a) I can't believe the Canadian government voted against this... This is what a conservative majority under Harper does >_>
b) While this seems like a large step forward, I don't think that there will ever truly be peace until Israel-US relations relax a bit... I mean it seems like the media in the US, both left and right is obsessed with Israel being the focal point of everything the US does in terms of foreign relations...
Ron Paul put it best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Xkuf0E444