Perhaps Canada, like Israel,

NCD — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:48:37 +0000

Perhaps Canada, like Israel, sees the UN vote as an obstacle to peace:

..Earlier on Friday, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said the UN vote was "negative political theatre" that would "hurt peace"...

Israel's subsequent fact creating decision to build 3,000 more segregated Jewish only settler homes on occupied land, is of course, just business as usual. By a nation that many here profess wants a peace agreement (which would, one assumes, require a defined international border for Israel that did not include every square inch of the West Bank).

I'm embarrassed and appalled

acanuck — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:22:07 +0000

In reply to UN vote by the numbers

I'm embarrassed and appalled by Canada's No vote, which is at odds with the opinion of two-thirds of Canadians. But even more so by Foreign Minister John Baird's hissy-fit reaction to the result. This Conservative government has recklessly dismantled an international reputation the country spent decades earning:

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1295603--canada-recalls-diplo...

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Perhaps Canada, like Israel,

I'm embarrassed and appalled