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frandroidCUPE 'intolerant' of Israel, Tories charge
Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney says a CUPE Ontario resolution urging a boycott of Israeli universities is intolerant and contributes to a bad atmosphere on Canadian campuses. He acknowledges there's nothing illegal about the resolution, but claims it's part of a growing wave "singling out and targeting the Jewish democratic state of Israel for opprobrium."
Well, that's exactly the problem there. A Jewish state? The same way Canada is a Christian state? I'd like to ask him, "Is Canada a Christian state?" and see him juggle with the juxtaposition with Israel as a Jewish state.
"This reinforces the whole, extreme, unbalanced rhetoric about Israel as an apartheid state, Israel as a racist state - to quote the Canadian Arab Federation - this creates an opinion environment which makes it acceptable to start shouting at Jewish kids who probably also happen to support Israel.
"It's creating the opinion environment which has become very, very uncomfortable for Jewish students on many of our campuses."
Palestinians have to suffer a lot more discomfort than Canadian supporters of Israel being "yelled at"...
Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney says a CUPE Ontario resolution urging a boycott of Israeli universities is intolerant and contributes to a bad atmosphere on Canadian campuses. He acknowledges there's nothing illegal about the resolution, but claims it's part of a growing wave "singling out and targeting the Jewish democratic state of Israel for opprobrium."
Well, that's exactly the problem there. A Jewish state? The same way Canada is a Christian state? I'd like to ask him, "Is Canada a Christian state?" and see him juggle with the juxtaposition with Israel as a Jewish state.
"This reinforces the whole, extreme, unbalanced rhetoric about Israel as an apartheid state, Israel as a racist state - to quote the Canadian Arab Federation - this creates an opinion environment which makes it acceptable to start shouting at Jewish kids who probably also happen to support Israel.
"It's creating the opinion environment which has become very, very uncomfortable for Jewish students on many of our campuses."
Palestinians have to suffer a lot more discomfort than Canadian supporters of Israel being "yelled at"...
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Date: 2009-02-24 04:26 pm (UTC)Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote
He's a-runnin' for office on a ballot note
He's out there preachin' in' front of the steeple
Tellin' me he loves all kinds of people.
He's eatin' bagels.
he's eatin' pizzas.
he's eatin' chitlins.
- Bob Dylan, "I Shall Be Free"
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Date: 2009-02-24 10:58 pm (UTC)Fun fact: Israel's existence as a Jewish state is so fragile that if students in my school put on an event about the attacks on Gaza, it might ALL FALL APART.
Oh, did I say "Israel's existence as a Jewish state"? I meant to say "the fee-fees of two teachers at the school.