Montreal, October 1, 2026  — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) has issued the following statement in response to a document published by Public Safety Canada that designates anti-Zionism as a form of antisemitism: Continue reading

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. Continue reading

OTTAWA – 17 September 2026 – Today the Global Sanctions Coalition (GSC) submitted a formal ”Stop the E1 Settlement” Sanctions request to Governments in Canada, Australia, the European Union and the United Kingdom calling for emergency sanctions to urgently prevent Israel's planned East 1 (E1) settlement expansion. The E1 project dangerously threatens to sever the occupied West Bank into two disconnected enclaves and “bury the idea of a Palestinian State.” Continue reading

Montreal, September 09, 2026  — A new report from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) warns that despite recognition of Palestinian statehood bilateral trade under the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) still economically integrates the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and illegal Israeli settlements into the State of Israel, running counter to international law and official Canadian foreign policy opposing settlements. Titled Annexing Palestine Through Trade: The Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the report provides an updated analysis of Canada’s trade policy with Israel and Palestine in light of the international law context of the last three years, and provides further evidence to support Canada’s proposed restrictions on settlement trade. Continue reading

Montreal, September 8, 2026  — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) welcomes today’s announcement by the Canadian government that it intends to impose restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. While this policy promises to be a major step forward, CJPME will be looking to ensure that the coming policy will not be limited to imported goods but will also apply to trade with services,  investment, and property.  Continue reading

Montreal, August 19, 2026  — On this World Humanitarian Day, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is urging the Canadian government to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Canadian aid worker Jacob Flickinger in April 2024. Just today, the Israeli army announced that there will be no criminal investigation into the incident, in which a series of Israeli airstrikes deliberately targeted a humanitarian convoy in Gaza, killing 33-year-old Flickinger alongside 6 international and Palestinian volunteers with World Central Kitchen. Continue reading

Montreal, July 24, 2026  — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is urging the Canadian government to respond to the urgent warnings from Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations who are calling for intervention to stop the escalating Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank, which appears designed to spiral out of control. Continue reading

Ottawa, July 22, 2026 — Over seventy human rights, labour, faith, legal, and other civil society organizations from across Canada are speaking out in defence of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, its leadership, and its curatorial independence amidst organized pressure campaigns surrounding its exhibition Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present. Continue reading

Montreal, June 25, 2026  — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is celebrating the launch of a groundbreaking exhibition on the Palestinian Nakba which is opening this weekend at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. The Museum partnered with the Palestinian Canadian community in the development of this exhibition, titled “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present,” which tells the experiences of Palestinian dispossession that started during the creation of Israel in 1948 and continues to this day. CJPME thanks the Museum for its commitment to this important work, and encourages Canadians to visit and engage with the exhibition once it opens to the public. Continue reading

Montreal, June 15, 2026  — A new national survey conducted by Nanos Research, on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), reveals that a majority of Canadians support reforming Canada’s trade policy with Israel, with respondents differing on whether to remove trade benefits from Israel’s illegal settlements in Palestine or cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) outright. CJPME urges the Government of Canada to respond to Canadian public opinion by rapidly reforming its current trade policy with Israel’s illegal colonies on Palestinian territories by taking broad-based economic measures against settlements. Continue reading