ANGERED AND DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED
Jewish Groups Denounce Passage of Watered-Down NDP Palestinian Motion: Bryan Passifiume, National Post, Mar. 19, 2024 — Despite an 11th-hour amendment that defanged the NDP’s contentious Palestinian motion in the House of Commons on Monday evening, Canadian Jewish groups reacted to the motion’s passage with alarm.
The Liberals’ Shameful Arms Ban Against Israel Will Come Back to Haunt Us: John Ivison, National Post, Mar. 25, 2024 — During the debate on the NDP’s proposal to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state last week, Global Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said the government could not change foreign policy based on an opposition motion.
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The Jewish Canadian MP Questioning His Future with Liberal Party: Gabby Deutch, Jewish Insider, Mar. 25, 2024
Canada’s Refusal to Sell Arms to Israel Harms Its Legacy as a Protector of Jews: Chavi Feldman, Times of Israel, Mar. 20, 2024
The Triumph of the Blood Libel: Caroline B. Glick, JNS, Mar. 22, 2024
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
After Significant Alterations, Canada Approves Motion on Palestinian Statehood: Elad Benari, Israel National News, Mar. 19, 2024 — Canada’s parliament on Monday approved a motion submitted by the New Democratic Party (NDP) on Palestinian statehood, but not before the ruling Liberals drastically altered its wording, CTV News reported.
The NDP’s Palestine Motion Was Wrong-Headed from the Start: Conrad Black, Epoch Times, Mar. 25, 2024 — The stormy debate in the House of Commons over the NDP’s motion to recognize a Palestinian state, ending with a profound last-minute government modification of the bill, revealed the widespread misunderstanding in Canadian official circles of the nature of the present conflict in Gaza.
Editorial Cartoon In Hamilton Spectator & Waterloo Record Depicts Bloodied Benjamin Netanyahu Throwing American-Made Bombs On Hungry Palestinian Civilians: Mike Fegelman, Honest Reporting Canada, Mar. 21, 2024 — On the heels of La Presse’s publishing a blood libel editorial cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a blood-sucking vampire, a caricature replete with antisemitic tropes and which was ultimately removed by the publication who also issued a formal apology, now and only one day later, two English-language newspapers have published caricatures by that feature their cartoonist’s poisonous pen against Israel.
Amid Arms Embargo Calls, Data Shows 99% Of Israeli Weapon Imports Are From US, Germany: Tal Schneider, Times of Israel, Mar. 24, 2024 — As calls grow among critics of Israel around the world to limit arms sales to the Jewish state over the ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, data released in recent days shows nearly all of Israel’s weapons imports are from companies in the United States and Germany.
