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e-4940 (Foreign affairs)
- Keywords
- Economic sanctions
- Foreign policy
- International conflict and international conflict resolution
- Israel
- Palestine
E-petition
Initiated by Jane Daly from Brampton, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Human rights and international legal advocates allege Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity against innocent Palestinian civilians since October 2023;
- Israel continues to receive military and diplomatic support from Western governments, including Canada; and
- The Canadian government has not taken sufficient steps to encourage Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire and an end to the decades-long occupation of Palestinian civilians.
We, the undersigned, concerned citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Impose immediate sanctions on the government of Israel until a permanent ceasefire has been agreed to;
2. Impose immediate sanctions on the government of Israel until all Israeli hostages and Palestinian political prisoners have been returned home safe and unharmed;
3. Impose immediate sanctions on the government of Israel until Israel agrees to lift its siege on Gaza and the West Bank, and ends its illegal decades-long occupation of the Palestinian people, so that the rights of all Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and without threat of violence can be respected; and
4. Acknowledge the generational trauma caused by decades of occupation of Palestinian territories, and condemn ongoing human rights abuses and violations of international law.
- Open for signature
- May 8, 2024, at 3:08 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 7, 2024, at 3:08 p.m. (EDT)
