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  • What really happened in the Middle-East. A powerful presentation not to be missed.
  • The Palestinians are killing each others... The recent events prove that Palestinians are incapable of sharing their own territory. How will they ever share with Israel in a two-state solution?!
  • The Six-Day War. In 1967, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the UN peacekeepers out of Sinai. Then, he created a naval blockade of Eilat, the only Israeli port on the Red Sea. In International Law, such a blockade is considered an act of war. At the same time, Arab leaders were repeatedly calling for "throwing the Jews into the sea".
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December 11, 2007

The Consulate General of Israel in Montreal announces the signature of the

Cooperation Agreement Between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of Quebec.

The Honourable Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie for the province of Quebec, Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, and the Consul General of Israel for Quebec & the Maritimes, Mr. Yoram Elron, signed the Cooperation Agreement Between the Government of the State of Israel and Government of Quebec on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at the National Assembly in Quebec City.

This milestone agreement marks the beginning of a new chapter in already warm bilateral relations between Quebec and Israel. The State of Israel, through its representative the Consul General of Israel for Quebec & the Maritimes, expresses confidence that this agreement will be fruitful for both signatories, and will result in joint-venture opportunities, as well as increased cooperation in the fields of science, medicine, technology and education.

Canadian Imports

Israel to Quebec
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

Pharmaceutical and Medecine Manifacturing
11,910,694
3,630,868
11,579,080
30,508,653
41,760,933

Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing
12,080,943
9,504,227
13,316,986
18,982,021
26,622,839

Oil and Gas Extraction
0
0
0
19,122,350
15,114,787

Canadian Exports

Quebec to Israel
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing
41,137,640
2,617,997
36,140,020
72,927,586
52,505,538

Paper Mills
26,065,997
23,417,470
27,633,823
31,868,276
13,644,859

Non-Ferrous Metal (except Aluminium) Smelting and Refining
22,888
231,343
65,620
2,755,125
9,372,638

Examples of joint ventures between Israel and Quebec throughout the years

TransPharma Medical (Israel) and T2C2 Capital (Quebec)
T2C2 invested 18 million dollars in Israeli pharmaceutical company TransPharma, winner of the 2007 Red Herring 100 Europe Award.
Dr. Mario Thomas sits on the company's board of directors.

Edge Medical Devices Ltd. of Raanan, Israel and Anrad Corporation
Digital Radiography (DR) systems offers well-defined operational, financial and quality improvements over film-based x-ray and Computed Radiography (CR) systems. This joint R&D program will address the problem of defects in the amorphous selenium coatings. and lead to a cost effective Digital X-Ray system. (Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation CIIRDF)

Sonaca NMF
A leader in the global aeronautics industry in machining, shaping and assembling aircraft wing panels. More than 30% of its supplies are sourced in Québec. Its customers are major international manufacturers of regional and business jets: Bombardier, Embraer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Israel Aircraft Industries. (Investissement Quebec)

Venmar Ventilation Inc. and Silentium: An innovative partnership
Last December, this Quebec firm signed a partnership agreement with Silentium to develop an active noise control module. They incorporate unique active noise control technology, which dramatically improves the quality of noise-emitting products.

Mecachrome
Specializes in manufacturing metallic parts for aeronautics, the automobile industry, auto racing and industrial equipment. Its products are used in aircraft and helicopters made by Boeing, Lockheed, Sikorsky, Bombardier, Airbus, Embraer, Israel Aircraft Industries, Parker Aerospace, SAAB and many others. (Investissement Quebec)

Consulate General of Israel in Quebec and the Maritimes
Peter Subissati
Public Relations Officer
info02@montreal.mfa.gov.il

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THE PALESTINIANS ARE KILLING EACH OTHER…
Partners for peace?

How do the two Palestinian political parties settle their differences? They kill each other. For the past six days, fighting between Fatah and Hamas has picked up again. Members of both organizations fight in the streets of Gaza killing more than115 and injuring hundreds, including women and children.

On Tuesday June 12, Hamas launched an all-out assault against Fatah bases in Gaza. Both parties have kidnapped and executed rival members. Houses belonging to both parties have been set on fire. Shells were launched on the Prime Minister's residence (Hamas) and on the President's residence (Fatah). Battles have raged in Fatah's general quarters where hundreds of men on rooftops were exchanging fire with other men in the streets. For hours, battles with mortar and automatic gunfire were raging. No consideration is given to the lives of civilians.

Combats have reached an unprecedented barbarity. "Militants" throw their opponents off rooftops or enter hospitals and execute their wounded rivals with a bullet in the head.

Of course, those who blame Israel for all the problems of the Middle East will accuse it of fuelling this conflict. But Israel has nothing to gain from chaos and violence in the Territories since that violence usually spreads to Israel proper.

Ironically, those same people are asking for more international aid to the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, when this money is mostly used to buy arms.

These recent events prove without a doubt that Palestinians are incapable of sharing their own territory. How will they ever share with Israel in a two-state solution?! When Israel tries to negotiate peace, these are the people it has to deal with.

For decades, Palestinian society has taught its youth hatred, violence and the cult of death. This is the result: a generation of individuals incapable of expressing themselves other than with weapons and cruelty. The Palestinian society is reaping the seeds it has sewn.

What is more striking with this carnage in Gaza is the total silence from organizations like Amnesty International and the UN, as well from tiny local groups who blindly criticize Israel. If the Hebrew State had killed but a few Palestinians combatants, these groups would be accusing it of war crimes!

References:
- http://www.judeoscope.ca/breve.php3?id_breve=3682
- Khaled Abu Toameh, "Abbas accuses Hamas of staging a 'bloody coup'", Jerusalem Post, June 12 2007.

To encourage peace, international investments in the Palestinian education system must stop being diverted towards Islamo-terrorism.

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The 6-day war, or the Arab rejection of the Jewish State

On May 16 1967, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the UN peacekeepers out of Sinai (along the border with Israel). Then, he created a naval blockade of Eilat, the only Israeli port on the Red Sea. In International Law, such a blockade is considered an act of war. At the same time, Arab leaders were repeatedly calling for "throwing the Jews into the sea".

Yet Israel didn't respond. For three weeks, that country hoped Western powers would enforce International Law and would offer their own guarantees of safe passage in the Red Sea.

One key note: these bellicose Arab actions were undertaken while Israel wasn't occupying any of the territories referred to today as "occupied". Therefore, the conflict wasn't born because of some "occupation", but because of the Arab rejection of the very idea of a Jewish State in the Middle East.

Israel felt abandoned by the UN and neglected by the West. It faced not only an Egyptian-Syrian-Jordanian military alliance, but also troops from Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Sudan. In all, the armies of Arab countries totalling 100 million people were facing the Hebrew State that had a population of 3 million.

On the morning of June 5, a huge gamble: the entire Israeli air force was launched against the Egyptian air force. In a few hours the latter ceased to exist. Without aerial protection, the Egyptian army had no chance.

Syria, less powerful that its Egyptian ally, also suffered a defeat. Jordan too attacked the Jewish State. It lost territories it had conquered in 1948: the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

What most people assume is the cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict, namely the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights (Syria) and the West Bank, is in fact a direct consequence of this brief and intense conflict.

In the fall of 1967, while Israel was offering to return the conquered territories for peace, Arab leaders replied: NO peace with Israel, NO negotiation with Israel, NO recognition of Israel.

Since then, those countries that opted to say yes to peace have obtained what they wanted from Israel. Such is the case for Egypt and Jordan. Forty years later, one can wonder when will the other Arab States of the region say YES to peace? When will Hamas say YES to peace? When will Hezbollah say YES to peace? When will Iran say YES to peace?

Source: Richard Marceau, La Presse

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Combating the De-legitimization of the Jewish State and Winning the Battle of Public Opinion

By Senator John McCain, Republican, Arizona, USA
The 7th Hertzlyah Conference for Policy and Strategy
January 23rd, 2007

 

Thank you for the honour of speaking before the 2007 Herzliya Conference. This year's "grand summit" is of momentous importance, as it is harder to think of a time in recent memory when Israel's national security has faced so many varied challenges.

The Jewish state has, of course, experienced tough times before &endash; indeed, they have perhaps been the norm rather than the exception. When one thinks back over the conflicts &endash; 1948, the Six Day War, Yom Kippur, Lebanon, the first Gulf War, two intifadas and Lebanon again &endash; it is clear that Israel has been challenged more, in less time, than any nation on earth. Survival in the face of such trials would be impressive; flourishing would seem out of the question.

Yet Israel has thrived. I would like to believe that Israel's success has been aided by America, Israel's natural partner and ally. The tests continue today, however, in Hamas and Hezbollah, in the anti-Semitism so pervasive in the Arab press, in the restive violence in Iraq and elsewhere, and in the vile threats issued routinely by the Iranian president.

But Israel will survive. Just as it has thrived in the face of armies and terrorists, just as it has prospered in the most dangerous neighbourhood on earth, so will it succeed in the face of today's threats. There will always, always be an Israel.

And just as their will always be a proud, strong Israel, so too will there always be a close and enduring U.S.-Israel relationship. I would like to take just a few minutes to outline what I believe the future holds for the vital ties between our countries.

Let me begin by stating the obvious: When it comes to the defense of Israel, we simply cannot compromise. I know that discussions at this conference have touched on the possibility of closer cooperation between NATO and Israel, and I support these aspirations. A friendly democracy under siege should be an ever closer partner of the world's most successful security alliance.

At the same time, let there also be no doubt about where America stands, even outside NATO. In view of the increased threats to Israeli security, American support for Israel should intensify &endash; to include providing needed military equipment and technology and ensuring that Israel maintains its qualitative military edge.Israel's enemies are too numerous, its' margin of error too small, and our shared interests and values too great for any other position.

Israel's strength will be put to the test. The world's chief state sponsor of international terrorism, Iran defines itself by hostility to Israel and the United States. It is simply tragic that millennia of proud Persian history have culminated in a government today that cannot be counted among those of the world's civilized nations. When the president of Iran calls for Israel to be wiped off the map, or asks for a world without Zionism, or suggests that Israel's Jewish population return toEurope, or calls the Holocaust a myth, it is clear that we are dealing with an evil man and a very dangerous regime.

Tehran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons clearly poses an unacceptable risk. Protected by a nuclear arsenal, Iran would feel unconstrained to sponsor terrorist attacks against any perceived enemy. Its flouting of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty would render that regime obsolete, and could induce Turkey,Egypt, Saudi Arabia and others to reassess their defense posture. Moderate Gulf states would have to accommodate the new reality, and the world would live, indefinitely, with the possibility that Tehran might pass nuclear materials or weapons to one of its allied terrorist networks. Coupled with its ballistic missile arsenal, an Iranian nuclear capability would pose an immediate and existential threat to the State of Israel.

UN Security Council action is required to impose progressively tougher political and economic sanctions. Should the Security Council continue to drag its feet, the U.S. must lead a group of like-minded countries in imposing multilateral sanctions outside the UN framework. Iran's need to import refined gasoline, to cite one example, suggests an important vulnerability. And countries such as China and Malaysia, which have signed deals to develop Iranian gas fields, and Russia, which provides weapons systems to Tehran, should know that Iran will be a critical element in American's bilateral relations with each nation. In the meantime, theU.S. should immediately investigate whether any of these deals violate the terms of last year's Iran Freedom Support Act.

The U.S. should also privatize the sanctions effort by launching a disinvestment campaign, as has been suggested at this conference. By persuading individuals, pension funds, and financial institutions to divest from companies doing business with Iran, we can isolate and delegitimize a hostile government. We will also, as we did with the South Africa disinvestment campaign, increase the debate inside the country about whether the present course serves the interests of the Iranian people or merely those of a misguided elite. Americans and all proponents of freedom need to reassure the millions of Iranians who aspire to self-determination that we support their longing for freedom and democracy. There is much more we can and should do to translate such support into concrete action.

And every option must remain on the table. Military action isn't our preference. It remains, as it always must, the last option. We have some way to go diplomatically before we need to contemplate other measures. But it is a simple observation of reality that there is only one thing worse than a military solution, and that, my friends, is a nuclear armed Iran. The regime must understand that it cannot win a showdown with the world.

Similarly, the leadership of Hamas must be isolated. The Palestinian people are ill-served by a terrorist-led government that refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist, refuses to denounce violence, and refuses to acknowledge prior peace commitments. The United States cannot have normal relations with such a government, one that deliberately targets innocent Israeli civilians in an attempt to terrorize the Jewish population.

The recent talks conducted by Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas are encouraging, and the United States should support this effort. But we also must ensure that Israel's people can live in safety until a Palestinian leadership truly committed to peace emerges. No moral nation &endash; neither Israel nor American &endash; can allow terrorists to chart the political course of its people. Nor would we aid the Palestinian people if we were to confer our acquiescence or approval upon a terrorist syndicate that has won power among a population desperate for change.

And to speak of terrorism is to speak of Hezbollah. Israel's chance for enduring peace with Lebanon resides in a government that has a monopoly of authority within its country. That means no independent militias, no Hezbollah fighters, no weapons and equipment flowing to Hezbollah. Yet neither the Lebanese Army nor the international force is prepared or willing to take on Hezbollah. So long as that is the case, the current pause is likely to enable Hezbollah to regroup, reconstitute, and ream. There is one bottom line: to achieve lasting peace, sooner or later, one way or another, Hezbollah must be disarmed.

Now let me turn briefly to Iraq. We have made a great many mistakes in this war, and both Baghdad and Washington remain divided about how to correct them. The situation is dire, and the temptation is to wash our hands of a messy situation. To follow this impulse, however, portends catastrophe, for Iraq, Israel, and theUnited States.

Because a precipitous American withdrawal risks all-out civil war and the emergence of a failed state in the heart of the Middle East, inviting intervention fromIraq's neighbors and the potential for region-wide conflict, we must do all in our power to prevail. This means surging troops to Baghdad and Anbar Province, holding the al-Maliki government responsible for the fulfillment of various political and economic benchmarks, and holding Iraq's neighbors to account for their sins of commission or omission there. If we are to have any hope of salvaging the situation in Iraq, this is likely our last chance.

I would close by noting that there has been an extensive debate in recent months not simply about the role of democracy promotion in our foreign policy, but even about the wisdom of America's pro-Israel orientation. This debate, I submit, misses the point. The bond between America and Israel is not just a strategic one, though that is important. The more profound tie between our two countries is a moral one. We are two democracies whose alliance is forged in our common values. To be profoundly pro-American and pro-Israeli is not to hold conflicting loyalties. It is about defending the principles that both countries hold dear. That is why today I stand as I believe so many of you do: proudly pro-American and proudly pro-Israel

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