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20 Nisan 5769
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Wednesday, 08 April 2009 |
Suspect in Paris Shul Bombing Gets Bail
OTTAWA — A Canadian-Lebanese man suspected of bombing a
Paris synagogue in 1980 has been freed from jail on $290,000 bail but
will be confined to strict house arrest, an Ottawa court ruled last
week.
Hassan Diab, 55, was freed from prison March 31 and will remain under
house arrest for several months, living with his common-law wife, until
judges decide whether he must be extradited to France for his suspected
role in planning a terror attack against the Copernic Street synagogue
in Paris. Four people were killed in that bombing.
Prosecutors said Diab might try to escape while under house arrest,
despite the court’s ruling that he wear an electronic tracking bracelet
and report weekly to police.
French police told reporters they have evidence that Diab, a former
pro-Palestinian activist, is responsible for the attack, and they
requested his extradition in order to try him in in Paris, Associated
Press reported.
Diab was arrested in November in Ottawa at the request of French
police. At the time he had been working part-time as a professor at
Carleton University.
The October 1980 bombing of the Copernic Street synagogue occurred
during Sabbath evening prayers, when it was packed with more than 300
people.
Network Lobbies CJC
TORONTO — Al-Jazeera is lobbying Canadian Jewish Congress
in its bid for regulatory approval to hit the airwaves. Tony Burman, a
former CBC executive who is managing director of Al-Jazeera English,
met last week with CJC representatives to reassure them that
Al-Jazeera’s two-year-old English service is independent from the
controversial Arabic service. In 2003, the CJC and B’nai Brith Canada
opposed Al-Jazeera’s application for a broadcast license, saying the
Qatar-based network broadcasts anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, and
glorified suicide bombers. They said the network’s Arabic service would
violate anti-hate laws. In 2004, the CRTC approved carriage of the
Arabic service but imposed restrictions that made airing it difficult.
Cable and satellite providers were ordered to “alter or delete”
programming to ensure that no “abusive comment” would air. CJC is
“struggling with” the English service’s approval, CEOBernie Farber told
the Toronto Star. “We recognize the need for free speech to be
paramount and the right of broadcasters to ensure they can reach
audiences” but “there’s no walking away from some of the disgusting,
anti-Semitic, Jew-hating broadcasts [Al-Jazeera has] engaged in,”
Farber said
CIE Gets U.S. Grant
TORONTO — The Canada Israel Experience has received a
$150,000 grant from the U.S.-based Covenant Foundation to help train
leaders of Birthright Israel trips and develop programming for
Birthright alumni, the CIE announced last week. CIE, a division of UI
Federations Canada, is Canada’s largest provider of Birthright Israel
trips, which sends young adults ages 18 to 26 on free, first-time trips
to Israel. The grant, to be paid over three years, will help train trip
leaders in public speaking and group facilitation, and help trip alumni
plan community projects.
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