Canada/Israel Relations
That's very nice, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel will be paying a courtesy visit to Canada, invited by our very own Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who looks kindly upon that country, as a member of the democratic union of politically, socially, technologically, morally advanced countries of the world. News reportage out of the visit will be intriguing, to say the least. Which is to say, how the various news media will portray the visit, its portent and potential.
If they can get themselves beyond the rather unpleasant, rather un-Canadian spectacle of a taxpayer-funded cabal of ultra-leftist radicals who detest the very idea of a predominantly Jewish state. And whose collective voice echoes that of the Palestinian Authority which authorizes yearly mourning ceremonies to celebrate the creation of Israel in 1948. This group, whose main presence is within Palestine House in Toronto, is organizing a protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu's May 30 visit.
This group, in fact, characterizes Israel's Prime Minister as a war criminal. He is a criminal because he is head of state of an 'illegal' nation, one that the United Nations, in better times, created through the partition of Palestine, apportioning one segment to Palestinian Jews, the other to Palestinian Arabs. The Palestinian Arabs were decidedly unpleased with this turn of events, and they had the full and furious support of the Arab world, which immediately attacked the nascent upstart nation.
Israel would dearly love to shed its responsibility of protecting its people against ongoing Palestinian Arab attacks, but there seems to be little let-up in sight; one effort after another failing, to obtain a peace settlement and to welcome Palestinian Arabs to the geography as a distinct and legally-attained sovereign state. The sticking point always seems to be the actual presence of Israel. Israel continues to be unaccommodating to requests that it a) voluntarily self destruct, or b) succumb to violent attacks.
As far as Palestine House and its supporters are concerned - as Canadians espousing values somewhat distant to those of most Canadians - they have the right and the power and sufficient indignation fuelled by their version of world events to protest to their government and specifically to Prime Minister Harper, his warped wisdom in inviting and welcoming a leader of a fellow democratic state. They stand together in a fusion of incendiary opposition to normalcy with Israel, and in hatred for its presence on the world stage.
And now look what's happening...! Even the Province of Ontario is getting in on the act with Premier Dalton McGuinty leading a six-day trade mission to Israel and Lebanon. Lebanon, all right, that can be understood, but Israel? Giving legitimization to Israel, affirming its right to exist, saluting its enterprising entrepreneurs by courting their attention? What is the matter with Premier McGuinty, characterizing Israel as a "world leader at commercializing good ideas"?
Israel happens to present as a world leader in medical equipment patents, attracting more venture capital per capita than anywhere else in the world; not too shabby an accomplishment for a country of 7.2-million people. The rate at which it churns out cutting-edge technological companies is amazing. As far as Premier McGuinty is concerned, he is interested in recognizing "another part of the world we should keep our eye on", aside from the powerhouses of India and China.
Practical, good common-sense. We could use more of it. But we're likely to be exposed to far less of it. Given the fact that Jews within Canada are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks having little to do with their citizenship entitlements and everything to do with their ethnicity; all estimated-350,000 of them.
If they can get themselves beyond the rather unpleasant, rather un-Canadian spectacle of a taxpayer-funded cabal of ultra-leftist radicals who detest the very idea of a predominantly Jewish state. And whose collective voice echoes that of the Palestinian Authority which authorizes yearly mourning ceremonies to celebrate the creation of Israel in 1948. This group, whose main presence is within Palestine House in Toronto, is organizing a protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu's May 30 visit.
This group, in fact, characterizes Israel's Prime Minister as a war criminal. He is a criminal because he is head of state of an 'illegal' nation, one that the United Nations, in better times, created through the partition of Palestine, apportioning one segment to Palestinian Jews, the other to Palestinian Arabs. The Palestinian Arabs were decidedly unpleased with this turn of events, and they had the full and furious support of the Arab world, which immediately attacked the nascent upstart nation.
Israel would dearly love to shed its responsibility of protecting its people against ongoing Palestinian Arab attacks, but there seems to be little let-up in sight; one effort after another failing, to obtain a peace settlement and to welcome Palestinian Arabs to the geography as a distinct and legally-attained sovereign state. The sticking point always seems to be the actual presence of Israel. Israel continues to be unaccommodating to requests that it a) voluntarily self destruct, or b) succumb to violent attacks.
As far as Palestine House and its supporters are concerned - as Canadians espousing values somewhat distant to those of most Canadians - they have the right and the power and sufficient indignation fuelled by their version of world events to protest to their government and specifically to Prime Minister Harper, his warped wisdom in inviting and welcoming a leader of a fellow democratic state. They stand together in a fusion of incendiary opposition to normalcy with Israel, and in hatred for its presence on the world stage.
And now look what's happening...! Even the Province of Ontario is getting in on the act with Premier Dalton McGuinty leading a six-day trade mission to Israel and Lebanon. Lebanon, all right, that can be understood, but Israel? Giving legitimization to Israel, affirming its right to exist, saluting its enterprising entrepreneurs by courting their attention? What is the matter with Premier McGuinty, characterizing Israel as a "world leader at commercializing good ideas"?
Israel happens to present as a world leader in medical equipment patents, attracting more venture capital per capita than anywhere else in the world; not too shabby an accomplishment for a country of 7.2-million people. The rate at which it churns out cutting-edge technological companies is amazing. As far as Premier McGuinty is concerned, he is interested in recognizing "another part of the world we should keep our eye on", aside from the powerhouses of India and China.
Practical, good common-sense. We could use more of it. But we're likely to be exposed to far less of it. Given the fact that Jews within Canada are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks having little to do with their citizenship entitlements and everything to do with their ethnicity; all estimated-350,000 of them.
Labels: Crisis Politics, Government of Canada, Israel, Ontario
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