Gaza must be restored

[Oscar]

Gaza must be restored

[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... -end-goals ]

February 20, 2025 - Ed Lehman (Lehman writes on behalf of the Regina Peace Council)

EXCERPT: "U.S. President Donald Trump has announced U.S. plans to “take” and “hold” Gaza, while forcibly removing its civilian population in blatant violation of international law. [ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e-building ] . . . .

It should be welcomed that several ministers of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government have publicly countered Trump’s outrageous threats to annex the coastal enclave and to ethnically cleanse the Gazans. Trump has no right to annex Palestine as he has no right to annex Canada.

We demand that Canada do more: immediately recognize the Palestinian state; impose a robust arms embargo on Canada’s two-way arms trade with Israel; expedite the family reunification program for Gazans with family in Canada; restore the provision of aid to Gazans through UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency); prohibit Canadians from serving in the Israeli Defence Force; investigate Canadians in the IDF for war crimes; remove the charitable status of all organizations in Canada who raise funds for entities in Israel which supported the Israeli Defence Force; and help rebuild Gaza. . . . ."

Ed Lehman Regina
(Lehman writes on behalf of the Regina Peace Council.)