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Letter to PM Trudeau: Halt Genocide in Gaza

Call Your MP: End Canada's Support For Israel

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Canada at UN Failing Palestine and Palestinians

Make the Call: Urge PM Trudeau to Act on Israel-Palestine & Demand Ceasefire!

Email Canada's UN Representative: ​Canada Must Vote for Ceasefire at the UN

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Parliamentary Petition to the Prime Minister: Demand Immediate Ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine Crisis

Parliamentary Petition to the Government of Canada: Demand Four Key Actions from Your Government

In 2022, human rights groups and experts agreed that Israel is responsible for committing the crime of apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Canadian government has not condemned Israel’s cruel system of crimes against humanity and dominance over the Palestinian people.

TIMELINE: Lead-up to Illegal Settler Crimes in May 2021

➞ Israeli forces planned to forcibly evict Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. Sheikh Jarrah is home to Palestinian refugee families originally displaced in 1948, when Israel was illegally established. In May 2021, those Palestinian families responded by protesting against the possibility of Jewish settlers encroaching on their lands and homes. 

➞ In support of Sheikh Jarrah families and residents, thousands of Palestinians protested across the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel. The iconic demonstration resonated with Palestinian lived experiences of oppression, segregation, fragmentation, and dispossession.  

➞ The events of May 2021 were witnessed around the world. Millions condemned the decades-long system of Israeli discrimination, impunity, killings and repression designed to oppress Palestinians. 

How is Israel Committing the Crime of Apartheid

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Image: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
Amnesty defines apartheid as “inhumane acts carried-out in an institutionalized regime that systematically oppresses and dominates one racial group over another.” 

The crimes against humanity experienced by Palestinians are prohibited under the Apartheid Convention, the Rome Statute, including other customary international human rights laws. 

ISOLATION

Israeli mechanisms of confining, concentrating, separating and disconnecting Palestinian communities in particular areas.

FRAGMENTATION

Israeli-imposed laws, policies and practices designed to politically and territorially fracture the collective identity of Palestinians.

DISPOSSESSION

Israeli forces illegally seizing properties, demolishing homes, and forcibly evicting Palestinian home and land owners.

SEGREGATION

Israeli-enforced systemic separation of communities promotes discrimination and inferiority of Palestinians.

OPPRESSION

The events of May 2021 represent longstanding discrimination, repression of dissent, killings and injuries designed to privilege Jewish Israelis at the expense of Palestinians.

DOMINATION

The Israeli government states its domination through policies that maximize Jewish control over land. 

Canadian Advocacy for Palestinians

STAND AGAINST DENIAL OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS

Since East Jerusalem and the West Band became illegally occupied by Israel in 1967, Israeli authorities have continually targeted Palestinians using discriminatory laws for the benefit of Jewish Israelis. As a result, Palestinian families continue being systematically dispossessed of their homes and land.

DEMAND GOVERNMENT: SUPPORT FIGHT AGAINST APARTHEID, NOT PALESTINIANS​

ACTION ALERT: Palestinians being denied fundamental rights and livelihood underpins Israel’s apartheid establishment. According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, approximately 49,532 Palestinian structures were raised by Israel’s military as of 2019. Justice For All Canada is committed to dismantling injustice and discrimination facing Palestinian families, including children. Help us advocate for Palestinian lives and livelihood today. SEND EMAIL TO PRIME MINISTER TODAY! 
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Caption: The Idris family collecting their belongings after Israeli forces demolished their home.

Resources 

  1. Amnesty 90 Minute Course: Deconstructing Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians 
  2. Thirteen Human Rights Demands by MP Jagmeet Singh to Canadian Government 
  3. Amnesty report: Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians - Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity  
  4. Report: Force Population Transfer & The Case of Palestine by BADIL Resource Centre 
  5. Human Rights Watch Report: A Threshold Crossed - Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution