Perhaps now the beacon emanates from Toronto:
Group of Eight leaders had to soften a statement urging Israel and the Palestinians to return to negotiations because Canada objected to a specific mention of 1967 borders, diplomats said on Friday.
Canada's right-leaning Conservative government has adopted a staunchly pro-Israel position in international negotiations since coming to power in 2006, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper saying Canada will back Israel whatever the cost. ...
"The Canadians were really very adamant, even though Obama expressly referred to 1967 borders in his speech last week," one European diplomat said.
Stephen Harper is my new hero:
Harper has made is position on Israel very clear, saying last year: "When Israel, the only country in the world whose very existence is under attack, is consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation, I believe we are morally obligated to take a stand."
A stand that Barack Obama refuses to take, despite the demands from the American people that he do so. Europe wants Israel dead to mollify the restive Muslim populations in their cities (fat chance), and to somehow legitimize their enthusiastic participation in the Nazi Holocaust. Barack Obama is joining the rape-gang because everyone in his faculty lounge always said that Israel was the real bad guy, and besides, he really, really, wants the Europeans and Muslims to like him (fat chance).
Who would have thought, as clouds once again begin to appear over Western Civilization, and the words "never again" are forgotten as quickly as a Barack Obama promise, that it would be the Canadians that would stand tall?
Oh, Canada...