CIJR | Canadian Institute for Jewish Research

L'institut Canadien de Recherches sur le Judaisme

Daily Briefing: US CONGRESS SANCTIONS THE ICC: A GAMECHANGER?

Daily Briefing: CANADA’S PM TRUDEAU ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AFTER REPLACEMENT CHOSEN

TRUDEAU'S BETRAYAL OF JEWS

Daily Briefing: CAN ISRAEL DESTROY IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?

Hillel Neuer addresses students at CIJR in Montreal

Executive director of UN Watch

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SYRIA: WAITING FOR GODOT—AND OBAMA: PHONY ARAB “MONITORS,” SHAMEFUL U.S. INACTION

On Wednesday, Syrian President Bashar Assad appeared in public for the first time since the uprising against his rule began 10 months ago. Addressing a rally in Umayyad Square in Damascus, he pledged to triumph over “terrorism,” the clearest indication to date that he does not intend to surrender power or relax his government’s brutal […]

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ISRAEL: NOT IRAN, NOR IS IT COLLAPSING—BUT W. MEDIA, POLITICIANS GIVE IT WORST IMPRESSION

According to Western mainstream media, the emergence of “extremist” elements in Israeli society is undermining the Jewish state’s democratic character, and thus justifies the increasingly common comparisons between Israel and oppressive dictatorships. It is true that various actions on the part of ultra-religious (haredi) or ultra-nationalist (“settlers”) Israelis are deplorable—including the pinning of Yellow Stars […]

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AS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SURGES, IS “LAND FOR PEACE” A FAILED CONFIDENCE GAME, WITH ISRAEL AS THE MARK?

The focus of today’s Briefing returns to Egypt, following the Islamists’ latest victory in the third and final round of the country’s elections. With a projected 2/3 of the cumulative vote, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party together with the Salafist Al-Nour Party are poised to achieve an absolute parliamentary majority. The ramifications bode […]

The Arab Uprisings’ Impact

Although the wave of mass protests spreading through the Arabic-speaking countries may have begun to recede, it has left a wide-ranging impact on the region. Three authoritarian regimes have collapsed, and the rest are experiencing varying degrees of duress. This emerging political and strategic landscape has major implications for Israeli national security. Regional turmoil has […]

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JÉSUS EST PALESTINIEN [sic] !

L’ÉVANGILE PALESTINIEN SELON RADIO-CANADA David Ouellette davidouellette.net, 3 janvier 2012 Chaque année, de nombreux médias prêchent à l’occasion de Noël l’ «évangile palestinien». Si vous ne connaissez pas cet évangile, rassurez-vous, votre connaissance du canon biblique n’est pas lacunaire. Il s’agit d’une offensive propagandiste menée bon an mal an par l’Autorité palestinienne. Cette année, Radio-Canada […]

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MODERN ANTISEMITISM: ORGANIZED ANTI-JEWISH POLITICS

THE SUICIDAL PASSION Ruth R. Wisse Weekly Standard, November 21, 2011 It now seems that one Jew is worth more than 1,000 Arabs—the rate of exchange established not by Israel, but by Hamas, and celebrated on the Arab street. The “prisoner swap” of more than a thousand Arab prisoners for the single Israeli soldier Gilad […]

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IRAN AS “UNAVOIDABLE CHALLENGE”— AS ISRAEL PREPARES, WILL OBAMA MOVE?

IRAN’S HORMUZ THREAT Editorial Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2011 So now we know the kind of sanctions that hit Iran’s regime where it really hurts. The U.S. and Europe are at last mustering the gumption to target Iran’s multibillion-dollar oil industry, and almost immediately Tehran is threatening to bring Persian Gulf tankers to a […]

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2011: ISRAEL, US, EUROPE YEAR IN REVIEW: BEING MADE BY VS. MAKING, HISTORY

THE YEAR WE LOST AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, EGYPT, TURKEY, TUNISIA AND MOST OF THE MIDDLE EAST Daniel Greenfield FrontPage, January 3, 2012 About the only people having a Happy New Year in the Muslim world aren’t the Christians who are huddling and waiting out the storm, but the Islamists who use a different calendar, but are […]

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VOUS AVEZ DIT EXTRÊMISTES?

VIOLENCES DE BEIT SHEMESH: QUI SONT CES ULTRA-ORTHODOXES? Julien Bahloul Guysen.com, 28 décembre 2011 Qui sont les ces ultra-orthodoxes responsables des violences de ces derniers jours? Les orthodoxes israéliens refusent d’être tous mis dans le même sac. Et pour cause. Le groupe à l’origine des récents évènements est affilié à la petite secte […]

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JEWISH PRIZES, JEWISH POLITICS, JEWISH MEMORY: NOBEL PRIZES, DRONES, POLLARD & HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE

REACHING FOR THE PRIZE Eliezer Yaari Jerusalem Report, December 20, 2011 I feel as if a helicopter has just dropped me off on the summit of Mount Everest, and now I am standing there, applauding those who climbed up on their own, those who for decades have fought their own intellectual and physical limitations to […]

The Fall of the Israel-Turkey Relationship

On Sunday, October 23, a devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southeast Turkey, killing hundreds and injuring thousands more. In a show of solidarity, Israeli officials called their Turkish counterparts to offer sympathy and relief aid. Turkey’s response prompted Commentary magazine editorialist, Jonathan S. Tobin, to pen the following: “How determined is Turkey to repudiate […]

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TURKEY, GENOCIDE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ANKARA TURNS AGAINST ISRAEL, EUROPE & US

Last Thursday, France’s National Assembly passed a law making it a crime to deny that the atrocities against Armenians committed by Ottoman Turks from 1915-1918 constituted a genocide. In response, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chastised French President Nicholas Sarkozy, accused France of committing its own genocide in Algeria, and cited the bill’s […]