The Texas State Board of Education is voting on Item 2, a proposal to revise Social Studies standards that erases Muslim contributions to world civilization and omits Palestinian history. The final vote is June 22-26, 2026. We must demand historical accuracy and reject sanitized, Western-centric narratives that fail our students.

The UN Commission of Inquiry has confirmed that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting Palestinian children—over 21,280 killed. Yet the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has INCREASED its investments in companies enabling these atrocities to a total of $54 billion in 2026. This represents 6.9% of Canadian retirement savings being used to finance war crimes. We demand immediate divestment from all companies complicit in Israel's genocide, war crimes, and apartheid.

In May 2026, Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters and detained over 400 humanitarian activists, including at least 12 Canadian citizens. Survivors reported systematic torture, beatings, sexual assault, and rape. The Australian Federal Police launched a formal investigation — yet the RCMP has refused to act. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Minister Anita Anand have condemned the abuse as "appalling" and "deeply disturbing," but words without action are complicity. Canada has legal obligations under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, the Convention Against Torture, and the Rome Statute to investigate these crimes. Demand that Canadian law enforcement do their job: investigate the torture and sexual violence committed against Canadian citizens. Demand RCMP to investigate these war crimes against Canadian citizens.

On June 14, 2026, during Seattle University's commencement ceremony, Provost Shane Martin physically grabbed, pushed, and forcibly removed a Palestinian flag from a Muslim hijabi student who had explicitly stated her religious boundary against shaking hands with men. This assault on a graduate's religious freedom and physical safety was captured on video and has sparked international outrage. The student now faces doxxing and harassment. no student on campus should face such intimidation for displaying the flag of a people undergoing genocide. We demand an immediate public apology, mandatory training to eradicate Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism for all university staff, and financial restitution for the student's security costs. Seattle University's Jesuit values of social justice ring hollow when its leadership physically attacks students for peaceful symbolic expression.

FIFA is planning to host its inaugural under-15 "football festival" in September 2026 in the United States, with a proposed opening match between Israel and Palestine. This is a cynical attempt to whitewash Israel's image while skyrocketing evidence proves Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. Israel has murdered child footballers, kidnapped Palestinian athletes, and destroyed Palestinian sports infrastructure. This fixture creates a false equivalence between an occupying power committing genocide and an occupied population facing extermination. Demand FIFA cancel this match immediately and suspend the Israeli Football Association.

CNN journalists Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman wrote an important piece on the murder of 7-month-old Sam Abu Haikal by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank. While the article does important work humanizing the victims and challenging the Israeli military's narrative, it falls short in critical ways: it lacks historical context about routine Israeli brutality (such as the March 2026 Odeh family massacre) and omits international law declaring Israel's West Bank presence illegal. Thank the journalists while urging them to provide fuller context.

Seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was murdered by Israeli forces while in his mother's arms in Hebron. Rather than center Sam's murder within Israeli policies of ethnic cleansing, Reuters' centers it within Israeli justifications and "operational activity." Their coverage fails basic journalistic standards by uncritically repeating Israeli military narratives, misrepresenting the severity of mother Dania Salameh's injury, failing to humanize and name victims, and omitting critical legal context surrounding Israel's illegal occupation. Demand Reuters correct its reporting and uphold its responsibility to ethical journalism that centers human rights.

Dr. Daniel Kollek served in the Israeli military during the genocide in Gaza. He is being given an opportunity to speak at University of British Columbia by the Department of Emergency Medicine. The Israeli military has deliberately destroyed the healthcare system of Gaza, has killed, detained, and targeted hundreds of healthcare workers. Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide according to MSF, Amnesty International, Israel physicians for Human Rights, and the and the International Association of Genocide Scholars. No University or healthcare institution should be platforming an individual who has actively participated in genocide.

Toronto Police spent $19.5 million in 2024 on Israel-Gaza related policing, including extensive security for the annual "Walk with Israel" event—a celebration of a state facing ICC arrest warrants for war crimes and ICJ findings of plausible genocide. Meanwhile, Palestinian solidarity events receive no such promotional support and face aggressive policing. Toronto Police posted promotional content for Walk with Israel on Instagram, sparking outrage over the apparent political bias of a publicly funded police service. This campaign demands transparency on costs, equal protection for all communities, and an end to police promotion of events celebrating an apartheid regime accused of ethnic cleansing.