022, year-end report is out and shows $2.4+B investments in a dozen companies (up from 10...
Green party of Canada supports KSCAN’s call urging G20 members not to participate in meetings being held in Kashmir
On May 18th the Green Party of Canada (GCP) sent letter from Leader Elizabeth May and MP Mike Morrice to...
Take Action: Mount Allison should not be conferring an honorary degree for Deborah Lyons
On Nakba75, May 15, 2023, Canada's former Ambassador to Israel, Deborah Lyons will be receiving an honorary degree. Lyons has praised...
Immediate release: Canada is urged to withdraw from the G20 meetings in Indian occupied Kashmir
This follows the members of the Kashmir Scholars Consultative Action Network along with 50+ organizations from around the world, 25+ which have...
Ontario NDP to apologize to Sarah Jama and stand in solidarity with detained Palestinians
On May 2 newly elected Ontario NDP MPP Sarah Jama re-tweeted Palestinian academic Noura Erakat’s statement on the death of Palestinian prisoner...
Just Peace Advocates joins KSCAN & 50+ organizations to call for boycott of the G20 meetings in Kashmir
Organizations urge withdraw from G20 meetings planned for Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK) (including those reportedly being held on May 11 and...
Jeffrey Sachs challenges Canadian policy on Ukraine
On May 3 world-renowned intellectual Jeffrey Sachs will speak to a Canadian audience about “The Path to Peace in Ukraine". He...
Anti-Sanctions Book Tour Canada, April 2023
During April 2023, an anti-sanctions book tour took place in Hamilton. Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, as well as a webinar....
Stop arrests and harassment of human rights defenders in Kashmir
Dozens of organizations, and hundreds of individuals join Kashmir scholars, we submit this statement to express our deep concern...
Canadian book launch of “Sanctions, a wrecking ball in the global economy”
Canada has sanctions and related measures in place against a number of countries, as well as sanctions against specific individuals...
Just Peace Advocates statement about the brutal Israeli attack at al-Aqsa
Under Article 1 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, all high signatories, of which Canada is one, are required to take...
FIFA removes right to host U-20 World Cup to Indonesia due to its rejection of Israel’s participation, while Israeli military attack during match in Palestine
FIFA removes right to Indonesia host the U-20 Word Cup, when Indonesia rejects Israel's participation Meanwhile the Israeli military tear gasses...
Pro-Israel group cancels event on Toronto university campus with IDF commander
It seems the SSI (Students Supporting Israel) at Toronto Metropolitan University cancelled their own event with an career Israeli military...
Remembering Father Robert Assaly
It has been such a gift to work with, Robert, a steadfast advocate for Palestine, throughout the years. It is...
Release: Protests across Canada mark 8 years of Saudi-led war in Yemen, demand Canada end arms deals with Saudi Arabia
From March 25-27, the Yemeni community and peace groups are marking 8 years of the brutal Saudi-led intervention in the...
No Israeli Military Visits in Canada
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Lt. Col. Eyal Dror is scheduled to speak at multiple locations across Canada in the coming...
8 Years Too Long – End the War on Yemen!
March 26 2023 marks eight years of the brutal war in Yemen. A war that has killed over a quarter of...
We join together to call out the Royal Bank of Canada on its ongoing colonialism from Turtle Island to Palestine
Learn how you can join with the movement to call out RBC for its investments in Costal GasLink, Palantir, illegal...
Join Dimitri Lascaris in advance of his mission of peace to Russia
Lascaris, a leading Canadian peace activist, is planning to embark upon a mission of peace to Russia for the month...
Release: Canadians must not subsidize anti-Palestinian pogroms
Recently a formal complaint was submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency regarding Mizrachi Canada providing tax credits for donations to...
Write a letter to Canadian government: No second extradition of Hassan Diab
The extradition law allowed the Canadian judiciary to forsake him utterly – to surrender him with “impunity” to France’s merciless...
NEW REPORT: The RSS Network in Canada
Just Peace Advocates welcomes this new report by the National Canadian Council of Muslims (NCCM) and the World Sikh Organization...
The Kufiyah Ban by the Park West School Principal is appalling action
We stand in solidarity with the Atlantic Canada Palestinian Society, and their call to write letters to the...
Take Action: Sign Canadian Parliamentary Petition to end Sanctions on Syria
Take action: call upon the Government of Canada to immediately and permanently end its unilateral economic sanctions on Syria so all impacted...
Media Release: End The Siege Campaign/Toronto action Saturday, March 4
The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4th, 2023, in a series of synchronous...
Release: Canadians rally for an end to the war in Ukraine in weekend of action
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) member groups will be holding actions across the country calling for an end...
Jonathan Kuttab visit to Mohammad Halabi at Ramon Prison
Halabi wanted to thank all those who supported him and believed his story from the very beginning. He asked me...
Civil Society Organisations Welcome Barcelona’s Suspension of Institutional Relations with Israel
Just Peace Advocates, joins with the undersigned 88 Palestinian, regional and international civil society organisations welcome the historic announcement by the...
OUT OF SIGHT–Ending Canada’s Armed Drone Purchase
The Canadian government is moving quickly to award a contract for remotely piloted armed drones which would be used domestically...
Jonathan Kuttab meeting with the Canadian Mission in Ramallah
Jonathan Kuttab raised our concerns with the Canadian head of mission in Palestine--including about Canada’s position regarding a number of...
Canada, in the name of humanity lift sanction against Syria
Syria is not sanctioned by the UN, but the US has adopted crippling sanctions on the country. Canada has followed...
Stop the War, Stop NATO International Weekend of Action – February 23-26, 2023
As a member of the Canada-wide Peace and Justice Network, Just Peace Advocates is pleased to endorse this statement and...
OUT OF SIGHT: Ending Canada’s Armed Drone Purchase
Join us for a panel and Q&A on Canada's proposed armed drone purchase. The Canadian military is currently picking a...
30+ Civil Society Groups to Canadian Heritage: Ditch Controversial Antisemitism Definition from Granting Procedures
Just Peace Advocates has joined together with 30+ other Canadian organizations to call on the federal government to abandon prospective...
Lawyers sign statement calling FIFA to suspend Israel Football Association
Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even...
Sabeel spoke as “the Palestine” Global Partner of the United Church of Canada, but did the church hear?
The United Church of Canada (UCC) during its 44th General Council in July 2022 once again sidelined justice for Palestine, even as it global...
Just Peace Advocates in solidarity with Jenin
On January 26, 2023, the Israeli military carried out a massacre in Jenin. It was very much a deliberate callback...
RBC Prevails in holding unethical investment in Palantir despite stocks plummeting 70%
In 2021, over 10,000 letters were sent to RBC asking for them to break relations with Palantir Technologies Inc (PTI). Since that time,...
Canadian Taxpayers should not be subsiding settler colonialism and its military
Recently Khaled Mouammar and Rabbi David Mivasair submitted a detailed complaint to the CRA concerning Ne’eman Foundation Canada. See January 26, 2023...
Colonialism is Not Charity: Defunding Palestinian racism
“Colonialism is not charity” will explore what may be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Under the cover of...
What is required of our church to be in solidarity with Palestine? Jonathan Kuttab speaking (Toronto) virtually Jan. 29
Jonathan Kuttab, cofounder and board member of Just Peace Advocates will be preaching on "What is required of our church...
Release: Rallies planned across the country to call on Trudeau government to drop the F-35 deal
Actions are being planned across the country this weekend to call on the Trudeau government to cancel its procurement...
Just Peace Advocates leadership on Parliamentary Petitions in 2022
Just Peace Advocates led the drafting and obtaining of sponsors for three parliamentary petitions during 2022, as well as helped...
2022 Just Peace Advocates letter writing: 38 actions, 105K actions reach 2.5M mailboxes
During 2022, Just Peace Advocates sponsored 38 letter writing campaigns, with over 105,000 actions reaching about 2.5 million mailboxes. These included...
Year in the News: 2022 News Releases from Just Peace Advocates
During 2022, working with dozens of organizations across Canada, Just Peace Advocates put out press release that do not make...
30+ groups tell the Canada Revenue Agency that colonialism is not charity
Over 30 organizations have joined a campaign to tell the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) a campaign to tell the Canada...
Release: Israel has deported Palestinian lawyer to France, a move that constitutes a war crime
Today, Sunday, 18 December, the Israeli settler-colonial authorities are unlawfully deporting French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender Salah Hammouri from his...
Urgent Appeal to Commercial Airlines: Avoid Assisting in the Forcible Deportation & Transfer of Human Rights Defender Salah Hamouri
Israel has recently announced it will imminently deport Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri, an act that could be a...
Foreign “settler colonial NGO”, founded by “proud homophobe”, receiving Canadian subsidies
“Canadian taxpayers shouldn’t be giving a penny to subsidize this violent settler colonialist organization” noted Rabbi David Mivasair. “The Canada...
Media Release: Leader of Haitian terrorist organization is unwelcome in Montreal
Solidarité Québec Haiti and allies point out that the Parti Haitien Tèt Kale (PHTK) of former illegal President Michel...
Canada Pension Plan funds war, war crimes and fossil fuels
While the CPPIB claims to be dedicated to the best interests of CPPIB contributors and beneficiaries, it would seem based...
City of Saint John recognizes International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Congratulations to the City of Saint Johns, and to the local Palestinian community on their recent #Palestine Flag Raising at...
Sanctions:
Join a discussion of the latest developments in key regions of the world with several authors of the new anthology: SANCTIONS:...
Breaking News: Salah Hamouri to be forcibly deported on Sunday, December 4th. Canadian government access requests Canada ignored requests for action from Canadians
Salah Hamouri, the imprisoned French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention since March...
Lina Abojaradeh: #KickOutApartheid
Thanks to the amazing "Self-taught Palestinian Artist, Poet and Filmmaker with a love for humanity" Lina Abojaradeh for this poweful...
75 Years Since Partition & Canada’s shameful history in regard to Palestine
A bit of history about International Solidarity Day for the Palestinian people, and Canada's shameful stance In 1977, the General Assembly...
The Campaign to Free the Holy Land Foundation 5
Just Peace Advocates joins with Within Our Lifetime, United for Palestine (WOL), Coalition for Civil Freedoms (CCF), Samidoun Palestinian Political...
Standing in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
This International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Addameer calls on the international community to demonstrate support for Palestinian...
Access request suggests Canada vote for Palestine self-determination related to UNSC bid
For the fourth consecutive year, the Canadian government has cast its orphan “yes” vote for Palestine at the United Nations....
Media Release: International human rights organizations call for release of Khurram Parvez after one year of arbitrary detention
Today marks one-year since the Indian authorities arrested Khurram Parvez a widely respected human rights defender. Yesterday, leading human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human...
Take Action: A year since the arbitrary detention of Human Rights Defender Khurram Parvez by India
It is a year since Khurram Parvez, a leading global human rights defender was arbitrarily detained at his residence in...
Kick Out Apartheid! As the World Cup opens, kick off the campaign for justice in sport
AS THE WORLD CUP BEGINS...KICK OFF FOR THE #KICKOUTAPARTHEID CAMPAIGN! It’s time to score a goal for Palestine! We are launching the...
Prime Minister, honour your word, no second extradition of Hassan Diab
Let Prime Minister Trudeau know you call on him and his government to honour his words by taking action now to end...
It’s that time of the year when UN votes on Palestine. Don’t expect a substantial change from Canada.
It is that time of year again! The UN votes on Palestine! Nothing new– Canada’s vote at the UN since...
Just a week until the World Cup — AFC called to insist FIFA suspend Israeli Football Association
We have written to AFC (Asian Football Association) telling them now is the time that the AFC hold FIFA and...
CPPIB Public Meetings Report 2022
From October 4th to November 1st, 2022, dozens of activists showed up at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPPIB)...
Let Canada know you insist that it upholds its Third Party responsibility in regard to Palestine
Take one-minute and write to Foreign Affairs Minister Joly and ask her if she has responded to the request from...
Membres du Groupe interparlementaire Canada-Israël (GICI) de la délégation parlementaire du Bloc québécois : Que le Canada dise à Israël : cessez de tuer les enfants de la Palestine !
On dit que la candeur est le meilleur témoignage de l’amitié. Puisque le Groupe interparlementaire Canada-Israël promeut « une amitié plus...
Media Release: Activists Dominate Canada Pension Plan Meetings Across the Country
Throughout the month of October, dozens of activists showed up across the country at the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)...
NDP members of CAIL are you talking about the killing of Palestinian children
NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson asked the Liberals and Conservatives why there were not talking about the killing of...
Hundreds of letters sent telling Canada it needs to tell Israel to stop killing Palestine’s children
The Israeli military has killed seven Palestinian children in October 2022 alone. Demand that Canada censure and sanction Israel for...
65 Organisations Send a Letter to the New High Commissioner for Human Rights, Urging for Concrete Measures to Ensure Justice and Accountability for the Palestinian People
On 17 October 2022, 65 Palestinian, regional and international organisations sent a joint letter to the new High Commissioner for...
Media Release & Actions: No Canadian military intervention in Haiti, demands public letter
“Most Haitians are opposed to another foreign military intervention”, said Bianca Mugyenyi, Director of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. “They...
Canada Must Tell Israel to Free Palestine’s Child Prisoners
Take one minute to write to Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Joly. Tell her clearly and unequivocally that Israel’s unrelenting practice...
#FundPeaceNotWar Week of Action
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to be part of the Canada Wide Peace and Justice Network. From October 15th to 23rd,...
The Toronto Star changes article to better highlight situation for Palestine
Toronto Star Public Editor agrees that story needs to get to the context of the deaths of the young Palestinians...
14-23 October: Just Peace Advocates joins PYM Global Week of Action for Palestine Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Just Peace Advocates joins with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and 30+ organizations, in their call upon all supporters...
Victory: Uruguay national football team said no to Israeli apartheid sports washing!
In view of the official and public confirmation in the media that Uruguay will carry out the final preparation for...
Media Release: Local and National organizations call upon the City of Calgary to “Keep CAF Out of Calgary”
CAF’s complicity with and profiteering from Israeli apartheid, illegal annexation of Palestinian land and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population...
Know your rights, legal and tactical guide & workshops for Palestinian Human Rights activists on campus
With new school year underway, we would also be pleased to arrange for a "know your rights" workshop for your campus...
Tell Singh not to succumb to anti-Palestinian smears
It's time to fully embrace the views of most NDP party members and do the right thing regarding Palestine. It...
50 day count down to World Cup, call FIFA to denounce Israeli apartheid
Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even...
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) October 2022 Stakeholder meetings
In anticipation of the Canada Public Pension Investment Boards’s (CPPIB) biennial public meeting this fall, we take this opportunity to...
CDPQ investment in Israeli War Crimes is approaching 5% of the portfolio/Les investissements de la CDPQ dans les crimes de guerre israéliens approchent les 5 % de son portefeuille
The CDPQ December 31, 2021, year-end reports show investments in 10 companies with $3B fair-market value on the UN Data...
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to Co-present “Boycott” with “Blacklisted” at the 2022 Toronto Palestinian Film Festival
Boycott with Blacklisted co-presented with Just Peace Advocates, Sunday September 25 at 530 PM ET in Toronto live or virtually...
CPPIB: WSP’s Illegal Settlement Enterprise has been submitted to UN Database
Take one minute, and send a letter to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) with copy to Minister of Finance. Demand...
Take Action: Write to Canadian diplomat about human rights defender Hafez Huraini
Take one minute and write to the newly appointed Canadian Head of Mission in Ramallah, David Da Silva. Ask him to...
International Peace Day
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network, an association of numerous organizations from coast to coast in Canada working for peace,...
105 منظمات تقدم لقاعدة بيانات الأمم المتحدة حول أنشطة شركة WSP في الاستيطان غير الشرعي، وتطالب مفوض الأمم المتحدة السامي لحقوق الإنسان بالتحقيق
قدمت اليوم منظمي الحق Al-Haq ومناصرون للسلام العادل Just Peace Advocates تقريراً للمفوض السامي لحقوق الإنسان للأمم المتحدة الجديد، فولكر...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Defending Palestinian Civil Society: Understanding Canada’s Role
Legal and policy experts from prominent Palestinian human rights organizations spoke about the threat by Israel to terminate their work...
Just Peace Advocates joins in supporting a joint statement on the case of the administratively detained Palestinian-French citizen Salah Hammouri
We call for immediate release and demand Israel rescind the decision to revoke Salah Hammouri's Jerusalem residency based on “secret...
Canada needs to hold Israel accountable for its mistreatment of children in Palestine and for silencing those organizations that advocate on their behalf.
Take one minute to write to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. Demand that they pressure Israel...
Webinar: Defending Palestinian Civil Society: Understanding Canada’s Role
Join legal and policy experts from prominent Palestinian human rights organizations to learn about the threat by Israel to terminate...
The Battle for Justice in Palestine: The Case for a Single Democratic State
Just Peace Advocates endorses this event.
Now Over 200 Organizations Demand International Community Stand Against Raids and Closures of 7 Palestinian Organizations
Amid Israel’s escalating attacks targeting their work, a group of more than 150 Palestinian, regional, and international organizations express our...
The international community says: URUGUAY, NO VAYAS!
25+ organizations from around the world--US, Canada, Europe, UK, Africa, Palestine and elsewhere say "Uruguay Don't Go"
Just Peace Advocates joins with other civil society organizations to stand with the Commission of Inquiry against Rising Attacks
The undersigned organisations extend their full support and pledge their ongoing cooperation with the UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine,...
Just Peace Advocates Condemns Israel’s attack on Gaza and calls Canadians & the rest of international community to action
On August 5, 2022, Israel launched a military offensive on the Gaza Strip, killing 10 Palestinians including civilians—among them a...
Kashmir: Three years of settler colonization in hyperdrive
Today marks three years since the Kashmiri people lost their limited autonomous status. On August 5, 2019, the president of...
An Update on Israel’s Terrorist Designation for Palestinian Civil Society Organizations
While the exact contents of Israel’s “secret” files have not been made public, if the past is any guide the files...
Webinar with Roger Waters: Free Assange, Palestine & BDS, US Perpetual War, and the role of the artist
Topics will include: The repression of Julian Assange, free speech, and press freedom Israeli military repression of Palestinians, and BDS U.S. perpetual war...
Media Release: Metrobus Ads Denounce Apartheid practices of Israeli Government
Solidarity with Palestine – St. John’s recently put ads on 3 Metrobuses covering routes in St. John’s and Mount Pearl...
Media Release: Rock legend Roger Waters pens letter in support of pro-Palestinian McGill students sued by B’nai Brith
Yesterday B’nai Brith announced a lawsuit against the McGill administration, Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) and student group Solidarity...
UEFA must take action: Stop the double standard, kick out apartheid
FIFA has to date not responded. We hope for more from the UEFA, the confederation in which the IFA plays. We...
Watch the Rally with Roger Waters with Students at McGill & check out the Media coverage
July 14th discussion was covered in La Presse, Le Journal de Montreal and Le Soleil and was mentioned in the...
Just Peace Advocates joins with 80+ organizations in collective statement : Biden in Occupied Palestine and the “Jerusalem Declaration” – Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity
The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy...
Immediate release: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to rally with McGill students for Palestine
Montreal, July 12, 2022 -- On the eve of his July 15 performance at Montreal’s Bell Centre, the founder of Pink...
Standing up for student solidarity with Palestine featuring Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters
On the eve of Roger Waters Montreal’s Bell Centre performance, the rock legend will be supporting McGill students who’ve faced...
Is it time to talk to Hamas?
The existence of Hamas is also the lame excuse given for the paralysis of peace talks. Since the Palestinians are...
Déclaration internationale : Israël hors du Tour de France !
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to support this call. As Israel continues its policy of colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing, we...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Mohammad El Halabi Verdict
Yesterday, the judge in the Halabi case issued a summary of his verdict. The full decision has not yet been...
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...
Remembering 1967
June 5, 1967 was the first day of the Six-Day War, when Israel attacked its Arab neighbors, destroyed their airforces...
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...
#JusticeforSalah
Salah Hammouri’s case illustrates the Israeli authorities’ apartheid regime, including the widespread and systematic practice of illegal deportation and demographic manipulation,...
Press Release: Hundreds protest, block entrances to North America’s largest weapons fair
Hundreds of people have blocked access to the opening of CANSEC, North America's largest weapons and "defense industry" convention at...
FIFA: Suspend Apartheid Israel
Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even...
Press Release: Trudeau shoots Canadians in the foot to benefit his US masters
In banning Huawei from any further participation in the deployment of Canada’s 5G network, the Trudeau government hurt Canadians and...
United against repression: Just Peace Advocates condemns Berlin’s ban on Nakba commemorations
Just Peace Advocates has joined with civil society groups in signing a letter by a coalition of progressive Palestinian, internationalist, and...
End Canadian Support for Israeli military
Express your Rage and Heart Break at the Israeli military killing of Journalist Abu Akled
Nakba 74:Commemorations Across Canada
We commemorate 74 years of the original Nakba and recognize the ongoing colonization of remaining Palestine in similar pattern of...
Update: Muhammad El Halabi and “The Six”
Even when we fail to accomplish our ultimate goals (in this case, freedom for Halabi or the reversal of the...
Press release: The Killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh Highlights Israel’s Impunity for Crimes and Increased Use of Arbitrary Lethal Force against the Palestinian People
Al-Haq condemns in the strongest possible terms the direct killing of prominent Palestinian female journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh while on an...
Toronto Star changes inaccurate headline regarding Israeli military killing of Al Jazeera journalist
The Toronto Star responded to our request and changed the headline on killing of Shireen Al Jazeera journalist Abu Aqleh
Stop the Smear Campaigns against Palestinian Advocacy–Double Standards, Statements, Actions and Webinar
Today, we are witnessing an intensified campaign by the pro-Israel lobby in Canada to smear Palestinian activists and their supporters....
“Erasing Palestine” on Taybeh wine & beer, presentation at World Social Forum after CBC article
Karen Rodman was pleased to present at the World Social Forum on "Best Business Practices of Colonialism: Case Study Palestine"...
Press Release: Celebrities oppose McGill’s anti-Palestinian and antidemocratic threats
Celebrities oppose McGill’s anti-Palestinian and antidemocratic threats Today a public letter signed by Rock legend Roger Waters, author Yann Martel, former...
Don’t let McGill Silence Palestine Solidarity, Join 200 academics and 40 organizations
Roger Waters, Richard Falk, John Dugard, Libby Davies, Yann Martel, Chris Hedges, as well as several hundred other academics, artists,...
Dozens of fellow artists & civil society organizations ask Justin Bieber to say NO to Apartheid
Dozens of artists and organizations from around the world say #BiebsStay4Justice
25+ Student Led BDS Victories BDS on Canadian University Campuses
Over the last 15 years, there have been at least 25 BDS victories on Canadian University Campuses. In 2022,...
It is a victory for Palestine:! The French State Council suspends dissolution of Collectif Palestine Vaincra!
Just Peace Advocates congratulates the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Committee Against the Dissolution of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra on this important...
Media Alert: Response by the Toronto Star
The Toronto Star takes no direct accountability for the AP stories it runs.
Media Alert: Two more Toronto Star articles flagged as needing corrections
The Toronto Star has been running what seems like more articles (AP) than usual during Ramadan 2022, but the language...
2022 Ramadan: Boycott Israeli dates. Break fast with Palestinian Medjoul
Learn more about what to consider when purchasing Medjoul Dates in Canada to ensure they are not from Israeli companies, and...
Apartheid-Free Zones and the Boycott/Shame List
We invite you to let us know about complicit companies and businesses, and to designate your organization or business an...
Al-Aqsa Under Attack: Tell Bell Media it is not “clashes.” It is violation of international law.
Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound two times within 48 hours, on Friday, April 15 and Sunday, April 17....
#IVotePalestine, Ontario Provincial Election
Support #IVotePalestine: Ontario Provincial Election June 2, 2022
April 17: Palestinian Prisoner Day
Each year, April 17th marks Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, an international day of action, solidarity and resistance for the liberation of...
Easter Message “Constantinian Christianity” by Rev. Frances Combs
And why do this at Easter? Sometimes in the past the church has celebrated Easter quite separated from the life...
Press Release: Illegal Recruitment of Canadians for War in Ukraine
We note that, in the wake of the war hysteria over Ukraine that is gripping this country, respect for the...
Disappointing responses to Parliamentary Petitions
While it was reassuring that MP Erskine-Smith sponsored E-3679 parliamentary petition calling for Canada to take a stance of support...
Challenging Corporate Complicity in the Continued Colonization of Palestine
This webinar will consider direct approaches to challenge corporate complicity in the continued colonization of Palestine. This will include judicial...
Stop Illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada and South Africa
Both Canada and South Africa have both taken forward legal complaints regarding illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada and...
John Philpot receives Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Democracy and Peace
Congratulations John Philpot, on receiving the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Democracy and Peace awarded on March 19 in Brussels.
Press Release: Choosing the F35 means Canada rejecting peacekeeping, instead committing to wage wars of aggression
"With a sticker price of $19 billion and a lifecycle cost of $77 billion, the government will certainly feel pressured to...
Land Day 2022 Webinar: Challenging Corporate Complicity in the Continued Colonization of Palestine
This webinar will consider direct approaches to challenge corporate complicity in the continued colonization of Palestine. This will include judicial...
Join the Day of Action to End the War in Yemen
March 26 2022 marks seven years of the brutal war in Yemen. A war that has killed over a quarter...
Stand with the UNHRC Commission of Inquiry on oPt
Perhaps this is push back related to the response from Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, in partnership with the International Human...
Press Release: Canada’s silence on Saudi mass executions deeply troubling
3,000 letters have been sent to Prime Minister Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Joly asking them to break the silence...
Press Release: Reject Zelensky’s call for no fly zone and push for diplomacy
“Zelensky’s call for a no-fly zone is a reckless bid to stoke direct conflict between NATO and Russia”, explained Yves Engler,...
Canada’s silence on Saudi mass executions deeply troubling
Canadian government silence over the execution of 81 men in Saudi Arabia is deeply troubling.
Just Peace Advocates was pleased to join Hands Off Venezuela Monthly Virtual Picket Action!
Online picket action to hear important updates about the case of Alex Saab, directly from Camilla Saab, who is...
Press Release: Webinar – Ukraine Crisis: Beyond the Dominant Narrative
The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War is pleased to announce that it will hold a Zoom webinar, along with...
Media Alert: Toronto Star March 8, 2022 article, complaint to Bureau of Accuracy re “Israeli troops demolish homes of Palestinian attackers”
Letter in response to https://www.thestar.com/news/world/middleeast/2022/03/08/israeli-troops-demolish-homes-of-palestinian-attackers.html Public Editor Bruce Campion-Smith Bureau of Accuracy/Public Editor The Toronto Star Toronto, Ontario publiced@thestar.ca March 9th, 2022 Dear...
Silencing Kashmir—The state of press freedom in the world’s most militarized zone
In Kashmir, press freedom has virtually disappeared. Journalists in Kashmir face threats, arrests, constant surveillance, criminal cases under terror laws,...
Media Alert: Toronto Star Feb. 23 article, complaint to Bureau of Accuracy
The Associated Press article published by the Toronto Star on February 23, 2022, “Palestinian boy buried after being killed by...
Sheik Jarrah Rehearing Decision
There was good news. The Israeli Supreme Court, on a rehearing, had just issued that afternoon its decision suspending all evictions...
Canadian churches: Now is the time to speak up in regard Israel’s apartheid crimes
Canadian churches: Now is the time to speak up in regard Israel’s apartheid crimes. Canadians can no longer close their eyes...
Kuttab’s Beyond the Two-State Solution, now available in Arabic & Hebrew
Jonathan Kuttab’s timely and important book now available in arabic and hebrew.
Canadians residents & citizens
Three Parliamentary Petitions
that you may wish to sign
#CanadaStopArming Saudi
Parliamentary Petition E-3775
No War on Yemen
Canada...
A Reflection on Iqrit & Bir’im
I pledged that we would support them in their struggle, and I invited them to send us materials and specific...
Two Parliamentary Petitions presented on Palestine by Liberal MPs, #StandWithTheSix # and No Way To Treat a Child
Two Parliamentary Petitions have been presented in the last week. The Canadian government has 45 days to respond.
Jonathan Kuttab on February 15th Israeli High Court hearing of Mohammad Halabi
In the end, the High Court judge stated he would speak to the District Court judge and ask when he...
“Beyond the Two-State Solution”–Erakat and Halper in Conversation with Kuttab
Jonathan continues this conversation, engaging in a discussion with renowned activists and academics about the necessity of a one-state solution....
Day of Action: Free Alex Saab, in Montreal at the US Consulate, Feb. 16
Ambassador Saab is set to appear in the United States before the South Florida District Court on February 16, 2022...
Press Release: Trudeau Fuels Ukraine Fire
“If our government is genuinely concerned that a Russian attack on Ukraine is imminent, it would make sense to have...
Just Peace Advocates stands in solidarity with Palestinian-Canadian writer Khaled Barakat
Khaled Barakat, a Palestinian-Canadian writer has been subjected to a political ban in Germany since June 2019, after he was prevented...
Jonathan Kuttab’s “Beyond the Two-State Solution” available in Arabic & Hebrew
This week the Arabic and Hebrew versions of Jonathan Kuttab’s book, Beyond the Two-State Solution. will be released.
Message from the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem: Wadi Al- Joz High-tech project: “Silicon Wadi”
On the 7th of February the Israeli occupation municipality, issued eviction orders to many businesses and structures in the industrial area...
Government of Canada: you can’t keep the lid on Israeli war crimes forever!
Major Israeli (Yesh Din and B’tselem) and international (HRW and AI) human rights organizations have determined that Israel is an Apartheid state. It is...
The tide is turning: Amnesty joins in naming “apartheid”
The Amnesty International report on Israel apartheid was released today, February 1, 2022.
Free Alex Saab Webinar
Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers “violation” of...
Press Release: Canada-wide day of action–no war with Russia & Canada out of NATO
Today across Canada, there are emergency rallies taking place in cities from Victoria to Montreal calling on the Trudeau government...
Parliamentary Petition E-3810
Citizens and residents of Canada, are invited to call upon the Minister of Justice to undertake a thorough investigation of those who...
Write a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau: Say “No” to a second extradition of Hassan Diab
Dr. Diab is an innocent man who must be rescued from the offensive rulings of the French judiciary. Join with...
Press Release: Virtual Press Conference: “Course correction on Canada-China Relations”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (from The Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War) Hamilton, ON January 27, 2022 Virtual Press Conference: “Course correction on...
Press Release: Trudeau Stokes Tensions with Russia: Antiwar rallies planned across country on Saturday
January 26 2022 (Montreal) -- Today the Trudeau government announced it will extend and expand Canada’s military mission to the...
Press Release: Prominent musicians, authors and politicians criticize Trudeau’s Venezuela policy
“On the three-year anniversary of Juan Guaidó declaring himself president of Venezuela the Trudeau government needs to recognize that their coup attempt...
Press Release: Trudeau supports illegitimate Haitian leader
“The Core Group of foreign ambassadors has been dictating Haitians affairs for far too long”, noted Mugyenyi. “Friday’s conference is...
NATIONAL CALL TO TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT TO DE-ESCALATE CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NATO OVER UKRAINE
Canada is playing a very concerning role in fomenting the dangerous, escalating conflict in Ukraine between the North Atlantic Treaty...
Canada should remove charitable status from groups funding the Israeli army
January 2022: An Addendum to the July complaint has been filed with the CRA based on CZCA’s filings with the Revenue Agency...
The Two-State Solution is Dead: Now What?
Noura Erakat and Jeffrey Halper will be in dialogue with Jonathan Kuttab to discuss moving beyond the perpetuating of a...
73 Years and Waiting: Self determination for Kashmir & broken international promises
On January 5, 1949, the implementation plans for Kashmir’s self determination were put in place by a resolution of the...
Appel à l’action immédiate: Le Bloc Québécois et la question des violations des droits de la personne au Cachemir
e Bloc Québécois indique son soutien au peuple du Cachemire Rappelez-leur leurs promesses lors des élections d'automne. Appel à l'action maintenant.
Yes, Canada does arm and fund Israel
A webinar was held on January 4, 2022 with Ali Abunimah, Karen Rodman, Yves Engler and Jonathan Kuttab to hear...
It has been a year, what is the status of your investigation of Illegal Israeli Military Recruiting in Canada?
Take one minute to write to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki to remind her it is over a year since information was provided to...
Confirmation of the two teams in running for $5B unmanned armed drone contract. Includes IAI
“After some delays along the way, the revitalized RPAS procurement process has resulted in two teams being qualified to bid...
Just Peace Advocates: Highlights from 2021
40 letter writing campaigns, 60 press releases, a half dozen social media storms, 75,000+ individual letters written to over 13.5...
Yes Canada Arms & Funds Israel
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to join with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute in organizing a public webinar on January 4 at 7 PM ET featuring Ali Abunimah and...
Visit to Venezuela as election observer and food sovereignty observer.
John Philpot, board member of Just Peace Advocates was named by the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) executive as an...
6,000 letters sent to the Canadian government regarding Palestinian Prisoners
Over the last few weeks, almost 6,000 people have taken time to write to Prime Minister Trudeau and Global Affairs...

Over the last month, almost 6,000 letters were sent to RBC asking for them to break relations with Palantir Technologies...
Twitter storm: Free Khurram Parvez, Dec. 22 and 23
FREE KHURRAM PARVEZ!RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS IN KASHMIR!Join Twitter StormDecember 22 and 23 Tweets available just prior to...
Canadian Diplomacy Trifecta of anti-Palestinian racism
Along with the usual trend each December of Canada voting with Israel, the USA and a couple of small countries...
Remove racist Africa only travel ban, says Ugandan-born director of Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
Press release sent by Just Peace Advocates, December 17 for Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. MONTREAL, Quebec -- The Canadian Foreign Policy...
Over 13.5 million letters sent in 2021
More than 30 campaigns, resulting in more than 75,000 letters sent to over 13.5 million recipients.
More than 50 media releases to 2500 media contacts during 2021
During 2021, working with dozens of organizations across Canada, Just Peace Advocates put out more than one press release...
Just a few days remaining to sign CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY PETITION in support of Palestine’s children
Sign petition that from residents of Canada, calling upon the Government of Canada to call for an urgent study by the Subcommittee...
Royal Bank of Canada responses on Palantir & Costal GasLink pathetic–unsigned, say nothing, from generic email
RBC sent responses letter to the Palestine Solidarity organizations and to Gidimt’en Checkpoint leadership. In both cases response were sent...
Take Action: NDP must oppose F-35 purchase
The Liberals are moving towards acquiring 33% more F-35’s than even Harper’s Conservatives had planned to purchase. But the NDP...
Just Peace Advocates one of original organizations joining in Solidarity Statement: From Wet’suwet’en to Tkaronto We Demand an End to the Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders
Indigenous Land Defender, Vanessa Gray, was targeted at her home by Toronto Police Services who charged her in connection to...
Human Rights as Terror: Authoritarianism as Democracy=
This event was organized in response to the recent escalated crackdowns in the subject regions, the launching of the...
This #GivingTuesday join us in our work for justice for Palestine & Kashmir
As a grassroots, volunteer, not-for-profit organization, we depend on your support of our Palestine, Kashmir and other ant-imperial work. Therefore, we...
India arrests prominent Kashmir human rights defender under ‘terror’ law
On November 22, 2021, Khurram Parvez, a leading global human rights defender was arrested at his residence in Srinagar in...
#StandWithThe 6: Parliamentary Petition to the Government of Canada
Almost 1K Canadian have signed parliamentary petition calling on Canada to reverse the designation of human right defenders. #StandWithThe6
Trudeau set to break promise on F-35. Time for opposition to question Liberals’ fighter jet plans
Yesterday (November 25) the Canadian Press reported that Boeing was notified that its Super Hornet had been disqualified from the...
It is that time of year again! The UN votes on Palestine! Nothing new– Canada’s vote at the UN since 1947 shows at best conditional support for Palestine
Certainly, it would not have looked good to vote against self-determination and expose that Canada had indeed cast its YAY...
Rallies across country against fighter jet purchase
Beginning on Monday, November 22, a week of action will take place across Canada in opposition to the Trudeau government’s plan...
Just Peace Advocates stands in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Indigenous Land Defenders
Just Peace Advocates expresses our strong solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people’s struggle to defend their territory from Canadian settler colonialism...
Update on the force displacement of the 4 families in Sheikh Jarrah
Update from the Civic Coalition for Palestinain Right in Jerusalem about the high court unfair offer to the families...
Finance Minister and Parliament are accountable for CPPIB–Canada’s public pension continues to support war crimes
The 2021 CPPIB Annual Report showed increased investments in Israeli war crimes with at least 10...
Defending Palestinian Human Rights is not “Terrorism”
This criminalization of Palestinian advocacy is unacceptable and unfounded; Palestinian-Canadians and their supporters have no intention of allowing biased officials...
Royal Bank of Canada say NO to Palantir
Palantir provides their Artificial Intelligence (AI) predictive system to Israeli security forces, to identify people in occupied Palestine. The Royal Bank of...
Just Peace Advocates supports the Statement of the International Community Must Support and Protect Palestinian Civil Society
Just Peace Advocates joins with 230+ other groups to, express our full solidarity with Palestinian civil society and human rights...
Defending Palestinian Human Rights is not “Terrorism”
Now with ten organizations, the Israeli regime has fully adopted as standard practice and policy the “terrorist” designation of organizations...
Action: Canadian Parliamentary Petition highlights the work of Al-Haq & DCIP regarding Palestine’s children
With the recent attack on Al-Haq, DCIP and other organizations, the message of this petition is that we respect and value the...
Canadians call Trudeau to demand Biden #FreeAlex Saab
We join with Canadian civil society in a call to Trudeau in his new mandate to not follow the dictates...
Canadian Call to #FreeAlexSaab
On October 16, 2021, Alex Saab was kidnapped by the USA from Cabo Verde to the USA. The case of Alex...
Breaking News: Alex Saab has been extradited
October 16: Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's envoy Alex Saab has been extradited to the United States - Cape Verde National...
#LetKashmirDecide Global Coalition
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to share information about the #LetKashmirDecide Global Coalition launch on Sunday, October 17 from Azad...
The Canadian election and human rights in Kashmir #VoteKashmir
During #Exln44, several hundred people from across Canada have pledged to be in touch with candidates from all parties in almost...
Canada-wide call to candidates to speak out about Indian Human Rights Violations in Kashmir
With the federal election less than a week away, people from across Canada have been in touch with candidates from...
New Democratic Party candidates support Canada addressing India’s human right violations in Kashmir
Several NDP candidates and one GPC candidate have provided responses that support Canada taking steps to call for end...
Bloc Québécois to address India Humans Rights Violations in Kashmir
The BQ revealed in their response that they have written to the High Commissioner of India to express their disapproval...
Open Letter to the States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on the Need to Impose a Comprehensive Two-Way Arms Embargo on Israel
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to join with a global coalition of leaders –from civil society to academia, art, media,...
Bloc Québécois indicates support for people of Kashmir/ Le Bloc Québécois indique son soutien au peuple du Cachemire
The Bloc Québécois (BQ) has responded to questions sent to the party and its leader in regard to its stance...
In this federal election, Vote Kashmir
Join the growing movement of individuals and organizations who have endorsed the Vote Kashmir campaign, which calls for a human...
#NoIsraeliArms4Canada
Cancel the procurement process for the estimated $5 B contract for armed surveillance drones; Join over 50 civil society organizations in...
Two years later, Canada still silent on India’s colonization of Kashmir
Today marks two years since the Kashmiri people lost their autonomous status. On August 5, 2019, the president of India arbitrarily revoked Article...
Complaint challenges illegal subsidies to Israeli military
A formal legal complaint was submitted to the Canada Revenue Agency today concerning the charitable status of the Canadian Zionist...
Palestine Solidarity and the Boycott Movement: An Inter-Generational Dialogue
A moderated, dynamic and inter-generational discussion of the history, current challenges and prospects for the Palestine solidarity movement in Canada....
Congratulations to Jonathan Kuttab
Just Peace Advocates joins in congratulating Jonathan Kuttab on his appointment as the Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) executive...
Just Peace Advocates joins statement on the 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Just Peace Advocates is one of 65 organizations that has signed a joint oral intervention to the UN Human Rights...
Just Peace Advocates joins more than 130 groups call on PM Trudeau to end prejudiced audits of Muslim charities
More than 130 groups signed an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and members of his cabinet, raising concerns and...
Liberal parliamentary petition calling for Israel’s accountability in war crimes against Palestine’s children
Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre Salma Zahid presented parliamentary petition that she sponsored calling for Israel's accountability in war crimes...
Detailed legal review of the Suppression of Scholarship on Palestine at the University of Toronto
The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law came under widespread criticism after being accused of caving to external pressure from...
The case of Alex Saab – US abduction of Venezuelan diplomat, a global challenge
With the possible extradition of a Venezuelan diplomat to the US on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized...
Defence critic out of step with NDP grassroots
Garrison is out of step with NDP members on Palestinian rights. His militarism is also not shared by most in...
CPP investments continue to support Israeli war crimes
The Naksa. June 5, 2021, 4 years of military occupation in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian Golan territories. The...
The brutal Saudi-led, U.S.-backed, Canada-armed war in Yemen has gone on for over six years.
This war has killed almost a quarter of a million people, and Yemen today remains the worst humanitarian crisis in...
Call for Action HRC 30th Special Session
On 27 May 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold a Special Session in relation to the escalating human...
BREAKING: Activists cover Israeli consulate steps with river of “blood”
Toronto, Ontario —Today members of the Jewish community and allies delivered a clear message at the Israeli consulate in Toronto about bloodshed from Israel’s...
Declaration by ReImagine Co in London, Ontario to be apartheid-free
Just Peace Advocates welcomes the news that Reimagine Co. in London Ontario has announced it is apartheid free. The Coalition...
The Innumerable Ways Canada Supports Israeli Apartheid
This event is for anyone living in Canada who wants to understand how Canada is complicit in Palestinian dispossession and...
Take Action: Schulich’s link to the horror of Israel’s colonial violence
The Schulich School of Business conducts a “Doing Business in Israel” seminar, which entails sending Schulich students to study in...
Recent Media: help protect Palestinians from Israeli war crimes by applying Canadian law
As Israel’s occupation forces escalate their violence against Palestinians Canada must apply its laws concerning support for foreign militaries. The Foreign...
Media Release: Canada should respond to Israeli violence by applying its laws
The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Just Peace Advocates and thousands of Canadians want the federal government to apply Canadian laws...
Nakba 73 – Ongoing Nakba, Ongoing Resistance
As we mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, we, the undersigned, join together to reaffirm our commitment to the...
Nakba73: Hold Canadian government accountable to own laws.
As Israel’s occupation forces escalate their violence against Palestinians Canada must apply its laws concerning support for foreign militaries. Write letter...
Canadian to run 125 km ultra-marathon to support Gaza during COVID
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to support another project centred around an even greater effort by Russell Lavis, a young...
#SaveSheikhJarrah: Demand Action and Accountability from the Canadian Government
In occupied Jerusalem, Palestinians from the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan are threatened with imminent expulsion and violent forced...
Matthew Green sponsors Parliamentary Petition to Investigate Illegal Israeli Military Recruiting
Take a minute citizens or residents of Canada to sign a petition to call upon the Minister of Justice to undertake a thorough investigation of...
Palestine Prisoner Day: Sign parliamentary petition to hold Israel accountable for its treatment of Palestinian children.
As we approach Palestinian prisoners day, Just Peace Advocates is pleased to have initiated this petition in support of justice...
Boycott Israeli dates. Break fast with Palestinian Medjoul.
Ramadan Kareem. Be sure to Break fast with Palestinian medjoul. Boycott Israeli dates.
#SaveSheikhJarrah – protect Palestinian families and stop Israeli ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem!
Four Palestinian families have been ordered by an Israeli district court to leave their homes by May 2 or face...
NDP votes to sanction Israel
At the party’s ongoing convention delegates voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Palestine Resolution. It calls for “Ending all trade and...
Canadian BDS Coalition: 5 Years and Counting
Canadian BDS Coalition was founded 5 years ago and has highlighted many BDS campaigns over that time....#BoycottTEVA #BoycottPuma #AirCanadaComplicity #RaptorsDontGo...
Just Peace Advocates joins to tackle hate & protect dissent
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to be one of over 50 organizations representing more than 1 million Canadians sent a...
In memory of Nour Ali Mallah. Donations to Operation Nour
It is with much heart break that we share the news of the death of Nour Ali Mallah. Nour, the 23...
Land Day 2021: on-line conversation with Sabri Jiryis & Jonathan Kuttab
"Land Day 2021 conversation with Sabri Jiryis & Jonathan Kuttab" The Palestinian people’s future within the Ongoing Zionist Settler-colonial and Apartheid...
A response from Global Affairs, a year later, regarding Canada’s stance on the ICC jurisdiction on Palestine
On April 29, 2020, 42 Canadian civil society organizations were among 183 Palestinian, Regional and International Human Rights Organisations that wrote...
Just Peace Advocates joins 550+ Organisations call to UN Human Rights Council including sanctions
Rooted in institutionalised oppression, displacement, and dispossession of the Palestinian people since the start of the Nakba in 1948, Palestinians...
CBC has changed the headline to say West Bank.
An article appeared on the CBC website on March 16th using an Associated Press Article, entitled New Dead Sea...
Applied Research Proposal Call
Art: The Art of Occupied Palestine, Palestinian artist: Taqi Spateen, Just Peace Advocates supports research-based advocacy. This begins with the...
Canada’s public pension board urged to divest from companies identified as violating human rights by the United Nations
On March 8, over 70 organizations along with dozens of individuals contacted the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board about its...
Join us for a NEW #Justice4ElHalabi Social Media Storm – Sunday, 14 March
LAST TIME, your tweets alone reached 3.1 million people – and thousands of you participated. With Mohammed El-Halabi, Palestine’s “Humanitarian...
We join with Samidoun & 300+ other organizations to say #FreePalestinianStudents
Just Peace Advocates has joined Samidoun’s campaign to #FreePalestinianStudents. The Coalition is pleased to be among 300+ organizations from around...
CPPIB urged to divest from Israeli war crimes
Over 200 have signed on to urge the CPPIB to divest from Israeli war crimes.
Political Advocacy and National Liberation are not “Terrorism”
Just Peace Advocates was one of an initial 25 groups that joined Canada Palestine Association to endorse a call to...
Suggestions on how Canadian government can advance justice and peace for Palestine
For Canada to promote peace in Israel/Palestine, it needs to break out of the conventional paradigm of previous administrations and...
#Justice4ElHalabi
#Justice4ElHalabi Twitter Storm and Social Media Campaign Sunday, February 28 10 am Pacific - 1 pm Eastern - 7 pm central Europe -...
Take action: East Jerusalem under Threat
Let Canadian government know you are concerned about evictions in East Jerusalem. Sign Parliamentary Petition On the 15th of February 2021,...
Say No To Illegal Military Recruiting in Canada
It is a crime in Canada to recruit anyone for a foreign military. It is also a crime to aid...
Feb. 5,2021: Expressing solidarity with the people of Kashmir under India’s illegal occupation
February 5th is day of solidarity with the people of Kashmir. In November 2020, the government responded to three petitions with...
500 letters in hours: to CBC on its dismissing of international law protection for Palestine
Recent reporting on Covid-19 apartheid vaccination again qualified by CBC, this time negating international law with inaccurate rhetoric about Oslo. Over...
Standing with Dr. Hassan Diab
In June 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated, “I think, for Hassan Diab, we have to recognize first of all...
MP to speak at “No illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada” webinar
On Wednesday, February 3, a coalition of 50+organizations is hosting an event to oppose illegal Israeli military recruitment in Canada....
600+ have spoken, Urgent Action for Mohammed El Halabi, former World Vision director
Over 600 have written to Justice Minister Garneau calling for an urgent action for Mohammed El Halabi, former World Vision...
Online Webinar, No Illegal Israeli Military Recruiting, Feb. 3/21, 1900 ET
On February 3, 2021, 1900 ET, a panel will discuss the illegal Israeli military recruiting happening in Canada.
PRESS RELEASE: Activists block trucks at company transporting weapons to Saudi Arabia, demand Canada stop fuelling war in Yemen
Just Peace Advocates joins 300 organizations form around the world to say #StopArmingSaudi #YemanCantWait. Read the reease about activists...
Jonathan Kuttab release of “Beyond the Two State Solution”
Jonathan Kuttab’s decades of legal service and creative activism has led him to write this important bok "Beyond the Two...
Over 2 million letters sent since April 2020
Just Peace Advocates hosted 30+ letter writing campaigns from April to December 2020, that reached well over 2M recipients, with...
Evidence delivered to RCMP for their investigation into illegal recruitment for Israeli military
Send letter to RCMP Immediate Release Evidence delivered to RCMP for their investigation into illegal recruitment...
Canada vote at the UN since 1947 shows at best conditional support for Palestine
An overall analysis since 1947, has now been completed of Canada's United Nations voting record, by Just Peace Advocates, and...
Canada’s voting at the United Nations 1947 onwards
An overall analysis since 1947, has now been completed of Canada’s United Nations voting record, by Just Peace Advocates, and...
Ontario Attorney General Deputy confirms Order-in-Council relates to IHRA matters within the discretion of a Ministry of the Crown
Ontario Attorney General Deputy confirms Order-in-Council relates to IHRA matters within the discretion of a Ministry of the Crown
Complaint sent to the RCMP regarding Foreign Recruiting in Canada for the Israel Defense Forces
Subsequent to Justice Minister Lametti's indication the the prosecutor and police would follow up on the legal complaint provided to...
OMNI Arab interview regarding illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada
OMNI Arab language interview with Khaled Mouammar regarding illegal Israeli miiltary recruiting in Canada.
Legal & civil society organizations to say no IHRA
Legal and civil society organizations have come together to say Stop Bill 168. Bill 168 is being considered by...
Canada’s Silence on India’s Colonization of Kashmir
Over 1,000 joined us on Zoom and FB live for the public forum hosted by twenty-five Canadian civil society organizationson...
Ultra Marathon — support World Vision work in West Bank, Jerusalem & Gaza
@RussellTheRunner in his October 18 marathon has raised over $1300 for the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, and...
No illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada
Today, October 19, a complaint has been provided to Justice Minister Lametti, in regard to the illegal Israeli miliary recuriting...
Write to Jagmeet & the NDP team: Reminder of 2018 commitment for Palestinian child detainees
Take a minute. Write a letter to Jagmeet Singh and the New Democratic Party to say we've noticed that Palestine's...
Canada’s silence on India’s colonization of Kashmir – October 22 event
On October 22, Canadian Foreign Policy Insitute, Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir, Just Peace Advocates, Justice for all...
Canadian media repression of Palestine
Take one minute and send a letter to public editors at the Toronto Star and Globe & Mail. Both the Globe...
Petition to Parliament – end the Gaza blockade & align with rest of world at UN
Paul Manly, member of parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith presented a petition, signed by close to 3,000 people the federal parliament, urging...
Memo to Bob Rae and Stephen Lewis: Palestine does matter
On September 20, Bob Rae and Stephen Lewis spoke to the CBC’s Piya Chattopadhyay about the UN’s 75th anniversary and...
Two Kashmir petitions make it to parliament this week
Two petition calling the Canadian government to action related to Indian colonization in Kashmir were presented this week in paraliment....
Just Peace Advocates joins call to UNGA to investigate apartheid
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to join with Palestinian and other international civil society call to UNGA to investigate apartheid. Apartheid...
Minister Champagne “regrets” his schedule does not allow a meeting with Kashmiri diaspora and allies
Response to Kashmiri diaspora and allys from Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne totally ignored the military occupation, the year long lock...
Canadian Heritage Minister receives letters — CBC owes the people of Palestine an apology
Almost 700 people have written Canadian Heritage Minister Guilbeault to say he is accountable for the CBC, and the people...
Stephen Lewis, we respectfully beg to differ. PALESTINE did factor in Canada’s UNSC loss
Just Peace Advocates is pleased to share a letter written by Father Robert Assaly in response to comments from Stephen...
Petitions to be presented to parliament in upcoming session
Two petitions to the Government of Canada initiated by Just Peace Advocates and other partners have now closed. These await...
#NoUNSC4Canada media coverage abounded
Ireland defeated Canada for a United Nations Security Council seat on June 17, 2020, with the minimum number of votes...
Call for Solidarity by Palestinian Christians
Most churches and Christian organizations are silent on Palestine. At General Council in 2003, a resolution was passed indicating that...
Just Peace Advocates in the Media on Kashmir
Over the past few months, Just Peace Advocates has written op-ed in the Toronto Star, Hill Times, Mondoweiss, Spring Magazine,...
Palestine Legal Resource Canada Legal and Tactical Guide
Just Peace Advocates pleased to share its Palestine Legal Resources Canada portal and resources. NOW AVAILABLE: Legal and Tactical Guide...
Over 1 million letters sent since April
Over a million letters sent! Between April 2020 and early September, well over one million letters were sent by friends of...
CBC owes the people of Palestine an apology
2000+ people have written to the CBC to condemn its deletion of the word Palestine and its subsequent apology for...
CBC owes the people of Palestine an apology
Over 2,000 people have written to the CBC to condemn its deletion of the word "Palestine" and its subsequent apology...
Justice for Palestine & Black America
Justice for Palestine and Black America. September 13 at NOON EDT. Fund raiser for the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in...
The CBC continues to insist Palestine is against CBC language standards
The CBC director of Jouralistic Standards has written to the 2K+ people who have written the CBC to express concern...
Double lock down in the Kashmir valley—a year of military lockdown, compounded with Covid-19
While the rest of the world is focused on restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kashmiris have been faced...
Stop Bill 168. Say no to IHRA in Ontario
Just Peace Advocates indicated to the clerk of the Ontario Standing Justice Policy Committee that should there be consideration to...
Just Peace Advocates highlights from 2019/2020
Just Peace Advocates second year has proved to filled with many rich partnerships and much work in support of international...
A comprehensive look at 53 years of settler colonization in East Jerusalem
For the last 53 years of Israeli occupation and annexation, Israel has been implementing a systematic and will planed policies...
Canadian organizations join to send urgent appeal to UN Special Procedures on the wilful killing of Ahmad Erekat
Nine Canadian organizations join 83 organisations to send urgent appeal to UN Special Procedures on the wilful killing of Ahmad...
Kashmir Martyrs’ Day, 89 years, and we remember July 13, 1931,
Today, July 13 marks Kashmir Martyrs' Day. On this date in 1931, predating the independence of India and Pakistan from...
1972, the year the pro-Israel lobby realized it had to shut down the United Church’s work on Palestine
Assurance was provided to the pro-Israel lobby that the resolutions passed by the United Church of Canada in Saskatoon in...
The United Church tries to explain its half-century relationship with pro-Israel lobby
Rev. Dr. John Young on behalf of the United Church of Canada has provided a response to 100+ people who...
Cooperation accord between United Church of Canada and B’nai Brith, May 1973
in August 1972, a very strong resolution in support of Palestine was passed by the church membership at its national...
Update on the Cable Car Legal Case in East Jerusalem
The Israeli High Court conducted a hearing about the Cable car Annexation project, on June 29, 2020. The families of...
The Unholy Land by Rev. Dr. A.C. Forrest
Attempts were made to silence editor of the United Church of Canada's Observer magazine, Rev. Dr. A.C. Forrest when in...
The United Church of Canada Taskforce to respond to 2017 call of Palestinian Christians
The United Church of Canada policy on Palstine as of 2019, does not reflect the resolutions passed by grassroots church...
Jonathan Kuttab: The Mechanics of Israel’s Annexation in the West Bank
Jonathan Kuttab looks at what Israel's annexation in the West Bank may include. Few know exactly how the Israeli annexation of...
Sanctions regardless of Annexation
Just Peace Advocates states emphatically that the Canadian government needs to follow its own domestic law and accountability to...
Cut the Current to Israel Electric
Israel Electric Corporation is a public company, which produces and supplies electricity to all sectors of the Israeli economy, both...
Canada’s Security Council Defeat is a Win for Palestine
“The Trudeau government’s anti-Palestinian voting record at the UN undoubtedly contributed to its failure to gain a seat on the...
100+ organizations and dozens of prominent individuals urge countries to vote against Canada’s bid for Security Council seat due to anti-Palestinian positions
An open letter signed by an impressive list of organizations and individuals will be delivered to all UN ambassadors asking...
Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Just Peace Advocates expresses our full solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, including full support for an immediate independent...
Webinar (Nov. 19, 1300 ET): Silencing Palestine in the Education System
The webinar will explore how Palestine is covered in Israeli textbooks as well as Palestinian education in East Jerusalem and...