Jewish groups praise Ottawa’s effort to pressure UN on Syria
As the war in Syria rages on into its sixth year, after the death and displacement of millions of civilians, the Canadian government’s initiative to call on the United Nations to bring an end to the killing is drawing praise for Canada and criticism for the UN from Canadian Jewish groups. Earlier this month, 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
Netanyahu invites Abbas to speak in Knesset
At the United Nations today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Mahmoud Abbas to speak to the Knesset, while the Palestinian Authority (PA) president said he would push for a resolution condemning West Bank settlements.. Speaking to the crowd of international leaders in New York , Abbas continually blasted Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands, while […]
United Nations envoy condemns Israel for building settlements in West Bank
A special United Nations envoy condemned Israel for continuing to build in West Bank settlements and neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem
UN to exhibit drawings by Israeli soldier whose body is being held in Gaza
The drawings of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier who was killed by Hamas in Gaza where his body is being held, will be exhibited at U.N. headquarters in New York.
Recalling the raid at Entebbe, 40 years later
An extraordinary moment occurred 40 years ago, but who remembers?
In first, Israeli envoy elected to head permanent UN committee
It is the first time since Israel joined the UN in 1949 that an Israeli envoy has been chosen to head a permanent UN committee
UNESCO resolution disfigures Jewish, and western, history
By altering Jewish history, the supporters of this UNESCO resolution are altering, indeed disfiguring, western history, too, writes Mordechai Ben-Dat
Toronto rally commemorates San Remo Conference
Demonstrators gathered to spread the message that Palestine was established as a national home for the Jewish People under an official resolution adopted by the Allied powers in 1920
Anti-Semitism ‘laundered’ under universal values: Cotler
Anti-Semitism is at a level today not seen since World War II and is even more dangerous in the sense that it masquerades under the human rights banner, Irwin Cotler warned in the keynote address at a recent international conference
