Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, January 11th 2016 / Monday, January 11th 2016

After Tel Aviv Shooter Killed, Difficult Questions for Police and Israeli Arabs ‎: Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel, Jan. 10, 2016 — The killing of Nashat Milhem Friday, a week after he shot dead three people in Tel Aviv, won’t be remembered as much of a success for the security establishment. The Return of the […]

Analysis

Monday, January 11th 2016 / Monday, January 18th 2016

      On  November 28, 2015, Tawadros II, the 118th Coptic Pope, the leader of the worldwide body of Egyptian Orthodox Christians, travelled with a delegation of other Coptic clerics from Cairo to Jerusalem in order  to preside over the funeral for Anba Abraham, the Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Near […]

Analysis

Sunday, January 10th 2016 / Monday, January 18th 2016

    Quebec's new Bill 59, now in progress toward passage into law, has been called by the National Post, the gravest threat to freedom of expression in Canada today.  It would give new powers to the Quebec Human Rights Commission (QHRC) to combat hate speech, in particular, speech considered Islamophobic, by censoring words that […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, January 8th 2016

Anti-Semitism in Europe‎: Jerusalem Post, Jan. 5, 2016 — This week France will mark the first anniversary of a double terrorist attack that targeted the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and the Hyper Cacher, a kosher grocery store. France: A Country, and Party, Shaken to its Core: Konrad Yakabuski, Globe & Mail, Dec. […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, January 8th 2016 / Friday, January 8th 2016

        DES CENTAINES DE PERSONNES AUX FUNÉRAILLES DES VICTIMES DU TERRORISME DE TEL AVIV                                                 Times of Israel, 3 jan., 2016   Des centaines de personnes ont assisté aux funérailles d’Alon Bakal et Shimon Ruimi. Bakal a été enterré dans le cimetière de Carmiel, dans le nord d’Israël, tandis que les funérailles […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, January 7th 2016

Jew-Hating Turkish President ‘Mas-Kom-Ya’ Erdogan Extols Hitler’s Presidency‎: Andrew G. Bostom, Breitbart, Jan. 4, 2016 — Upon returning from a visit to Saudi Arabia late on Thursday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited a striking example to illustrate his quest for consolidation of executive powers. Russian Imperialism Meets Illusions of Ottoman Grandeur: Burak Bekdil, Gatestone […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, January 6th 2016

 We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. Please address your response to:  Rob Coles, Publications Chairman, Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, PO Box 175, Station  H, Montreal QC H3G 2K7 – Tel: (514) 486-5544 – Fax:(514) 486-8284; E-mail: rob@isranet.wpsitie.com   On Topic Links   Iran Sacks Another Embassy: Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations, Jan. 3, 2016 […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, January 5th 2016 / Tuesday, January 5th 2016

Five Words? Next Year Will Be Worse‎: Lee Smith, Weekly Standard, Jan. 11, 2016 — It was a great year for the Obama administration’s foreign policy .  .  . says the Obama administration. Samir Kuntar’s Death is Part of the Battle for Syria: Mordechai Kedar, Breaking Israel News, Dec. 29, 2015 — About a week ago, Samir […]

Tuesday, January 5th 2016 / Thursday, March 17th 2016

Start Date/Time:  Wed, 2016-03-16 17:00 Wednesday, March 16 5:00 p.m.   Prof. Frederick Krantz (Concordia University)   ISRAEL AND THE WORLD:   CONTEMPORARY ISSUES     This program, given by outstanding academic specialists and open to students and adults, is designed to provide knowledge and skills enabling community members to oppose current efforts, on and […]

Tuesday, January 5th 2016 / Thursday, January 21st 2016

Start Date/Time:  Wed, 2016-01-20 17:00 Wednesday, January 20 5:00 p.m.     Prof. Ira Robinson (Concordia University)   ISRAEL AS A JEWISH STATE:   BACKGROUNDS & FOREGROUND   This program, given by outstanding academic specialists and open to students and adults, is designed to provide knowledge and skills enabling community members to oppose current efforts, […]

Tuesday, January 5th 2016 / Thursday, February 11th 2016

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 10 5:30 p.m.   Prof. Harold Waller (McGill University)   ISRAEL: ZIONISM AND STATE –   FROM THE BALFOUR DECLARATION TO THE SIX DAY WAR   This program, given by outstanding academic specialists and open to students and adults, is designed to provide knowledge and skills enabling community members to oppose current efforts, […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, January 4th 2016

A Crystal Ball on 2016‎: David M. Weinberg, Israel Hayom, Jan. 1, 2016 — One year ago today, I accurately forecasted in these pages that in 2015, U.S. ‎President Barack Obama would cement a complete reorientation of U.S. policy in the ‎Mideast and Persian Gulf by cutting a grand deal with the Persians. ‎ Sectarian […]