Kanada - Israels bästa vän

Kanadas premiärminister Stephen Harper besöker som bäst Israel.
Kanada är en av de få stater som ställer upp för Israel även om det gör dem impopulära bland många andra.
Här följer ett utdrag ur premiärminister Harpers tal till Knesset:
Canadian PM Harper addresses the Knesset
"... Let me repeat that: Canada supports Israel because it is right to do so...

 ...First, Canada finds it deplorable that some in the international community still question the legitimacy of the existence of the State of Israel. Our view on Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state is absolute and non-negotiable.

Second, Canada believes that Israel should be able to exercise its full rights as a UN member-state and to enjoy the full measure of its sovereignty. For this reason, Canada has spoken on numerous occasions in support of Israel’s engagement and equal treatment in multilateral fora. And, in this regard, I should mention that we welcome Israel’s induction this month into the western, democratic group of states at the United Nations.

Third, we refuse to single out Israel for criticism on the international stage.
Now I understand, in the world of diplomacy, with one, solitary, Jewish state and scores of others, it is all too easy “to go along to get along” and single out Israel. But such “going along to get along,” is not a “balanced” approach, nor a “sophisticated” one; it is, quite simply, weak and wrong.

Unfortunately, ladies and gentlemen, we live in a world where that kind of moral relativism runs rampant. And in the garden of such moral relativism, the seeds of much more sinister notions can be easily planted. And so we have witnessed, in recent years, the mutation of the old disease of anti-Semitism and the emergence of a new strain..."


Harper feels no need to temper sugar with vinegar  (Jerusalem Post)
 "In comparison to other world leaders, visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper doesn't feel a need to balance his praise for Israel with criticism of its policies."