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!
“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.”
Deezflowers, I understand you don’t know any Canadian history in the pre-Trudeau era. Note that Canada along with the rest of the British Empire stood alone in 1940 against the Nazis and the Japanese. If we’d joined the world, we’d have become a bunch of blackshirts. Thankfully the Americans came onside eventually.
I’m assuming you’re a Socialist who’s never had a problem with supporting the National Socialist Workers Party of Germany, the USSR, or other totalitarian regimes…
“Isolation” ain’t so bad in that context.
Canada stands for democracy. Canada stands for Israel against the provocations of Palestinian terrorists. I’d rather be America’s little brother than a pawn of Iran or North Korea. And if you don’t agree, why don’t you move to one of those countries if you don’t like America.
“…according to some long time observers;” please see article about journalistic spheres and donut holes
Haha, Russia and China voted? Are you kidding me?
If anyone should be condemned, it’s definitely them. Freaking hypocrites…
There’s only one reason why I vote for PM Harper. His stand in support of Israel. Harper is not nearly Conservative enough for me, but he has always stood with Israel.
Wherever I stand, I stand with Israel.
What’s a strom?
And here come the clowns – I mean trolls.
If our PM had voted any other way I’d be disgusted after what took place this past weekend. Canada will be OK with him at the helm.
Out of the UN.
Awesome news. Thanks, kate.
Lorne Gunter at NP:
“That’s the approach the Star labelled “evenhanded.”
That’s the approach the Harper government has
abandoned — though it should be noted that since it was getting us nowhere in our quest to become the region’s fair-minded dispute adjudicator, there wasn’t much to abandon.”
“Canadian diplomats and ministers claimed to see merit in the demands of both sides. Our official policy goal was to become an “honest broker” by putting as much stock in the integrity of terror groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the PLO as we did in the Israeli government.
We poured hundreds of millions of dollars in reconstruction aid into the West Bank and Gaza, then turned a blind eye when large chunks of that money was diverted into the villas and Swiss bank accounts of Palestinian leaders. We didn’t want to jeopardize our chances of being a mediator acceptable to the terrorists — should they ever decide to negotiate a last peace — by being churlish about their kleptomania, cronyism and corruption.
Canada indirectly paid for textbooks for Palestinian schools that denounced Israel and left the Jewish state off maps of the Middle East. And,
under the Liberals, our UN diplomats time and again voted for resolutions condemning Israel for its self-defensive actions, or abstained and let the one-sided motions go through.”
http://tinyurl.com/82t2p6
“Harper’s strong stand”
“The last time I saw something like that was at a Red Friday rally”
Really anarchore, the last time I saw something like your “Open Letter to Progressives” was in 1939.
http://zionofascism.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/open-letter-to-progressives/
You are a piece of vile sh*t.
To Mr. Harper and his crew.
A big thank you for standing alone!…
33 to 1.. just imagine how far up the arse these 33 have their heads!
To bad the 6500 rockets hadn’t rained down on them the last three years.
In 1967 israel was surounded by enemies also.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob showed up and helped her whop a little butt!
That same God is going to show up again…
He promises it in ezekiel 38&39.
you can read it for yourselves.
That day is getting perilously close.
You can take that to the bank folks!
Well folks, remember that the EU is very dependent on foreign oil (Saudi or Russian). Perhaps to ensure no “hiccups” in the supply they have to toe the line.
Canada being the only real democratic country with its own oil and gas doesn’t have to appease the Russians or the Muslims.
~~favill~~
“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.”
Who cares what the other socialist and totalitarian governments think. This shows we have good moral principles. Just because we stand alone, doesn’t make us wrong.
I was invited to make a visit to Toronto, now I’m definitely going.
A historical note: Canada went after the NAZI’s in 1939, the USA waited until after Pear Harbor in 1941.
Here’s the list that the Toronto Whore “decided” we didn’t need to know:
In favour (33): Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Uruguay, and Zambia.
Against (1):Canada.
Abstentions (13): Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
Via a link at Ace of Spades to:
http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2009/01/true-north-on-guard.html
Thats quite a motley crew of countries condemning Israel. Two of those countries definitely purchase arms equipment from Israel – India and China. South Africa also buys Israeli weaponry. I can understand the Arab/Islamic countries, but Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, South Africa and Uruguay????
Israel sure has some wierd relationships. It always amazes me that countries that have nothing in common unite so easily in condemning Israel. What is it about Israel that inspires such antipathy?
Oddly enough, France abstained. Who would’ve thought.
“To Mr. Harper and his crew.
A big thank you for standing alone!…
33 to 1.. just imagine how far up the arse these 33 have their heads!
To bad the 6500 rockets hadn’t rained down on them the last three years.
In 1967 israel was surounded by enemies also.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob showed up and helped her whop a little butt!
That same God is going to show up again…
He promises it in ezekiel 38&39.
you can read it for yourselves.
That day is getting perilously close.
You can take that to the bank folks!”\
The screecher rockets are a joke. Starving 1.5 million people, stealing land, and then breaking the cease-fire, that is not a joke.
Ignorant illiterate people, the backbone of the LiberCon parties.
1. Three cheers for Canada!
2. I like the giant bulldozer idea. After we’ve plowed the UN under, we can turn it on Gaza.
3. A strom is a stromboli:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli_(food)
http://www.buyisraelgoods.org/
I believe one of the best ways to support Israel as an individual is to buy her goods.
I personally love Israeli shoes……Beautifeel(pricey but worth every penny) and Naot. Check them out.
Ignore Anarchore. He’s showing up all over the place today, spreading hate and ignorance.
“anachore” is a typical whiney troll, posting cut & paste leftist boilerplate. Might as well be a bot.
“The screecher rockets are a joke. Starving 1.5 million people, stealing land, and then breaking the cease-fire, that is not a joke.”
Your own statements belie the anti-semetic bullshit your ilk spew forth. How can you say the cease-fire had been broken by Israel when by your own admission note they were firing rockets at Israel previous to this. You may think those rockets were a joke, but obviously Isreal doesn’t. Hamas has given the Palestinian people these problems, Isreal has every right to defend itself. If my neighbor started firing poorly guided weapons at my house (while cowering behind their own children) you’d be damn sure I’d bring the fight back to them. Hamas == Cowards. Period. They’re getting what they deserve.
If you keep turning the other cheek, you eventually just turn 360 degrees and end up right back where you started. Israel is morally justified in defending themselves, surprising they waited this long to do so.
Anacore,
You are nothing but an idiotic bigot. You make me sick. What do you think would happen to the Jews in the middle east if there were no Israel? They would go back to being oppressed by Muslims and threatened by pieces of garbage like you. But I guess someone of your ilk would think that’s a good thing.
And Anacore … You say the Jewish lobby controls the entire world, and yet only one single country is willing to stand up for Israel – and only since Harper has been in power. You don’t make any sense. If our governments were all tools of a powerful Jewish lobby, don’t you think the UN vote would have been different?
Chairman Kaga;
Here ! Here!
USA is not a member of the UNHRC?
O will fix it up. Hildabeast will lead the charge.
Her delegate-of-choice will be Jesse?
Good for us! DAMN good for us!
dmorris: “Canada’s the only one with enough intestinal fortitude to stand against the motion.”
Well, I’d call it enough balls. Yeah, that sounds about right!
Go, Harper, Go, Canada, Go!
Iain: “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.”
Do you think it would take eight years? ‘More like eight hours. But, I’d be happy to leave him there for eight years.
Sweet.
Deezflowers (so?): “We’re isolating ourselves with such acts.”
And a damned good thing too. Far better to stand alone on the right side of history than with a whole company of wimpy laydowns who are selling us all down the river.
And I beg to differ, anarchore (anarch or what?): The Quislings are all on your side. ‘You historically challenged?
For those such as deezflowers crying for peace in Gaza, it really is not complicated. The Arabs stop firing rockets into Israel; cease trying to murder Israeli civilians and use all their funding from the international community to build a stable economy and Israel will be delighted to let them be.
Posted by: Valencia at January 14, 2009 1:13 PM>
Thanks for the post; I’ve heard Israelis make good stuff! Will look into it.
Posted by: Deezflowers at January 13, 2009 11:42 PM>
“We’re isolating ourselves with such acts. Hasn’t Canada historically been a nation to stand with the world”
And…….what’s your point? Standing with the “world”, or do you mean the first world? Personally I’ve seen allot of the third world, sorry not interested in bringing it home. Not that fond of China’s policies and human rights record either along with other developing countries, but then again I’m not a Jihadist or a Nazi.
ACE: Well, I do know enough to realize that when you say Canada and the British Empire stood alone it doesn’t really imply being alone at all. Do you realize how big the British Empire was at the time?
Assumptions aren’t your suit.
I don’t live in America, so why would I move?
GYM: Is that a fact? Israel’s gov’t isn’t right wing? Are you sure?
Knight99: I meant standing with the world. Seems like your opinion is that the world only includes first world countries.
I don’t understand how some people can have such strong opinions about not only this situation, but also about anybody with a differing opinion, all the while clearly displaying a significant lack of knowledge. Israel broke the cease fire, under international law Gaza is in a position that allows them to defend themselves and Israel is in a position that defies international laws. I’m not saying that Hamas is great, good, or not bad. I’m simply pointing out some apparently ignored facts.
Posted by: Deezflowers at January 15, 2009 1:28 AM>
“Israel broke the cease fire, under international law Gaza is in a position that allows them to defend themselves and Israel is in a position that defies international laws”
Well your prime minister obviously disagrees with your statement, along with the other 13 “first world nations” that declined the UN’s invitation to tell Israel exactly that.
But the personal opinions you express in your comments fall right in line with the 33 third & developing world, human rights abusing, craphole dictatorships who do agree with you wholeheartedly!
So take some heart you do have friends and people who agree with you 🙂
10,000 coyotes can’t be wrong.
Knight99: It doesn’t matter who disagrees…those fact still remain intact. Declining to take part doesn’t correlate with anything…what is your logic in placing Canada with those that didn’t take part? Right, I know, we’re all “first world nations” right…the only good, well-doing nations, the one’s who’s opinion matters right? Forget everybody else, ya?
Can you please copy and paste the part of my post that contained an opinion? Other than the part about the lack of knowledge and over abundance of opinions. But then again…common…there’s evidence to support it.
Posted by: Deezflowers at January 15, 2009 1:59 AM >
“It doesn’t matter who disagrees…those fact still remain intact”
Enough said. Get some sleep Deez……It must be late in your part of the world.
Deez
Hamas never respected any ceasefire. What are you talking about? Something like 6000 rockets have been fired during the so-called ceasefire, and now that the time limit of the ceasefire expired and rockets from Gaza continued, Israel finally responded.
Should they just allow rockets to be fired at them forever – for the sin of existing?
Get real. And your link to articles by people with Jewish names – big deal. Oh so you found some Jew who thinks the same as you. Haven’t you ever heard the expression “two Jews, three opinions”. Of course there is differing opinions and positions on this amongst Jews. What would be really shocking is if you linked to an article by an Arab or Muslim stating that Hamas firing rockets into neighbours’ yard year after year after year after year after year is a war crime.
“Well, I do know enough to realize that when you say Canada and the British Empire stood alone it doesn’t really imply being alone at all. Do you realize how big the British Empire was at the time?”
The fact is that Britain and the senior Dominions (Canada, Aus/NZ) did most if not all of the heavy lifting against the Nazis in 1940. And if Britain had fallen, a distinct possibility at the time, then the Queen would have fled to Canada. Do you disagree with standing against the provocations of totalitarian regimes – even if a nation as isolated as Britain was in 1940?
The League of Nations refused to condemn the Italian invasion of Abyssinia. Similarly looking to the “moral guidance” of the United Nations is useless when determining the legitimacy of future action.
The point I am making is that there is inherently wrong with being alone when we are fighting against totalitarianism. Similarly, the main argument is that we are supporting a democratic Israel defending itself against the provocations of Palestinian terrorist organizations.
“I don’t understand how some people can have such strong opinions about not only this situation, but also about anybody with a differing opinion, all the while clearly displaying a significant lack of knowledge. Israel broke the cease fire, under international law Gaza is in a position that allows them to defend themselves and Israel is in a position that defies international laws. I’m not saying that Hamas is great, good, or not bad. I’m simply pointing out some apparently ignored facts.”
The Egyptian brokered cease fire expired on December 19th. What did Israel do before that date to have broken the cease fire?
Also, I’m allowed to have a strong opinion about anything I want. That includes distaste for a group that cries to the world about civilian deaths, but at the same time, does nothing to minimize the casualties because they’re too busy hiding behind civilians and performing military operations from residential areas, hospitals, and schools.
Ace: Again you say “as isolated as Britain”…the British Empire is far from being isolated. The fact is that Britain’s empire had a very strong role in the war.
That Palestinian terrorist organization was voted into power democratically…so it’s two democratic countries against each other.
Chairman Kaga: Israel broke the cease fire on Nov. 4 2008
November 4
“Israel breaches ceasefire by military raid into Gaza, in order to destroy a tunnel going towards its border, killing one Palestinian. Later air strike killed 5 more.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Israel-Gaza_conflict#June_to_November_ceasefire
I never said you couldn’t have a strong opinion, I said I found it odd that such strong opinions are often clearly backed by a not so strong knowledge base. I see a lot of regurgitated propaganda…ie. civilian shields and military operations from schools.