The joint letter has 375 signatures, including from former Canadian ambassadors, lawyers and activists
A group of prominent former politicians and current academics is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to change his tone on the possibility of arrest warrants for senior Israel i leaders.
Former foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy and former attorney general Allan Rock are among dozens who say Trudeau’s comments undermine his stated support for the court. Trudeau didn’t comment on the request itself but instead raised concerns about what he called “an equivalency between the democratically elected leaders of Israel and the bloodthirsty terrorists.”
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