Archive for March, 2009
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
CIC board member Father Raymond J. De Souza has an op-ed in the Mar. 19 National Post:
'Conflict management' replaces the 'peace process' in Israel
At Knesset meetings yesterday with recently elected members from Israel's various parties, I heard more references to "conflict management" than I did to the "peace process." That ...
Posted in Israeli Foreign Affairs, Israeli politics | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
An Israeli energy startup wants to turn rush hour traffic into electricity. Innowattech, an energy company affiliated with Israel's Technion Institute of Technology, said generators placed under roads, railways and runways can harvest enough energy from passing vehicles to mass-produce electricity. You can read more in the Calgary Herald.
You can ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Environment, Israel science & technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
The MERIA (Midle East Review of International Affairs) Journal recently published "Perceptions of the Middle East and the Gaza War: Views from Key Countries." The Canadian section, by the CIC's Paul Michaels, Director of Communications, and Noah Shack, Government Relations Research Associate, follows:
Summary
Initial reactions to Operation Cast Lead among the ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Gaza conflict | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
News Release
March 16, 2009
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the announcement of a program of action agreed to at a meeting of experts in London on March 13 to prevent the smuggling of arms, ammunition and related material into the Gaza Strip. Canada is participating in this ...
Posted in Canada-Israel co-operation, Canadian Politics, Gaza conflict | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 16th, 2009
According to international laws governing of armed conflict, mosques used for military purposes lose the special protection afforded houses of worship and may become legitimate targets for attack.
In a new report, the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC), looks at this issue ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, Israeli Foreign Affairs | No Comments »
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Here's a moving video. New Israeli Knesset Member Shlomo Mula (Kadima) describes his harrowing and ultimately successful journey from Ethiopia to Israel.
Posted in Israel Advocacy, Israeli Foreign Affairs, Israeli politics | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks beyond the "hard right wing" label the media use to describe Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu.
Writes Michaels: Overwhelmingly, journalists describe Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, whom Israeli President Shimon Peres has asked ...
Posted in Israeli Election, Israeli politics | No Comments »
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
David Weinberg, Director of the CIC Israel Office, is monitoring developments as Israeli Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu moves to complete his government.
Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu seems set to present a new government to the Knesset by next Wednesday. He had hoped to bring into cabinet several high-profile, professional ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Israeli skaters Alexandra Zaretski and Roman Zaretski won the gold medal in the ice dance competition at the Harbin Winter Universiade, held recently in China. The brother-and-sister pair, who were ninth at the 2008 World Championships and silver medalists in the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy competition, are likely to compete for ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Sports | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Recently, the Canada-Israel Committee, in collaboration with CJPAC and the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group, held the third annual 'Israeli Wines Meet Canadian Cheese' event.
A majority of the MPs, dozens of Senators, Parliamentary staff, political insiders and Jewish community leaders celebrated together the deep friendship between Canada and Israel. Israeli Ambassador Miriam ...
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