Category Archives: International Criticism

IfNotNow – Who and What are You?

IfNotNow is an enigma. Who leads them? Who provides the funding for their orientation training sessions across North America? Their website does not provide any answers to these questions. They claim to be idealists and I don’t question their fervor. … Continue reading

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The Bloodbath in Gaza

The London Daily Mail carried the headline BLOODBATH in referring to the orchestrated Hamas attack this week on Israel’s security fence with Gaza. Later in the story it reported that the “demonstrations … called for the right of return for … Continue reading

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The Jubilee Haggadah – A Travesty of Truth

An organization calling itself SISO (Save Israel Stop the Occupation) claims on its website to be “a new initiative of prominent Israeli individuals and organizations who have joined with Jewish leaders from around the world in a sense of urgency … Continue reading

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UN Security Council Resolution 2334

Many view the decision of the United States not to exercise its veto against UN Security Council Resolution 2334 as the last attempt by President Obama in the death throes of his presidency to score a point against Bibi. White … Continue reading

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“We reject this State that calls itself Israel”

On Saturday 2 August 2014 George Galloway, MP for Bradford West, attended a political party meeting of the far-left in Leeds, Yorkshire. With the Palestinian flag draped behind him, he proclaimed: “We have declared Bradford an Israel-free zone. We don’t … Continue reading

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Hamas has no Respect for Human Life

It is difficult to fight an enemy that does not share your values. It is precisely Hamas’ disrespect for human life that has resulted in the death and injury of so many innocent Palestinians in Gaza and has enabled them … Continue reading

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Prime Minister Harper’s Speech to the Knesset

This past Monday, January 20, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed the Knesset in Jerusalem. His speech was a remarkable statement of support for the Jewish State. “We refuse to single out Israel for criticism on the international stage. “Now … Continue reading

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Releasing Prisoners with Blood on their Hands

In spite of Israel’s insistence that she would not agree to any pre-conditions for a resumption of peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, the government voted today in favour of releasing 104 security prisoners, and that prior to the first … Continue reading

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A Story the BBC won’t tell

Noam Naor was just 3 years old when he fell from the fourth floor apartment of his parents’ home. He was rushed to Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv where doctors fought to save his life, but he had suffered irreversible … Continue reading

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Moving her Mother’s Library to Al Quds

Deborah Kaufman’s article in Tikkun Magazine (Spring 2013) is, of course, characteristically biased. Not that one would have expected anything else from its Editor-in-Chief, Michael Lerner. Just a few examples: “Israel’s occupation of Palestine” – presumably including Haifa and Jaffa, … Continue reading

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