Ya gotta love Canada
KAIROS and Alternatives, politicized Canadian NGOs, lose gov’t funding
According to media reports, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has rejected grant renewal applications from KAIROS and Alternatives. The requested government funding in the amount of $C7 million over 4 years would reportedly have covered half of KAIROS’ budget. In 2007, Alternatives received $C3.9 million from the Federal Government, out of a $C4.9 million budget.
A spokesperson for the International Development Minister explained that “[a]fter completing due diligence it was determined that [KAIROS’] project does not meet CIDA’s current priorities.” Alternatives claimed that it had “not received official confirmation” that its proposal was denied.
NGO Monitor has published detailed analyses of both groups, noting that:
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* Represents 11 church-groups, is a primary supporter of the anti-Israel divestment movement in Canada, and distributes documents from the Palestinian NGO Sabeel alleging “illegal and immoral behavior” and “apartheid practices.”
* Accuses Israel of “war crimes” and “collective punishment” in its campaigns against Israeli and Canadian policy on Gaza.
* A publication that describes Zionism as an “ideology of empire, colonialism, and militarism” appears on KAIROS’ “resources for education and action” webpage.
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* Calls itself a “solidarity organization,” and engages in domestic advocacy that creates intense hostility towards Israel and disseminates the Palestinian narrative (nakba).
* Supported “Israel Apartheid Week” in Montreal, and often uses Durban-type “apartheid” rhetoric, while minimizing Palestinian terror.
* Alternatives is active in the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign, and is a member of the radical Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP).
The political world inverted in 1967.
Conservatives now support Jews and liberals now oppose them.
As Norman Podhoretz has noted, the only ones yet to realize the new reality are liberal Jews.
And drunkards.
Our PM Stephen Harper, is solidly pro-Israel.
However, the leader of the opposition, Liberal Michael Ignatieff, is definitely not pro-Israel.
This is what Ignatieff wrote on The Guardian on April 19, 2002
While Canada led the walkout from the UN BEFORE Ahmadinejad’s speech at the UN, liberal Ignatieff criticized, and called Harper’s absence from the meeting “a shame for Canada”. Harper had shown his contempt for the UN meeting by visiting a doughnut factory instead.
http://www.liberal.ca/en/newsroom/media-releases/16388_harpers-united-nations-no-show-shames-canada
While the Lebanon 2 war was still raging, Ignatieff also rushed to accuse Israel of war crimes.
Let’s pray that PM Stephen Harper stays in power for the next 50 years!!!
(Sorry I usually get carried away when it comes to PM Harper.)
Isn’t it interesting how exited some of us get when a celebrity or political leader says or does anything deemed favorable to Israel? It’s akin almost to giving a reward to someone because they did the right thing, the moral thing?
I never got that kind of Lavish praise from my mother when she ordered me to clean up my room. Knowing I could never please or satisfy her on this point I never did, clean up my room, I figured it was a waste of time and energy.
A waste of energy?
An ironic turn of phrase, given that the natural gas reservoir resulting from the methane generated by the festering sewage of that room made you the fabulous fortune which even today remains the envy of Warren Buffett.
To Yamit82
You may not know the other side of the story.
Canada is swarming with anti-Semites: Unions (civil servants, teachers, etc.), campuses, other political parties such as the Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party, human rights organizations, immigrants, churches, the media, and on and on and on…
PM Stephen Harper has to be given credit because he’s going against the tide. Being pro-Israel is very unpopular and politically toxic. It WILL cost him votes.
The demographics are against us. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims are arriving yearly. Some as immigrants, others as assylum seekers. They raise large families, as we well know. Someday they’ll determine foreign policy in this country. And then, after that, we’ll be ruled by Sharia law. Unless we get more Chinese to come to Canada. I’m all for lots of Chinese immigration to counteract the Muslim presence.
A year ago I had never seen veiled women in the streets of Victoria. This year I have seen dozens. And they don’t look like tourists. They reside here now.
So, the fact that Stephen Harper acts out of principle and not out of political convenience is indeed rare and something I acknowledge and appreciate.
He recently hosted the Dalai Lama, in spite of loud grumblings by the Chinese government. Obama, with his Nobel Peace Prize and all, refused to meet with the Dalai Lama.
So I say it with pride: PM Stephen Harper is one cool dude.
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Aline, I know all that and I am really, really happy for Harpers principled stands re: Israel. I was trying to be cynical like when we honor those 20-30 thousand righteous Gentiles at Yad veh Shem. 20-30 thousand out of how many millions? To honor and recognize the acts of so few who helped to save Jews at considerable risk should be recognized by us and honored but the other side of the coin is in that our act of honoring and in that recognition it is also a condemnation of the rest.
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Even as Harper seeks to defund and marginalize the Islamists, Obama incorporates them into his government. CAIR is frequently being consulted by the executive branch to enhance “sensitivity” towards Muslims. A CAIR representative was even invited to Fort Hood, because Obama has apparently concluded from the slaughter there that Nidal Husan was a victim of Islamophobia.
Samantha Power has advocated the same.
The Left in America and Canada are unified in their hatred of Jews.
the current and past goverments of Canada are strong supporters of Israel. Which has not prevented Canada being friendly to the P.A. and an important funder of the Palestinian economy.
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Congratulations ayn, you have just been nominated for your ironic turn of phrase— 2009 prizes.
-Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal (Can).
-Mark Twain Prize for Humour (U.S).
-Sid Fleischman Humor award (U.S)
-Ginsberg and Levy Deli Prize for Original Comedy (Africa).
We are all indeed very gratified by your eminent accomplishments.
And we rest assured that Mr. Y has absolutely no idea what’s flying.
No Nobel Peace Prize?
ayn
How in Dickens do you expect a Nobel Peace Prize when you continue to violently pull my yoyo?
Get away woman!! scat.
This comment comes from?
Since you are always linked with what you believe to be majority consensus, ( Majority can’t be wrong syndrome) Lets do an experiment here. Lets have an online poll asking whether the readers agree with your statement or not and if anyone agrees with you on even a single attempt at thought based on your comments on Israpundit,(impossibility from brain dead freaks of nature) from the one who posts under the name of hpeskin and a myriad of others on a single blog!! Are you the reincarnation of Lon Chaney or just a poor fucked up wannabe Tootsie?
Actually Tootsie, I think she is heads and shoulders above all of the effete winners and award givers and recipients you listed.