Imagine a future where Bibi and Biden and Sinwar share cell at International Criminal Court

On a day when our media were preparing to celebrate the demise of “the butcher of Tehran” in a helicopter crash, Lady Luck peed in the punchbowl with the news that the International Criminal Court had applied to the International Court of Justice for arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas, and, cinch up your seatbelts and don the oxygen masks, the Greatest Leader of the Chosen People since Moses! If granted, that means both Israel and Hamas leaders will be wanted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. That’s not gone over well with the government of Israel. Any equivalency between a virulently antisemitic terrorist death cult and the democratic government of the only democracy in the middle east etc is nothing but a vile blood libel against the Jewish people blah blah blah… The Cotler-Farber gang will be burning up the phone lines today making sure the CBC, Globe, and the PMO get the correct message out. There is no equivalency between Netanyahu and Sinwar! And they’re absolutely right. Sinwar launched an attack that lasted for many hours and claimed the lives of some 1200 Israelis. Netanyahu’s retaliation is in it’s eighth month and has claimed the lives of at least 35,000 Palestinians. Irwin and Bernie are right; there’s no equivalency whatsoever!

As UK and US collude to crush Assange, CBC, Globe and Mail avert eyes

For anyone with even a remote interest in human rights and truth, Julian Assange's extradition hearing In London over the past three weeks should be the biggest story in the world. You wouldn't know it from reading our leading "news" outlets, however.

Two august "liberal democracies" are openly destroying Assange for exposing their crimes against humanity. You'd think the Globe and the CBC, both of which claim to do journalism, might find a story there, but no such luck.

The Globe did find space for a 3,000 word hagiography of famous "human rights advocate" Irwin Cotler in today's paper. Cotler is the guy who made his name fighting apartheid in South Africa, but he can't see any in Israel. There is a curious pattern in Cotler's human rights advocacy; he can only find human rights violations in countries on Uncle Sam's shit list. If you're a human rights abuser in Iran, Russia, or China, Irwin's coming for you.  If you're an IDF sniper kneecapping Palestinian children at the Gaza fence, Irwin's got your back.

Here's a particularly telling quote from the Globe's story: "Mr. Cotler is also a member of a panel that advises the British and Canadian governments on how to improve press freedom."

Yes indeedy!

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While we await that panel's recommendations, here's a couple of recommendations from me if you're interested in stuff the CBC and the Globe and Mail don't consider newsworthy. 

Consortium News is your best bet if you think the state destruction of Julian Assange is a news story. 

For an alternative view on Irwin Cotler's human rights advocacy, check out Yves Engler here.