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L'institut Canadien de Recherches sur le Judaisme

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FROM DEMJANJUK TO BUENOS AIRES TO TOULOUSE, THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS NEVER ENDS

FRANCE: 4 DEAD IN SHOOTING OUTSIDE JEWISH SCHOOL Editorial Ynet News, March 19, 2012 An unknown assailant opened fire on a Jewish school in Toulouse Monday, killing at least four people and injuring five. According to initial details, a man riding on a motorcycle opened fire on the Ozar Hatorah School at around 8:10 am, […]

Analysis

Academics, Rabbis and Activists Spread Sobering Awareness of Israel’s Tough Position

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The following article was written by Rabbi Menachem Posner of Montreal’s Congregation Shomrim Laboker following CIJR’s recent Community Colloquium at the synagogue (Click HERE to view pictures of the event.)   “Israel is now worse off than before the Arab spring,” was the gist of the fact-filled talks given at a March 4th colloquium co-sponsored […]

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INFORMATION, DÉSINFORMATION, MÉSINFORMATION: GARE AUX FANTASMES ET AUX CANULARS

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RADIO-CANADA ET LE CONFLIT ISRAÉLO-PALESTINIEN Elias Levy cjnews.com, 24 février 2012 Au cours de l’année 2011, les critiques à l’endroit de Radio-Canada sur sa couverture du conflit israélo-palestinien n’ont cessé de croître. Le Centre Consultatif des Relations Juives et Israéliennes (C.I.J.A.), instance représentative officielle des Juifs du Canada pour toutes les questions concernant Israël, a […]

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ZACHOR, REMEMBER: THE SHOAH, BUENOS AIRES, ITAMAR—AND NO “DOUBLE GENOCIDE”

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BUENOS AIRES’S LESSON Editorial Jerusalem Post, March 15, 2012 On March 17, 1992, at 2:42 p.m., a pickup truck loaded with explosives driven by “Abu Yasser,” an Argentinean man who had converted to Islam, smashed into the front of the Israeli Embassy on the corner of Arroyo and Suipacha streets in Buenos Aires. In the […]

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AS EGYPTIAN VOLCANO READIES TO BLOW, WEST IS ASLEEP, BUT ISRAEL’S NO POMPEII

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A FRAGILE TRUCE Editorial Jerusalem Post, March 13, 2012 After four days of conflict, the present round of clashes with terrorist organizations in Gaza appears to have come to an end. Most parties had a vested interest in avoiding an escalation. Israel’s objectives were limited to containment of the fallout resulting from the targeted killing […]

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WEDNESDAY’S “NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP

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Media-ocrity of the Week   “Be strong, oh Gaza. Stay steadfast, oh Gaza.”—Israeli-Arab MK, Ahmed Tibi (UAL-Ta’al), after more than 250 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel last weekend, expressing solidarity with the Hamas-ruled Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denounced Tibi’s comments as “very grave.” (Jerusalem Post, March 12.)   Weekly Quotes   […]

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AS SYRIAN BUTCHERY CONTINUES, SO DOES HILLARY’S CHUTZPAH, AMERICA’S ALIBIS, & ISRAEL’S MISJUDGEMENTS

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“Army snipers and Shabbiha gunmen posted at strategic points terrorized the population, targeting and killing small children, women and other unarmed civilians.…” (p. 10) “After the withdrawal of League of Arab States observers in late January, the army intensified its bombardment with heavy weapons. It gave no warning to the population and unarmed civilians were […]

Analysis

DISUNITY IS HARMONY TO THE ARABS

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Homogenous units based along tribal lines may be the prescription for Middle East stability, says Mordechai Kedar, whose experience in IDF Intelligence, fluent Arabic, and outspoken views have made him an official Israeli spokesperson to the Arabic media. “We know this because the most stable Arab countries are the Gulf Emirates and every Emirate is […]

Analysis

OBAMA’S IRAN HYPOCRISY & NETANYAHU’S LONELY DECISION

Imagine for a moment that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini, at a Martyrs’ Day rally in Tehran, repeated his longstanding call for both the UK and France to be wiped off the map. Imagine then, that after failing for nearly a decade to persuade Iran to abort its nuclear program through diplomatic overtures and intensifying […]

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AS HAMAS RAINS ROCKETS ON ISRAEL, HERE ORDINARY CITIZENS OPPOSE PRO-PALESTINIAN BULLIES

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The current round of fighting between the IDF and Gaza terrorists is unprecedented in terms of the number of rockets and mortar bombs being directed at Israel. Since last Friday, the IDF has registered some 200 launches from Gaza and is characterizing the ongoing barrage as a “dramatic development in terms of the quantity and […]

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OBAMA AND ISRAEL—IS U.S. TYING ISRAEL DOWN AS IRAN “NEGOTIATIONS” RESUME?

OBAMA TIES ISRAEL DOWN WITH HIS POLICY ON IRAN Charles Krauthammer National Post, March 9, 2012 It’s Lucy and the football, Iran-style. After ostensibly tough talk about preventing Iran from going nuclear, the Obama administration acquiesced to yet another round of talks with the mullahs. This, 14 months after the last group-of-six negotiations collapsed in […]

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LORSQUE LA MAUVAISE GESTION CAUSE L’INDIGESTION…ET QUE NOUS LA RECOMPENSIONS! ET L’ANTISÉMITISME VERSION 2.0

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    CRISE HUMANITAIRE DE GAZA: UN CHOIX POLITIQUE Jacques Benillouche Guysen International News, 5 mars 2012 Avec la saison du froid et les pluies inhabituelles dans la région, de nombreuses photos circulent pour dénoncer que Gaza est au bord de la crise humanitaire. Il est certes difficile de rester insensible à la misère humaine […]

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