The Toronto conference of the United Church yesterday joined the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in calling for economic sanctions against Israel and a boycott of the Jewish state to protest its policies in the Palestinian territories.
Basically, both are calling on Canadians to choose sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Fair enough. We choose Israel, which cannot be expected to negotiate with a Palestinian government led by Hamas, a terrorist group whose founding charter calls not only for the destruction of Israel, but for the annihilation of the Jewish people.
Further, we urge Prime Minister Stephen Harper to continue Canada's sensible policy of refusing to recognize Hamas and denying it foreign aid until it unequivocally recognizes Israel's right to exist and renounces terrorism.
And aside from this good news, there's other rational thought going on, if you click through to the next editorial, "Don't ban radical imam, expose him":
[B]anning Haq could create the false impression, particularly among young Muslims, that we fear his absurd ideas.The way to deal with such fanatics is to refute them. In that context, we trust the Islamic Foundation will allow moderate Muslims and other speakers to challenge Haq.
Finally, while we're not fans of hate laws, we do support our laws making it a crime to utter threats or incite violence against anyone, and we encourage those attending this conference who oppose Haq's views to bring tape recorders, so there will be an accurate record of what was said.
It's nice to know not everybody who runs a North American newspaper is a complete ninny.
HT:lgf
*Update: in a related article, Davids Medienkritik has posted & linked a Jerusalem Post interview with Israel Air Force chief Maj.-Gen. Eliezer Shkedy, on the subject of The Ethics of the Israeli Army
Take time to read them all.
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