Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials … Read more
A Quebec Superior Court judge rejected the request Wednesday for an injunction to dismantle a weeks-old encampment by pro-Palestinian activists at McGill University. The ruling comes after McGill filed an application late last week to remove protesters from its campus in downtown Montreal. Justice Marc St-Pierre wrote in his decision that McGill failed to prove … Read more
A pro-Palestinian encampment at Queen’s University in Kingston is joining a network of similar encampments seen at university and college campuses across the country. Protesters at Queen’s said they plan to stay until their demands — that the university pull out of its investments in Israeli companies and the Israeli military — are met. This … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Calgary calls it “a symbolic gesture meant to honour the people, culture and history of a country, not to show support of any political stance or conflict.” However, the decision to allow the flag of Israel to fly outside Calgary City Hall has ignited … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size McGill University is before the court Monday to seek an injunction to remove a pro-Palestinian encampment that has been on its downtown Montreal campus since last month. The protesters first assembled dozens of tents on the lower grounds of the school on April 27. The move came … Read more
Jewish students from major Canadian universities appeared on Parliament Hill Wednesday to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. They spoke with several Liberal MPs including Anthony Housefather, who helped initiate a parliamentary committee study about antisemitism on campuses scheduled to begin Thursday. Housefather cited concerns from … Read more
Facing heat over its military support for Israel’s campaign, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of conflict. A decision against Israel would … Read more
As Israeli forces seize control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, is warning the offensive could have dire consequences in an already “catastrophic” situation. “An invasion of Rafah, which would endanger the lives of women and children and innocent civilians, is completely unacceptable,” Joly said on … Read more
The number of antisemitic incidents in Canada more than doubled in 2023 compared with the year prior, according to an annual audit performed by Jewish human rights group B’nai Brith Canada. In the audit, the group logged 5,791 incidents that meet the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. This represents a 109 per … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pro-Palestinian activists remained on the lower field of McGill University in downtown Montreal on Friday as the encampment entered its seventh day. The situation was calm on Friday morning. On Thursday, there was a counter protest staged by supporters of Israel, and the two groups of protestors … Read more
