When we pray for peace, let that peace be for a safe and secure Israel as well as for Palestinians
Justin Trudeau has been stalwart in supporting Israel during the current crisis, despite divisions within the Prime Minister’s Liberal caucus. Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are unequivocally pro-Israel. The NDP, though more ambiguous in its position, also condemned the horrific attacks by Hamas of Oct. 7.
“Overton window” is a term used to describe the range of permissible discourse on a given subject. On the question of Israelis, Palestinians and the future of both peoples, that window in Canada has traditionally been narrow: Most Canadians support a two-state solution that would see Israel and a Palestinian state co-existing peacefully.
This is largely true for leaders of the federal Liberal Party as well. In the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks, Mr. Trudeauurging Canada to support a ceasefire in Gaza, which would leave Hamas effectively unpunished. Mr. Trudeau, while not calling for that ceasefire, does support humanitarian pauses to aid Gazan civilians. Canadaon a vote in the United Nations urging a ceasefire, after trying but failing to have the resolution amended to include a condemnation of Hamas.
Canadian political parties often tailor their foreign policy to court votes at home. There are about 335,000 Canadians who identified as Jewish in the, a number that has changed little over the years. Canada’s Arabic population numbers 690,000 or about 2 per cent of the population, twice that of Canada’s Jews. That population has grown by 171,000 in five years. Political parties may start to tailor their position on the Middle East to reflect this demographic reality.
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