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It’s no secret why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has, suddenly and without prior notice, reversed Stephen Harper’s policy of refusing to support the never-ending deluge of Israel-bashing resolutions passed by the United Nations General Assembly.

Canada under Harper and his Conservative government was Israel’s strongest ally in the world, more than even the U.S. under Barack Obama, before he was replaced by Donald Trump.

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Maintaining Harper’s policy, as Trudeau did during his first term in office, put Trudeau at a huge disadvantage in his campaign for Canada to win a temporary, two-year seat on the UN Security Council, starting in 2021.

Canada’s already in a tough fight against Ireland and Norway.

Trudeau had no hope of winning the Security Council seat as long as the Israel-loathing UN General Assembly viewed Canada as a strong ally of Israel and aligned with Trump on the Mideast.

Especially now that the Trump administration says it doesn’t consider Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank in violation of international law.