Assassination Attempt on Prime Minister Olmert

Israelis secret service foiled a political plot by the Palestinians to assassinate Israel’s PM Ehud Olmert. This week the PM was in the west bank working with Palestinian leaders on a realistic peace agreement when the secret service discovered the plot. The Palestinians had people who claimed responsibility for the attempt but released them for lack of evidence.

This incident shows the never ending situation in Israel and how it is at such a point where an assassination attempt will not slow down the peace agreements. So much happens between the Palestinians and the Israelis that even the PM’s life being in danger does not slow down the peace talks. More interesting to see, even though the accused people behind the attack were from Fata (where the current Palestinian government is Hamas) Israel’s only option to a peaceful solution is to ignore acts of intolerance and violence. Though confidence in Olmert’s abilities is not at a high point, I hope to see his efforts rewarded with some progress in the Middle East.

Original article: http://voanews.com/english/2007-10-21-voa9.cfm

Mcguinty is spreading xenophobia with this election- Help kick him out

Ever since the issue of faith based schools showed up, Mcguinty has been doing the polar opposite of what he was appointed to do. It would be one thing if through this campaign The Premier focused on lack of funding, but instead he chose to win votes over by praying on the provinces fears. Mcguinty made people afraid of funding schools that nearly always contribute to society. When High School is over everyone goes into active positions in Canadian society while maintaining their heritage and keeping Ontario a multi-cultural society. Mcguinty going on television, asking the province to "Stand together", means that he is to ignorant to see the contributions that private schools give, and made the issue a matter of getting people to be xenophobic about Islamic fundamentalists and other minority groups in Canada.

Mcguinty has contradicted everything that Canada was established on, and is ignoring the fact that we live in a society that was founded by immigrants. Ontario was always the home to tolerance, dating as far back as the underground railroad in the nineteen hundreds and by Mcguinty acting the way he has, he has contradicted everything that our country was built on. It is only appropriate to compare Mcguinty's behavior to the inappropriate policies made by PM King right before the Holocaust. King's xenophobia led to the death of many Jews because his fears stopped him from giving help to those who needed it, and now Mcguinty is forgetting the mistakes of his past and is hoping to lead the province by spreading fear instead of multi-cultural ism.

Though he technically did not slander and cannot be removed from office, you can hold Mcguinty accountable October 10th by removing the Liberal government from power. As a culture that promotes peace world wide, we cannot let our leader contradict peaceful and equal co-existence because all we would be are hypocrites. I hope we all join together to rid ourselves of a man who has embarrassed our once great province and start building a place free from fear.