'Our enemy now is Canada' Alan Dershowitz says on Israel policy
By: Dave Gordon (nationalpost)
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The Harvard professor tells the Post he is 'in favour of Trump putting tariffs on Canada for its statements regarding Israel and Netanyahu, and even sanctions perhaps'
NEW YORK - Alan Dershowitz, the prominent American lawyer, had a blunt assessment about Canada and the Carney government at a recent pro-Israel gathering in New York.
"We have to understand who our enemies are. And our enemy now is Canada," he told the Post, at the second annual Rage Against Hate conference on Oct. 27 at Manhattan's Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Canada earned his scorn because of its "recognition of a nonexistent entity," referring to Palestine, and "not doing enough to combat antisemitism."
And he noted Prime Minister Mark Carney's Oct. 16 comments to British podcaster Mishal Husain on her podcast, saying Canada would honour the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and arrest him if he entered Canada.
Should such an arrest occur, Dershowitz vowed, "I will come up to Canada. I will defend Netanyahu, and I will go after everybody who has tried to arrest him."
Dershowitz also told the Post he is "in favour of Trump putting tariffs on Canada for its statements regarding Israel and Netanyahu, and even sanctions perhaps."
The Harvard law professor emeritus and civil liberties advocate was a speaker at the conference, produced by the Israel Law Center, which uses legal action worldwide to fight for the rights of victims of terror, and to seek compensation for violations of international law.
Israeli lawyer Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, the centre's founder and president, said from the dais that her next litigation target is The New York Times.
"The New York Times Is aiding and abetting Hamas," she said, making it clear her intention is to take them to court for "blood libel and defamation."
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Former Harvard Law School professor and Jeffrey Epstein associate Alan Dershowitz declared Canada an “enemy” this week during a pro-Israel event in New York.
“We have to understand who our enemies are. And our enemy now is Canada,” Dershowitz told Canada’s National Post newspaper during the Rage Against Hate conference at New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Dershowitz reportedly told the newspaper that Canada had made itself an “enemy” due to its “recognition of a nonexistent entity” – a reference to Canada’s recent recognition of the State of Palestine.
Dershowitz – who recently made headlines over his feud with a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor – also accused Canada of “not doing enough to combat antisemitism” and said he was “in favour of Trump putting tariffs on Canada for its statements regarding Israel and Netanyahu, and even sanctions perhaps.”
Responding to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who is wanted by the International Criminal Court – should he ever set foot on Canadian soil, Dershowitz warned that should such a thing ever happen, he would “go after everybody” involved.
“I will come up to Canada. I will defend Netanyahu, and I will go after everybody who has tried to arrest him,” Dershowitz threatened.
Carney officially recognized the State of Palestine in a statement last month, accusing Netanyahu’s government of “working methodically to prevent the prospect of a Palestinian state from ever being established.”
“It has pursued an unrelenting policy of settlement expansion in the West Bank, which is illegal under international law,” wrote Carney. “Its sustained assault in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of civilians, displaced well over one million people, and caused a devastating and preventable famine in violation of international law. It is now the avowed policy of the current Israeli government that ‘there will be no Palestinian state’.”
He concluded, “It is in this context that Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”
In my opinion Alan Dershowitz is one of the worst spokesman possible for the Israeli cause.
I agree with Dershowitz. I am so ashamed of myself for being supportive of that fucking pussy Carney, who also just verbally kowtowed to Trump, and who, like Justin, has stabbed Israel in the back. Although I will never give up my Canadian passport, I will never return to Canada. Previously I may have wanted my son to move back to Canada because it was safer, taking his American family with him, but now I think he's better off in the USA.
Is he stabbing Israel in the back or is he stabbing Netanyahu in the front? There is widespread belief Netanyahu has to go and the idea that everyone who thinks that is anti-Semitic is ridiculous.
Antisemitism isn't hatred of an individual as much as it is hatred of a Jewish nation, just as hatred of Trump does not mean you hate the USA. I didn't say Carney stabbed Netanyahu in the back, I said he stabbed Israel in the back.
He's a virtue signaler, as was Trudeau. There is no worse animal in governance.
He doesn't have the balls to be anything else.
Someone can be anti-Israel without being anti-semitic. You dont seem to understand that.
That's probably true, but in my opinion that gives an actual antisemite a cover, doesn't it.
So is Carney anti-Israel or anti-Netanyahu ?
I'll ask you - is Trump pro Israel or pro Netanyahu? I'm not a mind-reader, are you?
Trump is pro Trump.
That's obvious.
Dershowitz and Guliani deserve adjacent rooms at Bellevue.
LOL. In my mind Dershowitz is most likely smarter when it comes to the law than any of your SCotUS Justices.
Carney threatening to arrest the leader of Israel shows Canada aligns with the terrorists. I thought it would happen in 20 years or so, but the benefits of mass immigration accumulate quickly.
When I think of the least influential public figures on the subject of anti-semitism Dershowitz name is the first one that comes to mind.
Nobody cares what he has to say.
The same Dershowitz who wants the Epstein files buried?
And people are wrongly claiming that the Jews are the ones with control, when it's the Muslim vote that is increasingly calling the shots - look at France as a prime example. Rashida Tlaib should be crowned Queen of the Democrat Party, with Bernie Sanders as her knave.
A 4,000 year old rumor/prejudice that will not die.
An equally dumb thing to say.
OK, you outdid yourself with that one.
Jack Nicholson provided the answer to your opinions in the movie A Few Good Men.
Great, rely on a script. Good grief, his reply was his OWN OPINION.
Epstein's friend and lawyer? That Dershowitz?