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Kenney Gala Disrupted

Members of IJAN, Canada participated in an action disrupting thebestowal of an honorary degree to Canada's Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, by Haifa University. Itwas a show of solidarity between activists and organizations opposed to Canada's racist immigration policies and Haifa University's complicity with apartheid inPalestine.

The Anti-Defamation League Sticks to What it Knows Best: Racism

In the wake of the decisions not to indict officers Darren Wilson or Daniel Pantaleo for murdering Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) - a Jewish organization purportedly founded to fight racism and anti-Semitism - has revealed itself to be once again standing on the wrong side of history. Not only did the ADL urge “calm” of protestors in the face of righteous anger against the state murder of Black people across the United States, they also stood with the St Louis grand jury: “we respect the grand jury’s integrity and their commitment to meeting the heavy responsibility thrust upon them.” And, adding insult to injury, the ADL praised the NYPD despite the shameful and brutal murder of Eric Garner and the midst of their violent repression of protestors.

False story about IJAN in Iranian media

On September 27, the Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA) published an article involving the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), claiming that the organization met with Iranian president Ahmadinejad. It references ‘Spokesman for the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, David Weiss.’ Other Iranian on-line websites have reprinted similar stories.

There is not and has never been a member of or a spokesman for IJAN by the name of David Weiss. IJAN has not met with Ahmadinejad. We do not know who is responsible for the misrepresentation, whether the journalist or someone impersonating a member or spokesman of IJAN, but the claim of IJAN having met with Ahmadinejad is false.