カナダ人はイスラエルを支持。7/28記事を追加。

Canadianはイスラエル軍によるレバノン爆撃（あるいは「ヒズボラ掃討作戦」）を支持するとのことです。
先日、新聞を読んでいたらアンケート調査の結果が出てまして、ケベック州を除いた全ての州で、過半数のカナダ人がイスラエルのactionを支持するという結果になったそうです。
僕の今いるSaskatchewan州は穀倉地帯と言われることもあって政治的には保守の地盤なのですけども、そのことが反映してかカナダ全州で最もpositiveな結果となっているとのことでした。
また、前回の国政選挙で政権をとった保守党を支持するかについても同様の結果で、ケベック州を除いた全州で支持するとの結果になったそうです。

また、今日の朝刊には、一面に”Canadian Killed”と大きく出てました。
これは、イスラエル軍の空爆によって、国連で勤務しているカナダ人が死亡したことを扱った記事なのですが、この見出しだけ見ると誤解しますよね、きっと。僕だけかな？？

今、大学の構内には半旗が掲げられています。

7/28追記：
下記に記事を追加しました。

National Post 7/25, 2006

Majority supports Israel
Poll of Canadians shows contrary view in Quebec

Mike De Souza, CanWest News Service
Published: Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Almost two in three Canadians believe Israel's military action in Lebanon is justified, a new poll has revealed.

The survey, conducted online by Ipsos Reid for CanWest News Service and Global National, found 64% of Canadians believed Israel's action is either somewhat or completely justified.

Fifty-seven per cent of Quebecers believed the Israeli response is "not at all justified."

When asked which side should compromise in order to secure a ceasefire, 63% of Canadians said it was "those who kidnapped the Israeli soldiers," while 53% of Quebecers said it was the Israeli government.

The belief that the kidnappers should compromise is strongest in British Columbia (78%), Saskatchewan/Manitoba (74%), Alberta (67%) and Ontario (65%).

Israel launched a massive air and artillery bombardment of Lebanon two weeks ago after Hezbollah guerrillas abducted two Israeli soldiers from a border outpost. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has supported Israel's action, calling its response to the abduction and subsequent Hezbollah rocket attacks "measured."

"The only issue, really, is the stark divide between the two areas of the country, where Quebec -- and sometimes Atlantic Canada but mainly Quebec -- is at odds with the views of the majority of other Canadians," said John Wright, senior vice-president at Ipsos Reid.

"When you look across the country, Mr. Harper has good support in every region on almost every measure of both foreign policy and his approach to this matter, except in the province of Quebec, where it tilts clearly to an Israeli compromise," Mr. Wright said.

Results from the same poll released on Sunday found similar differences in opinion between Quebec and the rest of Canada on questions about Canada's position on the Middle East conflict.

Those results said residents of Quebec (62%) are the most likely to feel the minority Conservative government's position is decidedly too pro-Israel. In British Columbia and Alberta, only four in 10 felt that way.

Residents of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (58%) are the most likely to feel the minority Conservative government's posture is fair, balanced and appropriate, followed by a little more than 50% everywhere else except Quebec (27%) and the Atlantic region (36%).

There are about 50,000 people of Lebanese origin in Quebec, with Montreal being the home to about a third of all Lebanese-Canadians. Quebecers are also more likely to oppose having the Canadian Forces join a proposed international peacekeeping force along the Lebanese-Israeli border. While 56% of Canadians overall support the idea, 49% of Quebec respondents are against it.

"People in Quebec are following [the conflict] much more closely than other people in the country," Mr. Wright said. "They just, on all measures, have a contrary view on what Canada's position should be, what its response should be, and ... in terms of the Israeli government."

While the Conservatives have high hopes of turning their minority government into a majority by winning more Quebec seats in the next election, Mr. Wright said Mr. Harper could still shift public opinion depending on how he responds to the conflict.

But even if many people disapprove of his foreign policy on the Middle East and Afghanistan, he said the Conservatives still have room to gain some ground.

"This is a country where you can have 57% of the people voting against you and still win a massive majority," Mr. Wright said.

"If six in 10 are not happy with your position, but four in 10 are, any politician who scores 40% in the province of Quebec is going to be pretty well off."

Asked about the appropriateness of the Conservative government's position on the Middle East hostilities, poll respondents were evenly split.

Ipsos Reid said 45% agreed Mr. Harper's position is "fair and balanced and completely appropriate," while 44% said it is "decidedly too pro-Israel and is not appropriate." Eleven per cent said the Prime Minister has not supported Israel strongly enough.

The poll surveyed 1,023 Canadians on July 20. It is considered accurate within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.