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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Demands for Canada to stop supplying weapons to Israel grow louder

Smoke billows after an Israeli attack on a house in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on December 9, 2023 [File: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

Montreal, Canada – Human rights advocates are accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel, which have come under greater scrutiny amid the deadly Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

At issue is legislation that prohibits the government from exporting military equipment to foreign actors if there is a risk it can be used in human rights abuses.

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