Canada announces sanctions on 11 Hamas leaders for their involvement in the attack on Israel. The gesture is considered redundant as Hamas is already recognized as a terrorist entity by the Canadian government.
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced that Canada was sanctioning 11 Hamas leaders for their participation in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel – a redundant and pointless gesture, since Hamas is considered a terrorist entity by the Canadian government. The ministry’s own acknowledged the superfluous nature of the announcement, noting that members of terrorist organizations are inadmissible to Canada and that their property is subject to forfeiture.
It was a little bit of security theatre by the Canadian government, part of its continuing effort to demonstrate that it cares deeply about Israelis/Gazans/Jews/Muslims/whoever’s turn it is next, even if it was announced four months after the Hamas attack. Indeed, one would think that the time for such wholly symbolic gestures was on Oct. 8, not months later. But the timing was certainly deliberate, considering that on this file, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t so much as shake hands with an imam without running to a synagogue to corner a rabbi to do the same. Days before Ms. Joly’s announcement, Mr
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