William Barclay, at The Blogs

Jan 10, 2025, 5:32 AM

In 2024, the Executive Director of UN Watch, Hillel Neuer, bravely exposed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as a terrorist enterprise and complicit in the October 7th massacre in Israel, whereby the Palestinian terrorist organization, Hamas,...

Dec 4, 2024, 9:07 PM

Hamas: Gaza’s True Enemy and Oppressor

Since the most recent outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th, countless political actors and pundits have attempted to curry support for the Palestinian cause by re-framing Hamas as a cohort of embattled freedom fighters who struggle on...

Nov 20, 2024, 7:46 PM

Antisemitism Has Infected Left-Wing Politics in Canada

People stand near an illuminated Canadian Maple leaf as thousands gather in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to show their support for the people of Palestine, on May 15, 2021. Several demonstrations took place on Saturday across Canada to denounce the Israeli repression against Palestinians and to demand "the liberation of Palestine".
In Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, several thousand people, often carrying flags, took to the streets to express their solidarity with the Palestinians, denounce the "war crimes" committed by Israel, or call on the Hebrew state to "stop killing children". (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP)

Throughout the modern era, left-wing politicians and political parties have often declared themselves to be champions of diversity and protectors of all oppressed peoples. Unfortunately, in the time that has elapsed since Hamas’ horrific attacks against the state of Israel...

Oct 7, 2024, 7:52 AM

What Occupied Territory?

Recently, the United Nations (UN) adopted a resolution that condemns the nation of Israel as an inherently oppressive, colonial, enterprise and “…demands that Israel ‘brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Unfortunately, the...

Sep 25, 2024, 1:37 PM

The Genocide in Palestine Is a Lie

A protestors carries a sign, with an Israeli and Palestinian flag and a heart in the middle, during a demonstration outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The United Nations' top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Since the most recent outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th, countless political actors and pundits have endeavoured to exonerate Hamas and condone the murder of innocent Jewish people by invoking the ghoul of a looming Israeli genocide. For...

Sep 18, 2024, 10:46 AM

The Trudeau Government Has Abandoned Canada’s Jews

Since the most recent outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th, Canadian society has been inundated with antisemitism and innocent Jewish people everywhere have been subjected to all species of violence and attack. Unfortunately, the Trudeau government’s response has...

Aug 26, 2024, 7:05 AM

(Pro-Palestinian) Free Speech Is a Human Right

Since the most recent outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th, Canadian society has been inundated by a slew of pro-Palestinian protests and macabre anti-Israel demonstrations. Moreover, the pro-Palestinian protestors and their advocates have constantly reiterated the fundamental import...

Aug 20, 2024, 12:34 PM

Women’s Rights Advocates Refuse to Condemn the Palestinian Cohort

Since the latest outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th, the state of Israel has been relentlessly accused of systematically oppressing and abusing Palestinian women and girls. For example, various UN representatives and women’s rights advocates, such as Reem...

Aug 12, 2024, 8:06 AM

Diversity, Intersectionality, and the Jewish Community

Since October 7th, countless politicians and media outlets have attempted to misconstrue the Jewish people as a rich, white, homogenous mass, in an effort to capitalize upon the modern onset of ‘identity politics’ and delegitimize the Jewish paradigm, as...

Aug 9, 2024, 12:00 AM

Israel, Palestine, and Identity Politics in the LGBTQ+ Community

Recently, Vancouver’s Pride Parade was aggressively disrupted by pro-Palestinian protestors. According to the Daily Hive, “A group of masked protesters holding banners and Palestine flags blocked the parade route” and, eventually, bullied the organizers of Vancouver Pride into cancelling the parade. Unfortunately, Vancouver’s Pride...

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William Barclay is a political theorist and private consultant. For over a decade, William has worked together with political actors, organizations, and community leaders, in order to help successfully achieve various urgent political objectives and inform emergent human rights discourse throughout North America and Europe.

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