{"id":532476,"date":"2026-03-12T23:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532476\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T23:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:44:13","slug":"brampton-agrees-in-principle-to-condemn-israel-militarys-genocide-and-apartheid-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532476\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton agrees ‘in principle’ to condemn Israel military’s genocide and apartheid in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

A screenshot from a video shared by Apartheid-Free Network shows destruction in Gaza. (Photo:
\nAmerican Friends Service Committee on YouTube)<\/p>\n

City councillors have inched closer to affirming Brampton as \u201can apartheid-free community\u201d and make a commitment to \u201cfreedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian People.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brampton City Coun. Gurpartap Singh Toorfirst brought the Apartheid-Free Network\u2019s Community Pledge to council in October, with a motion calling out all illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and across Palestine.<\/p>\n

It also called on Canada \u201cto recognize and take immediate action to address the genocide and ethnic cleansing occurring in Gaza,\u201d while demanding an end to \u201call military operations by Israel in Gaza and facilitating full, unfettered humanitarian aid access to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

The motion was referred back to the Interfaith Council of Peel for input before coming back to Brampton council, with one Jewish-Canadian advocacy group describing the motion as \u201cdivisive,\u201d \u201cone-sided,\u201d and \u201cdisingenuous virtue signalling.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

But the city has now signed-on to the pledge \u201cin principle\u201d after an updated motion from Toor was passed with unanimous support on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

City staff still have to report back on any financial or legal implications that will result from this before formally signing the pledge, and:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

Affirm our commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian People
and all people.
\nOppose all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression.
\nDeclare ourselves an apartheid-free community.
\nPledge to join others in working to end support to all Apartheid Regimes, settler
colonialism and military occupation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pledged to join others in working to end all support to Israel\u2019s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation,\u201d the Apartheid-Free Network\u2019s Community Pledge<\/a> reads in part.<\/p>\n

If the city does officially sign on, it would be the first municipality in Ontario to take the pledge. Only eight communities have taken the pledge, and the only Canadian municipalities on the list are Burnaby, B.C. and Powell River, B.C.<\/p>\n

Activist group Brampton4Palestine called the city\u2019s in-principle pledge signing \u201can important victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The International Court of Justice is years into its probe of genocide allegations against Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n

In September, a United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant over war crimes, as were Hamas leaders who have since been killed.<\/p>\n

A UN report in January found Israel\u2019s restrictions imposed on Palestinians \u201cconstitutes systemic discrimination based on, inter alia, race, religion or ethnic origin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 With files from The Canadian Press<\/p>\n


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