Canada votes alone for Israel

The vote before the Geneva-based body shows the Stephen Harper government has abandoned a more even-handed approach to the Middle East in favour of unalloyed support of Israel, according to some long-time observers.

Quote: Originally Posted by dj03

The statement Canada voted against was hardly even-handed. It condemned Israel but said nothing of Hamas and the rocket attacks they launched which started this whole thing. Canada did the right thing.

Also, the current UN Human Rights Council is a sham, you currently can't bring a complaint that would make Islam look bad or that would call into question the practices of Sharia law.

In the following transcript, David Littman, making a joint statement for the Association for World Education and the International Humanist and Ethical Union against female genital mutilation (FGM) is continually called on points of order by islamic countries for potentially making Islam look bad.

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