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Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
The homes of families not accused of any connection to the attack on the IDF checkpoint have been and are being demolished in this reprisal.
cbc.ca/news/world/israel-wes…
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
Soy uruguaya.
Todos los inmigrantes son bienvenidos.
(Menos Peter Thiel)
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
More great work by U of Toronto’s @citizenlab.
Israeli spyware was used to infect phones at Australia’s public broadcaster, government departments, critical infrastructure, and universities.
abc.net.au/news/2026-10-23/a…
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
More than two years after the International Court of Justice found Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory unlawful, Canada continues to engage in military cooperation with Israel. This includes hosting an Israeli military attaché under the Canada-Israel Strategic Partnership.
In August 2023, a Col. Liron Biton took command of the IOF's Binyamin Brigade in the West Bank. The brigade covers the region of Mateh Binyamin, where over 40 Israeli settlements and outposts are located – sites that Canada has acknowledged are a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and has described as "a serious obstacle to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace."
Is this the same Col. Liron Biton who has been accredited by Global Affairs Canada? @CanadaFP
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
Isn't it interesting, all these videos of people we've never heard of, whose work is unknown, with no public archive or commentary on any issue, SUDDENLY appearing at the same time to bitch about Islam and halal food. In South Africa? In 2026? In the year of a local government election, suddenly mainly Black influencers and bots with black faces are recording Islamophobic commentary. For a fee no doubt. Who benefits from this? I hope @GovernmentZA is REALLY sharpening its lens on disinformation and paid campaigns. Deliberate manufacturing of religious and tribal hostility is a matter of national importance.
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Why is this government allowing Israeli companies blacklisted for genocide to acquire Canadian companies - contrary to our own laws and policies?
The government's response is what exactly?
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
NEW: Education Minister Paul Calandra tells me he's "very excited" to have Stan Cho on his team, and that the "quality of his work since he's been an MPP is literally second to none."
Premier Ford announced Cho will be joining Calandra’s team as a parliamentary assistant — just three months after Cho resigned from cabinet for charging taxpayers $16,000 in Toronto hotel stays.
The new role comes with a $22,500 pay bump. Ford declined to comment. Story: thetrillium.ca/insider-news/…
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
NEW: The Ford government has broken its own record for ad spending.
Internal documents show its advertising bill climbed to more than $117 million last year, according to internal documents — the highest total in a single year in Ontario’s history.
A breakdown of how the money was spent in this story by me and @CharliePinkerto: thetrillium.ca/news/governme…
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
It should be illegal for Israel’s top arms producer to purchase a Canadian company.
Elbit Systems is complicit in the genocide of Palestinians.
Cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, enact sanctions and a two-way arms embargo now.
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Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
NEW: An Ontario cancer patient is taking the Ford government to court for refusing to fund a U.S. treatment that could save her life.
"People are just being told to die."
The government pointed to cost savings as one of the reasons it is limiting which patients can receive funding for out-of-country treatments.
Story: thetrillium.ca/news/health/p…
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
Canada's sanctions regime against Russia includes a comprehensive two-way arms embargo.
But Canada applies no comparable measures against Israel – even in the midst of an ongoing genocide. To the contrary, Israeli arms manufacturers like Elbit Systems are free to acquire Canadian companies whose technology can be used to entrench Israel's unlawful military occupation of Palestine.
This is yet another example of Canada failing to fulfill its obligation "not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by the continued presence of the State of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." (ICJ Advisory Opinion, July 19, 2024)
Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of International Submarine Engineering (ISE), a Canadian company specializing in advanced autonomous underwater and remotely operated systems for the maritime domain.
Together, our combined capabilities strengthen a comprehensive maritime portfolio spanning autonomous surface and underwater platforms, mission systems, C2, sensors, communications, and electronic warfare.
The addition of ISE is expected to expand capabilities in underwater ISR, Mine Countermeasures (MCM), and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW).
Read more: tinyurl.com/2va465m4
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
Five years after Canada Reads, I stood at the 2023 NBA All Star Game with one of the biggest opportunities of my career, and I sang “Our home ON native land.”
One word. Not for attention, applause, or to speak for Indigenous people. I did it because I've been listening.
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
NEW: In his first year running Ontario's largest school board, the Ford government's TDSB supervisor logged more than twice as many meetings with the board's $20B real estate arm than he did with parent groups, calendar entries reveal.
The FOI records offer a rare glimpse into the supervisor’s day-to-day work, raising concerns that parents have taken a back seat under provincial supervision. Story: thetrillium.ca/news/educatio…
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This is an attack on the very possibility of holding those responsible for the gravest crimes accountable under international law, no matter how powerful they may be.
What is at stake is not only the future of the Court, but the future of international justice itself.
Juan Pablo de Dovitiis retweeted
So if you’re getting annoyed with the AI overview at the top of your Google search page, Ruby Granger recently shared a very useful trick: just type “-ai” at the end of your query and it will give you the results without AI, like the Google we once had.
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A former Conservative MP of 16 years asked what the Mossad would think of my article on CIJA’s lobbying of MPs in response to a tweet critiquing it.
I take this as an attempt at intimidation given the intelligence service’s track record.
The article: readthemaple.com/a-list-of-m…
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Absolutely diabolical. National Post puts a bullseye on Avi Lewis through the rabid ramblings of Yoni Goldstein who invokes Halakhah and Leviticus on how to deal with Jews. Writing Lewis “presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community” & other Jews are “duty-bound to step in.” This is so irresponsible. The National Post should be stripped of any government funding it receives from Canada. This is wholly negligent and irresponsible.
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When Canada added the offence of "advocating or promoting genocide" to the Criminal Code in 1970, it intentionally excluded three of the five acts of genocide listed in the Genocide Convention:
🇨🇦 Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
🇨🇦 Imposing measures intended to prevent births; and
🇨🇦 Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
It wasn't until 2000, just a few years after the last residential school closed, that the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act brought the full international definition of genocide into Canadian law.
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Since 1948, Israel has been denying Palestinian Prisoners of War (POWs) their basic legal rights.
But of course Global Affairs Canada does not have a #StandWithPalestine campaign.
Since 2022, Russia has been denying Ukrainian Prisoners of War (POWs) their basic legal rights.
#StandWithUkraine