Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Here's an opinion piece published on the Toronto Star website:
Middle East conference anything but academic
by Na'ama Carmi
June 30, 2009
I hesitated whether to accept the invitation to participate in the conference at York University on "Models of Statehood in Israel/Palestine."
Such conferences, even when organized with goodwill, are frequently hijacked and ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Anti-Israel activity and campaigns in the medical press are unfortunately nothing new; however they have reached a new "low" in the last few months. The most recent manifestation of the anti-Israel phenomenon infecting the medical world is a letter spearheaded by Dr. Derek Summerfield and signed by 725 physicians, "publicly ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs recently held a conference titled "Hamas, the Gaza War and Accountability Under International Law."
At the event, Daniel Taub, Director General Law Division, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described four considerations when entering a conflict: military necessity, necessary distinction, proportionality and humanity. These issues were ...
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
Here is a recent e-mail from the UJA Federation of Toronto:
Now that the controversial York University conference called Israel/Palestine: Mapping Models of Statehood and Paths to Peace has ended, UJA Federation and CIJA (Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy) wanted to provide you as soon as possible with a ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
From the June 25 Vancouver Province:
Loaded Exams are no way to Learn History
Someone at the British Columbia Education Ministry thought it a good idea to include a multiple-choice question on Middle East politics as part of a practice test for students taking the History 12 provincial exams.
But rather than ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
David Weinberg, Director the CIC's Israel office, comments on the Obama and Netanyahu speeches, the settlement dispute, the turmoil in Iran – and the interplay between them:
Prof. Efraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University (where Prime Minister Netanyahu gave his major policy address last ...
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Here is an item communicated by the Israeli Foreign Minister's Bureau after FM Liberman's visit to Ottawa yesterday:
June 22, 2009
FM Liberman meets with Canadian ministers in Ottowa
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman met on Monday, 22 June, in Ottawa with his Canadian counterpart, Lawrence Cannon, and ...
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
From the June 23rd National Post, here is an article by Steven Scheinberg and Neil Caplan from Canadian Friends of Peace Now.
One State is No Solution
A conference with the objective of advancing a so-called "one-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began yesterday at York University in Toronto. The conference's title ...
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Here is a news release from the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Canon after his meeting with Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman
June 22, 2009
Meeting of Foreign Ministers Strengthens Canada-Israel Partnership
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Avigdor Liberman, Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ...
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
From the June 20 Calgary Herald:
Editorial: Israel Still at Risk
The ongoing furor in Iran over the disputed presidential election might appear to be a harbinger of imminent positive change in the tense and gloomy Middle East, but appearances are misleading. No matter how the conflict between incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and ...
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