Lately Walmart dropped two costumes from its Halloween collection after they had caused controversy on social media. The two controversial costumes are an IDF soldier and a “Sheikh Fagin nose”, a latex nose which was described in the website as the “perfect for an Arab Sheikh”. The “Sheikh Fagin nose,” is a reference to the Jewish antagonist in Oliver Twist, was denounced …
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By Richard Silverstein– Tikun Olam Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government seems to be the only one possibly in the entire world that unabashedly adores Israel’s current Likud government. It’s a slobbery political love affair embarrassing to behold. Not only does Harper support Israeli policy, he represses any hint of official Canadian interest in Palestinians. In fact, there are many …
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The International Criminal Court said that it would not prosecute Israel over its raid of Gaza-bound ships in 2010, during which ten Turkish activists died, despite a “reasonable basis to believe that war crimes were committed”. According to Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, there won’t be an investigation or a prosecution because the alleged crimes were not of “sufficient gravity”. “The …
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Eric Walberg- The Middle East Eye In recent weeks there has been a spate of articles about western youth flocking to Syria and now Iraq to join the IS “caliphate.” An estimated 11,000 such fighters have already made the leap. Up to 130 Canadians have joined them, including Hamiltonian York University student, Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud, a Somalian Canadian, known to …
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Defense for Children Palestine (DCI-Palestine) this past week released a shocking video which clearly showed that two young Palestinian men were killed by IDF soldiers last Thursday while they were walking near the Nakba Day protest site outside Ofer Prison in West Bank. Previously, IDF officials maintained that the Palestinian teens had thrown firebombs and stones at the IDF soldiers, …
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