Canadian forces are learning from the génocidaires, directly assisting the US/Israeli occupation of Gaza, and will likely help build a colonial Palestinian force. Canadian troops have been taking tips from the Israeli occupation forces. According to a series of reports, Canadian troops participated in IOF seminars this week to learn about its war crimes in Gaza. They reportedly even conducted tours of the Gaza Envelope. The Israeli military said the gathering was to “strengthen cooperation, enhance familiarity with diverse operational approaches, exchange professional knowledge and experience between the participating militaries.” Part of the aim of the training from the Israeli perspective is to have the foreign forces adopt its outlook on the genocide and become “ambassadors” for that country. Asked about it by Alex Cosh of The Maple Friday Defence Minister David McGuinty refused to confirm or deny the Canadian military presence.

Of course, Canadian forces have long had a bevy of ties to their Israeli counterparts. The two countries have a military cooperation agreement, and 29 Canadian troops were dispatched to Israel last year for arms training. After Hamas’ October 7, 2003, attack, Canada’s most elite soldiers were dispatched to Israel, and the Canadian Air Force flew 30 Israeli reservists back into the country. Canadian military intelligence assists Israel through the Five Eyes.

Canadian soldiers are part of the newly constructed colonial facility detailed in the New York Times article “The American-Run Base Planning Gaza’s Future”. While Canadians are part of the US/Israeli operation, the Times reports, “there is no formal Palestinian representation … Palestinian officials have not been included in the coordination center.”

Why do Palestinians need to participate in their own governance when the US/Israel/Canada obviously have their interests at heart?

The US base is part of implementing Donald Trump’s “peace plan”, which has seen Israel kill over 300 Palestinians since the Gaza “ceasefire” began. The U.S.-led “Board of Peace” will control all services and humanitarian aid into and out of Gaza and is to supervise financing and reconstruction of the devastated coastal strip.

On Monday, the UN Security Council effectively endorsed a US colonial protectorate to safeguard Israel’s illegal occupation, which Palestinians overwhelmingly reject. The Security Council resolution also calls for the deployment of a US-led “International Stabilization Force (ISF).”

Canada may participate in the ISF, though most Canadian support will likely go to building the Palestinian security force intended to suppress resistance in Gaza. The US/Israel are seeking to establish a Palestinian force that would weaken or destroy the resistance in Gaza.

Canada has a two-decade-old initiative to train and assist Palestinian Authority security forces to act as the subcontractor of Israel’s occupation. Through Operation Proteus, about 20 Canadian troops and police in the West Bank are part of a mission led by the Office of the United States Security Coordinator. The mission began as an effort to destroy Palestinian unity and support the compliant Palestinian Authority against Hamas.

My campaign’s platform to lead the NDP calls to “End Operation Proteus: a Canadian military program that costs hundreds of millions of dollars in training, equipping and supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA) forces which are used to violently suppress Palestinian opposition and resistance.” A recent Action Network instigated by a volunteer in my leadership campaign calls on Canadian officials to sever all military ties with the lawless, genocidal apartheid state.

Who could disagree with that?

Please email the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to demand that Canada sever all military ties with the lawless, genocidal, apartheid state.

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