Posts Tagged: Irwin Cotler
Jew-Hatred Can’t Be Countered Without Action Plan, Declares Convener of Canada’s National Summit on Antisemitism
The Canadian government convened its first-ever national summit on antisemitism on Wednesday amid warnings from its keynote speaker that concrete action against Jew-hatred was necessary...
Canadian Lawmakers Give Standing Ovation to Irwin Cotler After Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt His Talk
Former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler received a standing ovation in the Canadian Parliament on Thursday, just days after pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted a talk of...
Head of Raoul Wallenberg Center: Official Declaration of Disappeared Swedish Diplomat’s Death Must Not Obscure Real Fate of Holocaust Hero
The announcement that Sweden’s tax authority has formally pronounced Raoul Wallenberg dead “should not obscure the main issue that his family has been pursuing for...
The Holocaust and Human Rights: Lessons Learned and Actions to Be Taken
I write at a historic moment of remembrance and reminder, of witness and warning. We are on the eve of two historic anniversaries: the 80th...
Irwin Cotler: Laundering Antisemitism Corrupts Our Common Humanity
A world-renowned Canadian parliamentarian, jurist and human rights activist emphasized last night that global hostility to Israel is the “new antisemitism,” The Algemeiner has learned. The...
Holocaust Scholar Says He Was Wrong to Assume Serious Jew-Hatred Wouldn’t Resurface After Nazi Defeat (INTERVIEW)
"Antisemitism has become a serious threat once again," an eminent Holocaust scholar told The Algemeiner on Tuesday, saying he had thought that after the demise of...
Jonathan Pollard’s Release Doesn’t Erase 30 Years of Injustice
The official announcement that Jonathan Pollard will be paroled on November 21, having served 30 years for transmitting classified American documents to the Israeli government, is...
Jewish 100, 2014: Irwin Cotler – Voices
Irwin Cotler Canadian parliamentarian A former Canadian Minister of Justice, and a long-standing member of the Canadian Parliament for the Liberal Party, Irwin Cotler is one of...
Anti-Semitism, Old and New
This past week, I had the privilege of participating in the first-ever UN General Assembly forum on global anti-Semitism, which, as it happened, took place...
In Dark Times, Remember Wallenberg
It has been a dark January. Thus far, 2015 has brought tragic and infuriating terrorism, anti-Semitism, and assaults on liberty in France; a car bomb in...
The UN and Unequal Justice: The Case for Jewish Refugees From Arab Countries
The UN marked the 67th anniversary of the UN Partition Resolution of November 29, 1947, with an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People....
In Wake of Ottawa Attack, Senior Canadian Jewish MP Irwin Cotler Calls for ‘Comprehensive’ Anti-Terrorism Strategy (INTERVIEW)
Few politicians in North America can boast Irwin Cotler's pedigree as a human rights advocate. A former Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Cotler, who...
Rouhani’s Record Reveals Nothing Has Changed in Iran
While Iranian President Rouhani pledged to usher in a new era of human rights for Iranians, the person held out as a "moderate" has presided...
Gaza – The Road Not Yet Traveled
The notion that truth is the first casualty of war has found expression in the ongoing fog of the current Israel-Hamas conflict - where truth...
