Category: Anti-Racism
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Why I Chant “From the River to the Sea”
Supporters of Palestinian liberation have been chanting the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free” for many years. I myself, a Jewish advocate of human equality, … Keep reading »
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Statement on Morning Encampment Raid at York University
[Content Warning: The following statement references police violence and racism, colonialism, imperialism, and anti-Indigenous racism. — YFS] On June 5, 2024, York University students launched the York Popular University for … Keep reading »
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Is There Dissent in Israel?
It’s often said that a large percentage of Israeli Jews oppose the war – not true! Keep reading »
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Toward a Global Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine: Johannesburg Declaration on Israel's Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Genocide
We, delegates from more than two dozen countries around the world, expressing the views of millions of people from all walks of life, of all faith and non-faith persuasions, of … Keep reading »
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#Nakba76: Demand Action and Accountability to End Gaza Genocide and Dismantle Apartheid
The forced expulsion of approximately 750,000 Indigenous Palestinians from their homes marked the formal beginning of a regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, military occupation, and now genocide that persists to this … Keep reading »
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Stand up to the Israel Lobby: An Open Letter to the B.C. NDP
The false accusations of antisemitism against the UK Labour Party provide a cautionary tale for BC’s NDP. Keep reading »
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Falling Into the pro-Israel Trap: The La Presse Cartoon Scandal
On 20 March, Montreal newspaper La Presse published a cartoon by Serge Chapleau harshly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s announced intention to invade Rafah, where millions of Gazans are … Keep reading »
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Instead of ‘Civil Discourse’ We Have Civil Terror
Last week, the CBC ran an interview on its flagship program, The Current, with Randy Boyagoda, a professor at the University of Toronto (U of T). Dr Boyagoda is neither … Keep reading »
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An Ode to Israel’s Genocide
Dear Friends and Fellow Activists, News of the horrors in Gaza seems to worsen by the day. I, like so many others, have found it increasingly difficult to absorb the … Watch video »
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Defunding UNRWA is Collective Punishment
Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) condemns Canada’s shameful decision to suspend further funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) while Palestinians in Gaza face the disastrous consequences … Keep reading »
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It Is Dark Before the Dawn, But Israeli Settler Colonialism Is At an End
Professor Ilan Pappé spoke at Islamic Human Rights Commission’s (IHRC) annual Genocide Memorial Day in London, UK, on 21st January 2024, on the need to understand that the genocide of … Keep reading »
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Enabling Genocide: Trudeau, Joly and Poilievre
On December 29, 2023, the government of South Africa filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning alleged violations by Israel of its … Keep reading »