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Vice President at @CJPME. I have a PhD in Sociology from @Carleton_U. Co-editor “Advocating for Palestine in Canada” (@fernpub 2022). Birdwatcher.
Nov 16, 2022 9 tweets 18 min read
Supporters of the #IHRA definition of antisemitism insist that it is not about silencing criticism of Israel. But in the Adopt IHRA Coalition's list of 50 "examples" of "antisemitic tweets" that violate IHRA, a significant number of them are just… criticisms of Israel 👇 Here are some examples of tweets which are said to violate IHRA, which talk about apartheid, administrative detention, boycotts, and state terrorism. cc: @jvplive @Addameer 2/
Nov 15, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
Parliament's foreign affairs committee has issued a report on the situation facing human rights defenders and journalists. Yet it almost entirely ignores Israeli violations in a year when journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered and 6 Pal. human rights groups were shut down. Image The report has a section on the killings of journalists, but it does not mention Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed by Israeli forces over 6 months ago. The report also includes a list of tributes to 28 human rights defenders, but the list does not include any Palestinians. ImageImage
Oct 15, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Armoured vehicles from Canada landed today in Haiti to prop up illegitimate Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Henry has been calling for international military intervention, something which is opposed by Haitian civil society. cbc.ca/news/politics/… “People also have denounced Western nations for continuing to back Henry, despite the prime minister’s decision last year to indefinitely postpone presidential and legislative elections, as well as a constitutional referendum, amid the political crisis.” aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/…