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IRAN: PRECONDITIONS AND PROVOCATIONS Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, February 10, 2011 The January 21-22 meeting in Istanbul between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (the P5+1), aimed at reaching at least some understandings regarding Iran’s nuclear program, concluded in […]
A TIME TO REMEMBER Editorial National Post, November 11, 2011 Every year on this date, Canadians pause to remember the more than 100,000 of our citizens who have died serving our country and protecting the freedoms we enjoy. The solemn marking of this great sacrifice, and the pain of those our fallen soldiers have left […]
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Le PAJU et l’imposture antisioniste David Ouellette davidouellette.wordpress.com, 10 novembre 2011 La haine des Juifs a de tout temps été une affaire de diabolisation. Littéralement, au Moyen-Âge, dans le cas de l’antijudaïsme chrétien, pour lequel le Juif était le diable incarné voué à la destruction de la chrétienté et figurativement dans […]
MUBARAK’S DEPARTURE OPENS THE WAY TO A BIGGER CHALLENGE FOR EGYPT David Frum National Post, February 11, 2011 Egyptians are celebrating the fall of Hosni Mubarak. But we are not Egyptians. We are entitled to ask: What does this event mean for us? For Western interests? For peace in the Middle East? […]
This past weekend, the Arab League decided—effective Wednesday—to suspend Syria’s membership in the body, sanctioning President Bashar Assad’s regime for failing to comply with a November 2 pact to withdraw its military forces from Syrian cities, release political prisoners and grant media access to the country. Amidst increasing international pressure to end his brutal […]
“The recent escalation and loss of life—as well as the disruption of the southern residents’ daily routine—will eventually make it necessary for the army to launch a major offensive in Gaza.”—IDF Chief of General Staff, Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, to Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. (Ynet News, Tuesday, November 15.) The last month has […]
At a recent G20 summit in Cannes, US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were overheard ridiculing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. According to reports, Sarkozy described Netanyahu as a “liar,” to which Obama replied, “You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day.” Once […]
ANTI-ISRAEL CAMPAIGN REACHING CANADIANS: PROFESSOR Janice Arnold Canadian Jewish News, November 17, 2011 When her mother’s hairdresser in Winnipeg started talking about the way the Palestinians are being treated, historian Catherine Chatterley realized that propaganda against Israel is having an impact on the “average non-Jewish Canadian.” Neither Chatterley nor her mother is Jewish, but the […]
SANS AMIS AU MOYEN-ORIENT Daniel Pipes National Review Online, 8 novembre 2011 Version originale anglaise: Friendless in the Middle East Adaptation française: Anne-Marie Delcambre de Champvert Les bouleversements arabes de 2011 ont donné lieu à des réactions occidentales extrêmement contradictoires. Comment, par exemple, peut-on justifier qu'on accepte la répression des dissidents […]
Yesterday, Egyptian military police clashed with thousands of protesters in Cairo, in a violent escalation of a two-day battle that analysts warn threatens to undermine next week’s parliamentary elections. Police used rubber bullets, birdshot, truncheons and tear gas to disperse the crowd, and set fire to tents and vehicles in Tahrir Square, the focal point […]
On Saturday, Syrian President Bashar Assad was quoted as saying he would press on with a crackdown against anti-government unrest in his country: “I assure you that Syria will not bow down and that it will continue to resist the pressure being imposed on it,” Assad told Britain’s Sunday Times. The Arab League, which […]
During “All-Stars Week”, CIJR’s Isranet Briefings will highlight the work of outstanding individuals, whose invaluable efforts contribute to strengthening public perception of the Jewish state’s regional and global position. Each Briefing will include a sample of articles written over the last year by a given author, dealing with issues such as Israeli politics and security, […]
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