An important announcement from JNF Canada
by Nathan Disenhouse and Lance Davis (JNF Canada) – This past year has been challenging for JNF Canada and for Jewish communities across the country….
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Germany will not join allies this month in recognizing Palestine as a State
(AJNews) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany will not join an initiative of Western allies to recognize the Palestinian state at next month’s United…
Canada joins France and UK in saying it will recognize Palestinian state in September
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Canada, too, will recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly in September as long as certain conditions are…
CIJA responds to PM Carney’s statement on ceasefire talks
(AJNews) – On July 24, Prime Minister Mark Carney posted a statement on social media criticizing the breakdown of recent ceasefire talks between Israel and…
Canada’s antisemitism envoy resigns abruptly: ‘It was hard to get people to speak up’
by Grace Gilson (JTA) — Canada’s envoy for combating antisemitism is leaving her job early, partly out of exhaustion from “waking up every day to…