Western Standard - December 14, 2023


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In the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at the United Nation's Security Council, the reaction from the Jewish community in Canada has been immediate and varied. What does it mean for the future of the peace process and the relationship between Canada and Israel?

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00:00:00.000 Australia, Canada, and New Zealand had brokered this deal where they were going to, you know,
00:00:06.000 go plan for a ceasefire, ask for a ceasefire in Gaza. And they went to a vote at the United
00:00:12.480 Nations and it passed, 153 to nothing, with Canada supporting it, including, you know,
00:00:19.680 such luminaries as Russia and Syria. And the United States didn't vote, a whole bunch of
00:00:28.000 countries, I think 26 countries, abstained. So, but that, it caused outrage because,
00:00:34.400 you know, I think right-minded people think that, you know, it's not Israel's,
00:00:40.960 you know, it's Hamas caused this, right? If they want to, if they want to get a ceasefire, 0.92
00:00:46.480 then surrender, release all the hostages, lay down your arms. But they didn't do that. So
00:00:52.000 Marc Cassino, the minister, what's the name again, sorry?
00:00:58.400 Mendochino.
00:00:58.720 Mendochino, right.
00:00:59.280 Marco Mendochino.
00:01:00.080 Mendochino.
00:01:00.160 Mendochino. The former Minister of Laws. He, within an hour, he, he was tweeting that he disagreed with,
00:01:06.080 with Trudeau. And, and another liberal by the name of, it was a horse feather.
00:01:11.440 I'm sorry, sorry. Also disagreeing. So it's, it's, you know, the first time you're seeing open,
00:01:19.120 an open tear a little bit in the, in the concern, in the Tory, sorry, in the liberal ranks. So it's
00:01:26.400 a very controversial position. Melanie Jolie said, yeah, the Jews are going to be upset. Well, no, no,
00:01:36.560 yeah, right. Yes, they are. I was going to say no shit, Sherlock, but I don't want to get bleeped.
00:01:42.000 But yes, Jewish organizations are outraged. So, you know, on, on Tuesday, Trudeau stood with
00:01:50.640 hostages families and, and, you know, gave his support to the Israelis. And then the next day,
00:01:56.560 he stabs them in the back at the UN. So it's interesting that, you know, there's all sorts
00:02:03.760 of speculation that, you know, the, the Muslim population in Canada is now much greater than
00:02:08.880 the Israeli population. And he's pandering to where the votes are.
00:02:13.840 Well, that's it. And something that I've seen some others point out was Mendicino's
00:02:18.160 constituency, 18% of the population there is Jewish, which is pretty high for any constituency
00:02:22.640 in Canada, actually. So perhaps there's some political motive there. But Anthony Housefather
00:02:27.840 is Jewish himself, and he's been very outspoken throughout this, this whole thing, but
00:02:31.840 aside from Jewish people. I mean, the, the, the odiousness of this, I mean, Israel did cooperate 1.00
00:02:37.120 in one ceasefire, and they did exchange, I mean, 150 terrorists, they gave back to get, you know,
00:02:43.280 a much smaller amount of their own citizens who'd been taken hostage. They looked to extend it,
00:02:49.120 but Hamas refused to give any more hostages back. And then Hamas started launching rockets.
00:02:54.560 Yes, Hamas broke the ceasefire.
00:02:56.480 Yeah, but Israel catches the crap. And I think it's not just Jews, just Canadians 0.99
00:03:00.720 in general get sick and tired of this victim blaming, because that's what this is.
00:03:04.160 Mm-hmm.
00:03:06.000 No, I mean, in Trudeau's statement, he had, Trudeau had a long conversation with Israeli
00:03:14.000 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And he came out, and he spoke to the, you know,
00:03:19.840 the press corps there in Ottawa. He said, well, what did you say? And he said a lot of things,
00:03:24.880 but among them was that Canada was committed to a two-state solution. Well, good for Canada.
00:03:36.000 Israel would be okay with a two-state solution, but Hamas is not. They do not want a two-state solution. 0.89
00:03:46.240 They want a single state, with them being it, and with every Jew expelled from the, from the, 0.99
00:03:55.760 from that geographical area. They have been uncompromising on that. It's in the charter that
00:04:01.600 governs Hamas. The destruction of this Zionist entity is the, is the goal. And so, Mr. Trudeau takes us 0.90
00:04:11.200 for fools, again, by suggesting that there is a position that reasonable people could, could meet,
00:04:19.920 when in fact, there isn't, because we're not dealing with people who are reasonable and looking
00:04:25.920 for a compromise.