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Friday, December 16, 2005

Alastair Gordon of the Canadian Coalition for Democracies says it's too early to declare a shift in Canada's UN position toward Israel (as we thought may be happening a couple of weeks ago):

JPost: Canada 'shifts' on Israel? Not really

...A year ago, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations Allan Rock announced that "resolutions [against Israel] are often divisive and lack balance," and hinted that he would improve the situation. The following day, Canada voted against Israel five out of six times on that year's first batch of anti-Israel resolutions.

IF I were a Muslim, I would be grateful that Canada's support is unwavering:

- On Jerusalem, Canada holds that any actions taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City are illegal. It believes Israel has no jurisdiction over any part of Jerusalem. Earlier this year, Canada withdrew all passports that had "Jerusalem, Israel" as a place of birth.

- In April 2002 Canada endorsed the "Jenin massacre" hoax and has yet to apologize.

- Canada has called upon Israel "to cease obstructing the movement of the staff, vehicles and supplies of [UNRWA]." Canada endorsed this "free movement" after wire service videos showed UNRWA ambulances being used to transport terrorists, and an admission by UNRWA's secretary-general that some of their paid employees may be Hamas members. There has never been a call for UNRWA to end its involvement in terror...[snip]

- Canada endorses the idea that Palestinians have a right to their own state without obligating the PA to end terror.

...Canada should not legitimize the perversion of UN resolutions which has transformed a tool for even-handed criticism of all member nations into a crude mechanism for bullying just one of them.

So the next time Canada's prime minister makes a speech, check the facts before jumping for joy.

(H/T to Canadian reader, isirota1965)

2 Comments

Ouch. Some days you make it hard for me to be a proud Canadian!

I admit that my country is slow is changing it's policies when it comes to Israel. And while I'd have to disagree with the last two blanket (and not necessarily factual) statements, I agree that Canada needs to take a hard look at how it views the Israeli situation.

Interestingly there was that Jenin film that was shown, I think on CBC of all places, that looked at dispelling the Jenin myth. Sorry, I can't seem to find the info online at this moment to back myself up.

Anyway, thanks for drawing attention to our problem.

Really? It wasn't Pierre Rehov's film, The Road to Jenin was it?

Oh, and you're back! (/scampers over to CB's blog)

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