Surprise move

Samuel Segev, columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press reports on a new French diplomatic initiative aimed at mediating Israel's conflict with both Syria and Lebanon.

Gay, pro-Israel and fed up

Kelvin Browne comments on the nature of prejudice in Canadian society.

Critical care

Accompanied by his mother, a four-month-old Palestinian baby suffering from a rare immune deficiency goes from Gaza to Israel’s Tel Hashomer hospital for lifesaving bone-marrow treatment. Thomas Friedman describes what happens next.

Tipping point

Point de Bascule, or Tipping Point, is a Montreal-based French language webmagazine dedicated to exploring and exposing Islamist activities in Quebec ... more.

Palestinians and the Arab League

The Arab League advises Arab states to deny citizenship to Palestinians. Robert Fulford explains.

Politics of resentment

Salim Mansur visits Ramallah and files this report on the political mood of Palestinians.

Historical perspective

"Everything that makes a nation state legitimate – bloodshed, soil tilled, two millennia of continuous residence, international agreements – argues for Israel’s right to exist, yet that is still denied by the Arab League." So states historian Andrew Roberts in this speech to the Friends of Israel Initiative in the British House of Commons.

A Canadian Muslim visits Jerusalem

"The ease with which I moved," Salim Mansur writes "— alone and without restrictions — from the inner sanctum of the Muslim sanctuary to Judaism’s holiest site, embracing both, is a testimony to the openness of Israel as a Jewish state and democracy."