Israel needs to achieve an “unequivocal victory” over Hamas in the Gaza Strip in the wake of a deadly surprise attack by Hamas terrorists on Saturday, said Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, in an exclusive interview with The Hub.
Israel announced a “total blockade” of the Gaza Strip in response to the devastating surprise attack by Hamas on the weekend that left more than 1,200 Israeli civilians dead.
Conservatism must be made to appeal to a larger expanse of the political and cultural spectrum, from the lower income segments up through to the managerial and professional classes. Boutique policies that micro-target groups will only yield micro-results.
The poorer classes have been left on the side of the road, at every turn their efforts have been hampered by systems that see no value in them, and the aspects of their lives they value most are often completely discredited and devalued.
Acknowledging the rights of Hamas sympathizers to gather and protest does not mean we should lessen our vigilance in denouncing and tracking them. Quite the contrary.
This episode of Hub Dialogues features John Ibbitson, Globe & Mail columnist and best-selling author, about his new must-read book, The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada.
Not only is the small-donor approach far preferable to the clearly less democratic alternative of our recent past, but its relationship to principled politics makes it a better bulwark against corruption than any ethical rule or guideline.
The videos from these pro-Hamas rallies in cities such as Mississauga and Montreal have been shocking. It must be said that rallies in support of a terrorist organization that has carried out a systematic campaign of killing women and children are incompatible with Canadian values.
This episode of Hub Dialogues features The Hub’s executive director Rudyard Griffiths in conversation with Janice Gross Stein, the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the department of political science at the University of Toronto, about the surprise attack launched by Hamas terrorists on Israel from the Gaza Strip early on Saturday morning, killing at least 250 Israelis.
The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer spoke with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum about what happens next in the region and what the response should be in Canada and the rest of the world.
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