Canadian university hosts 'Israeli Apartheid Week' 

Canadian Jewish and human rights groups have reacted angrily to series of events at Toronto University this week entitled  'Israeli Apartheid Week'. The program, organized by the Arab Students' Collective, includes lectures about the roots of what the students call Israel's ethnic cleansing and segregation of Palestinians. They insist their program is not meant to be a slight against the Jewish people, but what they call an oppressive Jewish state. They also point out that Jewish students are taking part in some activities and Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian at the University of Haifa, is scheduled to speak. B'nai Brith Canada, has condemned the program and accused the university of cowardice for not banning the event. A spokesman for the organization said "We hope that there won't be violence, but my heart goes out to the visible Jewish students, those who wear skullcaps and identify themselves as Jews, who have to run the gauntlet this entire week".