Laurel L Russwurm 2024-12-04 08:38:11

"The absolute bare minimum Canada needs to do right now is to stop arming a genocide."
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International Law also demands this of @canada.

Thank you @JewsSayNo @democracynow @cjpmeofficial


Its Bisan from Gaza, I’m Still Alive After Six Months of Bombing

This brave young woman is a citizen journalist who has been covering her trials and Tribulations of surviving in the Gaza Strip, and sharing them with the world.

Since Israel doesn’t want the world to continue watching what it is doing in Gaza, it seems killing the remaining Palestinian Press isn’t enough anymore. Israel expelled Al Jazeera, the media platform on through which Bisan reached the…


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“Like Taking Candy From A Baby” Israeli soldiers flaunt the “spoils of war” like this “Mickey Mouse”…

“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.

Now you see it, now you don’t

[CBC Wordmark]
Politics
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
[Image] Minister Hussen
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)

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.

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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

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!)

Interview on Petition e-4802

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 enjoyed the interview and appreciated all the information in it. And fortunately it’s not just me! You’ll also get to hear from Mike Morrice and government Minister Melanie Jolie.

With a little more than a week to go, as I write, we’re up to 7,300 signatures!

PARLIAMENT OF CANADA
[logo] House of Commons
Chambre des Communes 
Canada

Petition e-4802 (Foreign affairs) #UNRWA
History
Open for signature
February 12, 2024, at 2:03 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
March 13, 2024, at 2:03 p.m. (EDT)
Member of Parliament
Mike Morrice
Kitchener Centre
Green Party Caucus
Ontario

7,300 signatures

Province/ Territory                                               Signatures

Alberta  455

British Columbia  1,242

Manitoba  73

New Brunswick  40

Newfoundland and Labrador  46

Northwest Territories  6

Nova Scotia  185

Nunavut   3

Ontario  4,062

Prince Edward Island  26

Québec  982

Saskatchewan  88

Yukon Territory  6


I very much hope anyone who hasn’t yet will sign e-4802 and share it as widely as possible.

The more signatures this petition receives, the more seriously the Government of Canada will take it, so please keep signing and sharing! 

Thank you for your support!


Israel tries to justify its continuing attack on the Palestinian Territories because of the October…

Israel tries to justify its continuing attack on the Palestinian Territories because of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

The world was horrified at that attack.

But that does not justify attacking Palestinian civilians. Or Healthcare workers, Or press. Or Humanitarian Aid workers.

And certainly not children.

Just as Hamas killed people, Israel is now killing people. With no signs of stopping.

People.