With the midterm elections in the United States only a day away, the U.S. embassy in Ottawa is sticking to its implausible claim that Canada has been interfering in its democratic process. To the best of my knowledge, this marks the first time in the annals of Canada-U.S. relations that such an incendiary allegation has […]
Residents of Toronto head to the polls on October 26 to reelect Mayor Olivia Chow for a second term or to elect city councilman Brad Bradford as her successor. It is a tight race and could go either way, judging by the latest polls. The major issues on the table range from affordable housing and […]
Much to Canada’s disappointment and disillusionment, Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently postponed legislative and presidential elections, which were to be held on November 28 and early next year. Abbas, who has been the president of the PA since 2005, announced that elections in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem will take place […]
The war in Ukraine seems interminable. It erupted in February 2022 with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin described as a “special military operation.” It has since dragged on relentlessly, killing roughly 400,000 to 450,000 Russian soldiers and 125,000 to 150,000 Ukrainian troops and wounding more than two million soldiers on both […]
Israel’s furious reaction to news that Navi Pillay had won the Nobel Peace Prize is perfectly understandable. Pillay, a South African jurist and an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, presided over a United Nations commission that accused Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip during its two-year war with Hamas from […]
The Green Party in Britain, led by a Jewish ideologue named Zack Polanski, adopted a profoundly anti-Israel resolution at its annual conference in Brighton on October 4, three days before the third anniversary of Hamas’ attack in Israel. The stark resolution minces no words. It denies Israel’s right to exist as a sovereign Jewish state. […]
Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of New York City, released a comprehensive plan to combat antisemitism on September 29. Amid an upsurge of antisemitic incidents in the Big Apple, he pledged millions of dollars for security and hate-crime prevention programs. A few liberal and progressive Jewish organizations, such as the New York Jewish Agenda, […]
Avram David (Avi) Lewis, the leader of Canada’s left-of-center New Democratic Party, has come to his senses and no longer is holding Jewish Canadians accountable for Israel’s actions. Lewis, an anti-Zionist whose wife Naomi Klein shares his views, caused outrage when, in a social media post on the eve of Yom Kippur, he wrote, “Tonight […]
Rare is the day when Israeli politicians drop their differences and agree on an issue of national importance. Two days ago, they broke the mould when they backed a decision by the Central Elections Committee to disqualify the chairman of the left-wing Balad Party, Sami Abu Shehadeh, from running in the October 27 election. They […]
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor should not be surprised that their controversial documentary, NAZA, has been vociferously condemned by mainstream Israeli leaders. NAZA, which premiered at the recent Venice International Film Festival, claims that Israel loosened its rules of engagement in responding to Hamas’ terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. Israel thereby caused the deaths […]