Suzanne Weiss is a member of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. She gave a speech at the 2022 Al Quds rally for Palestine, in which she expressed solidarity with the Palestinians who are resisting Israel’s oppression, bombardment, blockades, and...
Judy Haiven is a Jewish writer and activist living in Nova Scotia. She was formerly a professor of business and management at Saint Mary’s University. Haiven is a founder of Equity Watch, a human rights organization dedicated to fighting bullying and discrimination in...
Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) is a grassroots, Jewish organization that opposes racism and advocates for peace and justice in Israel-Palestine. IJV supports the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). Get involved here or donate here.
The Ottawa Centre gathered Members of Parliament Niki Ashton, Leah Gazan, and Matthew Green; Members of Provincial Parliament Joel Harden and Dolly Begum; and activist Yafa Jarrar to express solidarity with Palestinians calling for an end to Israel’s violence in...
Rafael Silver is a Jewish Israeli and a combat veteran of the Israeli army. In a 2022 Mondoweiss op-ed, Silver shared why he left Israel and moved to Canada: “I felt that I could no longer be a part of a system that practices apartheid against the Palestinian...
On November 23, 2020, OFIP hosted a webinar with Dr. Rashid Khalidi discussing his book "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine." Dr. Khalidi is the Edward Said Chair of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York. He has a PhD from Oxford University and is...
Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJVC) made this video describing their Jewish values and their fight for justice. IJVC is a grassroots organization grounded in Jewish tradition that opposes all forms of racism and advocates for peace and justice in Israel-Palestine....
In this Ottawa Forum on Israel/Palestine (OFIP) webinar, Zochrot activists Rachel Beitarie and Umar Al-Ghubari discuss their struggle to get Israelis to recognize the Nakba and engage in a practical discussion about the Palestinian right to return. Zochrot...
Undercurrents, a podcast by the Mennonite Central Committee of Ontario, discusses in the episode “David & Goliath” the Mennonite perspective on Israel/Palestine—a perspective which resonates with the Jewish tradition. The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) reports...
Many interested in Israel-Palestine have asked the question: “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” But Nelson Mandela’s grandson Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela has argued that this question emerges from a distortion of his grandfather’s legacy. Who Was Nelson Mandela?...
Palestine Open Maps (POM) is a platform that uses mapping technologies in collaboration with researchers to showcase visual stories of the geographical transformation of historic Palestine over the last 70+ years. The project combines 1940s British Mandate of...
Dr. Joshua Shanes, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Arnold Center for Israel Studies at the College of Charleston in South Carolina wrote an article for Haaretz titled “Liberal Zionists, Face the Facts: There’s Already Only One State From the...
In 2018, Wikimedia Israel gathered archival images from the early 20th century with expired copyrights and published about 28,000 images to Wikipedia’s platform for free, public access. The photos give insight into life of Palestinian families in the region—Muslim,...
Rami Elhanan is a 7th generation Jerusalemite who describes himself as Jewish, Israeli, and “before everything else […] a human being.” In 1997, his 14-year-old daughter was killed by Palestinian suicide bombers. He shared his story and how he was able to find peace...
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veterans who served in the Israeli military and share what they have witnessed and experienced in the Occupied Territories. Read, listen, and watch their testimonies here. Donate on their website. Visit the organization’s...
Justin Sadowsky is a civil rights attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Legal Defense Fund. Sadowsky has played a key role in fighting the United States’ “terror watchlist,” defending the rights of incarcerated Muslim Americans, and defeating...
Suzanne Weiss is a member of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. She gave a speech at the 2022 Al Quds rally for Palestine, in which she expressed solidarity with the Palestinians who are resisting Israel’s oppression, bombardment, blockades, and...