PM Trudeau commits Canada to defend Zionism

[8Man]

Every year on Israel’s Independence Day, the Prime Minister of Canada issues a congratulatory statement. There is nothing unusual in this. We do the same for most of the other states with whom we have diplomatic relations.

But this year, in an apparently unprecedented move, Prime Minister Trudeau went a lot farther – he committed Canada to supporting Zionism itself!

“Today, while we celebrate Israel’s independence, we also reaffirm our commitment to fight anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism.”

Trudeau’s statement is surprising for several reasons.

First, it is highly unusual for a sovereign country to endorse the political program or ideology of another country. Zionism is the ideology and political policy of the State of Israel. It is unlikely that Canada would express support for President Trump’s “America First” program, for example.

Second, there there is very little support for Zionism in Canada outside of the Jewish community..

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