An Israel-Hamas conflict ceasefire ‘can’t be one-sided:’ Trudeau
Global News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's stance on Israel has been consistent since the start of the conflict and calls for a ceasefire cannot be "one-sided."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canada’s support for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict doesn’t mean the country’s position on Israel has changed.
“We were among the first countries to call for humanitarian pauses, and we’re now calling, like much of the rest of the world, for work towards a ceasefire,” Trudeau said in a year-end interview airing in full on The West Block on Christmas Eve at 11 a.m. Eastern.
“But a ceasefire that can’t be one-sided, a ceasefire that continues to recognize that Israel has the right to defend itself, that Hamas must lay down its arms, release hostages, not use humans as shields, and understand that there is no future for Hamas in the governance of Gaza, particularly as we move towards a two-state solution where you have a peaceful, secure Israel alongside a peaceful, secure, viable Palestinian state without Hamas in charge.”
In his interview with Global News Ottawa bureau chief Mercedes Stephenson, Trudeau said that this has been Canada’s position since the beginning of the conflict.
Earlier this month, Israel’s ambassador to Canada told Global News he was “deeply disappointed” in Canada joining calls for a ceasefire.
“Calling for a ceasefire in a situation that Israel is forced into a war actually does not strengthen us. And as I said, it emboldens the terrorists and gives them a sense that Israel is isolated politically,” Ambassador Iddo Moed said in an interview after a United Nations General Assembly vote on Dec. 12.
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