International

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’ [...]

On March 13-14, 2024, I visited the Jenin and Tulkarem refugee camps in occupied Palestine. Palestinian-Canadian artist Rehab Nazzal accompanied me. Together, we observed and documented an [...]

At approximately 3 am local time this morning, Israeli snipers shot dead two Palestinian men who were seeking cover from gunfire at the Emergency Ward of Jenin Governmental Hospital. They wounded [...]

On March 12, 2024, I visited the Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp in occupied Palestine. I was accompanied by Canadian-Palestinian artist Rehab Nazzal. The Freedom Theatre was established [...]