After the International Court of Justice found that there were plausible grounds that Israel is committing genocide, Foreign affairs minister Melanie Joly ducked questions about Canada’s response. She said that Canada would wait for a final judgement (at least a year away). But she avoided commenting on the urgent “provisional measures” which the court ordered. There are things that Canada could and should do right now. Read
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Since our December 12 vote at the UN calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Canada has done nothing to support it. One political force has decided to DO something. The Houths are enforcing a blockade on Israeli vessels passing through the Red Sea. Why are they doing it? Max Blumenthal of the Grayzone asks an official Houthi spokesperson what they want. Read more…
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Craig Mokiber resigned from his senior position at the UN on October 30th. In a final letter to his boss, Volker Turk, High Commissioner for Human Rights, he praised the UN’s work in human rights in other conflicts, but expressed anger and frustration over its inability to offer the same protection to Palestinians. He offered a radical 10 point program on what the UN and the international community needs to do. Read more…
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On December 19th, Canada voted along with 171 other countries at the UN endorsing Palestinian “self determination”. Two days later, Trudeau said the opposite in Toronto. Read more…
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Canada Talks Israel/Palestine 