October 16, 2024 The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development today issued the following statement following recent events in the Middle East:

October 16th, 2024 National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) welcomes the latest decision by the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to provide Palestinians fleeing mass violence in the Gaza Strip with transitional financial assistance and other services after they arrive in Canada.

Montreal, October 7, 2024 — On the one-year mark of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) laments the failure of the Canadian government to achieve a ceasefire and stop Israel’s murderous actions.

October 7, 2024 On the one-year anniversary of Israel’s deadly escalation of violence in Gaza, over 1,000 Canadian professors, students, and scholars have united to call on university and college leaders as well as the Federal government for an immediate ceasefire in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

4 October, 2024 One year on, the world has failed civilians in Gaza, with terrifying global consequences

August 30, 2024

Dear College and University Presidents,

It has been almost 11 months since October 7, 2023, and the onset of the war in Gaza.

29 August, 2024 Islamic Relief Canada condemns the actions of the Israeli military over the last two days in what has been the largest attack on the occupied West Bank in 20 years. Soldiers, fighter jets, and drones have attacked Palestinians in West Bank areas of Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas leaving a trail of death and destruction.

As part of the $20B arms package just approved by the United States Congress, the US will be purchasing $83.7M (CAD) worth of mortars, made in Quebec.

We were shocked to learn that Canada is about to allow 50,000 “high explosive” mortars to be transferred to the Israeli military, even as it commits a genocide in Gaza.

Canada cannot allow this shipment of 50,000 explosives to go ahead. Just earlier this year, grassroots pressure led Parliament to vote to stop sending weapons to Israel. This shipment blatantly violates the will of Parliament and there is no question that these weapons will be used against civilians in Gaza. Canada has an obligation to intervene.

Send an email to Foreign Affairs Minister Joly, other key federal leaders and your local MP. Block this shipment of explosives and impose a full two-way embargo on Israel now!

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is outraged by reports that Canada’s Ambassador to Japan boycotted today’s memorial service for the victims of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki over the fact that Israel was not invited.

Summer is here, and MPs are in their ridings for the next three months. It's an opportune time to meet your MP and pressure them on Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.