This should surprise nobody in the international community. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in so deep with a pro-Israel agenda he's virtually a cheerleader.
Pro-Israel media outlets in Canada have done a disservice to journalism in covering the outrage in Gaza with the focus on Israel's 'right to defend itself' - even if that 'right' does happen to involve massive overreaction and the killing of 257 children and wounding of 1, 080. (UN figure as of Jan
.Images of Israelis running for cover because a homemade rocket on a wildly inaccurate trajectory is heading vaguely in their direction are juxtaposed with images of Israeli operations in Gaza - as though this is a fair and equal comparison. It is nothing more than pro-Israel propaganda because few Qassams hit their target - or even close.
In the last 8 years of homemade rocket fire, less than 20 Israelis were killed. The chances of an Israeli being hit by lightning is higher than the odds of being struck by a rocket. These images are designed to create the illusion that this is something close to a war in which threat and suffering is being experienced equally. It's a big lie designed to boost the sham of Israeli justification.
Forget the term 'war' - a more apt metaphor is a thug picking on a much weaker neighbor in order to show off the power of a US-supplied military machine that has been stung ever since the "mistakes" of the 2006 Lebanon war. Palestinian children are the sacrificial victims to help restore the IDF's new found hutzpah.