Heating Up: The Battle for the Jewish voice and the Jewish soul

An article by David Mandelzys, reposted from (Cult)ure, a Canadian blog:
These are the four questions we were thinking of:
1) Why, on this night we dedicate to remembering our own history as an oppressed people, do we justify Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians?
2) Why, on this night when Israelis are free to celebrate, are the Palestinians [...]

Montreal: Demonstration at Israel Day

The annual Jewish counter-demonstration to the Israel Day commemoration began in 2003 in a confrontation that saw 2-3 Zionists cross the boulevard René Lévesque to surround the Jewish counter-demonstrators. The police intervened with the Montréal Riot Squad and placed themselves in between the two parties. However, instead of defending the counter-demonstrators the police turned towards [...]