Letter from Israel: What it feels like when war reaches a home near Haifa
I live in a religious neighbourhood just north of Haifa, which means the siren goes off every Friday afternoon, half an hour before sunset. But for 11 months, the Shabbat siren has been silent, so people don’t get confused, even though the Shabbat siren is a steady tone while the rocket siren is an eerie […]
University of Ottawa antisemitism advisor resigns after comments he says were misinterpreted
Artur Wilczynski, the University of Ottawa’s special advisor on antisemitism—who resigned Sept. 19 in the wake of his controversial social media posts regarding the deadly pager explosions in Lebanon—says he stands by his remarks, but he also recognizes why they were misinterpreted. A senior adviser at the U of O’s graduate school of public and […]
Steinberg: Arab Spring, redux
“After a brief hiatus, popular revolts against Arab dictatorships and terror regimes are making a comeback, at least in Iraq and Lebanon. Perhaps it’s too early to call this a second Arab Spring, but these events bring some hope.”
Fegelman: Hezbollah must be stopped
Congruent with international law, the doctrine of pre-emption holds that war can be initiated if it serves as a means of deterrence to defeat a perceived imminent and grievous threat. Israel has recently been sounding the alarm about Iran’s attempts to arm its Lebanese terror proxy, Hezbollah, with precision-guided missiles. It is now on the […]
Twitter suspends accounts associated with Hezbollah and Hamas
Hezbollah’s television station Al-Manar said that most of the Twitter accounts associated with the station were suspended. Twitter also suspended Hamas-affiliated accounts in English and Arabic, according to reports.
FBI brings together Muslim, Jewish, Christian leaders together to share security information
The FBI convened a round table meeting of leaders of Muslim, Jewish and Christian groups to discuss means of preventing bias-based attacks on religious institutions.
Hezbollah and Iran discussed at meeting between Netanyahu and Pompeo
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the threat from Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iranian aggression during a meeting with U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo in Brussels.
Saperia: Time to get tough on Hezbollah
Hezbollah runs a multi-billion dollar international network of illicit activities, such as drug trafficking and money laundering. There is nothing redeeming about this organization. It’s time for Canada to get tough on Hezbollah.
How do terrorists buy weapons? Just follow the money
Martin Himel’s brisk and detailed film, Follow The Money examines how terror militias throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, and Afghanistan have forged unholy alliances with criminal networks worldwide to sell drugs, weapons, and stolen art to fund their operations.
