Israel’s terms for a Gaza ceasefire?
Gaza stripSome reports have spelled out the terms Israel has tabled for a ceasefire in Gaza.Here is one summaryof those rumoured terms:According to reports in Cairo, these are the conditions…
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Green Party of Canada: Operation Pillar of Defense Is Not The Answer
by Green Party of Canada Again, Hamas bombing and Israeli retaliation have escalated. It should be clear that continuing to make war will not bring peace. Israel’s Operation Pillar of…
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article “Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree” is the lead letter in today’s National Post.
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article “Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree” is the lead letter in today’s National Post.
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article "Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree" is the lead letter in today's National Post.
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article “Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree” is the lead letter in today’s National Post.
An Open Letter to Israeli and Palestinian Hawks
Dear Israeli hawks: What are you thinking? I realize that you consider every destructive, civilian killing, infrastructure shattering air raid you launch on the impoverished people of the Gaza Strip…
Gaza: When the Horror Returns
When I watched the news tonight I felt like running down to the beach in my pyjamas, climbing the tallest sand dune, and screaming at the crescent moon.No...no...NOOOOO!!!!! Not that…
Reporting on Israeli Assault on Gaza
Canadian Media reporting on the current conflict seems less than balanced - not that there really is such an animal - favouring an Israeli perspective on the matter and the…
We Must Not "Unequivocally Support" Any Group
People living in the world should have the right to self-determination. This includes the Israeli people, and certainly does not exclude the Palestinian people. Both sides in this seemingly never…
Green party’s Jill Stein on the ‘slave-like mentality toward Israel’
During the US presidential campaign the media was so preoccupied with the two-party race, contenders who represented third-party platforms were too often neglected. This is unfortunate because alternative voices can…
How Israel Misread America
In today's Haaretz, Rabbi Eric Yoffie considers how Israel got everything so wrong and what its leaders must do to make peace with the White House.Americans are resolutely centrist. Israel’s…
Iran and Israel negotiating nukes—will common sense break out?
Officials from both Iran and Israel attended a nuclear non-proliferation meeting in Brussels this week. The intent of the meeting was to set the stage for a full international conference…
Whither Israel?
Benjamin Netanyahu did everything shy of stuffing ballot boxes for Mitch Romney. He gambled, and lost. Now Benny will have to wait to see what his odious efforts have earned…
Will Israelis Shut the Church of the Holy Sepulcher?
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate says it might have to close Jerusalem’s Christian shrine, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, because an Israeli water company is breaking its deal with the…
Arab Revolutions Put Iran Attack On Back Foot
There can be little doubt that the Arab revolutions have already transformed the Middle East and look set to continue and deepen that transformation. Dictators in Tunisia, Yemen and, most…
New work by Remi Kanazi ‘Normalize This!’ undercuts Israeli spin
Remi Kanazi is a performance poet and rights activist based in NYC. His poetry collection – Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine – was published in 2011. The novelist…
Israelis endorse apartheid
For those supporters of Israel who gamely continue to insist that Israel is not an apartheid state, a recent poll published in the Haaretz newspaper should offer second thoughts. The…
How Petty Can Israel Get
Last week ambitious students around the world took the SAT, or scholastic aptitude test, their ticket to a chance at a good education and a bright future. Students around the…