Politic?: Canadian Families Victimized by Hamas/UNRWA

"Though there is no dispute that humanitarian aid is needed and must urgently reach the civilian population in Gaza, the application lays out the arguments of why UNRWA cannot be the agency to fulfill this responsibility and should be disqualified from funding."
"Under Canadian law, funding can only be advanced to organizations that respect Canadian values and international human rights standards."
"Additionally, given UNRWA's well-documented links to Hamas, a terrorist organization under Canadian law, by resuming Canadian funding to UNRWA, the government is in violation of its own anti-terrorism legislation."
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Canada

Israelis protest against UNRWA in Jerusalem on March 20, 2024. Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images

"UNRWA plays a vital role in supporting over four million people in the region, including two million in Gaza, particularly women and children who have been suffering for over six months."
"Global Affairs Canada rigorously scrutinizes all decisions related to humanitarian assistance."
"This includes a comprehensive review of reports, oversight measures, and the effectiveness of aid delivery to align our actions with our values of transparency and accountability."
Pierre Cuguen, spokesperson, Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs Canada, like all government of Canada arms and contacts, uses the Hamas propaganda tactic of referring to Palestinian Gazan 'women and children', as collateral damage related to Israel's military invasion of the Gaza Strip following the terrorist group that represents the 'government' in Gaza having inflicted upon Israeli women and children among others the most barbaric savagery, utterly incomprehensible to normal humans. But citing the plight of 'women and children' never fails to elicit compassion, to the extent that the events of October 7 fall readily into background white noise.

It has been well illustrated and documented that ample humanitarian aid has been organized and has entered Gaza; enough food and medical supplies to supply the daily living needs of Palestinian civilians caught in a conflict their leaders mounted against Israel, and with the full knowledge that the consequences would endanger their own civilian population in Gaza. A 'sacrifice' of Palestinian lives that Hamas has been all too satisfied to offer up, informing its population that their role is one of martyrdom for the Hamas 'cause'.

By and large that civilian population by a wide margin appears to accept their role in the sense that a large percentage of the population continues to support Hamas, and support as well the October 7 death of over a thousand civilians like themselves who, as Jews, had no wish to be martyred, nor did the women and girls deserve to be tortured and mass raped before being murdered. In supporting Hamas it would seem that Palestinians see nothing wrong in taking children and women and the elderly hostage to Gaza -- the wild celebrations at the presence of these hostages testament enough to that.

The countless truckloads of humanitarian supplies entering Gaza, as a lifeline to suffering Palestinian civilians unfortunately is not distributed adequately. Hamas operatives 'take charge' and coordinate distribution by coopting the deliveries and redirecting them in large part to their own operations. A large portion of the food provided by the compassionate West and through the UN's food distribution system can be found in markets in Gaza, available for sale to Palestinians at inflated prices; evidently those in favour with Hamas become part of the 'distribution' system.

Now, far from the Middle East, in Canada, the diaspora as it has been in many other countries, feel the pain of October 7, their intimate family losses and they have in their outrage over the unprincipled actions and determinations of their government -- that of the Liberal 'progressives' led by prime minister Justin Trudeau -- decided to sue over the decision to resume the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East charitable funding. This, despite recognition of UNRWA's role in the October 7 bloodbath in Israel.

The "history and participation with Hamas" of UNRWA has been recognized, proven, and documented. Notice of the lawsuit by Canadian families impacted by the deadly horrors of October 7, alongside the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs has been given public attention. The suit seeks an order to reverse the Canadian government's decision to resume its temporarily 'paused' funding of UNRWA, arguing that Hamas co-locates its terror infrastructure with UNRWA facilities.

That UNRWA schools teach Palestinian children to hate and glory in the death of Jews, and to aspire themselves to become martyrs in the carrying-out of lethal attacks against Jews, has been well proven.

That UNRWA staff took part in the October massacre in southern Israel is also noted in the suit. Through funding of UNRWA, the current government of Canada voluntarily funds terror, and becomes complicit in such sadistic savagery against Israel and its population.

Evidence of UNRWA employees participating in murder and kidnapping on October 7 was readily available and conveyed by CIJA to Global Affairs to ensure they knew what it was they were funding. And that hundreds of UNRWA employees, are members of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups whose mandate is to destroy Israel and murder Jews. Family members of young men and women who were massacred on October 7 are part of the lawsuit. Canada had paused funding for UNRWA following Israel's revelations backed by evidence that United Nations employees took part in the October 7 attacks.

The decision was reversed by the Liberal government to ensure that Canada's pledges for multiple millions would continue to flow to UNRWA. The suit claimants' application states that the decision to resume funding is "unreasonable in light of UNRWA's history and participation with Hamas, a listed terrorist entity pursuant to Criminal Code Section 83.05", accusing the government of failure to comply with a number of statutory duties.