Canada stood alone before a United Nations human rights council yesterday, the only one among 47 nations to oppose a motion condemning the Israeli military offensive in Gaza.
The body would be better named the United Nations Council for the Destruction of Israel;
In addition to its recent adoption of an Islamic-sponsored agenda item that singles out Israel for permanent scrutiny, the [Human Rights Council], since being established in June 2006, has directed all of its country censures, now numbering eleven, against the Jewish state. The only other country addressed has been Sudan, though instead of issuing condemnations, the council has praised Khartoum's "cooperation" and repeatedly called for further reports.
The Star continues...
The United States, regarded as Israel's greatest ally, is not a member of the council
They're not a member because they voted against formation of the farce to begin with and refuse to legitimize institutionalized Jew hatred with their participation.
Update: I meant to link to this earlier - "Go Canada!
Good for Harpo!
Perhaps, he will soon take a principled stand on the HRCs. His failure to provide leadership on that issue merits much more attention from the Head Honcho of Con-Blogging.
Good day to be Canadian!! Not only did we not vote in favour of the Destroy Israel petition but our very own "Lady Kate" won Best Conservative Blog in the Known Universe.
Ya-ba-da-ba-DOO!!!
Pat
"Along with Arab states, countries backing the resolution included Russia, China and Brazil."
Gee.Why am I not surprised? Canuckistan should do the REAL principled thing and get totally out of this farce council. I notice they closed the comments.After a quick perusal,I can see why. About 98% where siding with PMSH. Glad the Israelis are finally in Gaza City. Push them into the sea!!!!
Forget about just withdrawing: it is time to END the parasitical despotic farce called the UN.
Killing the UN once and for all?
Beautiful thought!
The UN is an ugly organization - let's shut it down (and the CBC while we're at it)
Congratulations Kate / Small Dead Animals - love your work!
The sad thing is a bunch of countries decided to abstain which is about the same as voting present.
The Star: "The vote before the Geneva-based body shows the Stephen Harper government has abandoned a more even-handed approach to the Middle East in favour of unalloyed support of Israel, according to some long-time observers."
Thank God for the end of even-handedness: see where that's landed us.
Now, I wish PMSH would be somewhat less "even-handed" on few other issues.
..Got backbone?...it does a country good!!.....damn good time for "Western Re-awakening"!
Now THAT makes me proud to be a Canadian.
"Along with Arab states, countries backing the resolution included Russia, China and Brazil. Among those abstaining were Britain, France, Japan and South Korea."
Canada's the only one with enough intestinal fortitude to stand against the motion. That sure is a change from the 90's.
I'd like to see the other champions of freedom named, the article only lists three.
Who are they?
To all those who decry the (perceived) lack of conservative principles in our conservative government, take heart. Have faith. When it counts, our government is there.
This in itself makes me prouder than I have almost ever been to be Canadian.
Imagine, a Canadian government that actually stands on principle in international matters!
When have we last seen that?
Once a flabby, cowardly, Chretien-bellied, none-entity. Now a voice of justice. Yay. Yay, I say. Let the terrorist, Hamas-sucking, barbarians take heed. Canada, as a nation, does not stand with you. You have no place here. Take to your heels and go back to the cesspools of depravity from which you came.
We stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters against you. You will never prevail.
I heard this on CBC radio yesterday and thought I was hearing things.
I have goose bumps, I feel so proud, Canada stook a stand, Canada grew a pair!
I'm a bit in shock.
I knew I voted for the right guy! (see, even in Ontario we are not all dough-heads)
Go PMSH and Go Israel!
Harper has lot's to be critiqued for ... but not his position in this regard. Well done Stephen! We appreciate your attempts to stop the next Holocaust.
Cease-fire on both sides.
Peace to ALL nations.
Canada's previous "even handed approach"??? I guess that means previous Liberal government's approach. I am old enough to remember when the Clark government of 1979 (and remember Joe Clark can hardly be described as a conservative)was all in favour of moving the Canadian embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
...One Country stands against anti-semetic/terorist sympathizers. Proud to be Canadian.
So can we expect a congratulatory letter/phone call from PMSH to our beloved Kate? Now that would take some courage...
Sleep well tonight Canada, once again, this small but mighty country stands up for what is right but not popular and SDA rules , all is well!
I'm very proud our gov't was the only one to stand against the mob!
And congrats Kate - hope you'll still talk to us!
You can not be an honest broker without first being honest. Hamas is at fault here and responsible for this.
I would like to see a Twilght Zone episode were Ryan from CUPE gets to live in a place like Sderot for the last eight years, see where he stands after that.
YA, ditto on the goosebumps. It ain't often I hear sumfin on de newz these days and go, "YEA CANADA. Dun us PROUD!"
Despite 20 YEARS of typical UN hand-wringing and contributing the likes of Stephen Lewis, Cretin's brother and Maurice STRONG to the UN a few more votes like this, where we are seen to do the RIGHT THING, will bring us honour and respect - not more hand-wringing!!
It's about time we took a stand, easy to weasel out with an abstention. This sends out a much louder message.
I'm afraid that many muslims are not to be trusted, and the ones that are won't speak out.
I compare this to a cult that my sister was involved with for many, many years. She virtually closed her eyes to all the attrocities that were going on around her (to her children) as she was completely brainwashed. It took many years for them to recover (as best they can). My fear is that this is similar and that no matter what is said/done, mothers will still be willing (and proud?) to send their children to death as a suicide bomber. If it is that they believe that they are better off in death, what does that mean for the rest of us?
And congratulations Kate, with such a close race it was a time when really every vote did make a difference. But next time I won't have my 24 hours end at 1am.
I agree with Harper 100% on this but you just know that the media will use this against the Conservatives in the next election. The question will likely be phrased something like this:
"Mr. Harper, did your conscience not bother you back in January when Canada was the only country amongst 47 that voted against a UN vote seeking peace in the Gaza dispute?"
Just wait!
Somebody email that to Don Cherry . . . he'll rip a few new butt holes for the usual supspect complaining crowd.
A damn proud day to be a Canadian - voting against the UN asswipes and for what is right.
I have the solution for getting America back to work. (well at least part of the solution) They get General Motors, Ford and Chrysler to cooperate on building the world's biggest, most awesome bulldozzer. It will be the width of 3 football fields (Canadian football, that is) and about 8 stories high.
They fire up that Mother, line her up against the United Nations building and doze that peice of shit into the New York harbor.
Get rid of that absolutely useless piece of crap and do it NOW.
This is pathetic...we truly are the US's little bitch of a brother. The only one in 47...reminds me of that video of George Bush lining up with the world's leaders and no one acknowledging him. We're isolating ourselves with such acts. Hasn't Canada historically been a nation to stand with the world, seems we're standing in the shadow of the US more and more these days.
From Wiki:
On 20 June 2007, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement that read: "The Secretary-General is disappointed at the council's decision to single out only one specific regional item given the range and scope of allegations of human rights violations throughout the world."
Also considering Canada voted against and there were 13 absent votes, looking at the makeup of the UNHRC makes me think there were many that voted "for" should be the focus of the UNHRC themselves.
Kate: Your heading states "Canada Stands Alone" Well of course Canada Stands Alone. And, its lonely at the top - right where Canada stands. Canada will never give up the high ground - not as long as Harper leads this country. No one should ever forget that.
I'd like to see the other champions of freedom named, the article only lists three.
Who are they?
I emailed the Star this morning using the typo/correction/complaint form politely asking why readers hadn't been supplied with a full list of the other 43 countries, but, oddly enough, I haven't received a reply from them yet.
And the comments section was closed down very early too--by 10:30 a.m. at latest.
deezflowers - looks to me like you would feel right at home living in Gaza or Lebanon. Pack your sh-t. I'll pay for your one-way ticket.
Proud we did this. This is showing moral spine against evil intentions.No matter the cost.
so where are the kudos for PMSH ?
after all..notwithstanding his tactical reluctance to address the ongoing CHRC problem and the domestic anti-semitic muslim assault on our integrity he directed government to do DO THE RIGHT THING here...
I can only say, thank you Canada, for being courageous in the face of such lunacy.
lookout... "The Star: 'The vote before the Geneva-based body shows the Stephen Harper government has abandoned a more even-handed approach to the Middle East in favour of unalloyed support of Israel, according to some long-time observers.'"
I'm so glad the Star had some long time observers on hand!
So being the only country to vote against these singular condemnations of Isreal is an end to even-handedness? Wouldn't that be the opposite - injecting even-handedness into the roster of 'world opinion'? Reminds me of the time the Globe or the Star quoted some sociologist who argued that fearful Americans go and huddle in churchs while community loving Canadians gather at... Tim Hortons. It's amazing how much you can delearn at university.
And how fruitless it is to analyze Star news/opinion for good sense.
"Even-handedness" is way over rated. I'm curious to know what the left's "even-handed" approach would have been between the jews and the nazis, or between a fireman and a fire.
The only country of 47 that failed to condemn Israel's terrorism
WHY?!?
The Government and the Opposition are quisling Israel puppets
It must suck to be a neocon Israel-buttlicker these days.
It's like being Jeffrey Dahlmer's fans.
But I do understand the Israeli side of the story. I wrote this to document the agony of Sderot as they are under the Qassam rocket seige.
http://zionofascism.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-other-side/
Oh and I must commend the blog owners for managing to corral such a collection of knuckle-dragging goon morons in one place.
The last time I saw something like that was at a Red Friday rally.
Proud day Mr. Harper!
You legitimized my vote.
Thanks again for showing Canadians will not participate in madness or be bullied into doing so!!!!!!!!
I wonder if they will murder an effigy of you in the streets again tomorrow? We’ll stand behind you.
Lovely anachore, lovely. So please read the latest post at my blog and tell me... does it rate 'knuckledragger' to you? Maybe you're the bigot.
a different bob: Isn't it great to be part of such an open-minded and positive country!
"I wonder if they will murder an effigy of you in the streets again tomorrow? We’ll stand behind you."
Did they really do that? Did they murder our Prime Minister in effigy??? Why is this the first I have heard of this? Where is the MSM on it? Do you have a link/video?
Time to end the United Nazis once and for all. The best way to do that is simply ignore them, just like Israel is doing.
The quickest way to peace in Gaza is Victory.
Canadians should be proud of our nations stand against the toxic marriage of right wing religious fascism and left wing mealy mouthed hypocrisy.
bcf: What would you define as "victory"? Kill every palestinian? Effective religious cleansing?
Bart F.: Is the US not a country with the characteristics of right wing religious fascism? How about Israel? They have a right wing government, you can't argue that it's religiously based, and fascist...well, with a military complex like they have. Can you also tell me what the characteristics of "fascism" are?
Posted by: Hunter at January 14, 2009 12:57 AM >
There are lots of sites with the video of Palestinians symbolically killing Harper by smashing a poster sized photo in the streets the other day and stepping on it.
Should be a video on………….. ezralevant.com ……………..Canada’s best blog award winner 2008!
am i goin crazy? am i the only canadian that doesn't like to see anyone, ANYONE! hurt, killed, destroyed? most of these comments are ridiculous, educate yourself about the plight of the palestinian people...check out a film called Occupation 101. If any other country was to try to control canada with military force and just randomly hurt and kill our people wouldn't we want someone to stand up for us? please inform yourself about the facts and put yourself in someone elses shoes.
saying it isn't right to single out Israel's attempts to protect her citizens like this isn't the same as wanting to see anyone killed. They should be condemning Hamas for doing this to Israel and Palestine. One-sided condemnation like this is what motivates Hamas - they know they can't win the war, but they can damage Israel this way. That's why I'm proud to be Canadian today.
Bart F.: Is the US not a country with the characteristics of right wing religious fascism? How about Israel? They have a right wing government, you can't argue that it's religiously based, and fascist...well, with a military complex like they have. Can you also tell me what the characteristics of "fascism" are?
Posted by: Deezflowers at 1:08 AM
one should wait for another's post that define the individual before making a final ASSesment of that individual, so I'll thank you for this post for that reason. My assesment of you is that you are ignorant of fact. Except for a small group of religious rightwing (orthodox) zeelots Israelis are mostly lefties, as are most jews. Isreal has a significant kommunist party even. So they do not have many rite wingers to choose from to make a RW gov't, that they have a RW gov't is only in your mind!!!