Keeping Kahn Under Wraps

It's no wonder Stephen Harper is keeping Wajid Kahn's Middle East report under wraps: it supports the Arab initiative for Israel to return to its pre-1967 borders.

The Arab initiative, launched by the Saudis, is widely considered the last, best hope for peace between Israel and the Arab world. Israel would go back to its pre-67 borders and the Arab states would acknowledge the fact of the Israeli state and its right to exist as well as establishing normal trade relations. That would mean an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

That, however, doesn't jibe with Stevie's views on the Middle East. While Opposition Leader, Harper told the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy that it was unrealistic to ask Israel to withdraw behind its pre-67 borders.