Canada has a legal duty to take steps to prevent genocide – yet their relationship to Israel may compromise their obligations to the Genocide Convention. What will it take for Canada to pivot on its special relationship with Israel? And might Canada be complicit in genocide?

Host:  Mattea Roach

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

Guests: Amanda Ghahremani, Farida Deif, Mark Kersten

Background reading:

• Ratification of the Genocide Convention
• Statement by Minister Joly on South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice 
• Ruling by UN’s top court means Canada and the U.S. could be complicit in Gaza genocide from The Conversation
• Claims that Israel is imposing ‘apartheid’ on Palestinians put new pressure on Trudeau Liberals from CBC News. 
• South Africa’s legal effort to declare Israel’s actions ‘genocidal in character’ poses dilemma for Canada from The Globe and Mail.
• Canada Settles $2 Billion Suit Over ‘Cultural Genocide’ at Residential Schools from The New York Times.
• Canada should halt weapons shipments to Israel, arms control advocate says from The Globe and Mail.
• International law, not history, holds the promise of protecting life in Gaza from the Toronto Star.

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