Canadian MPs On Palestine

Canada is gravely concerned by the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza. I went to the border to hear first hand the unacceptable challenges aid organizations are facing getting in even the most basic amounts of aid.

What’s happening in Gaza is a tragedy. Netanyahu's military operation in Rafah will be devastating. Asking Gazans to move again is unacceptable. We need a sustainable peace. Today in the House of Commons:

Hospitals and medical workers must always be safe to provide important services for patients and their families. Last night's protest route in front of the Mount Sinai hospital had a negative impact and that's troubling and wrong in a society that cherishes freedom of assembly and the right to protest, as well as the right to feel safe. Yet also troubling and wrong is the rush to label protesters as antisemitic and/or terrorist sympathizers. If police determine any action was motivated by hate, then it should be unequivocally condemned because there can be no justification for antisemitism. Not ever. Just as there should be no excuse for the indiscriminate killing of any and all innocent men, women, and children -- which is what demonstrators were actually protesting. Anyone who condemns one but not the other is demonstrating to all of us how Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism operate to devalue the lives of those deemed less than human and unworthy of protections, including those afforded by international humanitarian law. Let's not forget that Canadian Palestinians with family in Gaza have watched in horror as their loved ones, their friends and neighbours, have been bombed, starved, displaced, maimed and killed these past four months - with no end in sight to this madness. Thousands of Canadians from coast to coast to coast of every faith and background are also devastated by the violence and forceful displacement they are witnessing on their screens every day. Many have joined the hundreds of peaceful protests that have taken place across the country. And many report being silenced and/or having faced repercussions for standing up in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Meanwhile, in the past two weeks alone, there have been reports of hate-motivated graffiti found on an Islamic Centre in Cambridge, Islamophobic graffiti left outside the prayer room of a provincial government building, and a Muslim woman assaulted and robbed in Mississauga. Where are the condemnations of these acts? Enough with the double standards. Everyone, everywhere, deserves to live in safety, with dignity, and in freedom.

October...November...December...January...February... 128 days. >28000 killed. >60000 injured Palestinians were told by Israeli officials to leave their homes & evacuate to Rafah. To safety. And they are being bombed. This cannot stand. Netanyahu's indiscriminate war must stop

Call members of Canada's Foreign Affairs Committee and tell them: It’s time to hear from Canadians, Palestinian and Israeli civil society, and humanitarians demanding a ceasefire - time to build a peaceful and just future. Ask them to support a study on Israel/Palestine today.

Liberals stop funding to UNRWA, a lifeline for millions innocent civilians, the day ICJ ruled there is risk of genocide in Gaza. Children will die b/c of 🇨🇦 decision. Why are Canada’s Liberals siding with the Conservatives to abandon Palestinians in their greatest hour of need?

Canada is committed to providing critical and immediate assistance to the Palestinian civilians affected by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

All states, including 🇨🇦, have a responsibility to end suffering in Gaza. Canada’s decision to halt to UNRWA funding is wrong. Investigations must proceed, but this punishes the starving people of Gaza who need a ceasefire and for whom UNRWA is one of their only sources of help.