Again we say, ceasefire and free Palestine

We welcome the news of a ceasefire agreement with cautious hope. The safety and preservation of Palestinian life is our foremost concern. Any agreement that will bring an immediate end to this genocide, the bombing and starvation, is cause for hope and relief. For two years, Palestinians have endured a genocide conducted in full view of the entire world with no accountability or consequences for the engineers of this atrocity. We have seen Israel break ceasefire...
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Marking Two Years of Genocide with Grief and Action

Today marks the second yahrzeit, the two-year anniversary, of the live-streamed, brutal genocide in Gaza. For two years, in full view of the world, Israel has bombed hospitals, schools, places of worship, homes, agricultural land, vital infrastructure. Israel has blocked aid, assassinated journalists, healthcare providers, aid workers. They have bombed neighboring countries, broken countless ceasefires, and refused to do anything other than continually escalate the brutality of their violence in Gaza and throughout the West...
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Urgent sanctions file submitted against the World Zionist Organization and Minister Orit Strook by new global coalition

“Go after the architecture of the occupation.”  1 October 2025 OTTAWA - A new global coalition of civil society organizations spanning Canada and Europe are calling on their governments to urgently sanction the World Zionist Organization (WZO) and its Settlement Division (WZOSD) as part of their sanctions programs against Violent Settler Extremists in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The Canadian coalition members submitted a 38-page formal economic sanctions request on behalf of the Global Sanctions Coalition...
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Canada Plans to Recognize Palestinian Statehood, but is Still Arming Israel

IJV acknowledges Canada’s announcement that it plans to recognize the State of Palestine in September, putting it in line with the vast majority of UN member states. While we welcome a break, however small, from Canada’s traditionally subservient foreign policy alignment with the United States and Israel, the conditions it has placed on said recognition, coupled with Canada’s continued complicity in Israel’s occupation, find it coming up short.  Canada has stipulated that its recognition of...
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Webinar: Silenced in our Name, June 19th

Register today Join Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) for an urgent and in-depth webinar examining one of the most dangerous tools being used to silence Palestine solidarity in Canada: The Canadian Handbook on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. Across North America, repressive tactics against pro-Palestine voices are escalating. From Trump-era fascism in the U.S. to Canadian politicians threatening anti-protest laws, the crackdown is intensifying. At the heart of this coordinated repression is the weaponization of...
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Silenced in our Name: A Jewish Commentary on Canada’s IHRA Handbook

Read or download Silenced in our Name here (PDF) Across North America, the far right and pro-Israel groups have been leading a repressive crackdown on Palestine solidarity. Canadians are watching in horror as the United States, under Donald Trump’s leadership, veers toward outright fascism. Here at home, Conservative leaders have threatened Trumpist policies of defunding of public universities and mass deportations, and our new Prime Minister is promising bubble zone legislation targeting Palestine solidarity protests....
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