By Adam Michael Segal
 
Do you remember the funny flick from the early 90’s entitled Cool Runnings?
 
Starring the late Canadian iconic actor John Candy, the film loosely portrayed the real-life comedic tale of Jamaica’s national bobsled team and their odyssey at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
 
Well, a new version of this funny and somewhat fascinating story is [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
While Canada’s Israel blog is not at all about politics, we sometimes report on politicians from these two countries who are laying the foundations for peace and economic collaboration.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Israel just sent Canada’s Israel this update that Canada’s Deputy Foreign Minister Leonard Edwards and his entourage are meeting [...]

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 By Staff
 The Honourable Stockewell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, was the keynote speaker at the second Canada-China-Israel Roundtable on Agri-Innovation on July 27.  The International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada, the Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIIRDF) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada hosted this annual event in Ottawa.
Minister Day [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Israel and Canada have teamed up for what seems an unusual partnership: to form an agreement on how Canada will represent Israel’s diplomatic and consular interests in Venezuela.
Venezuela had diplomatic ties with Israel until January 2009. It severed those ties after Israel’s military incursion into Gaza.
Virginie Levesque, an official at the Canadian Embassy [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Israel celebrated its 60 year anniversary last year, and this year Canada and Israel recognize 60 years of diplomatic relations.
Yesterday the Foreign Ministry of Israel sent out a notification to recognize this important “friendship” that Israel has forged with Canada over the last 6 decades. It was transmitted by the Foreign Minister, Avigdor Liberman:
In [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
A lot of Canadians I know like to talk about peace building. And Canadians in many ways are good at it. I grew up in Newmarket, Ontario and in my class had students who were first generation – or new immigrants to Canada – from all over the world. There was H. Khan, [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
One of the most defining cultural institutions of Israel is Yad Vashem.

The landmark Holocaust remembrance and education centre in Jerusalem is a must-see for virtually every dignitary who arrives in Israel, and the same goes for scores of visitors to the Holy Land.
Canadians are frequent visitors to the venerable centre and staunch [...]

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By Paul Shindman
It’s that time again. On February 10 Israelis go to the polls to pick a new prime minister who will form a new government.
Sounds familiar, but even though Canada and Israel are members of the parliamentary democracies club, there are many differences in Israel that Canucks are probably not aware of.
First and foremost, [...]

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By Staff
In a recent post, Paul Shindman blogged about craziness  of the Israeli elections.  So how is this for “only in Israel politics” - the Holocaust Survivors Party has teamed up with the Green Leaf (pro-marijauna) Party. Here’s their two-issue TV commercial:

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By Paul Shindman
I get the feeling that Canadians think minority governments are a pain. With the big roar last month when the opposition ganged up on the minority Conservative government it seemed like Canadians were getting a taste of Israeli politics.
What?!?! How could the mess in the House of Commons have any similarities to the [...]

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