Israel, Palestine and Canadian Foreign Policy

Why did Canada abstain on an emergency resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities” in Gaza? Mattea Roach, Emilie Nicolas, Ethan Cox & Murtaza Hussain will break down the past 3 weeks' worth of news in the backdrop of decades of context, and get granular about Canada's response to it all. 

Host: Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor/Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guests: Emilie Nicolas, Ethan Cox, Murtaza Hussain

Background reading:

• Canada-Israel relations
• Canada-West Bank-the Gaza Strip relations
• Who governs the West Bank? Understanding Palestinian political leadership - NPR
• What is the Gaza Strip? - NPR
• A Canadian Politician Has Been Sacked for Calling for a Cease-Fire in Palestine - Jacobin
• Canada’s Rejection of Amnesty’s Apartheid Report Not Based on Specific Evidence, according to ATIP request - CJPME
• Conservative MP Tim Uppal sorry for role in 'divisiveness' of Harper-era policies - CTV News
• The Baffling Politics of Stephen Harper and Israel - Al Jazeera
• Trudeau says UN vote not a shift in Canada's 'steadfast' support of Israel - CBC News

Sponsors: Rotman, Douglas 

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