IJV – Canada condemns the Canadian-U.S. attempt to block the UN Security Council call for an independent Gaza flotilla inquiry.

“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 the [...]

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IJV Press release: IAW motion defeated

Progressive Jews Welcome Defeat of Motion Condemning Israeli Apartheid Week

OTTAWA, March 12 /CNW Telbec/ – Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), a national network of Jewish human-rights activists, welcomes yesterday’s defeat of MP Tim Uppal’s House of Commons motion condemning Israeli Apartheid Week.

“This shows courage to stand [...]

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IJV Press Release: Jewish group slams Minister Kenny’s attack on Kairos

OTTAWA, Dec. 21 /CNW Telbec/ – Independent Jewish Voices-Canada (IJV) condemns Immigration Minister Kenny’s politicized move to defund social-justice church-group Kairos, which received government funding for 35 years. Kenny said this occurred because, in 2007, Kairos offered a grant to Sabeel, a Palestinian NGO that doesn’t mirror Conservative policy.

“This is [...]

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IJV votes to support Palestinian call for BDS

Media Release

June 16, 2009

Jewish Conference Votes to Support Boycott of Israel

Ottawa -

Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, at its first Annual General Meeting this past weekend. This decision makes IJV the first [...]

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IJV denounces attempts to derail Durban review

IJV-VJI Press Release – April 20, 2009 Canadian Jews denounce attempts to derail Durban Review

As Canadian Jews, we are attending the Durban Review of the World Conference Against Racism in Geneva, April 20 -24 because we are concerned about all expressions of racism.

From its inception, Israel has been a colonialist project systematically violating [...]

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Félicitations pour l’occupation des locaux du Consulat israélien – Toronto

Voix juives indépendantes – Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE 7 janvier 2009

Une organisation juive pour les droits humains félicite

les femmes ayant occupé des locaux du Consulat israélien à Toronto

Ottawa – “Notre organisation soutient sans réserve les [...]

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VJI dénonce les efforts pour dérailler la Conférence mondiale sur le racisme de l’ONU

Communiqué de presse VJI dénonce les efforts pour dérailler la Conférence mondiale sur le racisme de l’ONU

En tant que juifs canadiens nous participons à la conférence d`examen Durban de la Conférence mondiale contre le racisme ( 20-24 avril 2009), car toutes les formes de racisme nous préoccupent.

Depuis le début, l`état de [...]

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Voix juives indépendantes condamnent les actions israéliennes contre Gaza

Communiqué de Presse 28 décembre 2008

“L’armée israélienne a déclenché une offensive aérienne meurtrière contre la population de la Bande de Gaza; il y a déjà plus de 200 morts et 700 blessés” souligne la coordinnatrice de Voix Juives Indépendantes – Canada.

“Les dirigeants israéliens déclarent vouloir éviter de faire de victimes civils, [...]

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INDEPENDENT JEWISH VOICES CONDEMNS ISRAEL’S GAZA MASSACRE

The Israeli military has unleashed its most vicious air assault against the people of Gaza in decades, killing over 280 Gazans and wounding over 700. Despite claims by the Israeli leadership that they are trying to avoid civilians the attacks have been concentrated on Gaza City and the towns of Khan Younis and Rafah. Israeli [...]

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Des Voix juives condamnent les actions israéliennes contre Gaza

Des Voix juives condamnent les actions israéliennes contre Gaza

Communiqué de Presse 28 décembre 2008

“L’armée israélienne a déclenché une offensive aérienne meurtrière contre la population de la Bande de Gaza; il y a déjà plus de 200 morts et 700 blessés” souligne la coordinnatrice de Voix Juives Indépendantes [...]

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