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WestJet: Financial Supporters of the Genocidal Israeli Army

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WestJet is owned by Onex Corporation, whose founder, chair and CEO is Gerald “Gerry” Schwartz. Onex’s board of directors also includes Heather Reisman, Indigo’s CEO and Schwartz’s spouse. They are both founders of HESEG Foundation, which offers scholarships and financial support to non-Israelis who join Israel’s occupational and genocidal forces, the IOF, as so-called “lone […]

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Ottawa Jazz Festival accepts tainted sponsorship from the Israeli apartheid state

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  Take a moment and send a letter to the Ottawa Jazz Festival. Let them know it is not cool to be used in the apartheid state’s art-washing program. Write a letter In 2018, the Ottawa Jazz Festival (OJF) accepted programming sponsorship from the apartheid state of Israel embassy in Ottawa. Despite widespread criticism at the time, the OJF

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This Ramadan pledge to not buy Apartheid Medjoul

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Close to 200 people have committed to check their local retailers across Canada and beyond, and to let any retailers know that if they are carrying Israeli apartheid medjoul this Ramadan, that is haram.   People from Saskatoon, London, Montreal, Nepean, Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Elora, Mississauga, Ottawa, St. Anthony, Courtney, Guelph, Holland’s Landing,  Kelowna, Halifax,

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Sept. 11 Montreal: Israel premier Tech owner runs away from questions/ Sylvan Adam propriétaire de Israel premier Tech se sauve en courant

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September 11, 2022 at 6:53 PM · After the dismal performance of Israel Premier Tech at the Montréal Grand Prix cycliste, we found Sylvan Adams wandering the streets in dismay pondering the existential question whether Israeli Apartheid will follow suite… in losing… The truth is that Palestine will win! Racist apartheid supporters like Adams can run. But

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Metrobus Ads Denounce Apartheid practices of Israeli Government

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Congratulations to Solidarity with Palestine – St. John’s, a member of the Canadian BDS Coalition, who recently put ads on 3 Metrobuses covering  routes in St. John’s and Mount Pearl denouncing apartheid practices of the Israeli government.  The local human rights group joins several international human rights organizations in concluding Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, and urging people to take action.

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CPPIB Invests at least 7 percent of our public pension in Israeli war crimes

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The 2022 CPPIB Year-end results show increased public pension investment in Israeli war crimes CPPIB had $524M (up from $513M in 2021) invested in 11 companies of the 112 companies listed on the UN Database as complicit with violations of international law. Investments in WSP, the Canadian headquartered company providing leadership to the Jerusalem Light

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The French Court of Appeal of Lyon confirmed the acquittal of Olivia Zémor

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From the European Legal Support Center: On 5 May 2022, The French Court of Appeal of Lyon confirmed the acquittal of Olivia Zémor, issued last year by a French criminal court in Lyon (Tribunal Correctionnel de Lyon) on 18 May 2021. This decision is another recognition of the legitimacy of the BDS (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) call.  Olivia

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FIFA: Suspend Apartheid Israel

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Israel has violated the principles of FIFA in a variety of ways that would normally warrant disciplinary actions and even a suspension of its membership. However, the politics of FIFA have prevented the organization in the past from taking such action. Its internal by-laws have even been amended to make it more difficult for the

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