Bahija Réghaï

Is writing about Operation Protective Edge in 2014, writing about Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012, writing about Operation Cast Lead in 2008? Bahija Réghaï says yes.

What kind of Canada we will wake up to on May 3rd? Will it be a RelSocCon free-market Canada or will Canadians reclaim the country they love -- one which celebrates what citizens share in common.

Respect for human rights and democracy abroad is in Canada's best interests. By supporting democratic change in Egypt and other states, we create a safer world. Somebody tell that to Stephen Harper.

Legitimate criticism is attacked by supporters of Israeli policies with accusations of racism, and the recent display in Canadian politics is another distasteful example of this.

The Canadian government happily buys into the notion that Israel's victimhood is a shield that excuses its transgressions over the Gaza Blockade, and, in turn, is used to victimize others.

The Palestinian Authority has recently enacted a law banning Palestinians from working in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the sale of settlement products.

Palestinians around the world commemorate on May 15 their collective national trauma, the forced exodus from their homeland in 1948, known as Al Nakba or Catastrophe.

Canada's recent de-funding of advocacy organization, KAIROS, is just the latest in the Canadian government's vigilant efforts to disempower groups critical of Israel.