Canadian Author and Activist
On the day the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled it was “plausible” Israel was committing genocide and called for it to allow aid into Gaza Canada suspended its assistance to refugees in the coastal strip. Failing to even note that Israel is legally bound by the World Court, Canada acted immediately after Israeli officials... Continue Reading →
Grassroots protest forced the fall of a British Columbia cabinet minister who called pre-Zionist Palestine “crappy” and pressed a college to fire a pro-Palestinian professor. This historic win also exposes the anti-Palestinian character of the mainstream fight against “antisemitism”. In a webinar two weeks ago headlined an “Evening With Jewish Officials” Selina Robinson said Palestine... Continue Reading →
Jagmeet Singh’s refusal to delete a smear against internationalist, social justice, minded protesters encourages Israel’s genocide. Over 6,000 individuals have requested the NDP leader remove his anti-Palestinian slander, but Singh seems too scared of the fascistic, supremacist, genocide lobby to do what is right. In a bid to deter Israel from slaughtering the 1.5 million... Continue Reading →
Amidst Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, the divide between Jagmeet Singh and NDP supporters, as well as his caucus, has become glaring. On Tuesday Singh once again followed the Israel lobby in smearing internationalist, social justice, minded activists. In response to faux outrage instigated by the former head of the fascistic Jewish Defence League Meir Weinstein,... Continue Reading →
Canada’s liberal political establishment are echoing Kahanist fascists in their smears of internationalist, anti-genocide, activists. On Monday evening thousands marched through downtown Toronto against Canada’s complicity in Israel’s assault on Rafah. The emergency protest began at the Israeli consulate on Bloor Street, marched towards the US consulate on University Avenue and ended at Yonge &... Continue Reading →
Israel supporters have become a leading fascist force in Canada. They are pushing to restrict civil liberties, dismantle democratic organizations and increase policing. Since I wrote about the phenomenon a month ago Zionist groups and journalists have deepened their ties to fascist groups and escalated their anti-democratic rhetoric in a bid to defend the genocide... Continue Reading →
The calls for Selina Robinson to be removed from the BC provincial cabinet keep growing after she called Palestine before European colonization “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it”. A group of 18 BC mosques and Muslim associations published a letter Sunday saying NDP MLAs were unwelcome in their space until Robinson is... Continue Reading →
Selina Robinson must be removed from the BC NDP cabinet. The post-secondary education minister has spoken and acted as if she is an authoritarian, genocide-promoting Jewish supremacist. In a recent speech to B’nai Brith Robinson called Palestine before European colonization “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it.” She added, “there were, you know,... Continue Reading →
Israeli universities are assisting a military slaughtering Palestinians and all Canadians are subsidizing them. We must end this huge financial contribution that should run afoul of charity rules. In Israel the alliance between the military and academia has grown significantly in recent months. To enable students to participate in its Gaza genocide Israeli universities paused... Continue Reading →
While it’s near impossible to sidestep nationalist, imperialist and supremacist ideas, “leftists” should at least not promote prevailing anti-Palestinian ideological strictures. Despite the horrors Israel’s unleashed in Gaza, some who ‘stand with Palestine’ still prioritize Jewish sensitivities over opposing Canadian support for genocide. In a hundred days 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, 60,000 seriously injured... Continue Reading →
Bravo to those who braved the cold to rally in front of the foreign minister’s house. Shame on the NDP MPs who echoed the genocide lobby’s faux outrage. On Saturday 100 or so rallied in front of foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly’s home in the Plateau Mont Royal neighborhood of Montréal. Their promotional material declared... Continue Reading →
South Africa recently requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) make an urgent order declaring Israel in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention. Canadians should support this non-violent bid to curtail the apartheid state’s horrors in Gaza. Tommorow the ICJ will begin hearing South Africa’s urgent appeal, which Turkey, Bolivia Jordan, Iran, Maldives,... Continue Reading →
Extreme nationalism and the worship of power, no matter your religion or ethnicity, leads to the same place. In their bid to defend the slaughter in Gaza, the Israeli nationalist Jewish establishment has deepened its ties to fascist groups and escalated its anti-democratic rhetoric. In recent weeks Israeli nationalists have repeatedly taken their cues from... Continue Reading →
The symbolism of joining a military force to combat a government challenging Israel’s genocide is stark. But, criticism of Canada’s role in the US led Red Sea coalition has largely come from hawks wanting more. As I’ll detail, they are likely underplaying Canada’s assistance for what could significantly escalate fighting in the region. In solidarity... Continue Reading →
Critics say Israel is an army with a country, but it is the apartheid state’s supporters who confirm it. Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University has once again launched an initiative to promote the Israeli military even though it violates charity regulations and risks the group’s special tax status. In a recent end of year... Continue Reading →
At the start of the month Sylvan Adams gave US$100 million to Ben-Gurion University. During a Toronto gala for the university’s Canadian fundraising branch the Canadian billionaire announced the money for “rebuilding and strengthening the south … in the wake of the Oct. 7th attack against Israel's southern border communities.” Over the past ten weeks United... Continue Reading →
The double standards are startling. A pro-Palestinian demonstrator’s threat garners front-page coverage while a prominent Zionist’s talk of violence is ignored. Last Tuesday the National Post devoted half its front-page to a masked individual who threatened someone during a demonstration against Israel’s genocide. The next day the incident was also on the right-wing paper’s front-page... Continue Reading →
Canada’s recent vote for a ceasefire at the UN lessens this country’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. But this small victory for popular mobilization was quickly undermined by the government joining the US-led Red Sea shipping coalition and is far overshadowed by Canada’s innumerable forms of support for Israel. With its unspeakable horrors in Gaza Israel has stirred the most sustained antiwar and internationalist mobilization since the (Canadian backed) US war in... Continue Reading →
“MPs Anthony Housefather and Michael Levitt are more devoted to apartheid Israel than to their own prime minister and colleagues in the Liberal caucus” Dimitri Lascaris, 2018 The above tweet was criticized by all the major federal party leaders even though few could argue with it today. After the Centre for Israel and Jewish... Continue Reading →
Genocide apologists are incensed some Grade 4s and 5s recently marched for Palestinian rights. But it’s heartening to see kids with a social conscience and Israel supporters have no standing to complain about indoctrinating the young. Last week 20 students from Garthwood Park Public School marched along the sidewalk near their school in Mississauga. Some... Continue Reading →
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