Archive for the ‘United Nations’ Category
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 ...
Posted in CIC Publications, Media, Palestinian affairs, United Nations | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Middle East, Palestinian affairs, United Nations | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The Jerusalem Post reports on Canadian MP Irwin Cotler's reaction to the UN committee following up the findings of the Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead:
By Herb Keinon,
Jerusalem Post
07/27/2010
The problem with the new UN committee following up the findings of the Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead is not its ...
Posted in Canadian Politics, Gaza conflict, United Nations | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
This article from Agence France-Presse looks at how Hamas is trying to influence Gaza's children via its summer camps, set up in oppostion to the United Nations' own summer camps:
A battle for the hearts and minds of children in the Gaza Strip has broken out with competing summer camps.
Both ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
This no-holds-barred look at the UN's compicity in Gazam by Asaf Romirowskym and Nicole Brackman, is published in the National Post's Full Comment section:
Israel was the first victim but won’t be the last
By Asaf Romirowsky and Nicole Brackman
Since 2007, Israel has maintained a legal maritime blockade around Gaza. Gaza is ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The Mail & Guardian, South Africa, recently ran this op-ed by Asher Susser, a Senior Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University and is presently a Visiting Professor at Brandeis University in the United States:
Israel is not above the law and not ...
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Ottawa, June 9th, 2010
The Canada-Israel Committee (CIC) today welcomed United Nations Security Council resolution 1929, imposing additional international sanctions against Iran.
"The Iranian government's drive towards nuclear weapons poses a grave threat to the stability of the Middle East and to the security of the State of Israel," said ...
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
by Celia Michonik
Chairperson
Public Affairs, UN and NGO Dept, World WIZO
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Every year, at this commission, representatives of 45 member states, international organizations, NGOs and civil society gather at the UN ...
Posted in Iran, United Nations | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
by Noah Shack
Government Relations Research Associate, Canada-Israel Committee
On May 3rd 2010, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference. As expected, Ahmadinejad denied Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and support for terrorism, instead launching a diatribe against Israel, the United States and their allies.
Canada did not attend Ahmadinejad’s ...
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
On the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
April 14, 2010
Thank you, Mr. President and let me also thank you for your stewardship of this Council. And thank you, Mr. Pascoe, for your comprehensive brief.
At the outset, I wish to express ...
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