Palestine

Op-ed | October 5, 2022

NDP: defend Singh’s Palestine solidarity and withdraw from Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is right when he states, “We believe Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories is at the centre of the challenges facing the Palestinian and Israeli people.” In response the pro-Israel lobby has smeared him with accusations of anti-Semitism. We need to support Singh’s position on Palestine but also to tell him the NDP needs to withdraw from the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group.

Op-ed | August 30, 2022

One day under occupation is too long: Message to the United Church of Canada

Earlier this year, over 1200 letters were sent to the Canadian Council of Churches and its members asking them to join with Amnesty International, Human…

Op-ed | August 4, 2022

B’nai Brith’s lawsuit attacks campus free speech, student democracy

On Wednesday B’nai Brith announced a lawsuit against McGill University, Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) and student group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR). …

Op-ed | June 29, 2022

For trade unions international solidarity means rejecting the IHRA definition of antisemitism

Trade unions must reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism. Defending the legitimate criticism of the Israeli occupation means upholding international solidarity, a core principal of the union movement.

Feature | June 14, 2022

Justice for Palestine means banning Israel from FIFA

FIFA wants to be fair. It says as much in its mandate: FIFA exists to govern football and to develop the game around the world….

Feature | March 14, 2022

Understanding the Israeli occupation’s apartheid regime

The apartheid regime of Israel’s occupation is a feature of settler-colonialism. It is sustained by three criteria: expanding illegitimate borders through the annexation of land, violence against the native population, and Jewish ethnic exclusiveness and supremacy.

Feature | February 19, 2022

Students win historic BDS victory at U of T

On Wednesday, February 16, members of the University of Toronto Students’ Union, the second largest student union in Canada, made history by passing a major divestment resolution. This is another win for the global BDS movement in solidarity with Palestine.

Op-ed | January 28, 2022

The role of the JNF in greenwashing Israeli settler-colonialism

By planting trees atop Indigenous villages, uprooting endemic agriculture, and blocking Palestinians’ access to extremely scarce water sources, the Jewish National Fund plays a key role in the uprooting and desecration of Palestinian land and livelihoods.

Interview | October 19, 2021

The new wave in the Palestinian liberation movement

The struggle for a free Palestine has been ongoing since the Zionist project displaced millions of Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 to create the…

Analysis | October 12, 2021

The Palestinian Authority: A comprador’s fading dominion

The Palestinian National Authority was born out of a political marriage between the failed Palestinian leadership’s state-building path and Israel’s imperialist-colonial agenda overseen by the United States. The Palestinian Authority has increasingly become a barrier to Palestinian national liberation.

Interview | June 14, 2021

Foodbenders: Serving up Palestine solidarity

Spring Magazine spoke with Kimberly Hawkins, owner of Foodbenders, a catering company based in the west end of Toronto. A vocal supporter of Palestine through…

Feature | May 25, 2021

From Black Lives Matter to Palestinian liberation

The uprising against the police execution of George Floyd radicalized a new generation of people that see the link between systems of settler-colonial violence across borders.