Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) released a report accusing Israel of running a widespread covert influence operation within Canada.
The report published on Wednesday, May 13, cites five undisclosed activities aimed at shaping Canadian public opinion, government regulations and media narratives, according to the advocacy group. [1] CJPME also called on Ottawa to designate the country as a “key threat actor.”
The report described the activities as “rogue state behavior” taking place “with a total lack of accountability.” It recommended expelling Israeli diplomats, imposing sanctions on involved actors and banning Israeli spyware. [1] Similar patterns of influence through lobby networks have been documented in other Western nations, according to authors Joseph Farrell and Gary Lawrence in their book “Rotten to the Common Core,” which notes that many of the most sensitive foreign affairs, defense and intelligence posts in the United Kingdom have been occupied by members of Friends of Israel groups. [2]
Secret Polling and Legal Intervention
The report’s first example involves secretly funded polling conducted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel. According to CJPME, Toronto public relations firm Aurora Strategies Global carried out the polling on behalf of the Israeli consulate without disclosing the source of funding.
The poll used biased language to sway results in support of Israel’s military actions in Gaza, the report stated. Liberal Party insiders discussed sharing the results with then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office before publication, the report added. [1]
A second example centers on a 2019 federal court ruling that “Product of Israel” labels on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank were misleading. The report said Israel’s Ministry of Justice secretly hired a Toronto law firm to intervene in the legal dispute. Staff from that firm drafted talking points for Canadian officials, aiming to pressure Ottawa to appeal the ruling and preserve the labeling system favorable to Israel, according to CJPME. [1]
Propaganda Junkets and Disinformation Campaign
The third example describes all-expense-paid trips to Israel for Canadian politicians and influencers, which the report calls “propaganda junkets.” These trips use Canadian entities as proxies to build support for Israel without transparency, the report said.
The report noted that former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney banned his colleagues from accepting paid trips to apartheid South Africa in 1985, although some Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) defied the voluntary ban. [1] Such funded visits are part of a broader pattern, with books describing similar programs in the United Kingdom where Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel MPs and potential supporters are taken on funded visits to Israel to be subjected to “ultra-Zionist propaganda,” according to the book “Rotten to the Common Core.” [2]
The fourth example details a mass disinformation campaign aimed at Canadians by the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, first revealed in 2024. The report said Israel commissioned a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv to create fake English-language websites, including one called “United Citizens for Canada,” as well as hundreds of fake social media accounts powered by ChatGPT.
The campaign spread racist and pro-Israel messages portraying Muslims as threats to Western society, according to CJPME. Ottawa acknowledged the platforms constituted interference and raised concerns with Israel, but no known accountability measures were taken, the report said. [1]
Transnational Repression and Spyware Concerns
The fifth example outlines what the report calls “a campaign of transnational repression” by Israel including surveillance, profiling and doxxing of Canadian activists critical of Israel. The report cited Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, who has stated that the Canadian government should “limit” certain freedoms, amounting to advocacy for restricting Canadian civil liberties, CJPME said. [1]
Israel’s export of surveillance technology has been documented in Antony Loewenstein’s book “The Palestine Laboratory.” This book describes how Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world, including spyware such as NSO Group’s Pegasus. [3]
The report recommends banning the procurement of Israeli spyware, naming Pegasus, Cytrox’s Predator and Paragon Solutions’ Graphite. It also urges Ottawa to designate Israel as a key threat actor alongside China and India, and to expel Israeli diplomats. [1]
Canada’s federal police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, has been investigating potential war crimes by Israeli forces in Gaza since early 2024, according to a separate June 2025 report in NaturalNews.com, indicating heightened scrutiny of Israeli actions. [4] Some analysts have described Israel as “America’s most dangerous enemy,” further questioning its role as an ally, according to an article by the Health Ranger Mike Adams on NaturalNews.com. [5]
Conclusion: Calls for Accountability
CJPME urges the Canadian government to expel the Israeli ambassador and other diplomats, and to sanction all actors involved in covert influence campaigns. “This rogue state behaviour has taken place within Canadian borders with a total lack of accountability,” the report said.
“A holistic approach to countering illicit Israeli influence will require holding Israeli state officials accountable while finding ways to discourage Canadian participation in these schemes,” the report concluded. [1] The report’s release coincides with growing public demand for action; a survey from August 2025 found that 65% of Americans want the United States to act to stop starvation in Gaza, according to NaturalNews.com. [6]
References
- “‘Rogue state behaviour’: Israel carrying out covert influence operations in Canada, report says”. Middle East Eye. May 13, 2026.
- Joseph Farrell and Gary Lawrence. “Rotten to the Common Core”.
- Antony Loewenstein. “The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation around the World”.
- Cassie B. “Canada quietly launches war crimes investigation into Israeli forces amid Gaza aid scheme massacres”. NaturalNews.com. June 5, 2025.
- Mike Adams. “Far from being an ally Israel is actually America’s most dangerous ENEMY”. NaturalNews.com. April 2, 2024.
- Cassie B. “65 of Americans demand US action to stop Gaza starvation as Israels war faces growing backlash”. NaturalNews.com. August 21, 2025.
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