Canada Stands with Israel
- 14 years ago
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday delivered a pro-Israel speech at a parliamentary conference which dealt with ways to fight anti-Semitism. Harper implied that his country did not secure a seat at the United Nations Security Council due to its failure to cooperate with an anti-Israel policy.
The Canadian prime minister suggested that this was the reason his country lost the recent vote for a temporary Security Council seat, saying "I have the bruises to show for it."
In his speech, the Canadian prime minister warned that anti-Semitism was on the rise worldwide, including in universities in his own country.
He said the "evolving phenomenon" of anti-Semitism targets Jews by portraying Israel as "the source of injustice and conflict in the world, and uses perversely the language of human rights to do so."
"We must be relentless in exposing this new anti-Semitism for what it is," Harper concluded.
The Canadian prime minister suggested that this was the reason his country lost the recent vote for a temporary Security Council seat, saying "I have the bruises to show for it."
In his speech, the Canadian prime minister warned that anti-Semitism was on the rise worldwide, including in universities in his own country.
He said the "evolving phenomenon" of anti-Semitism targets Jews by portraying Israel as "the source of injustice and conflict in the world, and uses perversely the language of human rights to do so."
"We must be relentless in exposing this new anti-Semitism for what it is," Harper concluded.