Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Reporting from Canada. Benjamin Netanyahu is openly throwing his weight behind Pierre Poilievre. But few are pushing back against this flagrant interference in Canada’s election. On Friday the Israeli prime minister posted,...
List of Canadian IDF Soldiers Should Be Starting Point of Prosecutions
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Find IDF Soldiers has elicited a significant backlash. But there’s been little discussion of the website’s indictment of the legal exceptionalism given to Israel in Canadian political culture. Find IDF Soldiers lists 85 Canadians...
Yves Engler: My 5 Days in Jail as Political Prisoner for Criticizing Israel
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. I recently spent five days in jail for social media posts critical of Israel and police charges brought against me. It was an unpleasant, though interesting, experience that culminated in a small victory for free speech and...
Jailing Canadians Is Just One Way Government Supports Israel
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Canada supports Israel’s violence and apartheid in innumerable ways. Targeting critics of Israel has long been a way Canada assists Palestinian dispossession. I was recently arrested for social media posts critical of Israel and...
Once Again, Montreal’s Concordia Admin Defends Israel, Not Its Students
Reprinted from Yves Engler's website. Eight hundred and eighty-five to 58. That was the result of a recent Concordia student vote in favor of the university severing ties with Israel. At a Special General Meeting of the Concordia Student Union (CSU) undergraduates...
From Yves Engler: Thank You to Thousands Who Supported Me – We Won
After spending five days imprisoned, I was released without restriction on my ability to discuss the charges brought against me for criticizing Israel. It’s a small win for free expression and Palestine campaigning. In court on Monday the judge effectively forced the...
Yves Engler: I’m Being Charged for Responding to Anti-Palestinian Hate on X (Twitter)
UPDATE #2 (Friday morning): Yves Engler spoke to a rally prior to his arrest and also gave interviews explaining the events regarding the extraordinary details of his charges. UPDATE: After writing the report below, the Montreal police claimed that Engler was...
More Military Spending Is Last Thing Sovereign Canada Would Agree To
Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney and other Liberal party leadership candidates have all acceded to the annexationist US president’s demand to massively increase military spending. But defunding the Canadian Forces (CF) is one of the clearest ways to stand up to Donald...
Ottawa Doing the Opposite of Peacekeeping
The Canadian government is enabling geopolitical tensions that could lead to World War III. They’ve encouraged Israel’s bid to ignite a regional war, promoted the NATO proxy war in Ukraine, dispatched forces towards China and increased military spending to counter...
The Many Ways Canada Could Send Message to Israel
Canada’s arms ban made international headlines. But in reality, Ottawa isn’t severing assistance to Israel’s military. In a first, Parliament spent a full day debating a motion on the Israel/Palestine conflict. The March 18 opposition day motion presented by the...
