CIJR | Canadian Institute for Jewish Research

L'institut Canadien de Recherches sur le Judaisme

Daily Briefing: ANTONY BLINKEN TALKS ISRAEL AND HAMAS

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

Jimmy Carter's Israel Problem

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

Hillel Neuer addresses students at CIJR in Montreal

Executive director of UN Watch

The Palestinians’ Imaginary State

In a few weeks, an overwhelming majority in the United Nations General Assembly will likely vote for collective recognition of a Palestinian state. But which Palestinian state? Of the three Palestinian states the assembly could recognize, two are real and arguably could meet the requirements for statehood. But it is the third, purely imaginary one that […]

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IRAN MARCHES ON… AND AROUND THE CORNER AWAITS THE BOMB

IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRESS REPORT Editorial Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2011 For six months, global attention has fixed on the historic upheavals roiling the Arab world from Tunisia to Bahrain. But the biggest Middle Eastern story continues to be the steady progress Tehran has made toward acquiring the components of a […]

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PEACE PROCESS, R.I.P.?

FREE JONATHAN POLLARD—NOW! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Baruch Cohen In memory of the beloved Malca, z’’l We must not forget Jonathan Pollard, nor must we keep silent! Pollard’s genuine and only concern was the security of Israel, the most faithful and closest ally of the U.S. U.S. security was not altered by […]

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FROM YALE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, ANTI-SEMITISM PREVAILS ON CAMPUS

YALE TO SHUT DOWN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF ANTI-SEMITISM Alan M. Dershowitz Jerusalem Magazine, June 15, 2011 At a time of increasing—and increasingly complex—anti-Semitism throughout the world, Yale University has decided to shut down the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, YIISA. Founded in 2006, YIISA is headed by a […]

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FROM CEDARS TO ASHES— LEBANON BURNS AS SYRIA, IRAN EXERT THEIR INFLUENCE

BREAKING NEWS: Five Hezbollah Members To Be Indicted In Hariri Assassination Five high ranking Hezbollah officials are expected to be indicted in the next few days by the United Nations special tribunal investigating the assassination of Rafik Hariri, London-based Asharq Alawsat reported on Monday. Once the indictments are released, the identities […]

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THE RE-EMERGENCE OF TURKEY— ‘NEO-OTTOMANISM’ OR ISLAMIC REVOLUTION?

BREAKING NEWS: Hamas Rejects German Mediator’s Offer on Shalit JERUSALEM—Hamas [has] rejected an offer to free captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit made by [a] German mediator, a deal which the Israeli government had accepted. Hamas political bureau deputy chief Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzouk called the offer “unjust” and said the German […]

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THE COMING AFGHAN DEBACLE

HISTORY WILL NOT BE DECEIVED Max Boot Contentions, June 22, 2011 “L’audace, l’audace, toujours l’audace!” To Napoleon and other great generals the willingness to be bold and audacious was the key to victory. Barack Obama is no Napoleon. He seems to believe that timidity is the key to success—that flip-flopping and […]

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA @ 235— HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

THE FUTURE STILL BELONGS TO AMERICA Walter Russell MeadWall Street Journal, July 2, 2011 It is, the pundits keep telling us, a time of American decline, of a post-American world. The 21st century will belong to someone else. Crippled by debt at home, hammered by the aftermath of a financial crisis, bloodied […]

Mahmoud Abbas’ Speech at the United Nations

Mahmoud Abbas' Speech at the UN

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HEZBOLLAH KILLED RAFIK HARIRI— WILL THE WEST DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

FOUR LEBANESE INDICTED IN PREMIER’S KILLING Farnaz Fassihi Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2011 The United Nations-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon [has] issued indictments and arrest warrants for four Lebanese nationals affiliated with Hezbollah for involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The indictments, handed to Lebanon’s […]

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OBAMA, ISRAEL & THE “JEWISH VOTE”— WILL HE WIN IT? AND WILL IT REMAIN “JEWISH”?

JEWISH DEMS LOSING FAITH IN OBAMA Ben Smith Politico, June 29, 2011 David Ainsman really began to get worried about President Barack Obama’s standing with his fellow Jewish Democrats when a recent dinner with his wife and two other couples—all Obama voters in 2008—nearly turned into a screaming match. Ainsman, a […]

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ZACHOR—REMEMBERING ISRAEL’S HISTORY

REMEMBERING THE ‘ALTALENA’ Jerold S. Auerbach Jerusalem Post, June 20, 2011 Israel is confronting increasingly virulent worldwide challenges to its legitimacy. An expanding chorus of politicians, journalists and academics relentlessly denounces the Jewish state as a racist, apartheid abomination. The resemblance between their shrill diatribes and the rhetoric of anti-Semitism […]