By Alison@Creekside Baird says Iran could build nuclear bomb within months screams the CBC headline over Evan Solomon interviewing John Baird under a giant picture of visiting Israel PM Shimon Peres. Fans of the Iran got nukes! cry-wolf sweepstakes will recall both Peres and Netanyahu predicted in 1992 that Iran would have nuclear warheads by 1999, 1992 also being […]
Israel
The A word
By Alison@Creekside The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism has released its Final Report — two years in the making — on what co-chair and former Lib MP Mario Silva refers to as the “wave of anti-Semitism we are witnessing in our nation.” A 71% increase. Yet a mere seven months earlier in December, here is the CPCCA’s […]
Brave Steve defends Israel’s far right
By Alison@Creekside Live-blogging from the Ottawa Conference on Combating Antisemitism, the intrepid Kady does her level best to find out what The Plot — a secret exhibit from the US Anti-Defamation League that is off-limits to media — is all about. I don’t know either but I’ll lay you odds that it doesn’t include this […]
Kevin Neish, Al Jazeera: Israel fired before boarding
By Frank Moher In an interview with Zoe Blunt published at pacificfreepress.com, Canadian human rights activist Kevin Neish reports that he was on board the Gaza aid ship that was stormed by Israeli commandos, and that soldiers began firing from helicopters above the ship as the raid began. His account is corroborated by an interview […]
Kevin Neish and the flotilla: human rites
By Frank Moher I got to know Kevin Neish, one of three Canadians currently being held by Israel after its attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, last Fall, when a production of the play My Name is Rachel Corrie that I had directed toured to Victoria. Kevin was instrumental in bringing the show to his […]
Rights and Democracy, and Hypocrisy
By Alison@Creekside On the same day we are hearing from the three fired members of Rights and Democracy at the Foreign Affairs Committee (see below) comes an op-ed in the National Post by R&D board member Marco Navarro-Genie. And what a gong show stinker it is too. According to Navarro-Genie, the Foreign Affairs committee is […]
The Cons find their wedge issue: Israel
By Alison@Creekside Two days ago Jason Kenney’s communications director Alykhan Velshi tweeted that Con MP Tim Uppal from the inquiry panel at the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism will be looking for unanimous all-party approval when he introduces a motion to condemn the use of the word “apartheid” as applied to Israel in the […]
Israel for dummies
By Alison@Creekside Jason Kenney explains the difference between anti-Semitism and legitimate criticism of Israel at Monday’s session of The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism: Irwin Cotler: “How does one distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and crossing the line?” Jason Kenney: “Criticism of Israel predicated on a view of Israel as a criminal enterprise, […]
Canada to Palestinians: no more schools for you
By Alison@Creekside Last month Jason Kenney explained his government’s decision to cut off funds to the church aid group KAIROS thusly: “Our government is working to dismantle the client relationship that existed between the government of Canada and organizations whose priority is seemingly to advocate for the legalization of banned terrorist organizations like Hamas and […]
Bernie’s version
By Alison@Creekside In February, Bernie Farber, CEO of the CJC, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, and 10 other Lib and Con MPs attended the London Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism. From Farber’s Feb 25 column at Canadian Jewish Congress: “Of all the strategies and tactics reviewed, one stood out for broader emulation. It was the development of […]
