Abu Mazen and Son's Canucki 'Friends'

Mahmoud Abbas in Canuckistan? As this item in Maclean's from June '09 reminds us, it's been done. The item also mentions Abbas's personal connection with the Trudeaupia--his "Palestinian-Canadian" son, Yasser (named after you-know-who, perchance?):

When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in Ottawa he met with party leaders. Present at his visit with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was Montreal Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, who is one of Israel’s biggest supporters. Cotler first met Abbas in Damascus in 1977 and many times afterwards during countless Middle East trips. Cotler says Abbas “sees both sides of the issue and is clearly committed to peace.” The Palestinian leader’s son, Yasser Abbas, is Palestinian-Canadian and lives in the West Bank. (He got his Canadian citizenship while he was living in Montreal during the late ’80s and early ’90s.) He was the first person to call Cotler and congratulate him after he won the last election. The last leader Abbas met with was Stephen Harper. Alberta Tory MP Ted Menzies was asked to sit in on the meeting because he is also a friend of Yasser Abbas. The two met in Washington years ago and remain email chums. This was the first time Menzies had met Yasser’s father, though. After Mahmoud Abbas left the PM’s office, he went through the Hall of Honour. Right before exiting through the Centre Block’s front doors, a few members of his entourage used the new hand sanitizer dispensers recently set up.

Inifidel cooties being immediately dispelled with a little blob of Purell.

One can see why the Harper government might be loath to cut funding to eliminationist-minded Palestine House--because it could "offend" the "friendly" Palestinian pere et fils.

Update: Bingo! Son Yasser was named after the fugly terrorist.

Update: Here's a Toronto Star photo from 8 months ago of Liberal Foreign Affairs critic Bob Rae making kissy face with the son of Abbas. Gee, who knew they were that close?

"R-E-S-P-E-C-T, that's was Canucks give to me..."