cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31107913
The original source article: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/rcmp-says-it-s-probing-potential-war-crimes-related-to-israel-hamas-conflict/article_600ca131-7015-4c55-a24a-62edf2df566c.html
Canada’s federal police have launched a criminal investigation into several IDF soldiers who also hold Canadian citizenship, on suspicion of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during their military service, Canadian media reported Tuesday.
The report, first published by the Toronto Star, marks the first time Canadian authorities have formally opened a war crimes investigation against dual Israeli-Canadian nationals. The move has triggered concern and controversy within Canada’s Jewish and Israeli communities.
According to the report, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating Canadian citizens who served in the IDF, whether in active duty or as reservists, during the war in Gaza. The probe reportedly began in 2024 but remained under wraps until now. It could include evidence collection, information sharing with international bodies and potentially even indictments on Canadian soil.
Is it too late for these scumbag governments to pretend they care? The genocide is almost finished; All they are doing is washing their hands. The credibility of the west is drowning in shit.
Shitting on the first investigation of its kind is really weird encouragement. But, you be you.
Do you realize that war crimes in gaza is an israeli government policies. Sanction israel as a state not just few settlers
The first investigation in how many years of genocide? After how much support for Israel in money spent and protests silenced? After how many decades of apartheid regime?
Would you prefer them to never do anything?
Yes. Yes they would. That should be obvious by this point.
Just like the people who spent last year shouting that the best way to stop the Gaza genocide is to elect the guy who said he wants Israel to “finish the problem.”
I wished they did something before the death toll rose above 50,000; Because to those people they did nothing.
Well they actually did something to those people: A couple of months ago Canada was still Arming the genocidal army.And i think we should never forget that. Ever. The UN special comnittee already found Israel’s methods of war consistent with genocide last year. If Canada really wants to do something about this. (And by “Canada” i mean it’s people and it’s government.) They should seek putting everyone complicit on selling arms to Israel on trial for crimes against humanity.
~But it’s not like people in power are reading World news on lemmy for suggestions. or to get discouraged We are just talking here among ourselves.~
Good, because we all know international bodies won’t do anything. I hope they are fully investigated and prosecuted. I hope if they commited war crimes they are fully punished.
To give Americans and International readers context, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have a division that functions like the FBI/Europol (investigating national-scale crimes and co-ordinating provincial resources), but they also serve as local and/or state police where there is not one specific to that province, county, district or city.
So they function like federal sheriffs then?
Yeah the local policing unit is more like that, especially in remote locations like the northern Prairies and territories.
Dear Jews,
Don’t be that guy and start defending people of war crimes just because they are Jewish. People are not probing them because they are Jewish, they are being probed because of their war crimes.
You just summarized 70% of the world’s drama over the past year or so
When you read “jewish communties” in a context like this, just replace it with zionist IDF lobby. These are not grassroots complaints, they are lobby groups.
That’s seriously cool but we all know that they just use them as scapegoat while true top war criminals ruling Israel are safe from all accountabilities
Why would it raise concern in the Canadian Jewish and Israeli communities?
No idea. It’s not like a particular country that Associates itself heavily with Judaism is doing anything that’s particularly egregious such as a genocide /s
