The Department of National Defence is refusing to answer questions about the scheduled training sessions.

  • asg101@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Cooperation and support of nations engaging in genocide is a war crime itself. Canada needs to respect international law and fulfill its obligations under the UN Convention on Genocide.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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      The weapons were purchased before any ICJ rulings or UN decisions had been made against Isreal. I’m a huge proponent of divesting entirely and I strongly believe that going forward the world needs to isolate Isreal the way we did apartheid South Africa, but I’m not sure how the CAF was supposed to respect rulings of international courts that hadn’t yet been made or even considered when these purchasing decisions were made. The case hadn’t even been brought before the ICJ when we inked the deal.