- Introductory Statement
- *Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), and the Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem and Yesh Din have all stated that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid, * Israel’s policies such as forced evictions, home demolitions, and separation of Palestinian families across all territories under its control amount to apartheid. *The Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in OPT stated that the political system of entrenched rule in the occupied Palestinian territory satisfied the prevailing evidentiary standard for the existence of apartheid. *Israel is committing gross human rights atrocities against the Palestinian civilians of Gaza.
- Emergency Motion Statement
- Be it resolved that this proposal will be decided by the general meeting of 2024 and not be postponed to a policy development process. Be it resolved that the Green Party of Canada hereby acknowledges and declares Israel to be an apartheid state and calls on Israel to end its gross human rights atrocities against the people of Palestine. And Be it resolved that the Green Party of Canada endorses the findings of the International Court of Justice with respect to charges of genocide brought against Israel by South Africa. And be it further resolved that the Green Party of Canada supports the restoration of full funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) that was cut by Canada and other nations January 26, 2024. Submitter: Constantine Kritsonis
- Type of Emergency Motion
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Benefit
- There is a benefit to social justice for Palestinians when greens join the international chorus calling for support of Palestinian human rights.
- Who does this motion impact?
- Palestinians, Israelis, global greens and all progressive organizations that will be encouraged.
- Impact on exisiting GPC policy.
- New policy.
- Green Values
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Non-ViolenceSocial Justice
- Supporting Evidence
- The catastrophic situation in Gaza has been published and the long history of Palestinian suffering caused by Israel apartheid is well establlished.
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
This proposal has been accepted because:
75% voted in favour of adopting this motion.
83.8% voted in favor of adopting this motion in the post-GM all member (ratification) vote. This motion is now official GPC policy and will be added to the Membership Approved Policy – Green Book.
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The Trudeau government cut off UNRWA on January 26 — the same day the ICJ found there were grounds to proceed with a genocide trial against Israel.
In response to South Africa's allegation that Israel was using starvation as a weapon against Gaza's civilian population, the court ordered that "the State of Israel shall take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to address the adverse conditions of life faced by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."
That ruling is binding on all countries that signed the Genocide Convention, including Canada.
Israel said it would provide intelligence to back up its allegation against UNRWA but has yet to do so. The funding suspension has continued and hundreds of thousands of Gazans have fallen into severe hunger.
Oliphant said on the call that, even if the Israeli allegation is true, he doesn't agree with the Trudeau government's response.
"You don't stop aid to Gaza because of 12 or 13 employees out of 13,000. It drives me crazy," he said. "It is opportunistic, it is unfair, and it is maligning the operation of a UN organization that is doing, not perfect work — there's no organization that's made of human beings that's perfect, UNRWA has its faults. But it is the best we have for education, for medical care, for food, all of those things."
"We have half a million people at starvation levels. We're going to have cholera. We're going to have all kinds of things in Gaza. We need an immediate ceasefire."
"We can't have 200 trucks a day. We need 800 trucks a day. We need more entry points. We need water access from the Mediterranean. And we need to push on those points. But we also need UNRWA, which is the only body that has the infrastructure to deliver the aid." https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rob-oliphant-gaza-israel-joly-hamas-unrwa-1.7115468
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