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Independent Jewish Voices Canada

Founded in 2008, Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) is a national human rights organization whose mandate is to promote a just resolution to the conflict in Israel and Palestine through the application of international law and respect for the human rights of all parties. For more information about IJV visit: http://ijvcanada.org/

Voix juives indépendantes Canada, une organisation nationale des droits humains crée en 2008, a comme mandat de promouvoir une résolution juste et équitable au conflit Israélo-palestinien et la mise en œuvre et le respect autant, du droit international que des droits humains.

Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada September 17
Antisemitism is more complex than political criticism of Israel
Lia Tarachansky | Many don't understand that Israel/ עם ישראל (the Jewish collective identity), the State of Israel (founded in 1948), and the government of Israel are separate, although they sometimes overlap.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada September 16
JDL supporters do not represent my Judaism
SandraLaya Ruch | On August 29, 2018, Ruch witnessed actions by Jews that she found almost as appalling as the atrocities the Israeli government and army perpetrate against the Palestinians.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada August 23
“The World Is Too Small For Walls.” Graffiti on a concrete block in front of the apartheid wall in Bethlehem. Photo: Laurence Chiasson
An open letter to a student thinking about walking out of their 'Birthright' trip to cross the wall
Laurence Chiasson | An article in solidarity with participants on a Birthright Israel tour who left the tour to witness the lives and experiences of Palestinians.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada August 2
Muhammed Abu Marzouk
Canadians need a reality check about who exactly experiences hate crimes
Judy Haiven | Contrary to what groups like B'nai Brith Canada would have us believe, the main targets of violence in Canada are not Jews, but people of colour.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada July 20
Knesset in Jerusalem, July 31, 2001. Avishai Teicher, via PikiWiki-Israel free image collection project. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Passage of new law ends the debate: Israel now officially an apartheid state
Corey Balsam, Sid Shniad | While this new law doesn't change much in practice, it should lay to rest any remaining illusions about Israel's true nature.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada July 17
Jewish Voice for Peace statement on anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel are not the same
Reuben Roth | A critique of attempts by apologists for Israeli state policies to label criticism of Israeli policies as anti-Semitic.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada June 27
Janelle Monae performs at the 2012 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 23, 2012. Photo: Brian Goldschmied. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Open letter to the Ottawa Jazz Festival
Concerned Residents of Ottawa, Amy Kishek, Geneviève Nevin, Trevor Purvis, Bill Skidmore | An open letter to the Ottawa Jazz Festival regarding its partnership with the State of Israel.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada June 25
Chairman of Ontario's Anti-Semitism Subcommittee caught in excuse to exclude groups critical of Israel
Wolfe Erlichman | Is the Anti-Semitism Subcommittee of Ontario's Anti-Racism Directorate excluding organizations for criticizing Israel?
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada June 1
Photo: SandraLaya Ruch
Action urgently needed for justice and peace in Palestine
SandraLaya Ruch | An urgent call for solidarity in support of justice and peace for Palestine, especially reaching out to Canadian Jews of conscience.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada April 27
A Gaza march and rally in London in August 2014.
Historic marches call for international mobilization on behalf of Palestinians
Diana Ralph | We must stand in support of Palestinians demanding the right to return to their ancestral homes and the ability to leave the Gaza Strip.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada February 15
It's time for the NDP to stand for democracy and human rights for Palestinians
Rabbi David Mivasair | A call to action to fellow NDP members: support non-violent measures for a just peace in Israel and Palestine.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada February 13
Ahed Tamimi: Image: Haim Schwarczenberg/Wikimedia Commons
Old blue eyes and new blue eyes
Larry Haiven | Discussion of continuity of racist stereotypes applied in different eras to Jews and Palestinians.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada January 30
Demonstration in Montreal against Israeli actions in Gaza, August 10, 2014. Image: IJV Montreal
Why the NDP's #LoveandCourage must extend to Palestinians
Geneviève Nevin | A call to action to fellow NDP members: support diplomatic and non-violent measures for a fair and just peace in Israel and Palestine.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada January 24
Hassan Diab with his family at Ottawa airport on his return to Canada in January. Photo courtesy of Hassan Diab Support Committee.
After 10 years, Hassan Diab is finally free
Judy Haiven | A celebration of the release and return home of Canadian professor Hassan Diab after three years of imprisonment in France, and a condemnation of Canada's role in his mistreatment.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada January 3
Ahed Tamimi. Image: Haim Schwarczenberg/Wikimedia Commons.
The slap that was heard around the world
Judy Haiven | A protest against the arrest of 16 year old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, and a tribute to the resistance of her and family to the Israeli occupation.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada December 26
Emergency action to defend Al-Quds/Jerusalem
Martha Roth | On December 8th, a rally was held in Vancouver to protest Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada December 10
Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is Trump's war on the Palestinians
Judy Haiven | By recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the U.S. further isolates itself, as it becomes the only country in the world to do so.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada December 1
A Rohingya boy in Malaysia in 2012
Here's how you can help Rohingya refugees
Martha Roth | The Burmese state and military are engaging in nothing less than ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people. Here's how you can help.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada November 10
Photo: Brennan Schnell/Wikimedia Commons
Roger Waters talks about Palestine, peace, and joy
Martha Roth | Report on October 26 public meeting in Vancouver with singer/songwriter Roger Waters, organized by Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver and local Palestine solidarity groups
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada November 1
Amir Khadir at the Earth Day 2012 march in Montreal. Photo: Gerry Lauzon/Wikimedia Commons
Israel lobby groups' attack on Quebec MNA and Palestinian rights campaigner is deplorable
Independent Jewish Voices Canada | Israel lobby groups' false accusations of antisemitism against Amir Khadir and Lorraine Guay show their true colours.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada October 23
Roger Waters The Wall tour, September 16, 2010 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Photo: Sam Javanrouh/Flickr
Roger Waters' BDS activism welcomed by Independent Jewish Voices
Independent Jewish Voices Canada | Statement from Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) in support of musician Roger Waters' activism on BDS and Palestine.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada October 19
Image: darstv/Youtube
Independent Jewish Voices Canada congratulates Nadia Shoufani on victory for freedom of speech
Independent Jewish Voices Canada | Shoufani remained steadfast as she was suspended from her job, and faced the prospect of losing her career after her case was brought before the Ontario College of Teachers.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada June 7
"Resistance" graffiti in Nablus. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Victorgrigas
Canada plays a part in sustaining Israel's military occupation
Tyler Levitan | Canada's longstanding complicity in Israeli oppression of the Palestinian people must be confronted.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada March 31
The Canadian Jewish News website prominently featured video of JDL's Meir Weinstein protest speech.
Canadian Jewish News shows its chutzpah by justifying censorship of progressive Jewish voices
Independent Jewish Voices Canada | The Canadian Jews News continues to bar IJV from editorial space, and gives very troubling justifications for this behaviour.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada March 21
UN's 1947 Partition Plan made Palestine a deal it had to refuse
Michelle Weinroth | On the 70th anniversary year of the UN Partition Plan for Palestine, Michelle Weinroth looks past the myths to expose the truth behind this patently unjust deal for the Palestinians.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada February 28
An illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank
Dear Michael Enright: Israel was founded on theft and expulsion, not glory
Michelle Weinroth | Interview with filmmaker Shimon Dotan fails to acknowledge Israel's violent origins in analyzing the ongoing colonization of Palestinian land.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada November 30
Israel-Palestine: What has caused the crisis and how can we bring an end to it?
Sid Shniad, Independent Jewish Voices | A look at the history of anti-Semitism and the different responses to it can point us in the direction of a resolution to this crisis.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada October 14
Halifax Pride 2014
Atlantic Jewish Council doesn't speak for all Jewish Haligonians on Pinkwashing
Larry Haiven | The Atlantic Jewish Council took over Halifax Pride's Annual General Meeting in order to protect Israel's pinkwashing campaign "Size Doesn't Matter." Many Jews oppose such pinkwashing campaigns.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada August 26
Independent Jewish Voices responds to questionable Postmedia editorial
Independent Jewish Voices Canada | After being defamed by the Vancouver Sun in one of the most reckless editorials you could imagine, Independent Jewish Voices Canada responds.
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada August 3
Swimming pool in Israel
Banning Arabs from public pools isn't racism?
Judy Haiven | Overt racism in Israeli society towards Palestinian citizens of Israel is becoming the norm. Where is Canada's institutional Jewish community?

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