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Jewish Refugees
Tuesday, Mar 22/03/2011 // Anita Neville, Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
Mr. Speaker, today I rise to acknowledge an issue that has not been discussed much in this House or by the current government: the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands, not only the forgotten exodus but also the forced exodus.
FORMER MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF CANADA IRWIN COTLER, MP ADDRESSES JOINT HOUSE OF COMMONS – HOUSE OF LORDS MEETING
Thursday, Jun 26/06/2008 // Irwin Cotler, Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
In his appearance before an overflow gathering at the House of Lords, Canadian MP Irwin Cotler declared that "Had the UN Partition Resolution been accepted sixty years ago, there would have been no Arab-Israeli war – no refugees, Jewish or Arab. – and none of the pain and suffering of these last sixty years. Indeed, we would have been celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of both the State of Israel and the State of Palestine."
Rectifying an Historical Injustice
Thursday, Jun 26/06/2008 // Irwin Cotler, Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
I recently addressed the annual meeting of Quebec lawyers on the topic “The Genocide Convention and Universal Declaration of Human Rights Sixty Years Later: What have we learned? What must we do?”
