Today’s blog examines the South African genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice and why that makes it even more urgent for Canada to suspend all arms exports to Israel.
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The isolation of the US in the UN Security Council – casting the lone no vote against an immediate humanitarian ceasefire – should be a stark warning to Canada on the moral hazard of failing to support a ceasefire now.
The only way to avoid further untold civilian deaths and injuries in Gaza and to ensure the resumption of vital, life-saving humanitarian aid – two objectives the US says it shares – is for an immediate truce resumption which leads to a permanent ceasefire.