Archive for the ‘Israel Advocacy’ Category
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
This article by the former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar was originally published in the The Times (UK):
If Israel goes down, we all go down
Anger over Gaza is a distraction. We cannot forget that Israel is the West’s best ally in a turbulent region
By José María Aznar
For far too ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, Israel Advocacy, Middle East | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Supporters of the Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) ethical sourcing policy and friends of Israel were pleased with the results of the recent MEC elections, released Thursday night. Here is a first person account of the AGM.
A report on the MEC AGM
by Dan Schloss, Canada-Israel Committee Pacific Region Manager, Advocacy
I made ...
Posted in BDS, Community, Israel Advocacy | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
New from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the 2010 Top Ten Anti-Israel Lies brochure debunks rumors about Israel and its people.
Here are some of the Lies and responses are as follows:
LIE: Israel was created by European guilt over the Nazi Holocaust. Why should Palestinians pay the price?
RESPONSE: Three thousand years before ...
Posted in Israel Advocacy | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Pilar Rahola is a Spanish politician, journalist and activist. Her articles are published in Spain and throughout some of the most important newspapers in Latin America. Here she addresses pro-Palestinian demonstrations:
Why don't we see demonstrations against Islamic dictatorships in London, Paris , Barcelona ?
Or demonstrations against the Burmese dictatorship? ...
Posted in Israel Advocacy, Israeli Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Palestinian affairs | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Here is a new video from Aish.com in honour of Yom Haatzmaut:
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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?
Posted in Israel Advocacy | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Israel Advocacy | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 14th, 2009
This excellent blog post from the Jewcy website takes on the Zionists-as-colonialists mythology:
The Myth of Jewish Colonialism
by Bataween, December 14, 2009
In much discourse about the Middle East, there is a widespread myth that Jews are interlopers from Europe and the US - white westerners who came to ‘colonise' and 'steal ...
Posted in Israel Advocacy, Israeli History and Archaeology | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
The Nov. 29 BUYcott Israel Action in support of Mountain Equipment Co-op's Ethical Sourcing Policy was an outstanding success right across Canada. Every city reported that many friends of Israel visited their local MEC outlets to enthusiastically purchase memberships in the co-op and Israeli produced goods.
Our team in Vancouver partnered ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
In a piece for Hudson New York (affiliated with the Hudson Institute think tank), Jerusalem Post writer (and Israeli-Arab) Khaled Abu Toameh looks at how many "pro-Palestinian" activists do nothing to actually help their cause:
In recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of non-Palestinians who describe ...
Posted in Israel Advocacy, Middle East, Palestinian affairs | 1 Comment »
