Posts Tagged ‘Israel’

This means war?

The muted response to Israel’s strike on Syria is just one more sign of a troubling new Middle East reality

by Charlie Gillis - Tuesday, May 14, 2013
First aid and second guesses in Libya

Why Canada decided to ditch Israeli trauma kits during Baird’s 2011 visit

by Michael Petrou - Thursday, April 11, 2013
Anonymous hacks Israeli websites, threatens to ‘wipe Israel off the map of the Internet’

Attacks did little real damage, officials claim

by Emily Senger - Monday, April 8, 2013
An Ethiopian-born beauty queen is the new Miss Israel

Will her success herald a new spirit of cosmopolitanism?

by Charlie Gillis - Monday, March 11, 2013
Tzipi Livni and the return of a two-state solution

Barely a month ago, the arc of Israeli politics seemed pretty clear, if not…

by Michael Petrou - Thursday, February 21, 2013
Israel’s central bank governor says he’s quitting for personal reasons, bank in good shape

JERUSALEM – The governor of Israel’s central bank says he’s stepping down to be…

by The Associated Press - Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Anti-Semitism and the Jewish caricature

Emma Teitel on the Sunday Times’ controversial cartoon

by Emma Teitel - Monday, January 28, 2013
What the Israeli election means for the peace process

The peace process was only a minor factor in the campaign. But the centre and left proved robust in the election.

by Michael Petrou - Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The great right hope: Michael Petrou on the rise of Naftali Bennett

How a hawkish politician is shaking up Israeli politics

by Michael Petrou - Sunday, January 20, 2013
Criticism of Chuck Hagel on Israel is empty and misguided

Michael Petrou on Obama’s nominee for secretary of defence

by Michael Petrou - Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Broken telephone

Benjamin Netanyahu claims not to remember the issue of settlement expansion coming up during…

by Aaron Wherry - Monday, December 10, 2012
Eventually blunt

After the Harper government declined to explicitly criticize Israel’s latest settlements and refused to…

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, December 6, 2012
Canada and the Middle East

Bob Rae laments for the Harper government’s approach.
Canada is in the process of…

by Aaron Wherry - Monday, December 3, 2012
The UN votes to recognize a Palestinian state

The UN voted 138-9 this evening to give the Palestinians non-member observer status. Canada…

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, November 29, 2012
Irwin Cotler on Israel and the Palestinian resolution

Irwin Cotler expands on his objections to the Palestinian resolution at the United Nations….

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, November 29, 2012
Canada will vote no

John Baird is in New York today to vote against a resolution that would…

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, November 29, 2012
Why Canada should support the Palestinian membership bid at the UN

And why Israel should too

by Michael Petrou - Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Baird hails ‘miracle’ of Israel in speech, as Clinton begins ceasefire talks

Clinton calls for an end to the Gaza rocket fire on Israel

by The Canadian Press - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
What to watch for in Gaza

Michael Petrou on unanswered questions in the conflict

by Michael Petrou - Monday, November 19, 2012
Israel and Hamas on the brink of something much worse

Michael Petrou explains the stakes

by Michael Petrou - Friday, November 16, 2012