The Al-Quds Day rally, an annual venue for anti-Israel rhetoric, took place in front of the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto on March 14 as a war in the Middle East raged. It almost never happened. A day before, Premier Doug Ford of Ontario instructed Attorney General Doug Downey to issue an injunction to stop […]
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s lack of clarity regarding Canada’s position on the current war in Iran has drawn scathing criticism. Lloyd Axworthy, the former foreign minister of Canada, has described the Canadian response as “very confusing.” Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party, has criticized Carney for juggling several different positions. He released […]
Israel regards Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, as one of its closest friends. But on March 2, as the United States and Israel intensified their military campaign in Iran, he surprised Israel with a slip of the tongue, opening a Pandora’s box that set off an impassioned debate which may yet damage Israel’s […]
The longest and most destructive war in Europe since World War II grinds on remorselessly, exacting a horrendous toll in Russian and Ukrainian lives. When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he was apparently confident that his “special military operation” would succeed. Four years on, it has degenerated […]
The Ontario Camps Association should be commended for having categorically rejected an arrogant and unreasonable demand by a coalition of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian organizations to strip the accreditation of 17 overnight Jewish children’s summer camps in Canada due to their support of and connection to Israel. These anti-Israel groups, ranging from the Palestinian Canadian Congress […]
Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights leader who died on February 17 at the age of 84, had a mercurial relationship with the Jewish community in the United States. An ordained Baptist minister who was born and came of age when segregation and Jim Crow laws and regulations oppressed African Americans, he was a protege […]
Being the president of the United States, the world’s preeminent superpower, Donald Trump acts as if he can arbitrarily impose his views or diktats on whatever nation he fancies. Since his inaugural more than a year ago, he has pressured Canada to relinquish its sovereignty and join the American union as the 51st state and […]
It is long past time for the Canadian government to release the final report of the Commission of Inquiry On War Criminals In Canada. The commission, whose mandate was to deal with the explosive issue of suspected Nazi war criminals admitted into Canada, was chaired by Jules Deschenes, a retired Quebec Superior Court judge. He […]
Controversial comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance have set off ripples of unease in the American Jewish community. Vance, a friend of Tucker Carlson — a conservative podcaster who has been accused of dabbling in antisemitism — has conveyed the impression that he tolerates antisemites in the isolationist “Make America Great Again” wing of […]
Jewish settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is on the upswing, and Israel is doing virtually nothing to stop it. The attacks have occurred on almost a daily basis, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing nationalist government has taken scarcely any steps to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators. The Institute for National […]