[ 27/07/2011 - 09:57 AM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested seven participants in a peaceful protest march in Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, on Wednesday, local sources said. Member of the popular committee to resist …
Category Archives: foreign
Layton Has Second Cancer, Takes Break
Layton suggests that Hull–Aylmer MP Nycole Turmel be interim leader of the NDP.Good luck, Jack.
Americans: facing the world and facing ourselves
By Lawrence Davidson * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz | July 19, 2011 Facing the world It was the Scottish poet Robert Burns who, in a poem in 1786, wrote: “O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us…
Settlers ‘attack’ foreign observers near Hebron
Published today (updated) 19/07/2011 18:01 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Three settlers from the illegal Havat Maon settlement south of Hebron attacked a group of internationals on Monday in the Meshakna valley, a Christian peace group said. “A…
Hundreds of foreign activist to support Palestinians in occupied territories
[ 03/07/2011 - 05:23 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Hundreds of US and European activists are scheduled to land in the occupied Palestinian territories on Friday to show support with the Palestinians and condemn Israel’s policies concerning them. Some …
US foreign policy invigorated at the expense of Gaza ~ by Ramzy Baroud
June 28, 2011 | Arab News US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made a series of stern and fiery statements recently, giving the impression that war is somehow upon us once again. Oddly, Clinton’s sudden reappearance onto the Middle East dip…
Israel warns foreign journalists on Gaza flotilla could face expulsion, ban
MARK LAVIE | JERUSALEM— The Associated Press |Published Sunday, Jun. 26, 2011 2:31PM EDT | The Globe and Mail Israel said Sunday that any foreign journalist caught on board a Gaza-bound flotilla could face deportation and a 10-year ban…
PQ In-Fighting Opens Door to Legault
A Québec provincial poll suggests that the centre-right party proposed by François Legault has 40% support against 26% for the Liberals, 17% for the PQ and 8% for the ADQ. Just like for the NDP, such a result would give Mr. Legault a commanding major…
Election Results Are Official
The election results from every riding have been validated, and the four recounts have been completed. As previously noted, the validation process moved one Québec riding from the Tories to the NDP. None of the recounts produced a further change in th… Continue reading
Economy, Economy, Economy
For any government, the state of the economy is of paramount importance. But it is even more so for the Harper government over the next four years. After all, it is its perceived competence in that matter that drove Torontonians to give it a majority.T… Continue reading
Districts of Different Sizes: Who Benefits?
It is well-known that the size of electoral districts (whether measured by population, electorate, or votes) varies wildly, not only across provinces, but also within provinces. When we put everything together, which party benefited from these discrepa… Continue reading
Safe Seats
Safest Seat in Each ProvinceNL – St. John’s East (NDP by 50.3%)PE – Egmont (CON by 23.3%)NS – Central Nova (CON by 32%)NB – Acadie–Bathurst (NDP by 53.5%)QC – Gatineau (NDP by 46.7%)ON – Wellington–Halton Hills (CON by 47.3%)MB – Portage–Lisgar (CON… Continue reading
Ontario and Toronto
Despite a larger swing away from the Liberals in the Toronto area, the region remains much friendlier to the Grits than the rest of Ontario, which is a complete Liberal wasteland. Below are some telling stats comparing the 39 ridings entirely within th… Continue reading
NDP Win Confirmed in Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup
One judicial recount is complete. In Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup, the NDP won by 9 votes, four more than the initially validated results. The preliminary results had the Conservative candidate as the winner by 110 votes on election… Continue reading
Democratic Reform
My guess is that the most significant democratic reform we will see under this Conservative majority is a change in the seat allocation formula for the House. Perhaps the government will prove me wrong by moving forward on Senate reform or other issues… Continue reading