Archive for the ‘Palestinian affairs’ Category
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
by Stephen McDonald, Communications Consultant, Canada-Israel Committee
A quick list of ten modest steps the Palestinian Authority can take to build trust, create an atmosphere of cooperation, and build the foundation for a future Palestinian state.
Acknowledge Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.
Although Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has recognized ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
On Sat. Aug. 28, the Globe and Mail ran a cautiously optimistic op-ed by Aluf Benn, editor-at-large of Haaretz:
The announcement of the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks has been greeted by an indifferent Israeli public. Politicians and pundits lamented the effort as yet another futile exercise in diplomacy, the product ...
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010
by Uri Goldflam
As pressure for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority continued to rise, PA President Mahmoud Abbas continued to stall. He was refusing to climb down from the tree that U.S President Barack Obama planted last year ("full construction freeze in settlements").
Meanwhile, the moratorium on building ...
Posted in Israeli Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Palestinian affairs | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column "According to Reports," Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, says a recent column explains how the UN perpetuates the Palestinian refugee problem.
How is it that 60 years after Palestinians became refugees following the creation of the State of Israel, those ...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
National Post columnist Robert Fulford explores how Palestinians have remained permanent victims:
Refugees? Canadians, even if their families have lived here for centuries, know something about refugees. We know Hungarians, we know Vietnamese, we know many others. We admire their energy and their accomplishments. Observing them can be a bracing lesson ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
The Palestinian Authority is accused of corruption by many but receives more humanitarian aid per capita from the international community than any other country in the world. The billions of dollars that are meant for schools, hospitals and infrastructure have been spent on luxury villas, casinos and payments to terrorists. ...
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
In this New York Times op-ed, Efraim Karsh, a professor of Middle East and Mediterranean studies at King’s College London, writes that the Arab states are actually not interested in helping the Palestinian cause:
It has long been conventional wisdom that the resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a prerequisite to ...
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Here is an opinion piece by Danny Ayalon, Israel's deputy minister of foreign affairs, published in the July 29 Wall Street Journal:
The Flotilla Farce
Whether they are from Turkey, Ireland or Cyprus, those that participate reek of hypocrisy.
By DANNY AYALON
A couple of years ago, a Palestinian refugee camp was encircled and ...
Posted in Gaza conflict, Hamas, Israeli Foreign Affairs, Israeli politics, Lebanon, Palestinian affairs | No Comments »
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Here is an article by Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs:
Foreign Minister Lieberman's plan to assist the Gaza Strip in becoming an independent entity has encountered wall-to-wall Palestinian opposition. The dual-headed Palestinian ...
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
This column is by Lorne Gunter of the National Post:
A shopping mall opened in Gaza City last weekend. It is called, appropriately enough, Gaza Mall and even has a website (gazamall. ps) complete with a catchy logo, and ads for "Israeli men's trousers at an attractive price" and shirts from ...
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