Canada has halted around 30 arms export permits to Israel, including a deal between a US company’s Canadian subsidiary and the warmongering US government, Foreign Minister, Melanie Joly, announced last week.
These permits had been approved before a January ban on new weapons’ sales that could potentially be used in Gaza, which is grappling with an escalating humanitarian crisis due to Israel’s ongoing attacks against the enclave.
Foreign Minister Joly also revealed that she had initiated a review of contracts between Canadian weapons suppliers and Israel, along with other countries. She said, “Following that, I suspended around 30 existing permits of Canadian companies.”
She further emphasised that the government will not permit Canadian-made ammunition, produced by the Canadian division of the US-based General Dynamics, to be sold or transferred through third-party countries for resale to Israel.
As for the question regarding General Dynamics, our policy is clear, Joly added. We will not have any form of arms, or parts of arms, be sent to Gaza. Period.
How they’re being sent and where they’re being sent is irrelevant. And so, therefore, my position is clear, the position of the government is clear, and we’re in contact with General Dynamics.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), the country’s largest Muslim advocacy group, welcomed the decision, highlighting Joly’s clear stance that Canada’s weapons ban to Israel remains firmly in place.
In a post on X, NCCM praised Joly for rejecting any loopholes that might allow the sale of explosives by General Dynamics to proceed.
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Minister Joly put out a clear message stating that Canada’s policy on a weapons ban to Israel remains in place, NCCM posted on X.
She suggested point blank that the government of Canada was not in favor of any loopholes being used in relation to the recent proposed sale of explosives by General Dynamics.
In response, the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs expressed concern, calling Joly’s remarks a disturbing shift in Canada’s policy, reported the Globe and Mail.
Several countries have moved to reassess and suspend arms sales to Israel since the onset of the Gaza conflict, with Britain being the most recent to take such action.
The new Labor government in Great Britain halted 30 arms export licenses to Israel after a review revealed that British-made weapons may have been used in Gaza in ways that violate international humanitarian law. The suspension took immediate effect.
Israeli Prime Minister and mass murderer, Benjamin Netanyahu, condemned the decision, calling it shameful and claiming it would embolden Hamas. A man was even arrested after suspicion of incitement
Israel has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas incursion last year.
Middle East Monitor / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
The Liberal Party is polling extremely low … they retain power due to an alliance either the NDP (left) … eh?
Trudeau will be out of power in the next election …
Just put another puppet in his position and the world keeps on spinning.
Notice who is America,s biggest customer in the above graph –Saudi Arabia who,s foreign minister said this year they want a Palestinian state -so as the Canadian premiere is an American servant the USA has told him as a gesture to cut down the military exports to Israel –this will effect Canada,s income but not the USA directly.
I cant stand the Canadian premiere pushes Woke to the hilt while oppressing the native Indian population -stealing their land -racism against them, been in contact with the native Indians there -not at all happy
And the all out well known Zionist narrative is leading to glorified invasions and foreign settlements, while destroying nature, tradition and indigenous cultures.