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Canada will abide by all rulings arising from South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), officials at Global Affairs Canada have told CBC News. The clarification comes after days of confusion over statements issued Friday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly in response to South Africa's claim.

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[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The headline of the article is misleading, and I think this person said it best:

Bueckert said the language the federal government chose is "so vague that anyone can project onto it what they want to think."

[-] Oderus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Which means Bitcoin Millhouse will be practicing his attacks using this information.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


I think it's a total failure of communication," said Michael Bueckert of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), which has called on Canada to declare its support for South Africa's case against Israel.

"Canada's unwavering support for international law and the ICJ does not mean we accept the premise of the case brought by South Africa," wrote Joly.

Marceau said he doesn't understand why the federal government took so long to state its position, and why it issued it on a Friday afternoon, when it knew the ICJ hearing was coming well in advance.

The misinterpretation also was repeated in the Washington Post, where columnist Max Boot reported that "the charge of genocide has been rejected not only by the United States but also by Canada, Britain and Germany."

"Canada is siding with Israel in its defence against allegations of genocide, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau breaking the silence over the case heard this week at the United Nations' court ICJ," she tweeted.

"I would have hoped that that the government, as a self-declared friend and ally of Israel, would have clearly come out like Germany and the U.K. did, against the politicization of the ICJ by South Africa," he said.


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[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Marceau said he doesn’t understand why the federal government took so long to state its position, and why it issued it on a Friday afternoon, when it knew the ICJ hearing was coming well in advance.

Because you release news on Friday if you want people to forget about it on Monday.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Glad it's cleared up, but I think the top of the fence poked Trudeau's butt...

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Oh, well said, I'm stealing this.

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