This critical @UN 🇺🇳 report finds that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal, due to its intended permanency and Israel's actions of de facto annexation. We expect 🇨🇦 to uphold int'l law and support its findings. @BobRae48 @CanadaUN @ArbeiterRichard #UNGA77
@UN @BobRae48 @CanadaUN @ArbeiterRichard 🇨🇦 must support the ICJ and ICC in taking action to investigate perpetrators of war crimes & devise strategies to bring an immediate end to Israel's illegal occupation. @CanadaUN @BobRae48 @ArbeiterRichard @melaniejoly @Rob_Oliphant #UNGA77

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Oct 21
The @UN's Commission of Inquiry has found that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal, due to its permanency and Israel's actions of de facto annexation. We expect 🇨🇦 to uphold int'l law and support its findings. @BobRae48 @CanadaUN @ArbeiterRichard #UNGA77 "There are reasonable ...
@UN @BobRae48 @CanadaUN @ArbeiterRichard Under international law, states are allowed to temporarily occupy territory under certain conditions. However, this comes with legal obligations, many of which Israel has been illegally violating for years (for example, on settlements and the annexation of East Jerusalem).
@UN @BobRae48 @CanadaUN @ArbeiterRichard Now, a UN report has gone further and concludes that the occupation is itself illegal, due to Israel's intent to maintain the occupation permanently and its actions to annex parts of the land. It calls for an immediate end to Israel's illegal occupation. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
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Oct 21
This week a group of masked settlers lynched a 70-year-old Jewish Israeli woman who was accompanying a Palestinian farmer for the olive harvest in the West Bank. They attacked her with clubs until she bled, after which they beat her in the head with rocks. 972mag.com/edition/lynchi…
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Oct 17
CJPME wrote to @HonAhmedHussen with concerns over reports that @CdnHeritage may force grantees to sign an attestation form in support of IHRA. Nobody should have to sign away their right to criticize racist Israeli practices in order to receive government funding #NoIHRA #cdnpoli
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage There are reports that @CdnHeritage may introduce an attestation form for third-party grantees which may force them to express support for the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism as a condition of receiving funding. IHRA conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
@HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage Forcing third-party grantees to attest to supporting IHRA -- which holds that calling Israel racist is antisemitic -- would almost certainly limit their right to speak about Israel’s racist practices against Palestinians, amounting to a severe restriction of their liberties.
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Sep 20
In late August, approximately two dozen Canadian university presidents and administrators participated in a lobby-organized trip to Israel, ignoring grave human rights concerns. CJPME joins civil society & faculty groups in calling this out: cjpme.org/pr_2022_09_20_… #cdnpse
The timing of this delegation raises serious human rights concerns. Within the past few years, major human rights organizations including Amnesty, HRW, Al-Haq, and B’Tselem, have concluded that Israel’s practices against Palestinians amount to the crime of apartheid.
The entire education system for Palestinians takes place under these conditions of apartheid. Israel recently imposed a strict quota on the ability of Palestinian universities to extend invitations to visiting faculty and researchers within territory it militarily occupies.
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Sep 19
Letter: CJPME has written to @theJagmeetSingh expressing appreciation for his principled policy positions in support of Palestinian human rights. As Parliament resumes this week, we urge the @NDP to translate these commitments into meaningful action. #NDP
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Sep 7
Revealed: Canada’s pro-Israel voting record at the UN contradicts its own values and interests and damages its international reputation, according to officials in Global Affairs Canada. These revelations are found in documents released by ATIP and obtained by CJPME. Image
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In the released documents, Canadian officials admit that Canada has been voting against UN resolutions on Palestinian rights “without considering the specific merits of each resolution,” and “despite their alignment with Canadian values, interests, and standard positions.”
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