A principled Canada would protect its Jews
When anti-democratic ideologues are permitted to bully Jewish Canadians, the nation is made vulnerable to broader attacks on core identity
Bias manifests itself in the imposition of a higher standard on Israel than on other countries and granting a free pass to its enemies. Some 3,000 Hamas combatants and Gazan residents invaded Israel and jubilantly murdered, tortured and raped 1,200 victims, including children and infants. Then, they vowed to do it again. Any capable country would take military action to eliminate a similarly emboldened terrorist death cult on its borders.
All civilian deaths are tragic. They are also, unfortunately, a terrible reality of the war in Gaza. However, this is not a new phenomenon, as Canada and its allies fought wars resulting in the death of millions of civilians, many in bombing raids. Israel has kept the ratio of civilians to combatants killed (less than 2:1) to low levels for urban warfare — significantly lower than the 2016 Battle of Mosul, for example. That is especially remarkable since Hamas hides in tunnels and uses civilians as human shields to increase casualties and elicit international sympathy.
