“Our families are appalled and sickened by the decision of the Canadian government to reinstate funding to UNRWA given its ties and support of the terrorism that took our loved ones’ lives.” – Joint statement from Dikla Mizrachi, Iris Liniado (née Weinstein Haggai), Jacqui Vital, and Raquel Ohnona
Along with CIJA, Families of Canadian victims of Hamas’s terror attack against Israel are suing the Liberal government for restoring funding to UNRWA.
In a statement, Lawrence Greenspon, Senior Partner, Greenspon Granger Hill, explained why this action is being taken:
“The Canadian families who are bravely taking the Government of Canada to court over this decision are doing so because they understand firsthand the consequences of allowing UNRWA to benefit from Canadian support – whether the issue pertains to their staff’s direct participation in the October 7 attacks or their teachers indoctrinating Palestinian children to extremist hate by glorifying terrorism, praising Hamas, and advocating for the killing of Jews. These families have suffered, and are suffering, tremendously from the loss of loved ones killed by Hamas’ terrorism, which has been fueled by funds that were forwarded to UNRWA.
“UNRWA’s ties to Hamas have long been known and ignored, allowing them to operate with impunity. However, in a post-October-7 world, to deny reality or to continue to remain silent in the face of these facts is complicity. Canada should never have restored funding; to do so was tantamount to giving them permission to continue as a proxy for Hamas.”
This is an important move.
By restoring funding to Hamas-linked UNRWA, the Liberals are making Canadians complicit in Hamas’ genocidal actions.
Thus, all true Canadians who believe in freedom, democracy, and human rights should support the legal action being taken by CIJA & the families of Hamas victims.
Canada must return to the days when we had a strong and principled foreign policy, not the pro-terrorism policy being advocated by Trudeau and his ilk.
Spencer Fernando
