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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Will Trudeau’s new government maintain steady support for Israel?

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Despite Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau overcoming corruption allegations and winning re-election last month, he is set to govern with a minority government that will likely include support from parties to the left of his Liberal...
Toronto Raptors vs. the Washington Wizards on April, 27, 2018. Credit: Flickr.

Toronto Raptors object to BDS claiming victory behind canceled Israel trip

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Despite activists from the anti-Israel BDS movement claiming victory over the Toronto Raptors canceling their planned visit to Israel this summer after winning the NBA championship this year, the team’s co-owner Larry Tanenbaum said...

Canadian officials face criticism for honoring Ukrainian Nazi collaborators

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Canadian officials are receiving backlash from the Jewish community for honoring members of Ukrainian organizations that helped the Nazis in World War II. A new monument in Sambir, Ukraine, honors members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists...
Psagot Winery lables. Credit: Psagotwines.com.

Canada to appeal decision that West Bank wines can’t be labeled ‘product of Israel’

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The Canadian government announced on Friday that it will appeal a court ruling from July that stated wine made in Judea and Samaria cannot be labeled a “product of Israel.” Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of...

Canadian Jews launch $10 million campaign to protect Montreal community

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The Canada-based organization Federation CJA started a $10 million fundraising campaign aimed at increasing and improving coordinated security at Jewish institutions in Montreal. Thirty-one Jewish establishments, including synagogues, schools and agencies, are part of the...
Psagot Winery lables. Credit: Psagotwines.com

Canadian federal court: ‘Misleading’ to label West Bank wine ‘Products of Israel’

Canada’s Federal Court ruled on Monday that wine made in Judea and Samaria cannot be labeled as “products of Israel.” The decision is part of a three-year court dispute over bottles of Psagot Winery and...
The Canadian flag. Credit: Wikipedia.

Court hears challenge over October election date falling on Jewish holiday

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The Federal Court of Canada was asked this week to reschedule the country’s national elections, scheduled for Oct. 21, the same day as the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, which follows Sukkot. Like many Jewish holidays, observers...
Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church in Toronto, Canada. Photo: courtesy.

B’nai Brith Canadia petitions to get church event honoring terrorist canceled

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Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church in Toronto has canceled a scheduled event honoring Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist Ghassan Kanafani, following a campaign by B’nai Brith Canada. The “Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship...
Rana Zaman, NDP nominee for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, was ejected by the party in early May 2019 for anti-Israel comments, including comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany. Credit: Screenshot.

Canadian political candidate ejected for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany

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A candidate for the Canadian Parliament has been ejected from her party for previous anti-Israel comments, including comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany. Rana Zaman, a social activist and Muslim who won in May...
Canadian Opposition and Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

With Trudeau sliding in polls, next Canadian government may take a decidedly pro-Israel tilt

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With Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau falling in the polls due to allegedly pressuring the country’s attorney general not to prosecute the Canadian engineering company SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., the Conservative Party, or Tories, led...