Montreal, February 27, 2025 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is calling for the immediate resignation of Quebec’s Minister of Higher Education, Pascale Déry, following her repeated attempts to stifle academic freedom and silence critical discussions on Palestine. CJPME condemns Minister Déry’s repeated political interference targeting content about Palestinian literature and the Nakba at Vanier and Dawson colleges, as well as her related “investigation,” which aims to suppress pro-Palestinian expression on those campuses. Continue reading

Montreal, February 25, 2025 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) emphatically demands that Canada urgently impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel amid its current military escalation and ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank. Israel ramped up its attacks on the West Bank immediately following the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, and this week deployed tanks for the first time since the early 2000s. Promising to apply lessons from its genocidal war in Gaza, Israel has forcibly expelled over 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps and announced that they will not be able to return to their homes for at least a year. CJPME believes that Israel’s actions are in preparation for the full annexation of the territory, requiring immediate intervention. Continue reading

On February 17, 2025, CJPME joined 230+ organisations in calling on all F-35 partners -- including Canada -- to immediately halt the direct and indirect transfer of F-35 parts and components to Israel, including through the United States. View Canadian version of the open letter in pdf format. Continue reading

On February 6, 2025, CJPME issued a letter to Concordia President Carr responding to a statement which had spread misinformation about the boycott of Israel. CJPME's letter defends Concordia students who overwhelmingly voted to adopt two resolutions in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). Continue reading

Montreal, February 6, 2025 – Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is outraged and alarmed to learn that Israel is pressuring Canada to participate in its plans to force Palestinians out of Gaza, only days after US President Trump announced his intention to permanently expel the population. CJPME insists that any “migration” in this context cannot be considered voluntary but amounts to ethnic cleansing. CJPME urges Prime Minister Trudeau to publicly reject and condemn Israel’s attempts to enlist Canada in its genocidal scheme, and to impose sanctions on any Israeli or US officials contributing or conspiring to depopulate Gaza. Continue reading

Montreal, February 5, 2025 – Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) urges the Canadian government to condemn in the strongest terms US President Trump’s plans to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people from Gaza. Yesterday, Trump declared that there is no future for Palestinians in Gaza and that the US will “take over” the illegally occupied territory after permanently expelling the population. CJPME argues that this is a clear expression of genocidal intent, and insists that Canada is obliged to consider all means necessary — including sanctions — to protect the people of Gaza from annihilation. Continue reading

On January 22, 2025, CJPME and over 60 civil society organizations sent a letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressing outrage over the persecution of pro-Palestine activists, and calling for the so-called "Hate Crimes Working Group" to be dismantled. View open letter in pdf format. Continue reading

Montreal, January 22, 2025 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is raising the alarm about a widely shared article on antisemitism in Canada which is riddled with inaccuracies and promotes hateful views against supporters of Palestinian rights. Written by Canadian journalist Terry Glavin and published in the US-based The Free Press, the article “The Explosion of Jew-Hate in Trudeau’s Canada” claimed to investigate a rise in antisemitism in Canada, but spread misinformation to create a false narrative that targeted Muslim and Palestinian Canadians. CJPME is concerned that, according to analytics on X, millions of people have engaged with an overtly Islamophobic, anti-Palestinian article that promotes dangerous rhetoric. Continue reading

Montreal, January 15, 2025 – Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) enthusiastically welcomes the news of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and anxiously looks forward to an end to Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. The deal announced today is remarkably similar to one that Hamas had agreed to nearly a year ago, but which had been repeatedly blocked by Netanyahu and his far-right cabinet ministers. In this important moment, CJPME urges Canada to increase pressure on Israeli leaders to enforce the terms of the ceasefire and hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable through existing institutions of international law. Continue reading

Montreal, January 6, 2025 – Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) welcomes the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as an important opportunity for the Liberal government to decisively shift course on Gaza. From 2015 to 2025, Trudeau’s approach to Israel and Palestine was marked by a continuation of the Harper Government’s staunchly pro-Israel policies, demonstrating extreme indifference to Palestinian human rights and open disdain towards international law. CJPME believes that the incoming Liberal leadership should finally break from the past and choose a new path that upholds Palestinian human rights, starting with sanctions on Israeli leaders. Continue reading