Israel will not stop Freedom Flotilla 2024
Today, after Guinea-Bissau’s strong-man acceded to Israel’s request that it withdraw its flag from two of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s vessels, organizers of the Freedom Flotilla [...]
Today, after Guinea-Bissau’s strong-man acceded to Israel’s request that it withdraw its flag from two of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s vessels, organizers of the Freedom Flotilla [...]
Today, hundreds of humanitarian activists received disappointing news in Istanbul, Turkey. After months of preparations and numerous delays, the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition [...]
Yesterday, in Istanbul, Turkey, Chief “Mandla” Mandela delivered a speech to participants in the Freedom Flotilla’s emergency mission to Gaza. Chief Mandela is the tribal chief [...]
On April 23, 2024, I arrived in Istanbul, Turkey to join the Freedom Flotilla’s urgent mission to Gaza. Upon my arrival, I learned that hundreds of activists from around the world had [...]
This week, as the world waited for Israel’s military response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strikes, I spoke with geopolitical analyst, Laith Marouf. A controversial [...]
Today, on the day following Iran’s unprecedented strikes on Israel, I spoke with American-born, Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi about the significance of the Iranian strikes. Professor [...]
This past week, I gave two interviews regarding Israel’s recent destruction of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Damascus. As I explained in each interview, Israel’s attack [...]
This week, after talks in Beijing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed that Russia and China have agreed to discuss ways to deepen their security co-operation to counter U.S. efforts [...]
Earlier this year, the U.S., British and Canadian governments announced that they were “deeply concerned” about “foreign information manipulation”. According to the CBC: [...]
For nearly four years, Hussein Moanes, a former spokesman for Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigrades, was imprisoned by U.S. forces for having engaged in armed resistance to the U.S. occupation of [...]
In late March, while in Beirut, I had the opportunity to interview Ammar Al-Moussawi, Director of International Relations for the political wing of Hezbollah. Al-Moussawi is a former member of [...]
Last week, while visiting Baghdad, I spoke with Hussein Barood, the elected spokesman of the Iraqi Movement for the Belt-and-Road Initiative. For years, the movement Barood represents has [...]
A couple of weeks ago, while travelling in Lebanon, I decided to launch a weekly video presentation titled “Rant of the Week”. The purpose of this exercise will be no more (and no [...]
Yesterday, I visited the city of Baalbek in northeastern Lebanon, near the Syrian border. The main objective of my visit was to observe damage inflicted by Israel on civilian infrastructure in [...]
On March 21, 2024, after spending ten days in occupied Palestine and then making another visit to Britain’s military base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, I travelled to Lebanon. This is my third [...]
After spending ten days this month in occupied Palestine, I just had to rant about Andrew Coyne. Coyne is a regular commentator on the flagship political debate program of Canada’s national [...]
On March 16, 2024, while travelling by vehicle from Tel Aviv to Eilat, I explored the border areas of Gaza. I visited Gaza’s border again, on March 18, during my return from Eilat to Tel [...]
On behalf of three Canadian-Palestinians, the Coalition for Canadian Accountability in Gaza (CCAG) has issued a demand letter to Canada’s government. The substance of our clients’ [...]