Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney after appearing to have verified the claims of anti-Israeli protesters that there is a “genocide” in Gaza.
“Canada has always been on the side of civilization, too, Mr. Carney. But instead of supporting democracy, which is fighting a fair war with Hamas bars, he attacks the only Jewish nation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s reaction to anti-Israel agitators at the rally. (router)
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Kearney was attending a rally in Calgary, Alberta. When someone in the crowd cried out, “Mr. Carney, there’s genocide happening in Palestine!”
In response, Kearney thanked the protesters and said, “We have an arms embargo because I know.” The crowd began to chant his name.
The response sparked a stir between Israel and Canadian Jewish organizations such as the Centre for Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and challenged Carney’s comments. Cija also criticised Canada’s weapons restrictions against Israel, calling them “dangerous.”
“It’s outrageous to see politicians fuel anti-Semitism through false narratives of demonization,” Cija tweeted. “There is no genocide in Gaza, and it’s wrong to argue that it’s not.”
Palestinians will walk through the destruction caused by Israeli Air and ground attacks in Jabaria refugee camps in the northern Gaza Strip on a rainy day on February 12, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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Mayor Hampstead Jeremy Levy, a member of the Canadian Conservative Party, also denounced Carney’s comments and called them “disgraced betrayal of moral clarity.”
“By siding alongside Heckler and supporting false and defamatory claims of ‘genocide’ in Israel, he has shown he is not worthy of leadership or respect. ”
When asked to clarify his comments, Carney insisted that he had not heard the protesters say the word “genocide.”
“It’s loud. If you’re there, you’ve heard fragments of what people say, you’ve heard Gaza and my point was knowing the situation in Gaza,” he said.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will hold a liberal campaign rally in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on April 8, 2025. (Reuters/Todd Colol)
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Canada began suspending arms sales to Israel in January 2024. A few months later, in September 2024, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie said he had suspended permissions for several companies over a US plan to sell Canadian-made ammunition to Israel. She said Canada “will not send any arms or parts of their arms to Gaza.”
