Trudeau defends Israel, but ignores the rights of the Palestinian refugees

Disappointing Liberal statement on Israel/Palestine

Justin Trudeau speaking

“Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Hamas is a terrorist organization and must cease its rocket attacks immediately”, argued Justin Trudeau in a July 15th statement, echoing both Prime Minister Harper and John Baird. But he ignored the main issue. Why do the Palestinians continue to shoot those ineffective rockets into Israel? Are they crazy? Are they fanatically anti-Semitic? Or is there something that is driving them to do it? See my remarks below.
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Israeli defence or offence?

Is Israel’s attack on Gaza really a response to Hamas aggression?

Benjamin Netanyahu

“Hamas is responsible” claimed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, almost as soon as the kidnapping of 3 Israelis happened near Hebron, in the West Bank. He launched a massive assault on Hamas members in the West Bank which is under full Israeli military control. Over 500 were arrested. He also authorized the assassination of a top Hamas official in Gaza.
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Trudeau assures lobby there is an “all party consensus” in Ottawa on Israel. How do we deal with it?

Harper and Baird are so extreme on the Israel/Palestine question that it is relatively easy to get decent people angry or dismissive of them.

However, the uncomfortable reality is that there is an all-party consensus in Canada to support Israel, almost unconditionally.
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