Israel, with all its flaws, deserves Canada’s support

Our fading collective memory forgets Israel was founded as a Jewish state in the wake of the Holocaust. And that it has survived several wars in one of the world's most dangerous neighbourhoods.

It is admittedly not easy defending Israel these days. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been in office since 2009 and is an unlikely role model for a modern democracy, writes Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

April 21, 2021

OTTAWA—Does Israel have the right to exist? It is a serious question, and if answered in the affirmative, raises many more. The recent anniversary of the founding of Israel in 1948 prompted a relatively innocuous video by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. With an election looming, the Liberals and C...

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