By William A. Cook* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
As an American living under Bush's Military Commission's Act, I feel a bit unnerved when charged with "allegations" of hate crimes issued by Canada's Council on Human Rights, "allegations" made by an unidentified group against the editors of "Peace, Earth and Justice," (PEJ Internet publications), and specifically [...]
By Alan Hart* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
I had to struggle with myself to decide which of two headlines was most appropriate for this article – the one above or "The hard core of lunatics are pulling up the drawbridge".
A Jewish friend in Canada drew my attention to an article in the Jewish Ledger, an [...]
As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine.
In 2008, the Israeli government and Canadian partners [...]
Canada's leaders swoon over Israel
By ROSIE DIMANNO
Have you hugged a Jew today?
Couldn't hurt, on any day, given some worrisome trends in Canada – though less here than in Europe – to demonize both Jews and Israel, particularly via the rubric of anti-Zionism, which anybody with half a brain recognizes for what it is: The same [...]
By Karin Friedemann
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayad has made a formal complaint to the Canadian government regarding the intention of Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum to collaborate with the Israel Antiquities Authority to host "Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World" from June 27 to January 3, 2010.
Palestinian Archaeological Department Director-General Hamdan Taha explains, [...]
How Those Who Kill Can Enter Canada While Those Who Save Lives Are Barred
By Joshua Blakeney
World renowned, award winning journalist John Pilger commented on George Galloway's autobiography: "Galloway's work has saved countless lives, particularly in Iraq". This is an accurate statement about the record of the five-times elected British MP who was described by Canadian [...]
This idiotic ban shames Canada:
Also tagged Ban Banned, George-Galloway, Israel, Zionism, ZionistCanadian Prime Minister Steven Harper's government publicly supported Israel's brutal assault on Gaza and voted alone at the UN Human Rights Committee in defense of Israel's actions three weeks ago. Now Canada has taken over Israeli diplomacy. Literally.
In solidarity with Gaza, Venezuela expelled Israel's ambassador at the start of the bombardment and then broke off [...]
Quebec university profs & workers demand an academic boycott of Israel:
We are a group of teachers and employees at Quebec colleges and universities who stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and with the people of Gaza who have suffered through the Israeli siege as targets of Israel’s brutal military attack. It will take more [...]
It is something of an axiom of Jewish life that "Is it good for the Jews?" remains the litmus test of Jewish communal activity – in other words, interest over principles. A good example is free speech. There can be little doubt that the organized Jewish community sees free speech as a problem because it [...]
Also tagged ADL, Censorship, hate, Israel, Jewish, Palestine, Zionism, ZionistA MUST SEE VIDEO
Greg Felton, a Canadian investigative reporter and author, spoke on Feb. 25, 2008 at the Vancouver Public Library about his controversial book, "The Host and The Parasite" Watch 30-minute video of his presentation and 30-minute highlights of the heated questions and answers.
Part 1: presentation of Greg Felton, author of "The Host and [...]
by Kim Petersen / via Dissident Voice
In a 60 Minutes interview from 1996, then US ambassador to the UN, Madeleine Albright infamously quipped of the deaths of half a million Iraqi children to maintain US policy: "… we think the price is worth it."1 On 24 September, a prominent Canadian politician said that the collective [...]
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently made outrageously ignorant comments on the plight of the Palestinian people.
He claimed that criticism of and opposition to the Israeli policies of ethnic cleansing and apartheid against the Palestinian people amounted to "anti-Semitism."
"Unfortunately, Israel at 60 remains a country under threat – threatened by those groups and regimes who [...]
Another analysis about this story from Michael Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. (He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.)
Also tagged Guantanamo, Human Rights, Israel, Torture, USA, VideosImage by: Carlos Latuff
Couple of days ago, reuters had a story that said: "Canada places U.S. and Israel on torture watch list". Today, the same story link was updated and replaced to say: "Canada takes U.S., Israel off torture watchlist".
The original story is no more available, but the magic of the internet always keeps a [...]
