Montreal, September 25, 2026  — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is raising questions about the effectiveness of Canada’s aid commitments for Palestine in light of new revelations of unchecked Israeli violence against similar projects. On September 22, Prime Minister Carney announced an additional $100M in humanitarian and security aid for Palestinians. That same day, however, a document released to Parliament by Global Affairs Canada acknowledged significant damage to Canadian-funded aid projects by Israeli military and settlers. While CJPME welcomes additional aid efforts, in order to ensure their effectiveness CJPME is urging Canada to demand compensation and damages from Israel and hold it accountable for its genocidal attacks on aid in Palestine.

“These revelations show that Canada has allowed Israel to get away with consistent attacks on its aid projects, including schools and water infrastructure, and even today the government has not decided whether to ask Israel for compensation,” said Michael Bueckert, Vice President of CJPME. “It is deeply unserious for Canada to champion its humanitarian projects for Palestinians when it won't even hold Israel accountable for bombing or demolishing those very same initiatives.”

The Global Affairs Canada document, which was issued in response to written questions by MP Heather McPherson, notes extensive damage to projects implemented by overarching multilateral humanitarian programs that Canada has contributed to, notably to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the West Bank Protection Consortium.

• Canada claims damage to “hundreds” of installations operated by UNRWA in Gaza, including schools and health centres. The document also names Israel’s demolition of buildings within the UNRWA Headquarters in East Jerusalem, and damage to UNRWA installations in northern West Bank refugee camps. Canada says it has contributed $100M CAD in institutional support to UNRWA since 2023. 

• Canada claims “multiple incidents” of confiscation and demolition of West Bank Protection Consortium operated structures. In fact, WBPC data provided by Canada outlines 170 projects valued at $3.6M CAD that have been damaged, destroyed, confiscated, or abandoned due to action by the Israeli military and settlers. These projects are in themes including residential shelters, agricultural projects, water, sanitation and hygiene structures (including latrines), road infrastructure, solar energy, schools, and more. Canada has provided $6.8M CAD to this consortium since 2023, and the projects destroyed by Israel in this period amount to over half of that total value.

The document also named three projects destroyed or damaged by Israeli forces to which Canada provided direct bilateral funding:

• In 2025, Israeli forces destroyed the main entrance to the Tulkarem Courthouse in the West Bank, impeding access. 

• In 2024, Canada became aware that a refurbished women’s shelter in Gaza City owned by the Center for Women’s Legal Researches, Counselling and Protection was damaged due to arson and vandalism by Israeli forces.

• In 2025, Israeli forces caused destruction or damages to items intended for structural work in the Jabalia Municipality (North Gaza), which was a program managed by Action Against Hunger. The estimated funding amount is $48,244.00.

The document from Global Affairs Canada says that Canada has “regularly raised concerns” with Israel about such incidents, but has not yet made a decision about whether to ask Israel for financial compensation for the damages it has caused. “Canada must make Israel pay full restitution for its attacks on humanitarian projects, to ensure that this pattern of impunity ends now,” added Bueckert.