June 25, 2010
Independent Jewish Voices – Canada applauds and congratulates Pride Toronto on its historic decision to allow Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to march in next month’s Pride parade. IJV condemns attempts by the Canadian Jewish Congress, B’nai Brith and other self-appointed leaders of the Jewish community to close down serious discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian [...]

June 24, 2010
The New Democratic Party should reject the invitation of the Canada-Israel Committee to host or facilitate a trip by Jack Layton and his caucus members to Israel, says Independent Jewish Voices – Canada. The Canada-Israel Committee made the offer in the wake of the manufactured uproar about remarks by [...]

16 June, 2010
Independent Jewish Voices – Canada condemns what it calls a “feeding frenzy” around NDP Member of Parliament Libby Davies.
“What’s next?”asked IJV-C spokesperson Larry Haiven. “Will Canadian politicians have to take a loyalty oath to the State of Israel in order to hold office?  The feeding frenzy is outrageous. Libby Davies is one the [...]

Media release 13 June 2010
Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) condemns Manitoba Education Minister Nancy Allan for caving in to a demand to censor a question on the province’s Grade 12 final Language Arts examination.  IJV-C also condemns B’nai Brith Canada for suggesting the censorship.  Allen reviewed one question on the test and not only echoed B’nai [...]

“Such an independent inquiry is especially necessary,” said IJV-C spokesperson  Larry Haiven, ”since the Israeli forces held the flotilla passengers hostage for several days and confiscated all of their documentary evidence from the takeover of the ships.”
IJV-C applauds those few Canadian Members of Parliament who speak out against Israel’s ongoing oppression of [...]

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by Scott Weinstein*
It started out on a hopeful note. To kick off their hearings on antisemitism, an Israeli flown to Ottawa stated absolutely that Canada is a “pioneer” of campus antisemitism. Faster than you can say “Mazel Tov!“, his statement made the press release headline from the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism.
Jews are special [...]

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De Hélène Buzetti
Le Devoir, 20 mars 2010
Ottawa – Le Bloc québécois a décidé hier de se retirer de la Coalition parlementaire canadienne de lutte contre l’antisémitisme parce qu’il juge celle-ci «biaisée» en faveur d’Israël et contre les Palestiniens.
La Coalition parlementaire canadienne de lutte contre l’antisémitisme (CPCCA, de son acronyme anglais) est [...]

by Diana Ralph
Since its inception, IJV has worked in solidarity with the United Church of Canada to promote justice and security for Palestinian and Israeli people. We have worked with United Church congregations to help them implement the UCC resolutions for peace and justice in the Middle East which were passed in 2006 and [...]