Archive for the ‘Palestinian affairs’ Category
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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, January 14th, 2010
In a change of policy, the Canadian government has decided to reallocate its annual $11m general contribution to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) to direct food aid to the Palestinians. The food aid remains a part of UNRWA. The apparent rationale ...
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
This Jerusalem Post article and Bar-Ilan University BESA Center monograph, is receommended reading from David Weinberg, Director of the CIC Israel Office: Eiland calls to establish 'US of Jordan'By Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post Jan. 9, 2010 Forget a two-state solution, the way to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to create ...
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently issued the following update: Behind the headlines: The Palestinian refusal to negotiate peace 4 Jan 2010 The consistent rejection by Palestinians of Israeli peace initiatives and its current refusal to negotiate leaves Israel questioning whether its neighbors are in fact committed to peace. ...
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Here's an op-ed from the January 3 Edmonton Journal:
Israel's stubborn democracy serves friends and foes alike
High court rules to allow Palestinians to use forbidden highway
By Lorne Gunter, Edmonton Journal
Israel gets an undeservedly rough ride from Western governments, media and non-governmental organizations, or NGOs. It is called a baby killer, an ...
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Choir caught in disharmony
By Tim Franks
BBC News, Jerusalem
It should be a time of unalloyed joy for Tim Brown. The director of one of Britain's most well-regarded choirs is beginning a six-concert tour of Israel this week.
The choir of Clare College, Cambridge, will be singing Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Here is an important op-ed from today Ha'aretz:
All of Palestine
By Ari Shavit
Ha’aretz, December 17, 2009
The cat is out of the bag: Palestine, all of Palestine. Standing before 100,000 people in the center of Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh this week declared the objective of the Hamas movement. The moderate prime minister of ...
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