The House of Commons will vote on an NDP motion to recognize the state of Palestine and to prohibit the sale of arms to Israel. The motion is unlikely to pass. The resolution recognizes Israel’s right to exist and advocates for a two-state solution to the conflict.
On Monday, the House of Commons will vote on an NDP motion to recognize the state of Palestine and to prohibit the sale of arms to Israel . The motion is unlikely to pass. But it speaks to how views oncalls on the federal government to “suspend all trade in military goods and technology with Israel ,” and to ”officially recognize the state of Palestine.” It also calls for an immediate ceasefire and the release by Hamas of hostages.
The resolution recognizes Israel’s right to exist and advocates for a two-state solution to the conflict. Any day that a parliamentary resolution calls for a boycott of arms sales to Israel and for recognizing a state of Palestine ”marks it as a dark day,” said Shimon Fogel, chief executive officer of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, in an interview. He finds it “shocking” that the NDP would recognize Palestine as a state. “Effectively it is a reward to Hamas,” he said, for Hamas governs Gaza. NDP MP Heather McPherson disagrees. “Hamas is a terrorist organization. Canada should never work with Hamas,” she told m
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