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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792975
Canada Should Be Ashamed of Its "Arms Embargo" on Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Editorial - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced Tuesday that Ottawa will halt arms sales to Israel. It surely came as a sorely needed piece of good news to Hamas leaders, who can look at this decision as evidence that if they hold out just a little bit longer, then the world will condemn Israel and seek to tie the Jewish state's hands behind its back. Canada's decision also must bring joy to terrorist organizations worldwide searching for a winning strategy. If they see that through the cruel use of Palestinian human shields, Hamas can survive and murder more Jews and Israeli innocents, then they could be saying to themselves, "This is a great game plan, and if it works for Hamas, it can work for us." The military equipment that Canada sells Israel - $21 million in 2022 - is not going to determine the course of this war. The Canadian government has confused the aggressor with the victim and lost sight of who is responsible for the horrible and undeniable suffering taking place inside Gaza. Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said: "It is unfortunate that the Canadian government is taking a step that undermines Israel's right to self-defense against the Hamas murderers who have committed terrible crimes against humanity and against innocent Israeli citizens, including the elderly, women, and children." History "will judge the Canadian government's current move harshly." He is correct.