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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 28/09/2026
We thank MP Sean Casey for supporting the No More Loopholes Act and standing with his constituents. MPs should not face consequences for voting to close loopholes in Canada’s arms export regime. Palestine should not be a reason to silence dissent.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 23/09/2026
“It feels deeply unserious for Canada to champion its humanitarian projects for Palestinians when it won’t even hold Israel accountable for bombing or demolishing those very same initiatives”: CJPME www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Carney promises $100 million for Palestinians in humanitarian aid, police training
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is pledging $100 million in new aid for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 18/09/2026
Canada says it intends to ban trade in goods from illegal Israeli settlements, but what details have yet to be announced? Our new FAQ breaks down Canada’s announcement, what remains unclear, and what a meaningful trade ban could look like. Read the full FAQ: CJPME.org/fs_252
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 09/09/2026
Our revised and updated report examines how CIFTA effectively treats the occupied Palestinian territories and illegal Israeli settlements as part of Israel, despite Canada’s recognition of the State of Palestine and its official opposition to settlements: www.cjpme.org/annexing_pal...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 08/09/2026
CJPME welcomes today’s announcement that Canada intends to impose restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. "This is a victory for the Palestine solidarity movement and everyone who wants Canadian trade policy to uphold human rights and international law." www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_09_0...
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CJPME welcomes proposed Canada ban on trade with Israeli settlements
CJPME welcomes today’s announcement by the Canadian government that it intends to impose restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. While this policy promises to be a major step forward, ...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 01/09/2026
On August 4, 2026, @thejerusalempost.bsky.social published a poorly sourced and fundamentally incorrect article, forcing the publication to walk back its original reporting following scrutiny and intervention from CJPME. Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 21/08/2026
After a two-month delay, Montreal City Council is set to vote next week on an important motion to recognize the genocide in Gaza and sever institutional ties with Israel. This is our final push to show that Montrealers support this motion! www.cjpme.org/montreal_cut...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 20/08/2026
We have learned that Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King, an extremist Israeli settler and anti-Palestinian racist, has been invited to speak in Toronto on August 25. Join us in calling on the Ministers of Public Safety and Immigration to deny his entry: www.cjpme.org/ban_settler_...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 19/08/2026
On this #WorldHumanitarianDay, CJPME is urging the Canadian government to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Canadian aid worker Jacob Flickinger in April 2024. Just today, the Israeli army announced that there will be no criminal investigation. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_08_1...
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Israel says killing of Canadian aid worker was not a crime
On this World Humanitarian Day, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is urging the Canadian government to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Canadian aid worker Jacob Fli...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 28/07/2026
Quebec's Bill 3 constrains unions’ capacity to support global justice, fund advocacy for minority rights, and mobilize resources for important social causes, including in defence of Palestinian human rights, according to a new brief from the CJPME Foundation www.cjpmefoundation.org/pr_2026_07_2...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 28/07/2026
Le projet de loi 3 du Québec menace la société civile et les droits de solidarité : Fondation CJPMO www.fondationcjpme.org/rp_2026_07_2...
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Le projet de loi n° 3 du Québec et la suppression du financement de la dissidence démocratique
Le 2 avril 2026, le gouvernement du Québec a adopté le projet de loi n° 3. Présenté par le  ministre du Travail Jean Boulet, du parti Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), et intitulé « Loi visant à  amélior...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 24/07/2026
CJPME is urging Canada to respond to the urgent warnings from Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations who are calling for intervention to stop the escalating Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank, which appears designed to spiral out of control. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_07_2...
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Canada must sanction Israeli terrorism in the occupied West Bank: CJPME
Montreal, July 24, 2026 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is urging the Canadian government to respond to the urgent warnings from Palestinian and Israeli human rights orga...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 22/07/2026
CJPME joins more than 70 human rights, labour, faith, legal, Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian and civil society organizations in launching a national statement in support of the CMHR and its curatorial independence, vis-a-vis the Nakba exhibit. Read and sign here: www.ijvcanada.org/defend-cmhr/
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 19/06/2026
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is set to launch its groundbreaking exhibit on the Nakba, but is facing relentless attacks from the pro-Israel lobby. Join us in emailing Minister Miller to encourage him to reject these efforts to silence Palestinian histories. www.cjpme.org/support_nakb...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 16/06/2026
The CBC reveals that Canada was about to impose sanctions on the World Zionist Organization (WZO) last week, but then backtracked. Canada must follow through and sanction the WZO for its complicity in the colonization of Palestine. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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World Zionist Organization removed from Canada's West Bank sanctions draft before release: sources | CBC News
An organization that works with the Israeli government to help with the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank was on a draft list of entities Ottawa was set to sanction, CBC News has lear...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 15/06/2026
Canadians want stronger action to sanction Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine, according to new findings from a national survey conducted by Nanos Research, on behalf of CJPME. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_06_1...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 10/06/2026
Joignez-vous à nous pour envoyer un courriel à la mairesse Soraya Martinez Ferrada et aux conseillers municipaux afin de leur demander de voter « oui » à la motion visant à rompre tout lien institutionnel avec Israël. fr-cjpme.nationbuilder.com/montreal_cut...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 10/06/2026
Montreal City Council will soon be voting on an important motion to recognize the genocide in Gaza and sever institutional ties with Israel. Send an email now and tell them to vote “Yes”: www.cjpme.org/montreal_cut...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 13/05/2026
We just published a new report raising the alarm about the foreign influence activities of the Israeli government, which has been engaging in deception and covert ops to intervene in Canadian public affairs. Canada must hold malicious actors accountable. www.cjpme.org/israeli_fore...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 30/03/2026
CJPME urges the Canadian government to condemn Israel's apartheid death penalty law, which applies to Palestinians but not Jewish Israelis convicted of identical crimes, and sever all military and security coordination with Israel. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_03_3...
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Canada must condemn Israel’s Apartheid “Death Penalty Bill”
Montreal, March 30, 2026 — Today, the Israeli Knesset voted in favour of a law that mandates the death penalty – by hanging – for Palestinian prisoners convicted of certain crimes by military courts i...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 24/03/2026
Israel is pursuing ethnic cleansing and annexation in Lebanon, while threatening to turn its cities into Gaza, a clear indication of its genocidal intent. It appears that Canada is content to be a bystander, or worse, an accomplice to genocide. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_03_2...
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Carney must prevent Israeli annexation and genocide in Lebanon
Montreal, March 24, 2026 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is urging the Canadian government to forcefully oppose Israel’s escalating acts of aggression against the Lebanese...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 19/03/2026
New: CJPME has assessed each of the candidates in the 2026 leadership race for the NDP in terms of their commitment to a Canadian foreign policy that upholds Palestinian human rights. Read our full report: www.cjpme.org/ndp_2026
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 13/03/2026
CJPME is deeply alarmed by Premier Ford's attempt to seek an emergency injunction against Toronto’s Al-Quds Day rally. This is a serious threat to the Charter-protected freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly. Read the full statement: www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_03_1...
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CJPME condemns Premier Ford’s attempted injunction against Al-Quds Day as an attack on civil liberties
Montreal, March 13, 2026 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is deeply alarmed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s attempt to seek an emergency injunction against Toronto’s Al-Quds...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 12/03/2026
"This is an outrageous example of covert foreign influence,” said @mbueckert.bsky.social of CJPME. “The Israeli government is using deception to prevent Canadian authorities from adhering to international law." breachmedia.ca/covert-influ...
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‘Covert influence’: Israel hired Toronto firm to fight Canada’s labelling of settlement wines ⋆ The Breach
To ensure wines were falsely labelled “product of Israel,” the Israeli Ministry of Justice secretly hired a local firm to help its lobbying of the Canadian government
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 12/03/2026
This government may have voted down Bill C-233, but they cannot put the issue back in the shadows. MPs are now on the record. Carney has now picked a side. Canadians now know the truth about Canada’s arms exports and complicity in war crimes. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_03_1...
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Carney government chooses Trump and arming genocide over international law as Liberals vote down ‘No More Loopholes’ Act
Ottawa, March 11, 2026 – The Arms Embargo Now Coalition condemns the Liberal government today after the House of Commons voted down Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act, legislation that would have c...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 04/03/2026
🚨 6000+ emails already sent! Join us in demanding that Mark Carney & Anita Anand retract their support for illegal US-Israeli attacks on Iran and impose sanctions on Israel. It just takes 2 seconds: www.cjpme.org/carney_iran
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 02/03/2026
Canada should be a voice for de-escalation, not a booster for US-Israeli aggression. CJPME urges Canada to retract its support for the US-Israeli attacks, condemn this violation of international law and push for an immediate ceasefire from all parties. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_03_0...
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We have an incredible speaker line-up, too!! Ft Kristen as moderator; feminist migration & public law expert @jcyliew.bsky.social; @jamesyap.bsky.social, counsel in Nevsun v Araya(!!); @jeff.doctor, never lacking for 🔥 takes, esp re Indigenous sovereignty; & Jason Toney @cjpme.org, already on it.
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
So glad sthg like this is finally happening, largely thx to @kristenthomasen.bsky.social. Been ~2.5 years now of layers of disheartenment & sustained moral injury (5 if count covid), and a public discussion focused specifically on Canadian complicity, from a tech /tech law angle, is long overdue.
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Technical Collaborators: Canada's Tech-Facilitated Complicity with ICE and Beyond
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: Zoom (Virtual) - Link to be shared prior to event Registration is required....
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 28/02/2026
We condemn Mark Carney's unequivocal support for illegal US-Israeli strikes on Iran, sabotaging negotiations in favour of regime change. A "pre-emptive" strike without an imminent threat is an act of aggression, a violation of the UN Charter, and a major threat to security.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 25/02/2026
"We are deeply concerned about statements like that from the US ambassador to Israel, and now, Israel’s Opposition leader, which endorse Israel’s messianic ambitions for regional supremacy and colonial expansion,” said Yara Shoufani, President of CJPME. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_02_2...
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Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid echoes US Ambassador's support for Israeli occupation of the Middle East
Montreal, February 25, 2026 — Following alarming statements from top U.S. and Israeli officials in support of Israel’s “right” to take over the entire Middle East, Canadians for Justice and Peace in t...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 13/02/2026
CJPME and a coalition of Muslim, Palestinian, and Jewish organizations are announcing a collective boycott of all programming featuring Ben Mulroney, until he is removed from hosting The West Block, a flagship political affairs program on Global News. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_02_1...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 11/02/2026
CJPME is outraged to learn that Canada has allowed Netanyahu to travel through Canadian airspace on route to the US, despite the outstanding ICC arrest warrants against him. Carney must ban this war criminal and fugitive from using Canadian airspace. Full statement: www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_02_1...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 06/02/2026
A massive CBC investigation has confirmed that the Canadian government knew our weapons were reaching Israel through the "U.S. Loophole", and they were quietly investigating the legal fallout while publicly lying to us about it. Link in bio to email your MP about the "No More Loopholes Act".
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 30/01/2026
It is unacceptable for Canada to promote "dialogue" with Israel on AI, which uses it for the surveillance and mass-killing of Palestinians. Send an email to Minister Evan Solomon to tell him that we don’t need Israel’s genocidal AI: www.cjpme.org/no_israeli_ai
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Tell Minister Solomon: We Don’t Need Israel’s Genocidal AI
It is unacceptable for Canada to promote “dialogue” with Israel on AI. The Israeli military uses Israeli AI and tech in the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians, using automation to develop kill...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 22/01/2026
In case you missed it, we hosted a debate about Palestine with NDP leadership contestants. You can watch it now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-o...
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NDP Leadership Debate on Palestine
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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A new mini-documentary by @cjpme.org breaks down how Canadian military goods bypass export permits by going through the US and flow to Israel untracked and permit-free. Watch the full video, share it and take action by emailing your MP >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMH8... #ArmsEmbargoNow #Cdnpoli
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How Canada Arms Israel's Genocide | Bill C-233 Explained
SUPPORT OUR WORK: Donate to CJPME: https://www.cjpme.org/donate_ep?tc=mini_doc_c233 TAKE ACTION: https://www.cjpme.org/no_more_loopholes_act If you believe Canada’s military exports must be…
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 19/01/2026
CJPME is alarmed that Carney has accepted in principle an invitation to join Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace,” which aims to oversee the governance of occupied Gaza. CJPME urges Carney to decline any role for Canada in the colonial outsourcing of Israeli occupation. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_01_1...
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Canada should refuse Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invitation: CJPME
Montreal, January 19, 2026 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is alarmed that Prime Minister Carney has accepted in principle an invitation to join US President Trump’s so-ca...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 13/01/2026
We are hosting an NDP Leadership Debate on Palestine, January 21 at 7:00 PM EST. Registration is required: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ndp-leader...
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Stephanie @stephanie-eccles.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Brilliant report from @cjpme.org on Policing Palestine Solidarity: A Crisis of Civil Liberties in Canada (2021-2025). Without confronting this, "...the machinery of repression built today will remain." FOREIGN POLICY = DOMESTIC POLICY. www.cjpmefoundation.org/re_2025_12_2...
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Policing Palestine Solidarity: A Crisis of Civil Liberties in Canada (2021-2025)
Since October 7, 2023, Canada has witnessed one of the most sustained mass mobilizations in its history. From coast to coast, hundreds of thousands of citizens—students, workers, families, and seniors...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 16/12/2025
Statement: CJPME condemns Israel’s decision to block a delegation of Canadian Parliamentarians from entering the occupied West Bank. Israel is an illegitimate occupying power in Palestine, and simply does not have the right to bar entry to Canadian lawmakers into the country.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 10/12/2025
As part of the Global Sanctions Coalition, we are calling on Canada to adopt targeted sanctions against three individuals (& their associated entities) who are implicated in colluding with the Israeli military in the widescale destruction of civilian property in Gaza. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_12_1...
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On Human Rights Day: Global Coalition Calls for Immediate Sanctions Over Deliberate Destruction of Gaza’s Civilian Infrastructure
International member organizations and endorsers of the Global Sanctions Coalition (GSC) have submitted coordinated recommendations to the Governments of Canada, the European Union, and the United Kin...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 17/11/2025
The CJPME Board is thrilled to announce the appointment of Yara Shoufani as the next President of CJPME and the CJPME Foundation, effective today. Please join us in welcoming her! www.cjpme.org/statement_20...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 10/11/2025
Between 14% and 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023, population (approx. 341,000–480,800 Palestinians) could ultimately be killed as a result of Israel's operations and the subsequent catastrophic conditions by 2030 without urgent intervention from Canada and its allies. www.cjpme.org/toll_of_intent
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The Toll of Intent: Looking at the Genocidal Impact of Israel's Assault on Gaza
This report synthesizes existing data to project that between 14% and 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023, population (approximately 341,000–480,800 Palestinians) could ultimately be killed as a result ...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 31/10/2025
CJPME welcomes the decision of an Ontario court to dismiss a complaint by pro-Israel group CIJA against uWindsor, and views this as an affirmation of the right of universities to pursue an academic boycott of Israel. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_10_3...
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CJPME welcomes legal victory for Israel boycott at UWindsor
Montreal, October 31, 2025 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) welcomes the decision of an Ontario court to dismiss a complaint against the University of Windsor over its agre...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 30/10/2025
Statement: CJPME is urging Canada to halt the export of military goods to the United Arab Emirates amid concerns that it may be diverting Canadian weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 22/10/2025
The World Court unequivocally confirmed today that Israel, by using starvation as a weapon of war, is violating its obligations as an occupying power and UN member. Canada must urgently sanction Israel to force its compliance with international law. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_10_2...
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Canada must sanction Israel in support of ICJ decision on Gaza
Montreal, October 22, 2024 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) welcomes today’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s obligations to provi...
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Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
On @cjpme.org PALESTINE DEBRIEF federal government international law expert Paul Fauteux explains how his position as sport mediator wasn't renewed citing “lack of impartiality” for sending 2 open letters to the CDPQ urging them to divest from Israel. www.cjpme.org/podcast_2025...
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Conversation with Paul Fauteux: Dismissed For Speaking Up
A conversation with Paul Fauteux, a lawyer and advocate specializing in International Law. Paul is also a former diplomat and has served as Director General in several federal departments, including E...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 10/10/2025
BDS victory: The McGill Association of University Teachers passed a resolution to "endorse the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel" www.cjpme.org/who_supports...
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 09/10/2025
"We worry that we have been here before. Prime Minister Carney must do everything possible to ensure that this deal results in an end to the genocide and a full withdrawal of Israel’s unlawful presence in Palestine." www.cjpme.org/2025_10_09_c...
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With a possible ceasefire, Canada must ensure Israel does not resume genocide
Montreal, October 9, 2025 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) awaits the implementation of the first stages of a “peace deal” in Gaza, but urges the Canadian government to inc...
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