Canadian Author and Activist
Once again, the accusation of antisemitism was weaponized to trump both common sense and support for the victims of Israel’s murderous rampage. Last week prominent Quebec cartoonist Serge Chapleau caricatured Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire. The cartoon published in La Presse reads “Nosfenyahou, en route to Rafah.” The pro-Israel and genocide lobby immediately condemned the... Continue Reading →
While it’s near impossible to sidestep nationalist, imperialist and supremacist ideas, “leftists” should at least not promote prevailing anti-Palestinian ideological strictures. Despite the horrors Israel’s unleashed in Gaza, some who ‘stand with Palestine’ still prioritize Jewish sensitivities over opposing Canadian support for genocide. In a hundred days 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, 60,000 seriously injured... Continue Reading →
“Jagmeet Singh: Your Middle East Policy is Dangerous for Jews” read a recent title of a Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs email campaign responding to a message supporting Palestinian rights from the leader of Canada’s third party. In an email to members last week CIJA noted, “Thousands and thousands of you joined in... Continue Reading →
Irwin Cotler has long been an aggressive proponent of Israeli apartheid. But the crass nature of his anti-Palestinian activism may be thwarting the efficacy of his position as Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, which is designed to not-so subtlety protect Israel from criticism. On Monday I discovered that Cotler is scheduled... Continue Reading →
Parliament recently heard a petition criticizing the only explicitly racist registered Canadian charity. Oddly, this important event occurred without help from self-declared antiracist organizations. Earlier this year Independent Jewish Voices launched a Parliamentary E-Petition that begins by noting that the Jewish National Fund “engages in discriminatory practices as its landholdings are chartered for exclusively Jewish... Continue Reading →
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