Stephen Harper reinforced his strong support for Israel and its right to defend itself.

“When it comes to dealing with a war between Israel and a terrorist organization, this country and this government cannot and will never be neutral,” Harper told B’nai Brith Canada’s annual awards dinner last week, eliciting a standing ovation from more than 1,000 politicians, businesspeople and Jewish community leaders.

Instead, the prime minister told the crowd that Israel “can count on Canada’s steadfast support, encouragement and friendship,” and he urged all Canadians to be “guided by our values: freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law and the uncompromising opposition to terrorism.”

His wife was a Jewish girl, her maiden name was Maureen Tesky.

Israel Is The Victim

“The State of Israel, a democratic nation, was attacked by Hezbollah, a terrorist organization. In fact, a terrorist organization listed illegal in this country,” Harper said, noting that Canada is fighting terrorists in Afghanistan and that police have arrested a group of alleged terrorist plotters in Toronto.

Harper Says Avoid Negative Reports

“I understand that with the news reports of the day, and the sound of battle, the images of destruction and the suffering of innocents, it is sometimes difficult to see and keep the focus on what is truly at stake.

“But the fact is this: those who attacked Israel, and those who sponsored such attacks, don’t seek merely to gain some leverage, to alter some boundary or to right some wrong. They seek what they and those like them have always sought: the destruction of Israel and the destruction of the Jewish people.

By Protecting Israel We Protect Canada

Those who seek to destroy the Jews, who seek to destroy Israel, will for the same reason ultimately seek to destroy us all, and that, my friends, is why Canada’s new government has reacted with speed and spoken with clarity on recent events in the Middle East.”

After Harper’s speech, B’nai Brith executive vice-president Frank Dimant told him: “Every Shabbat, every Saturday, we recite [a] prayer for you, Mr. Prime Minister. I believe that the Almighty has answered our prayers.”
 

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