‘Complicit in genocide’: Canada protesters stage sit-in at factory selling weapons to Israel

Canadian protesters have staged a sit-in outside the Collins Aerospace factory in Canada, demanding the company stop selling weapons components for military aircraft bound for Israel.

The protesters blocked morning shift staff from entering the company in Oakville, Ontario, according to a statement released by activists.

The demonstrators called on the Canadian government to impose a full arms embargo on the Israeli regime, while demanding that Collins Aerospace stop selling weapons components for fighter jets and attack helicopters bound for the occupied territories.  

Pro-Palestinian activists urge Canada to halt all arms sales to Israel

Pro-Palestinian activists have called on the Canadian government to adhere to its legal and humanitarian obligations and halt "all arms sales to Israel."

Rabbi David Mivasair, a member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada who was present at the event, pointed out that, “The weapons being manufactured here at Collins Aerospace are directly used in the mass killing of Palestinians, violating the very values of humanity and dignity our tradition upholds.”

“By profiting from this violence, Canada betrays its moral and legal obligations,” he added.

Dalia F, a Palestinian resident of Oakville in Ontario, who participated in the protest also said, “While my family members in Gaza have been killed and continue to be terrorized by Israel’s nonstop bombing attacks, I am sickened to know that parts of these same bomber planes are being made right here at Collins Aerospace’s factory in Oakville, where I live.”

The protest was organized by the organizations Oakville for Palestine, Labour For Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement Toronto, and World BEYOND War.

Israel launched its brutal war on Gaza on October 7 last year after Palestinian resistance groups carried out a historic operation against the usurping regime in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Since the start of the aggression, the Israeli regime has been committing war crimes in Gaza, killing at least 43,972 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring some 104,000 others.

Canada faces legal action over arms exports to Israel

The Canadian government is sued at a federal court for “contributing to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza”.

Certain Western states continue to be the main suppliers of lethal weapons to Israel in defiance of calls to end their complicity in the regime’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Back in March, a group of Canadian and Palestinian human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government for “contributing” to the bombardment of the Gaza Strip through sending arms to Israel.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also stands accused of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel.

Trudeau has repeatedly been urged to end arms exports to the Israeli regime. But his government has so far tried to downplay the country’s role in helping Israel build its arsenal.

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