By Murray Dobbin, rabble.ca, Jan. 31, 2011 The photographs are as stunning as they are inspiring. The world is now totally focused on the democratic rebellion in Egypt. President Hosni Mubarak, the dictator who Israel relies on for its current…
Tag: Israel-Palestine
Revival of a Military Option: Israel’s Covert War Against Iran Is On
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Global Research, January 26, 2011 After talks in Istanbul between Iran and the West on its nuclear program broke down on January 22, the danger of revival of a military option looms large. It may not come…
The Palestine Papers
By Gregg Carlstrom, Al Jazeera, Jan. 23, 2011 Over the last several months, Al Jazeera has been given unhindered access to the largest-ever leak of confidential documents related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are nearly 1,700 files, thousands of pages…
Gaza and Israel: Canada’s double standards
By Yves Engler, Electronic Intifada, Jan. 13, 2011 Canada’s tax system currently subsidizes Israeli settlements that Ottawa deems illegal, however, the Conservative government says there’s nothing that can be done about it. In June of last year, Guelph activist Dan…
Manitoba MLAs urged to allow free debate on Israeli apartheid
By Paul S. Graham Last April, the Manitoba Legislature debated a resolution calling on the provincial government to “denounce Israeli Apartheid Week as divisive, promoting intolerance and undermining a balanced debate of the Israeli-Palestinian question.” The resolution was never put…
Banning Israel anti-apartheid weeks at universities: a reply to David Matas, Senior Legal Counsel, B’nai Brith
By Howard S. Davidson “If this bloc of millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state.” Ehud Barak, Israel’s Minister of Defence, February 2010 “There is no apartheid in Israel,” writes David Matas, senior legal counsel for…
Gazan youth issue manifesto to vent their anger with all sides
By Ana Carbajosa, The Observer/Guardian, Jan. 2, 2011 An anonymous group of students has created a document to express their frustration born of Hamas’s violent crackdowns on ‘western decadence’, the destruction wreaked by Israel’s attacks and the political games played…
Canadian Boat to Gaza campaign is legal, ethical, and necessary
By David Heap and Derrick O’Keefe, Straight.com, Dec. 31, 2010 The Canadian Boat to Gaza initiative continues to be a target for a smear campaign that has little regard for law or facts. Rather incredibly, the executive of the University…
Palestinian president hosts rare meeting with Israeli legislators, activists
By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh, The Associated Press, Dec. 19, 2010 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hosted dozens of Israeli legislators and activists Sunday, and urged them to relay a simple message to the Israeli public — he is serious…
Dear Minister Melnick
Today Peace Alliance Winnipeg sent a letter to Christine Melnick, Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship, expressing concern over remarks attributed to her in the Winnipeg Jewish Review that indicated it was unacceptable for the Brandon NDP Women’s Association to endorse…