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 […]
Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, is flogging a dead horse. Ben Gvir, the leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party, is trying to revive a dangerous idea that has no chance of being implemented and, furthermore, would bring the wrath of the region and the international community on Israel. On September 3, he […]
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 […]
The United States, having failed to squeeze Iran into submission by military means, is now trying to achieve this objective through economic means. Its change in emphasis was underscored by three events in the past few days. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that the United States does not plan to launch new offensive […]
It is surely a sign of the times. A police cruiser has been parked in front of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in midtown Toronto for the past few months. I pass it whenever I cycle southward on my almost daily bike ride during the relatively short cycling season. The vehicle is there to ward […]
Since the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Israel has repeatedly struck military bases and equipment in Syria and seized territory in the southern part of the country to protect its northern border. Last week, in one of its boldest and most provocative moves, Israel bombed Abu al-Duhur, an empty Syrian air […]