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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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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
This item by Dr. Alex Grobman was originally published by GM's Place.Com Many Church Leaders Remain Silent While Palestinian (Christian) Arabs Suffer at the Hands of Muslims On December 11, 2009, a group of Palestinian Christian leaders issued a 13 page document known as ”Kairos Palestine-2009: A moment of truth.” ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
We want to advise all of our CIC Scene readers that Independent Jewish Voices is announcing the cancellation of an SPHR (Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights) fundraiser for Gaza that was scheduled for this evening in Toronto. While they cite “unforeseen circumstances”, we suspect that the level of interest in ...
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs recently held a conference titled "Hamas, the Gaza War and Accountability Under International Law."
At the event, Daniel Taub, Director General Law Division, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described four considerations when entering a conflict: military necessity, necessary distinction, proportionality and humanity. These issues were ...
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
After yesterday's meeting between Jewish community leaders and PA President Mahmoud Abbas, CIC Chair Moshe Ronen was interviewed by Kol Yisrael-Israel Radio about the meeting. In the wide-ranging discussion, Ronen shares some insights into what the community discussed with Abbas, and his responses, including the fact that once a settlement ...
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer in women worldwide, but early identification greatly increases the survival rate. And that may now be possible thanks to Israeli firm Zetiq Technologies Ltd., which has successfully completed clinical trials for its new system that can detect pre-cancerous ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Below is the transcript from the media briefing following yesterday's meeting between the two leaders.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, listen, I first of all want to thank Prime Minister Netanyahu for making this visit. I think we had a extraordinarily productive series of conversations, not only between the two of us but also at ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Today - May 11 - is the 60th anniversary of relations between Canada and Israel. Both countries acknowledged their long and close friendship with government statements:
Canada Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Israel
May 11, 2009
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement commemorating 60 ...
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
by Noah Shack
Government Relations Research Associate, Canada-Israel Committee
The United Nations Human Rights Council today, Thursday March 26th, approved five anti-Israel resolutions which took issue with Israel's continued settlement activity, its treatment of West Bank Palestinians and its January military operation in Gaza.
Canada was the sole ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
MEMRI has posted an important video to show the world what Hamas really is:
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