Canadians call on political parties to condemn violations in Gaza

To The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, PC, MP, Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable John Baird, PC, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Honourable Thomas Mulcair, PC, MP, Leader of the Official Opposition
Mr Paul Dewar, MP, Official Opposition Critic for Foreign Affairs
Mr Justin Trudeau, MP, Leader of the Liberal Party
Mr Marc Garneau, MP, Foreign Affairs Critic for the Liberal Party

Dear Prime Minister, Minister Baird, Mr Mulcair, Mr Dewar, Mr Trudeau, and Mr Garneau,

We, the undersigned academics, lawyers, and community leaders, are profoundly perturbed by the unbalanced and partisan position adopted by the Canadian Government and federal political parties regarding the current violence in Gaza. While more than 650 Palestinians – 75% civilians, according the United Nations – have been killed in Israel’s latest military operation, official statements have focused exclusively on denouncing Hamas’s rocket strikes (responsible for two fatalities) and uncritically proclaiming Israel’s right to self-defence.

While Hamas’s indiscriminate rocket firings are illegal under international law, Israel is still bound by basic international humanitarian law principles protecting civilians during times of war and prohibiting collective punishment. Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilian life and infrastructure in Gaza violate fundamental norms of international law. As of July 22, the toll of the ongoing offensive (the third major military assault on Gaza in six years) includes:

at least 147 children killed, including four by missile strike while playing soccer on a Gaza beach;
3 504 Palestinians injured (it is uncertain how many are civilians, but the number includes 1 100 children and 1 153 women);
2 655 families whose homes have been destroyed or severely damaged;
117 000 people displaced;
at least 90 schools and 18 health facilities damaged (including the destruction of al-Wafa Hospital, the only rehabilitation hospital in Gaza and the West Bank)
2 million people with no or very limited access to water and sanitation services.

And the toll increases by the hour.

Multiple human rights groups have documented and condemned likely Israeli war crimes in Gaza. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay concluded two weeks ago that “Deeply disturbing reports that many of the civilian casualties, including of children, occurred as a result of strikes on homes . . . raise serious doubt about whether the Israeli strikes have been in accordance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law.” This week, Ms Pillay confirmed: “There seems to be a strong possibility that international law has been violated [by Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip], in a manner that could amount to war crimes.”

Amnesty International’s report observed, “In several cases of [air strikes on civilian homes in Gaza], no evidence has emerged to indicate that the alleged ‘Hamas operatives’ were inside the homes at the time of the attack, that the homes were being used to store munitions, or otherwise being used for military purposes.” According to Philip Luther, Director of Amnesty’s Middle East and North Africa Programme: “Unless the Israeli authorities can provide specific information to show how a home is being used to make an effective contribution to military actions, deliberately attacking civilian homes constitutes a war crime and also amounts to collective punishment against the families.”

Human Rights Watch similarly found that “Israeli air attacks . . . have been targeting apparent civilian structures and killing civilians in violation of the laws of war.”

The disregard for international law conveyed by the Government’s silence on such potentially grave violations committed by Israel discredits Canada domestically and internationally. Moreover, adoption of such a one-sided position subverts Canada’s own official foreign policy goal of achieving a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace settlement” between Israel and Palestine. Rather than maintaining a studious silence in the face of these documented violations of international humanitarian law, a true friend would act responsibly and call Israel to account for those violations.

As a country claiming to champion universal human rights and dignity, Canada’s foreign policy must align with international law, and reflect the equal value of Palestinian and Israeli life. The callous devaluation of Palestinian life communicated by our political leaders does not represent us as Canadians.

Yours sincerely,

Imtenan Abd El Razik, lawyer
Dr Rula Jurdi Abisaab, Associate Professor, McGill University
Dr Tara H Abraham, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph
Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish, Associate Professor of Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Dr Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
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Bill Skidmore, Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa
Susan Gold Smith, Professor Emeritus, University of Windsor
Gemma Smyth, Associate Professor and Academic Clinic Director, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
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Youcef Soufi, PhD Candidate, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto; Jackman Humanities Institute Fellow
Debbie Starzynski, City of Toronto Employment and Social Services
Dr Davia Stasiulis, Professor of Sociology, Carleton University
Dr Jennifer A Stephen, Associate Professor, Department of History, York University
Dr Peter H Stephenson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria
Dr Andrew Stevens, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Regina
Dr Jennifer Selby, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Brett Story, PhD candidate, Department of Geography, University of Toronto
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Dr Kiven Strohm, Assistant Professor and Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Egyptology, The American University in Cairo
Dr Veronica Strong-Boag, Historian and Historical Consultant; Professor Emerita, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice/Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
Dr Tristan Sturm, Assistant Professor of Geography and Director of Critical Border Studies, York University
Dr Dwyer Sullivan, Coordinator of Educators for Justice, Christian Peacemaker teams, St Jerome’s Catholic Campus Ministry
Khaled Sultan, PEng, CFA
Ameena Sultan, Director, Arab Canadian Lawyers’ Association
Dr Donald Swartz, Professor (retired), Carleton University
Itrath Syed, PhD candidate, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
Dr Sumairah Syed, MD, Lecturer, University of Toronto
Dr Vannina Sztainbok, Lecturer, Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Dr Charles Taylor, philosopher
James H Taylor, Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick
Dr Nancy Thede, Professeure, Department de science politique, Universite de Quebec a Montreal
Dr Sunera Thobani, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Jasmine Thomas, PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
Dr Neil Tomlinson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University
Dr Mahdi Tourage, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Social Justice and Peace Studies, King’s University College, University of Western Ontario
Dr Michael Truscello, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Mount Royal University
Dr Steven Tufts, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, York University
Dr Ebru Ustundag, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Dr Emily van der Meulen, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Ryerson University
Dr Karine Vanthuyne, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa
Dr Darrell Varga, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University
John Voorpostel, Chair, World Interfaith Harmony Week Steering Committee Toronto
Dr Rinaldo Walcott, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Dr Christopher Waters, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Dr Laura Westra, Professor Emerita (Philosophy), University of Windsor; Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Law, Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Jurisprudence, University of Milano; Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Jurisprudence, University of Trento
Dr Melissa Williams, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
Dr Janice Williamson, Professor, English and Film Studies, University of Alberta
Sheila Wilmot, Contract Faculty, Ryerson University
Dr James Winter, Professor of Communication, Media an Film, University of Windsor
Rita Wong, writer
Dr Lesley Wood, Professor, Department of Sociology, York University
Dr Renee Worringer, Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle East History, University of Guelph
Dr Sujith Xavier, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
h. Yael, artist; Professor, OCAD University
Dr Donna Young, Assistant Professor of Socio-Cultural Anthropology, University of Toronto
Dr Heather Young-Leslie, Associate Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta
Dr Ali Hassan Zaidi, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies and Co-Coordinator, Muslim Studies Option, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr Anna Zalik, Associate Professor, York University
Yedida Zalik, LLB/MSW, University of Toronto
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Dr Michael Zryd, Associate Professor, York University
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