The Imprisoned Blogger is about human rights and has always stood with those who have had their rights taken away. As we watch the devastation in occupied Palestine, described as the worlds largest open air prison, we have felt the need to speak out to governments and politicians to stop supporting the genocide committed by Israel. The following is a letter we have drafted and sent to Canadain members of parliament and various ministers, including Prime Minister Mark Carney. We are making this letter open and availiable to all who wish to do the same. Please feel free to take this letter in its entirety or to add to your own words, and please consider sending a letter to urge Canada (or any country you live in) to step up and stop these atrocities.
The violence that erupted in October of 2023 in the occupied Palestinian territories has caused death and destruction at a rate that surpasses the world’s deadliest wars in history. Tens of thousands of civilian Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children. These numbers also include medical staff, doctors, nurses, and ambulance drivers. Also, many civil service members were killed; firemen often rushed into bombed buildings to rescue survivors, if they could find any, only to get bombed again by American-made bombs. Teachers, journalists, and even United Nations employees and diplomatic envoys did not escape the onslaught. The genocide committed by the Israeli forces backed by US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Germany, to name a few, is continuing and not showing any signs of stopping.
For years, Israeli forces continued to bomb Palestinian hospitals, clinics, schools, bakeries, and all signs of life in the occupied Palestinian territories. This has not been limited to Gaza; this Israeli criminal conduct is carried out regularly in the occupied West Bank as well.
Canada proclaims itself to be a country of laws. Canada is a signatory to the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, which is designed to prosecute those individuals and organizations involved in such crimes. Canada went further by implementing this into domestic law. There have been people charged in Canada under this section.
It is the opinion of NGOs such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Court of Justice, and a multitude of legal bodies around the world entrusted with looking into and keeping track of such violations, that Israel committed war crimes during the last few months in Gaza. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called on Israel to respect the international rules of war and said he was hastening his investigation into the attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
“In Gaza, there is no justification for doctors to perform operations without light, for children to be operated upon without anaesthetics. Imagine the pain,” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan stated in late 2023. It is now late 2025 and nothing has been done to hold the perpetrators responsible.
These crimes committed by Israel include but are not limited to:
War crimes in the form of murder, extermination, deportation, imprisonment, torture, and persecution. The evidence for these crimes is documented daily by media, international NGOs, and world governments. Many UN council meetings have been held in order to stop them, only to be thwarted by the blood-thirsty US with its veto powers.
Genocide means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, an identifiable group of persons. Many statements been made by a plethora of Israeli officials and from the varying levels of the government, including the disgraced Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring their intent to do this very act. To date, the Israeli mercenaries have been carrying out the Israeli government’s orders.
While writing this letter, I attempted to reference every section and article Israel has violated in this Act. I found myself having to consider whether I should include the whole Act. There isn’t a section of the Act that has not been desecrated.
This brings us to the importance of this letter: If Canada is a country of laws, then all these companies offering financial support to the entity committing these crimes should cease their action. In all honesty, they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Furthermore, many Israelis are dual citizens and some have left Canada to fight alongside the Israeli forces; the very forces committing genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes. Upon return to this country, these mercenaries should be arrested and prosecuted but instrad no such arrest were made thus far. Judging by the high number of Palestinian children murdered at the hands of the Israeli forces, the returning combatants would have most certainly killed children and I would not feel that Canadian streets, schools, and hospitals will be safe with these criminals who bombed such places with impunity.
While Canada and South Africa sit far apart geographically and politically, they share a common vestige. South Africa is well-situated to identify apartheid practices with the world organizations and governments recognizing the ongoing genocide. On December 18, 2023, South Africa moved to warn its citizens who had gone to fight alongside the Israeli forces that they will be prosecuted upon return. South Africa went on to file a case in the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of failing to prevent genocide. An initial ruling came almost unanimously condemning Israeli genocidal practices. Frankly, it gave all the hypocritical nations supporting Israel, like Canada, the US and England, a black eye in the international arena. But it also gave many free people around the world hope that even the worst of offenders can be brought to justice.
It is time for Canada to step up and do the right thing too. For the past few decades, Canada has lost its way on the world stage. It’s time to get back on the right side of history. It is time to do all we can to stop this genocide and bring those who perpetrated it to justice.
Note: it is free to send a letter to the prime minister at this address. The fastest method the government provides is a fax number, which we are also sharing.
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
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