Category: Middle East
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Canadian Peace Congress denounces the roles of US imperialism, Zionist Israel and the neo-Ottoman Turkish government in the regime change in Syria
On December 8, 2024, the long, and dirty war waged against Syria by Washington’s and its regional henchman Zionist Israel entered a new phase. President Bashar al-Assad left the country after terrorist forces supported by two NATO armies: the USA and Türkiye along with the Zionist state of Israel captured the final Syrian Arab Army positions in…
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No to Aggression Against Lebanon!
The Canadian Peace Congress condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Directed against innocent civilians, civilian infrastructure and political leaders in Lebanon, this escalation is specifically designed to expand the genocide happening in Palestine to its northern neighbour. Today we have learned that Zionist forces have launched a ground invasion into…
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The Economic Basis of Canada’s Support for Israel
What is driving Canada’s support for Israel? Canada’s foreign policy toward Israel and Palestine has a very convoluted history. While the King government supported the 1947 UN plan which partitioned Palestine and created the state of Israel, it also maintained a “none is too many” policy on Jewish migration through the 1940s, which closed the…
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Oppose Israeli Attempts to Provoke a Regional War in West Asia
On April 1, 2024 Israel attacked Iran, bombing its embassy compound in the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing 16 people including seven top military officers. This attack clearly violated diplomatic norms and international treaties, including the Vienna Convention and Article 2.4 of the UN Charter. In addition, the attack on the embassy in Damascus violated…