Harper steers G8 to Israel-friendlier stance
June 1, 2011
Harper steers G8 to Israel-friendlier stance
TEL AVIV — The new Canadian government of Stephen Harper is emerging as one of the friendliest countries to Israel in the Western world.
This new direction became apparent in the last G8 summit, which ended on Saturday in Deauville, France. When discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Britain and France introduced a draft resolution supporting U.S. President Barack Obama’s speeches of May 26 and May 28, but singling out the future borders between Israel and Palestine. In his speeches, Obama said that these borders should be based on the 1967 ceasefire lines “with mutually agreed swaps.”
For a resolution to be binding by the G8 it has to be accepted unanimously.
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