Speaking for a forgotten people

The rule of international law in Palestine today—or on the 49^th parallel tomorrow.

A European Union humanitarian aid worker in Gaza in February 2025. There is a compelling reason for Canada to be a relentless champion of international law today as it is applied and thwarted in rulings on the illegal occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem, and the International Court of Justice rulings, writes Jim Creskey.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid

Opinion

BY JIM CRESKEY

June 25, 2025

OTTAWA—There were eight. An NDP MP, a professor of international human rights law, two Muslim community leaders, one Jewish peace activist, and three doctors appeared in the West Block press theatre early in the morning of June 20, the last day of this parliamentary sittin...

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