Canada's Shamelessness Knows No Bounds
Joint Statement on Occupied Palestinian Territories Devoid of Responsibility, Accountability or Action
Global Affairs Canada on July 21 posted the text of a Joint Statement it signed with other foreign ministers of what it calls 26 partners, many of whom are entirely responsible for the crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity the U.S. and Zionist Israel are carrying out against the Palestinian people.[1][2] At a time the people of Gaza, after all they have suffered, are being starved to death and shot in cold blood for seeking food, the statement claims to be a "simple, urgent message" that "the war in Gaza must end now." It is shameless and has been denounced as such worldwide.
The signatories to this statement include countries which, like Canada, have armed and supported the illegal Israeli occupation and siege of the occupied Palestinian territories since Israel's founding. In the current genocide being carried out by the U.S. and Zionist forces and the odious crimes they are committing against humanity, these countries have refused to fulfill their obligations under international law in defiance of the ruling of the International Court of Justice. They continue to enable illegal Israeli settlements and occupation, and provide diplomatic support for U.S./Israeli crimes against humanity and negation of the Palestinian people's sovereign right to be.
They posture that their Joint Statement is a "simple" plea. Their calling it a "war" denies it is a genocide for which they accept no responsibility or accountability and they take no immediate action to put an end to these crimes against humanity by Israel, the U.S. and the Genocide 7. Why not join the Hague Group in acting to prevent any shipments of arms and military-related material? Failure to do so shows how empty and meaningless the plea is.
It is utterly condemnable to call "on all parties to protect civilians and uphold the obligations of international humanitarian law" as they do in the statement as if there is an equivalence between the Resistance and the forces committing genocide, massacring women and children, destroying hospitals and schools, starving an entire population while sabotaging all attempts to establish peace.
With the U.S. as its indispensable leader, Canada attempts to divert attention from the fact that they themselves are the principle violators and wreckers of international law. Their lack of even a shred of humanity has been on display particularly these last 22 months of genocide against the Palestinian nation and people.
Their hypocrisy was immediately condemned worldwide, especially by the Resistance forces in Palestine and the Middle East.
Al
Mayadeen wrote: "Many of the signatories have: opposed
ceasefire resolutions at the United Nations; continued weapons
sales to
'Israel'; deflected accountability by smearing critics as
antisemitic;
[and] backed 'Israel's' so-called right to self-defence even as
entire
neighbourhoods
were flattened." It said the expressions
of concern in the Joint Statement "ring hollow for many
Palestinians
and their allies, who have long warned of this unfolding
catastrophe
while Western powers turned a blind eye."
Most telling, Al Mayadeen
said, is the
statement's rejection of forced displacement plans, asserting
that
"proposals to move the Palestinian population into a
'humanitarian
city' are completely unacceptable" and violate international
law. Yet
many of these same states offered no resistance when
'Israel' first floated such ideas or when over 2 million
Palestinians
were pushed from their homes in southern Gaza under the guise of
evacuation."
Al Mayadeen concludes it is
countries such as Algeria, Bolivia, South Africa and Malaysia
"that
have consistently championed Palestinian rights
while Western allies stonewalled or equivocated."[3]
In a statement issued on July 22, the leader of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said, "It is not enough for 25 countries to call for a halt to the war against Gaza. Statements and condemnations do not absolve them of responsibility. What is needed is action, measures to end the massacres and crimes by imposing sanctions on the Israeli entity, isolating it, prosecuting it, and halting all forms of engagement."
Sheikh Naim Qassem also denounced the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Gaza, describing its "excessive savagery, genocide, and starvation" as having "exceeded all human and moral standards." He portrayed the humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Palestinian territory as a "mass killing of the starved," accusing international leaders and institutions of complicity through their inaction.[4]
Notes
1. "Joint statement on behalf of 26 partners on the Occupied Palestinian Territories," Global Affairs Canada, July 21, 2025. To read full statement, click here.
2. The foreign ministers of the following countries signed the Joint Statement: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finlnd, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, along with the European Union Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management.
3. "After months of backing war crimes, West demands end to Gaza genocide," Al Mayadeen, July 21, 2025.
4. "Hezbollah chief slams global silence on Gaza, calls for boycott of Israel," Press TV, July 22, 2025.
This article was published in
Volume 55
Number 21 - August 3, 2025
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