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The Trudeau government will cease future arms exports to Israel even though a motion passed Monday by the House of Commons that called for such action is non-binding, says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.

“It is a real thing,” said Joly, speaking to the Star briefly on the morning after a majority of Liberal MPs and cabinet voted in support of a modified NDP resolution that some Jewish groups say undermines Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas.

The controversial multi-pronged resolution sought to toughen Canada’s stance on the Middle East conflict.

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    8 months ago

    Wait, the papers were just saying the other week they’d been approving shipments of arms to Israel till just recently

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      8 months ago

      Military goods, not arms. Lots of journalists are failing their audiences and equating these 2 when one doesn’t necessarily imply the other.

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        8 months ago

        There’s berm conflicting statements directly attributed to government departments clearly contradicting each other. Who the fuck knows?