Tammy Jakeman was an NDP candidate in the upcoming Nova Scotia provincial election. She withdrew her candidacy after comments she made about the Gaza genocide were condemned by pro-Israel lobby…
Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, briefs reporters at UN headquarters. Photo by Loey Felipe/United Nations. ...
Pro-Palestine rally in Los Angeles, November 15, 2023. Photo by Ringo Chiu. TVOntario’s star talk show host, Steve Paikin, wrote an opinion column on the network’s website on September 23,...
Traditional portrait of Moses ben Maimon, (commonly known as Maimonides, 1138–1204), one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. Deeply embedded in Judais...
Thousands rally in Melbourne in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Photo by Matt Hrkac/Wikimedia Commons. In the immediate wake of the recent events in Israel-Palestine, conservative and even centrist politicians…
Palestinians celebrate beside a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis. Photo courtesy AP. If you stand back just far enough, history repeats itself. And…
Photo by Momo/Flickr We often hear the refrain that Israeli politics is very complicated. It’s usually used as an excuse to stop conversation dead. But given the current turmoil among…
Photo by Abbas Momani Okay, let’s talk about an elephant in the room. What do Faisal Bhaba, Desmond Cole, Javier Dávila, Nadia Shoufani, Rehab Nazzal, Rana Zaman, Linda Sarsour, Idris…
Student protesters gather at York University to denounce an event that brought members of the Israel Defence Forces to campus, November 2019. Photo courtesy SAIA York/Twitter. As recently as September…
The gated entrance of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (work sets you free) in Oranienburg, Germany. Photo by Thamara Salvagni. The federal government has…
If the IHRA definition succeeds in becoming the benchmark, and many future meetings fall afoul of its criteria, then we are in deep trouble and can kiss reasoned debate and…
Protestors wave Israeli flags during a demonstration in London, United Kingdom, November 4, 2017. Photo by Bruce Emmerling/NeedPix. When Sportsnet fired Canadian media personality Don Cherry in November 2019 for…
