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Independent Jewish Voices
@IndJewishVoices
A grassroots organization in Canada grounded in Jewish tradition that opposes all forms of racism & advocates for justice and peace for all in Israel-Palestine.
Apr 2 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: Hillel & Campus Repression -- What does the on-campus Israel lobby look like? Image Who is Hillel and what do they do? Hillel operates on 550 college and university campuses, largely in North America, as one of the primary sites of Jewish community-building for students. The organization is an enthusiastic defender of Israel. Hillel operates on 550 college and university campuses, largely in North America, as one of the primary sites of Jewish community-building for students. The organization is an enthusiastic defender of Israel, refusing to affiliate with anyone who supports boycotts, divestment, sanctions or critical speech against Israel. Hillel Ontario, which claims to be the largest Hillel in the world, says: “Our robust advocacy agenda seeks to reduce antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus by combating BDS, hosting intensive fact-finding missions to Israel, building coalitions across ethnic, politic...
Jan 26 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
IJV Canada welcomes with optimism and hope the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) historic decision this morning, which detailed that provisional measures are required of Israel. 1/6 Israel must take “all actions within its power” to avoid actions detailed in the Genocide Convention, and ensure that its officials refrain from incitement to genocide.

The full verdict on whether Israel has actually committed a genocide may not come for years. 2/6
Aug 4, 2022 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
This week @StatCan_eng released their hate crime statistics for 2021, prompting various pro-Israel groups to claim that Jewish Canadians are the most targeted religious minority in Canada, a claim resting on major methodological weaknesses and assumptions.

A 🧵 All hate crimes must be taken seriously and those targeting Jews are no exception. When hate crime stats are reported in ways that are misleading, however, their usefulness is undercut, and harmful narratives are spread. @CRRF

#cdnpoli
Jan 16, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/ IJV is extremely thankful and relieved that everyone made it out of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, TX alive & unharmed after yesterday's hostage situation. There are many important takeaways that we should all learn from this event. Here are a few of them (thread): 2/ ➡️ Antisemitism continues to be a violent and threatening force across the world, and we must continue to fight it with all our strength. We must work to make fighting antisemitism part of all of our movements against oppression, discrimination and violence.
Jan 14, 2022 • 6 tweets • 7 min read
1/ Last year, IJV won a major victory against @JNFca. After years of pressure, the @CanRevAgency ordered JNF-CAN to stop funding projects in the occupied territories. JNF-CAN was also forced to rebrand & distance themselves from JNF-KKL in 🇮🇱. Read more: ijvcanada.org/jnf-canada-for… Image 2/ In the week leading up to Tu Bishvat, the Jewish new year of the trees (Jan 17), Israeli police were still violently attacking Palestinians in the Negev desert in order to make way for a JNF forestation project. haaretz.com/israel-news/.p… #StopTheJNF
Dec 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Major win at @UofT! Yesterday #UofT accepted all the recommendations of an internal antisemitism report, one of which included rejecting the dangerous IHRA definition, and instead embracing academic freedom on Israel-Palestine. Read more here: utoronto.ca/news/u-t-accep… #NoIHRA This win would not have been possible without the work of IJV members, Palestinian students & faculty, @FacultyJewish and @CAUT_ACPPU who recently voted UNANIMOUSLY to reject the dangerously-flawed #IHRA definition. Read the university's final report here: people.utoronto.ca/inclusion/anti…