""...the Canadian ambassador [to Israel] hasn’t picked up a theme [repeated by her Australian and American colleagues]: calling on both sides to minimize civilian casualties.
“That’s a key point that has been missing in almost all of Canada’s official communications on this crisis,” said [University of Ottawa research chair in international security, Roland Paris].
The Canadian government seems to be working against calls for restraint to avoid civilian casualties, he said, “characterizing expressions of concern as moral equivalence” between Israel and Hamas.
...Canadian policy and Israeli policy are now in lockstep. In a conflict where part of the battle is over the narrative, Canada is probably doing what Mr. Netanyahu’s government would like it to do, he said. It’s probably only marginally effective, he believes.""
“That’s a key point that has been missing in almost all of Canada’s official communications on this crisis,” said [University of Ottawa research chair in international security, Roland Paris].
The Canadian government seems to be working against calls for restraint to avoid civilian casualties, he said, “characterizing expressions of concern as moral equivalence” between Israel and Hamas.
...Canadian policy and Israeli policy are now in lockstep. In a conflict where part of the battle is over the narrative, Canada is probably doing what Mr. Netanyahu’s government would like it to do, he said. It’s probably only marginally effective, he believes.""
