Palestinians protest in front of the Canadian Embassy in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 4, 2014. (Photo: Shadi Hatem/APA Images)
Oddly one of the most significant institutional purveyors of anti-Palestinian bias in Canada operates largely below the radar. The Jewish Federations of North America, an umbrella organization representing nearly 150 organizations across Canada and the U.S., is known for supporting domestic Jewish education and funding charity projects in Israel, however, a number of Jewish federations in Canada lobby for Canadians to join the IDF in possible violation of local laws, and have run campaigns to malign Palestinians and their Jewish advocates.