CBC Radio Covers Event Lauding Former PM Stephen Harper’s Support for Israel
Earlier this morning, CBC Radio commendably aired a report on a gala dinner (“almost a state banquet” as the CBC described it) in Israel yesterday evening that lauded former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper for his stalwart support for Israel. CBC broadcast a report by freelance reporter Irris Makler which explained that a bird sanctuary […]
HRC Disturbed by McGill Daily’s Reaffirming its Discriminatory Anti-Zionist Policy
The McGill Daily, a campus paper accused of antisemitism and known for singling Israel out for exclusive condemnation, has reaffirmed its “anti-Zionist stance” that sees pro-Israel commentaries banned from the publication. In its November 4 edition, the paper’s editorial board penned a “response” that characterized the State of Israel as a “racist” and “colonial movement” […]
CBC Covers Israelis Commemorating 24th Anniversary of Rabin’s Assassination
Tens of thousands of Israelis attended a rally to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Kudos to CBC News reporter Natasha Fatah for producing this segment on November 2.
HRC Op-Ed In TorStar Papers: “UN Palestinian Agency Doesn’t Reflect Canadian Values”
In the TorStar newspapers the Hamilton Spectator and Waterloo Record today, HRC Research Analyst Noah Lewis argues that Canada should put a moratorium on funding UNRWA, the corrupt UN Palestinian relief agency tarred for having ties to terrorists, whose staff author and distribute virulently antisemitic materials, and which perpetuates the conflict by promising that all […]
McGill Daily Continues to Attack Israel on a Weekly Basis
Canada’s Ottawa Protocol notes that “singling Israel out for selective condemnation and opprobrium – let alone denying its right to exist or seeking its destruction – is discriminatory and hateful, and not saying so is dishonest.” Not surprisingly, today’s edition of the anti-Israel McGill Daily featured an article about how McGill University students are calling […]
McGill Daily Accuses Israel of Pinkwashing
Week in and week out, the McGill Daily gratuitously attacks Israel (see here, here, here and here). HRC’s recent critique pointed out that the Daily’s October 7 edition produced a sympathetic profile of the anti-Israel campus group, SPHR (Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights) which also whitewashed the BDS movement. In its most recent edition on […]