Analysis
Friday, January 23rd 2015
After the recent spate of killings in Paris, French President François Hollande said that, “these fanatics have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.”[1] Hollande’s words whitewash rather than clarify the problem, but his statement was just one of the many events in the aftermath of the Paris murders which merit further attention. Among […]
Wednesday, January 14th 2015 / Wednesday, January 14th 2015
If Israel were to have a central counter-propaganda unit, one of its functions would be to address the regular abuse of semantics used to demonize the country. Two expressions of such abuse which easily come to mind are the repeated misuse of international humanitarian law by Western authorities, as well as the term “disproportionality” where […]
Tuesday, December 30th 2014
Last Wednesday, the police detained for questioning dozens of public officials on suspicions of participation in a criminal network of money laundering, bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. The police claim that Deputy Interior Minister Faina Kirschenbaun of Israel Beitenu (“Israel is our Home”) played a leading role in this network. After questioning, she was […]
Monday, December 29th 2014 / Monday, December 29th 2014
Anyone feeling the need for a quick boost of morale should take a quick look at the site http://www.markhumphreys.com/left.html where he can watch an incredibly brave man, Robert Spencer, the Director of Jihad Watch, as he speaks to a crowd of secular-left and Islamist groups at a Pax Europe rally in Suttgart, Germany, in […]
Monday, December 22nd 2014 / Monday, December 22nd 2014
The definitive decision to dissolve the 19th Knesset was taken on the 8th of December by a vote of 93 for dissolution, and zero against. It also confirmed the election date for the 20th Knesset for March 17, 2015.[1] The following days were dominated by two events, one taking place within the center […]
Wednesday, December 17th 2014 / Tuesday, December 30th 2014
THE POWER OF EVENTS: ISRAEL’S SUDDEN ELECTION & INCREASING TERRORISM, ARE COMPLICATED BY THE U.S.’S M.E. AMBIVALENCE Frederick Krantz It is an old dictum that sudden, unexpected events change politics. The collapse of Israel’s governing coalition means a March election and new uncertainty, and this as terrorism continues, in […]
Thursday, December 11th 2014 / Thursday, December 11th 2014
From Israzine Nov., 2014: "Zionism, An Indigenous Struggle: Aboriginal Americans and the Jewish State" The ability to see resemblances between ancient Judaism and savage religions was a result, at least in part, of the overlapping stereotypes of savages and contemporary Jews in the European imagination. Sifting through the writings on Judaism and heathenism during […]
From Israzine Nov., 2014: "Zionism, An Indigenous Struggle: Aboriginal Americans and the Jewish State" I have some interesting conversations sometimes. That comes from being Métis. Métis are known as the “bridge people,” which means that we are often seen as the go-betweens for white people and Indians. What it really means is that we […]
Tuesday, December 9th 2014 / Tuesday, December 9th 2014
From Israzine Nov., 2014: "Zionism, An Indigenous Struggle: Aboriginal Americans and the Jewish State" My name is Uqittuk Mark and I’ve lived my whole life in Ivujivik, an isolated, ice-swept village of 380 people located in the Nunavik region, 2,000 kilometers north of Montreal, Quebec. Ivujivik means “Place where ice accumulates because of strong […]
From Israzine Nov., 2014: "Zionism, An Indigenous Struggle: Aboriginal Americans and the Jewish State" In these days of change, (Aren’t they all…and haven’t they always been) I wanted to share some of my own experience of being born in a liminal place and of a liminal status. Always on the cusp of beginnings and […]
Monday, December 8th 2014 / Thursday, September 17th 2015
Having followed debates over the recently-opened Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), I was eager to visit the site on a recent trip to Winnipeg. Many criticisms of the museum focus on the lack of content addressing Canada’s human rights abuses (e.g., towards First Nations communities). After visiting the museum I […]
Monday, December 8th 2014
The kindling of lights at Hannukah remembers the history of the Jewish People. Their legacy is to share a commitment to Jewish values. We light candles to review our faith in ourselves, in each other, in our people, and in our State of Israel. Hanukkah is the festival of Am Israel, the festival of a […]
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