Tactical neutrality may avoid inflaming Liberal caucus divisions, but Canada can’t escape ICJ ruling consequences with silence: international law experts

‘Non-committal Liberal gobbledygook’ untenable against international rule of law, says expert Mark Kersten, as some Liberal MPs take opposing public positions on South Africa’s International Court of Justice case against Israel.

For the past three months, protesters have demonstrated in cities across Canada in opposition to Israel's military operation in Gaza, which they believe has become a genocide against Palestinians. On Jan. 11, South Africa began its oral arguments before the International Court of Justice in its bid to prove that accusation and end the fighting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

January 17, 2024

Amidst South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in its war against Hamas, the Liberal government may be trying to strike a tone of tactical neutrality to manage both a divided public and caucu...

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