(Toronto Star) Editorial - Leaders of the United Church of Canada's Toronto section have blundered into the Middle East mess by calling for a one-sided boycott of Israeli companies. Singling out Israeli policy for special censure while failing to similarly censure Israel-hostile Mideast regimes such as Iran and Syria, and brutal ones elsewhere, suggests a moral tilt that is out of step with the views of fair-minded Canadians. Palestinians are suffering, but some of their plight is self-inflicted. The election of the terrorist Hamas party, which refuses to acknowledge Israel's right to exist, has been a tragic setback.
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