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    Coalition of civil society groups boycotts Ben Mulroney programs over journalistic ethics

    Montreal, February 13, 2026 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) and a coalition of Muslim, Palestinian, and Jewish organizations are announcing a collective boycott of all programming featuring Ben Mulroney, until he is removed from hosting The West Block, a flagship political affairs program on Global News. The boycott follows a pattern of Mulroney's genocide denial, promotion of Islamophobic conspiracy theories, and conflicts of interest, both on the The West Block and The Ben Mulroney Show, that compromise the integrity of public discourse in Canada. CJPME has demanded accountability from Global News for months over these violations of journalistic ethics, to no avail. 
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    Carney must ban Netanyahu from Canadian airspace: CJPME

    Montreal, February 11, 2026 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is outraged to learn that Canada has allowed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to travel through Canadian airspace on route to the United States, despite the outstanding International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants against him for crimes against humanity. CJPME calls on Prime Minister Carney to respect the ICC warrants by definitively and immediately closing Canadian airspace to Netanyahu going forward. 
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    The Toll of Intent: Looking at the Genocidal Impact of Israel's Assault on Gaza

    This report synthesizes existing data to project that between 14% and 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023, population (approximately 341,000–480,800 Palestinians) could ultimately be killed as a result of Israel's operations and the subsequent conditions by 2030 without urgent intervention from Canada and its allies. The report uses existing estimates and modelling to define various projections of Palestinian deaths for the different possible outcomes of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The report concludes that the case that Israel has committed genocide is strong and supported by a growing body of scholarly and grey literature from the UN and NGOs..  Access the full report here.
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    Intended to Fail: Systemic Anti-Palestinian Racism and Canada’s Gaza Temporary Resident Visa Program

    This report examines the ways that Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has failed to reunite Canadians with their Palestinian family members stuck in Gaza through the Temporary Resident Visa Program for Gazans (TRV), as Israel wages a plausible genocide and campaign of mass starvation. The TRV program is a special immigration measure launched by IRCC in early 2024 to save family members of Palestinian Canadians subject to a genocidal assault in Gaza.  Access the full report here.
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    Tell Minister Solomon: We Don’t Need Israel’s Genocidal AI

    It is outrageous that Evan Solomon, Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence, recently met with the Israeli Ambassador to promote “dialogue” and engagement on AI and economic development. It is well documented that the Israeli military uses Israeli AI and tech in the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians, using automation to develop kill lists and facilitate its genocide in Gaza. Israel’s 'world-leading' tech sector uses occupied Palestine as a laboratory to test out its new technology, which is taking increasingly repressive and murderous forms. Minister Solomon’s “dialogue” with Israel on AI raises the alarm that Canada may be seeking to develop partnerships with Israeli tech and AI companies, at the same time as those companies continue to facilitate illegal occupation, apartheid, and genocide. This shows a complete lack of judgment and flies in the face of Canada’s commitment to human rights. Join us in emailing Minister Solomon and Prime Minister Carney to tell them we don’t need Israel’s genocidal AI. Instead, Canada should sanction Israeli tech for its complicity in genocide.
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    Tell Minister Anand to Close the US Loophole!

    For two years, the Liberal government has allowed arms manufacturers based in Canada to profit off genocide by sneaking unregulated and unreported weapons parts to Israel through the US. This has been possible because of a giant loophole in our export laws. When Canada updated our laws in 2019 to align with the Arms Trade Treaty, the Liberals intentionally left the US loophole open, and corporations have exploited this weakness to maintain military trade with Israel, a genocidal state. Now those same weapons are threatening the people of Palestine, Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, and eventually could end up trained back on us here at home. That’s why we have partnered with MP Jenny Kwan to close the US loophole using her Private Member’s Bill C-233, the No More Loopholes Act. Our bill has the government scared, because it exposes their hypocrisy and refusal to take meaningful action. Will you join us in sending an email to Foreign Affairs Anita Anand and your local MP demanding they support Bill C-233 to close the US loophole?
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    Israel’s Illegal War on Iran

    Israel’s Illegal War on Iran Factsheet Series No. 251, created: June 2025, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East   View factsheet in PDF format CJPME Factsheet 251, published June 2025: Amid ongoing diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Iran regarding its nuclear program, Israel launched airstrikes on June 13, 2025, targeting Iranian nuclear facilities and civilian infrastructure. Without evidence, Israel claimed the assault was a “pre-emptive” measure to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. In the first week alone, Israel’s strikes have killed hundreds of Iranian civilians.[1] Iran responded with ballistic missile attacks, triggering a series of escalating exchanges which could lead to a catastrophic regional war.  
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    ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

    ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant Factsheet Series No. 250, created: December 2024, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East   View factsheet in PDF format CJPME Factsheet 250, published December 2024: This factsheet outlines the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Gallant. It outlines the alleged crimes, explores the questions of immunity and complementarity, and explains Canada's legal responsibilities to comply with the warrants. 
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