As a true friend of Israel, Canada needs to condemn Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plans

Given such a move will inevitably cause anger on the streets of Arab countries, West Bank annexation threatens the Jordanian and Egyptian peace treaties and Israeli cooperation with Arab states across the Gulf.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in Ottawa in 2012, is embarking on a reckless plan that could lead to another intifada.
With the eyes of the world focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and the road to recovery, important matters of foreign policy have understandably been put on the back burner by politicians, especially here in Canada. This does not mean that the Canadian government should ...

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