When Stephen Harper gave a prepared speech to the Israel parliament last year, he equated lack of support for Israel with anti-Semtism. He said: “[T]his is the face of the new anti-Semitism. It targets the Jewish people by targeting Israel and attempts to make the old bigotry acceptable for a new generation. Of course, criticism of Israeli government policy is not in and of itself necessarily anti-Semitic. But what else can we call criticism that selectively condemns only the Jewish state and effectively denies its right to defend itself, while systematically ignoring - or excusing - the violence and oppression all around it?”<br /><br />Sources:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-s-speech-to-the-israeli-knesset-1.2503902" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-s-speech-to-the-israeli-knesset-1.2503902</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pressfortruth.ca/top-stories/canadian-government-cracking-down-israeli-criticism/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://pressfortruth.ca/top-stories/canadian-government-cracking-down-israeli-criticism/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-cites-hate-crime-laws-when-asked-about-its-zero-tolerance-for-israel-boycotters-1.3067497" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-cites-hate-crime-laws-when-asked-about-its-zero-tolerance-for-israel-boycotters-1.3067497</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/canadas-law-on-hate-speech-is-the-embodiment-of-compromise/article22520419/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/canadas-law-on-hate-speech-is-the-embodiment-of-compromise/article22520419/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pressfortruth.ca/top-stories/fairness-middle-class/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://pressfortruth.ca/top-stories/fairness-middle-class/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pressfortruth.ca/top-stories/bill-c-51-passes-and-ndp-take-alberta/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://pressfortruth.ca/top-stories/bill-c-51-passes-and-ndp-take-alberta/</a><br /><br /><br />Support Press For Truth by becoming a PFT Patron at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/PressForTruth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.patreon.com/PressForTruth</a><br />Shout out goes to one of my first PFT Patrons Martin Hill and Halvor Dingsøyr!<br /><br />Follow Dan Dicks:<br />on Facebook ➜ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PressForTruth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/PressForTruth</a><br />on Instagram ➜ <a href="http://instagram.com/dandickspft" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://instagram.com/dandickspft</a><br />on Twitter ➜ <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/DanDicksPFT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/#!/DanDicksPFT</a><br /> ➜ <a href="https://twitter.com/PressForTruth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/PressForTruth</a><br /><br />Subscribe:<br />Youtube ➜ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/weavingspider" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/weavingspider</a><br />Press For Truth TV ➜ <a href="http://www.patreon.com/PressForTruth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.patreon.com/PressForTruth</a><br /><br />Support Press For Truth:<br />Donate ➜ <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JVRY7655FFBHG" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JVRY7655FFBHG</a><br /><br />Rock some PFT Gear ➜ <a href="http://www.pressfortruth.ca/category/pft-shop/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.pressfortruth.ca/category/pft-shop/</a><br /><br />Want to donate bitcoin? Everything helps!<br />1A88c8x7Hza96WXwcM11oC639MfrEFtT1P<br /><br />Visit <a href="http://pressfortruth.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://pressfortruth.ca/</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMHD9EnLa3o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMHD9EnLa3o</a>