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Bibi at bay: Israel’s crossroads election
Two videos frame the upcoming Israeli elections on March 17. The first, released by the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, sets up Netanyahu as a kindergarten teacher, casting...
View ArticleIsraeli candidates make last push before tomorrow’s election
JERUSALEM – Israeli election candidates are making their final appeals to voters on Monday, the eve of an election that will determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can secure another term...
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From Israel, good news for Harper: Fear works
Benjamin Netanyahu stuck the needle of fear into Israel’s nervous system and it paid off with a remarkable election victory on Wednesday. Irony, of course, is the price of Netanyahu’s victory: Nineteen...
View ArticleHarper calls Netanyahu, reiterates backing for two-state solution
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has reiterated Canada’s support for a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians during a phone call to newly re-elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....
View ArticleHarper should take his own Cuba advice about Iran, analysts say
Prime Minister Stephen Harper should take his own advice on engaging with Cuba and work towards similar efforts with Iran, experts say. At the Summit of the Americas in Panama City this weekend, Harper...
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Congress can’t stop Iran nuclear deal: Boehner
The top ranking Republican in Congress privately acknowledged this weekend that his party doesn’t have enough votes to overcome a veto of any resolution disapproving the nuclear-weapons deal President...
View ArticleWhy did Blaney’s department cite hate speech laws to fight Israel boycotts?
The Harper government is refusing to say why it pointed to Canada’s hate speech laws when questioned about a so-called ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to those promoting boycotts of Israel. In January,...
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Can a boycott movement qualify as a hate crime?
More from Tasha Kheiriddin available here. Is the Canadian government going to prosecute anti-Israel boycotts as hate crimes? That’s the question many are asking in the wake of a CBC report on Ottawa’s...
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The Harper government’s Orwellian war on dissent
More from Michael Harris available here. Under Stephen Harper, Canada is turning into the incredible shrinking democracy. That’s bad enough. But if this process of purposeful transformation isn’t...
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Obama, Israel and the worst-kept nuclear ‘secret’ in the world
Despite last-minute jitters from Israel, the Obama administration will continue to play along by shielding the Jewish state from a conference that could force it to disclose its nuclear weapons. Last...
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‘Heightened scrutiny’ of Mulcair should include foreign policy
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. This just in: Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson’s crystal ball reveals that NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s front-running status in opinion polls means he...
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The Iran deal just made the world a more dangerous place: Israeli ambassador
Does this week’s nuclear agreement with Iran make the world a safer or more dangerous place? For those who carefully follow the Iranian regime — not just in Israel but around our region and the world —...
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Out of Syria, a lesson in luck and compassion
Last week, I was 60 kilometres from Damascus, Syria, watching the city burn from a distance. I had the privilege of being one of 50 youth leaders from 11 countries brought to Israel by the Schusterman...
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A hero of peace meets a wall of indifference in Ottawa
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. I think it’s fair to say that Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is not an “old-stock Canadian” — to borrow the phrase our oh-so-classy Conservative leader tossed out...
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On questions of war and peace, we’re a nation divided
The gulf is huge between Stephen Harper’s followers and everyone else over the sort of ideological pose Canada should strike on the world stage. These stark solitudes were on display Monday night as...
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Mr. Harper’s enemies list gets longer every day
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. I’m not going to write the N-word. No, not that one. The other one — the article of clothing that Stephen Harper and his high-priced campaign enforcer, Lynton...
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Cultural mosaic vs. ‘snitch state’: Which Canada is the real Canada?
More from Susan Delacourt available here. My Ottawa neighbourhood, known as New Edinburgh, is not where one would go to escape politics. Inside of just a few weeks last spring, there were two sightings...
View ArticleEdmonton Liberal candidate pushes back against critics of Israel policy
EDMONTON – An Edmonton Liberal candidate sharply addressed what she characterized as false doubts about Justin Trudeau’s commitment to Israel in an all-candidates’ debate Thursday night. During the...
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Step one in rebuilding the CPC: cutting loose the religious right
More from Tasha Kheiriddin available here. Red, blue or purple? As it nurses its bruises from the election, the Conservative party is asking itself what its complexion ought to be in the future. Much...
View ArticleNetanyahu, Trudeau hold ‘warm’ phone call, affirming Israel-Canada bond
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered his congratulations to prime minister designate Justin Trudeau in a telephone call affirming the friendship of the two countries — even if it won’t...
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