The Iranian-North Korea axis of evil
Appeared in Canadian Jewish News Iran’s aggressive designs in the Middle East have been well-covered by the media. These range from its support of Houthi rebels in Yemen’s civil war, to its propping up Bashar Assad in Syria with, among others, thousands of its...Palestinians hold the key to ending the ‘occupation’
The mostly one-sided Western media commentary on the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War – fixated as it was on the theme “50 years of Israeli occupation” – has generated the need for reflection on truths either omitted or marginalized in the coverage. The highly...
Israel’s medical system is truly a model of coexistence
Dr. Abed Abu Quidar receiving Danielle prize Reprinted from the Canadian Jewish News “If it weren’t for the Arab medical workers in Israel, the county’s health care system would collapse.” That’s the way Jim Lederman who, after living in Jerusalem for almost 50 years...
Mutual recognition key to peace in Middle East
CJN News Much of the commentary early this month commemorating the death of Shimon Peres and his long search for peace failed to capture what that search entailed. Peres was typically portrayed as divided between his early days as a security hawk and, later, as a...