Recognition of Palestine: “Words are not enough” | Conflict in the Middle East

In an interview as on social networks, organizations and individuals in the country shared a range of reactions to this announcement.

This recognition should have been done a long time ago, but it’s goodlaunched the Palestinian Ihmayed Ali from the outset. I hope it will encourage countries that hesitate to do the same.

For Mirvat Alshrafi, who grew up in Gaza, It is a sign of hope for the future of our community. The world begins to see us and understand our fightshe said in an interview with CBC.

I hope this international pressure will help end the war.

As a Jewish woman, I believe that the state of Israel must be forced to stop its actions and that Canada must do more than only recognize Palestinehowever, a student at a student at McGill University named Casey Brinkman.

Words are not enoughalso thinks Mr. Ali, who was born in a refugee camp in Lebanon before emigrating to Montreal. The only thing that happens in Gaza is currently a genocide and ethnic cleaning, and Canada must stop supporting the Israeli army by sending it weapons and military machinery.

The Canadian government affirms, with certain reservations, that he has not approved weapons to Israel since January 2024. But ONG Propaletinian relying on public government data claim the opposite (new window).

Until now, the government has forgotten to send or clarify the data presented in this report, which demonstrates the extent of Canadian complicity in the atrocities committed by Israeldenounced Boutaina Chafi, organizer in the Palestinian youth movement, one of the organizations behind the report.

Canada should Immediately banish all armaments to Israel […] and make the complete list of its exports publicaccording to International Amnesty.

Without these stages, the words of concern for the inhabitants of Assied Gaza will remain empty of meaning and will strengthen the impunity of Israel in a world without faith or law.

In the Gaza Strip, a territory smaller than the island of Montreal where nearly 2 million Palestinians are crowded, the population is hungry due to humanitarian aid restrictions (new window). According to Doctors Without Borders, a quarter of pregnant children and women suffer from malnutrition.

The war was triggered by an unprecedented attack by the Islamist movement Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023. In response, Israel launched a destructive military operation which has already killed 60,000.

War, said Mr. Ali, could end in two days If the international pressure pushed the United States, the main armament supplier in Israel, to stop support the attacker.

“Risible” conditions

For a long time, Canada advocated the solution to two states, which implies the creation of a Palestinian state once an agreement emerges from negotiations with Israel. However, this process is in an impasse, the Prime Minister admitted when he was announced on Tuesday.

Mark Carney, however, set out certain conditions so that Canada recognizes the Palestinian state. For example, the Prime Minister is counting on The promise of its president Mahmoud Abbas to organize general elections in 2026 and not to militarize the Palestinian state. Hamas, he insisted, must not play No role in governance state.

The vice-president of the Consultative Center for Jewish and Israeli Relations, Eta Yudin, believes that Ottawa puts the cart in front of the oxen with this new approach. In our opinion, we must start by ensuring that the conditions are carried out before formalizing the recognition of a Palestinian Stateshe judges in an interview on Radio-Canada.

She fears that this sequence of events will Strengthens those who use the importation of this conflict to target the Jewish community with anti -Semitism, hatred, toxicity and incentive to violence in our streets.

We also want the return of peace to our streets. We would like this very disturbing rise in anti -Semitism with us to calm down.

The conditions imposed by Ottawa are laughableconsiders the Israeli Maayan Shavit, whose cousin Carmel Gat died after being taken hostage by Hamas.

If we talk about election, how can we do something different, when there are still 50 Israeli hostages that are still held by Hamas in Gaza? Hamas has the whole room for maneuvershe launches in an interview with CBC.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Blum assures that the Jewish community Pray for the end of this painful conflict. If the pressure of international governments was on Hamas, we would not speak of a ceasefire, that would go awayhe deplores.

We do not want to return to the conditions of October 6, which made possible on October 7add Ms. Yudin. It is feared that by going too quickly without ensuring that the conditions are ready, we risk sending the message to terrorist groups, to Hamas, that they have succeeded and that they can continue.

The president of the Jewish organization B’Nai Brith, Richard Robertson, also testified to these concerns on X: It could compromise the efforts made to achieve lasting peace et Could also be used by anti-Israeli extremists as an approval of their vitrioral actions which fomented hatred across Canada.

With the information of Colin Côté-Paulette and CBC