Archive for October, 2009
Friday, October 30th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at coverage of the contentious UN-sponsored Goldstone report.
The controversial Goldstone report, released in mid-September, remains a hot news topic. Written under a mandate crafted by the notorious UN Human Rights ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Gaza conflict, Hamas, Media | No Comments »
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
UNGA Update
by Noah Shack
Government Relations Research Associate, Canada-Israel Committee
On Oct. 27, the draft resolution “risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East” was passed in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Canada abstained on this vote, as it has since 2006 when it shifted its vote from ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
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Ancient foot and sandal prints were found by Israeli archaeologists removing a mosaic floor for conservation in Lod. The mosaic, discovered in 1996 but only now being restored, is one of the biggest and most remarkable found in Israel, and ...
Posted in Israeli History and Archaeology | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Here's the CIC's news release about our recent event - Democracy in Action: Crisis in Iran:
Canada-Israel Committee Hosts "Democracy in Action: Crisis in Iran" in Ottawa/Gatineau, October 27, 2009
For Immediate Release
Oct. 28, 2009
Yesterday's conference hosted by the Canada-Israel Committee, "Democracy in Action: Crisis in Iran," was meant to challenge ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Iran, Israeli Foreign Affairs, Media | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Here is an opinion piece by Steven Edwards of the National Post:
The two faces of Human Rights watch
Imagine the confusion for Gaza's Hamas leader Ismail Haniya: In a single day, he opens his mail to find a letter from Human Rights Watch that calls on him to "investigate" rocket firings ...
Posted in Hamas, Media, Middle East | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Here is a press release from the Office of the President of Israel:
President Shimon Peres conducted a work meeting with the Canadian Foreign Minister, Mr. Lawrence Cannon, guest of the Israeli Presidential Conference 2009. At the start of the meeting President Peres told Minister Cannon that Israel places great importance ...
Posted in Canada-Israel co-operation | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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Interest in food safety is growing, with recalls of everything from sliced meat to spinach making the headlines. To help keep you safe from dangerous food poisoning, Israeli startup MS-Tech is developing a hand-held device ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
Director General Yossi Gal hosted today the annual Israel-Canada high level bilateral consultations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. The Canadian delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Leonard Edwards. This latest round of consultations follows a previous meeting convened in Ottawa in ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
We want to advise all of our CIC Scene readers that Independent Jewish Voices is announcing the cancellation of an SPHR (Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights) fundraiser for Gaza that was scheduled for this evening in Toronto. While they cite “unforeseen circumstances”, we suspect that the level of interest in ...
Posted in Community, Israel Advocacy, Uncategorized | 12 Comments »
