[OT] Canadian parliament supports motion in favour of Hamas

Even though Hamas is considered a terrorist organization in this
country, our federal government yesterday passed a non-binding motion
declaring the will of the House of Commons to be that Canada should no
longer sell arms to Israel. This is essentially a gift to Hamas since
their arms supplier, Iran, is under no similar constraint against
arming Hamas and Hizbollah. A Muslim association in Canada has already
applauded this motion.

All members of the Conservative Party plus three Liberals opposed the
motion. At least one of the Liberals, Anthony Housefather, who is
Jewish, is openly wondering whether he belongs in the Liberal Party any
more.

The motion, put forward by the NDP, originally called for Canada to
recognize the statehood of Palestine but, after a day of contentious
debate, the Liberals watered down the motion considerably to say that
the government should work towards a two-state solution that results
from negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Although the motion is technically non-binding, which means it is
thought to be the right direction for the government to go but the
government is not obligated to do so, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has
said it is clearly the way the government should go!

Here is a link to the story. Several videos on this topic will play in
a cycle at the top of the page:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberal-mp-reflecting-on-place-in-caucus-after-ndp-palestinian-statehood-motion-debacle-1.6813570

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Rhino