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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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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A few days before stepping down as Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau defiantly told an Ottawa gathering “I am a Zionist’. It was the same day that Israeli minister Eli Cohen said he would stop all electricity from entering Gaza, effectively shutting down vital infrastructure including its water supply. Read more.
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President-elect Donald Trump said that because Greenland and Panama are vital for US security, he would not rule out using military force to take them over. For Canada he would only use “economic pressure”. But do Canada, Greenland and Panama have the “right” to exist? Does any country have such a right? Read more…
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The cover illustration of the fall issue of The Canadian Jewish News Magazine seems to reflect a growing debate in the Jewish community over Israel/Palestine, long repressed by establishment Jewish organizations, and now bubbling to the surface. It drew hundreds of responses from its readers – some positive and some negative. Read more…
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Canada Talks Israel/Palestine 