Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she’s directed her officials to summon Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed after the “mistreatment of civilians” aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla.
Activists say 11 Canadians were among those detained when Israel’s navy intercepted 41 boats in international waters near Cyprus on Monday.
Anand says video shared by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is “deeply troubling and absolutely unacceptable.”
One video showed the minister walking among activists who were kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs, and another featured Ben-Gvir saying they should be imprisoned for a long time.
Anand notes that Canada already has sanctioned Ben-Gvir for his repeated incitement of violence and that he is banned from travelling to Canada.
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She also says she has not received a response to the summons from the Israeli embassy.
—With files from the Associated Press
What’s with the lieberals supporting terrorists? Go move to the middle east if you love it so much. Stop trying to turn Canada into Canada-stan.
Anand summons Israel envoy over ‘mistreatment’ of Canadians ??? GO STUFF A GIANT IDAHO POTATO IN YOUR MOUTH ANITA
Anand upset because Israel does not treat criminal smugglers like Liberals would in Canada. Boo Hoo.
She probably believes that those cans of rocket fuel really are cans of stove fuel.
Tsk, tsk
Comical… hey Ms Anand, why don’t you spend your time telling Canadians (if they really are Canadians) not to go into a war zone… if you do go, you’re on your own…don’t call Canada, call your Hezbollah and Iranian buddies who paid you!
Jay Anders: They were in international waters. They were headed to Gaza, part of the sovereign country of Palestine. They were bringing food and medicine to the victims of Israeli violence.
Mistreatment? They were attacked by pirates and abducted by Israel.
How about doing something concrete.
Can we summon the LPC for the pains they’ve inflicted on Canadians these past 11 years?
Are they Canadians though? Or are they foreigners who use a Canadian passport as a shield from consequences?
Maybe don’t go into an active war zone and violate the sovereign territory of another nation? Just saying. These kneeling while handcuffed? Yup, they have been legally detained. This is not mistreatment.
I have an idea, why don’t the same activists go into Russia and try to bring aid to the Ukrainian POW’s? Oh I forgot, Russia would either shoot them or arrest them, imprison them and then take years to release them, Israel treats the detainees with kid gloves and will hold them for less than a couple weeks. Keep moving folks, nothing to see here.
Being detained for attempting to illegally breakthrough a blockade is not mistreatment. These political actors are lucky the IDF intercepted them and will once again pay for their business class airfare home as they would not be treated as nicely by Hamas.
“Unacceptable” is putting it mildly! However, by continuing to provide the perpetrators with weapons and lucrative arms deals, Carney and Anand not only accept these crimes, but aid and abet them.
Why can’t people just let Israel kill everyone around them in peace? So what if they have the highest concentration of sexual predators? So what if they use children for target practice? Just sit back silently like a good little human and LEAVE ISRAEL ALONE
Who paid for their trip over there? All i see are a bunch of troublemakers.
Maybe they should’ve listened the first time.
With Iran trying to get weapons into Gaza by any means possible. I can see Israel’s point. This is what International Law says:
The blockade is a lawful security measure against a hostile regime that diverts aid for military purposes (tunnels, rockets) and uses civilians as shields. Hamas’s governance and attacks are the root cause; lifting it without demilitarization would endanger Israelis.
Just let them land in Gaza. When they all get taken hostage nobody risk any lives trying to save them. Nobody will have to save the gay or Trans people, Hamas will take care of them as soon as the boat touches the dock.