Alan Baker

Sep 17, 2024 | jpost.com | Alan Baker

The concept of commonality of values has always been a steadfast principle in Canada’s relationships with its friends and allies. Such commonality of values was perhaps voiced most clearly in an address by former prime minister Stephen Harper to Israel’s parliament – the Knesset – some years ago, in which he listed the historic and long-standing values shared by Canada and Israel.

Jul 21, 2024 | jpost.com | Alan Baker

In any normal and logical international context the terms “world court” and “international court of justice” should conjure up a vision of universal fairness, impartiality, dignity, and juridical credibility. Sadly, no such normal international context exists. The institution that describes itself as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) can hardly be seen to be anything genuinely international.

Jul 6, 2024 | jpost.com | Alan Baker

As reported in the media last Sunday, an El Al flight from Warsaw en route to Tel Aviv was not allowed to refuel in Antalya, Turkey after making an emergency landing to evacuate a passenger in need of urgent and vital medical attention.

Jul 1, 2024 | jpost.com | Alan Baker

In a scandalous, shameful, and disgraceful statement published on June 29 by the Iranian UN Mission’s official X (formerly Twitter) account, Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani blatantly, and even proudly boasted of his country’s promise to “obliterate Israel if Israel attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon.” One may assume that nobody was really very surprised by such a statement emanating from a senior Iranian official.

Jun 24, 2024 | timeshighereducation.com | Alan Baker

It is no secret that admission to the University of Cambridge used to be a daunting challenge for the unprivileged. As a non-fee-paying day-boy at an independent Methodist school in the 1950s, I was “prepped” for a process that involved an overnight stay in a college to sit the Cambridge Colleges Exam (CCE) and be interviewed.