Further to this, the very first thing the US did was engage in “diplomacy” with its G7 partners, of which Canada is one, the outcome being 1) US propaganda that its partners appreciated, needed and welcomed US leadership in the Middle East and in particular on the long-standing problem of Palestine and 2) a unified public statement from the G7 that recognized “Israel’s right to defend itself.”
This is the key message that has driven all else before it, backed by a coalition of the dominant powers that thus far have controlled the “international rules based order.” Most of the G7 listed Hamas as an international terrorist organization shortly after 9/11, because it claimed most of the suicide bombing that occurred across the span of about a decade around there, and because Osama Bin Laden claimed Palestine as Al Queda’s reason for 9/11.
Hamas was elected, through a highly credible election, verified by teams headed up by ex Pres. Carter, as the “national” government of Palestine in 2007/08. Israel and the US denounced the election, refused to acknowledge Hamas, and imposed a complete blockade on Gaza. People should not underestimate how much violent hatred against Hamas there is in the US and Israel governments. Any country (like Canada) that listed Hamas as an international terrorist group, is irretrievably bound by having done that.
As far as I know, the only politician to have come forward to say that it was a mistake to not have recognized Hamas in 2007/08 is Tony Blair. The only answer we received from our government came through our Minister of Foreign Relations, Melanie Joly, who said, “we listed Hamas as a terrorist organization, we cannot help them.”
Under the Geneva Conventions if a state that is non-party to war (which must be declared) helps one belligerent, it must help another. However, the US framed Palestinian resistance to Occupation as international terrorism, so this really is an American dirty war and extension of its war on terror. Legally, as far as the US is concerned a terrorist is treated as combatant whenever, wherever, and is a 24/7 target. Canada, follows suite and we have a list of individuals specially designated as terrorists. According to what Joly tells us, the only thing Canada can do is impose sanctions. Again, garbage. We know our SOCOM is in Israel, and we know they gathered intelligence from the IDF that was extracted through torture and have engaged in bounty hunting (i.e. targeted assassination).
I hope you are beginning to see how effectively the US, Israel and their partners (which are about eight/nine other NATO nations) have been proceeding with the liquidation of Palestine and the Palestinians. Those following the problem know that this military objective of “pacification” has only increased in intensity since Bill Clinton reshaped US policy toward the Palestine problem.