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Israel's greatest threat is coming from an increasingly and overtly anti-Semitic world. Especially from countries who should know better.

It is not as if there is no way to stop suicide bombers. By Robert Sauvé

To compare Arafat and Sharon, or Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the same breath, is as much an insult to journalism, as it is to Sharon, Israel, and to all the people who either read, hear or see this nonsense.

As a secular Jew, living in a North American context, I am aghast at the level of world-wide anti-Semitism and hypocrisy.

"The responsibility for the "Passover Massacre" belongs to the Israelis". So goes the Arabic spin.

"There was no real mystery in his politics," Rivest said. "He was for Quebec staying in Canada because it was to the advantage of Quebecers."

The March 25, Los Angeles Times headline reads: "The color barrier is broken as two African Americans win top acting honors". What color barrier? I thought these awards were for best actors within the industry.

Because of Emile Zola's untiring battle for rights and truth, France found itself on trial for racism and anti-Semitism; more so, than the judicial appeal of the Dreyfus case.

Canada is not a world-beater. But nonetheless, we have a pretty good country, mostly because of Ottawa's social programs.

Imagine how the world, and the international news media would have been all over the Israelis if a Palestinian was publicly murdered at the hands of Israeli troops.