Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
We’ve blogged about the 10-day fishing trip that Italo Labignan of of “Canadian Sportsfishing” filmed in Israel. The shows are now airing on TSN.
An episode on Fishing in the Sea of Galilee will debut on TSN on Sat., April 4, at 10am Eastern, and repeat throughout the week. You can ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
In a new Jerusalem Issue Brief published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Scott Carpenter analyzes the new US approach to Middle East diplomacy :
The Obama administration marks the return of a so-called "realist" approach and an intentional downplaying of President Bush's vision of an America that would use ...
Posted in Israeli Foreign Affairs, Israeli politics, US Politics | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
In the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, the IDF has undertaken comprehensive investigations of its activities. Today (Monday March 30th), the army concluded one such investigation into claims made by graduates of the Rabin Military Preparation Center at a recent conference.
The Military Police investigation concluded that the allegations ...
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
by Noah Shack
Government Relations Research Associate, Canada-Israel Committee
The United Nations Human Rights Council today, Thursday March 26th, approved five anti-Israel resolutions which took issue with Israel's continued settlement activity, its treatment of West Bank Palestinians and its January military operation in Gaza.
Canada was the sole ...
Posted in Uncategorized, United Nations | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, reviews a comprehesive Globe and Mail essay by noted analyst Yossi Klein Halevi:
Yossi Klein Halevi, a contributing editor to The New Republic magazine and a senior fellow at the Adelson Institute for ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Media | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
In a piece for Hudson New York (affiliated with the Hudson Institute think tank), Jerusalem Post writer (and Israeli-Arab) Khaled Abu Toameh reflects on the anti-Israel vitriol beings served up at college campuses:
During a recent visit to several university campuses in the U.S., I discovered that there is more sympathy ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Israel was named the world's most efficient recycled water user in a United Nations report, issued in honour of International Water Day, March 22, 2009. The UN report also ranked Israel as one of the world's leaders in desalinated water use. Israel purifies and reuses almost 70 ...
Posted in Environment, Israel science & technology | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
David Weinberg, Director of the CIC Israel Office, is monitoring developments as Israeli Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu moves to complete his government.
Today, the Labor Party decided to ratify the deal that Ehud Barak has crafted leading Labor into Netanyahu's government. Here is breaking news coverage from the Jerusalem Post.
The ...
Posted in Israeli politics | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Here's a thought-provoking blog post by Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston. Not only does he take the media to task for its often one-sided coverage of Israel, he also admits to flaws in the Israeli psyche that make it difficult to correct the situation:
I was just in the States, speaking to members ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Israel Advocacy, Media | No Comments »
Friday, March 20th, 2009
There are 345 conflicts ongoing in the world today, but one gets more attention than all the others. Vilified: Telling Lies About Israel is a hard-hitting short film from the AJC (American Jewish Committee) exposing the lies and libels to which Israel has been subjected, particularly during ...
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