Month: March 2015

Remains of destroyed Palestinian villages found under Israeli tourist sites in the Galilee
tower and stockade

No, this is not western USA. This “tower and stockade” is a popular museum at Nir David in the Galilee. Visitors are shown how, beginning in 1936, Jewish immigrants formed a kibbutz on land taken from Palestinians and constructed a fort to protect themselves from attacks by displaced farmers.

In November 2014, a group of Canadians spent a day with journalist Jonathan Cook, exploring the Galilee. Our objective was to study history – specifically to learn about the process by which Jewish militias had taken over one of the richest agricultural areas of Palestine. You can follow along with our 25 minute documentary. (more…)

What are the implications of the Canada-Israel agreement to oppose the boycott of Israel?
baird and lieberman

In one of his last acts as Foreign Minister, John Baird, here shown with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, signed a memorandum of agreement with Israel to fight the growing movement to boycott Israel (BDS)

In his last trip as Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird signed a curious Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with his counterpart Avigdor Lieberman of Israel. Officially called “A Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel regarding Public Diplomacy Cooperation,” the Baird-Lieberman memo was signed on January 24th, 2014. What does it mean?

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