Letters: Why anti-Israel terrorists love Canada's Liberals
Foreign minister's view on Hamas-Israel war 'far from balanced'
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I read with incredulity Carson Jerema's column regarding new Foreign Minister Anita Anand's position on Israel and Gaza. It caused me great concern regarding the future and safety of Canadian Jews and Canada's relationship with Israel.
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In her comments made a day after being sworn in, Anand made no mention of the facts that Hamas has held the Palestinian population of Gaza hostage for more than 18 years and that it suppresses and viciously punishes any dissenting voices. She appears unaware that there was a ceasefire, violently ended by Hamas in the early hours of October 7, 2023 with the attack that murdered over 1,200 Israelis and took another 250 hostage. She fails to address the fact that Hamas hijacks aid trucks sent into Gaza for its own use, and sells the food on the black market to its own people for outrageous prices. She neglects to mention the billions of dollars of international aid sent to Gaza over the years and stolen by Hamas for the construction of tunnels and to purchase weapons.
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She also fails to mention the multiple attempts over the past 20 years made by Israel to establish a two-state solution. She blindly accepts mortality data in Gaza, supplied by Hamas, while neglecting the fact that many of the Israelis murdered and taken hostage Oct. 7 were strong supporters of the peace process, including the roles they played in transporting Palestinian civilians of Gaza to Israel for health care.
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She espouses a balanced view of the crisis, but her view is far from balanced. Her pro-Palestinian opinions are very apparent. She is totally ignorant of the facts and the situation on the ground. There are many of us in the Jewish community who would be happy to educate her.
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Canadians should be very proud! Hamas has congratulated us on our recent foreign policy stance on Israel and Gaza.
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It should warm the cockles of every Canadian heart that a terrorist group, dedicated to eradicating a UN-recognized, democratically elected country and its entire civilian population, is in harmony with us.
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Anita Anand may be new to the foreign ministry but she is no rookie and the Israel-Hamas war is not a new issue. That her first order of business was to condemn Israel has to be policy and the explanation for it is obvious. There are more voters who will vote against Israeli interests than for them, regardless of the morality of supporting terrorists versus an allied democracy. The Liberals have, over the years, shown that their only principles are those that will keep them in power.
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