Depuis la reprise des tensions entre Israël et le Hamas, début mai, les manifestations de solidarité envers les Palestiniens se sont multipliées partout au pays. Même à des milliers de kilomètres de Jérusalem, les communautés palestinienne et juive du Canada suivent de près les évènements.
View More De Gaza au Canada: regard sur les hostilités
Israel and the Palestinians are in a deadlock situation, where Israel demands an end to Palestinian terrorism, while the Palestinians demand an end to the Israeli occupation
View More Canada Should Send a Dual Message to Israelis and Palestinians
The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (SPCW) evolved into an organization dedicated to equity, social justice and change. SPCW marked its centenary with “Sorry Not Sorry: Unapologetically Working for Social Justice,” a panel discussion on…
View More No Apology For Heroism: Linda Sarsour
Journalists can pay a high price with their reputations for reporting on the polarizing, decades-old Israel-Gaza conflict. That was the message journalist and author Max Blumenthal delivered at Embattled Truths: Reporting on Gaza, a presentation…
View More No Avoiding Bias When Covering Gaza: BlumenthalSwiss-born Muslim academic and author Tariq Ramadan told an Ottawa audience that governments and the public should recognize the equal dignity of all human beings, regardless of whether they are citizens of Paris, Beirut, or…
View More Conflicts Not About Religion, But Perception: Tariq RamadanSpeed Sisters, which is making its international premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival this week, is a documentary that tells the story of an all women car-race team in Palestine. As the…
View More Canadian Filmmaker Captures Untold Story of Women Car Racers in PalestineDays after British lawmakers passed a symbolic motion recognizing Palestine as a state alongside Israel, it doesn’t look like Canada’s Parliament will consider doing the same anytime soon. The U.K. vote Monday followed a motion…
View More Why Canada won’t copy U.K. vote on Palestinian statehood
Talking to someone like Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is a humbling experience. I’ve got girls of my own. How do you start a conversation with a man who lost three young daughters and a niece when…
View More A Gazan doctor’s struggle to wake Ottawa’s conscience
As Canada’s MPs navigate the political minefield of how to react to this summer’s fresh outbreak of violence in the Middle East, a study by iPolitics reveals that sponsored travel may be helping Israel win…
View More Sponsored travel helping Israel win over Canadian MPs
One question that often comes up in the ongoing (and third) war between Israel and Hamas is the issue of proportionality. As of this writing, Haaretz estimates that 650 Palestinians and 29 Israelis have been…
View More Israel-Gaza Conflict: Misplaced “Proportionality”