"We Need Allies Like Canada" - Israel's Avigdor Lieberman

UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel's Nuclear Capabilities

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26305.htm

"Israel declined to cooperate with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's inquiry on 'political and legal' grounds. Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said in a July 26 letter among the 81 pages of documents, calling the probe 'unjustified'. Amano asked Israel to consider signing the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty when he visisted the country last month.

Canada, the UK and US opposed the probe.."

Canada, Israel and Palestine  - by Yves Engler

http://www.zcommunications.org/canada-israel-and-palestine-by-yves-engler

"Part of US Security Coordinator's office in Jerusalem, the Canadian military mission for the West Bank (dubbed Operation PROTEUS), now includes RCMP officers as well as officials from Foreign Affairs, Justice Canada and the Canadian Border Services Agency. According to deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Kent, Operation PROTEUS is Canada's 'second largest deployment after Afghanistan' and it receives 'most of the money' from a 5 year $300 Million Canadian 'aid' program to support the security apparatus of Abbas' Palestinian Authority..."

'We need allies like Canada' - Avigdor Lieberman

Portugal MPs Oppose Israeli FM's Visit

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/163169.html

"Several Portugese lawmakers have voiced their opposition to the presence of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Portugal's parliament. They also condemned the inhumane policies of the Israeli regime against the people of Palestine.."

By contrast NOBODY did this in Canada, least of all the NDP who reportedly received him with great warmth. Here is Lieberman on his trip to Canada:

"It's hard to find a country friendlier to Israel than Canada. Members both of the coalition and the opposition are loyal friends to us, both with regard to their worldview and their estimation of the situation in everything related to the Middle East. No other country in the world has demonstrated such full understanding of us. Canada is so friendly that there was no need to convince or explain anything to anyone. We need allies like this in the international arena.."

Avigdor Lieberman To Be Indicted  -  by Stephen Lendman

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/04/avigdor-lieberman-to-be-indicted.html

"On April 11, Jerusalem Post writer Ron Friedman headlined 'Liberman indictement expected by end of week, saying: 'Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein was expected to indict him for fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and obstruction of justice.."

According to a June 24 New York Times article, Canada has been lobbying smaller countries to oppose a Palestinian bid for UN members' support for Palestinian statehood. The US, Canada, Italy, Germany and several central European countries are poised to oppose the bid, while Spain, France and most Latin American countries intend to support it; the UK is wavering. Although the Security Council's recommendation on membership carries considerable weight, the UN General Assembly is the ultimate arbiter of requests for UN membership....

The Harper government has not formally renounced long-standing Canadian policy supporting the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. Nonetheless, at the recent G8 meeting, Prime Minister Harper opposed the inclusion of any reference to the importance of the 1967 borders in the G8's statement on the Middle East. Since the G8, the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister John Baird and other high ranking officials have been visiting Greece, Brazil, Paraguay and Guatemala, among other countries.

CJPME Press release

I'm stunned.  Its one thing to be "friends" with Israel but a mutual defence agreement is madness.  What national interest is being served by a mutual defence agreement.  For Israel it is a boon but what national interest is served for Canada. 

Look south for the answers to your question.  Harper is a toadying, sycophantic Quisling to the Commander in Chief of the NATO forces. 

In West Bank Meeting, Canadian Ministers Take Firm [Israeli] Line with Palestinians  -  by Patrick Martin

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/in-west-bank-meeting-canadi...

"Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty journeyed to the West Bank on Monday to beard the Palestinian lions in their den...the Ottawa tag-team went out of its way to impress upon the Palestinian leadership that it should abandon its efforts to obtain United Nations recognition and return to the negotiating table with Israel 'without preconditions'...

As for Hamas, many of whose members are being held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons, Mr Baird said, 'We have no interest in interacting with Hamas. It is a terrorist organization.."

Here's what these cruel and evil Canadian politicians, didn't talk about:

UN Launches Emergency Appeal for Gaza (and vid)

http://www.presstv.ir/Program/223725.html

"The UN launched an emergency appeal for just over $300 million to assist Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank who are dealing with the effects of Israeli military attacks and the trauma of living under occupation."

Harper's reckless foreign policy in the Middle East

Israeli Foreign Minister Likely to be Dismissed for Fraud, Corruption Charges

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/06/17/246650/israel-fm-may-be-sacked-for-...

"Israeli Foreign Minister  Avigdor Lieberman will likely be dismissed from his position over fraud and corruption charges.."