The Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election on April 28. Judging by the profusion of Liberal campaign placards planted on the lawns of homes in the mid-town district of Toronto-St. Paul’s, the Liberals were heading for a fourth consecutive victory. St. Paul’s, where I live, is a bellwether constituency whose neighborhoods range from upper-class Forest […]
Donald Trump, in a geopolitical betrayal of seismic proportions, appears to have switched sides in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war. Until Trump’s return as president on January 20, the United States backed Ukraine unequivocally. Â Joe Biden, Trump’s predecessor, condemned Russia’s brazen invasion of Ukraine in the winter of 2022. He provided Ukraine with economic and political […]
Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to fire Ronen Bar, the director of the Shin Bet internal intelligence agency, discredits the Israeli prime minister, leaving him open to legitimate concerns that he values political survival more than democracy and the rule of law. At the behest of Netanyahu, the cabinet voted on March 20 to dismiss Bar, a […]
Donald Trump’s ideologically-driven administration has taken aim at elite American universities in what is shaping up to be a concerted campaign to transform higher education in the United States. The ramifications of his policy may be felt for decades if he succeeds. He and his supporters in the “Make America Great Again” wing of the […]
McGill University has finally cracked down on Palestinian students and their supporters who create chaos on campus. Earlier this month, the Montreal university terminated its contractual relationship with the Students’ Society of McGill (SSMU) following a three-day anti-Israel strike that led to vandalism and a disruption of classes. On April 11, McGill went one step […]
Israel has never been as internally divided as it is today. The divisions that are tearing Israel apart could, in the worst-case scenario, lead to something approaching a civil war. The current tensions have been compared to the disastrous conflicts that preceded the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Second Temple in […]
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist at Columbia University in New York City, has caused a furor and ignited a controversy. His case has triggered an impassioned debate about the limits of free speech and the boundaries of political activism. A 30-year-old Algerian national, a permanent resident of the United States, and a recent graduate of […]
An exhibition on Auschwitz-Birkenau has landed at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto for an extended stay. Created by Musealia, co-produced by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, and developed by an international panel of curators and historians, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away is one of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever presented […]
President Donald Trump has unwisely declared economic warfare on Canada. In doing so, he is recklessly upending and potentially ruining the United States’ historically cordial and mutually profitable relationship with its closest neighbor and ally. Trump’s destabilizing policy is causing volatility, chaos, pain, puzzlement and uncertainty in both countries. True to his threats, he has […]
Donald Trump seems to have abandoned Ukraine, a U.S. ally, in pursuit of his “America First” policy and sided unequivocally with Russia, one of America’s adversaries. It is a jaw-dropping moment. Six weeks after his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States, Trump has revealed his true colors as a self-centred, disruptive and […]