re: Obama’s cabinet/Predict Transition
Rahm Emanuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
from wikipedia "One of his proudest moments during the Clinton administration “was an event that touched his political sensibilities and his personal ties to Israel: the 1993 Rose Garden signing ceremony after the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Emanuel directed the details of the ceremony, down to the choreography of the famous handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat”
guess thats more than most of the nay sayers have actually done towards peace. 
PS: whats your canadian govt’s stance and track record
PS2: these opinions are solely mine