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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DOUBLETHINK MEANS THE POWER OF HOLDING TWO CONTRADICTORY BELIEFS IN ONE’S MIND SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND ACCEPTING BOTH OF THEM.… WHO CONTROLS THE PAST CONTROLS THE FUTURE. WHO CONTROLS THE PRESENT CONTROLS THE PAST. —GEORGE ORWELL

ISRAEL SHIFTS ON BORDERS AS U.N. VOTE LOOMS Joshua Mitnick Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2011 Israel signaled it was willing to negotiate with the Palestinians based on the 1967 border of the West Bank, injecting a potentially significant territorial concession into discussions aimed at restarting peace talks. Such a position would mark a […]

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TISHA B’AV 2011/5771: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF ISRAEL & THE JEWISH PEOPLE

TISHA B’AV—AND THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL Baruch Cohen In loving memory of beloved Malca z’l Tisha B’Av—the ninth day of Av—a day of mourning, a symbol for all the disasters which occurred again and again to the Jewish people. Tisha B’Av, which commemorates the loss of Jewish independence, the first Temple destroyed in 586 […]

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OBAMA SAYS JUMP!— A RETREAT TO THE “1967 BORDERS”: ASSISTED SUICIDE

OBAMA’S ONLY POLICY Caroline B. Glick Jerusalem Post, August 5, 2011 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has explained repeatedly over the years that Israel has no Palestinian partner to negotiate with. So news reports this week that Netanyahu agreed that the 1949 armistice lines, (commonly misrepresented as the 1967 borders), will be mentioned in terms of […]

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ABBAS AT UN: EARTH DOESN’T MOVE AS ISRAEL (AND US) AVERT “TSUNAMI”

The month of September has come and gone, and the political “tsunami” that many predicted would devastate Israel never materialized. Instead, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas’ attempt to gain a unilateral declaration of independence (“UDI”) at the United Nations was dampened by US president Barack Obama’s opposition to the move, and by Israeli Prime Minister […]

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SEPTEMBER: PALESTINIAN UNILATERALISM AND THE ESCALATING WAR AGAINST ISRAEL

DECLARING A PALESTINIAN STATE WILL DERAIL THE PEACE PROCESS Miriam Ziv National Post, August 6, 2011 The Palestinian leadership has made clear its intentions to seek recognition of an independent Palestinian State at the United Nations this coming September. Some might question why such action would be detrimental to the peace process and therefore […]

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DISTORTIONS…AND THE AGENDAS THEY SERVE

TIME OUT David P. Goldman Tablet, July 20, 2011 “Time isn’t on Israel’s side” must be the most-repeated phrase in Israeli politics, in the Jewish state as well as in the Diaspora. It’s Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni’s refrain.… Ronald Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, said so in a Jerusalem speech […]

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ASSAD’S SYRIAN MASSACRE: ARAB CONDEMNATION MEETS OBAMA’S PROCRASTINATION

STOPPING SYRIA’S SLAUGHTER STARTS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA Editorial Washington Post, August 10, 2011 The attempt by Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to save himself by slaughter seems to be near a tipping point. A massive offensive launched by his regime on the eve of Ramadan appears to have pacified, at least for the moment, the restive […]

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THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN IRAQ —AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF HISTORY REPEATED

IRAQ’S ‘BLOODY MONDAY’ Rick Moran FrontPage, August 16, 2011 At least 80 people were killed and more than 350 injured when a coordinated series of bombs were set off across the length and breadth of Iraq on Monday. Believed to be the work of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQIR), the bombings have shaken the people’s […]

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CONSTRUCTION, DESTRUCTION, DECONSTRUCTION: IS A PALESTINIAN STATE KEY TO PEACE? IS “PEACE” REALLY POSSIBLE?

CRITIQUING ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION IN JERUSALEM: ANOTHER U.S. MISCUE WITH THE QUARTET Robert Satloff Washington Institute for Near East Policy, August 17, 2011 At the eleventh hour, the Obama administration is gamely trying to avert President Mahmoud Abbas’s promise to apply for full Palestinian membership in the United Nations—which he is due to hand deliver to […]

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FROM SINAI TO D.C., FROM UKRAINE TO THE BRONX: TRAGEDY, AND REDEMPTION, IN JEWISH HISTORY

“How can you be strong when the person you love is gone? My dear father, I do not believe that I am writing to you.… How do I even start? I will try to be strong now because I think that is what you would want me to do, but I am not sure that […]

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AT THE NEW YEAR: DEFENDING ISRAEL FROM IT ENEMIES, AND [SOME] OF ITS “FRIENDS”

CIJR TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO DEFEND ISRAEL Janice Arnold Canadian Jewish News, September 28, 2011 When Marian Pinsky, a Bialik High School graduate, entered McGill University, she felt the shock of being in an environment where Israel was frequently the target of criticism and attack. Most disturbing for her was that it generally went unanswered. […]

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ISRAEL, EGYPT, AND THE SINAI CRISIS: FORGOTTEN LESSONS & THE “ARAB SPRING”

EGYPT’S VENOM TOWARD ISRAEL Rick Moran FrontPage, August 22, 2011 The fallout from the terrorist attack near the border town of Eliat this past Thursday that killed eight Israelis, and the subsequent pursuit of the murderers by Israeli security forces into Egypt that resulted in a confrontation with Egyptian police, killing as many as five, […]