By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada A life peer (high ranked politician) in the United Kingdom claims that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is a “major cause” of ISIS and the rise of Islamist terrorism. Baroness Jenny Tonge, a Liberal Democrat, said in the House of Lords that Israel is “creating a generation of terrorists who …
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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Israel may be constructing an underground wall to deter Hamas’s construction of tunnels from Gaza into Israel, The Washington Post reports. The wall would stretch both above the ground and under it and run about 100 kilometres, along the southern Gazan border. Israeli news outlet Yediot Ahronot reported that though the project was …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada It’s nice to see some universities actually applying some ‘higher learning.’ The Federal University of ABC in the Brazilian region of Sao Pualo came to its senses when it removed a course that had been planned for the purpose of teaching Zionism as a racist ideology comparable to apartheid …
By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Deborah Lyons has been appointed the new ambassador of Canada to Israel by Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion, replacing Vivian Bercovici. Before embarking on a career in government and diplomacy, Lyons was a successful small business owner who managed companies in tourism and consulting. Since joining the Department of …
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Republican Party has approved a new platform that does not call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it will no longer support the establishment of a Palestinian state. The platform, approved on July 12, gives Israel the freedom to determine whether or not it …
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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada On Thursday, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that a photographer had captured images of deliveries into the Gaza strip arriving through the Erez crossing, which has been closed for the past nine years. The Erez crossing has been restricted to individuals since 2007, with deliveries to Gaza arriving solely …
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By Jordan ZaitchikB’nai Brith Canada Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the Second Lebanon War, a 34-day-long conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hezbollah. The conflict took place in Northern Israel, the Golan Heights, and Lebanon. It ended in a UN-led ceasefire on August 14, 2006. Hezbollah, backed by the Iranian and Syrian regimes, …
By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA)have successfully conducted a test meant to check the integration of Israeli and American defense systems. The jointly operated program tested for real-time communication and coordination between defense systems taking place in multiple locations in Israel …
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Here is a video of people interviewed at the al-Quds Day rally in Toronto on July 2, 2016. Some of the comments will astound you.
By Simon Pelsmakher B’nai Brith Canada In another sign of thawing Turkish-Israeli relations, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come out condemning the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, the group responsible for the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident which soured relations with the Jewish State. President Erdogan stated that the Hamas affiliated “charity” never received proper …
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