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OTTAWA – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has agreed to settle its lawsuit against the Jewish activist group B’nai Birth Canada.
The lawsuit stems from reports published in 2018 by B’nai Brith that alleged CUPW was affiliated with a pro-terrorist union, calling their leadership “radical” and accused them of being linked to “the path of violence and extremism”.
CUPW cooperates with similar organizations in other countries, including an organization that advocates for Palestinian postal workers, and has also supported an international boycott of Israeli products on the grounds that Israel is targeting Palestinians in the occupied territories. Misbehaves with.
The union sued B’nai Brith for malicious defamation, and the organization tried unsuccessfully to block the lawsuit.
The union said in a press release Wednesday that it would receive an undisclosed sum from B’nai Brith, that the organization would remove the two articles in question from its website, and that B’nai Brith would pay for any damages from the release. Sorry for that. Because of the union and its members.
B’nai Brith did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on May 24, 2023.
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