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A Palestinian Protest Denies Israel’s Right To Statehood

Two days before the first anniversary of the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, Palestinians and their motley group of supporters gathered in downtown Toronto to celebrate the cause of Palestinian “resistance” to Israel’s very existence. Chanting incendiary slogans such as “Israel will soon be gone, free, free Palestine,” and waving Palestinian and Lebanese […]

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Trump Is Exposing Jewish Americans To Hatred

Donald Trump has been spouting verbal diarrhea of late. Speaking at two Jewish campaign events in the last few days, the former U.S. president and Republican Party presidential nominee claimed that American Jews would be mostly to blame if he lost November’s election to his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. “If I don’t win […]

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Canada Needs To Release The Second Deschenes Commission Report

The federal government of Canada faces a quandary. Should it abide by a request from the Jewish community and release the still secret second part of Justice Jules Deschenes’ Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada? Or should it heed the advice of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and keep it confidential? This extremely sensitive […]

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Universities Should Stay Clear Of Partisan Politics

A university in Canada has set an unfortunate precedent, much to Israel’s detriment and its own financial standing. On July 10, the president of the University of Windsor, Robert Gordon, caved in to Palestinian and pro-Palestinian protesters and signed an agreement that closed the “Liberation Zone” encampment on campus that they illegally set up on […]

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The Trump-Harris Debate Left Much To Be Desired

Presidential debates in the United States should not only illuminate and clarify the issues of the day. They should also be on a cordial level. Regrettably, the televised debate on September 10 between  Vice President Kamala Harris and the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, fell short of that standard. With less than […]

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Tucker Carlson Gives A Nazi Apologist A Platform

Tucker Carlson, one of Donald Trump’s favorite broadcasters, coddles Nazi apologists. On his show, Tucker on X, he recently interviewed Darryl Cooper, whom he introduced as “the most important popular historian working in the United States today,” a title that is completely overblown and unwarranted. Cooper, a podcaster and the writer of the newsletter Martyr […]

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A Far-Right Party Stuns Germany

Much to the consternation and alarm of most Germans, the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) won the recent election in Thuringia and finished second in neighboring Saxony, both of which are in eastern Germany. Chillingly enough, this was the first time since the 12-year Nazi interregnum that a far-right party had amassed a majority of […]

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Nazi Crimes Cannot Be Forgiven

Europeans who committed genocidal crimes during the Holocaust cannot be forgiven, regardless of their age. There is no statute of limitations on murder, either legally or morally. Perpetrators like Irmgard Furchner, a 99-year-old German woman who was given a lenient two-year sentence in 2022 as an accessory to murder in a Nazi concentration camp, richly […]

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Canadian Labor Leader Fred Hahn Must Resign

It is debatable whether Canadian labor leader Fred Hahn is an antisemite, but he is certainly grossly insensitive to Jews and undeniably hostile toward Israel. Which makes him a highly divisive leader and an ignoble character who does not belong in his job. On August 21, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) announced it […]

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New University Rules Do Not Curtail Free Speech

With students scheduled to return to classes next month, universities in the United States have adopted stringent new rules to limit pro-Palestinian protests, which erupted on campuses following  the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip last October. Under the new regulations, encampments will be banned, protests will be allowed only in designated […]