Report exposes racism and genocide denial at Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

 

On Oct 21, the Jewish Faculty Network published The CIJA Report documenting what the six authors say is a pattern of anti-Palestinian racism and genocide denial at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. They wrote the report to shine a light on how the current discourse about antisemitism in Canada serves to manufacture consent for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.  We speak with Sheryl Nestel, one of the authors of the report. She is a retired sociologist and long-time member and leader of Independent Jewish Voices Canada.

Saeed Teebi on Why He’s Still Boycotting the Giller: ‘Literature Does Not Come Before Humans’

 

The Palestinian-Canadian author is one among hundreds of Canadian writers boycotting the literary prize over its ties to funders they deem complicit in Israel’s genocide. Teebi shared his reasons in a speech delivered at a counter-programming event in Vancouver.

On Nov. 17, Canadian media and literary elites gathered at the Park Hyatt in downtown Toronto for the Giller Prize gala. 

It was the first time in two decades that the literary award was not officially sponsored by Scotiabank, which has come under immense pressure over its investments in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer. 

But hundreds of Canadian authors and book workers — including former Giller Prize winners and finalists — continue to boycott the Giller Prize, demanding that it also sever all ties with Indigo Books and the Azrieli Foundation, both of which are accused of being complicit in the displacement and subjugation Palestinians. 

Among the hundreds of writers and book workers boycotting the Giller Prize is Palestinian-Canadian author Saeed Teebi, whose most recent book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times, came out in September.

Teebi delivered a speech at a Boycott Giller event in Vancouver on Monday, the text of which is republished here, with minor edits.  (more...)

Saeed Teebi on Why He’s Still Boycotting the Giller: ‘Literature Does Not Come Before Humans’

Canada: Report Exposes Hidden Flow of Weapons to Israel Through the U.S.

 

From Canadian-Made F-35 Parts to European-Made TNT via the US Loophole: Report Details Canada’s Critical Role as a Global Weapons Corridor for Israel, Making the ‘No More Loopholes Act’ the Most Viable Path to Accountability

Canada: New Bombshell Report Exposes Hidden Flow of Weapons to Israel Through the U.S.

Repression continues against Palestine defenders — including me

 

Canadians opposing Israel’s holocaust continue to be unjustly targeted while security officials fail to charge those who fought in Gaza. My upcoming trial highlights the crass double standard.

On Friday former United Nations special rapporteur Richard Falk was interrogated by border authorities for four hours at the airport on route to speak at a conference on Palestine in Ottawa. In another recent example of the targeting of dissidents, Toronto activist Tynan Liebert was found guilty of “being a party to an assault” for protesting genocide at a Chrystia Freeland event while a half dozen Toronto Metropolitan University students were arrested for protesting soldiers who took part in genocide. According to one estimate, the Toronto police have arrested over 150 individuals for opposing genocide and the just released Razing Palestine: Punishing Solidarity and Dissent in Canada documents many cases.

On November 28 I will stand trial on four charges related to “harassing” the police. Recently the prosecution submitted expert testimony to my lawyer, suggesting the Crown plans to waste more public resources on pursuing me for calling on the police to drop charges brought against me for opposing genocide, which they subsequently abandoned.

In February the Montreal police accused me of harassing anti-Palestinian media personality Dahlia Kurtz. After I wrote about the charges and asked people to email the police to abandon them, they charged me with intimidation, harassment, harassing communication and “entrave” (interference) towards the Montreal police. Concurrently, they sought to impose release conditions that would have muzzled my ability to discuss the initial Kurtz charges.

I spent five days in jail in a successful bid to defeat the conditions for my release that would have blocked me from mentioning Kurtz’s case against me. After charging and jailing me for political posts on X — I’ve never met Kurtz, messaged her or threatened her in any way — they quietly dropped the charges in July, effectively admitting that the initial charges levelled against me were absurd. Yet they maintained the four charges related to me calling on them to drop the now abandoned charges.  (more...)

Repression continues against Palestine defenders — including me

Zionist Lawfare Suffers Major Defeat In Canada

 

In recent weeks, the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) asked City Hall in Toronto, Canada's largest city, to raise the Palestinian flag for the first time in Toronto's history. The City accepted ICJP's request, and scheduled the historic flag-raising for November 17 at 9 am.

When Zionist groups in Canada learned of this decision, a fanatical pro-Israel group called "Tafsik" brought an emergency application in the Ontario Superior Court for an injunction prohibiting the City of Toronto from raising the Palestinian flag.

Tafsik's application was argued before a judge of the Ontario Superior Court on the morning of November 17, minutes before the raising of the Palestinian flag was scheduled to occur. Ultimately, the Court rejected Tafsik's application and allowed the City of Toronto to raise the Palestinian flag. 

Dimitri Lascaris, who is a member of the Ontario bar, attended the November 17 hearing as an observer. In this episode of Reason2Resist, he explains what happened in the court room. He also speaks to human rights lawyer James Yap, who attended the flag-raising at Toronto City Hall. This episode includes exclusive footage of this historic flag-raising event.

CRA revokes the charitable status of Herut Canada, a proudly Zionist organization

 

On November 15, 2025, the Canada Revenue Agency revoked the charitable status of Herut Canada Charitable Foundation (business number 714293479RR0001 and also known as Magen Herut Canada or Herut Canada).

The CRA does not provide extensive details on revocations in the Canada Gazette, but did cite three Income Tax Act provisions as the basis of revocation. These provisions confirm that Herut Canada failed to comply with the requirements of the Income Tax Act, including at least some of sections 230 to 231.5 (full provisions are included at the bottom of this post).

We welcome this news after making two submissions to the CRA requesting an audit, and community members sending 19,282 letters. Also included in one of these complaints to the CRA was Shomrim Toronto, another Zionist paramilitary group.

Herut Canada, based in Dorval, QC, was initially registered as a charity in January 2021. Herut’s roots are with the pre-Israeli state Irgun terror group. In 1948, Albert Einstein and other prominent Jewish intellectuals labeled Herut “a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties.” In the late 1980s Herut became the Likud party. They market themselves as a proud Zionist organization, as evidenced by their website homepage.

Their long list of activities includes: “Support for Lone Soldiers in the IDF [and] Practical Zionism / Settling the Land of Israel.” They clearly encourage illegal settlements, as noted in their statement: “We promote Aliyah and support the right of Jewish communities to live and thrive throughout Israel, including in Judea and Samaria.” Judea and Samaria are references to the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This violates domestic and international law, as well as Canadian public policy. Herut Canada also spews anti-Palestinian racism throughout their website, denies the reality of Israeli apartheid, and falsely claims that “under international law, the Jewish people own the entire Land of Israel.”  (more...)

CRA revokes the charitable status of Herut Canada, a proudly Zionist organization

Toronto Raises Flag Of Palestine

 

Despite desperate attempts by a Zionist group to get a court injunction to stop it, the City of Toronto raised the flag of Palestine. This month, Brampton, Mississauga, Calgary, Winnipeg and now Toronto, have raised the flag of Palestine. A powerful moment that acts as a bulwark against the endless attempts of erasure of Palestinian identity. This was a historic event in the city of Toronto.