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A Jewish advocacy group is celebrating an “important community win” after the homegrown terrorist entity Samidoun was officially dissolved by the federal government.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, which has been shining a light on the Vancouver-based Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network’s continued existence within Canada as a not-for-profit organization, thanked Industry Minister Melanie Joly for this “long overdue step.

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“This outcome reflects sustained, determined advocacy by CIJA, supported by thousands across our community, to ensure Canada has the tools needed to confront organizations linked to terrorism,” the CIJA said in a statement posted to social media.

“With the adoption of the 2025 federal budget, the government now has clear authority to dissolve corporations identified as listed terrorist entities under the Criminal Code.”

Organization dissolved on Friday

Federal corporation information on the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada website shows Samidoun being dissolved for “non-compliance” as of Friday.

The website also includes a warning that the group is listed as a terrorist entity by the federal government and that the Criminal Code of Canada “prohibits certain actions in relation to terrorist groups, including those related to terrorist financing, travel and recruitment.

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“It means, for example, that it is a criminal offence for anyone in Canada and Canadians abroad to knowingly deal with property owned or controlled by a terrorist group and that it is also an offence to directly or indirectly provide property knowing that it will be used by or benefit a terrorist group,” the warning said without tying Samidoun to any specific allegations.

Samidoun was listed as a terrorist entity in October 2024 due to its alleged links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror organization. However, it continued to exist as a not-for-profit organization for about a year until Joly vowed in September 2025 to look at “all options to formally dissolve Samidoun” and other such organizations.

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The move came two days after the federal government’s anti-hate bill passed third reading in the House of Commons, although it still needs to be approved by the Senate before becoming law.

Samidoun, meanwhile, had been registered in British Columbia under three directors, including Charlotte Kates, who was arrested in 2024 after allegedly making a speech at a rally saying “long live Oct. 7,” seemingly in praise of the 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.

The group had earlier said that Kates was released with conditions and no charges were laid, according to The Canadian Press.

Samidoun did not immediately respond to a request for a comment from The Canadian Press.

— With files from The Canadian Press.

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