France is enforcing a ban on the “niqab” and not allowing Muslim women into the country if they refuse to take off a face veil upon request. Three women who arrived in Paris at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport were detained this week by immigration officials for the violation. The women disembarked Monday from […]
Calling them “persona non grata,” Syria today told 17 diplomats — including the U.S. ambassador — that they are no longer welcome in the country. That move comes “a week after 11 Western nations acted in unison to expel envoys from Syria in an expression of outrage over the massacre in the Houla region, near Homs, […]
This article is republished courtesy of HonestReporting Canada. We are proud to share this success of our Canadian affiliate with our readership. In a pointed rebuke of Canadian public broadcaster CBC Radio-Canada and its Mideast correspondent Ginette Lamarche’s recent reporting on Israel, Radio-Canada’s Ombudsman, Pierre Tourangeau, this week upheld a series of five complaints filed by HonestReporting Canada about the network’s Mideast […]
Responding to record-high gas prices and a potential for further disruptions in supply, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday requested that the State Department pressure Saudi Arabia to increase its oil production. The senator’s concerns are twofold: “Schumer called on the State Department to press the Saudis to publicly commit to meet their capacity potential […]
We republished HonestReporting Canada’s call for action against Quebec TV show host Stéphane Gendron, who lamented that “unfortunately, Israel has not yet collapsed” and that Israel “does not deserve to exist”. Thanks to the many of you who responded, the V-Network was bombarded with complaints and the story was picked up by a number of Canadian media outlets. Courtesy […]
Canadian foreign minister John Baird, visitng Israel this week, stressed his country’s strong support of Israel. “Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada,” Baird said at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial on Monday. Baird also said: “Canada does not stand behind Israel; Canada stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel,” which he repeated […]
At this State of the Union address, President Obama proudly stated that “American oil production is the highest it’s been in eight years” and declared that his Administration would “open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources.” While President Obama spoke favorably of the role that oil and gas development […]
On Wednesday, president Obama rejected the TransCanada’s permit application to construct a 1,700-mile pipeline from Alberta, Canada, to Texas refineries. Join us on Friday from 12-1 for our “Lunch with Heritage” chat. We will be joined by Heritage’s energy expert Jack Spencer. He will be taking your questions about why the decision was made, what the […]
Canada has had one of the most liberal immigration policies in the world, welcoming tens of thousands of asylum applicants who claim to be fleeing persecution in their violent homelands, many of those from the Middle East. Canada’s new Conservative government has begun rolling up the welcome mat, stepping up efforts to track down and […]
Heritage and the Wall Street Journal released the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom on Thursday, ranking 179 countries on 10 benchmarks that gauge their economic success. This year Heritage introduced a new interactive feature that gives you the opportunity to create a comparative graph. This week’s chart shows how the United States stacks up against […]
