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This is one of those elections where you can imagine your children or grandchildren (if you have any) will ask you years later what you were doing when the country was lost. Did you try to stop this man, grandpa? Did you campaign against the Conservative, grandma?
Part I - On Just What Haunts Us
As I explained on a lecture tour of South Africa (Goldstone Land) from which I have just returned, the answer is in what happened behind closed doors at the Security Council in New York in the weeks and months following the 1967 war. But complete understanding requires knowledge of the fact that it was a war of Israeli aggression and not, as Zionism's spin doctors continue to assert, self-defense.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is damned if he does talk about his evangelical beliefs and damned if he doesn't.
Is there a relationship between Islam and democracy?
70% of Canada's population voted in 1993. Then in 2000 the rate fell to 64%, in 2004 to 61%, rising to 65% in 2006 and then falling to 59% in 2008. The decline was due almost entirely to the low turnout rate of those from 18 through 24. Among youth, 37% voted in 2004, rising to 44% in 2006 and then falling back to 37% again in 2008. The difference between the rate of youth voting and that of the general population is striking.
After the terrorist attacks hit the U.S. on September 11, 2001, the U.S. administration discovered the need to introduce democracy to the Arab world.
Why do liberals at home act like despots abroad? We can look at some examples from the United States but also one from France. Here goes.
Faced with the perils of voting Conservatives or Liberals, the inevitable choice for Canada’s Muslims seems to be the NDP. Below, I am providing my analysis and the reasons why I believe this is a wise choice, and also what the perils are, in voting for Conservatives or Liberals.
A quick question: can you name the federal cabinet minister responsible for the status of women?
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Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and the author of several books focussing on the Middle East including 'The Hundred Years' War On Palestine'. He explains some of the basic facts of the struggle for Palestinian independence and the creation of the Zionist project of Israel.