Canada Israel relations

Canadian Pro-Israel groups respond to government ban on Israeli settlement goods

The policy shift followed a joint statement issued on Tuesday by Prime Minister Mark Carney alongside international leaders confirming plans to introduce restrictions on trade with settlements.

|ByALEX CARSON
A Canadian flag flies along the waterfront of Lake Ontario, in Toronto, Canada, in August.
An officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) looks on during the Canada Day Celebrations in the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, on July 1, 2025.

Montreal council passes amended Middle East motion after cutting call to break Israel ties

Opponents of the initial framework argued that global geopolitics falls entirely outside the jurisdiction of a municipal government and risks inflaming community tensions.

|ByALEX CARSON
Handshake between the flags of Israel and Canada

Montreal–Israel tech ties strengthen at cyber event

A growing Montreal–Israel tech network spotlights innovation and tackles rising cyber risks while building cross‑community ties

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Canadian MP demandas IDF soldiers in Canada to be investigated and charged.

'Antisemitic witch hunt': MP's petition calls for all IDF soldiers in Canada to be investigated

The petition is based on the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (CAHWCA), which allows the prosecution of crimes listed in the act, regardless of where they were committed.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Canadian candidate removed for tweets accusing Israel of committing genocide

The NDP said in a statement that the candidate was removed “due to language in social posts that was unacceptable.”

JULY 1, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
A woman enters a polling station during the Burnaby South federal by-election in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, February 25, 2019.

Granddaughter returns to Kibbutz 50 years after family built clinic

Bessie Diamond funded the Ein Gev kibbutz clinic back in 1969,. Now her granddaughter returns to plant a tree in front of the still-active facility.

APRIL 8, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Fredi Diamond as a 12-year-old visiting Kibbutz Ein Gev with her grandmother in 1969 (above) and in 2019 with her husband (below) in front of the clinic her grandmother funded

Jewish community of Canada likely to be targeted for hate crimes, FM warns

"We need to speak out and also act," Chyristia Freeland said.

NOVEMBER 1, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Canada Foriegn Minister Chrystia Freeland visits Israel

Canadian FM visits Israel for first time since Trudeau elected

Jerusalem is viewing her visit as a learning and listening trip, whose expertise is not the Mideast and who will be seeking to understand the strategic picture as the different sides see it.

OCTOBER 30, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Canada Foriegn Minister Chrystia Freeland

Canadian trade minister sees great potential in Canada-Israel relations

"The Israeli experience" might inform Canadian economic decision-making.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018ByEYTAN HALON
Canadian Trade Minister Jim Carr