Canadian TV News Reports:
CTV National News: Dan Matheson/Joanne Clancy: "Canada-Gaza Mail" (August 14, 2010)
“The old promise ‘the mail must go through’ has become the latest victim of the Israeli-Palestinian situation, Canada and other countries have suspended service to Gaza until further notice. CTV’s Middle East Bureau Chief Joanne Clancy explains why.”
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CTV National News: Dan Matheson/Joanne Clancy: "Israeli deportation of foreign workers" (August 15, 2010)
“A controversial deportation program is about to get started in Israel. Targeted, are the almost 200,000 foreign workers employed illegally in the country and their children. Even many Israelis don’t think children should be forced to leave the only country they have ever called home. CTV’s Joanne Clancy reports.”
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Iran in the Spotlight:
Globe and Mail Editorial Cartoon: Anthony Jenkins: "Iran: spot the progressive" (August 14, 2010)
Toronto Star via New York Times: "Iran set to launch first nuclear plant" (August 14, 2010)
"In a move sure to disappoint United States diplomats trying to halt Iran’s nuclear program, the Russian state nuclear power company said Friday that it would take a crucial step later this month toward starting Iran’s first nuclear power plant."
CTV.ca: AP: "Iran official announces building of new nuke site" (August 16, 2010)
"Iran's nuclear chief says his country will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment site by March next year. Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi's announcement is a slap to international efforts to halt Tehran's enrichment program -- a process that can be used for power generation or nuclear weapons making."
CBC.ca: "Iran to get Russian nuclear fuel soon" (August 13, 2010)
"Russia will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week despite U.S. efforts to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear energy until it proves that it's not pursuing a weapons capacity, officials said Friday. Uranium fuel shipped by Russia will be loaded into the Bushehr reactor on Aug. 21, beginning a startup process that will last about a month and end with the reactor sending electricity to Iranian cities, Russian and Iranian officials said."
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All the News That's Fit to Print
Edmonton Journal: AFP: "Lebanon seeks donors to help fund army gear" (August 15, 2010)
"Lebanon has opened a bank account for donations to help modernize its poorly-equipped army, the defence minister said Saturday, two weeks after a deadly border clash between Lebanese and Israeli soldiers."
Canada.com: News Services: "Flotilla activists wanted violence: Ex general" (August 16, 2010)
"Activists on a Gaza-bound aid boat that was boarded by Israeli commandos were determined there would be violence, the head of an Israeli military probe into the deadly raid said Monday. "They (the activists) were committed to kill and be killed," retired Israeli general Giora Eiland told the BBC's Panorama television program."
See also: Edmonton Journal
Canada.com: Daily News: "Victoria man will give his account of Israeli attack on flotilla" (August 16, 2010)
"A Vancouver Islander will tell his version of what happened in the controversial storming of a flotilla by Israeli troops in international waters this past spring. Kevin Neish, of Victoria, was part of the "Free Gaza Flotilla" attacked by Israel military forces on May 31. Nine were killed and while Neish survived that attack, he was among those jailed then expelled, after their money and belongings were seized by Israeli authorities."
Montreal Gazette: Manya A. Brachear (not online): "You can't eat, and you can’t yell" (August 14, 2010)
Photo Caption: "Dates for ramadan A Palestinian man prepares his dates to sell in the West Bank city of Jericho, as Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims are commanded to fast from dawn to dusk and abstain from smoking, profanity and ill temper."
24 Hours: Wire Services (not online) "Lebanon, Beirut" (August 16, 2010)
"Lebanese security forces killed a suspected leader of the militant group Fatah al Islam on Saturday in a border shootout near the border with Syria, security sources said."
See also: Globe and Mail today (not online)
24 Hours: Wire Services (not online): "Al-Qaida urges break with Israel" (August 16, 2010)
"Al-Qaida’s No. 2 urged the Turkish people in an Internet message posted on Sunday to pressure their government to sever ties with Israel and withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. The audio recording coincides with deteriorating Turkish-Israeli relations."
Edmonton Journal: Giuseppe Valiante: "Muslim leaders have ‘medieval mindset,' critic says" (August 14, 2010)
"A declaration of fundamental Islamic values released Friday by the Canadian Council of Imams and signed by more than 50 Muslim religious leaders is "completely meaningless" and a result of a "medieval mindset," says the founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress."
Edmonton Journal: Liz Nicholls: "Show reveals family strife through eyes of a child" (August 15, 2010
"In My First Sony, a surprisingly full-bodied and heartbreaking solo show from Israel, it doesn't just tell itself, it reveals itself, which is even better. What emerges is the story of an Israeli family with desperately unhappy parents: the philandering filmmaker dad reduced to ghostwriting Holocaust survivor stories and turning his anger on his kids; the fierce and wounded Argentine wife; the camping trips to the Dead Sea."
Hamilton Spectator: AP: "Profilers baffled by suspected serial stabber" (August 16, 2010)
"The man accused of going on a three-state stabbing spree in the United States was also a suspect in a stabbing near his hometown in Israel. But what drove Elias Abuelazam remains a mystery. Relatives describe a shy man from a respected family who had recently become despondent."
See also: Global National: Kevin Newman/Eric Sorenson: "Serial killing suspect" (August 13, 2010)
Waterloo Record: AP/CP: "Netanyahu to visit Greece in first official visit by Israeli PM" (August 16, 2010)
"Benjamin Netanyahu was due in Athens Monday on the first visit by an Israeli prime minister to Greece. Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with his Greek counterpart, George Papandreou, in the afternoon in the Greek capital in a reciprocal visit after Papandreou's trip to Israel last month."
Halifax Herald: Wire Services: "Israel begins removing concrete barrier" (August 16, 2010)
"Israeli army cranes on Sunday began removing a concrete barrier that shielded a Jewish neighbourhood bordering the West Bank from gunfire — a sign that calm is taking hold in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military erected the 600-metre concrete barrier nine years ago on the outskirts of the Gilo neighbourhood in southern Jerusalem because of repeated Palestinian shootings from the West Bank town of Beit Jalla."
Waterloo Record: Bloomberg: "Israeli, Palestinian interns learn to live together" (August 13, 2010)
"Two interns, Israeli and Palestinian. For six weeks, they would live together in Washington, courtesy of a nascent, shoestring operation called New Story Leadership for the Middle East. New Story, an offshoot of a group that brought together Protestant and Ca."
Actualités et opinions sur Israël
Journal de Québec: AFP (pas en ligne): « Un casier vierge en Israël » (15/08/2010)
« L’avocat israélien d’Elias Abuelzam, arrêté aux États-Unis où il est soupçonné d’avoir commis une série d’agressions au couteau, dont cinq meurtres, a assuré samedi que son client n’avait aucun antécédent judiciaire en Israël. »
Journal de Québec: AFP (pas en ligne): « Des interrogations sur sa personnalité » (14/08/2010)
« Homme violent ou ami courtois? Voisins, collègues et parents peignaient hier des portraits aux antipodes d’Elias Abuelzam, le citoyen israélien arrêté la veille aux États-Unis où il est soupçonné d’avoir commis une série d’agressions, dont cinq meurtres. »
Journal de Québec: Reuters (pas en ligne): « L’Allemagne libère un présumé espion israélien » (14/08/2010)
« Les autorités allemandes ont libéré sous caution hier un espion israélien présumé soupçonné d’être impliqué dans l’assassinat en janvier d’un dirigeant du Hamas, à Dubaï. »
Journal de Montreal: AFP (pas en ligne): « « Les militants voulaient la violence » » (16/08/2010)
« Le responsable de l’enquête de l’armée israélienne sur l’arraisonnement par ses commandos d’une flottille pour Gaza a affirmé hier que des militants propalestiniens qui se trouvaient sur le navire amiral de la flottille voulaient que des violences aient lieu. »
Journal de Montreal: AFP (pas en ligne): « Poignardeur en série ou type bien ? » (14/08/2010)
« Homme violent ou ami courtois ? Voisins, collègues et parents peignaient vendredi des portraits aux antipodes d’Elias Abuelazam, le citoyen israélien arrêté la veille aux États-Unis, où il est soupçonné d’avoir commis une série d’agressions, dont cinq meurtres. »
Le Soleil: AFP (pas en ligne): « Le Lutetia, des nazis aux Israéliens » (14/08/2010)
« Le célèbre hôtel Lutetia à Paris a été vendu la semaine dernière au groupe israélien Alrov, pour un montant indéterminé. »
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Today's News and Views About Israel
Toronto Sun: Eric Margolis: "Punishing the WikiLeaker misses the point" (August 15, 2010)
Body: “His case recalls another courageous whistleblower, Israeli technician Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed Israel’s large nuclear arsenal, was kidnapped, served 17 years in solitary, and still remains a semi-prisoner.”
Noteworthy: "After 27 years, this is my last Sun column. I am grateful to the Sun for allowing me to freely express my views even when it disagreed with them. My Sunday column continues at my website: ericmargolis.com and at the Huffington Post, LewRockwell.com, Bigeye.com and newspapers abroad."
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Toronto Sun: Salim Mansur: "Israel facing revival of deep-seated hate" (August 14, 2010)
"The dilemma of Jews and Israel in the contemporary world became acutely vivid to me as I stepped out of the noon-day sun into the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem. The hall stands empty except for an eternal flame in memory of Jews murdered by Hitler’s Nazi Germany and on the floor the names of the death camps in central and eastern Europe."
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Globe and Mail: Ron Lauder: "Even a tolerant country cannot tolerate intolerance" (August 14, 2010)
"Last month, firecrackers were thrown at the only synagogue in the Swedish city of Malmo, breaking three windows. The day before, a bomb threat had been left at the building, warning what would happen. Two weeks before, there was another attack against the same synagogue. For months, Malmo’s Jews have testified to an increasingly hostile atmosphere, with many saying they are frightened to go out on the streets wearing anything that might identify them as Jews."
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Straight.com: Gwynne Dyer: "Mavi Marmara inquiry denies the obvious" (August 13, 2010)
"They are all lying, of course. The pro-Palestinian activists who said that the flotilla of ships that tried to breach the Israeli blockade and bring aid to the Gaza Strip had purely humanitarian goals were lying, and so are the Israeli officials who blandly insist that the blockade is solely to stop offensive weapons from reaching the Hamas-ruled enclave. But only the Israeli commandos who seized the ships and killed nine people had guns."
See also: Prince Albert Daily Herald/Truro Daily News/Amherst Daily News (today’s version not online).
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Edmonton Journal: W. Andy Knight: "Iran's outrageous Baha'i trials thinly disguised religious cleansing" (August 15, 2010)
"This week, the Iranian regime completed its ridiculous and unjust show trial of seven Baha'i leaders and sentenced them to 20 years in prison. This shocking sentence was handed down to two women -- Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet, and five men -- Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm -- all upstanding Iranian citizens whose only crime is that they belong to the Baha'i community."
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Globeandmail.ca: Norman Spector: "Margaret Atwood versus George Will on the Mideast" (August 15, 2010)
"In Saturday’s paywall-protected edition of the Times of London, Margaret Atwood sets out six future Mideast scenarios - some darker than others - before expressing her preference for a seventh: "In [the seventh] future there are two states, 'Israel' and 'Palestine.' Both are flourishing, and both are members of a regional council that deals with matters affecting the whole area."
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Winnipeg Free Press: Staff Writers: "Israel takes hard line" (August 16, 2010)
"Israel will not accept conditions for resuming direct negotiations with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top cabinet ministers affirmed in a meeting late Sunday, reflecting a hard line just as invitations to the talks appeared to be near. The Palestinians want the framework and agenda of negotiations worked out ahead of time."
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GlobeandMail.ca: AP: "Israel, Iran trade Youth Olympics jabs" (August 15, 2010)
"Israel won its first gold medal at the Youth Olympics on Sunday after the Iranian athlete in the boys' taekwondo final withdrew from competition. The Iranian delegation told the games' internal news service that its athlete withdrew because of injury but Israel said the withdrawal was political."
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Vancouver Sun: Daily Telegraph: "Scientists ponder how to refill Dead Sea without sinking tourists" (August 14, 2010)
"Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to the Dead Sea to have their picture taken floating effortlessly in the water at the attraction that is the lowest point on Earth. But the salt lake is shrinking at such a rate it will practically cease to exist by 2050 and scientists who are desperately trying to work out a way to refill it have hit a snag."
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Vancouverite: Yehonathan Tommer: "150 Irish artists and performers pledge cultural boycott of Israel" (August 16, 2010)
"Some 150 Irish artists have pledged a cultural boycott of Israel saying they would “not perform or exhibit in Israel” until Israel ended its abuse of Palestinian human rights. “We pledge not to avail of any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel, nor to accept any funding from any institution linked to the government of Israel, until such time as Israel complies with international law and universal principles of human rights,” the signatories declared over the weekend at a lunch time concert launch of the boycott at Meeting House Square in Dublin."
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Vancouver Sun/Ottawa Citizen: David Warren: "Bushehr blues" (August 14, 2010)
Choice quote: "We know that Iran is not concealing its commitment to build and arm missiles capable of reaching not only Israel, but India, and much of southern and eastern Europe."
Choice quote: "In the end -- and we are approaching the end, when Iran is established as a nuclear power, and the Israelis must make their "existential" decision on whether and how to take that threat out -- we have not been rendered powerless by the enemy. We began with insuperable moral and material advantages, and we have rendered ourselves powerless by frittering them away."
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The Telegram: Rob Antle: "Keeping the faith" (August 14, 2010)
"Four C.B.S. teens make pilgrimage to Holy Land. Afloat on the Sea of Galilee, four Newfoundland youth realized how much they had in common with their peers."
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Globe and Mail: Harriet Sherwood (Via The Guardian) "Israeli PM's wife protests against cabinet's vote to deport children" (August 16, 2010)
"The wife of the Israeli Prime Minister has protested against a decision by her husband’s cabinet to deport 400 children of migrant workers, adding her voice to an emotional debate about the nature of the Jewish state. Sara Netanyahu wrote a letter to Eli Yishai, the hard-line cabinet member in charge of the deportation program, appealing for a review of the controversial decision, which is backed by her husband, Benjamin Netanyahu."
Charlottetown Guardian: Staff: "Alleged Israeli spy suspected in Hamas slaying free on bail" (August 14, 2010)
"Prosecutors say an alleged Israeli spy wanted in connection with the slaying of a Hamas leader in Dubai earlier this year has been set free on bail by a German judge. Cologne prosecutors' spokesman Rainer Wolf said after a closed-doors hearing Friday that the suspect known as Uri Brodsky is free to travel wherever he wants to go while judicial proceedings against him in Germany will continue."
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Calgary Sun: AP (not online): "Glamorous past revived" (August 13, 2010)
Body: “That was Lebanon during the free-wheeling 1960s when Marlon Brando and Brigitte Bardot used to stop by at the St. Georges yacht club. Lebanon is reliving that glamour in 2010, trying to shed a past marred by civil wars, assassinations and conflict with Israel. While fears of war with its southern neighbour Israel are always simmering, for now the tiny country is trying to make the most of this window of peace.” |
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CTV.ca/AP: "Israeli minister approves $4B U.S. fighter jet deal" (August 15, 2010)
"Israel's defence minister has given the go-ahead to a $4 billion purchase of advanced American F-35I fighter jets. Ehud Barak's office says Barak approved the purchase of the stealth fighters along with spare parts and services. Military officials said Israel would purchase around 20 of the Lockheed Martin jets. The F-35I is also known as the Joint Strike Fighter."
See also: Windsor Star
Windsor Star: Reuters: "Clinton prods Netanyahu on talks" (August 14, 2010)
"U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about issues blocking direct peace talks with the Palestinians, the State Department said on Friday."
See also: Montreal Gazettte
London Free Press: Reuters (not online): "Israel warms up to Greek allies" (August 16, 2010)
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins Israel’s highest-level visit to Greece on Monday, in a sign Israel is looking beyond its troubled alliance with Turkey for other strategic Mediterranean partners."
Prince Albert Daily Herald: AP (not online): "Arab nations lobby US., other powers to push Israel to open its nuclear program" (August 16, 2010)
"Diplomats say Arab nations are urging Washington and other powers to end their support of Israel’s nuclear secrecy and to push the Jewish state to allow international inspections of its program. Islamic nations have long called for Israel - which is commonly assumed to have a nuclear arsenal - to open the program. But the fact that the Arab League has directly approached Washington and other Israeli allies for support at the September meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency is significant."
Calgary Herald: Telegraph: "Gaffes galore as striking diplomats boycott spies" (August 14, 2010)
"Israel's foreign diplomats are refusing to work with Mossad spies "anywhere in the world" after agents effectively broke a strike picket line. The rift was caused after the agency's spies stepped in to help organize a trip for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to Greece next week, after foreign diplomatic staff refused because of industrial action over pay."
See also: Edmonton Journal
Hamilton Spectator: AP: "Security, freedom and BlackBerrys" (August 14, 2010)
"The high-profile killing in January of a Hamas commander by a hit squad in a Dubai hotel has also left Emirati authorities on edge. Police linked Mahmoud al-Mabhouh's death to suspects believed to be working for Israeli intelligence who used prepaid mobile phone cards to call into a "command centre" abroad." |
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Canoe: Reuters: "Muslim channels halt Jesus TV series" (August 13, 2010)
"Two Muslim Lebanese channels, including Hezbollah’s al-Manar television, said on Friday they had stopped airing a series depicting the life of Jesus after complaints from Christians. Al-Manar and NBN television said they had selected the series to show during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but had “decided to stop airing it ... to prevent any attempt to use it in a negative way.”
Montreal Gazette: Wire Services: "Abbas pressured to refuse peace talks" (August 16, 2010)
"Two secular Palestinian organizations joined Hamas yesterday in calling on President Mahmoud Abbas not to bow to U.S. pressure to resume direct peace talks with Israel, which they described as dangerous. “Insisting on direct talk throws a life line to Israel as its isolation deepens,” Hamas said in a statement issued jointly with other Palestinian organizations that included Islamic Jihad." |
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Actualités et opinions sur Israël
Cyberpresse: AFP: « Obama a averti Ankara concernant ses positions sur l'Iran et Israël » (15/08/2010)
« Barack Obama a averti le Premier ministre turc, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, que les positions d'Ankara vis-à-vis d'Israël et de l'Iran pourraient diminuer ses chances d'obtenir des armes américaines, rapporte le Financial Times. »
Cyberpresse: AFP: « Israël rejette toute condition préalable aux négociations directes » (16/08/2010)
« Israël a rejeté lundi à l'avance toute condition que pourrait poser le Quartette pour relancer des négociations directes avec les Palestiniens notamment sous forme d'un gel de la colonisation en Cisjordanie. »
Cyberpresse: AFP: « Négociations avec Israël: les Palestiniens font des progrès » (15/08/2010)
« Les Palestiniens ont fait des «progrès» vers une relance des pourparlers directs avec Israël proposés par le Quartette sur le Proche-Orient, a indiqué un porte-parole palestinien, à l'issue d'une réunion dimanche avec un émissaire américain. »
Canoe: AFP: « Les militants voulaient la violence » (15/08/2010)
« Le responsable de l'enquête de l'armée israélienne sur l'arraisonnement par ses commandos d'une flottille pour Gaza a affirmé lundi que des militants pro-palestiniens qui se trouvaient sur le navire amiral de la flottille voulaient que des violences aient lieu. »
Canoe: Denise Martel: « Les Perceides de Gaspé: Cinéma d'ici et d'ailleurs » (15/08/2010)
« Sélectionné pour l’Oscar du meilleur film en langue étrangère, Ajami associe un Israélien d’origine juive à un Israélien d’origine palestinienne dans un quartier chaud de Jaffa, près de Tel-Aviv, où cohabitent des communautés juive, musulmane et chrétienne. »
La Tribune: AP (pas en ligne): « Al-Qaïda s'adresse aux Turcs » (16/08/2010)
« Un enregistrement audio attribué au numéro deux d’Al-Qaïda, Ayman al-Zawahri, exhorte les Turcs à faire pression sur leur gouvernement pour qu’il rompe ses liens avec Israël et suspende sa participation à la force de l’OTAN en Afghanistan. »
Le Devoir: AP: « Israël voit le Hezbollah se réarmer au Sud-Liban » (16/08/2010)
« Quatre ans après la guerre qui l'a opposée au Hezbollah, l'armée israélienne affirme que la milice chiite amasse armes et combattants dans les villages du Sud-Liban, se mêlant à la population et construisant un réseau secret de bunkers, d'entrepôts et de postes de commandement en préparation d'une nouvelle guerre. »
Le Devoir: Michel Lapierre: « Politique - La Palestine singulière d'Edward Said » (14/08/2010)
« La réflexion d'Edward W. Said (1935-2003) sur le Proche-Orient exprime une seule certitude. D'après l'essayiste, son peuple, les Palestiniens, se trouve, même au sein du monde arabe, dans une situation presque indéfinissable. «Nous sommes clairement, écrit-il, anticolonialistes et antiracistes dans notre combat, mais le fait est que nos adversaires sont les plus grandes victimes du racisme dans l'histoire...» » |
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Letters to the Editor
Calgary Herald: Barry Fisher (letter to the editor) "Wrong lesson" (August 14, 2010)
"It is not Israel's enemies that are crying victimhood, but Israel itself. The Jews of Israel have good reason to feel victimized after centuries of persecution culminating in the unspeakable horror of the Holocaust. The Jews of Israel are defiantly shouting: "We are not going to take it anymore" and "Never again!" The Jews could have learned two lessons from the Holocaust: one, compassion and empathy for the persecuted, discriminated and marginalized people of the world, and two, revenge for the atrocities perpetrated against them..."
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Montreal Gazette: Moshe Maurice Sadeh (letter to the editor) "What all Jews know" (August 16, 2010)
"To laugh or cry? Neither Shayne Gryn nor Philip Magder understands what every Jew knows. Were there to be a synagogue built in Saudi, there would have to be Jews allowed there. Now, wouldn't that be something! And yes, we do know that there are "synagogues in many Arabicspeaking countries" and yes, not all Muslims come from Saudi Arabia. But what does bear repeating is this: There used to be 1 million Jews in Arab-Muslim countries up to the 20th century, when almost all were forced to leave, due to violence against them, lethal threats or economic strangulation. And yes, some synagogues are still there, but the few that remain stand almost empty."
Toronto Sun: Daniel Mackintosh (letter to the editor) "Spoton" (August 14, 2010)
"Mansur is virtually spoton in his analysis of the current state of Palestinian politics. the one point he did not articulate enough (in my opinion) is the ultimate solution is for Palestinians to stop blaming Israel and the U.S. for their problems."
Vancouver Province: Daniel McCaffrey (letter to the editor) "Refugee patsy" (August 13, 2010)
"Canada, the international refugee patsy, is once again set to meekly accept illegal migrants with hardly a whimper from our hard-line Conservative government. Even more ships may be on the way. Democracies such as Australia and Israel meet these and similar situations by sending out their navies to turn such ships back. When will our own country accept that we cannot solve the entire planet’s refugee problems? Do the right thing by the taxpayers and do the same. The firm and consistent deterrence of manipulative people smugglers must start now."
London Free Press: Elizabeth Guthrie (reader to reader) "Londoners urged to rejoice with this congregation" (August 14, 2010)
"The (London Muslim) mosque also made a large donation to help me fund my trip to Gaza with Code Pink last year, when we went to demonstrate support for the beleaguered people there and to report back to the community."
On This Day in History:
Calgary Sun: Staff (not online): "Many thanks for the memories" (August 15, 2010)
"The Calgary Sun is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year… time flies when you’re making newspapers. Here’s what was in the news this week all those years ago… By a 14-0 vote, the UN security council condemns Israel’s declaration of Jerusalem as its capital."
Chartlottetown Guardian: Staff (not online) "This week in religion history: Aug 16- 22" (August 14, 2010)
"In 1953, Israel’s parliament conferred Israeli citizenship posthumously on all Jews killed by the Nazis during the years of the Holocaust ( 193345) in Europe."
International News/Opinion:
Hudson Institute: Khaled Abu Toameh: "Middle East's Western Media: Hypocrisy, Double Standards Out of Control" (August 13, 2010)
"Western correspondents and newspapers continue to apply double standards when it comes to covering the Israeli-Arab conflict. It is much easier for a Western journalist to sit in Israel and write about Israel without having to worry about his or her safety. Why bother travel to an Arab country and risk being arrested or deported for writing a story that reflects negatively on the dictatorship there? Besides, who said it's that easy to enter an Arab or Islamic country? The foreign reporters need an entry visa to most of these countries - a process that could last for weeks, months and years."
Noteable and Quoteable:
National Post: George Will (Via Washington Post): "Iran's seeds of wars: Missiles, terrorism and anti-Semitic hatred" (August 14, 2010)
"When Israel declared independence in 1948, it had to use mostly small arms to repel attacks by six Arab armies. Today, however, Israel feels, and is, more menaced than it was then or has been since. Hence the potentially world-shaking decision that will be made here, probably within two years."
Toronto Sun: Michael Coren: "Bring Khadr home" (August 14, 2010)
"The Taliban or Hezbollah would have killed this man on the spot, no matter how young he was. Some of them would have raped him first."
Toronto Star: Haroon Siddiqui: "De-encrypting hypocrisy of BlackBerry issue" (August 15, 2010)
Choice quote: "The warfare over its technology is for real. But it's not all about prudish Saudis stopping young men and women flirting via messaging. Or the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Algeria, India, Indonesia and Algeria failing to grasp “the reality of the Internet,” as Mike Lazaridis, RIM's co-CEO, said. They understand it all too well."
National Post: Bob Fulford: "Redefining the CBC--again and again" (August 13, 2010)
"CBC-watchers have spent an exciting week studying the latest bulletin sent to staff by the president, Hubert Lacroix. Usually we live on a thin gruel of rumours but Lacroix's memo, issued on Tuesday, evokes the reality of life in the upper reaches at the CBC. Every corporation expresses itself in the way the leaders treat each other. Lacroix's words provide a vivid picture of a confused, contradiction-prone management."
National Posted: Terry Glavin: "Rise of the fascists" (August 13, 2010)
“Because fealty to one’s paradigm always trumps neutral consideration of the bald facts, the popular shift from one paradigm to the next is invariably slow and excruciating. “Something very similar occurs in politics,” our good friend Ben Cohen observes, in the first instalment of his sympathetic critique of Yoram Hazony’s expansive essay, “Israel Through European Eyes,” in today’s Propagandist Magazine."
Edmonton Journal: LA Times (not online): "Language of dissent" (August 14, 2010)
Choice quote: "Though never a vulgar contrarian, Tony Judt was unafraid of controversy, which certainly is what followed his break with the Labour Zionism of his youth, and his argument that contemporary Israel’s only morally viable alternative was to reconfigure itself as a binational state. It was a view that estranged him from many of his former — and natural — friends and allies."
Winnipeg Free Press: Graeme Voyer: "Brits behind mistrust in Mideast, author says" (August 14, 2010)
Book review of Jonathan Schneer "The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict"
"The Balfour Declaration is typically seen as a landmark in Jewish history. Issued during the First World War in November 1917, and named after the British foreign secretary Arthur Balfour, the declaration pledged the British government to support the establishment in Palestine of a homeland for the Jewish people. However, in this convincingly argued revisionist narrative, American historian Jonathan Schneer shows that the "landmark" of the Balfour Declaration almost did not come to pass, and could very easily have been just another exercise in wartime rhetoric."
Actualités et opinions sur Israël
Metro: AP: « 6 migrants tués en tentant de passer en Israël » (14/08/2010)
« Six immigrants clandestins qui tentaient de pénétrer sur le territoire israélien ont été tués lors d'affrontements avec des passeurs bédouins et des douaniers égyptiens dans le désert du Sinaï, en Égypte, ont affirmé les autorités, samedi. »
La Presse: AFP (pas en ligne): « Les militants voulaient la violence » (16/08/2010)
« Le responsable de l’enquête de l’armée israélienne sur l’arraisonnement par ses commandos d’une flottille pour Gaza a affirmé ce matin que des militants propalestiniens qui se trouvaient sur le navire amiral de la flottille voulaient que des violences aient lieu. »
La Presse: Alexandre Vigneault: Philippe Ducros à la tête d'Espace libre » (14/08/2010)
« Espace libre a par ailleurs été le théâtre de son dernier coup d'éclat: en décembre 2009, il y a monté sa pièce L'affiche, oeuvre percutante, à la fois dure et subtile, campée à la frontière d'Israël et des Territoires occupés dans laquelle il abordait de front les mécanismes de l'endoctrinement religieux à l'oeuvre tant chez les Palestiniens que les Israéliens.»
La Presse: AFP (pas en ligne): « Les classes dans des caravanes » (16/08/2010)
« Le premier ministre israélien Benyamin Nétanyahou a autorisé le déploiement de 23 caravanes dans huit colonies juives de Cisjordanie pour servir de salles de classe, a annoncé hier un haut responsable. »
La Presse: AFP (pas en ligne): «Mme Nétanyahou se mobilise» (16/08/2010)
« La femme du chef du gouvernement israélien Sara Nétanyahou a demandé au ministre de l’Intérieur, Elie Yishaï, de ne pas expulser quelque 400 enfants d’immigrés illégaux, en dépit du feu vert du gouvernement, rapportait hier la presse. »
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