Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
This is a statement delivered to the United Nations Human Rights Council this week by the NGO UN Watch, in response to the Goldstone Fact-Finding Mission on Gaza.
My name is Dr. Mirela Siderer. I am a gynecologist living in Ashkelon, Israel.
Judge Richard Goldstone, in July you invited me to testify. ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, United Nations | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Here is Rex Murphy's "Point of View" commentary from CBC's The National Sept. 24:
It wasn't a red-letter day for sanity at the United Nations yesterday. Moammar Gadhafi in particular put on a performance that would have stretched credibility even as a "Saturday Night Live" skit. In 93 minutes the world ...
Posted in Canadian Politics, Iran, Media, United Nations | 3 Comments »
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at a distorted view of Resolution 242, and the hypocritical views of Naomi Klein.
A recent New York Times op-ed by Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi ambassador to the United States, highlights why ...
Posted in Israeli culture, Media, Middle East, United Nations | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
If the leader of the Palestinian Authority genuinely steps forward and says, we recognize the State of Israel, we're willing to make peace with the Jewish state, and it will be a peace of the recognition and security, then my government will make peace.
WOLF BLITZER, ...
Posted in Israeli Foreign Affairs, Israeli politics, Media, Palestinian affairs | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Some 120 rare coins dating from the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans, 132-35 CE, have been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University. The archaeologists say the find proves the theory that Jews found refuge in the Judean Hills ...
Posted in Israeli History and Archaeology | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Here is a High Holiday message from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Dear Friends,
As Jewish communities around the world celebrate Rosh Hashana 5770, I want to wish you all a Shana Tova from Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
Rosh Hashana offers all of ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
A recent case in Quebec Superior Court sought to punish Canadian companies involved in construction of housing units in Bil'in, a village near Jerusalem that was part of Jordanian territory captured by Israel in 1967. The plaintiffs, the Village of Bil'in and the heirs of its ...
Posted in Canada-Israel co-operation, Canadian Politics, Israeli Foreign Affairs | No Comments »
Monday, September 21st, 2009
In this New York Times op-ed, former Haaretz editor David Landau argues that the Goldstone report's biased mandate precludes any discussion of how to fight an asymmetrical war.
New York Timesm September 20, 2009
Op-Ed Contributor
The Gaza Report’s Wasted Opportunity
By David Landau
ISRAEL intentionally went after civilians in Gaza — and wrapped its ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, Media | 1 Comment »
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Our warmest wishes for a happy and healthy New Year filled with peace and joy for all.
Posted in Community, Judaism | No Comments »
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Here's an op-ed in the National Post by Amir R. Gissi, Israel’s Consul General for Toronto and Western Canada:
Branding Israel
by Amir Gissin,
National Post, Sept. 18
For over two weeks now, Toronto has been the arena for a bitter struggle between Israel bashers and Israel supporters. John Greyson used a distorted quote ...
Posted in Israeli Foreign Affairs, Israeli culture | 3 Comments »
