Pressuring mainstream Canadian media: Big Wins

In early 2022, CJPME launched our“Media Accountability Project” (MAP), an initiative to challenge Canadian media biasagainst Palestinians and their narratives.  Every day, our MAP team of staff and volunteers send letters to media outlets pushing for more balanced and informed coverage.  Click here to see the hundreds of instances where we've influenced coverage, and the hundreds of "media alerts" that have mobilized our team of "media responders."   And while the MAP has consistently been effective at getting changes and improving media coverage in Canada, the past few weeks have seen some huge and significant wins.  If you like what you see in the highlights below, please consider donating to support our work.  And if you want to participate, consider signing up as a "media responder."   Today, the CJPME Palestine Debrief podcast also just published an interview of the MAP's Director, Jason Toney.  Check out the podcast for a conversation between Toney and podcast host Wissam El Cheikh Hassan around how to combat the "Palestine Exception" in Canadian Media!   Continue reading

 

Please join CJPME in welcoming eight new Board members to the organization.

    Please join CJPME in welcoming eight new Board members to the organization. These brilliant individuals join our existing Board to begin a new era for the organization. Each of our board members, both current and new, brings expertise to strengthen and empower our organization. In the month ahead, the expanded Board will take on several important new initiatives related to the future of the organization, including the creation of a new strategic plan. Read the bios of our Board leaders below, and please join us in giving a hearty welcome to the newcomers and in thanking our long-serving veterans. Building a solidarity organization for the future The past 12 months have been intense ones for CJPME staff and the Board.  We have responded to Israel's genocide in Gaza, its war on Lebanon, and its brutal crimes in the West Bank. If you support our critical work, please consider making a donation to CJPME. Monthly donations are especially helpful, as they sustain our ongoing work. If you don't like to give by credit card, you can give via email transfer, over the phone (438-380-5410), or by completing and mailing in this form. Thank you. Continue reading

 

Year two of Israel's Genocide + Protests & events

This week we are entering the second year of Israel's genocide in Gaza, while in parallel, Israel expands its brutal assault on Lebanon. Many organizations are responding with protests and actions, and we invite you to join events (see below) going on in your area.  f you are organizing an upcoming event or demonstration, please consider submitting it on our events submission form so we can include it in future email announcements. Also consider participating in the urgent campaigns that we highlight below. Continue reading

 

Join us in standing against Israeli terror + protests & events

Like many, CJPME was horrified to watch Israel bombard Lebanon this past week, while it continues its genocide in Gaza and its brutal oppression in the West Bank.  Many organizations are responding with protests and actions, and we invite you to join events (see below) going on in your area.  If you are organizing an upcoming event or demonstration, please consider submitting it on our events submission form so we can include it in future email announcements.  Also consider participating in the urgent campaigns that we highlight below. Continue reading

 

Big win: Canada suspends arms deals following pressure from CJPME and allies

September 12, 2024 Canada is starting to move closer to an arms embargo on Israel. On Tuesday, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced that she has taken further action to limit Canadian weapons sales to Israel. She claimed that Canada has suspended about 30 existing permits for weapons to Israel, and that the government is opposed to the deal for 50,000 Quebec-made “highly explosive” mortars to be sent to the Israeli military via the United States. This is a huge step forward that wouldn’t have been possible without pressure from CJPME, the Arms Embargo Now network, and all our friends in the Palestine solidarity movement – including the tens of thousands of you who supported our campaigns! As encouraging as it appears, however, Joly’s statement raises several other questions, demonstrating that much more needs to be done to achieve a full arms embargo on Israel. We look at some of the key issues below.   Continue reading

 

Meet your MP about Gaza during Parliament’s summer recess

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.  For almost 9 months, CJPME has pressured our elected officials in Ottawa. CJPME staff have met with Ministers, key bureaucrats, and opposition parties. In parallel, many of you have emailed, phone-called, and taken to the streets in solidarity every single week.   Now is a great time to shift our game to the local ridings. With our work these past few months, we can claim some collective victories, as we have forced Canada to take several measures in support of Palestinian rights. While our victories (changing Canada's position on ceasefires, arms embargoes, aid to UNRWA, etc.) are partial, incomplete, and deeply inadequate to address the ongoing genocide, we owe it to the Palestinians to persevere.  Can you schedule an appointment to meet with yours? We provide you with all the position papers, factsheets, info and other support you might need. Continue reading

 

New report + Webinar: How Palestinian voices are erased in Canada’s “Anti-racism strategy”

CJPME is thrilled to announce a Webinar for next Tuesday, June 18, 7:30 p.m. EST, entitled, “How Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy erases Palestinian voices and supports Israel.” Register here for this Webinar whose panelists include: Dania Majid, Arab Canadian Lawyers Association; Corey Balsam, Independent Jewish Voices; Alex Paterson, CJPME; Wissam El Cheikh Hassan, CJPME, Moderator  Continue reading

 

Pressuring Canada's Biased Media: CJPME Wins and Trends

Last year, CJPME launched our “Media Accountability Project” (MAP), an initiative to challenge Canadian media bias against Palestinians and their narratives.  Every day, our MAP team of staff and volunteers send letters to media outlets pushing for more balanced and informed coverage.  Click here to see the hundreds of instances where we've influenced coverage, and the hundreds of "media alerts" that have mobilized our team of "media responders."   Continue reading

 

With invasion of Rafah, help us pressure Parliament to investigate Canada’s military trade with Israel

In contempt of world condemnation and its obligations under international law, Israel began its reckless and immoral offensive against hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Rafah, Gaza.  CJPME has condemned Israel's actions both publicly and privately with members of Parliament.  We must do everything we can to pressure Canada and Israel to end the reckless carnage.  Continue reading

 

Sign up for FREE BDS sticky notes! Put boycott pressure on Israel!

CJPME is thrilled to offer FREE BDS sticky note pads to support the boycott of Israel in Canada!  Since our government is doing nothing to stop Israel’s oppression and violence against Palestinians, it’s our way to enable average Canadians apply REAL economic pressure on Israel! Continue reading