Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani has several times been a featured guest of OFIP. A few days ago, he gave an inside report to the US news program Majority Report from Nasser hospital in Gaza, where he has been for the last three months. His demeanour is calm as always, but the story he tells is shocking. Watch the interview…
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is willing to recognize the State of Palestine (albeit with conditions.) He also calls the situation of Palestinians in Gaza “intolerable” and calls for action by the UN. But he won’t pronounce the word “genocide”. CTIP explores why…
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Prime Minister Carney’s announcement that Canada would recognize the State of Palestine this fall raises again the idea of a 2 state solution envisaged by the United Nations in 1947. Jews saw it as a historical necessity. But to the Palestinians, it appeared that the UN had given international approval for the confiscation of over half of their country. Was it fair? Should the UN reconsider the justness of the original idea? OFIP invites you to a public discussion/debate.
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Canada Talks Israel/Palestine 