Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category

According to Reports: Five Year Later, Hariri Murder Probe Goes Nowhere

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 ...

Deputy Israeli FM Ayalon Addresses IISS on Mideast issues

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

[caption id="attachment_3491" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Deputy FM Ayalon addressing the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London (Photo: MFA)"][/caption]Here is a report from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon spoke on Monday (8 February 2010) at the prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Ayalon ...

Ottawa Citizen Editorial: Why the World Ignores Suicide Bombers in Arab/Muslim Countries

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 ...

Segev: Lots Of Peace Plans, A Little Progress

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

In today’s Winnipeg Free Press, veteran Mideast columnist Samuel Segev analyzes the latest efforts to kickstart the dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process: Lots of peace plans, a little progress By Samuel Segev Winnipeg Free Press, 25/01/2010 TEL AVIV -- Israel and the Arab world on Wednesday will be watching with great ...

CJPME Distorts the Truth on Middle East

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

CJPME (Canadian for Justice and Peace in the Middle East) continues to distort the truth in its reporting of events in the Middle East and Canadian foreign policy. In their most recent campaign on UNRWA funding, they claim that "Last week, the Harper government quietly announced that after decades of ...

Israel’s Response to Haiti Leads Mideast – By Far

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

[caption id="attachment_3373" align="alignright" width="150" caption="An IDF doctor tends to a patient at the field hospital in Haiti."][/caption]As we have noted in a previous blog post, Israel's response to the earthquake in Haiti was very fast and efficient, moblizing a state-of-the-art field hospital that was - for over a week -  ...

Christy Clark Show on CKNW Interviews Regina Waldman on Jews from Arab Lands

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Prominent human rights activist Regina Waldman, Chair of JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa), was recently on a Pacific region speaking tour, sponsored by the Canada-Israel Committee. While in Vancouver, Ms. Waldman was a guest on the  Christy Clark Show, where she shared her personal story ...

New from the BESA Center: The Two-State Solution: Practical or Passé?

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Last summer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a landmark diplomatic policy address at The Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University, in which he laid out the terms under which Israel could support a two-state solution. In the latest issue of the BESA Bulletin, BESA experts and associated ...

According to Reports: Full Story of Gaza Smuggling Tunnels Goes Untold

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, ...

Daily Gleaner Op-Ed: The State of Israel Must Be Universally Recognized

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The following was published by the Daily Gleaner (Fredericton) in response to a previous op-ed, The Israelis and Palestinians are in dire need of a divorce, by Navid Majid. The State of Israel must be universally recognized Published Wednesday December 16th, 2009 By DAVID MURRELL In a recent op-ed column, Naveed Majid used the ...