Yves Engler is the author of the recently released The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy and other books. The book is available at blackbook.foreignpolicy.ca.
How pro-Israel is Harper's government?
In taking part in the NATO attack on Libya, the prime minister is on his way to justifying the cost of his purchase of the F-35 fighter jets, and the media already helps with justification propaganda.
Nazi crimes, particularly Canada's various ties to these atrocities, should be widely studied and remembered. The Nazi Holocaust, however, should not be used as ideological cover for Israeli crimes.
Manitoba's NDP premier has just returned from a pleasant business trip to Israel. The ties of his government and others to the discriminatory JNF is shocking.
The Security Council rejection is a blow to the carefully crafted image of Canada as a popular international do-gooder, a mythology that blinds so many Canadians to our country's role in the world.
Pro-Palestinian activists are raising $300,000 to send a Canadian-registered ship to help break Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza. It would be a major step forward for a growing movement.
If NGOs can be pushed into working as a tool of the military, shouldn't we at least come up with a better description than 'non-governmental' organization?
Pro-Israel lobbyists appear influential in Canada because they operate within a favourable political climate. They are pushing against an open door.