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Next time someone tries to tell you Palestine (and Palestinians) never existed, remember these words…

Next time someone tries to tell you Palestine (and Palestinians) never existed, remember these words spoken by Golda Meir, the only woman to have served as Prime Minister of Israel, from 1969-1974.

The state of Israel, on the other hand, didn’t exist until 1948.

TODAY!!! The Ontario Court of Appeal will be hearing this important case at 10am

TODAY!!! The Ontario Court of Appeal will be hearing this important case at 10am

Sar-El Canada is allegedly breaking Canadian law by recruiting Canadian volunteers to go to Israel and support the IDF. But the Canadian Government refuses to enforce its own law.

There was a Canadian Parliamentary Petition asking it to uphold the law they ignored.

Two concerned Canadian citizens, Rabbi David Mivasair and Palestinian artist Rehab Nazzal, filed a complaint with the Toronto Police about Sar-El Canada’s activities.

The police did nothing so they got lawyers to launch a private prosecution. Evidence on the alleged offence was presented at a hearing, and Sar-El Canada was formally charged.

No one has ever been able to get a criminal charge laid to stop illegal recruitment of Canadian volunteers for Israel’s armed forces until now.

But politics wasn’t having it. The Crown prosecution took over the case and withdrew the charge.

This is what is being appealed this morning.

It should not be this hard to get our governments to obey their own laws.

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TODAY!!! Nov 7th, 2024 10am (Toronto Time)

Tweet:
[twitter avatar] Shane Martínez
@martinezdefence
“It is a crime to recruit people in Canada to enlist or engage with a foreign army. However, the Attorney General refuses to prosecute those who allegedly recruit volunteers to assist the Israeli armed forces.”

[thread] https://x.com/martinezdefence/status/1853949847599997103

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“There was no tradition of antisemitism in the Arab World…”

“…this idea that we don’t need to make a difference between Hamas operatives and civilians…”

It becomes easier to understand how the Holocaust happened.

Too true.

sayruq:

Like clockwork

Too true.

Calling people who disagree with Israeli policies like apartheid and genocide “antisemites” is a logical fallacy known as an ad-hominem attack.

No one with a valid argument needs to sink to name calling.

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…

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Key Canadian Policy on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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.

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?

Canadian policy (conforming to International Law )on the Israeli Occupied Palestinian Territories and illegal settlements has been clearly laid out on the Government of Canada website.

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
— Nader (@BonsaiSky) February 29, 2024

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.

SIGN Petition e-4802: Restore UNRWA Funding

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, Chelsey Lichtman 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.

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.