Israel, Palestine and Canadian Foreign Policy

The Backbench

Why did Canada abstain on an emergency resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities” in Gaza? Mattea Roach, Emilie Nicolas, Ethan Cox & Murtaza Hussain will break down the past 3 weeks' worth of news in the backdrop of decades of context, and get granular about Canada's response to it all.

Host: Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor/Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guests: Emilie Nicolas, Ethan Cox, Murtaza Hussain

Background reading:

• Canada-Israel relations
• Canada-West Bank-the Gaza Strip relations
• Who governs the West Bank? Understanding Palestinian political leadership - NPR
• What is the Gaza Strip? - NPR
• A Canadian Politician Has Been Sacked for Calling for a Cease-Fire in Palestine - Jacobin
• Canada’s Rejection of Amnesty’s Apartheid Report Not Based on Specific Evidence, according to ATIP request - CJPME
• Conservative MP Tim Uppal sorry for role in 'divisiveness' of Harper-era policies - CTV News
• The Baffling Politics of Stephen Harper and Israel - Al Jazeera
• Trudeau says UN vote not a shift in Canada's 'steadfast' support of Israel - CBC News

Sponsors: Rotman, Douglas

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