By Rabbi Abraham Cooper
April 22, 2009 (UN Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland) - In 1938, in Evian, on the French side of Lake Geneva, the world’s democracies convened a meeting to discuss the “Jewish Problem”. Turns out no one wanted Europe’s Jews. By 1945, 6 million Jews were dead, systematically murdered by the Nazi’s Final Solution. Hitler solved his problem.
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By Uri Savir, President of the Peres Center for Peace
The G20 Conference held in London in April 2009 was a milestone in the history of international relations. Not only did it change some economic doctrines towards capitalism with much greater government involvement, but it also created a change in the relations between the important powers in the world.
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The special ingredient of Palestinian nationalism that really does set it apart from, say, Jordanian nationalism, or that of Syria or Egypt, is its basis in antagonism to Israel and its usurpation of Jewish symbols, history, and identity.
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By Bruce Campbell
As Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to London for the G-20 leaders’ meeting on the global economic crisis, he will undoubtedly tell other leaders that Canada is well positioned to manage the crisis domestically and provide advice on the international effort.
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By Uri Savir, President of the Peres Center for Peace
I shall never forget the moment Anwar Sadat, the late President of Egypt, came down the stairs of an Egyptian airplane in Israel. As I stood there, at Ben-Gurion aiport, I could not believe my eyes. The moment was a dream coming true. President Sadat had just made the most courageous decision in the Middle East's modern history. In his one hour flight he crossed decades of hostility, hatred, war and, bloodshed in order to extend his hand to the late Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the Israeli people.
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By Uri Savir, President of the Peres Center for Peace
The US administration under President Obama, working through Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, understands the equation that exists in the Mid-East region.
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By Bruce Campbell, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
When President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper meet this Thursday, February 19, 2009, the growing economic crisis will be the main point of discussion. And Harper could quickly find himself in a position he doesn’t like to be in: on the defensive.
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By Maryam Namazie
Contrary to claims of promoting social cohesion and ‘minority rights,’ Sharia in Britain is actually a capitulation to political Islam. Just as the Pakistani government’s agreement to allow the imposition of Sharia in the north-west this very week is an attempt to placate and appease the Islamists. It has nothing to do with freedom of religion and belief, or rights and choices. In fact, the stronger and more pervasive its hold, the less freedoms, rights and choices people – and particularly women - have.
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By Avishai Ehrlich
The present conflagration in Gaza is perniciously criminal because it was foreseen and could have been averted. The most enraging aspect about it is its wanton wastefulness and the cynicism of both leaderships. Had the two sides agreed to negotiate – something they will inevitably have to do in the wake of this slaughter - the conflagration could have been avoided.
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Postville, a quiet town of 1500 in rural Iowa was the scene of an interesting experiment in Jewish-American life. Agriprocessors, the largest of America’s glatt kosher meat packers established their biggest slaughterhouse there. Imagine the black hat managers and shochets (kosher slaughterers) rubbing shoulders with the farmers and small town folks and bringing in immigrant laborers to do the dirtier jobs. It was a new type of inter-cultural experiment in a rather unlikely setting. Indeed it provided the subject matter for Prof. Stephen Bloom’s book: Postville: A Clash of Culture in Heartland America. But this tale of culture clash between Lubavitchers and rural Iowans has been superseded by a far more important conflict.
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