Freeland must pay political price for support of Israel

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Freeland must pay political price for support of Israel

[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/01/20/freel ... of-israel/ ]

January 20, 2025 - Yves Engler

EXCERPT: "The disrupters delivered a major blow to Freeland, taking the spotlight away from her message that she was best placed to stand up to Donald Trump. The protesters also drew attention to Canada’s complicity in the horrors in Gaza. They were quoted saying, “you support a genocide”, calling for a two-way arms embargo and complaining that Freeland had repeatedly refused to meet constituents on the subject.

Freeland is deeply anti-Palestinian. Standing next to her at the launch was Israel-first MP Anthony Housefather, who threatened to quit the Liberal Party over its minimal concessions to opponents of genocide. Over the past 16 months Freeland has attended multiple genocide rallies. As Israeli officials ramped up their genocidal rhetoric, Freeland declared that “Canada stands with Israel”. After the International Criminal Court announced it would seek arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister and Defence Minister and Hamas leaders in May Freeland said it was “entirely inappropriate to equate the terrorist leaders of a terrorist organization [Hamas] with the democratically elected leaders of a democracy [Israel].” When I asked Freeland in April if she condemned Israel’s killing of 14,000 Palestinian children she declined to respond.

During three years as foreign affairs minister Freeland promoted the genocidal, apartheid, state. Canada’s voting record at the United Nations during her time as foreign minister was deeply anti-Palestinian. In December 2017, for instance, Canada sided with the US, Israel and some tiny Pacific island states in opposing a UN resolution supporting Palestinian statehood that was backed by 176 nations.

Freeland promoted the expansion of the Canada Israel free trade agreement and largely ignored Israeli violence against Palestinians. But she often expressed outrage when Israelis occupying Palestinian lands were harmed. In December 2018 Freeland tweeted, “horrified by the shooting in the West Bank in which eight people — including a Canadian and his wife — were injured.” . . . "

If the anti-genocide movement were able to contribute meaningfully to derailing Freeland’s bid to become prime minister that would be a significant victory for the Palestinian cause. Freeland deserves to pay a political price for her promotion of an apartheid state that’s committed a holocaust in Gaza."

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WATCH: Chrystia Freeland disrupted for promoting genocide

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeo_y8t_aY ]

January 22, 2025 - 10 minutes

QUOTE: "On Sunday Chrystia Freeland’s Liberal Party leadership launch was disrupted by anti-genocide protesters who successfully captured much of the spotlight. I discussed the action with one of the organizers and how to insert Palestine into the Liberal Party of Canada leadership race."