Archive for the ‘Gaza conflict’ Category
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
This editorial by the Times (UK) comes highly recommended by David Weinberg, Director of the CIC Israel Office: The TimesFebruary 2, 2010White PhosphorusIsrael is a nation both keen and able to hold itself to account "Israel is becoming a Middle Eastern country," predicted the writer Amos Oz in 1979. "I ...
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently issued the following update: Gaza Operation Investigations: Update Jan 2010 On 29 January 2010, Israel released a 46-page Paper, Gaza Operation Investigations: Update, which describes Israel's procedures for the investigation of allegations of violations of the Law of Armed Conflict. The Paper focuses ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at the lack of coverage for the Gaza "aid" convoy. Even a few years ago, radical British MP George Galloway's PR stunt earlier this month to pressure Cairo into allowing ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Multi-million Dollar Publicity Stunt Reveals Gaza Marchers’ True Objectives by Noah Shack Government Relations Research Associate, Canada-Israel Committee "Could our resources have been more wisely used? Without a doubt, though it's easier to criticize than to envision." – David Symons, a 'Gaza Freedom March' participant. In response to an endless ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, takes a look at an Egyptian scheme to stop smuggling into Gaza.
On Dec. 9, the BBC reported from Cairo that, according to unnamed intelligence sources, Egypt, helped by American army engineers, ...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, discusses an excellent piece about the controversial UN-sponsored Goldstone report.
The Goldstone report, which accused Israel of war crimes during last winter’s Gaza conflict, continues to wend its way through the ...
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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 ...
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
The following is from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs:
On September 15, 2009, the Gaza Fact-Finding Mission, headed by Justice Goldstone, released a 575-page report in which it analyzed the military actions during Operation Cast Lead, also known as the Israel-Gaza war of December-January 2008-2009. The report has been criticized ...
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Michael Elterman, chair of the Canada-Israel Committee Pacific Region, wrote this commentary for the Georgia Straight in response to ‘Gaza shocks Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire’, published in the Straight Sept. 24.
Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire's good intentions promote anti-Semitism
by Michael Elterman
Georgia Straight, Oct. 6, 2009
There are people with good intentions who ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
by Noah Shack
Government Relations Research Associate, Canada-Israel Committee
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on the Goldstone Report has been deferred to its next session in hopes of “giving more time for a broad based and comprehensive consideration” of the report’s conclusions. Following a failure to reach ...
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