Mr. Prime Minister,
The Conservative Canadian government is today welcoming the Israeli prime minister who just added to his war crimes an unprovoked attack on unarmed humanitarians in international waters. Humanitarians who only sought to provide aid to those suffering from the 3-year illegal siege of Gaza.
The Free Gaza flotilla had over 700 humanitarians from many different nations, including European members of Parliament and a Nobel Laureate and 10 tons of relief goods. In an act of piracy, the ships have been hijacked in international waters.
At least ten people have been killed and many more injured. This was not a confrontation but a massacre. Operation Cast Lead massacred over 1,400 Gazans, primarily civilians. The Israeli army specializes in disproportionate responses and major victories against unarmed or lightly armed people.
This attack cannot hide the fact that Israel is a rogue nation, not a democracy but an apartheid state. It has ignored dozens of UN resolutions, continued to build settlements on Palestinian land and maintains its illegal siege and attacks against Palestinians. Your government, as Israel's best friend and supporter, is complicit in this continuing barbarity.
Netanyhau should be arrested for war crimes, not feted.
Brian Campbell
Vancouver, Canada
