At the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper thwarted an announcement Friday by the G-8 countries that would have supported U.S. President Barack Obama's statement that talks between the Palestinians and Israel should be based on the 1967 borders with exchanges of territory.The grateful thanks of Israel's far right government were delivered by vicious racist and ethnic cleansing proponent Avigdor Lieberman:
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke over the weekend with Canada's foreign minister, John Baird, and thanked him for Canada's position during the G-8 deliberations. "Canada is a true friend of Israel and with a realistic and proper view of things, it understands that the 1967 borders do not conform to Israel's security needs and with the current demographic reality," Lieberman said.'current demographic reality' being a polite euphemism for 'years of illegal settlement building on stolen land.'
Remember when Canada's role on the world stage was something to be proud of?
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Canada's (make that Harper Canada's) perfidy has been confirmed by some of the Euro delegates at the G8.
Harper has honed his skill well. He's learned that he's not respected enough to actually get something through but he can be ridiculously effective at subverting international consensus be it on Israel or global warming. Call it the "little prick" syndrome.
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