JSpaceCanada welcomes today’s announcement from the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, of a third round of sanctions on four individuals and two entities for their role in facilitating, supporting, or financially contributing to acts of violence against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied West Bank.
JSpaceCanada Executive Director, Maytal Kowalski said, “We welcome this announcement, as we have been advocating and will continue to advocate for sanctions on settlers and entities that commit acts of violence in the occupied West Bank. As friends and supporters of Israel, we recognize that the violent nature of the settlement enterprise risks prospects for a two-state solution, violates the rights of Palestinians, and contributes to overall insecurity in the region.
“We thank the minister and the Liberal government for listening to the voices of Canadian Jews who wish to see an end to bloodshed and violence in the region, and ask the government to continue imposing such sanctions, including on Israeli politicians and government officials who continue to implement a plan of annexation of the occupied West Bank.” added Kowalski.
We continue to emphasize, now more than ever, that a political, not military solution is needed to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and ask the Canadian government to be an active ally to both parties in working toward a two-state solution.