Toronto community memorial pays tribute to Shimon Peres
The Jewish community turned out Oct. 20 to pay its final respects to Shimon Peres, Israel’s renaissance man who during a decades-long political career held the most important positions in the Israeli government. Peres, who died Sept. 28 at age 93, was remembered as a statesman, visionary, peacemaker, lover of books, a man dedicated to the […]
Mutual recognition key to peace in Middle East
Shimon Peres understood that security and peace cannot be separated, but go together, forming a whole between Israel and its Arab neighbours
Why are some ideas so scary to some people?
University campuses are meant to be places of rigorous debate. What happens when outside groups attempt to squelch that debate?
Nabila Espanioly: advocating for Arab Israeli women
Clinical psychologist Nabila Espanioly is a feminist and activist from Nazareth. She is the founder of Al-Tafula Center, a women’s centre in Nazareth that aims to empower Arab women in Israel and advance the field of early childhood development using a feminist approach. For three decades, Espanioly has campaigned to protect the civil rights of […]
Leaders from around the world pay tribute
Tributes are pouring in from politicians and Jewish groups in Israel, North America and around the world for former Israeli president Shimon Peres, who died Sept. 28 at 93, as a respected leader and a warrior for peace. “Shimon Peres was, above all, a man of peace and a man dedicated to the well-being of […]
Clinton and Trump meet with Netanyahu in New York
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the U.S. presidential nominees after his address at the UN
Hamas-Fatah electoral showdown postponed – again
Meanwhile, Hamas accused Fatah of sabotaging the election after some of its West Bank members were suddenly arrested, in an effort, Hamas said, to dissuade them from running in the election
‘Israël est déjà un État binational’
In an interview from his home in Tel Aviv, Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua says he is discouraged about the possibility of and Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Russia says Abbas, Netanyahu agree ‘in principle’ to meet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed “in principle” to meet to discuss restarting peace talks in Moscow
Czech schools to discontinue atlas labelling Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
A school atlas that labels Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will no longer be used in Czech schools, following a complaint by the Palestinian ambassador in Prague to the Czech Education Ministry
