Isranet Daily Briefing
Tuesday, August 25th 2015
We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. The BDS Movement’s Failure to Derail Israel’s International Relations or Economy: Mitchell Bard, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 12, 2015 — The press is full of dire warnings that Israel is isolated and growing more so, and that the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement is having a […]
Analysis
Tuesday, August 25th 2015 / Thursday, August 27th 2015
“It is extremely important to understand the plans of the Islamic State. According to this movement both the State of Israel and Jews the world over should be exterminated. In principle, Sunna Islam has no feud with Judaism and Christianity. Yet the Islamic State proclaims that Israel and Judaism are […]
Monday, August 24th 2015
The United Church of Canada, conventionally referred to as “Canada’s largest Protestant denomination,” and reported by different news sources today as having “at least 600,000 members” (National Post, August 21), as “having about a million members” (several sources), and as having had “over 2 million members in 2012” (Times of Israel), has […]
Although, as I write, Canadians are going to the polls in only 8 weeks and Americans are not going to the polls for 11 weeks plus an entire year, the speculative excitement in the media about who will be the next national leader seems to be about equal in both countries. And […]
Monday, August 24th 2015 / Monday, August 24th 2015
We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. 1938 and 2015: Only the Names Are Different: Dennis Prager, Mozuud, Aug., 2015 — We say that evil is dark. But this metaphor is imprecise. Evil is actually intensely bright, so painfully bright that people look away from it. Many even deny its existence. […]
But the [Roman] Legate Lentulus said, “That for the purpose of saving the country no proposition ought to be rejected…the defense of their country was always good…”. For where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken… putting all other considerations aside, the only question should be, What […]
Friday, August 21st 2015
We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. Does Israel Stand Alone?: William Kristol, Weekly Standard, Aug. 24, 2015— Let’s for the moment ignore the fact that many other countries, especially those with the most at stake, are in fact privately appalled by the Iran deal. Let’s stipulate that Israel stands publicly alone. […]
Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing
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 Steve Maman, le "Schindler juif" au secours des esclaves sexuelles de Daech L’Express, 19 août […]
Thursday, August 20th 2015
We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. Real Action Needed Against ISIL, Not Sloganeering: National Post, Aug. 15, 2015— The reports are scattered, with little hope of speedy confirmation from Western reporters. Saving Tunisia From ISIS: Mustapha Tlili, New York Times, Aug. 3, 2015 — “Who lost Tunisia?” This question may well […]
Moral relativism is a key tool used to undermine human values. This destructive approach may be defined as “moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint – -for instance, that of a culture or a historical period — and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others…. […]
Wednesday, August 19th 2015
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 MEDIA-OCRIES OF THE WEEK: “The early polls show Mr. Harper trailing, but he’s beaten bad polls before. […]
Tuesday, August 18th 2015
We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. Christians Burn While Pope Worries about “Worldly” Matters: Raymond Ibrahim, Breaking Israel News, Aug. 9, 2015— In June, Pope Francis released his first independent encyclical. It merely served to highlight the indifference to the plight of persecuted Christians around the world. Why All This Christian […]
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