Israel doesn’t like UNWRA. Of course it doesn’t. UNWRA was created to help the Palestinian Refugees that resulted from the League of Nations decision to partition the land of Palestine to create space for a Jewish homeland where none existed.
When the International Court of Justice cited UNWRA testimony when issuing its Provisional Orders to Israel (South Africa vs Israel), Israel fought back by making spurious unfounded accusations against UNWRA that *still* remain unverified.
As Mr Eide indicates, UNWRA is *the* crucial humanitarian aid provider (and facilitator) in Gaza. Even if it were possible for another Humanitarian Aid Organization to take over, Canada was one of those donors. would try to smear it too.
I hope anyone who hasn’t will sign & share Petition e-4802 as widely as possible.
As I write this, at 9,419 signatures it needs only 581 signatures to reach 10,000!!! This is so important because the more signatures e-Petition 4802 receives, the more seriously the Government of Canada will take it, so please keep signing and sharing!
Thank you for your support!
Many thanks to everyone who signs and shares, helping to keep this terrible thing in the public eye.
“Like Taking Candy From A Baby” Israeli soldiers flaunt the “spoils of war” like this “Mickey Mouse” doll pressed into service as a hood ornament decorating a military vehicle. The doll is was captured from the remains of the homes of the children Israel’s “War” has killed, wounded or displaced.
The Israeli War on Gaza is not a war. War is something that happens between countries, and Gaza is not a country. The Gaza Strip is part of one of the pieces of Palestinian Territory that was meant to become the state of Palestine after the “Great Powers” divided the Land of Palestine roughly in half, granting the larger piece to the new State of Israel, and the smaller to the majority Indigenous population.
To effect this change, in 1920, the League of Nations granted the British Empire control of Mandatory Palestine, part of the territories the Ottoman Empire ceded after its World War I Defeat. The Zionists seeking to retake a Jewish Homeland abandoned in the diaspora two thousand years previously, were involved in the decision making. The Palestinian people were not consulted at all.
Naturally the British were disappointed when the existing majority Arab population took issue with the appropriation of slightly more than half of the land to create the new Jewish Homeland promised by the Balfour Declaration. The British felt Palestinian Arabs should have been grateful for the liberty of half their ancestral lands as a reward for fighting the Ottoman Empire alongside the Brits, instead of angry their people would be displaced from the rest of their territory to make room for a new state for immigrant European Jews.
Instead of fulfilling the terms of the Mandate, by overseeing the Partition of Palestine, the British washed their hands of the mess they had created to the Zionists, who had no compunction about going to war to “liberate” the land to which they believed themselves entitled in 1948.
The result has been ongoing unrest in the Middle East, the brunt of which has been felt by the Palestinian population, whose territories have been shrinking for 76 years, as they’ve been denied the self determination to decide their own future by the Israeli occupation.
Yesterday CBC reported on remarks made by Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of International Development at a Toronto fundraiser, indicating a resumption of UNWRA funding.
Today Minister Hussen’s press conference to provide an update on Canada’s humanitarian assistance (or lack thereof) in Gaza has been cancelled without explanation.
Yesterday CBC reported on remarks made by Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of International Development at a Toronto fundraiser, indicating a resumption of UNWRA funding.
Today Minister Hussen’s press conference to provide an update on Canada’s humanitarian assistance (or lack thereof) in Gaza has been cancelled without explanation.
What are they playing at?
People are starving and dying in Gaza.
Even if they weren’t UNWRA’s mandate stretches far beyond Gaza.
I hope anyone who hasn’t will sign & share Petition e-4802 as widely as possible.
As I write this, at 8,563 signatures it needs only 438 signatures to reach 9,000!!! This is so important because the more signatures e-Petition 4802 receives, the more seriously the Government of Canada will take it, so please keep signing and sharing!
Thank you for your support!
Many thanks to everyone who signs and shares, helping to keep this terrible thing in the public eye.
(Special thanks to Lulu for the heads up on this story!)
Key Canadian Policy on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Lisa MacLeod is a Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Ms MacLeod's tweet begins with an #AdHominem attacks accusing the "Jews Say No To Genocide" protest of "hate speech," then characterizes their protest as a "sick" "antisemitic" "intimidation fest. In the following @cbcnews clip, the "Jews Say No To Genocide" explain that they're protesting an Israeli sale of illegally occupied…
Lisa MacLeod is a Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Ms MacLeod’s tweet begins with an #AdHominem attacks accusing the “Jews Say No To Genocide” protest of “hate speech,” then characterizes their protest as a “sick” “antisemitic” “intimidation fest.
In the following @cbcnews clip, the “Jews Say No To Genocide” explain that they’re protesting an Israeli sale…
Lisa MacLeod is a Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Ms MacLeod’s tweet begins with an #AdHominem attacks accusing the “Jews Say No To Genocide” protest of “hate speech,” then characterizes their protest as a “sick” “antisemitic” “intimidation fest.
In the following @cbcnews clip, the “Jews Say No To Genocide” explain that they’re protesting an Israeli sale of illegally occupied Palestinian land being held in a synagogue.
— Ghada Sasa | غادة سعسع PhD(c) (@sasa_ghada) March 5, 2024
I guess I was naive in thinking government lawmakers ought to follow the law. Particularly awesome in its awfulness is Ms MacLeod’s call for “legislation” to protect this inappropriate use of a place of worship used by unscrupulous realtors to hide behind while facilitating land deals illegal under International Law.
Does the PC Party embrace MPPs who promote illegality?
Not only do Israeli Settlements on Palestinian Territory breach the Fourth Geneva Convention in International Law, Canada specifically states its opposition to Israeli Barriers and expropriation of Palestinian lands and resources.
Ironically, the municipal owner of the venue originally intended to hold the stolen land real estate sale withdrew its consent from the dubious event, prompting the venue change to the Aish Hatorah Synagogue.
This land sale nonsense is not only happening here in Canada. Stolen West Bank settlement homes are being flogged in the USA, as Rich Siegal explains in the following video:
Stolen West Bank settlement homes are being sold in America to Jews. An real estate event at a synagogue was set up, and this fine gentleman (a Jewish man) was having none of it. pic.twitter.com/aA5BGJ79N5
Thanks to @Sasa_Ghada and Mr Siegal for taking a stand and sharing this information.
While I am not a lawyer, my reading of the relevant International law suggests countries that allow or enable International laws to be broken run the significant risk of being charged with complicity.
For decades Israeli governments have flouted International laws, and the countries with which they’ve been friendly (like Canada) have looked away, effectively giving Israel a free pass to do as it likes without accountability or repercussion. At this point the situation has gotten so far out of hand, and the bad behavior from government, IDF and settlers alike has become so flagrant, it is no longer confined to the dark, but happening in the bright light of day.
With South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice, and subsequent ICJ Provisional Orders ruling Israel’s actions can be “plausibly” considered genocide, the possibility of charges of conspiracy to commit or complicity in genocide grows ever greater.
It’s past time Canada understands: friends don’t let friends commit genocide.
I very much hope anyone who hasn’t yet will sign Petition e-4802 and share it as widely as possible.
As I write this, at 7,932 signatures it needs only 68 signatures to reach 8,000!!! This is so important because the more signatures e-Petition 4802 receives, the more seriously the Government of Canada will take it, so please keep signing and sharing!
Thank you for your support!
Many thanks to everyone who has signed, and to the brave souls like @Sasa_Ghada, @BonsaiSky, ChelseyLichtman at @JewsSayNo, Rich Siegal, @IndJewishVoices, and all the people online and off who are putting themselves on the line to protest, and share information & awareness of the terrible things happening to Palestinians in the Palestinian Territories occupied by Israel that our governments and MSM have ignored, decade after decade.
I was nervous when CKMS journalist Dan Kellar asked to interview me about my petition to restore UNWRA funding. I’ve never done anything like this before, and am much more comfortable writing than talking. But I ventured outside my comfort zone because this is such an important issue.
Frankly I was afraid to listen to it. I only got up the nerve after my sister-in-law told me how much she…
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Canadian government will resume funding to United Nations relief agency for Palestinians: source
Ottawa paused funding after Israeli government alleged organization staff were connected to Hamas attack
Catherine Cullen · CBC News · Posted: Mar 05, 2024 8:59 PM EST | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
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caption: Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen delivers remarks at a fundraiser event, in Toronto. Hussen is expected to make an announcement on Wednesday. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press)](https://whoacanada.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/ministerhussen.png)
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EVENT CANCELLED - Minister Hussen to hold press conference to provide an update on Canada’s humanitarian assistance in Gaza
From: Global Affairs Canada
Media advisory
** EVENT CANCELLED **
March 5, 2024 - The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, will hold a press conference to announce additional humanitarian assistance for Gaza. Minister Hussen will be accompanied by Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York.
Event: Press Conference
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 am EST
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Notes for media:
Media representatives are asked to arrive 15 minutes before the start time of the event.
Media are asked to confirm their attendance by contacting media@international.gc.ca. The exact address will be shared following confirmation.
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/03/minister-hussen-to-hold-press-conference-to-provide-an-update-on-canadas-humanitarian-assistance-in-gaza.html](https://whoacanada.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/event-cancelled.png)
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[avatar] Lisa MacLeod [blue check]
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Targeting a Synagogue for your “protest” / hate speech & intimidation fest is sick and antisemitic. Time for bubble legislation to protect worshippers, similar to that we have to protect women at abortion clinics.](https://whoacanada.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/lisamacleodtweetx.png)
![[avatar] Ghada Sasa | غادة سعسع PhD(c) 🇵🇸
@sasa_ghada
🚨 LOCATION CHANGE 🚨
The city shut down the real estate show at Dani Centre! Zionists relocated to Aish Hatorah. It's disgusting they're trying to sell stolen 🇵🇸 land, including in illegal Israeli settlements, in a place of worship! 1/
📍949 Clark Ave W, Thornhill, Ontario
Graphic poster on a Burnt Sienna field:
PALESTINE IS NOT FOR SALE!
[arabic translation]
* UPDATED LOCATION*
Sunday March 3 @ 9AM
949 Clark Ave W
Thornhill, ON
PROTESTS
AGAINST
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SELLING of
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[avatar] Laurel L Russwurm
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I'm a little confused: since when is buying and selling real estate "worship"...?
Especially Palestinian real estate in illegal Israeli settlements— something that's long been contrary to Canadian government policy.
Someone needs to have a word with the Scribes and Pharisees.](https://whoacanada.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/macleodlisa-myreply1x.png)
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Occupied Territories and Settlements
Canada does not recognize permanent Israeli control over territories occupied in 1967 (the Golan Heights, the West Bank, East Jerusalem & the Gaza Strip). The Fourth Geneva Convention applies in the occupied territories & establishes Israel's obligations as an occupying power, in particular with respect to the humane treatment of the inhabitants of the occupied territories. As referred to in UN Security Council Resolutions 446 and 465, Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The settlements also constitute a serious obstacle to achieving a comprehensive, just & lasting peace.
Canada believes that both Israel & the Palestinian Authority must fully respect international human rights & humanitarian law which is key to ensuring the protection of civilians, & can contribute to the creation of a climate conducive to achieving a just, lasting & comprehensive peace settlement.](https://whoacanada.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/occupied-territories-and-settlements-cdnpoli.jpg)
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The Barrier
Canada recognizes Israel's right to protect its citizens from terrorist attacks, including through the restriction of access to its territory, and by building a barrier on its own territory for security purposes. However, Canada opposes Israel's construction of the barrier inside the West Bank and East Jerusalem which are occupied territories. This construction is contrary to international law under the Fourth Geneva Convention. Canada not only opposes Israel's construction of a barrier extending into the occupied territories, but also expropriations and the demolition of houses and economic infrastructure carried out for this purpose.
https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales
/mena-moan/israeli-palestinian_policy-politique_israelo-palestinien.aspx?lang=eng](https://whoacanada.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/the-barrier-cdnpoli.jpg)
![Ghada Sasa | غادة سعسع PhD(c) 🇵🇸
@sasa_ghada
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We reject the faithwashing of Zionism! Zionism is both a settler colonial AND antisemitic ideology, and we will be protesting genocidal Israeli land grab no matter where it takes place! Show up to the protest and share, share, share.
📍949 Clark Ave W, Thornhill, Ontario
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Toronto Eveny change of location
Friday Mar 1, 2024 at 5:02pm
Due to the local municipality who are the owners of the Dani Centre who look at thus event as a potential politicl issue which they won't allow, they have instructed the Dani Centre to cancel the event.
The location has been changed at the last minute with the help of the Dani Centre to the Aish Hatorah in Thornhill, located on 949 Clark Avenue. A representative of the Dani Centre will be standing outside the Dani Centre and will direct anybody that does not receive this message in time. Please confirm with an email by reply/
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