Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at coverage of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rant at Durban II.
The April 20 opening session of the UN-sponsored "Durban II" anti-racism conference in Geneva quickly became a farce, as Iran's President ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Iran, Media, United Nations | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Here's another op-ed on the misguided efforts to get Mountain Equipment Co-op to boycott Israel:
The slanderous campaign against MEC
Anti-Israeli members want the co-op to boycott supplier from Israel despite outstanding record
by Michael Elterman, Vancouver Sun
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Why would socially progressive consumers boycott a company that donates a percentage of ...
Posted in Canada-Israel co-operation, Community | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
To celebrate Israel’s 61st birthday, on Wednesday, April 29, beginning at 10:50 p.m. Israel time, communities from around the world will join together to sing Hatikva, Israel's national anthem, Last year, this event broke the Guinness Book of Records for the number of people singing a national ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Community, Israel Advocacy | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
The Calgary Herald and the Vancouver Sun have come out against the proposed Mountain Equipment Co-op boycott of Israel. We have posted excepts from two columns and an editorial below, with links to the full articles:
Teachers' groups and Hamas versus Israel
By Mark Milke, Calgary Herald
April 26, 2009
Reasonable people likely missed ...
Posted in Canada-Israel co-operation, Community | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 27th, 2009
Human Rights Watch has called on Hamas to end the killngs and torture of its political opponents and suspected collaborators in Gaza.
The NGO recently issued 26-page report, "Under Cover of War: Hamas Political Violence in Gaza," which documents a pattern since late December 2008 of arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, ...
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
Here is a new Special Report from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs:
Defensible Borders on the Golan Heights
by Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland
In the years 1999-2000, Israeli-Syrian negotiations reached the stage of discussion over details that included security arrangements intended to compensate Israel for the loss of the Golan Heights. When ...
Posted in Israeli Foreign Affairs, Middle East | No Comments »
Friday, April 24th, 2009
On April 23, BC-based CIC board member Michael Elterman was a guest on the Christy Clark Show, discussing the proposed boycott of Israeli products by Mountain Equipment Co-op. A lively debate with callers ensued.
Click here to listen to the Christie Clark Show in MP3 format (17:37 minutes)
Related posts:
Mountain Equipment Co-op’s Ethical ...
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
This column is from the Globe and Mail, April 24:
Iran's president a symbol of a new anti-Semitism
by Marcus Gee
According to Iran's state news agency, there was a "sensational scene" awaiting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he came home from a United Nations anti-racism conference in Geneva this week.
Mr. Ahmadinejad told the ...
Posted in Iran, United Nations | No Comments »
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
With community interest regarding a possible boycott of Israeli products by Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) running high, the CIC would like to emphasize that MEC already has an excellent policy on ethical sourcing which should not be changed.
In fact, MEC has a blog devoted to Ethical Sourcing that includes two ...
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently released "Human Shields in3D" a short video that describes, through 3D models, the exploitation of Palestinian civilians by Hamas in its terrorist warfare against Israel and its citizens.
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas | No Comments »
