CHARBONNEAU – Pro-Israel bias is built into our culture
CONTROVERSY RAGES in civil society as to whether we should support Israel or Palestine in the revenge attack by Israel for the atrocities committed by Hamas. There is no [Continue]
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JOHNSON – Perspective is everything when looking at Israel and Gaza
Let’s look at why this conflict, more than any other, seems to be the one that everyone cares about in a world of localized wars and armed conflicts OVER THE YEARS and more [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – Any talk of who’s to blame for Gaza must include Oct. 7
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WASN’T SURPRISED at some of the reaction to my Remembrance Day column on my recent visit to Auschwitz and the current disturbing rise in [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Universities back away from free speech in Israel conflict
UNIVERSITIES PROMOTE THEMSELVES as bastions of free speech. But that claim is being tested with comments made by student unions in support of Palestine. Politicians and union [Continue]
EDITORIAL – CBC won’t say so, but what Hamas did in Israel was terrorism
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE FOG OF WAR obscures fact and fiction. A hospital is bombed. Was it deliberate, a mistake, or a self-inflicted tragedy? The very words we [Continue]
PETERS – No end in sight to the horrific cycle of killing in the Middle East
BACK IN MY UNIVERSITY YEARS, I had a professor who had returned to teach in Canada after spending years in Israel and the West Bank, working for a relief organization. I [Continue]
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