UN Security Council resolution on Israel will cause major headaches for Trudeau

Either abide by the UNSC resolution 2334 and run the risk of angering the powerful Israel lobby in Canada or ignore the UNSC 2334 and run the risk of being called out by other countries for hypocritically seeking membership in a body whose binding resolutions he patently flouts. Let’s see what he does.

During the election and since, Justin Trudeau gave repeated private assurances to Jewish groups that they 'have Israel’s back,' writes Peter Larson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PETER LARSON

April 3, 2017

After the UN Security Council voted last December to condemn all Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out. Counting on support from a new Donald Trump administration, he declared that Israel will not abide by the resolution, and said he will

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