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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OBAMA AND LIBYA—FULFILLING THE “PEOPLE”’S ASPIRATIONS “PEACEFULLY,” OR “STRATEGIC DEMENTIA”

WE INTERVENE Leon Wieseltier New Republic, March 21, 2011 After only a few days of allied military action, the Libyan nightmare has been averted, and the rebels are now marching westward again. Like the invincible Serbian juggernaut of yore, the power of Muammar Qaddafi, which frightened Secretary Gates, has been shaken. […]

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EGYPT, SYRIA, BAHRAIN: WHAT SHALL IT BE, M.E. REVOLUTION, EVOLUTION, OR DEVOLUTION?

DID ISLAMISM WIN EGYPT’S REVOLUTION? Barry Rubin Pajamas Media, March 23, 2011 The world’s eyes focused on Egypt’s dramatic revolution. Yet incredibly, the media, government intelligence agencies, and experts haven’t answered a simple question: Who made the revolution and what were their motives and aims? We have been repeatedly assured that […]

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“WE ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE”: COMBATTING HATRED WITHOUT OURSELVES BECOMING HATERS

HATE IN, HAVE OUT Andrew Roberts National Post, March 17, 2011 This article is excerpted from the transcript of a speech delivered to a Toronto conference titled: “When Middle East Politics Invade Campus,” organized by Advocates for Civil Liberties on Feb. 16. In May 2008, the University and College Union of […]

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AS LENIN SAID: WHO/WHOM?—“PROTESTERS,” “REVOLUTIONARIES,” & THE ARAB REBELLIONS

OBAMA’S LIBYAN WAR, THE ARAB REBELLIONS, AND ISRAEL Frederick Krantz Finally, after weeks of indecisive hesitation, and with Col. Khaddafi’s forces about to conquer Benghazi, the Libyan rebels’ last strong-hold, American President Barack Obama agreed to support a Libyan intervention. In a hurried press conference, before ostentatiously leaving in mid-crisis for […]

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BLINDNESS ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS— OBAMA AND THE SYRIAN “REFORMER”

BREAKING NEWS: Syrian government resigns in attempt to appease protesters Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the resignation of the government. “President Assad accepts the government's resignation,” an announcement on Syrian state television said. Assad is expected to address the nation on Tuesday or Wednesday in a speech which may include […]

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THE “SEEDS OF FAILURE” HAVE BLOSSOMED— THE 3RD PALESTINIAN TERROR WAR

ISRAEL IS RESILIENT BUT WATCHFUL Yossi Klein Halevi Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2011 The ambulance sirens began sounding and didn’t seem to end. The terrorist attack on March 23 that killed one person and wounded 30 was the first bus bombing in Jerusalem since 2005. And it happened just as […]

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DELEGITIMATING ISRAEL, III: WEDNESDAY’S “NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP

Media-ocrities of the Week “This is about peace, identity, culture, heritage and freedom of expression.”—EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, commending UNESCO’s admission of “Palestine” as its 195th member, and urging nations to maintain their support for the UN cultural organization. (Gazette, November 1.) “Avigdor Lieberman, who is the main coalition partner of […]

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THE UN: “A PLACE OF DEEP DARKNESS AND LIES”— 7TH LUBAVITCHER REBBE (1984)

THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM Daniel Ayalon Foreign Policy, March 2, 2011 The recent unrest in parts of the Arab world has not only exposed the appalling lack of development in these countries, but also a number of fundamental deficiencies in the international system. The United Nations, which began its […]

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GOLDSTONE: “CIVILIANS NOT TARGETED”— VINDICATION, OR IS THE DAMAGE IRREPARABLE?

RECONSIDERING THE ‘GOLDSTONE REPORT’ ON ISRAEL AND WAR CRIMES Richard Goldstone Washington Post, April 1, 2011 We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council that produced what has […]

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EGYPT: “OBAMA GOT TAKEN FOR A RIDE, MILLIONS DIED?”

EGYPT—THE HANGOVER Bret Stephens Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2011 Talk to top U.S. officials here about how things are going in Egypt, and the gist of the answer reminds me of what Apollo XI astronaut Michael Collins told Mission Control while sailing over the Sea of Tranquility: “Listen, babe, everything […]

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ISRAEL HAS BEEN PROMISED “DEFENSIBLE BORDERS”!— WILL THE WORLD FULFILL ITS COMMITMENT?

ISRAEL’S REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFENSIBLE BORDERS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING MIDDLE EAST Dore Gold Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, April 5, 2011 Prepared Statement before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives Israel is entering an extremely dangerous period in the year ahead. It is not facing an […]

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IF I FORGET MY RIGHT HAND, I FORGET JERUSALEM (IS OURS)!

ISRAEL’S LEFT NEEDS TO WISE UP TO MIDDLE EAST REALITY Ari Shavit Haaretz, April 7, 2011 It is not hard to imagine what would have happened had Juliano Mer-Khamis [a well-known Arab-Israeli actor, and peace activist, who was recently shot dead in Jenin] been murdered by Jews. The murder would receive […]