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A Muslim Celebrates Israel’s 60th Birthday

Do yourselves a favor and read this fantastic op-ed by Salim Mansur, a Muslim associate professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario.
The 60th anniversary of Israel’s birth is a milestone as was every other such anniversary going back to that defining moment for Jews and non-Jews alike when David Ben-Gurion proclaimed independence [...]

Stephen Harper’s Moral Clarity

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to impress with his principled stand on Israel and her fight against terrorism.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper mounted a vigorous defence on Wednesday of his government’s Middle East policy.
 
Speaking to a B’nai Brith dinner, Harper made no apologies for his government siding with the Jewish state during this summer’s fighting [...]

Oh Boy(cott)

All of a sudden, this picture is starting to make sense.
 

On Monday the Ontario division of Canada’s largest union voted to support an international campaign to boycott Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website this weekend.
 
The decision to join the campaign, until Israel recognizes the Palestinians’ right to [...]

Eye on Terror

In Canada, a politician has said something stupid. Shock, horror.

Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman has apologized for calling some members of the Ontario Association of Optometrists ”terrorists” after a party fundraiser last week.
 
Association president Shirley Ha wrote a letter to members quoting Smitherman as saying optometrists are ”a bunch of terrorists, and I don’t [...]