Sometimes you just gotta love our neighbors to the North. This year they are making their voices heard by protesting the annual, seven-day we hate Jews-fest called "Israeli Apartheid Week" Many colleges buy into this anti-semitic gathering, providing support to those who really, really want Israel gone and the Jews scattered to the winds. I do not know if the University of Oregon will have one, although the fact that there is a Muslim Students Associaiton at the UofO, and our local imam is the leader of the MSA on campus, it would not surprise me to see the hatefest commence somewhere on campus this year. If they do, I will find out and post it here.
We can argue about some of the policies and actions taken by the Israeli government, the fact remains that they are the only democracy standing between Western ethics and Islamic hegemony.
From the National Post March 11 by Sarah Boesveld
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney issued a strongly worded statement Friday, asking students to think twice before joining activities tied to the week, taking place across Canada and internationally this month.
The events, which seek to promote Palestinian human rights, are frequently “accompanied by anti-Semitic harassment, intimidation and bullying,” Mr. Kenney said, and are at times planned and promoted with disregard for the safety of Jewish students, professors and others on campus.
“These activities can cultivate an atmosphere exactly the opposite of one that is open to the free exchange of ideas and the development of the mind with the aid of facts and logic,” he said. Repeatedly singling out and condemning Israel year after year creates a “hateful environment” that “offends not only our sense of fairness, but also our core Canadian values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.”
“Such scapegoating becomes yet another symptom of a worrying new acceptance of the vilification of Israel and of Jews around the world.”
Exactly.
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We can argue about some of the policies and actions taken by the Israeli government, the fact remains that they are the only democracy standing between Western ethics and Islamic hegemony.
From the National Post March 11 by Sarah Boesveld
Ottawa slams Israeli Apartheid Week
There is a growing Canadian backlash against Israeli Apartheid Week, the on-campus campaign to delegitimize Israel.Immigration Minister Jason Kenney issued a strongly worded statement Friday, asking students to think twice before joining activities tied to the week, taking place across Canada and internationally this month.
The events, which seek to promote Palestinian human rights, are frequently “accompanied by anti-Semitic harassment, intimidation and bullying,” Mr. Kenney said, and are at times planned and promoted with disregard for the safety of Jewish students, professors and others on campus.
“These activities can cultivate an atmosphere exactly the opposite of one that is open to the free exchange of ideas and the development of the mind with the aid of facts and logic,” he said. Repeatedly singling out and condemning Israel year after year creates a “hateful environment” that “offends not only our sense of fairness, but also our core Canadian values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.”
“Such scapegoating becomes yet another symptom of a worrying new acceptance of the vilification of Israel and of Jews around the world.”
Exactly.
Read it all
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