A group of five Liberal MPs and the NDP Parliamentary NDP plan to spend three days in Israel and the West Bank, during Ottawa’s disagreements with Prime Minister Notamamine’s government.
“I think the presence helps; It will calm the situation because when you are around the world, the local actors will be on their best behavior, or better,” said the MP on board the Pierreefonds-Dollard site, speaking to CBC news before leaving.
The MPs intend to meet with civil society groups, Palestinian refugees and internally displaced people, as well as officials from the Canadian and Palestinian governments (PA). They will speak to members of parliament in Jordan on Monday before crossing into Israel the next morning.
This trip comes about three months after the Canadian government officially recognized the state of Palestine, before the United Nations General Assembly (can be) in New York, a symbolic act and symbolic Israel.
“Israel will not allow you to drive fear and undermine our terms,” Netanyahu told the UNGA a week after Canada’s announcement, and criticized other western countries that had been chosen for recognition, such as France and the United Kingdom.
Canada, along with other countries, has said that Hamas cannot play a role in governing a Palestinian state.
At the same UN event, Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, the body that was in charge of the West Bank, criticized Israel’s actions both there and in Gaza “and reiterated the role of the future administration in Gaza.
Muslim sponsored non-profit travel
As the previous provision of Independent MPS and NDP in early 2024this group participates in a movement sponsored by the registered vote of registered Muslims, Canadian Muslims.
The only NDP MP on the trip, Jenny Kwan, who represents Vancouver East, said there was some concern about gaining access to Israel.
The group’s trip also includes a trip to Israel’s West Bank, which is controlled by the PA.
While there, they intend to meet with Palestinian families who ran them and settlers, as well as PA officials to talk about forms of democracy and building institutions.
Kwan said he expected there would be obstacles at any stage of the journey, given Israel’s controlled access to Swat.
“Any encounter, anything can happen,” he said.
“The organizers told me about this, if someone among us runs into trouble in relation to that, we as a group will come together and act together.
“If one person is banned from entry for example, they advise that that will mean the group will not start that part of the journey.”
Zuberi said he was not interested in access, pointing out that they are traveling as members of the Canadian Parliament.
He said there needs to be pressure on plusting and peace.
“We need to focus on the fact that all people deserve to live in peace and security, regardless of their background.”
Extension of stay allowed before arrival of MPS’
Last Wednesday, the Israeli government stopped the construction of another 764 homes in the West Bank in settlements, especially those deemed illegal under international law.
Minister of Finance Belizel Smotrich, One of the two members of the Israeli cabinet that Canada agreed Earlier this year, the so-called increase “clear, strategies to move to strengthen capital and ensure the continuity of life, safety and growth.”
Both Zuberi and Kwan said they consider it important to meet with Palestinians who are facing the violence of the occupation, something The previous group visited the west bank, too.
Although the region has not seen as high as Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, the United Nations estimated in mid-October of this year that the Palestinian people were killed in that field Since the beginning of the war two years agobe it the residents of the directions or the Israeli forces. The UN has And recently a noteD Its concern is about 100 hectares of Palestinian land that was reportedly taken to create a planned new road, and it said that more than 1,000 Palestinians have been displaced from the West Bank this year alone.
In a statement, Globar Affication Canada spokesperson, John Babcock told CBC News the Canadian government is aware of the team’s travel plans, and has been in contact with the team.
Babcock Repred CBC News in Canada’s Advisory on the region, which recommends avoiding too much travel in the West Bank, revealed “the changing security situation.” It is also recommended to avoid non-essential travel in Jerusalem.
The NDP also wants information on the immigration plan, a response from the PMB
Kwan said he also hopes to gather information from local people and Canadian officials about hiccups in special herds raised in studies and shipping facilities that will block parts of the United States.
His goal is to close what he calls the ‘hoophole’ that allows those parts to go to Israel.
With the NDP currently holding only seven seats in the House of Commons, this Bill has no chance of passage unless it receives support from more than 160 MPs from various political parties. KWAN got a power boost among four officials, a rare display of bipartisan cooperation since Prime Minister Carney Carney took the helm of the liberal party.
Canada was among four international volunteers who were beaten and had their passports stolen during the attack in the West Bank. The activists were part of a group that tried to help the Palestinians when it emerged from the violence of the occupation.
Two of them, Al Soud, for the Mississauga Center, and Aslam Rana, representing the Hamilton Center, are also on this trip.
The last two members of Prepals Iqra Khalid of Mississauga-Erin Mills in Ontario and Gurshx Saini of Fleetwood-port kells in BC
The government has said that it will not be able to support this bill, given how it will not come out with an initiative with partners in terms of licensing, transparency and the use of due diligence.
The Envinn Conservatives said they could not support the legislation, criticizing how it would harm Canada’s defense industry. And Bloc Quéécocis said they need to continue reading the bill.
