Finally, some politicians are starting to stand up to the attempts by Israel’s supporters to limit discussion through intimidation. This letter comes from MP Libby Davies: Dear Friends, Thank you so much for taking the time to write and express your views about the motion proposed by a Conservative MP,
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Andy Lehrer's Firebrand blog: Gerry Caplan satirises the Rights & Democracy affair
Gerry Caplan’s column in the Globe and Mail has taken on the Harper government’s patronizing attempt to pander to the Jewish community for several months now. Stephen Harper and the Jewish question published in December examined the irony of Jewish neoconservatives cozying up to evangelical anti-Semites, the Tory 10%ers accusing
Continue readingCanadian Firebrand: Gerry Caplan satirises the Rights & Democracy affair
Gerry Caplan’s column in the Globe and Mail has taken on the Harper government’s patronizing attempt to pander to the Jewish community for several months now. Stephen Harper and the Jewish question published in December examined the irony of Jewish neoconservatives cozying up to evangelical anti-Semites, the Tory 10%ers accusing
Continue readingAndy Lehrer's Firebrand blog: The Canadian Jewish Congress and the National Post’s double standard on Independent Jewish Voices
Last week, the National Post published a screed yet again attacking Independent Jewish Voices and its former chair, Diana Ralph. Several years ago, prior to joining Independent Jewish Voices, Ralph wrote a chapter for a book called Hidden History of 9-11 in which her thesis was that the Bush Administration
Continue readingfirebrand: Holocaust survivors vs B’nai Brith Canada
One of the things I find most offensive is when people trivialize the Holocaust by making specious analogies to it for political purposes. It bothers me when the left does it as well as the right. Unfortunately, there is a growing trend among Zionist g…
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