By Fred Maroun in Ottawa, ON. Canada’s official position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the support of the creation of a Palestinian state living side-by-side…
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Author: Fred Maroun
Fred Maroun is a Canadian of Lebanese origin who lives in the Ottawa area. He has written extensively on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including about 200 posts in a Times of Israel blog. Fred Maroun has also written for The Gatestone Institute, The Jerusalem Post, New Canadian Media, and others.
We Ignore Islamism at our Own Peril
Commentary by: Fred Maroun in Ottawa Quebec recently passed a law banning face coverings for people delivering or receiving public services, which has re-ignited the…
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Commentary by Fred Maroun in Ottawa “Immigration played a role in the Brexit campaign”, reported The Wall Street Journal. Since there were only four percentage…
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Mulcair Defeat: Appeasement Never Works
Commentary by Fred Maroun in Ottawa Tom Mulcair was removed as leader of the NDP because of the party’s disappointing result in the last federal…
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Mulcair’s Niqab Stance: Principle or Politics?
by Fred Maroun in Ottawa, Ontario Advocates of the Conservative government’s ban on the wearing of the niqab during citizenship ceremonies claim that the policy supports…
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An Older Immigrant’s 10 Tips for New Voters
by Fred Maroun (@Fred_Maroun) in Ottawa, Ontario I arrived in Canada in 1984 as an adult of voting age. I had never voted in my country of…
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10 Reasons to Vote NDP if You’re from the Middle East
by Fred Maroun (@Fred_Maroun) in Ottawa, Ontario Let me start by saying, I am not a partisan New Democrat, although I was a member of…
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Our Male Chauvinist Culture
by Fred Maroun in Ottawa Canada’s government will shortly introduce a bill intended to further discourage “barbaric cultural practices,” such as polygamy, forced marriages, and…
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Confronting ISIS: The NDP has Lost its Way
by Fred Maroun in Ottawa It is very clear by now to anyone paying attention that the group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq…
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Israel-Gaza Conflict: Misplaced “Proportionality”
by Fred Maroun in Ottawa One question that often comes up in the ongoing (and third) war between Israel and Hamas is the issue of…
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