To the 20 (re-elected) Liberal MPs who signed the Vote Palestine platform. You signed the Vote Palestine platform. The time to fulfill your pledge is now. Gaza is facing mass starvation. This isn't food scarcity. This is intentional blockage of food as a tool of genocide. Canada's joint statement with 25 other nations called on all the parties to "uphold the obligations of international humanitarian law." But Israel has been flagrantly violating multiple obligations of international law almost daily since October 8, 2023 and certain on every day since Canada's statement was released. There is no need to wait, to give Israel the benefit of the doubt to do the right thing. "We are prepared to take further action", the statement reads. So do it. Canada must immediately impose a true arms embargo on Israel – a two-way arms embargo – and it must actually put it into force and close all loopholes. Canada must immediately levy sancti...
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