As ceasefire debate rages at home, Canada walks fine line at UN between support for Israel and concern for Palestinians’ welfare, say observers

Stronger language about humanitarian obligations show Canada's recognition that Palestinian civilians are 'caught in the middle' of conflict, says Gilles Rivard.

Iddo Moed, Israel's ambassador to Canada, right, and Irwin Cotler, international chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for human rights, at a press scrum on Oct. 30. Moed said his country will not consider a ceasefire because 'we have a murderer shooting at us, continuing to shoot at us, and there is no reason why we should stop.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

November 6, 2023

Canada’s decision to abstain from a United Nations resolution calling for a “humanitarian truce” in the Gaza Strip showed dissatisfaction with the body’s failure to condemn Hamas, but the country’s language around the conflict appears more nuanced than during previ...

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