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.

In collaboration with healthcare workers nationwide, on June 22, 2024, Canadians for Palestine organized a national die-in across Canada.

June 25 2024 Israel is systematically starving Palestinians in Gaza, Islamic Relief Canada says as a new IPC* report shows that around half a million people are suffering catastrophic levels of hunger and almost everyone in Gaza is facing acute food shortages.

BURLINGTON, ON, May 16, 2024 Islamic Relief Canada is devastated to announce the killing of Canadian-sponsored Gaza orphans and is appalled by the lack of urgency displayed by the Canadian Government in addressing the catastrophic situation unfolding on the ground.

MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 17, 2024 

On Saturday April 20th, doctors and healthcare professionals from across the country wearing white coats, scrubs and stethoscopes, will be lying down on Parliament Hill, simulating death, to denounce the disastrous healthcare situation in Gaza.