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CBC.ca: “Pride Week gets activist partner” (20/08/2010) “Recent pride parades in Toronto and Montreal have been marred by controversy because of the debate about whether to include or exclude political groups such as Queers Against Israeli Apartheid."
Globe and Mail: Liam Lacey: “Lebanon: War seen through a gun sight” (20/08/2010) “Like fellow Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir), Samuel Maoz is a veteran of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. But the two directors have taken very different routes to memorialize their military experiences.” See also: Exclaim! review, National Post review, Maclean’s review National Post: Vanessa Farquharson: "Film Review: The Infidel – Faith wore more" (20/08/2010) “Lenny also has a typically Jewish library and so gives Mahmud an extensive reading list that includes Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint, a book of Yiddish sayings and another called Serious Illnesses (Woody Allen’s writings are inexplicably absent). Finally, as a true test of his chosen status, he brings Mahmud to a bar mitzvah, where he’s asked to tell an old joke about circumcision after signing a petition demanding that the local media portray Israel in a more favourable light.” See also:Exclaim! review Camera Blog: Snapshots: "Hardline Hillary?" (20/08/2010) “In her statement announcing a resumption of direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, Hillary Clinton asserted, "These negotiations should take place without preconditions…." So will the Associated Press call the Secretary of State’s stance "hard line," as it did when describing Israel’s call for negotiations without preconditions?”
CBC News Now: Harry Forestall/Susan Bonner: "Mideast peace talks to resume" (20/08/2010) “An invitation to resume Middle East peace talks is being welcomed by Israeli and Palestinian leaders. That announcement was just made by U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Now, if these talks go ahead, then they’re going to happen in early September, possibly as early as September 2, Susan Bonner is following this developing story in Washington for u
