Letter to the Editor, Toronto Star, March 30 2012 — Canada is more than a carbon copy of USA with regard to pro-Israeli policy. By general consensus, we are the most pro-Israeli Western country. [...]
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Letters to the Editor Ottawa Jewish Bulletin February 6, 2012
As a Jewish human rights activist, I was disturbed and disappointed by Oliver Javanpour’s November 28 World Affairs column (Is Israeli Apartheid activism creating the next generation of anti-Semites?). Javanpour refers to “a soup” of Palestinian human rights organizations as “Jew-hating.” [...] By SAMIRA TAHA, LINDA SCHERZINGER and LARRY HAIVEN Thu, Jun 2, 2011 The Chronicle Herald Imagine a country, let’s call it Country X, that frequently abuses the human rights of people under its rule, denying many of them citizenship and freedom to move, taking their land, practising arbitrary search and seizure, and placing [...] By DAVID HEAP AND DYLAN PENNER (Dylan Penner is a member of the IJV Steering Committee. The IJV is supporting the Canadian Boat to Gaza) London Free Press, www.lfpress.com August 30, 2010 The Canadian Boat to Gaza has been the target of slurs and misinformation from various sources, including Mindelle Jacobs’ Aug. [...] Letter in the National Post (August 18, 2009 ) Re: Boycott to some, shunning to others (August 13) This story mentions a document that was on the Independent Jewish Voices table at the United Church of Canada meeting in Kelowna, B.C. It was written by former Reagan administration official and Wall Street Journal editor [...] (Note: the article this letter addresses was originally headlined ‘Israel Apartheid’ talk draws 100 protesters in the print edition of The Star. The title was subsequently modified in the online version) Mar 06, 2009 04:30 AM Re: ‘Israeli Apartheid’ talk draws 100 protesters, March 4 This headline is misleading as the article goes on to [...] Recently, in it’s online “Full Comment” section, the National Post published a vicious attack on Sid Ryan accusing him of being an anti-Semite. Several members and supporters of IJV responded and these letters have now been published in “Full Comment”. Re: George Burger: Anti-Semitism and its enablers George Burger’s indiscriminate use of the term “anti-Semite” [...] Harry Shannon of IJV Hamilton has had the following letter publishedin the Hamilton Spectator: (Jan 5, 2009) Re: ‘Israel rejects 48-hour truce’ (Dec. 31) It is extremely disturbing that the Israeli government will not agree to a ceasefire in its battle against Hamas in Gaza. It means manycivilians there will continue to lack food and [...] |
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