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JUSTIFYING MURDER—AN ABOMINATION Isi Leibler Jerusalem Post, August 28, 2011 Even before the Middle Ages, we encountered marginal Jews who turned against their own people. Among apostates to Christianity, there were those who wrote inflammatory libels against the Jews, paving the way for pogroms; socialists like Karl Marx whose vile anti-Semitic tirades speak for themselves; […]
“VICTORY” IN LIBYA: NO MODEL FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Doug Bandow Huffington Post, August 31, 2011 It took the greatest military alliance in history five months to push the Libyan rebels across the finish line. Nevertheless, Western politicians are claiming victory. Yet the ultimate consequences of allied intervention remain uncertain. While few mourn the demise […]
FOR YASSER ARAFAT, CRIME CERTAINLY PAID Amir Oren Haaretz, August 26, 2011 Crime doesn’t pay” is a nice saying. When it comes to diplomacy, however, it nearly always does pay. Without murderous terrorism, Yasser Arafat would not have led the Palestinian national movement to many of its achievements, including his successor Mahmoud Abbas’ plan to […]
Show Your Campus The Israel You Know Are You A Motivated Student? Frustrated with blatant anti-Israel sentiment on campus? Feel at a loss when negative comments are made in class? Want to demand Want to demand a balanced discussion, but are shaky on your a balanced discussion, but are shaky on […]
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The direct connection between the ordeals of Gilad Shalit and of an Israel enmeshed in the toils of the so-called "peace process" is well worth pondering, especially as we celebrate the national-religious holiday ofHanukkah and its Maccabean victory over anti-Jewish tyranny. The 20-year-old Shalit, then an IDF soldier, was captured near Gaza in June 2006; […]
A UNITED NATIONS MIRACLE Editorial Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2011 Here’s a story for the man-bites-dog folder: The United Nations has conducted another inquiry into an Israeli military operation–and produced a report that mainly vindicates the Jewish state. And here, alas, is a story for the dog-bites-man folder: The Turkish government has responded to […]
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L’interculturalisme: une imposture anti-laïque Louise Mailloux louisemailloux.wordpress.com, 28 août 2011 En mars dernier, dans une entrevue au journal le Devoir, Gérard Bouchard affirmait que le débat sur la laïcité piétine, qu’un consensus semble impossible et qu’il conviendrait d’élargir ce débat en parlant d’interculturalisme. Deux mois plus tard, lors du Symposium international sur l’interculturalisme […]
SAVE THE DATE: Canadian Institute for Jewish Research's INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: "COMBATTING THE DELEGITIMATION OF ISRAEL" (Chair: Prof. Frederick Krantz, Director, CIJR) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 (Congregation Chevra Kadisha, Montreal) Click here to view the Conference FLYER The delegitimation of Israel is a key weapon in the ongoing pro-Palestinian struggle […]
While the Arab awakening or Arab Spring, as it’s been dubbed, has focused world attention on Egypt, Libya and Syria, a potentially explosive drama is unfolding elsewhere in the region, in Bahrain. The jury is still out as to how the conflicts in Libya and Syria will resolve themselves, or if this awakening will, indeed, be […]
IF THE ARAB SPRING TURNS UGLY Vali Nasr NY Times, August 27, 2011 The Arab Spring is a hopeful chapter in Middle Eastern politics, but the region’s history points to darker outcomes. There are no recent examples of extended power-sharing or peaceful transitions to democracy in the Arab world. When dictatorships crack, budding democracies […]
A BLAST FROM THE PAST: THE UPCOMING DURBAN III CONFERENCE (SEPTEMBER 2011) Alan Baker Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, August 15, 2011 Introduction There is no doubt that the necessity to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance is one of the major challenges of the organized international community. In fact, this has been a […]
Then Satan said: This beleaguered soul—[Israel] How can I subdue him? He has courage and skill And weapons and ingenuity and judgment. And he said: I will not take his strength. Nor fetter nor restrain him I will not weaken his will Nor dampen his spirit. This will I do: Dull his brain Until he […]
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