The amazing thing is how ignorant the putatively Jewish Cohen is. He doesn't know that the majority of Israelis are of non-European origin, unless he wants to ignore history and include the Russians.
Bump! My thoughts exactly.
Linda McQuaig wrote that Stephen Harper is "abandoning our traditional attempt at even-handedness in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
In a past column (June 4, 2006) Ms. McQuaig wrote and I quote: “ The Canadian Jewish Congress argued last week that this “right of return” would spell the end of Israel as a Jewish state. This may be true. If it remained democratic, Israel might become a multi-religious and multi-ethnic state – like Canada – rather than being an exclusively Jewish State.
This to me is an indicator of the depth of McQuaid’s knowledge or ignorance of Israel as a society.
I toured Israel in May 2006 and I saw Arab Muslims in Haifa, Nazareth and Jerusalem to name just a few known towns. I met with Druze in their villages and saw the Bedouin encampments in the dessert. Christian’s archeological sites and churches are there all over the country!
Twenty percent of the country is composed of Arabs. They are, for the most part, the Arabs and their children who did not follow the directives of their brethren to leave Israel in the war of 1948. This was requested of the Arabs Israel to clear the way for the invading armies with a promise of returning to their homes after the Jews were destroyed.
They are for the most part still living in camps today because most Arab countries refuse to absorb them in their societies. About eight hundred thousand Jews chased out of their Arab homes were integrated in Israel during the same historical period.
Today, Arabs sit in the Israeli Parliament representing their people. Where in the Middle East do you see Jews in Government representing their people Ms. McQuaid?
The Canadian Government traditional even-handedness that she refers to is best demonstrated by our voting record in the UN when issues concerning Israel were raised. We are a nation that helped finance Palestinian text books to demonize the Jews and preached the destruction of Israel. That is the approach that McQuaid and fellow leftist travelers want Canada to resume.
Mark Steyn presents the facts on an intellectual level and with humor that McQuaid and company only dream of one day emulating!