“The violence that Israel has unleashed against Palestinians since October 7 does not arise out of nowhere, but is part of an intentionally orchestrated campaign at the state level to systematically provoke forced displacement and long-term replacement of the Palestinians, writes in her report Me Francesca Albanese. This trajectory risks causing irreparable harm to the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine.”
“Genocidal acts [d’Israël] have multiplied. The almost year-long scorched-earth assault has led to the calculated destruction of Gaza: the human, material and environmental cost is immeasurable.
Me Francesca Albanese’s intervention took place while thousands of kilometers away, IDF military operations are intensifying in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the detriment of Palestinian civilian lives.
She thus deplored a situation in the Gaza Strip which “is now metastasizing in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem”.
The event organized by the League of Rights and Freedoms (LDL) and the Quebec Coalition URGENCE Palestine, also had the objective of questioning the Canadian and Quebec governments regarding their position with regard to the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu.
“Canada is complicit in the genocide perpetrated by Israel, notably through its positioning as an unwavering ally of Israel, and through its calls for a ceasefire without instituting economic sanctions and without a complete and immediate arms embargo to Israel,” declared the spokesperson for the Quebec URGENCE Palestine Coalition.
He also mentioned the Quebec government’s failure “to fulfill its international obligations by opening an office in Tel Aviv in such an appalling context.”
Me Francesca Albanese also took the opportunity to ask States, including Canada, to respect their “obligations with regard to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”.
“The silence or, worse, the justification of a small but influential number of states has continued to enable and fuel the arrogance that underlies Israeli conduct as we speak,” he said. declared Me Francesca Albanese. It is extremely disturbing to see Member States [de l’ONU] pontificating, questioning and obscuring the meaning of international law, and dehumanizing the victims of the last twelve months.”
