Anita Anand: “Ottawa will introduce restrictions on trade in goods with settlements in the West Bank that are illegal under…”

Our priority is to locate Canadians and permanent residents and confirm their safety while offering support wherever and whenever possible.

International law is clear that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal. This is the position of the international community reaffirmed by the United Nations Security Council.

For more than 70 years, successive Canadian governments have held the position that a two-state solution is the way forward for long-term peace that also addresses Israel’s legitimate security concerns. Illegal settlements in the West Bank…

Canada expects international humanitarian law to be upheld and will continue pressing for a full accounting of what happened, along with justice for the seven workers who were killed and their families.