Critics urge Ottawa to re-evaluate unwavering UN support for Israel

'It’s one thing to say you are concerned, but the real measure of your concern is in United Nations votes,' says University of Western Ontario law professor Michael Lynk.

Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly's Global Affairs Canada legal adviser has urged the International Court of Justice not to heed the UN General Assembly's call for an advisory legal opinion on Israel's conduct with the occupied territories.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 23, 2023

As Ottawa argues against the United Nations' top court issuing an advisory opinion on “legal consequences” from Israel’s conduct in the occupied territories, some critics are calling on Canada to change its long-standing policy on Israel-Palestine resolutions at the UN...

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