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ER Editor: Very interesting. Why Canada? Does it have an unusual number of dual nationals? Are other countries doing the same?
We issue a warning for this very biased (as you would expect) stance of the Jerusalem Post. It is linked to in the first paragraph below, but this JP article makes it clear that it is IDF members with Canadian citizenship who have been under investigation for war crimes, which JP regards as a ‘betrayal’ by Canada:
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), with the backing of Canada’s Department of Justice, has now opened a “structural investigation” — a designation typically reserved for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity — into Israeli-Canadian reservists who served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the war in Gaza. They are targeting IDF lone soldiers.
Reporting is based on this Toronto Star report from yesterday —
RCMP says probe of Israel-Hamas conflict is not a ‘criminal investigation’
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A reminder that you can only write the kind of stuff JP does, or Canada’s B’nai Brith, if you ignore decades of atrocities against the Palestinians, as well as more recent, highly publicized events, and the fact that Hamas is a creation and tool of Israel. The Israeli-Zionist blindness sometimes beggars belief.
From Canada’s CJPME organization, the other side of the fence, we have this —
Tell Minister Virani: Investigate Canadians in the Israeli military!
This 2021 piece by Canada’s Yves Engler suggests that fighting in Israel’s military is illegal if you are Canadian —
Challenging illegal Israeli military recruitment in Canada
It is a crime to recruit anyone for a foreign military or to encourage any person to serve in a foreign military. The Foreign Enlistment Act states, “Any person who, within Canada, recruits or otherwise induces any person or body of persons to enlist or to accept any commission or engagement in the armed forces of any foreign state or other armed forces operating in that state is guilty of an offence.”
Readers might find this (biased) 2-minute video interesting, from 2023, in this light. A reminder that most of the MSM claims made from the beginning of the conflict following October 7, 2023 were proven false–
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Canada quietly opens investigation into possible war crimes in Israel-Hamas war
The probe, which began quietly in early 2024, has not been publicly promoted
MATHILDA HELLER for JERUSALEM POST
Canada’s federal police have confirmed that they have launched a war crimes investigation connected to the Israel-Hamas War, but are revealing little about its scope or objectives, the police announced in a statement shared with The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s investigation began quietly in early 2024 and involves a “broad, intelligence-led intake process designed to collect, preserve, and assess information potentially relevant under Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act,” the police said.
The statement added that the process mainly involves open-source data gathering and “voluntary submissions from individuals wishing to provide information.”
They continued by vaguely stating that the primary objective is to “proactively collect relevant information that may support future investigative steps, should jurisdictional and legal thresholds be met.”
The RCMP statement, however, went to great lengths to emphasize that “a structural investigation is not a criminal investigation,” and that, to date, the RCMP have never initiated any related criminal investigations.
Investigation receives no formal announcement, public engagement
However, they said that “should a perpetrator of core international crimes – such as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity – with the appropriate nexus to Canada be identified, the RCMP will initiate a separate criminal investigation.”
The probe has not been publicly promoted – an approach that contrasts sharply with Canada’s investigative response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The RCMP explained that the relative quietude is due to it not having fully developed “essential supporting operational tools” including “a secure online portal available in French, English, Hebrew, and Arabic, to facilitate the structured and secure any submissions of information by the public and potential witnesses.”
It blamed “technical challenges” for the delay in the rollout of the online system, and said “once this online portal is ready for access, we will advise the public.”
However, the Justice Department told The Toronto Star on Monday that the “program is intended to deny safe haven to war criminals and seek accountability for alleged atrocities.”
The RCMP asked that the public refrain from “drawing premature conclusions about the RCMP’s role or intent.”
Both Canadian and Israeli media have speculated that the police plan a criminal investigation into several IDF soldiers who also hold Canadian citizenship, on suspicion of crimes against humanity.
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The launch of the RCMP’s probe comes amid intensifying political friction between Canada and Israel. In recent months, Canada joined the United Kingdom and France in condemning the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza and threatening targeted sanctions. Ottawa has also publicly opposed Israel’s proposed authorization of new settlements in the West Bank and criticized restrictions on humanitarian aid to Gaza.
According to a recent Justice Department statement, structural investigations may be initiated when there is evidence of war crimes and a sizeable immigrant community in Canada that could potentially provide testimony or evidence.
While the RCMP have publicized investigations into other global conflicts – including crimes against the Yazidi population in Syria and the war in Ukraine – it has not offered similar transparency or outreach regarding the Israel-Hamas War.
Independent UN reports have accused both Hamas and Israel of committing war crimes since the beginning of the war. Nonetheless, the RCMP have reiterated that every investigation requires a tailored approach and techniques that cannot be universally applied.
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