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Sat, 25 May 2013 17:58:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/this-means-war-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/this-means-war-2/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000 Charlie Gillis http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381650 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/this-means-war-2/feed/ 0 The muted response to Israel’s strike on Syria is just one more sign of a troubling new Middle East reality http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/broken-telephone-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/broken-telephone-2/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:33:12 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=326065 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/10/broken-telephone-2/feed/ 0 Benjamin Netanyahu claims not to remember the issue of settlement expansion coming up during... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/eventually-blunt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/eventually-blunt/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:57:59 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=324367 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/eventually-blunt/feed/ 0 After the Harper government declined to explicitly criticize Israel’s latest settlements and refused to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/canada-and-the-middle-east/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/canada-and-the-middle-east/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:30:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=322711 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/03/canada-and-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 Bob Rae laments for the Harper government’s approach. Canada is in the process of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-un-votes-to-recognize-a-palestinian-state/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-un-votes-to-recognize-a-palestinian-state/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:53:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321587 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/the-un-votes-to-recognize-a-palestinian-state/feed/ 0 The UN voted 138-9 this evening to give the Palestinians non-member observer status. Canada... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/irwin-cotler-on-israel-and-the-palestinian-resolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/irwin-cotler-on-israel-and-the-palestinian-resolution/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:44:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321459 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/irwin-cotler-on-israel-and-the-palestinian-resolution/feed/ 0 Irwin Cotler expands on his objections to the Palestinian resolution at the United Nations.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/canada-will-vote-no/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/canada-will-vote-no/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:17:35 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321177 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/29/canada-will-vote-no/feed/ 0 John Baird is in New York today to vote against a resolution that would... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/harper-condemns-attacks-on-israeli-cities-urges-both-sides-to-spare-innocents/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/harper-condemns-attacks-on-israeli-cities-urges-both-sides-to-spare-innocents/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:01:14 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=315842 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/16/harper-condemns-attacks-on-israeli-cities-urges-both-sides-to-spare-innocents/feed/ 0 QUEBEC CITY, Que. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper condemned the continuing rocket attacks against... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/15/israel-palestine-use-social-media-propaganda-during-gaza-attacks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/15/israel-palestine-use-social-media-propaganda-during-gaza-attacks/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:27:16 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=315175 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/15/israel-palestine-use-social-media-propaganda-during-gaza-attacks/feed/ 0 Using the digital front to win hearts and minds http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/turkey-syria-conflict-escalates-amid-air-piracy-incident/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/turkey-syria-conflict-escalates-amid-air-piracy-incident/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:09:16 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=302169 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/turkey-syria-conflict-escalates-amid-air-piracy-incident/feed/ 0 An early-morning decision by Turkey to escort a plane bound for Syria to the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/my-middle-east/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/my-middle-east/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:59:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295267 Maclean’s journalist describes fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan Northern Alliance, one month after 9/11]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/my-middle-east/feed/ 0 Maclean’s journalist describes fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan Northern Alliance, one month after 9/11 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/21/15-dead-in-pakistani-protests/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/21/15-dead-in-pakistani-protests/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:42:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296109 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/21/15-dead-in-pakistani-protests/feed/ 0 Pakistan is the latest country to erupt over the portrayal of the prophet Muhammad... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/protests-continue-as-u-s-embassy-in-tunis-burns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/protests-continue-as-u-s-embassy-in-tunis-burns/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:31:32 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/protests-continue-as-u-s-embassy-in-tunis-burns/feed/ 0 The violent protests in the Middle East, fuelled by an anti-Muslim movie, have spread... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/anti-muslim-filmmakers-identity-discovered-by-american-authorities-while-protests-spread/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/anti-muslim-filmmakers-identity-discovered-by-american-authorities-while-protests-spread/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:44:33 +0000 Scaachi Koul http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293739 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/anti-muslim-filmmakers-identity-discovered-by-american-authorities-while-protests-spread/feed/ 0 U.S. authorities have identified the man who was behind the California-made, ardently anti-Muslim film,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:48:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293493 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/what-putin-said-to-harper/feed/ 0 David Akin reports details of the conversation between the Prime Minister and Vladimir Putin... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/28/baird-urges-un-chief-to-shun-iran-summit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/28/baird-urges-un-chief-to-shun-iran-summit/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:24:38 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=286864 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/28/baird-urges-un-chief-to-shun-iran-summit/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon departed for Iran on Tuesday, apparently... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:17:01 +0000 Nancy Macdonald http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=279540 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/when-assad-goes/feed/ 0 The instability that follows Assad’s fall will be felt far beyond Syria http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/pump-rage/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/pump-rage/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:34:01 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=251692 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/pump-rage/feed/ 0 North America may be an emerging oil superpower, but gas prices are only going up http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/on-becoming-the-wal-mart-of-security-and-what-exactly-garda-is-doing-in-the-middle-east/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/on-becoming-the-wal-mart-of-security-and-what-exactly-garda-is-doing-in-the-middle-east/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:50:01 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=245709 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/21/on-becoming-the-wal-mart-of-security-and-what-exactly-garda-is-doing-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 On becoming the Wal-mart of security, and what exactly Garda is doing in the middle east http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/baird-and-bibi/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/baird-and-bibi/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:33:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240967 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/21/baird-and-bibi/feed/ 0 An early draft of John Baird’s speech to the United Nations last fall originally... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/are-we-ready-to-go-to-war-with-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/are-we-ready-to-go-to-war-with-iran/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:55:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237982 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/06/are-we-ready-to-go-to-war-with-iran/feed/ 0 Roland Paris considers the Harper government’s rhetoric on Iran. Yet it is also a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/honest-broker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/honest-broker/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:30:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/honest-broker/feed/ 0 In response to John Baird’s trip to the Middle East, Paul Dewar challenges the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/canada-to-palestine-forget-un-statehood-bid/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/canada-to-palestine-forget-un-statehood-bid/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:40 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236823 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/canada-to-palestine-forget-un-statehood-bid/feed/ 0 Baird urges Palestinian leaders to restart direct talks with Israel http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/step-back-from-the-rhetorical-brink/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/step-back-from-the-rhetorical-brink/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:42:28 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235134 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/step-back-from-the-rhetorical-brink/feed/ 0 Roland Paris worries about the Prime Minister’s rhetoric on Iran. If Harper is correct,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/unesco-palestine-and-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/unesco-palestine-and-canada/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:25:44 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223116 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/02/unesco-palestine-and-canada/feed/ 8 Speaking with reporters after QP yesterday, John Baird explained the Harper government’s response to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/the-mighty-erdogan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/the-mighty-erdogan/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:20:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/the-mighty-erdogan/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/27/the-mighty-erdogan/feed/ 5 Abroad, he’s drawn comparisons to the legendary Sultan Saladin. But back home, many Turks are uneasy. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/israel-names-447-prisoners-to-be-freed-in-shalit-deal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/israel-names-447-prisoners-to-be-freed-in-shalit-deal/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:19:02 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220390 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/israel-names-447-prisoners-to-be-freed-in-shalit-deal/feed/ 2 The 477 prisoners will be freed Tuesday, while another 550 will be let go after Gilad Shalit returns home http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/no-peace-for-this-envoy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/no-peace-for-this-envoy/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:40:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/no-peace-for-this-envoy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/no-peace-for-this-envoy/feed/ 0 The Palestinians don’t like him and his business dealings are under scrutiny http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/same-heart-and-same-values/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/same-heart-and-same-values/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:45:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216744 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/same-heart-and-same-values/feed/ 1 The Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu exchange greetings in New York. During the brief... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/israel-palestine-and-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/israel-palestine-and-canada/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:45:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216362 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/israel-palestine-and-canada/feed/ 64 The Prime Minister comments on a Palestinian bid for recognition at the United Nations.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/iran-cheers-embassy-looting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/iran-cheers-embassy-looting/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:50:34 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214563 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/iran-cheers-embassy-looting/feed/ 0 Cairo mob forced Israeli officials to flee http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine-ii/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:08:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=201633 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/11/dont-call-it-a-doctrine-ii/feed/ 19 John Baird dismisses a Palestinian bid to have statehood recognized by the United Nations.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/07/good-news-bad-news-june-30-july-7-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/07/good-news-bad-news-june-30-july-7-2011/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:45:37 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200891 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/07/good-news-bad-news-june-30-july-7-2011/feed/ 0 The Canadian military heads for the far North while Manitobans stare at a massive bill for flood cleanup. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/on-israel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/on-israel/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:50:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=200605 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/06/on-israel/feed/ 14 From his conversation with this magazine, the Prime Minister explains his support for Israel.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/cancellation-sparks-plenty-of-debate-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/cancellation-sparks-plenty-of-debate-2/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:05:24 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=199959 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/05/cancellation-sparks-plenty-of-debate-2/feed/ 0 A University of Regina lecture series has sparked controversy and accusations of censorship http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/09/good-news-bad-news-june-2-9-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/09/good-news-bad-news-june-2-9-2011/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:40:30 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196414 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/09/good-news-bad-news-june-2-9-2011/feed/ 1 A wrongfully convicted woman regains her freedom, while a Boston player gets knocked out of the playoffs by a vicious hit http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/based-on-the-67-border/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/based-on-the-67-border/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:53:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195142 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/based-on-the-67-border/feed/ 11 Amid all else last week, Israel’s foreign minister called to thank Foreign Affairs Minister... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/stephen-and-bibi/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/stephen-and-bibi/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 12:56:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194544 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/30/stephen-and-bibi/feed/ 95 The Israeli foreign minister calls John Baird to thank Canada for its support and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/27/stephen-harpers-diplomacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/27/stephen-harpers-diplomacy/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 19:23:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194488 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/27/stephen-harpers-diplomacy/feed/ 29 The Prime Minister commends President Barack Obama’s comments on Israel in their “totality,” but... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/obamas-gamble-on-the-middle-east/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/obamas-gamble-on-the-middle-east/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 16:42:34 +0000 John Parisella http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193713 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/23/obamas-gamble-on-the-middle-east/feed/ 92 After the killing of Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama could have been forgiven for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/the-first-major-foreign-policy-challenge-of-the-baird-era/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/the-first-major-foreign-policy-challenge-of-the-baird-era/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 19:55:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193382 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/20/the-first-major-foreign-policy-challenge-of-the-baird-era/feed/ 21 The Harper government apparently won’t second Barack Obama’s parameters for Middle East negotiations. The... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-return-of-peak-oil/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-return-of-peak-oil/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:57:18 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174550 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/25/the-return-of-peak-oil/feed/ 21 Unrest in the Arab world has left the oil market feeling understandably jittery http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/22/edge-and-muscle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/22/edge-and-muscle/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:48:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174005 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/22/edge-and-muscle/feed/ 40 Bob Rae considers the events in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Iran. We need to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/new-world-order/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/new-world-order/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:01:28 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172896 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/18/new-world-order/feed/ 11 The age of authoritarian strongmen suppressing a population is over http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/15/there%e2%80%99s-no-app-for-fighting-internet-repression-says-clinton/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/15/there%e2%80%99s-no-app-for-fighting-internet-repression-says-clinton/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:37:06 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=172619 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/15/there%e2%80%99s-no-app-for-fighting-internet-repression-says-clinton/feed/ 4 Hillary Clinton vows help for cyber dissidents