Middle East

Several days ago, two boats that are part of the Freedom Flotilla attempted to dock in central Paris, where supporters waving Palestinian flags awaited their arrival. But for no apparent reason, [...]

On June 7, 2018, Doug Ford and Ontario’s “Progressive” Conservative Party won a large majority of the seats in Ontario’s legislature with the support of less than 41% of voters and less than 24% [...]

For The Real News, I spoke last week to Ron Rousseau, Aboriginal Vice-President of the Canada Labour Congress and President of the Whitehorse Local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, about [...]

In this interview on Dissident Radio, I talk to John Simpson about the Palestine solidarity movement in Canada and the reasons for which activists recently disrupted a Bay Street luncheon [...]

In the 2014 war on Gaza, Swedish human rights activist Charlie Andreasson worked with the International Solidarity Movement as a human shield, seeking to protect hospitals in Gaza from attacks by [...]

On May 29, 2018, I and four other activists disrupted a Bay Street luncheon at which the Trade Ministers of Canada and Israel promoted a ‘modernized’ free trade agreement between [...]

“Thank God for Israel.” That is how Rosie DiManno began her latest descent into anti-Palestinian bigotry. DiManno, in case you did not know, is a columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada’s highest [...]

As the Freedom Flotilla prepares to sail from Copenhagen to a besieged and devastated Gaza, I speak to two of its passengers for The Real News. The first of these passengers is Israeli activist, [...]

This week, courtesy of Justin Trudeau, the world witnessed one of the swiftest and most cowardly flip-flops in Canadian political history. On May 16, 2018, Canada’s Prime Minister issued a [...]

This week, Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani was shot in Gaza by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Dr. Loubani was shot in both legs. At the time that an IOF sniper gunned him down, there could [...]