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Words are not enough part II

Famine is not a natural disaster -- it is caused by political decisions. Gaza is already in a medical crisis due to bombed hospitals and blocked supply chains, it's already in a humanitarian crisis from relentless bombing turning entire cities into rubble and now it is in crisis due to starvation. Famine. 

I saw the outline of the synagogue in Heidelberg (destroyed on Krystallnacht) today, and I walked past gold blocks on the sidewalk marking the homes of Jewish people who perished in the Nazi era. What are these memorials doing if not urging us not to stand idly by as atrocities happen again to a group that has been dehumanized?

Mr Carney and Ms Anand, I wrote you the letter below back in May when you came out with a joint statement opposing Israel's military operations in Gaza. 

It is long past time to stand up and do something about it. 

The Hague Group has already done so. The Western nations no longer have any claim to moral high ground on international law. 

What world powers -- including the government of Canada -- are allowing to happen in Gaza will be judged as harshly by history as we currently judge the Nazi era. Whatever forces of higher judgment exist in the universe are marking us down as failures for what is going on in Gaza. 

Ms Anand said we cannot allow "the use of food as a political tool". So don't. Words are not enough. 

You must enforce a total and complete arms embargo on Israel. This horror of atrocities has gone on too long already. You must act to stop it.

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