Archive for February, 2010
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at how the media ignored an important Mideast story - the fifth anniversary of the murder of Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. Early last week, the media's foreign affairs gaze was ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_3562" align="alignright" width="150" caption="The Calgary skyline."][/caption]Israel will open a trade office in Calgary in the spring, its first in Western Canada. Jonathan Levy, the country's consul general for economic affairs to Canada, said the office is part of a pilot project aimed at increasing Israel's trade relationship with the ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The video below, produced by young Canadian advocates for Israel, has been making the viral rounds. Some find it too sexy - what do you think?
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
An Unholy Alliance With the Chávez Regime? by Sara Saber-FreedmanExecutive Vice President, CIC Even those who are critical of Israeli policies may find it hard to understand why any organization with the word “Jewish” in its name would be encouraging its members to participate in a rally supporting the Chavez ...
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Here's an interesting post from the blog Divest This! Some quick thoughts about a topic I’ve mentioned here before: how to best measure the success (or failure) of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) "movement." In thinking about this subject, I was reminded of the one and only performance ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at coverage of Iran announcing its latest nuclear enrichment capabilities. Last week, Iran once again dominated foreign news coverage, this time with its announcement that it was pushing ahead with ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, was heckled at UC Irvine by anti-Israel students, February 8, 2010. He persevered, completing his speech, while the anti-free speech students were thrown out and arrested. The video below, by Stand With Us, shows both the hecklers and Oren's remarkable grace under ...
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
More good news on the economic front: Israel's economy grew by 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, its fastest pace in nearly two years. Exports - which account for nearly half of Israel's economic activity - surged 33 percent in the fourth quarter. You can find out more ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Israel's first NBA player, the Sacramento Kings' Omri Casspi, is featured in this ad for Nike:
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, says that, despite having no evidence, some reporters are ready to find Israel guilty of an alleged assassination attempt. Assassinations, even alleged assassinations, in the Middle East are bound to attract ...
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