Archived Articles for November and December 2009

December 12, 2009

Weinstein - Canadian campuses NOT hotbeds of antisemitism

The CPCCA, composed of MPs from all the parties except the Greens, has a sinister plan for Canadians: label and criminalize as anti-Semites those who criticize Israel and Zionism. These activists and critics fall into what the CPCCA defines as the "new antisemitism" .

The suggested remedy proposed by the CPCCA's co-founders, Liberal MP Irwin Cotler and Conservative MP Jason Kenney, is to prime "the Government of Canada for a response" against such critics.

November 30, 2009

Murray Dobbin - Will Harper criminalize criticism of Israel?

It remains to be seen what the recommendations of the coalition will be, but its conclusions regarding a sweeping redefinition of anti-semitism have already been drawn and incorporated into their inquiry process -- mortally damaging its credibility. The likelihood that the Harper government is working in lock-step with the coalition is high and the CPCCA's purpose may well be to prepare the ground for criminalizing criticism of Israel.

November 22, 2009

Torstar - Liberals say Tory flyers accuse them of anti-Semitism
Taxpayer-funded letters to ridings with large Jewish communities 'false' and an abuse of privilege, MPs say

Comment - The taxpayer funded propaganda is bad enough but what is worse is that the Liberals are falling all over each other to proclaim their support of the racist regime in the middle east to gain the support of a Jewish community which is increasingly divided on the issue. Maybe if they tried appealing to the peace and justice electorate instead of the Zionist racists they would actually stand a chance at the polls.

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours - Bilin's legal struggle continues
The case against the Canadian companies was heard in Montreal in June 2009. However, Judge Louis-Paul Cullen found that the Israeli high court, not the Quebec Superior Court, was the best venue to hear the case.

Schaeffer [the Israeli attorney representing Bilin] maintains that the Quebec court is the only legal forum that can possibly hear the case, since both companies are domiciled in the province. "Israeli courts have repeatedly refused to examine the issue of the legality of settlements. Because that's the issue for the case in Canada, there's no other forum than the home of the companies who are registered and domiciled in Montreal," she said.

November 3, 2009

Linda McQuaig mentions the Canadians Parliamentary Coalition to Combat anti-Semitism (CPCCA) in her Nov. 3rd article in the Toronto Star.  This is a very important topic that few journalists have dared to mention.

Torstar - Harper's extremism is showing

The tone set by the Harper government seems to be encouraging an attack on open debate about Israel on Canadian campuses. An ad-hoc group of parliamentarians, including Conservatives, Liberals and New Democrats, has set itself up as an "inquiry" into what it considers a new anti-Semitism, with a particular focus on campuses. They open hearings in Ottawa this week.

 canpalnet-ottawa.org