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'{{Short description|American-born Canadian journalist (born 1946)}} {{about||the Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter|Diane Francis (athlete)|others with similar names|Diana Frances (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Diane Francis | image = Diane Francis Tryzub Award.jpg | alt = | caption = Francis in 2019 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Canadian, US, British<ref name="one">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnjYfXCPZjc | title=Diane Francis, "Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country" | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> | other_names = | occupation = Author, editor, journalist | known_for = Editor, ''[[Financial Post]]'' }} '''Diane Marie Francis''' (born 14 November 1946) is a Canadian journalist, author and editor-at-large for the ''[[National Post]]'' newspaper since 1998.<ref name="officialbio"/> ==Background== Francis was born in [[Chicago]], Illinois,<ref name=CCControll>{{cite web | url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/wbin/resanet/itemdisp/i=6363337 | title=Controlling interest : who owns Canada? / Diane Francis (ResAnet record) | publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]] | accessdate=2009-12-28 }}</ref> on 14 November 1946. She immigrated to Canada in 1966 and became a naturalized Canadian citizen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/francis-diane-marie-1946|title=Francis, Diane (Marie) 1946- {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=encyclopedia.com|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref> She is married and has two adult children.<ref>Diane Francis, dianefrancismylife blog, [http://dianefrancismylife.blogspot.com/ Diane Francis' Life], 4 February 2006</ref> ==Career== Francis was a reporter and columnist with the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' from 1981 to 1987, then a columnist and director with the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'', ''[[Maclean's]]'' and the ''[[Financial Post]]'' in 1987<ref name=FP/> and its editor from 1991 to 1998, when it was taken over by the ''[[National Post]]'' and incorporated into it.<ref name=FP>''Financial Post'', [http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/columnists/diane-francis.html Diane Francis], retrieved 31 January 2019</ref> She has been a columnist and editor-at-large at the ''National Post'' since then.<ref name="officialbio">{{cite web |url=http://www.dianefrancis.com/bio.php |title=Official biography |accessdate=2009-12-18 |publisher=dianefrancis.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131025700/http://www.dianefrancis.com/bio.php |archivedate=31 January 2010 }}</ref> She has been a Senior Fellow at the the Atlantic Council's Eurasia CenterPolitical Genocide January 18, 2024 DIANE FRANCIS JAN 18 ∙ PAID READ IN APP Why does South Africa accuse Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice and ignore genocides committed by Russia, Iran, and China? Moscow currently wages war to obliterate Ukrainians, their culture, and country. Iran perpetrates a decades-long “death to Israel” crusade and terrorist campaign to destroy the Jewish state. China abuses and decimates Muslim Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group in its Xinjiang Province bordering Kazakhstan in Central Asia. The actions of all three meet the definition of genocide which is the “intent to destroy, whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”. And yet, South Africa accuses Israel of genocide even though it’s a victim. On October 7, Israel was viciously attacked by Iranian-supported Hamas. Its army retaliated by attacking Hamas which was burrowed in residential areas inside Gaza. Israel’s military warned civilians to evacuate by dropping leaflets, by phone calls, and online, then designated safe relocations. Unfortunately, thousands of civilians died. While tragic, the fact is that the Israel army attacked Hamas, not Gazans. This was defense, not genocide. “It is a legal absurdity to suggest that a country that is defending itself from genocide is thereby guilty of genocide,” commented retired Canadian Supreme Court Judge Rosalie Abella. Jerusalem Day in Iran in 2022 South Africa’s allegations should have been directed at the underlying culprits of the war – the genocidal regimes in Russia and Iran. Both have stoked strife for years throughout the Middle East, and both were behind the massacre of Israelis on October 7 — which also happens to be Vladimir Putin’s birthday. The killers were members of Hamas, financed by Iran and trained by Russian mercenaries. Days after the atrocity, their leaders were praised in Tehran and some flew to Moscow to be feted. Despite such glaring evidence, South Africa decided to blame the victim, not the perpetrators, because it belongs to BRICS, the anti-West organization launched by Russia and China that includes Iran and other nations in the so-called Global South. The case is unjust. If Israel is guilty of genocide for defending itself against Hamas, then Ukraine is also guilty for defending itself against Moscow and causing 315,000 casualties. After the Oct. 7 massacre it was necessary to dismantle and destroy Hamas operatives, rocket sites, and hundreds of miles of tunnels beneath the Gaza’s cities. Guerrillas were everywhere in Gaza, using residents as human shields, and this required Israel to evacuate civilians to reach the terrorists. Unfortunately, reckless and radical politicians in Israel provided a hateful “sound track” of genocidal threats toward Gazans, statements which have found their way into Court documents. For instance, President Isaac Herzog erroneously stated that all Gazans were "responsible" for Hamas's surprise attack. Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant initially ordered a full siege on the Gaza Strip, where almost half the population are children. “There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly." At the trial, these remarks were entered as evidence of genocide, but Israel’s defense lawyers argued their words were irrelevant because these persons did not make military decisions. The case was heard on January 11 and 12. A ruling by judges will take weeks more. The West lined up behind Israel. America rejected charges as “unfounded”, the UK called them “unjustified”, and Germany (perpetrator of the largest genocide in recent history) said it “explicitly rejects” them. In Court, Israel described South Africa’s accusations as "grossly distorted" and asked the Court to dismiss the case and to reject South Africa’s request that it be forced to halt its anti-Hamas operation. But the facts are that many Israelis are upset with their government’s aggressive prosecution of the war. The newspaper Haaretz excoriated Netanyahu and some cabinet members for their intemperate remarks, then noted these provided fodder for the Court case. On January 12, after the Court convened, its editorial read: “It was an uncalled for, a sad and bad day for Israel at the International Court of Justice in the Hague on Friday. On the one hand, Israel made a compelling case against the obscene accusation of `genocide’ for its military response in the Gaza Strip following the October 7 massacre. On the other, it might not have been standing there in the first place had it not been for its half-wit politicians… A collection of misfits masquerading as the government casually spewed out moronic one-liners: Nuke Gaza, burn Gaza, flatten Gaza, erase Gaza, cleanse Gaza, eliminate Gaza, displace Gazans – all of which found their way into the South African application that the world court heard on Thursday.” Israel heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu suggested an atom bomb be dropped on Gaza. He was suspended after a public outcry. The Times of Israel Haaretz columnist Noa Landau wrote that Israelis now have “a big problem: 23,708 problems, to be exact. That is the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza, according to United Nations data, many of them civilians, including women and children. Another 60,005 have been injured and around 1.9 million people, who constitute about 85 percent of the Strip's population, have been displaced from their homes. Unfortunately, both the plaintiffs and the defendants fall into the rhetorical trap of focusing on words and videos posted on social media instead of the question of whether Israel is doing enough to minimize harm to innocent civilians on the way to reaching its goals. The takeaway should be that `revenge’ on innocents is not a plan of action and that atrocities committed by the enemy do not grant a license for any reaction.” The culprit is Iran, and its hateful nexus which includes Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, and Russia. For years, Tehran has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. Iran and Russia helped destroy Lebanon and Syria, and have financed bombing attacks and assassinations for decades against innocent Israeli citizens. Iranian parades routinely include “death to Israel” banners; its military practices by firing missiles at Star of David targets, and its media broadcasts anti-Israeli and anti-American hate speech or slogans constantly. Genocide is “embedded” in the Iranian psyche and government, like a warped constitution. In 1979, its “religious” leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared “we believe the solution to Palestine is in destroying the Israeli regime”. So why isn’t Iran hauled, continuously if necessary, before the Court for this perpetual and genocidal Jihad? And why hasn’t South Africa or other nation-states dragged Russia into Court for genocide after President Vladimir Putin launched his 2022 war to eliminate Ukraine? Instead, pursuing justice was left up to Ukraine itself which took the matter to the Court two days after the 2022 invasion, following Russia’s hideous slaughter, rape, and torture of hundreds civilians in Bucha outside Kyiv. Within short order, judges ordered Russia to suspend military operations against Ukraine, but the order was ignored. Finally, on March 17, 2023, the Court issued warrants for Putin’s arrest involving the mass abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children which is clearly a war crime. Russia ignores that too because it does not acknowledge the Court’s jurisdiction, but at least the warrants have restricted Putin from travelling to many countries. Ironically, he was inhibited this summer from attending the BRICS confab held in South Africa, which recognizes the Court. He did not go because South Africa advised Putin not to come because he would be arrested and shipped to The Hague for trial. Putin’s hostages. Thousands of kidnapped Ukrainian children in orphanages. AP China’s shame: A Uyghur concentration camp in Xinjiang. Radio Free Asia. 2017 China has also been let off the hook concerning its genocide against Uyghurs. Last year, 51 UN members issued a declaration condemning this as a crime against humanity and called on Beijing to end its human rights abuses. But such declarations are toothless and no genocide case has been submitted to the Court. At the very least, all three of these nation-state perpetrators should be denied UN votes in the General Assembly or Security Council. They should be designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism and Genocide, which would result in severe and permanent sanctions, defense export bans, and severe financial restrictions. Regrettably, they remain un-indicted and strut around the world Scot-free, attending international gatherings. Meanwhile, their political collaborators game the International Court of Justice, United Nations, and other institutions so they can continue to harass and malign Israel, Ukraine, the Uyghurs, and future targets. That’s the real injustice here. in Washington DC since 2015, ''[[New York Post]]'', the ''[[Huffington Post]]'', and the ''[[Kyiv Post]]'', as well as newspapers around the world. She is a broadcaster, speaker and author of ten books on Canadian socioeconomic subjects.<ref name="officialbio"/> Francis is a distinguished professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at [[Toronto Metropolitan University]] (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto.<ref name=RU>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryerson.ca/ceooutlook/dianefrancis/|title=Diane Francis – bio – CEO Outlook – Ryerson University|work=ryerson.ca|accessdate=19 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527003538/http://www.ryerson.ca/ceooutlook/dianefrancis/|archivedate=27 May 2010}}</ref> She was a visiting fellow at [[Harvard University]]'s Shorenstein Center in autumn 2005<ref>[[Harvard University]], [http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/fellowships/fellows_former_semester.html Former Fellows and Visiting Faculty], retrieved 24 August 2010</ref> and has been a media fellow at the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref name=RU/> She holds an honorary Doctorate of Commerce from the [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] (1997),<ref>http://library2.smu.ca/bitstream/handle/01/25031/convocation_1997_fall.pdf#page=15 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://smu.ca/academics/archives/diane-marie-francis.html|title = Diane Marie Francis &#124; the Patrick Power Library &#124; Saint Mary's University}}</ref> and an Honorary Doctorate from Ryerson University (2013<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ryerson.ca/convocation/honorary-doctorate/honorary-doctorates/ | title=Past Honorary Doctorates | publisher=Ryerson University | accessdate=13 May 2020 }}</ref>). ==Bibliography== *''Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country'' (2013), [[HarperCollins]] *''Who Owns Canada Now'' (2008), [[HarperCollins]] *''Immigration: The Economic Case'' (2002), [[Key Porter Books]], {{ISBN|1-55263-532-5}} *''Underground Nation: The Secret Economy and the Future of Canada'' (2002), [[Key Porter Books]], {{ISBN|1-55013-612-7}} *''BRE-X: The Inside Story – The Stock Swindle That Shocked The World'' (1998), Seal Books, {{ISBN|1-55013-913-4}} *''Fighting for Canada'' (1996), [[Key Porter Books]], {{ISBN|1-55013-796-4}} *''A Matter of Survival: Canada in the 21st Century'' (1993), [[Key Porter Books]] *''The Diane Francis Inside Guide to Canada's 50 Best Stocks'' (1990), [[Key Porter Books]], {{ISBN|1-55013-218-0}} *''Contrepreneurs'' (1988), Macmillan of Canada, {{ISBN|0771599153}} *''Controlling Interest – Who Owns Canada'' (1986), [[Macmillan Publishers]], {{ISBN|0-7715-9744-4}}<ref name=CCControll /> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Twitter | id= dianefrancis1}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Francis, Diane}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian columnists]] [[Category:Canadian political writers]] [[Category:American expatriate writers in Canada]] [[Category:Canadian women journalists]] [[Category:National Post people]] [[Category:Canadian women in business]] [[Category:Writers from Chicago]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers]] [[Category:American emigrants to Canada]] [[Category:Academic staff of Toronto Metropolitan University]] [[Category:Canadian newspaper editors]] [[Category:Canadian women columnists]] [[Category:Women newspaper editors]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian women writers]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian women writers]] [[Category:Canadian business and financial journalists]] [[Category:Women business and financial journalists]] [[Category:Canadian women non-fiction writers]]'