A shocking story in the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, based on interviews with Israeli soldiers and military officials, has undermined the widespread Israeli narrative which portrayed Hamas fighters as crazed antisemites who murdered 1200 innocent Israeli civilians. Read more.
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A somber crowd filled a Parliamentary Hall on Thursday, June 13th for “Palestine Day on the Hill”, organized by the Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians (APAC) in Ottawa under the slogan “From Nakba to Genocide”. Representatives of the NDP, Liberal Party of Canada and Green Party voiced their support for the Palestinian people and called for an end to the genocide. Read more.
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The Bruce Cockburn concert at the NAC in Ottawa last week was delicious. He played many of his best loved songs and lots of new ones too. A real treat. But while we were listening to him, I couldn’t stop wondering how many people Israel would kill in Gaza that same night. (I found out the next morning). Read more…..
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In an open letter sent on May 29th to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an impressive array of public opinion leaders urge that Canada reaffirm its support for the independence of the ICC and its Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan. Read more...
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Karim Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (centre) has called for the issuance of arrest warrants for 3 Hamas leaders and 2 Israeli leaders. Netanyahu is furious, but a trial of the Hamas leaders could also be very damaging to Israel. It would cause a very public re-examination of the Israeli claims of Hamas’ atrocities on October 7th. Read more.…
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Canada Talks Israel/Palestine 