Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at coverage of the United States making overtures to Iran. In "Fanning the winds of war" (Winnipeg Free Press, March 2) Samuel Segev wrote about how, following the appointment of ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at how the media is focused on the issue of settlements to the exclusion of other important factors. In his Feb. 19 Globe and Mail opinion piece, “The latest U.S. ...
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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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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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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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Monday, February 8th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_3479" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Darryl Sittler (left) and Paul Hederson (right) with Canada's ambassador to Israel Jon Allen."][/caption]Here is the Canadian Jewish News feature on the recent visit of hockey greats Darryl Sittler and Paul Henderson to Israel: Hockey heroes visit the Holy LandBy JENNY HAZAN, CJN Israel Bureau Thursday, ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, disputes recent reports that contend Hamas is moderating its position. From time to time reports appear in the media indicating that Hamas is in the midst of moderating its rejectionist stand ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
This editorial from the Ottawa Citizen asks some pointed questions about suicide bombers: See no evilOttawa CitizenFebruary 3, 2010 A mass murder took place this week: A female suicide blew herself up in a crowd that included women and children, killing dozens. You might not have heard about this because ...
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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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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at the coverage of Israel's response to the earthquake in Haiti. The devastating earthquake in Haiti dominated the news last week. And on the U.S. television networks, several news reports ...
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