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From: Ismail Zayid
Cc: Alghabra.O@parl.gc.ca ; min.dfaitmaeci@international.gc.ca
; Regan.G@parl.gc.ca ; savage.m@parl.gc.ca ; pm@pm.gc.ca
; Mackay.P@parl.gc.ca ; Layton.J@parl.gc.ca
Sent:
Subject: Well said
The Hon.
Ms. Alexa McDonough, MP.
Dear Ms.
McDonough.
We are
writing to congratulate you on your accurate and principled statement in the
House of Commons criticising the government's boycott and failure
to recognise the Palestinian Unity government. This
policy by the Canadian government, together with US and Israeli governments'
policies was instrumental in bringing about the econmomic and humanitarian crisis among the Palestinian people.
It was orchestrated to bring about a civil war amongst the
Palestinian people, so as to justify the continuing illegal
and oppressive Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories,
that has been allowed to stand for 40 years in defiance of international law
and repeated Security Council resolutions and in violation of virtually
every article of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Thank you
for speaking out about this and the suffering of the Palestinian people, who
are calling for peace with justice. We need a courageous stand from our
political leaders, in upholding international law and the basic principles of
humanity.
Yours
sincerely,
Ismail Zayid, MD,
President,
Statement
by Alexa McDonough:
Mr.
Speaker, tragically, the Palestinian unity government has collapsed. Never in
40 years had a Palestinian political body brought together the views of so many
Palestinians. All major political movements were included.
Instead
of seeing the unity government as a unique opportunity to advance the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the Conservative government shamefully
boycotted, undermining the advocates of compromise, compounding political
divisions within Gaza and the West Bank and increasing the insecurity plaguing
the lives of Palestinians and Israelis.
The
only viable government in
It
is imperative for the Canadian government to provide leadership and push for a
unified, multilateral diplomatic front.
The
current strife and tragic loss of life in