AMMAN — Lawyers representing Canadian, Palestinian, and
Jewish organizations are petitioning Canada's government to prevent ex-Israeli
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett from entering the country.
اضافة اعلان
According to Hebrew Channel 7, Bennett was invited to the
annual event of the friends of the Shimon Wiesenthal Jewish Center in Canada,
which will be held in Toronto on June 14, where he is scheduled to be the main
speaker.
The petition, based on a legal brief made by the lawyers'
state Bennett was involved in the illegal development of settlements in the
West Bank during his rule.
And as prime minister, he supported the evacuation of
Palestinian families from occupied East Jerusalem, to settle Jewish settlers in
their place.
War crimeThe petitioners state that the Canadian government does not
recognize Israeli control over the West Bank and, in its view, under
international law, considers the settlements a war crime.
They confirmed that Bennett was involved in the Lebanese
Qana massacre of 1996, when 102 Lebanese were killed; and has publicly called
for the killing of Palestinians during confrontations with the occupation
forces.
Therefore, the lawyers state that Canadian law states the
federal government has an international and legal duty to deny entry to the
country of people who committed war crimes, crimes against humanity or
genocide.
Bennett assumed the presidency of Israel from June 2021 to
June 2022, in light of what was called at the time the "government of
change", which he alternated with current opposition leader Yair Lapid.
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