Until about two years ago, I regarded the United States as a friendly neighbor, a nation whose democratic values were in alignment with that of Canada. In this respect, Canada almost seemed like a carbon copy of America. When I crossed the world’s longest undefended border, I did not feel that I had entered an […]
The current Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labors under the grand illusion that its controversial settlement policy in the occupied West Bank will have no adverse effect on its bilateral relations with foreign countries. On September 8, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband disabused Israel of its illusion when he lambasted its position […]
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party has entered a stunning new phase in its trajectory toward state and federal power after finishing first in the Saxony-Anhalt election on September 6. Although it did not win an absolute majority, the AfD is close to becoming the first far-right party to govern a German state since the […]
B‘nai Brith Canada for years has sought full access to a report written by historian Alti Rodal for the Commission of Inquiry On War Criminals In Canada. The commission, headed by Jules Deschenes, was charged with investigating allegations that the Canadian government admitted European collaborators who committed crimes against humanity on behalf of Nazi Germany […]
Canada’s public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, got itself into needless trouble on the eve of the 25th anniversary of Al-Qaeda’s terrorist attack in the United States on September 11, 2001. Its senior director of journalistic standards and public trust, Basem Boshra, admitted in a blog post on August 28 that the CBC had caused […]
Hasan Dogan Piker, the left-wing anti-Israel streamer, influencer and commentator, has suggested that American Jews who openly support Israel are exposing themselves to attack. This can only be regarded as a threat that could well harm the Jewish community in the United States. “If Jews in America keep putting this idea out there that they […]
Much to its credit, Montreal’s city council recently passed an amended version of an unacceptable motion that called for severing institutional and diplomatic ties with Israel. The final version, which passed by a margin of 56 to 6 after a contentious debate, removed earlier references to Israeli “apartheid” and “genocide” and expressed “solidarity with the […]
Bashar al-Assad, the ousted president of Syria, is a war criminal. These are not mere words. Last week, a court in Damascus sentenced him, his brother Maher, his cousin Atef Najib and six former Syrian officials to death for murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes against humanity, all committed during the long civil war in […]
A somber anniversary was marked in Afghanistan a few days ago as the Taliban celebrated the fifth anniversary of its return to power. On August 15, 2021, following a costly two-decade war that achieved nothing of lasting value, the United States and its allies unilaterally withdrew their troops from that war-torn country. The ultimate futility […]
Israel’s support in the Democratic Party is gradually slipping away. The latest evidence of this seminal shift is Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic primary on August 4. El-Sayed, a harsh critic of Israel, may become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate. A 41-year-old physician, former public-health official and onetime Columbia University […]