{"id":134293,"date":"2025-09-10T17:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/134293\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:53:09","slug":"canada-evaluating-ties-with-israel-after-attack-on-hamas-leaders-in-qatar-anand-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/134293\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada \u2018evaluating\u2019 ties with Israel after attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, Anand says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand in The Hague, Netherlands, in June. Anand called Israel’s attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar unacceptable on Wednesday.Sean Kilpatrick\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada is \u201cevaluating\u201d its relationship with Israel, calling its attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar unacceptable.<\/p>\n

But she stopped short of echoing the call from the EU for a suspension of trade with Israel or sanctions, citing instead Canada\u2019s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the upcoming United Nations\u2019 General Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to support the peace process, which was occurring on the ground in Qatar,\u201d she told reporters on the sidelines of the Liberal caucus meeting in Edmonton. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo we are very surprised and disheartened at the Israeli attack in Qatar yesterday, and as a result of the declining stability in the Middle East, we will continue to evaluate our next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel will kill Hamas leaders \u2018next time,\u2019 Israeli ambassador to U.S. says<\/a><\/p>\n

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that she would seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip. <\/p>\n

The 27-nation EU is deeply divided in its approach to Israel and the Palestinians, and it\u2019s unclear whether a majority will be found to endorse the sanctions and trade measures called for by von der Leyen.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan-made famine can never be a weapon of war. For the sake of the children, for the sake of humanity. This must stop,\u201d von der Leyen said Wednesday, to applause in the European Parliament at its meeting in Strasbourg, France.<\/p>\n

Israel denies there is starvation in Gaza and says it allows in enough humanitarian aid. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar, in a social-media post, said von der Leyen had succumbed to pressures that undermine Israel-Europe relations.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen said she plans to freeze support to Israel given by the European Union\u2019s executive branch, which would not require approval from the 27 member countries.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear how much financial support the European Commission provides to Israel and what it is used for.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday condemned the Israeli air strike, calling it \u201can intolerable expansion of violence\u201d that risked escalating conflict throughout the region.<\/p>\n

He said last month that Israel\u2019s plan to take control of Gaza City was \u201cwrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

With reports from Stephanie Levitz and Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand in The Hague, Netherlands, in June. Anand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-134293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-news","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}