The UN’s War On Jewish Jerusalem: A Denial of Indigenous Rights
The UN has shown a determination to sever all Jewish association with Jerusalem. This constitutes a denial of history, an infraction against self-determination under international law, and a violation of indigenous rights in ancestral lands.
Linguistic imperialism: Rhetoric versus reality
One of the more obvious examples of the disconnect between rhetoric and reality is in the area of language loss, a matter of deep concern to Indigenous cultures worldwide.
Media Release: Grand Chief Lynda Prince on Canadian Antisemitism
"As the original inhabitants of this land, we, the First Nations peoples, have welcomed the Jewish people into our lands and territories ... We call on our governments at all levels to not just provide security but to combat and prevent Jew hatred, implement the IHRA recommendations, call out lies and bigotry against the Jewish State..."
The Famine Libel and What it Tells Us
For months we have been hearing reports about starvation in Gaza and even the claim that Israel is using hunger as a war strategy...
Understanding Indigeneity
Understanding Jewish Indigeneity to Israel was produced by Allied Voices for Israel.
Defrocking Decolonisation’s Priesthood
If you happen to be brown but don’t buy into the ideology, behold, you are actually white. The fact that the majority of Israelis are brown is irrelevant. They are still white, according to the dogma. One’s skin colour grants political advantage, but as it turns out, only for those on the Left who are not Jewish.
CAEF Bulletin: Jewish Indigeneity is Supported by Indigenous People
“Near the front of the 50,000 Canadian Jews and allies who participated in the Walk With Israel 5km on June 9th were representatives of the recently founded Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, who arrived from New Zealand, Edmonton, Thunder Bay and Sault St Marie.”
First Nations Celebrate the Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem
Up to two hundred First Nations chiefs, grand chiefs and tribal leaders met at the Muckleshoot Reservation to celebrate the recent opening of the Indigenous Embassy in Jerusalem.
Hateful anti-Israel camps disrespect our lands
We are Anishinaabe Zionists. We reject using the words 'colonizer,' 'settler' and 'decolonize' to justify terror, violence, kidnapping and rape.
National Post: 50,000 March for Israel
“Among the tens of thousands who participated in the recent Walk with Israel event in Toronto on Sunday was a group of Indigenous supporters, some of whom had travelled halfway around the planet to stand in solidarity with their Jewish Canadian friends and colleagues.”
First Nations of North America Welcome Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem
The First Nations of North America hosted an historic event, to celebrate the opening of the Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, welcoming and receiving the embassy leaders with traditional protocol and ceremony.
Grand Chief Lynda Prince Speaks Out on Vancouver Attack
Canada has experienced a massive upsurge in antisemitic attacks in the period since the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. Following the most recent attack on a Vancouver synagogue Grand Chief Lynda Prince, newly appointed Envoy of Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, issued a statement.
My experience as a First Nations woman inspires me to stand against antisemitism
Karen Restoule spoke at a large gathering infant of Parliament in Ottawa. Read an expanded adaptation of her remarks.
“Colonization” is a deeply flawed explanation for 7 October
Following the October Hamas murder of Israeli citizens and other nationals, westerners were almost immediately bombarded with the message “75 years of colonial oppression”, the implication being that Israel somehow deserved these atrocities.
Why do so many Indigenous groups align with Hamas and the Palestinians?
Many Indigenous groups have readily co-opted the Israel-Gaza war for their own agenda. There’s a readiness to see the Palestinians as their brown brothers suffering oppression and the Israelis as foreign white colonizers. However, this narrative re-writes history and ignores the many geo-political factors at play. It is a narrative that shows no regard for the reality that the Jews are the indigenous to Israel with more than 3500 years of continuous connection to the land.
Opening Event: Dr Sheree Trotter’s Speech
The time is right for this embassy to be established. We’ve all witnessed post October 7 an horrific rise in antisemitism and victim-blaming. Part of the reason for that, is the way that the modern form of antisemitism, anti-Zionism, has taken hold of the popular imagination. Jews have been divested of their rightful place as the indigenous people of the land.
A Light for the Indigenous Nations
There is no universally recognised definition of indigeneity. Indeed, there is much debate and a degree of fluidity on the question of definition. Some hold the view that a strict definition is “unnecessary and undesirable”. However, a number of criteria have been established and are generally accepted…
Mundine: Ignorance the Basis for Poisonous Prejudice
Hamas’s savagery on October 7 knew no bounds. From babies to the elderly, pregnant women, festival-goers and peace activists; the victims were killed, butchered and violated with unspeakable cruelty.
Forget The Jews
“Forget the Jews for a while and focus on your own backyard.” This unsolicited morsel of advice left me taken aback. I had just spent two weeks at Oxford attending a course on Critical Contemporary Antisemitism by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. Such a rebuke gave me cause for reflection. Why should an indigenous person from distant New Zealand care about what happens to Jews in the Middle East and elsewhere?