No Country For Anyone

One knows which side Canada is really on:

Canada has joined the United Kingdom and other allies in announcing sanctions against two members of Israel’s government who it says have incited violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.

The move was announced in a joint statement released this morning by Global Affairs Canada and targets National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, two far-right members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.

“Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have incited extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights,” the statement reads. 

“Extremist rhetoric advocating the forced displacement of Palestinians and the creation of new Israeli settlements is appalling and dangerous.”

In a statement to National Post, Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, said the sanctions are “outrageous.”

“It is outrageous that elected representatives and members of the government are subjected to these kind of measures,” said Sa’ar.

“I discussed it earlier today with PM Netanyahu, and we will hold a special government meeting early next week to decide on our response to this unacceptable decision,” he said.

The countries’ statement says it has raised the issue with the Israeli government, but says “violent perpetrators continue to act with encouragement and impunity.”

“This is why we have taken this action now – to hold those responsible to account. The Israeli Government must uphold its obligations under international law and we call on it to take meaningful action to end extremist, violent and expansionist rhetoric.”

 

While Messrs. Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have their defenders, I would ask those quick to sanction them who spoke out against calling Israel a genocidal state.

I'll wait. 

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Yarolsav Hunka was right there!:

The RCMP’s “structural investigation” into whether Canadian citizens serving with the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza may have committed war crimes has sparked outrage in the Jewish community and its leaders, who accuse Ottawa of political targeting.

“It’s funny how law enforcement in our cities have watched tens of thousands of people illegally protest and harass Jews while the RCMP tells us they want to play global cop and pour resources into finding bogeyman crimes,” said Toronto-based Israel Ellis, whose son Eitan is an Israeli soldier guarding a humanitarian corridor in Gaza.

After a flurry of media reports, the RCMP said in a statement on June 4 that it began investigating in early 2024 whether Canadian citizens were in contravention of this country’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.

 

All crimes in Canada are political. 

Does one think that the RCMP didn't go after Justin because there simply wasn't any proof?

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In case it was forgotten:

An alarm blared over the site at 7 a.m. causing concert goers to flee in panic.

Terrorists fired randomly into porta-potties where terrified young men and women desperately tried to hide.

They were blown up by grenades as they took shelter in a nearby bomb shelter.

They were cut down by automatic weapons in the hands of 5,500 terrorists who poured across the border from Gaza that terrible day.

The body of a murdered woman, Shani Louk, 22, was thrown in the back of a pickup truck, clad only in underwear, was driven back into Gaza. The gunmen screamed "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) as residents spit on the body.