[gondramB]

>>The poll states that 82% of Canadians who were asked believe that Israel has a right to self-defence. <<

Well, while this is clearly good rather than bad... how good it is depends on the questions asked.

If all they asked was whether Israel has a right to self-defence when attacked then you'd pretty much have to want the destruction of Israel to answer anything but "yes."

If the question was targeted to the current situation with Hezbollah and they answered yes in spite of the constant stream of contrary press then this is, indeed, encouraging

[Clive]

The thrust of the story is not whether Canadians support the right of self defence. My reading of it is that Canadians support Harper's stance in support of Israel's prosecution of its attack on Lebanon. This is in the face of the opposition to Harper's stance having gotten the bulk of the media attention.

As to what was the question, I suppose that we will have to wait until we see the Western Standard article.