The Honest Report

The last three years have unmasked the chilling intersection between radical Islam, far-left extremism, and Jew-hate manifesting throughout the Western world.

In this week's podcast, we sit down with Toronto author Israel Ellis to discuss his new book, "The Wake Up Call: Global Jihad and the Rise of Antisemitism in a World Gone MAD," where he speaks with HonestReporting Canada assistant director Robert Walker about both the challenges of radical Islam and how civilized Canadians can take responsibility.

A trickle has become a wave, with a growing number of troublesome incidents where 'woke' indoctrination has become the norm throughout public schools.

How did this infiltration happen, and who is behind it? And no less important, how can parents and the public take it back from the ideologues who had so much success?

In this week's podcast, HonestReporting Canada Assistant Director Robert Walker sits down with Dr. Weidong Pei, TDSB school trustee.

For the last three years (and beyond), the dynamic has been predictable: anti-Israel groups organize a campaign, protest, event or effort, and pro-Israel Canadians stand up to challenge the hate.

But does it have to be that way? While it may be that anti-Israel activists enjoy foreign funding and support, that does not explain it all. So what must be done?

In this conversation, HonestReporting Canada assistant director Robert Walker is joined by Matthew Taub, founder of Unapologetically Jewish.

The Nazis are often seen as the epitome of antisemitism, but they were also fervent Antizionists, making them ideological allies of sorts with today's radical Islamists and far-left agitators.

That little-known aspect of Nazi ideology is explored in this week's podcast, part 2 with Professor Andrew Pessin, Founding Director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism.

For years, and the last 3 years in particular, antizionist professors have hijacked the word 'Zionism' and used it to falsely demonize Israel and its supporters. While it is indisputably a form of antisemitism, it is also a hate movement in its own right.

In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Andrew Pessin, founding director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism, to explain how this happened.

The institute is a scholarly initiative dedicated to producing and promoting critical research on the history, evolution and contemporary manifestations of antizionism as an ideology, worldview and movement.

The news from Iran is changing almost by the minute. Following the recent conflict, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, which was widely seen as a capitulation by the White House. How did the Islamic Republic convince the U.S. to stand down?

In this conversation, we are joined by Beni Sabti, an Iran expert at The Institute for National Security Studies. He helps us understand what is motivating the Islamic Republic of Iran, and what may come next.

For decades, but particularly over the last three years, anti-Israel activists have repeatedly sought to hijack indigenous language and terms in their attempt to demonize the Jewish State. From accusations like "colonization," these activists have turned truth on its head, and received widespread sympathetic coverage from the news media as a result.

But that doesn't mean there is any merit to their claims. One of their loudest opponents has been the Honourable Harry LaForme, a trailblazing Indigenous judge in Canada who has served as Chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Land Claims, among many other achievements.

Sana Ebrahimi is an Iranian-born academic and activist in the United States, where she is an outspoken opponent of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the pro-Palestinian political movement. But that wasn't always the case, and in this fascinating interview, Sana shares her own personal journey, what led her to where she is today, and the remarkable parallels she sees between Iranian state media and Western media.

Sana Ebrahimi joins Robert Walker, HonestReporting Canada assistant director, in conversation.

In early July, it will be 1,000 days since Hamas' massacres in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Since then, what have we learned about the state of the Canadian news media? How have they fared when it comes to telling the unvarnished truth to the Canadian public?

In this week's episode we are joined by Dave Gordon, journalist for The National Post, who offers his insights and diagnosis of the Canadian news media.

For more than 2.5 years (and many years before it), most of the Canadian news media has uncritically regurgitated oversimplified, misleading and sometimes outright false claims about Israel. And even aside from their factual inaccuracy, the wording has often been constructed in a way that leaves the Canadian public seriously ill-informed.

In this week's episode, HonestReporting Canada Assistant Director Robert Walker sits down with Toronto-based creative director Oded Levy, to discuss his tryUnframed.com product, which analyzes headlines, statements and rhetoric.