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Montreal, Canada – Human rights advocates are accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel, which have come under greater scrutiny amid the deadly Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

At issue is legislation that prohibits the government from exporting military equipment to foreign actors if there is a risk it can be used in human rights abuses.

But regulatory loopholes, combined with a lack of clarity over what Canada sends to Israel, have complicated efforts to end the transfers.

Dozens of Canadian civil society groups this month urged Trudeau to end arms exports to Israel, arguing they violate Canadian and international law because the weapons could be used in the Gaza Strip. [...]

But advocates say this misrepresents the total volume of Canada’s military exports to Israel, which totalled more than $15m ($21.3m Canadian) in 2022, according to the government’s own figures. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid

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Ahmed Saad, a Palestinian man who had to jump through an insane amount of loops to get the funds necessary for escaping Gaza, is asking us all to donate to his friend’s family fund.

Mohamed is a hemophilia patient who needs access to medicine and to do surgery on his knees, his 11-year-old daughter also needs thigh surgery (she was supposed to do it outside Gaza in November but couldn't travel due to the border issues). Mohammed’s condition is worsening rapidly and, with Israel destroying the last functional hospital in Gaza, things are looking dire.

Please donate generously!

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Raindove is still fundraising to get as many people out of Rafah as quickly as possible while the tanks are encroaching on Rafah. The terrorist zionist forces are going to try to do as much damage as possible. They're about 3k away from their initial goal. They don't have much more time. They've already done so much to help Ghazzawiyeh, they can do more with your help.

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if you are unable to donate financially to help palestine, you can donate your time by protesting, boycotting, and putting up posters!

if all you have is your device and internet access, you can put your clicks to good use on arab.org. they use the advertising revenue generated by your clicks to help good causes.

and i would urge those able to spare a few dollars to donate to one or more of the following organizations:

eSims for Gaza

Direct aid for Gaza

Care for Gaza

Women for Women International

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Palestine Children Relief Fund

Muslim Aid USA

Direct Aid for Gaza

Palestinian American Medical Association

Urgent support for medical professionals in Gaza

Emergency Relief for Gaza

Anera

Taawon

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i still hate y’all bitches who say oc x canon shit is cringe like bitch you have ANY idea how flattered i would be if someone made an oc for my fantasy world? how utterly PSYCHED my ass would be they loved a character so much they fleshed out one themselves just 2 be with one of mine? fuck y’all haters

#in this house we love ocs #the reply in the reblog up top is the funniest shit i love you op

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Not me threatening to call security on some preteen looking kids like an hour ago because they just wouldn't listen to 2 of my coworkers telling them to get out 🤡

#my coworkers going 'can you get out of our shop' #and then me just coming to the back to see this 1 kid literally standing inside our shop #and his friends?? standing outside the open door #and me immediately going 'get out before i call security on you' #them going 'ok ok!' while leaving fast like I'm somehow being mean to them #for real wheres the common sense and braincells in the kids here #nah man I'm acting manager while my bosses are gone for family shit #and i have enough stress without having to deal with some dumbass kids #god i hate school holidays

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Waiting for the actual group photo to be posted in our work chat but I wanted to stand menacingly behind everyone except it was requested that all gudetamas get on the floor 🤡

I'm here folks, Scream-atama is real

#we take our group photo on the stairs and i wanted to stand at the top behind everyone #but then i heard them say all gudetamas sit on the floor #and I'm like ok i guess i should put some oomph into this #hence this pose i pulled

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I'm here folks, Scream-atama is real

#got that scream movie energy going and it's funny as hell #anyway sanrio horror edition won best costume LMAO

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The face bothered me enough to redo it and this shield still makes me laugh

My workplace is having a late Christmas party and it's dress up and with like 4 days left to go I decided to go as knight gudetama

Except I decided it would be far funnier to, instead of that spoon thing he's holding in his right hand, to make chopsticks instead

#thank god i got a ride to the work party #didn't realise it'd be full blown raining today #lmao i shoved these into a big tote bag and put plastic bags over them #and then put my yellow jumper over them for extra protection #this was how i was planning to transport all this 🤡🤡🤡 #anyway if there's any decent/weird photos taken of me in costume I'll let y'all see lol

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HAHA I'm going to be such a menace at the work party

My workplace is having a late Christmas party and it's dress up and with like 4 days left to go I decided to go as knight gudetama

Except I decided it would be far funnier to, instead of that spoon thing he's holding in his right hand, to make chopsticks instead

#half of gudetama's face is a lil white on the shield cause i accidentally put too much pva glue #and i would print out a new face except its like 7am and I'm tired lol #i might not even wear the mask much cause the eye holes hurt my eyes #I'll try and wear it for the group photo at least 🤡 #overall though i think this is pretty good for like 3-4 days work #can't wait to smack some people with the comically foam filled chopsticks

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i want you guys to understand that this is the aim of the look

My workplace is having a late Christmas party and it's dress up and with like 4 days left to go I decided to go as knight gudetama

Except I decided it would be far funnier to, instead of that spoon thing he's holding in his right hand, to make chopsticks instead

#it's very Scream-esque now that i've doodled it out #but y'know what i'm fine with that #right now i'm messing around trying to make the mask #i was planning on wearing all orange/yellow but frankly i'm not buying pants that i won't wear again lol #but i did buy a random white tablecloth in case i feel like going full gudetama and lie on the floor #literally why am i so focused on this

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I feel absolutely goofy putting so much effort into this shield and chopsticks when everybody else is just wearing a tshirt with a sanrio character on it

but also I haven't done crafts in years and my brain is having a good time

My workplace is having a late Christmas party and it's dress up and with like 4 days left to go I decided to go as knight gudetama

Except I decided it would be far funnier to, instead of that spoon thing he's holding in his right hand, to make chopsticks instead

#i did do 1 craft thing 2 years ago which was the snowflake headband which was also for a work party lol #haven't done crafts with cardboard and painted in years #the chopsticks are filled with foam and i can't wait to put together the sunny side up shield #I'm contemplating whether i should put clear gloss varnish on them #but maybe not 🤔🤔🤔 #idk i have no actual painting knowledge lol #either way I'm gonna have such a fun time being a goofy bitch tomorrow lol

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Who would have imagined that Yūto Suzuki-sensei would reference his own series for a change? Best mangaka & manga series to have ever existed🙏

#It's SO GOOD!!!!!!!! #I've been buying the English volumes as its been coming out #literally love this series so much #I'm off the walls amped for the recent chapters #I LOVE THE FIGHT SCENES AND THE WEAPONS THE CHARACTERS USE!!!!! #Sakamoto Days

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Petition for Canada to stop arming Israel

In case you haven’t seen it yet: here’s a petition for Canada to stop arming Israel. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-4745

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My workplace is having a late Christmas party and it's dress up and with like 4 days left to go I decided to go as knight gudetama

Except I decided it would be far funnier to, instead of that spoon thing he's holding in his right hand, to make chopsticks instead

#only decided on gudetama because i realised 2 days ago i actually have a yellow hoodie i could wear #gonna print out his face and stick it onto cardboard and use that as a mask #while i put my hoodie on and tighten it lmao #anyway the chopsticks are held together with rubber bands cause i wanted to see how they'd look #but I'm thinking maybe put foam or something inside and have the 4 walls around it #either way I'm gonna be surprising somebody with random big chopsticks lol

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I made a little zine!

You can download and print it yourself for free here