Letter from Former Diplomats to PM re Annexation
Over 50 former Canadian diplomats sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging action to oppose the annexation of the West Bank.
Read the letter here...
Over 50 former Canadian diplomats sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging action to oppose the annexation of the West Bank.
Read the letter here...
Advocacy Letters
June 20, 2021
May 15, 2021
January 2021
Re: Issa Amro and Canadian Funding for Courts in the West Bank
Covid Vaccine to oPt Palestinians
RE: re Israel not providing Covid Vaccine to oPt Palestinians
December 2020
Re: Thanks for Government Support for UNRWA Funding
June 2020
Letters re Annexation
May 2020
Letters Re International Criminal Court
- Joint Open Letter to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
Time to Investigate Crimes in Palestine, Time for Justice
Open Letter to ICC Prosecutor - 29 April 2020
Together, the undersigned organisations, coalitions, and individuals, emphatically support the Prosecutor’s finding that there is a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been and are being committed in the occupied Palestinian territory, that the International Criminal Court can properly exercise its jurisdiction over the entire territory of the State of Palestine, and fully support without any further undue delay, the opening by the International Criminal Court of a full and thorough investigation into international crimes committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
Signed by 182 Civil society organisations and coalitions
- ICC Prosecutor Position Respecting the Occupied Palestinian Territory - Letter to PM Trudeau and Minister Champagne
Letter to PM and Minister Champaigne re ICC - 12 May 2020 (rev)
Like Amnesty International and the Special Rapporteur, we urge you to support the Prosecutor’s motion before the Pre-Trail Chamber. If that motion is successful, we urge you to support the work of the Prosecutor in conducting the formal investigation into the purported war crimes and not to take any steps at the ICC that would oppose the work of the Prosecutor in this regard.
Signed by George Bartlett, Chair UNJPPI
Letter re Annexation
Ecumenical Letter to MP's Opposing Annexation
May 20, 2020
A letter has been sent to the Prime Minister and opposition leaders with signatures from 6 church leaders and 3 Church Related Organizations.
Re: Canada must uphold international law and condemn the government of Israel’s annexation plans
May 20, 2020
A letter has been sent to the Prime Minister and opposition leaders with signatures from 6 church leaders and 3 Church Related Organizations.
Re: Canada must uphold international law and condemn the government of Israel’s annexation plans
Ecumenical Letter re Annexation: Canada must uphold international law and condemn the government of Israel’s annexation plans
Ecumenical ltr re annexation_Min Champagne_FINAL (1)
We call on the government of Canada to:
Signed by six church leaders and 3 church related organizations (including UNJPPI)
Ecumenical ltr re annexation_Min Champagne_FINAL (1)
We call on the government of Canada to:
- publicly condemn the plans of the government of Israel to annex any and all parts of occupied Palestinian territory;
- publicly denounce the United States administration’s “Peace and Prosperity Plan”, which explicitly supports this illegal annexation plan;
- work with the European Union and like-minded allies to take all diplomatic and political actions available to hold the government of Israel accountable for violations of international law, including annexation of any and all parts of the occupied Palestinian territories;
- take all diplomatic and political actions available to enforce the rule of law without exception regarding violations of international law; and
- protect the human rights of Palestinians, including their right to self-determination, and to resist occupation and annexation.
Signed by six church leaders and 3 church related organizations (including UNJPPI)
Letters of Thanks
Thanks to Jack Harris, NDP
- Re: ICC Prosecutor Position Respecting the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Letter to Jack Harris, NDP - Thank you - 17 May 2020_0002a
Thanks to Green Party
- for calling on Canadian government to apply pressure on Israel to back down from its threatened annexation.
Letter to Green Party MPs - Thank you - 16 May 2020_0002b
2018
Palestine/Israel Trip Report
2018
Rev. Steve Berube, UNJPPI chair, submitted an open letter to Minister Chrystia Freeland reporting on his trip to Palestine in December, 2018.
Download and read the report.
2018
Rev. Steve Berube, UNJPPI chair, submitted an open letter to Minister Chrystia Freeland reporting on his trip to Palestine in December, 2018.
Download and read the report.
2013
Open Letter to Opposition Leaders about JNF and award to PM Harper
2013
Opposition Leaders are challenged to take a closer look at the activities of the “Jewish National Fund” which issues charitable tax receipts for donations to land acquisition in Israel.
Opposition Leaders are challenged to take a closer look at the activities of the “Jewish National Fund” which issues charitable tax receipts for donations to land acquisition in Israel.