This week’s Rideau Institute blog contrasts the virtual silence of Canada despite a global outcry against Israel demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, developments relating to a definition of anti-semitism that does not undermine legitimate criticism of Israel, Canada’s continuing opposition to a UN ban on the export of wastes in developing countries and a new article on Canada’s misguided Venezuelan policy.
Writing in Foreign Policy in Focus, Middle East expert Stephen Zunes describes the recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in which a majority of Democrats joined Republicans in siding with Trump against Obama regarding Israeli settlements, international law, and the role of the United Nations. (See: Once Again, Democrats Are Blowing It on […]