Canada hosted the G7 summit (then G8) in Kananaskis in 2002. This year Prime Minister Carney will be the host again on June 15-17. The host leader sets the agenda. The Ottawa Forum on Israel/Palestine (OFIP) suggests that Prime Minister Carney should put Gaza on the table. Read the OFIP open letter to the Prime Minister.
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Over 70 percent of an area Israel calls “Canada Park” was destroyed by a wildfire which raged across central Israel on May 1. The “park” is located on the ruins of three Palestinian villages which were ethnically cleansed in 1967 and later physically destroyed. Read more.
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Issa Amro (left) is a Palestinian human rights activist from Hebron in the West Bank. Jeff Halper (right) a Jewish Israeli who lives in Jerusalem. “My nomination of Amro and Halper is a call to action for the international community,” said Norwegian MP Ingrid Fiskaa who sponsored the nomination. Read more.
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Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, author, writer, former politician, newspaper publisher, and financier was named to head the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation by the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Read more….
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Basel Adra (l) is a Palestinian whose whole village is being demolished by Israeli soldiers apparently to make way for a military training area. Youval Abraham (r), a Jewish Israeli is appalled by what is happening in his name. He returns repeatedly to document the expulsions. In the process, they establish a powerful relationship. Their documentary is opening the eyes of many who have not paid much attention to what Israel is doing in the West Bank. Read more.…
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Canada Talks Israel/Palestine 