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Oct 19, 2026, 6:47 PM

White Bird: A Wonder Story

The Holocaust has produced a steady stream of movies, and White Bird: A Wonder Story is one of the latest ones. Based on a graphic novel and directed by Marc Forster, it is now streaming on the Netflix platform. Set...

Oct 17, 2026, 4:46 PM

Canada And The Palestinian Authority

Much to Canada's disappointment and disillusionment, Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently postponed legislative and presidential elections, which were to be held on November 28 and early next year. Abbas, who has been the president of the PA since 2005,...

Oct 15, 2026, 7:32 PM

The Houthis – A Disruptive Force In The Mideast

The Houthis of Yemen are on the offensive. In the past few weeks, they have struck critical infrastructure, airports, oil facilities and military installations in Saudi Arabia. Vowing a decisive response, the Saudis have retaliated, striking Houthi bases, an airport,...

Oct 13, 2026, 5:56 PM

Trump Has Tilted Toward Russia In Ukraine War

The war in Ukraine seems interminable. It erupted in February 2022 with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin described as a "special military operation." It has since dragged on remorsefully, killing roughly 400,000 to 450,000 Russian soldiers...

Oct 11, 2026, 6:26 PM

Pillay Does Not Deserve The Nobel Peace Prize

Israel's furious reaction to news that Navi Pillay had won the Nobel Peace Prize is perfectly understandable. Pillay, a South African jurist and an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, presided over a United Nations commission that...

Oct 9, 2026, 6:48 PM

British Green Party Passes A Horrible Resolution

The Green Party in Britain, led by a Jewish ideologue named Zack Polanski, adopted a profoundly anti-Israel resolution at its annual conference in Brighton on October 4, three days before the third anniversary of Hamas' attack in Israel. The stark...

Oct 7, 2026, 2:52 PM

October 7: An Appraisal Three Years Later

"There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen," Vladimir Lenin, the Soviet revolutionary leader, famously said. Lenin's succinct observation can be applied to October 7, 2023, when Hamas hordes attacked southern Israel in the deadliest...

Oct 5, 2026, 6:59 PM

Carney, Netanyahu and a Two-State Solution

Mark Carney has spoken to or met dozens of world leaders since succeeding Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister last year. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, is glaringly absent from that list. Later this month, Carney will reportedly...

Oct 3, 2026, 7:22 PM

October 7: An Election Campaign Issue In Israel

The single blackest day in Israel's history, Hamas' attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, has become a contentious campaign issue less than a month before the October 27 general election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents pin this massive...

Oct 1, 2026, 10:29 PM

Mamdani’s Flawed Plan To Combat Antisemitism

Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of New York City, released a comprehensive plan to combat antisemitism on September 29. Amid an upsurge of antisemitic incidents in the Big Apple, he pledged millions of dollars for security and hate-crime...

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Sheldon Kirshner is a journalist in Toronto. He writes at his online journal, SheldonKirshner.com