Shifting towards Israel?

A United Nations panel voted overwhelmingly this month to condemn Israel for a recent armed incursion in the Gaza Strip. Thirty-three member countries of the 47-seat UN Human Rights Council endorsed the resolution, which accused Israel of war crimes.

Those in favour of censuring the Jewish state included China, India and Russia. Thirteen countries abstained, among them seven European governments. [so brave]

But one nation stood alone against the denunciation of Israel, and that country was not the United States – Israel's leading foreign supporter – or even Israel itself, for neither country has a seat on the human rights body.

Instead, the lone dissenter was Canada.

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