NGOs Target Jews In Canada While Partnering With Terror
Two Canadian NGOs – Just Peace Advocates (JPA) and the Canadian BDS Coalition – have announced a “National Two Weeks of Action” campaign, August 31 – September 12, calling for an end to what they describe as the “Canada-to-Israel Charity Pipeline.” They released a list naming more than 100 Canadian Jewish charities, including schools, camps, and other entities fundamental to Jewish life in Canada, urging activists to organize “actions” and “directly confront complicit organizations” “across so-called Canada.”
The “National Two Weeks of Action” are the culmination of a sharp escalation in the targeting and intimidation of Jewish institutions across Canada over two years. This report identifies three Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – JPA , Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI), and Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) – at the forefront of attacks on Canadian Jewish institutions.
All three are participating in a joint project with Samidoun – a listed terrorist entity in Canada – that the “National Two Weeks of Action” “builds on”. Furthermore, they have expanded on databases created by The Maple, an online platform that publishes viciously anti-Israel and antisemitic content, including lists of Canadians alleged to have served in the IDF and Jewish institutions allegedly connected to them.
The report presents new research on these three NGOs and The Maple, examining their hostile activities, terror-supporting members, partnerships, and role in operating and amplifying these campaigns.
Background: Two Years of Intimidation
JPA notes that the “National Two Weeks of Action” initiative is part of a broader effort, which started two years ago.
NGO campaigns targeting Canadian Jewish institutions as part of this campaign include:
- On February 26, 2026, La Presse, a Montreal-based news outlet, published an article accusing Jewish schools in Montreal – including one that had been targeted by gunfire in November 2023 – of “organiz[ing] … activities with an Israeli … flavour.” The following day, JPA, CFPI, and PAJU issued a press release calling for these Jewish schools to “lose public subsidies” as well as their status as charities, and flagged two additional schools.
- On April 2026, PAJU, CFPI, JPA, and the Ontario Palestinian Rights Association (OPRA) filed a complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) against 11 Jewish schools and educational foundations, accusing them of “promot[ing] the Israeli military to their school students.”
- Similarly, on February 4, 2026, a separate but overlapping coalition of NGOs – JPA, PAJU, the Canadian BDS Coalition, OPRA, and the Palestinian Canadian Congress (PCC) – launched a coordinated campaign targeting Jewish summer camps across Canada. The initiative accused at least 17 overnight camps of “pos[ing] a problem because they encourage support for a genocidal, settler-colonial State.” The supposed wrongdoing ranged from “celebrating Israel’s ‘Independence Day’” to “hir[ing] Israeli staff … [which is] concerning because military service is required in Israel.” The campaign called for revocation of government subsidies and formal accreditation “for camps that hire, host, or support (current or former) Israeli military personnel.”
Background: Terror Entity in “Defund Racism” Coalition
JPA and the Canadian BDS Coalition’s announcement acknowledges that the current initiative “builds on ‘Defund Racism,’” a campaign that lists its Canadian coalition members as Samidoun, JPA, CFPI, PAJU, the Canadian BDS Coalition, Canada Palestine Association, Independent Jewish Voices, and Palestine House (Palestinian Canadian Community Centre).
In October 2024, the US and Canada issued joint statements listing Samidoun as a terrorist entity. Canada stated that “Samidoun has close links with and advances the interests of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which is a listed terrorist entity in Canada, the United States and the European Union.”
NGOs Targeting Jewish Institutions in Canada
Just Peace Advocates (JPA)
Just Peace Advocates (JPA), a Canadian-registered not-for-profit corporation, is a political advocacy group that promotes antagonistic rhetoric on Israel and India while framing its work in human rights terms. It does not include any financial data, donor information, or sources of funding on its website, reflecting a complete lack of transparency and accountability.
According to its 2023 annual report, in the US “Just Peace Advocates is a fiscally sponsored project of Non-Violence International,” which is based in Washington, DC. The co-founder of Nonviolence International, Jonathan Kuttab, is on JPA’s Board of Directors. Kuttab also co-founded Al-Haq, a Palestinian NGO that was listed as a “terror organization” by the Israeli Ministry of Defense in 2021 on the grounds that it is part of “a network of organizations” that operates “on behalf of the ‘Popular Front [for the Liberation of Palestine]’” (emphasis added) and was sanctioned by the US State Department in September 2025 for “directly engag[ing] in efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel’s consent.” Al-Haq’s General Director, Shawan Jabarin, has been linked to the PFLP. JPA regularly partners with Al-Haq on projects.
In March 2026, JPA expressed its view that “Hezbollah should be removed from Canada’s terror list.” This assertion is consistent with a July 2008 statement by Ali Mallah, a member of JPA’s Board of Directors, describing the British government’s proscription of Hezbollah’s military wing as “an unfortunate development.” Moreover, on March 14, 2026, Mallah was named in an emergency injunction on behalf of the provincial government of Ontario as a “spokesperson for the [Al-Quds Day] Rally” which he has “been involved in organizing … since at least 2016.” Al-Quds Day was established in 1979 by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as an annual anti-Israel demonstration.
At rallies, Mallah has delivered violent speeches that imply justification for terrorism against Israelis. For example, in July 2020, outside of the Israeli Consulate in Toronto, Mallah announced that “We support resistance, the resistance by any means necessary” (emphasis added). In July 2016 Mallah stated that “In the United States, if somebody makes a mistake and walks into somebody’s home, he will be shot, right? Here in Canada, if somebody attacks us we will attack and shoot them, correct? So why is it okay then to occupy Palestinian land and oppress Palestinian people?”
In October 2023, shortly after Hamas’ October 7 massacre, John Philpot, another member of JPA’s Board of Directors, participated in a press conference led by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). There he claimed, “When people are fighting for their freedom, after years of being slaughtered, massacred, losing their children––it is not tidy … It’s not a calm process. It’s a revolution” (emphasis added). More recently, in January 2026, Philpot reposted an antisemitic conspiracy theory claiming that “Iran stands up to the genocidal rape army so of course you ‘stand with the [Iranian] protestors’ (Mossad-backed rioters) against the ‘regime’, bc you’re either an Israeli or a moron” (emphasis added).
Additionally: in April 2021, JPA sponsored a campaign in defense of Samidoun, which was later listed as a terrorist entity in Canada and the US in October 2024. On January 9, 2026, JPA alleged that “the Canadian government’s decision to designate two pro-Palestine Canadian groups as terrorist entities, including Samidoun … was simply a continuation of Canada’s racist weaponization of the ‘terrorist entities list.’
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI)
The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI) is a foreign policy think tank that advances a radical, anti-Western agenda with hostile positions on Israel and NATO.
CFPI claims to be “sustained by small donations from concerned Canadians and does not receive funding from any big donors, governments or corporations.” Its website does not include any other financial information.
Yves Engler, a CFPI fellow and advisory board member, has repeatedly downplayed antisemitism while invoking antisemitic tropes, including themes of Jewish domination, control of the media, and dual loyalty. Among his posts on X (formerly Twitter):
In response to an op-ed about Jews being “purged from public life” in Canada: “Jews are over represented in cabinet, boardrooms, media, billionaire list and other positions of power you sick genocidal supremacist” (March 24, 2026).
- “Is it unCanadian that hundreds (up to 1500) Canadian Jews are in the Israeli military but only a few dozens are in Canada’s armed forces?” (March 22, 2026).
- “Unless Jews speak up against the organizations claiming to represent them, Canadians will believe they support authoritarianism, including subverting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the name of supporting Israel” (April 25, 2025).
- On the rise of antisemitism in Canada: “Amidst this ever-worsening holocaust in Gaza, the media & politicians want us to believe Canadian Jews are the real victims” (December 30, 2024).
- “Yes Jews are disproportionately victims of hate crimes but why that singular category of sociological data? What about Jews [sic] income, university degrees, incarceration levels, life expectancy, home ownership, corporate boards, positions in media, etc? Might it complicate your story[?]” (January 11, 2024).
Engler also regularly expresses support for Hamas and Hezbollah:
- “Hezbollah should continue resisting the Israeli usurpers & Canada should arm them” (March 25, 2026).
- “Remove Hezbollah from Canada’s terror list and list IOF [Israel Occupation Forces; a common derogatory term for the Israel Defense Forces]” (March 21, 2026).
- “Hamas has a right to resist illegal occupation and Canada should remove it from terror list [sic]” (February 19, 2026).
- “Stop the demonization of Hamas and other groups involved in the armed struggle against Israeli occupation, as armed resistance is legal and justified when under occupation” (October 13, 2025).
In July 2025, Engler announced that he was running for leadership of the New Democratic Party (NDP), committing to “stand up to the genocide lobby[,] … push to jail anyone in [Canada] who has participated in war crimes in Gaza[,] … investigate institutions ‘inducing’ young Canadians to join the Israeli military[,] … outlaw government subsidized donations to Israel, de-list [Samidoun] and end Canada’s assistance to a security force overseeing Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.” He was barred from running five months later due to “‘credible evidence of harassment, intimidation and physical confrontation’ of party members, staff and volunteers, among other reasons.”
Bianca Mugyenyi, Engler’s wife, is co-founder, former director, and advisory board member at CFPI. In January 2026, she announced her candidacy for NDP leadership, before also being barred later that same month. On March 4, 2026, Mugyenyi reposted a tweet claiming that “The US government is quantifiably morally inferior to the Iranian government.”
Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU)
Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) is a Montreal-based organization founded in 2000. On its website it regularly promotes violent rhetoric, violent individuals, and support for the “Axis of Resistance”:
PAJU promoted the provocative, anti-Israel protest in Montreal that occurred in October 2025. The promotional material included inverted red triangles, imagery of an armed Leila Khaled (a PFLP terrorist), and the slogan, “Long live the resistance.” It also bemoaned that “the resistance of the colonized people, whether armed, peaceful, cultural, or popular, is systematically criminalized and labeled ‘terrorist.’”
- The inverted red triangle is a symbol popularized by Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, which utilizes it in combat footage to mark Israeli targets and which it incorporated into its logo.
- PAJU amplified “Georges Abdallah’s Call to Action: Unite for Palestine’s Liberation,” stating that “To Western supporters of Palestine, [Abdallah] represents a challenge: reject lukewarm solidarity and openly embrace the Resistance without apology. The Axis of Resistance, he underscores, transcends sectarian or ideological divides, uniting Marxists, Christians, and Muslims under the banner of liberation” (emphasis added) (August 5, 2026).
- Abdallah was convicted and sentenced to life in prison by a French court for “complicity in the [1982] assassinations” of Charles R. Ray, a US military attaché serving in Paris, and Yacov Bar-Simantov, a second counsellor at the Israeli embassy in Paris.
PAJU’s website includes a collection of protest songs, including a “Song for Ahed [Tamimi]” that heroizes her.
- In December 2017 Israeli security forces arrested Tamimi, and she was later convicted on four counts of assault of an IDF officer and soldier, as well as other crimes. She served her full sentence of eight months.
- In a video posted in January 2018, Tamimi encourages suicide bombing and other acts of terrorism: “Whether it is stabbings or martyrdom operations or throwing stones, everyone must do his part and we must unite in order for our message to be heard that we want to liberate Palestine” (emphasis added).
In October 2023, Tamimi posted, “Our message to the herds of settlers is waiting for you in all the cities of the West Bank, from Hebron to Jenin. We will slaughter you and you will say that what Hitler did to you was a joke. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls. Go ahead, we are waiting for you” (emphasis added).
Tamimi stated in September 2025 that “Palestinians are fighting Jews, not only Zionism .… Judaism is an occupation …. We are fighting Jews, not Zionism…” (emphasis added).
Rezeq Faraj – who died in October 2009 – was a co-founder of PAJU.
According to an obituary posted on Rabble.ca, Faraj:
- “stayed in touch with various currents of Palestinian advocacy and resistance” (emphasis added);
- “was personally committed to pacifism as a matter of principle. Nevertheless, while condemning acts of violence directed against civilians, he viewed acts of armed resistance against an occupying military power as legitimate” (emphasis added).
Bruce Katz is a co-founder of PAJU.
In November 2025, Katz “[gave his] personal endorsement to Yves Engler’s leadership campaign” and “vouch[ed] for his honesty and integrity.”
See more about Yves Engler above.
In discussing his reasons for founding PAJU, Katz wrote:
“The war in Vietnam had opened my eyes to the whole question of imperialism and the military brutality that inevitably accompanies it. I approached the Palestinian question with this same perspective.”
“It was the second intifada … which, in November 2000, inspired this desire to build concrete support in Quebec for the Palestinian people’s struggle” (emphasis added).
The Maple
The Maple is an online publication with the stated aim to report “News [that] Corporate Media Ignores” and whose editor self-describes as an “Aspiring Marxist.” The Maple claims to be “entirely reader funded.” It was federally incorporated under its previous name, North99, in August 2017, but altered its incorporated name to 10363987 Canada Association two months later.
In February 2025, The Maple published “Find IDF Soldiers,” a database identifying 85 Canadians alleged to have served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). As of August 2026, the database has grown to 206 names, each linked to a biography that includes personal information such as synagogue attendance and parents’ employment. The project’s aim is to dox these Canadians and to enable the targeting and harassment of them, their families, and Jewish communities.
Soon after “Find IDF Soldiers” became public, JPA, CFPI, and OPRA initiated a campaign encouraging the public to “Send a letter to Attorney General Anandasangaree and the RCMP Commissioner, with copy to Prime Minister Carney,” informing them that “The new website Find IDF Soldiers should assist you in investigating Canadians who may have potentially violated Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act” (emphasis added).
Moreover, in an April 2026 statement, the Health Workers Alliance for Palestine (HAP) makes use of data from “Find IDF Soldiers” to target “healthcare workers and academics who serve in the Israeli military,” claiming that “Patients and learners, especially Palestinians, have every reason to be alarmed and to refuse care and supervision by [healthcare workers] and educators with ties to the Israeli military. Being under the care or supervision of a clinician who is or has been a part of the Israeli military, given its record, undermines the clinician-patient and clinician-learner relationship, erodes trust and safety and compromises care and learning.” (emphasis added). As of August 2026, 56 NGOs have co-signed the statement.
The “Find IDF Soldiers” project quickly expanded with a follow-up database called “GTA to IDF,” published in December 2025, that profiles Jewish schools, synagogues, and summer camps in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with purported connections to individuals listed in “Find IDF Soldiers.” The Maple’s Davide Mastracci admits that the rationale for focusing on the Toronto region is that as of 2021, “about half of Jewish Canadians lived in Toronto” (emphasis added).
Four months later, shots were fired at Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto (BAYT) and Shaarei Shomayim – the two synagogues listed in The Maple’s “GTA to IDF.”
Additionally, the aforementioned April 2026 complaint to the CRA filed by JPA, PAJU, CFPI, and OPRA, uses the “GTA to IDF” database as a source for its accusations regarding 11 Jewish institutions.
Editorial leaders at The Maple have engaged in concerning rhetoric:
Davide Mastracci, who created the two aforementioned databases by The Maple, is Managing Editor of the Opinion Section. Among his posts on X (formerly Twitter):
- “If the Canadian government really cared about fighting the illegal occupation and annexation of land abroad, as it’s now claiming to, it would send weapons to Hamas” (February 24, 2022).
- “I would 100% prefer living beside a Hamas-supporting Gazan to an average Israeli, and I think most people around the world would agree” (December 24, 2023).
- “Zionism has a stranglehold on [Canada’s] political system” (December 19, 2024).
- “I would rather live next to one of the ‘Ayatollah’s people’ than the average Israeli” (June 19, 2025).
Alex Cosh is Managing Editor of The Maple’s News Section.
- On February 18, 2024, Cosh reposted a tweet stating that “the real ‘ethnic’ Jews are present-day Palestinians—colonised by Zionist converts” (February 18, 2024).
- In February 2025, Cosh published an article titled “It’s Time To Treat America As The Menace It Has Always Been.”
Tara Alami is a writer for The Maple.
- On December 30, 2021, in response to a tweet claiming that “This year there was [sic] 61 shooting attacks on Israelis and 18 stabbing attacks on Israelis …,” Alami replied, “We’ll do better next year inshallah.” She later defended this response with another: “they [Israelis] are occupying my land and killing my people so yeah i’m going to hope for their death…” (The account has since been suspended.)
- On February 28, 2023, after the murder of American-Israeli citizen Elan Ganeles, Alami tweeted a celebratory image with the words “SETTLER DOWN” accompanied by a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) headband.
- The PFLP is a designated terrorist organization in Canada, the US, EU, and Israel.
The platform regularly publishes antisemitic articles with titles such as “Are Canadian Jews Complicit In Israel’s Genocide In Gaza?” (September 2024), “The ‘Rising Antisemitism’ Narrative Is A Distraction From Genocide” (November 2023), and “Exposing Jewish Exceptionalism In Canadian Media” (September 2025).