Support the people and land of Israel in the international arena

Israel is a key Canadian ally and the only liberal democracy in the Middle East. Unfortunately, many of the world’s worst human rights abusers misappropriate UN bodies and other international fora as platforms to isolate Israel.  

This practice undermines peace efforts and does nothing to promote cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians. In some cases, UN resolutions regarding Jerusalem’s holy sites omit the historic and unique centrality of the city to the Jewish people.   

Recommendations

• Publicly oppose one-sided UN resolutions that unfairly and uniquely single out the world’s only Jewish state.  
• Publicly oppose efforts that deny the Jewish people their right to self-determination in their ancient homeland and the Jewish people’s historically indisputable connection to Jerusalem.  
• Ensuring the government’s positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict affirm the Canada-Israel alliance, promote peace between all peoples, and draw a clear moral distinction between the defensive actions of Israelis and the illegal aggression of banned terrorist groups, such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).