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RedBedHead: The Palestinians Would Be Foolish To Trust Obama or Netanyahu
There’s an old saying that goes “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”. I’m not sure what the appropriate riposte is when you’ve been scammed by the same dishonest brokers a hundred times over. That sadly describes the behaviour of th…
Continue readingInternational poll: 49% back Palestinian state
In a poll covering 19 countries, only 21% do not support a Palestinian state. In favour – 49%. Of course you know what the right will say about the poll numbers – 49% the world is anti-Semitic.It’s so reassuring that Canada is standing firm with the mi…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Israel/Palestine Overview
The Israel/Palestine issue is a particularly difficult topic to talk and write about simply because it is such a poignant, polarizing and established issue. Within a few sentences, western commentators on the issue quickly get lumped as either “pro-Isr…
Continue readingwmtc: palestine 194: palestine must be recognized as a nation
The United Nations Security Council will soon meet for a second time to discuss Palestine’s bid to become the world’s 194th country. While I personally don’t believe that “two states for two peoples” is a path to peace and reconciliation, I do know tha…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Why Boycott Israel?
Why Boycott Israel?Excerpt: Author and history professor Mark LeVine speaks with sociologist Lisa Taraki, a co-founder of the Palestinian campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Mark LeVine: What is the “Boycott, Divestment and San…
Continue readingwmtc: defend free speech: help the canadian arab federation beat jason kenney in court
From Defend Free Speech:Help CAF beat Jason Kenney in federal court!An urgent appeal for support. Please make a donation today.Over two years ago, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney unilaterally cut funding to the Canadian Arab Federa…
Continue readingArt Threat: Blue Gaza – Friday Film Pick: Gaza Strip
An award-winning 2002 documentary on Gaza from filmmaker James Longley is now available on line.
Continue readingPalestinian unilateralism is a sign of desperation. However, PCs don’t think so
A little while ago there was an argument circulating in the left suggesting that the reason why there is so much extremism in Palestine, culminating with groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, is because of desperation; desperation driven by both Israeli tyr…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Israel Attacks Free Speech To Defend Democracy
When is an attack on democracy not an attack on democracy? When the government says that they are defending democracy, of course. That seems to be the thinking in Israel’s higher circles in any case as a bill moves towards becoming law that will ban Is…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Taking Sides In Syria
The article below is a reprint of a longer article by Simon Assaf, a British-Lebanese socialist, that will appear in the upcoming issue of the British magazine Socialist Review. It’s an excellent overview of the history of Syria from its founding foll…
Continue readingRedBedHead: "Anti-Semitism" Committee A Rearguard Defence Of Israel’s Crimes
It’s nothing new really – the right wing, who can barely make their lips form the words “anti-racism”, spend boatloads of cash to “take a stand” against anti-Semitism. Except that what they’re really defending are the odious actions and policies of the…
Continue readingWhat would questioning disguised pacifists accomplish anyway? The Gaza flotilla’s mission is a humanitarian mission first and foremost
Reading Christopher Hitchens’s article, titled “Some questions for the ‘activists’ aboard the Gaza flotilla”, in Tuesday’s edition of the National Post, almost got me to write a letter to Mr. Hitchens, the old fashioned way, to ask him the …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Pro-Palestine Dykes March At Pride!
…and there’s councillor George Mammaliti who, as promised, has come to photograph the dykes in their anti-Israel perfidy. Don’t think his services are needed, with City TV around, but an A for effort.Apparently, Meir Weinstein and the JDL are s…
Continue readingwmtc: alice walker: why i’m sailing to gaza
Alice Walker has written a long, thoughtful essay about her experiences in the Palestinian territories, and her decision to participate in Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human, the international convoy of ships bringing hope and humanitarian aid to the bes…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Freedom For Palestine: Music Video
Any song that’s pro-Palestinian and makes Glen Beck cry on TV is right on with me. At a time when Toronto city council is debating whether or not it’s discrimination – against Jews!? – to say that Israel’s practice of isolating, segregating and repress…
Continue readingwmtc: why the canadian boat to gaza? david heap on cbc radio
My friend (and wmtc reader/commenter) David Heap was on CBC Ontario Morning radio yesterday, speaking from his hotel room in Athens, Greece, about why he’ll be on the Canadian Boat to Gaza, as part of Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human.Listen here.
Continue readingwmtc: canadian boat to gaza send off today; female nobel laureates call on united nations to do the right thing
This morning in both Toronto and Montreal, many of the Canadian delegates of the Canadian ship Tahrir, will meet the media before boarding their flights to Turkey. The Tahrir will set sail for Gaza as part of Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human, an intern…
Continue readingArt Threat: Cancel your concerts in Israel – Friday Film Pick: Gaza Island
A musical parody drawing attention to Gaza, riffing on Gilligan’s Island.
Continue readingwmtc: canadian boat to gaza: we will not be intimidated by threats or lawsuits
A message from the Canadian Boat to Gaza, to anyone who thinks they can bully the boat into submission:
We will not be intimidated by threats or lawsuits
It has been brought to our attention that a lawsuit has been filed against the Canadian Boat to G…
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